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

At this point, Takagi Wataru immediately raised his hand: "It seems that's right. When Officer Sato takes statements from some annoying suspects, he often writes with more force than usual, and the next page is often covered with very obvious pen marks."

"Hey, Takagi!"

Sato Miwako immediately glared angrily at Takagi.

The latter immediately exclaimed in a daze, "Huh?"

"So this notebook doesn't have this problem?"

"Ah, it's so light and airy, it doesn't seem like something someone would write in a state of extreme anger..."

Lin Jiali stood up to the page that recorded Hunter's last words—there were no traces of pen marks on the back of the paper or on the fingertips of the next page.

"However, this doesn't prove anything. After all, some people might just have a more peaceful mindset or not have such a habit."

"There's just one more thing that I'm concerned about."

"Real estate agent Teng Bo and Sen Shan, who died two days ago, both died from gunshot wounds to the heart. Only Hunter died from a gunshot wound to the head. Moreover, both he and the killer had bullets that went astray in their surroundings... When snipers are exchanging fire, do they give each other a warning shot with their bullets?"

As Lin Jiashu finished speaking, Judy suddenly had a jolt and realized something.

Brainstem!

She immediately shouted it out.

what?

Everyone present looked at her with confusion.

Judy then remembered what Shuichi Akai had once told her: if you want to kill a target instantly without causing convulsions with a single bullet, the best way is to shoot the target through the brainstem... From another perspective, shooting through the brainstem is also a way to make the target die immediately without pain.

If we think about it that way, then the killing of Hunter and the diary he left behind become rather intriguing.

When she voiced this speculation, the expressions of everyone else present changed.

If that's the case, the person who killed Hunter was not his enemy, but rather possibly his ally!

Everyone was pondering this line of thought, but Judy, looking at Hayashi Yoshiki, was thinking about the notes she had previously discovered from Io Hodgson… Should she show them to him? Who knows, maybe he might discover something she hadn’t noticed?

"Also, this Mr. Hunter is so thin, he's practically skin and bones. He must be good at autopsies, right?"

"Ah, I can do that."

"Could we get another X-ray of his brain? I'm a little concerned about whether he has any obvious aftereffects from being shot in the head back then."

"Okay, I'll ask them to do it right away."

Inspector Megure moved very quickly.

As he made the phone call to ask the forensic doctor for help, Hayashi Yoshiki smiled and looked at Takagi Wataru.

"By the way, Mr. Takagi, could you get me something to eat? I hadn't had lunch when I came here."

"Oh, okay, Mr. Lin, what would you like to eat?"

"A simple sandwich will do."

"No problem, I'll buy it right away."

Takagi Wataru immediately ran out.

Judy looked a little embarrassed. The blonde American girl immediately put her hands together and said very apologetically, "Sorry, sorry, I was in such a hurry that I forgot Mr. Lin that you haven't had lunch yet."

"That's alright, but if Miss Judy feels really bad, just treat me to a meal sometime."

"Oh, of course, no problem!"

Judy immediately smiled and agreed.

This request suited her perfectly—she had been looking for an opportunity to talk to Hayashi Yoshiki about the notes.

By the time Takagi Wataru brought the sandwiches and Hayashi Yoshiki had eaten most of one, the pathological autopsy results, which were already nearly complete, arrived from the forensic department.

—They found a large amount of painkillers in Hunter's stomach, and they were extremely potent.

The results of an expedited head MRI scan were then sent over, revealing bullet fragments in his brain. These fragments were not from the recent sniper attack, but from a wound Hunter sustained on the battlefield eight years prior. Although the surgery at the time was successful, the remaining fragments had been compressing his optic nerve and other nerves, causing him to suffer from severe headaches and potentially significant vision loss.

"In that case, given his circumstances, he wouldn't have been able to shoot in Seattle in the first place!"

"That's right, even his diary entries about taking action against his prey are probably just empty talk."

"So it turns out the one who killed Hunter was indeed his accomplice!"

This discovery immediately boosted the morale of the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI.

They already had a shortlist of potential allies for Hunter: Kevin Yoshino, who had been saved by Hunter on the battlefield and now ran a military supply store; and Scott Green, who had served as a sniper school instructor in the Navy SEALs and was Hunter's former teacher.

"The die left by the killer after killing Hunter was a 2, which proves that at least one more person will be killed next."

"Immediately arrange for people to secretly observe the two of them, and arrest them on the spot if they make any suspicious moves!"

Inspector Megure's orders were immediately relayed.

Lin Jiashu, who was sitting there eating a sandwich, just smiled when he heard this.

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As a member of the Navy SEALs, Kevin Yoshino soon discovered that two groups of police officers were tracking and observing him from different locations.

what's the situation?

This discovery made him somewhat anxious and worried.

He killed his benefactor Hunter last night to lure the remaining two sinners, Bill Murphy and Jack Waltz, into believing that Hunter was dead and no one would seek revenge against them, thus lowering their guard so that he could then assassinate them.

These two men, Jack Waltz, as Hunter's superior, initially betrayed him out of jealousy for receiving the Silver Star Badge, and later had Bill Murphy shoot Hunter in the back on the battlefield in an attempt to kill him... Scum and disgrace, that's how Kevin defines them.

Therefore, at Hunter's request, Kevin killed Kevin himself and then eagerly sent a letter to trick Bill Murphy into boarding a train to Asakusa Station—the location of the station platform was an excellent sniping position, where he planned to kill him.

But now the police are watching him!

Kevin doesn't care about being arrested by the police after killing someone, but the problem is, if he manages to kill Bill Murphy under these circumstances, he will probably be taken into custody by the Japanese police afterwards... and then Jack Waltz will likely escape.

Damn it, what am I going to do now...?

He was suddenly caught in a dilemma.

Meanwhile, a black sedan was parked on a bridge near Asakusa Station.

Inside the car, Pu Siqinglan was wearing a white cheongsam embroidered with pink flowers. She had her sniper rifle propped up on the back seat and was lying prone on the back seat, hooking her long, slender legs, which were clad in high heels, up.

The train is already visible...

Her gaze, peering through the sniper scope, focused on the seventh carriage of the train on the distant tracks, searching for her target—the train was slowly slowing down as it approached the station, and Bill Murphy's seat was by the window in the seventh carriage.

"Die."

Pu Siqinglan instinctively aimed at Bill Murphy's eyes, but the next second she turned around and pulled the trigger.

The black man, who had just stood up and was about to take his luggage from the overhead rack, was completely unaware of what was happening. The next second, the train window shattered, and a bullet pierced his heart.

Witnessing him stagger back a few steps and fall, covered in blood, Pu Siqinglan immediately got up from the back seat of the car: "We can retreat now."

"OK."

Shimizu Reiko immediately stepped on the gas.

The black sedan immediately sped away on the bridge.

Soon after, news of Bill Murphy's fatal sniping on a high-speed train reached the Metropolitan Police Department, causing Inspector Megure to slam his fist on the table and stand up in utter astonishment: "What did you say?! Bill Murphy is dead?!"

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked, "What about Kevin Yoshino and Scott Green? Have the officers watching them sent any information?"

"Inspector Megure, we confirmed immediately that both Scott Green and Kevin Yoshino were under our covert surveillance and did not exhibit any suspicious behavior!"

"...So that means we've been targeting the wrong person?"

Inspector Megure found it hard to believe.

The FBI also received the message quickly.

James Black adjusted his glasses, somewhat taken aback: "So it seems Hunter has someone else on his side..."

"But who could it be?"

Judy frowned immediately.

Both sides were immediately plunged into deep doubt and frustration.

On the other side, Lin Jiashu had already received the message from Pu Siqinglan that the "mission was completed." As usual, he instructed the two of them to erase all traces of their actions, while a smile appeared on his face.

This shifted the focus of the police and the FBI away from Kevin Yoshino.

I can almost wrap things up now.

Chapter 444: Gin: "The elevator is destroyed, Chianti is in position."

"Thank you, thanks to you, everything has developed as I wished to this point."

"Get some rest now."

No, it's not necessary.

"It is precisely because I have other plans that I need you to kill those two people."

Do you want to disappoint me?

Outside the Kindaichi Detective Agency, Yoshiki Hayashi sat in his car talking on the phone.

Upon hearing this, Pu Siqinglan's response immediately became somewhat panicked, and she repeatedly explained that it was not true.

A woman who lacks a sense of self can indeed only focus all her attention on herself...

Hearing her somewhat nervous response, Lin Jiashu calmly thought to himself.

But he had no intention of criticizing Pu Siqinglan, so his voice softened.

“I know you just want to do more for me, but you’ve already done more than enough… Everything has been able to develop so smoothly because of you.”

"By the way, do you remember the restaurant we went to last time?"

"Let's go inside and pick out a few more outfits, okay? You can wear them for me later, alright?"

His quiet voice carried a hint of laughter.

That would be like a honey trap for Pu Siqinglan or Shimizu Reiko today.

A moment later, Lin Jiashu hung up the phone.

Police have now confirmed Bill Murphy's death.

It was also confirmed that the killer and Hunter were accomplices—which explains why, when the killer shot Hunter from only 150 meters away, he missed and left a bullet hole in the room.

This is probably because the killer hesitated when he killed Hunter.

Furthermore, the killer, who consistently used large-caliber bullets from the MK-11 sniper rifle to kill people, used lighter bullets from other guns when killing Hunter. This could be interpreted as him trying to preserve Hunter's body as intact as possible.

But after ruling out Kevin Yoshino and Scott Green, the police were still completely baffled as to who the killer was.

All we have to do is wait until tonight.

As he got out of the car and walked towards the office, Yoshiki Hayashi thought to himself.

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Damn!

Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!!!

A burning emotion surged in his chest, veins bulged on his forehead, and Kevin Yoshino roared as he slammed his fist into the sandbag, producing a solid, resounding thud.

"Ha ha……"

He kept his fist pounding on the sandbag, his eyes red with anger.

Everything was destroyed.

First it was Jin Moriyama, then Bill Murphy, that mysterious sniper who not only knew their entire plan but also brazenly interfered.

In a way, the other party had avenged Hunter, but Kevin was unwilling to accept it.

Because if that's the case, then why did he kill Hunter with his own hands?!

No matter what, only he can kill these people! They've already agreed that this is Hunter's revenge!