Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

"enough."

250

Chapter 250: There are no rules or morals, only power and ability (combined)

Accompanied by his secretary Takada, Hayashi Yoshiki returned to the top-floor suite of the hotel located at the entrance of the fantasy park.

"Thank you for your hard work, Detective Lin. The client has been waiting for you for quite some time."

"OK, thanks."

Takada was somewhat surprised to hear that Hayashi Yoshiki was being so polite.

Lin Jiashu was simply too lazy to express his emotions to the dead.

He walked straight into the living room, and Takada, who was following behind, took out a remote control from his pocket and pressed the power button, and the screen above the fireplace lit up again.

Ito Suehiko appeared on the screen in the same seated posture.

"Mr. Lin has returned here."

Takada spoke up to remind him.

"My deadline was 10 PM, and it's only a little past 3 PM now... Detective Lin, are you really sure you've found what I wanted you to investigate?"

"What you want us to investigate is the armored truck robbery that occurred on April 4th in the carriage lane, and the truth behind the shooting of Shoji Nishio, which is related to this case. However, that's only the surface—"

Hayashi Yoshiki's words did not cause any ripples on Ito Suehiko's face until he paused for a moment and then mentioned another name: "You're looking for Shimizu Reiko, right?"

"...As expected of the famous detective known for his astonishing efficiency in solving cases, truly remarkable. My expectations were not in vain."

"If you don't mind, let's talk in person, Mr. Ito."

Ito Suehiko did not answer.

However, the screen in Lin Jiashu's sight suddenly went dark, and shortly afterward, a nearby bookshelf rumbled and moved aside, revealing the passage behind it.

Secretary Takada adjusted his glasses, seemingly unfazed by the scene.

So his initial claim that he didn't know Ito Suehiko's location was a lie.

Lin Jiashu stepped forward.

Just as Lin Jiashu was walking towards that passage, the closed suite door suddenly opened.

Takada's expression froze.

He was puzzled by the beautiful woman with wavy hair who suddenly walked in, but before he could speak, a gun was already pointed at his forehead.

Shimizu Reiko didn't intend to waste words, but just as she was about to pull the trigger, the man's terrified expression suddenly turned into one of distress. He bit his lip in pain, clutching his heart, and then collapsed to his knees as if all his strength had been drained away. Within seconds, he fell to the ground, motionless.

"..."

The unexpected turn of events left Shimizu Reiko completely astonished.

She initially suspected a trap, but after checking, she found that the other person was truly lifeless.

Was this Mr. Lin's work?

He was right on the second before I fired. That's amazing!

Because she had been working on Yoshiki Hayashi's "Kira" identity, Shimizu Reiko had no doubts about Yoshiki Hayashi's abilities whatsoever.

She walked towards the secret passage behind the bookshelf.

In the dark room, Yoshiki Hayashi saw Suehiko Ito sitting in a chair with his back to him.

"Sorry, I can't turn it around."

Behind his sunglasses, Ito Suehiko's eyes faced the bright, almost blindingly bright screen, yet all he could see was emptiness: "I don't have much time left to live, which is why I've brought in so many detectives to find out the truth... Come on, tell me, tell me the truth you've found."

"You're probably more concerned about Shimizu Reiko than the truth."

"...That's right."

Suehiko Ito didn't actually care about the truth at all.

From his perspective, he was responsible for both the armored truck robbery and Shoji Nishio's death, so he knew the truth of the case better than anyone else.

"Reiko disappeared suddenly a month ago, vanished without a trace. No matter what method I use to search, I can't find any trace of her. Detective Lin, if it were you, you should have found her whereabouts, right?"

Shimizu Reiko has managed to distance herself completely from this incident.

Ito Suehiko hired a detective to find her, but he didn't intend to expose the detective. He only thought that once the detective found out his identity, he would inevitably notice Shimizu Reiko and discover her disappearance.

"I'm so touched, Ito. Even in your current state, you still care about me so much."

"Reiko?"

Upon hearing the familiar female voice, Ito Suehiko's expression turned to surprise, and his voice was filled with joy.

However, Shimizu Reiko ignored him.

The woman shuffled over and immediately clung to Lin Jiashu, pouting coquettishly, "Why did you do it yourself, Mr. Lin? Are you worried that I didn't clean it properly enough?"

"Ah, if you fire a gun in the living room, it will be a lot of trouble to deal with the traces left behind."

"……what?"

Suehiko Ito was stunned.

Listening to their conversation, he was completely bewildered, his mind a jumbled mess. He asked, confused, "Reiko, you and Detective Hayashi...?"

"That's right~ I'm Mr. Lin's adorable little Wang-chan now~ Wang Wang~"

Shimizu Reiko tapped her forehead with the PPK pistol in her hand and made a very playful expression.

However, Ito Suehiko, who was blind and had his back to this side, couldn't see it at all.

His mouth was open.

After standing there stunned for a long time, I still found it absurd.

How can this be?

How could such an absurd thing happen?

How could a woman like Reiko possibly fawn over a man like that?

Then what about myself, who committed crimes for her, killed my companion Nishio, and ended up like this?!

Overwhelmed by his rapidly shifting thoughts and tangled emotions, Ito Suehiko stood there speechless, unable to utter a word.

"It's about time, we can get ready to make our move, Reiko."

Okay~~

With a smile, Shimizu Reiko approached Ito Suehiko with a gun in hand.

"Blame yourself for being an incompetent person, Ito. You are really boring and unreliable. And Nishio is the same, all he knows is to use violence... Compared to Mr. Hayashi, the tricks you play are like those of uncivilized monkeys."

click

She loaded the gun.

The silent Ito Suehiko could roughly sense the gun barrel pointed at his forehead, but he didn't care about his life anymore; he just gritted his teeth and roared:

"You bastard! You bastard!!!"

"Hayashi Yoshiki!!!"

"You fraudster! Liar!! Bastard!! You actually call yourself a famous detective—"

"What does this have to do with me being a detective?"

Yoshiki Hayashi's calm tone made Suehiro Ito fall silent.

Although he couldn't see his face, Ito Suehiko felt a strange fear after he spoke.

The other person's clear voice carried an incredibly strong presence.

"There have never been any rules or morals in the world, only power and ability."

"It's a pity you can't even see through such a fundamental truth."

"Just because I live within a sociological order, and because I'm a famous detective, does that mean I should be righteous? Don't make me laugh. It's precisely this kind of conventional thinking that is my biggest asset in my success."

“I’ve said this more than once.”

"Life is a game of chance; the winner takes all, and the loser becomes a victim."

"Your crime is truly worthless."

Lin Jiashu took off his ID watch and casually tossed it into the center of the room.

Although he couldn't see his face, Ito Suehiko only felt a chill in the tips of his fingers.

This man...

This man...

It's a monster!

It is a monster that disguises itself as harmless, living in human society, and whose perspective and thoughts are completely different from ordinary people!

Even though Ito Suehiko was a criminal who would threaten others with the lives of even children, he still felt a chill run down his spine the moment he realized that Hayashi Yoshiki was acting strangely.

Shimizu Reiko pulled the trigger.

The brass bullet pierced through Ito Suehiko's head in an instant, spraying a mouthful of blood.

Ito Suehiko's body jolted, and he lost all his strength.

At this moment, Lin Jiashu, who had put his watch back on, smiled and said, "Alright, this place will explode in half an hour... Before that, let's move Mr. Takada's body here."

Okay~

Destroying this dark room with a bomb would bury all traces of this place.

The bombs used weren't just the ID left behind by Yoshiki Hayashi; under the control of the Death Note, all the bombs prepared by Suehiko Ito were gathered here.

“All the traces have been cleaned up, and my gun has also had its fingerprints wiped off and handed over to Ito.”

"Thanks for your hard work."

As Lin Jiashu estimated the time, he called Inspector Megure before leaving the suite.

"Inspector Megure, there will be an explosion on the top floor of the Red Castle Hotel in about twenty minutes!"

"What!?"

"The situation is urgent. I'll go and notify the hotel to evacuate the guests on the upper floors and the surrounding area first! Also, Xiaolan and the others can safely remove their ID cards now."

"Okay! Be careful, I'll send someone over right away!"

Before Inspector Megure could finish speaking, Yoshiki Hayashi hung up the phone.

Lin Jiashu did indeed arrive at the hotel lobby immediately to notify the evacuation of the high-level guests, while Shimizu Reiko took advantage of the chaos to leave—the hotel's internal surveillance system had been hacked by Ito Suehiko under Lin Jiashu's control, so there would be no record of Shimizu Reiko entering.

Twenty-two minutes later, a deafening explosion rocked the private suite on the top floor of the hotel, shattering the entire space in a dark room.

Megure arrived late, accompanied by a group of police officers and firefighters.

"What on earth is going on, Brother Lin!?"

"After the client resolved the matter, he shot himself, and before that, he started the countdown to the bomb." Lin Jiashu's expression was somewhat grim.

"Is the client Ito Suehiko?" Shiratori Ninzaburo stepped forward solemnly.

"Yes."

"...I retrieved his information when I came here."

Shiratori Ninzaburo took out the case file and said, "On the night that Nishio Masaharu was shot, he was driving his car at the container terminal and the accident was particularly bad. At that time, his injuries were so severe that it was a miracle that he survived... He stayed in the intensive care unit for almost a month. At that time, he was completely paralyzed on one side."

"But when the police were preparing to arrest him for bank robbery and murder of Shoji Nishio, he mysteriously disappeared from the hospital room."

Inspector Megure, picking up on this point, couldn't help but stroke his chin and speculate, "Is it because of hemiplegia that he lost the will to live?"

"The important thing is that there's also that secretary, Takada."

Lin Jiashu's expression was solemn: "According to the information I investigated, the other party is Ito Suehiko's senior, and was sent by Fukayama Soichiro, the president of Fukayama Trading Company, to help him. As for why Ito Suehiko, who was paralyzed at the time, was able to leave the hospital's monitoring ward quietly, and why his suicide attempt seemed to be to cover up the traces... it may also be related to Fukayama Soichiro."

"so!"

Megure's expression turned serious.

Given Hayashi Yoshiki's identity, such a reasonable deduction would be unassailable even by Inspector Megure, Heiji Hattori, or Conan.