Chapter 110: Recorded Contents
Long before going to Osaka and deciding to use Kiichiro Numabuchi as the experimental consumable, Hayashi Yoshiki had already sent an APTX4869 to Osaka using other consumables.
For this test, Hayashi Yoshiki wrote two additional names in the Death Note, in addition to Kiichiro Numabuchi.
"Takeyama Shunsuke"
"On October 16th at 17:49, I drove to the Meiji-no-Mori Minoh Quasi-National Park and found a hidden attic in a wooden house near Minoh Falls."
"I went up to the attic and found a man handcuffed."
"I hid a red drug capsule in a rice ball and had the other person eat it. Then I witnessed something incredible happen."
"Then we took the man hiding in the attic and brought him to an abandoned factory building at 8-chome-42, Naniwa-ku, Osaka."
"Died of drowning three days later"
--This was the first name Hayashi Yoshiki wrote.
At this time, Hayashi Yoshiki did not write Kiichiro Numabuchi's name in the Death Note. He wanted to try whether he could use the "script" ability of the Death Note to influence a third party to withstand the toxicity of APTX4869.
However, Shunsuke Takeyama died of a heart attack immediately afterwards.
Perhaps the Death Note determined that his act of feeding medicine would cause the death of a third party, so Hayashi Yoshiki's control over Takeyama Shunsuke was ineffective.
So after that, Hayashi Yoshiki wrote a second name.
"Kiichiro Numabuchi"
"Cause of death: suicide"
"On the evening of October 16, I was found by a stranger in the attic where I was trapped. After eating the food handed to me by the stranger, my body underwent incredible changes."
"After escaping from the attic, I was taken away by a strange man and brought to an abandoned factory building at 8-chome-42, Naniwa-ku, Osaka."
"When I heard the words 'Happy cooperation' in the abandoned factory, I will keep silent about everything that happened today, and then commit suicide by jumping into the lake at 19:47 on the evening of October 30th."
"When I heard the words 'What a pity' in the abandoned factory, I immediately decided to die and gave up all action. Then at 11pm that night, I found a deserted place and stabbed myself in the throat with a knife."
After writing down Kiichiro Numabuchi's name and cause of death, Hayashi Yoshiki quickly wrote down a third name.
"Masato Tsui"
"On October 16th at 17:49, I drove to Meiji-no-Mori Minoh Quasi-National Park and found a hidden attic in a wooden house near Minoh Falls."
"I went up to the attic and found a man handcuffed."
"..."
"..."
The content recorded under the third name is exactly the same as that of the first name.
But this brought about the exact opposite result.
This is probably related to the fact that Hayashi Yoshiki had determined in advance that the cause of death for Kiichiro Numabuchi was "suicide" - as long as the cause of death is reasonably controlled and physically feasible, the contents recorded in the Death Note will definitely come true.
The effect of APTX4869 is indeed not fake, but whether the result is life or death may be related to the physical constitution of the person taking the drug, or it may be a simple matter of probability...
(But he failed when he manipulated Takeyama Shunsuke to influence a third party...)
(Is it because the Death Note's effect on third parties is not that great?)
(So, what if it was not written that Takeyama Shunsuke "fed the medicine to the other party", but "saw the other party swallow the medicine and something incredible happened"?)
When one question is answered, another question arises.
Hayashi Yoshiki guessed that if it was written like this, Takeyama Shunsuke would most likely still die of heart failure - because APTX4869 was brought by Takeyama Shunsuke, which also involved the regulations regarding third parties.
But if Hayashi Yoshiki placed an APTX4869 in the attic before writing this record, and then controlled Takeyama Shunsuke to just be a witness, would the result be different?
"..."
These will be left for later testing.
Hayashi Yoshiki and Mori Kogoro and their group spent two days and one night in Osaka. The case was finally solved, but the police are now worried because they were unable to find any trace of Kiichiro Numabuchi.
"It's really fun, what do you think, Yoshiki?"
"Well, Osaka is very interesting, and the food is really delicious."
"Hey, I bought a lot of souvenirs."
In the Shinkansen carriage, Xiaolan sat next to Hayashi Yoshiki. She said this with a sweet smile and clapped her hands, asking, "Brother Yoshiki, could you help me get some and give them to my mother when the time comes?"
"Well, leave it to me."
Hayashi Yoshiki nodded.
It takes about three hours to take the Shinkansen from Osaka to Beihua. Xiaolan was very energetic at the beginning of the journey, but she suddenly felt sleepy not long after.
Hayashi Yoshiki didn't feel sleepy at all.
He took out his cell phone and saw several unread text messages in his inbox.
Yoko Okino: "Yoshiki-kun~~"
Yoko Okino: "Listen to me, when I was recording the show today..."
Okino Yoko: "...."
Okino Yoko: "...."
She shared some of her daily interesting stories.
Hayashi Yoshiki read to the end and saw the more important content.
Okino Yoko: "Then I will finish shooting early today, and I can go home around 7 o'clock."
Hayashi Yoshiki first responded to the content she shared earlier, and then sent another sentence:
Hayashi Yoshiki: "I also came back from Osaka today. I brought a gift for Yoko. Is it okay for me to give it to you later?"
Okino Yoko: "Yes! Thank you Yoshiki-kun!"
Yoko Okino: "I'm so looking forward to it!"
Hayashi Yoshiki: "Hahaha"
Hayashi Yoshiki: "By the way, have the ones we left at Yoko's house run out?"
Send this sentence.
Yoko Okino, who had just been actively replying to messages, suddenly disappeared. It was not until four or five minutes later that her text messages came again.
Okino Yoko: "I don't know either."
Hayashi Yoshiki: "Maybe there are some left, so I won't buy any when I go there tonight."
Okino Yoko: "Yoshiki-kun, you should buy it!"
Yoko Okino: "(ǒ＿ǒ)"
Hayashi Yoshiki: "Hmm~~ Should I buy it or not?"
The used things Hayashi Yoshiki was referring to were the small umbrella.
The two of them have consumed a lot of energy recently.
Hayashi Yoshiki thought it was quite fun to tease the surprisingly innocent idol lady, but at this moment his right shoulder suddenly felt heavy - it turned out that Xiaolan suddenly tilted her head while falling asleep, and her cute face rested on Hayashi Yoshiki's shoulder.
"..."
Being so close, Hayashi Yoshiki could even feel the rise and fall of her breathing. He glanced at her. The warmth and just the right weight of the girl's cheek resting on his shoulder made Hayashi Yoshiki move more gently.
Bang Bang....
The trains on the city's elevated tracks are running at high speed.
And judging from her appearance, it seems that she won't wake up for a while.