Chapter 77: Invisible Ink

 No, I absolutely cannot admit it--

 Kaito Kuroba was unconsciously sweating on his forehead, but a dazed smile appeared on his face.

 He is the kind of person who can think calmly when the situation is more critical. He knows clearly that if his identity is exposed, his life will completely collapse.

 The school life at the age of seventeen, the childhood sweetheart who has been with him since childhood...all of this will probably be far away from him by then.

 "Excuse me, teacher, can you let me talk to Kuroba-san alone?"

 "Oh, yes, please, Mr. Lin."

 After Hayashi Yoshiki made such a request, Kaito Kuroba's homeroom teacher behaved particularly reasonably.

 The other party had no doubts.

 After all, Hayashi Yoshiki's name and photo are still in the newspapers - as the detective who actually caught Kaito Kid, he now occupies the largest page in almost all major newspapers.

 After the head teacher walked away, Hayashi Yoshiki looked at Kaito Kuroba's poker face and smiled:

 "Don't worry, I'm not going to report you, and I don't have a recorder or anything like that on me."

 "...I really don't understand what you're saying, but thank you for bringing me some cold medicine."

 "If you don't admit it, I will go and suggest to Inspector Nakamori that you bring fish with you whenever you hunt down Kaito Kid."

 "you--!"

 This person!

 How could this detective, who looked so smiling, say something so vicious! ?

 wrong.....

 How could you investigate yourself so thoroughly in just one night?

 Kaito Kuroba suddenly realized something was wrong.

 Unless he knew his identity early on and had a good understanding of himself...

 Hayashi Yoshiki then threw the cold medicine in his hand to him.

 Kaito Kuroba reached out to take it, and then he said, "Let's find a more suitable place to talk?"

 "....., then let's go to the rooftop."

 He led Hayashi Yoshiki to the rooftop of the teaching building.

 The sunshine is pretty nice today.

 "How did you know I have a cold today?"

 "I guessed it because the water in Tokyo Bay is very cold."

 "I've told you I don't understand what you're saying." Kaito Kuroba's main strategy was to deny it, since the other party had no evidence anyway.

 "Yes. Anyway, as an apology for the punch I gave you yesterday, I will tell you a secret, Kaito Kuroba."

 "?"

 "Your father, Kuroba Toichi."

 Hayashi Yoshiki, who was standing in front of the guardrail of the rooftop overlooking the playground, turned his head and looked at him and smiled, "He is still alive and well."

 "....What did you say?"

 Kaito Kuroba almost thought he was hallucinating, "Wait, can you say it again?"

 "...."

 "How did you know? No, who are you? Where is my dad now?"

 "You ask too many questions. I don't know the details, but what is certain is that the mysterious organization you are currently fighting against in search of the legendary gem 'Pandora' did not succeed in killing your father back then."

 "You know that organization too?"

 "Are you willing to admit it now?"

 Hayashi Yoshiki looked at him and smiled.

 Kaito Kuroba was feeling a little uncomfortable at the moment.

 He has always been alone in fighting against the mysterious organization. At most, Hakuba Tan cooperated with him once when the illusionist who called himself "Spider" attacked... It would be a lie to say that he, a high school student, had no psychological pressure when facing a group of ruthless murderers.

 "Who are you then?"

 "As for me, I share the same stance as you, so I should be considered your companion."

 "ha?!"

 It would have been fine if Hayashi Yoshiki hadn't said this, but when he said this, Kaito Kuroba's eyebrows stood up: "You punched me like that yesterday and arrested me and handed me over to the police, and you told me that you are my companion!?"

 "After all, I received the commission."

 "Stop talking nonsense!"

 "Why don't I just give Officer Nakamori a call after all."

 "I'm so sorry, Master Hayashi Yoshiki!"

 ".....Well, I have another piece of good news for you. The illusionist "Spider" who tried to assassinate you before is dead. He was killed by someone from another mysterious organization."

 "....."

 Kaito Kuroba was stunned.

 As a high school student, he suddenly didn't know how to react when he heard the news of someone's death.

 He really had too many questions and things he wanted to complain about, but they all flooded into his mind at once and he didn't know where to start.

 But before that, Hayashi Yoshiki suddenly looked at him seriously and asked, "Do you still remember the killer from the mysterious organization that has been chasing you?"

 "Are you talking about that guy named Snake?"

 "Snake, Snake...snake?"

 "That guy is very dangerous. Every time we meet, he will shoot without hesitation and even use hostages to force me to surrender." Kaito Kuroba's face darkened.

 "I'm sorry I don't know him."

 As Hayashi Yoshiki said this, he took out a notebook from his pocket, turned it to a certain page and handed it to Kaito Kuroba: "Draw the face and name on the other side, I can go investigate."

 "Drawing?"

 Kaito Kuroba had no doubts.

 He just thought about it for a moment, and after thinking that Hayashi Yoshiki might really be reliable, he tried to draw a portrait of Snake on that page and wrote his name.

 After he handed the notes to Hayashi Yoshiki, he saw the other party smiling and said:

 "Okay, let's stop here for now. Go back to the classroom and take your cold medicine and attend class well."

 "...I would do the same without you telling me."

 Kaito Kuroba held his head and turned away.

 Although he still had many questions and mixed feelings, he was generally happy to hear that his father might still be alive.

 Hayashi Yoshiki took out the page from his notebook where Kaito Kuroba had written his name.

 There was a crude sketch of a man wearing a black top hat and a beard, with the other person's name written below the portrait.

 Taking out a lighter, he lit it with a "ding" sound, and then Hayashi Yoshiki held the page of paper to a position slightly above the flame to bake it... Under the high temperature baking, the words he had written with invisible ink earlier quickly emerged.

 Snake

 "At 21:47 on the evening of April 27, I led my men into the gym located at 11-chome-31, Beika-cho, and entered the underground training ground through the secret passage behind the bookshelf."

 "Killing Hamada Daisei and Kamitaki Keita with a pistol"

 "After looting all the guns and ammunition in the training ground, I left a message on the wall: "We have always kept our distance from each other, but this time we will definitely take revenge on the spider, Rum!"

 "After that, he led his men to Beika Park and shot and killed Oigawa Kou."

 "..."

 "..."

 "Died of gunshot wound 8 days later"

 Using the Death Note to kill people requires the user to know the target's name and appearance, and the target's face obtained through a portrait will not be effective.

 But it doesn't matter because the person who wrote the name is Kaito Kuroba.

 A light smile appeared on Hayashi Yoshiki's face.

 He took out a pen and continued writing names on the paper.

 "Thank you very much for your sparring during this period, coach."

 "Hamada Daisei was shot and killed at 21:56 on the evening of April 27th"

 "Keita Kamitaki was shot and killed at 21:56 on the evening of April 27th"

 The above two are Hayashi Yoshiki's two coaches in the training ground.

 In addition, he wrote down the names of several peripheral members of the organization:

 "Oigawa Kou, shot dead"

 "Hamamura Kohei, shot dead"