Chapter 428 – The Aizawa Incident (1)

In 1935, the 11th and 18th fell on Sundays, so the Ootori Group’s factories would shut down for a week. In accordance with this schedule, the entire group would also take its Obon holiday.

Haruto-san arrived at the villa in Kugenuma on Saturday afternoon, just as the Obon holiday was beginning.

However, not everyone had the same Obon holiday schedule. Since Obon fell between the 13th and 15th, many people took approximately one day off before and after those dates. The military followed the same schedule.

Onii-sama, who held the rank of Army major, would also be on leave starting on the 14th. He planned to return to the main Ootori residence on the evening of the 13th, attend the Buddhist memorial service for Obon on the 15th, and visit the family graves at Aoyama Cemetery.

And so, on the evening of the