Detective Conan: Death Note

Rewinding time a little, Scene change. "Hey, hey!" "Mr. Ishimoto?!" "What's wrong with you!?" "Clear the way!" When the photographer Ishimot

Rewinding time a little,

Scene change.

"Hey, hey!"

"Mr. Ishimoto?!"

"What's wrong with you!?"

"Clear the way!"

When the photographer Ishimoto Junpei suddenly widened his eyes, tensed up, grabbed his chest, and collapsed, everyone around was startled.

Mouri Kogoro, still a bit groggy from waking up from the sleeping pill's effect, snapped to attention and rushed forward to check.

Ishimoto Junpei lay on the ground with wide-open eyes, his face twisted in agony, clutching his chest painfully.

After checking, Mouri shook his head.

"He's dead."

"...How could this be?"

Everyone was in disbelief.

"Cardiac arrest? Did he have a history of heart disease?" Mouri looked toward Director Mizukawa Masaki.

The latter was puzzled, waving his hands helplessly.

"I don't know... We're all from Nichi-Nichi TV, but today was actually my first time meeting Mr. Ishimoto."

"Maybe Miss Nishitani knows?"

"Where's Miss Nishitani?"

"She hasn't been seen since just now."

Everyone looked around but couldn't find the female reporter, Nishitani Kasumi.

Assuming she'd gone to the restroom or found a place to relax, no one worried—until Mouri suddenly noticed something odd around Ishimoto's waist.

He walked over and lifted his shirt, only to find a gun holstered there.

A bad feeling hit him immediately.

"This isn't right!"

"Find Nishitani Kasumi quickly!"

When using the Death Note to control the actions of the person whose name is written, it cannot cause the death of a third party; otherwise, the named person will die of cardiac arrest.

In other words, controlling the named person to randomly shoot or run over by car any passerby, or crash a fully loaded plane to kill others—none of these are possible.

So, what about writing someone else's name on the Death Note through the controlled person?

Hayashi Yoshiki had written in Ishimoto Junpei's controlled actions:

[Go to the public lounge on the fourth floor of the airship, walk to the last table, and use the black pen nearby to write the name of the mastermind behind this airship hijacking on the paper.]

Then—he failed.

Looking at Ishimoto Junpei's actions alone, it was just writing a name.

Yet it still triggered the Death Note's judgment of a third-party death.

Though disappointing, it was understandable.

Next came the second subject, Nishitani Kasumi.

[Go to the public lounge on the fourth floor, walk to the last table, use chopsticks and milk as ink to write the mastermind's name on the paper.]

[Then clean up all traces from the table.]

[Wait for the paper to dry, then bring it to the upper level of the airship and place it in the sky observation deck.]

Under normal conditions, milk can be used as a simple invisible ink.

Milk-written letters are not clearly visible at all, but when later heated, the proteins denature, revealing the writing.

Controlling Nishitani Kasumi's actions did not cause Fujioka Takamichi's death, so the result was successful.

Hayashi Yoshiki obtained this page of the Death Note on the sky observation deck.

—Afterwards, all that remained was to write detailed death methods and pre-death behavior control, then use a lighter to reveal the name.

Bang!

...

The last bullet flew out. When Fujioka tried to pull the trigger again but found the gun was empty and jammed, panic spread across his face.

What the hell!?

Unbelieving, Fujioka hurriedly removed the magazine, took out a new one from his pocket, and reloaded.

He aimed at Hayashi Yoshiki again, but when Hayashi Yoshiki calmly approached, Fujioka's movements suddenly froze.

Fujioka's eyes were fixed tightly on the notebook in Hayashi Yoshiki's hand.

On the opened page—like it was torn out then reinserted—the center showed the charred words "Fujioka Takamichi."

What sent chills down his spine was the several paragraphs written below.

Exactly the same...

Everything was the same—

From the moment Fujioka appeared before him, his reactions and the fact that no matter how he fired, he couldn't hit him, all matched exactly what was written!

And what followed:

[After changing magazines, pulling the trigger again causes the handgun to explode, injuring the arm. In panic, fall and roll off the airship into the sea.]

Reading this, Fujioka felt a strange tension crawling up his spine, making his finger on the trigger stiffen involuntarily.

Hayashi Yoshiki watched him mockingly:

"What, afraid to shoot now?"

Fujioka's pupils shrank.

"Don't be ridiculous! This nonsense..."

With a roar as if trying to swallow all emotions, he put all his fury into pulling the trigger.

Bang!

In that split second of amplified perception, Fujioka didn't see bullets flying but the gun exploding, its body shattering, gunpowder bursting, and his finger tearing.

Startled by the sudden change, he screamed and fell backward. His feet slipped and, caught by the strong high-altitude wind, he tumbled off the airship.

Until he fell from the sky, Hayashi Yoshiki calmly watched.

"Farewell, Mr. Fujioka."

Ringtone ringing~

Suddenly, Hayashi Yoshiki's phone rang.

He answered.

"Hello, Uncle Mouri?"

"Ah... I was about to tell Officer Nakamori that Fujioka Takamichi just fell off the airship right in front of me. Please have the police dispatch boats for a search immediately."

"Details later when we meet. I'm currently on the surface of the airship."

"Alright, don't worry. I'm safe and heading back now."

Hayashi Yoshiki hung up and put away his phone.

Mouri Kogoro called again—Nishitani Kasumi had been caught and had confessed the mastermind's identity, including Fujioka among them.

When they headed to the medical room where Fujioka was initially isolated, they found he had long since disappeared.

Hayashi Yoshiki tore the page with Fujioka Takamichi's name from the notebook and then let go.

All the paper scraps were immediately swept up and scattered by the wind.

Actually, Hayashi Yoshiki was quite curious to test if writing a name after the person's death and then revealing the writing with heat could still make the Death Note work...

If successful, it would be very useful.

He decided to wait and try next time.