33. Mission Accomplished

"If, under the premise that one's life is threatened, one takes measures to stop the unlawful infringement and causes damage to the unlawful offender, this is considered legitimate defense and one will not bear criminal responsibility."

"But there are clear boundaries for what constitutes legitimate defense."

"First, the party concerned has indeed been illegally harmed, and the act is a defensive measure against the harm."

"Second, the unlawful infringement must be ongoing."

"To give a simple example, if the offender is unconscious or seriously injured and unable to carry out further acts of aggression, but the victim still goes up to him and attack him, this constitutes revenge after the fact, which exceeds the scope of legitimate defense."

"The third one is..."

"…"

That night

At the midnight snack table, Kisaki Eri told Hayashi Yoshiki some legal knowledge.

Japan also has laws and regulations related to self-defense.

Therefore, there are also corresponding regulations on "excessive self-defense".

In Wakamatsu Toshihide's case, he would most likely be convicted of excessive self-defense, even though Yokogawa Naoya committed suicide, given the abnormal performance of the Identification Department in this world, we should not have such high hopes for the time being.

However, his cry for help before committing suicide would become strong evidence to push Wakamatsu Toshihide to be convicted of manslaughter.

"I think it would be very useful to learn some legal knowledge."

"That's right. Especially if Shiki wants to be a detective, it's better to memorize some common legal terms." Kisaki Eri agreed.

"Well, I'll read some books on this subject when I have some free time. "

Hayashi Yoshiki smiled and nodded.

The way he manipulated Yokogawa Naoya to commit suicide and put the blame on Wakamatsu Toshihide was actually quite crude.

But he chose to trust the police in Beika.

Another thing is that the information Gin provided was too detailed.

The information was so detailed that it even recorded whether there was any surveillance camera at the door of Wakamatsu Toshihide's rental house.

Just try to avoid similar practices in the future.

It's fine if one suspect says the deceased committed suicide and that he was framed. It's still fine if two suspects say so, but if there are more suspects, it would seem strange.

Of course, Hayashi Yoshiki shouldn't have so many people whom he would want to frame with the Death Note... Right?

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Time moves backwards

At 1:12 in the morning, a Porsche 365A was driving slowly.

"After the maintenance, Big Bro's car is indeed more comfortable to drive... Well, it was already very good."

Vodka expressed his opinion from the driver's seat.

Gin reached out and took out the cigarette lighter in the car and nonchalantly lit a cigarette for himself.

The smell of smoke quickly spread in the car.

"Send the new materials to Sherry's laboratory at 2 pm tomorrow."

"Yes."

The organization's research and development of the drug APTX 4869 is currently being carried out in Beika City.

The research and development process will use some materials that cannot be obtained through conventional channels, and these are what Gin is responsible for providing.

"Tomorrow is the deadline that the novelist mentioned, right?"

"Ah, although the deadline given to him is five days, since he said he would finish it in two days..."

Gin snorted and took out his cell phone.

He is in charge of a group of people and needs to check their reports from time to time.

Now he opened his inbox and read through the messages one by one. One message caught his attention.

"Mr. Gin, Wakamatsu Toshihide is suspected of excessive self-defense resulting in death. He has been taken back to the police station for investigation."

"The man who was killed was named Yokogawa Naoya."

Gin narrowed his eyes slightly.

This afternoon, Hayashi Yoshiki sent a text message asking him to help investigate a medical student named Wakamatsu Toshihide. Although Gin didn't ask him what he wanted to do, after sending the information, he still asked his subordinates to keep an eye on Wakamatsu Toshihide.

And Yokogawa Naoya was one of the two people he asked Hayashi Yoshiki to kill.

"Follow up investigation."

He edited the text message and sent it out, saying:

"Yokogawa Naoya is dead."

"Huh?" Vodka looked over.

"He was killed by a college student named Wakamatsu Toshihide in excessive self-defense."

"Wakamatsu Toshihide? Who is that?"

"Hayashi asked me to help check the information of this college student this afternoon."

Gin lowered the car window and threw the unextinguished cigarette butt out of the window.

Gulp.

Gin's tone was emotionless, but Vodka swallowed.

He was originally wondering if Hayashi Yoshiki was just too lucky, as one of the mission targets was missing for unknown reasons, but he didn't expect that this matter was actually related to him.

The newcomer that Big Bro is optimistic about this time is really a bit scary.

Vodka continued to concentrate on driving.

There were few cars on the road in the early morning, so he stepped on the accelerator and increased the speed without hesitation. The shiny old car was running smoothly and quickly.

However, after driving for a while, Vodka suddenly noticed a red car speeding towards him in the rearview mirror.

With his experience as a veteran driver, Vodka judged that the speed was at least 100 km/h, and it was still accelerating.

"What's going on? Is this guy a drag racer?"

Vodka snorted.

He tried his best to move the car in the middle lane closer to the middle of the lane, allowing the car to speed past from the side lane.

The red car turned into a red shadow and crossed the Porsche 365A, turning on the turn signal in front and was about to change lanes to the middle.

But there seemed to be an obstacle in front of the lane. Vodka and Gin saw the red car that changed lanes to the left suddenly turned the steering wheel to the right - it was because of this operation that the red car suddenly lost balance, and the body of the car swayed violently like a drunkard.

"Slow down."

Gin spoke immediately.

In fact, Vodka had already stepped on the brakes without him saying anything. The two of them just hung on the back of the red car, watching the car in front swing out of control, and then slam into the guardrail on the right at a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour!

"Big Bro..."

The speed of the Porsche 356A gradually decreased... Vodka's voice was a little hoarse.

"…"

Gin looked at the scene in equal amazement.

There is nothing unusual about a vehicle losing control and crashing into a guardrail, but the red car did not just hit the guardrail - it hit a steel pipe that was tied horizontally to the guardrail for some reason!

Vodka drove forward carefully.

When they passed the red car that stopped and started to smoke after hitting the guardrail, they saw that the front end of the steel pipe had directly penetrated the driver's window, and large amounts of blood were splattered on the passenger window.

The driver's head was pierced by a steel pipe.

Gin smelled a familiar scent from this scene. At the same time, the phone in his hand buzzed and he received a text message.

"Mission accomplished."

"Good night."

It's a message from Hayashi Yoshiki.