Chapter 109: Combination of Drug A and Death Note

　　Minoo Falls

　　It is a scenic spot located in Meiji-no-Mori Minoh Quasi-National Park in Minoh City, Osaka.

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi is hiding here.

　　--To be precise, he was hidden here.

　　There have been many murders in Osaka recently. Although Kiichiro Numabuchi is not the murderer, he is the murderer's target of revenge... The murderer hid Kiichiro Numabuchi in the attic of a cabin in the mountains, in order to push the crime onto Kiichiro Numabuchi after the revenge is completed.

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi was handcuffed in the attic and squatting there dozing off.

　　The person who hid him here used to come once a day and bring him lunch boxes and water bought from the convenience store so that he wouldn't starve to death, but he hasn't appeared since yesterday.

　　Hunger and thirst made Kiichiro Numabuchi weaker and weaker, and the dark environment in the attic deprived him of his sense of time...

　　In the midst of pain and despair, Kiichiro Numabuchi suddenly heard a noise under the attic.

　　Is someone coming up?

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi quickly slapped the floor of the attic to try to make some noise. The people below seemed to confirm his position, and after a rustling sound, the entrance to the attic was opened.

　　The man who poked his head in from the bottom with a flashlight in hand was a somewhat rough-looking man.

　　"Food...water..."

　　The other party was not the man who locked him up here, but Kiichiro Numabuchi could no longer care. He quickly begged the other party: "Please, please give me food quickly..."

　　"Take it."

　　The man's eyes were very calm.

　　He took out two rice balls and a bottle of water bought from a convenience store from his pocket and threw them to Kiichiro Numabuchi, who hurriedly reached out to pick them up, hurriedly opened the package and stuffed them into his mouth immediately.

　　He ate voraciously - by the time he discovered that there seemed to be some foreign object like a medicine capsule hidden in the rice ball, the thing had already been swallowed into his stomach.

　　"What did you feed me?"

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi's face changed, and he quickly reached out to dig into his throat to spit something out, but failed.

　　Soon, APTX4869 that fell into the stomach began to dissolve. Not long after, Kiichiro Numabuchi felt his body begin to heat up violently. He hurriedly covered his abdomen. In the pain that felt like all the bones in his body were melting, he couldn't even make a sound.

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.

　　The rough-looking man watched the scene calmly without any reaction. He saw the other party struggling in pain but without much strength to roll over. Only the handcuffs on his left hand were constantly pulled and scratched Kiichiro Numabuchi's wrist.

　　In less than ten minutes, Kiichiro Numabuchi's hands were suddenly free from the handcuffs.

　　--As a large amount of steam dissipated, his body turned into that of a child, and he was a little dazed at the moment.

　　He was panting.

　　He turned over and over and looked at his shrunken hand in disbelief, and a sense of absurd fear rose in his heart....

　　"If you don't want to die, follow me quickly."

　　The man spoke at this time.

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi looked at him with some fear, but because he didn't understand, he chose to be obedient.

　　The two left the attic together.

　　------

　　The experiment was successful.

　　In an abandoned warehouse, Hayashi Yoshiki couldn't help but smile as he looked at the shrunken Kiichiro Numabuchi who was brought to him.

　　"Congratulations, Kiichiro Numabuchi."

　　He ignored the panic on Kiichiro Numabuchi's face and just looked at him with admiration and surprise: "Rejuvenation, experiencing this kind of thing in person, I wonder what you think?"

　　"...You, you are from that organization!"

　　"oops?"

　　Hayashi Yoshiki slightly restrained his smile.

　　Seeing Kiichiro Numabuchi's face livid with fear, and his hands and feet trembling a little, Hayashi Yoshiki couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "Why do you think so?"

　　"You are from that organization..." Numabuchi Kiichiro's lips trembled, and he stared at Hayashi Yoshiki's face: "That kind of aura, I will never mistake it..."

　　"That's why?"

　　"..."

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi was speechless.

　　Hayashi Yoshiki's figure was reflected in his eyes, and that slender and well-proportioned figure did not exude any malice.

　　But Kiichiro Numabuchi was trembling with fear...

　　Even though the other person had no expression on his face, even though he had no murderous intent, being looked at by those eyes made Kiichiro Numabuchi feel great panic.

　　--The look in his eyes is similar to that of the man named Gin.

　　There is no emotion, just looking at an object, like a test subject...

　　Even because the other person always had a smile on his face, to some extent, Kiichiro Numabuchi even felt that he was far more terrifying than the man with a cold face who looked like he could kill someone at any time.

　　He didn't want to fall into the hands of that terrorist organization again at all costs.

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi secretly reached his hand behind his back.

　　Hayashi Yoshiki noticed his movements - he knew that there was a knife hidden behind the other party, and it might even be one he had prepared for him.

　　"Really? I thought you would thank me."

　　"After all, you are a murderer wanted by the police and hunted by the organization. After you become a child, you can change your identity and start a new life."

　　"How about it?"

　　"If you're willing to help me with something, I won't tell you anything."

　　"Then you can start a new life."

　　Hayashi Yoshiki spread his hands and smiled.

　　But it was also because of this action that Kiichiro Numabuchi saw the flaw that his hands were empty, so the distance of about five meters between the two sides was drastically shortened with his sudden kick, and the knife hidden behind him was already tightly grasped in his hand.

　　The winery's training of Kiichiro Numabuchi was not in vain.

　　Even though his body had shrunk, Numabuchi Kiichiro had already found the right angle the moment he attacked. He was sure to kill Hayashi Yoshiki with this strike.

　　However,

　　"What a pity."

　　Hayashi Yoshiki's words made Numabuchi Kiichiro stop his actions instantly.

　　He stopped suddenly, and because of inertia, he fell down, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground.

　　"..."

　　A few seconds later, Kiichiro Numabuchi got up in silence.

　　At this moment, his eyes were empty. He silently put away the knife and stood aside, no longer thinking about killing people and escaping from here.

　　Hayashi Yoshiki just glanced at him one last time, then turned and left, completely losing interest.

　　After a while,

　　Kiichiro Numabuchi also left here.

　　With a hollow look in his eyes, he found a deserted place at night with a knife in his hand, stabbed the knife into his throat, and then fell to the ground.