Beika Second Apartment.
This is a high-end, single-residency apartment building located near the center of Beika City.
After entering the house and changing into indoor slippers, Hayashi Yoshiki poured a glass of water and went to the computer desk in his bedroom.
On the desk sat a bulky, old-fashioned computer monitor.
The product iteration in Detective Conan is quite interesting—although there is no specific time setting in the plot, time basically synchronizes with the real world. Therefore, starting from its initial serialization in 1994, even if only a few months have passed in the plot, the architectural styles and electronic products in the original work have been constantly changing.
He estimated that this old computer could be replaced soon.
However, the current focus was not on this computer.
Hayashi Yoshiki opened the computer desk drawer, lifted the disguised wooden board at the bottom, and took out a black notebook hidden inside.
"DEATH NOTE"
This English phrase was written in slightly skewed, pale white letters on the deep black cover.
It was the handwriting of a Shinigami (death god).
Translated literally, it means Death Note—the person whose name is written in the notebook will die.
This is an item from another high-IQ detective mystery manga.
Hayashi Yoshiki didn't know where it came from.
It was just that when he suddenly transmigrated to this world, this Death Note had been in his hand.
And a series of tests confirmed that it was the real deal.
—As long as the user visualizes the target's face in their mind and accurately writes their real name in the notebook, the target will die of a heart attack within forty seconds.
Once a target's name is written, erasing or modifying it within forty seconds is useless—the person written into the notebook will definitely die.
However, in addition to a heart attack, the user can also supplement the target's cause of death and detailed time of death in the Death Note: whether it's death by illness, a car accident, or a gunshot, any cause of death that complies with physics is permissible, but the time of death must be within 23 days after the target's name is written.
"As long as it's physically possible, the Death Note can control any actions of the target before their death."
"In other words, if a target is set to die of a heart attack one hour later, then within that one hour, their actions can be controlled arbitrarily through the Death Note."
Regarding physical possibility, for example, one cannot make a target currently in Tokyo, Japan, die in New York, USA, 60 minutes later—this is currently physically impossible.
So even if it's written in the Death Note, the target will only die of a heart attack on the spot 60 minutes later because it's impossible to achieve.
"Nishikawa Shigehiko's death announcement indeed appeared on the news radio this afternoon, just as I wrote... If it can achieve this level, it will certainly be much more convenient in the future."
Hayashi Yoshiki slowly opened the Death Note.
The pages of the Death Note would never run out, but from its appearance and feel, it was a very thin notebook. Turning to the latest page with writing on it, the content was:
"Nishikawa Shigehiko"
"On March 16th, at 8:23:47 PM, encountered a police arrest operation and died of a heart attack while escaping."
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"Ito Izumi"
"On April 1st, April Fool's Day, at 4:48 PM, was shot and killed by police during a routine crime."
"Before his death on March 17th, he heard Nishikawa Shigehiko's death news via television from the Beika Metropolitan Police Department's press conference, and then on March 18th, the next day, at 2:21:30 PM, heard the Beika midday news radio report Nishikawa Shigehiko's death news."
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This was written the night before last.
Hayashi Yoshiki had no doubt about the effectiveness of killing with the Death Note; what he really wanted to test were the two additions written after Ito Izumi's cause of death.
The Death Note can control the target's actions before death.
If this rule is utilized appropriately, what social information the deceased will hear before death is also categorized as "actions before death."
This is not physically impossible.
And the result was indeed as Hayashi Yoshiki expected: after Nishikawa Shigehiko's death, the time of his news broadcast was exactly consistent with the record he wrote for Ito Izumi.
Hayashi Yoshiki didn't know at what time "Nishikawa Shigehiko" death news would have been reported if it followed the original procedure, but because he wrote that "Ito Izumi" would hear this news on the midday news radio at 2:21 PM today, when he was in the taxi, he also heard the news radio broadcasting "Nishikawa Shigehiko" death news at that exact time.
It was almost like a script...
This also means that if he uses this flexibly, Hayashi Yoshiki can even "control" this world to a certain extent through the Death Note.
However, this "control" still has limitations.
Firstly, the necessary condition is that "Nishikawa Shigehiko"'s death news must be broadcast through the news, but the original time might have been earlier or later. Now, it's just being controlled by the Death Note to the time Hayashi Yoshiki set.
If this news broadcast would not have appeared originally, then the content Hayashi Yoshiki wrote in the Death Note would also be invalid.
More tests are needed.
"..."
Thinking this, Hayashi Yoshiki turned on his computer.
In the year he has possessed the Death Note, unless absolutely necessary, Hayashi Yoshiki mostly chose to target criminals, and he happened to have channels to collect information on these criminals.
Opening the slow-reacting computer and dialing into the internet, Hayashi Yoshiki clicked on a certain website.
He entered his account and password.
He adjusted the external camera.
The next second after "login successful" was displayed, a large amount of information unfolded on the screen like a pouring waterfall. Among them, in addition to general messages, there were several sections.
The most notable among them was the shopping section.
Information, drugs, firearms, fake IDs...
Ignoring the price differences, these items on this website were as convenient as buying chewing gum online.
In addition, there was a large amount of illegal content on this website, but Hayashi Yoshiki's account permissions only allowed him to view the more superficial parts of the website.
Moreover, during Browse, the external camera of the computer had to be pointed at Hayashi Yoshiki's upper body the whole time. It was likely that on the other end of the webpage, someone was closely watching to see if he made any movements other than controlling the mouse.
Hayashi Yoshiki knew very well that any click on such a website would leave a record in the background. Therefore, in addition to viewing the information he needed, he also looked at many miscellaneous things.
He continued until the sky outside the window gradually darkened, making the screen's light appear glaring. After closing the webpage, he was about to re-tape the camera with black tape.
Buzz~~buzz~~~!
The flip phone placed beside him suddenly vibrated.
He picked it up and unlocked it, only to see an anonymous text message in the inbox:
"Tonight at 9 PM, top floor of Daikoku Building, 'Cocktail' bar."
Hayashi Yoshiki slightly narrowed his eyes.
After a while,
A smile appeared on Hayashi Yoshiki's face, and he slowly murmured:
"...The sun has set, I need to turn on the lights first."