“My apologies,” one of his subordinates replied. “When he failed to arrive for a previous meeting, we sent someone to his dwelling to check on him...and found that he had passed away shortly before...”

“Huh?” Yoshifumi blurted out at the unexpected response. Even if he threatened to kill him, Ranj already being dead was well outside of his expectations.

“There seemed to be no external injuries. He was found deceased atop his bed. It appears he passed away in his sleep.”

-Volume 7 pages 83 and 84