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Sender ID: "Ayakashi", service no. 127-662236-C Signal origin: Sekiryu Recipient ID: Kurotsuru Subject: KOI-836-0415-127

Kurotsuru-sama I have compiled my report. "Ayakashi"

ATTACHED DATA: KOI-836-0415-127 ================================================================================ KUSARI OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIVE RECORD ================================================================================ CASE REF: KOI-836-0415-127 INVESTIGATING: Agent "Ayakashi", badge no. 127-662236-C STATUS: ACTIVE INVESTIGATION CLEARANCE: TOP SECRET DATE OF INCIDENT: 15/04/836 AS -- between 22:01 and 22:06 local time TIME OF DISCOVERY: 23:59 ALERT RAISED: 23:44 (automated alert triggered at 23:39) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. PRIMARY VICTIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Admiral Goro Okamoto, male, age 78 OCCUPATION: Distinguished admiral, Kusari Naval Forces. Primary resident. TIME OF DEATH: 22:03 -- 22:05 (estimated) CAUSE OF DEATH: Partial decapitation by means of a Bretonian officer's sword (Exhibit 1). The cut is irregular, suggesting an inexperienced hand on the part of the perpetrator. The victim was also struck post-mortem by two flechette rounds to the chest, fired from a handheld sidearm (Exhibit 2). A third flechette round was recovered embedded in the bedroom floor. Additionally, the victim sustained a laser wound to the right shoulder. Due to the nature of the injury, it cannot be determined whether this was inflicted pre- or post-mortem. The laser weapon was not recovered at the scene. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub-Lieutenant Natsuhiko Nan Occupation: Admiral's security detail -- active night watch Time of death: 22:00 -- 22:01 (estimated) Cause of death: Single laser gunshot through the right eye, sustained during exterior perimeter patrol. Lieutenant Masatake Koike Occupation: Admiral's security detail -- off duty Time of death: 22:01 -- 22:03 (estimated) Cause of death: Single laser shot to the head while asleep in the duty room. Commander Naoya Kawabata Occupation: Admiral's security detail -- off duty Time of death: 22:01 -- 22:03 (estimated) Cause of death: Four laser shots to the back. Found face-down beside his bed. Did not succeed in drawing his concealed sidearm in time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. TIMELINE OF EVENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14:13 -- Commander Kawabata's access credentials used to open the vehicle gate of the Admiral's residence. 21:34 -- Final security check-in filed by Sub-Lieutenant Natsuhiko Nan. No further check-ins received. 22:00 -- Sub-Lieutenant Natsuhiko Nan departs on scheduled perimeter patrol. Does not return. 22:01 -- Sub-Lieutenant Natsuhiko Nan is shot and killed at the exterior gate by laser weapon. Perpetrators enter via gate using the access credentials of Lt. Commander Hyuuma Okazaki (Exhibit 7). Nan's access card is taken from the body (Exhibit 6) for later use to enter the residence itself. Perpetrators move quickly and keep to the grass to avoid being heard on the gravel driveway. 22:02 to 22:05 -- Perpetrators enter the building. Lieutenant Masatake Koike and Commander Naoya Kawabata are swiftly neutralised in the duty room. The Admiral is then killed in his bedroom. The Admiral appears to have put up a struggle -- one perpetrator sustains a wound and likely discharges their sidearm (Exhibit 2) accidentally into the floor. The perpetrator treats their wound on the premises before departing. The sidearm (Exhibit 2) is discarded into the garden pond on exit. 22:05 -- Perpetrators leave the area. One is visibly limping. 23:39 -- Security system detects that the last guard check-in was filed over two hours ago. 23:44 -- Alert raised. 23:59 -- Four KOI agents arrive on scene. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. SECURED EXHIBITS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit 1 | Bretonian officer's sword [MURDER WEAPON] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- An item from the Admiral's personal collection. Bears the inscription: "Colonel Daniel Alexander, 826 AS -- 'Many a mutual friend offers thanks from beyond the grave.'" Most likely used to inflict the partial decapitation of the victim. Previously stored above the Admiral's bed on a three-sword rack, occupying the lower bracket. Two other blades remained in place. Exhibit 2 | Detroit Penetrator -- flechette sidearm [STAGED WEAPON] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Recovered from the ornamental pond within the estate grounds. Only three rounds expended: two fired post-mortem into Admiral Okamoto, and one recovered from the bedroom floor. Assessed as a staging prop intended to cast suspicion on Liberty. Exhibit 3 | Blood sample -- attacker origin [TRACE EVIDENCE] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Recovered from the scene in the Admiral's bedroom. The Admiral appears to have succeeded in wounding one of the perpetrators. DNA analysis confirms the sample is not from a Kusari national. Ethnic origin requires further determination. Exhibit 4 | CCTV facial captures of perpetrators [TRACE EVIDENCE] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All three perpetrators wore eyewear to obstruct facial identification. On initial assessment, none appear to be Kusari nationals. Possible origin: Liberty, Bretonia, or Rheinland. [image1] [image2] [image3] Exhibit 5 | Field dressing -- sterile wrapper [TRACE EVIDENCE] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Wrapper from a sterile field dressing, likely used on-site to treat the wounded attacker. Manufacturer: Cryer Pharmaceuticals. Production origin: Planet Denver, House of Liberty. Exhibit 6 | Sub-Lieutenant Nan's access card [ENTRY METHOD] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Taken from the victim's body following his shooting. Used to gain entry to the Admiral's residence proper. Exhibit 7 | Access credentials of Lt. Commander Hyuuma Okazaki ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [SECURITY ANOMALY] Security credentials belonging to Lt. Commander Hyuuma Okazaki, listed as MIA since 825 AS. Body was never recovered. Credentials were never deactivated and remained active with elevated access permissions. Service records are incomplete. Known facts: - Served as personal security detail to Admiral Goro Okamoto during the Tau War campaign aboard Battleship Matsumoto. - During the Exile, pledged loyalty to the Emperor. - Deployed to a forward reconnaissance post in Tau-29. - Listed MIA since 825 AS following an engagement with Republic armed forces. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. CONCLUSIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Admiral Goro Okamoto was murdered by three unknown perpetrators, none of whom are Kusari nationals (Exhibits 3 and 4). To breach the estate perimeter, they made use of the access credentials of Lt. Commander Hyuuma Okazaki (Exhibit 7), which points to detailed prior knowledge of or access to Kusari Naval Forces databases. The perpetrators operated primarily with laser weapons, using them to neutralise all three members of the Admiral's security detail. The Admiral was likely wounded and disarmed by the laser shot to his right shoulder, before being killed with the Bretonian officer's sword (Exhibit 1). Two further rounds from a Liberty-manufactured sidearm (Exhibit 2) were then fired into the body post-mortem. The Admiral appears to have succeeded in wounding one of the attackers, forcing them to treat the injury on-site (Exhibits 3 and 5). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. RECOMMENDATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Search records to determine whether the access credentials of Lt. Commander Hyuuma Okazaki have been used in any other incidents or operations. 2. Investigate the relationship between Admiral Goro Okamoto and Lt. Commander Hyuuma Okazaki in greater depth. Consideration should be given to the possibility that Okazaki defected -- to the Blood Dragons, or another hostile faction. 3. Conduct a more detailed analysis of the attacker's DNA sample to determine House of origin (Exhibit 3). While a Liberty connection is possible, Bretonia, Rheinland, and Hispania cannot be excluded. 4. Investigate the provenance of the recovered sidearm (Exhibit 2). Determine whether it is a new or previously unused weapon, or whether it was stolen. Establish whether a registered owner can be traced. 5. Establish the nature of the relationship between Admiral Goro Okamoto and Colonel Daniel Alexander. Were they former adversaries or acquaintances? Could Colonel Alexander -- or parties acting on his behalf -- have sought retribution in connection with Bretonian military operations? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KOI -- FOR AUTHORISED EYES ONLY FILED 18/04/836 AS ================================================================================

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