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

Kevin's eyes were bloodshot.

The only remaining target is Jack Waltz, the sinner Hunter most desires revenge against... In any case, at least this is the only one he must kill with his own hands!

Now, Kevin, consumed by rage, couldn't care less about anything else.

Now that the police have withdrawn their suspicions from him because of Murphy's death, he can act without any scruples... He's going to kill Jack Waltz just as planned from the beginning, and if anyone tries to stop him, he'll kill them too!

Kevin quickly packed up and took out his equipment, then pulled out his phone with a gloomy face and made a call.

The contact person was Jack Waltz.

He was going to lead that guy to the gallows he had arranged for him earlier.

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The next night, at seven o'clock

The area around the Suzuki Tower observation deck was deserted.

A tall woman dressed in all black, carrying a long backpack, arrived at the tower. Upon seeing the dazzling night view outside, she whistled with delight.

"Wow! Not bad at all, this place is quite glamorous as the location where I commit murder!"

Chianti happily took off the backpack behind her.

She then took an MK-11 sniper rifle out of her backpack and set it up at the sniping position she had set up earlier.

"But why did you specifically make me change to this gun? It's not unusable, but I just can't get used to it!"

Her chattering voice was transmitted to the other side through the headset.

Gin ignored her.

A black Porsche 356A was parked on a street not far from the Suzuki Tower.

The man in the driver's seat had a head of silver hair that shone brightly. He glanced at the vodka beside him and asked, "Let's do it. Detonate the bomb now."

"Okay, big brother."

Vodka immediately pressed the Enter key on the computer.

After a one-second delay,

Suddenly, a loud "BOOM!" exploded at the base of the neon-lit Suzuki Tower standing in front of them.

The building itself, which is over 400 meters tall, was not significantly affected; at least Chianti, who was near the observation deck, did not even feel the shaking. However, the elevators inside the Suzuki Tower were completely destroyed in the explosion and are now immobile.

"All done, bro."

"Ah."

Gin gave a nonchalant reply.

He then took out his phone and sent a text message.

Gin: The Suzuki Tower's elevator has been destroyed, and Chianti is in place.

Cointreau: OK.

Gin's expression remained unchanged as he received the immediate reply.

He still doesn't understand what Lin Jiashu is trying to do. He only knows that Lin Jiashu asked him to pass on the mission to Chianti: to snipe targets in a building within the line of sight of the Suzuki Tower. In addition, before the operation, all the elevators in the Suzuki Tower must be blown up...

This guy with a penchant for killing actually handed someone over to someone else to kill, which is unprecedented.

What exactly was his special intention?

Gin thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it and waited for things to develop so that there would be an answer sooner or later.

Meanwhile, Kevin was riding his motorcycle quickly toward the Suzuki Tower.

His plan was to kill Jack Waltz, who had been lured into a trap, with a sniper rifle from a high point on the Suzuki Tower at eight o'clock... This time, there absolutely could not be any more accidents!

Boiling anger and anxiety transformed into the weight of his twisting the throttle. As the motorcycle roared closer to the Suzuki Tower, he discovered that thick smoke was billowing from the base of the tower, and the sirens of fire trucks and police officers were approaching from afar.

This discovery immediately enraged him.

He slammed on the brakes, staring fiercely at the top of the Suzuki Tower for a long time... then he twisted the throttle sharply, turned the motorcycle around, and sped off in another direction.

Chapter 445: Three Snipers

Inspector Megure, I've figured out the riddle with the dice. The killer's next sniping spot is at Suzuki Tower!

Suzuki Tower

Upon receiving the call from Hayashi Yoshiki, Inspector Megure stared in astonishment at the Suzuki Tower billowing smoke under the fire trucks' suppression, exclaiming, "What did you say!?"

Although the identity of the murderer is still unclear, there is no doubt that the murderer's next target will be Suzuki Tower.

First, they targeted the building owned by real estate developer Hiroaki Tengbo, and then they targeted Jin Moriyama's hotel. These two buildings are located on the left and right sides in front of the Suzuki Tower, and their heights are almost parallel, meaning that the two can be connected in a horizontal line.

Then there's the third sniper spot that killed Hunter, the fourth sniper spot that killed Bill Murphy... If you connect these positions, you get an equilateral trapezoid.

In this case, if we add the highest point in the middle, which is the Suzuki Tower, it will form a pentagonal shape.

Next, add the dice left in various locations, and use the remaining points to represent the Suzuki Tower. You can then connect them in the pentagon to form a star pattern... There's no mistake, this represents the Silver Star Badge that Hunter was stripped of.

"Is that so!"

Without thinking, Inspector Megure loudly echoed Yoshiki Hayashi's words, then raised his voice several decibels: "But the Suzuki Tower has been blown up by the culprit! We rushed to the Suzuki Tower as soon as we received the report, and according to our observation, several elevators inside have been destroyed!"

elevator?

Lin Jiashu sounded somewhat surprised.

He was silent for a moment, and his tone unconsciously softened: The observation deck of Suzuki Tower is probably the killer's next sniping spot... The elevator was destroyed, which almost completely cut off other people's way up.

"So, the killer is very likely starting to prepare their operation upstairs now!?"

That's probably true, but in doing so, the killer seems to have cut off his own escape route. Could it be that he's planning to avenge Hunter and then die on the Suzuki Tower himself...? Inspector Megure, can you find Jack Waltz's location now?

"Wait a moment, I'll ask right away!"

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Inspector Megure did not hesitate and immediately hung up the phone to report the situation.

Not long after, he learned that Jack Waltz, who was under the protection of the Kyoto police, had disappeared without a trace!

Meanwhile, Jack Waltz was on his way to the burial plot that Kevin Yoshino had arranged for him.

—The murderer, who inherited the will of the deceased Hunter, called earlier and said, "You are the next target." Terrified, Jack Waltz immediately begged for mercy and tried to bribe the other party with money. Although the other party was not interested in money, he said that he would be let go as long as he was willing to repent and admit his crimes.

The other party then unilaterally stipulated that Jack Waltz must arrive at the entrance of the Chigusa Confectionery Shop in Asakusa Ward at 8 p.m. the following night.

Jack Waltz outwardly promised himself that he would arrive on time, but in his heart he knew that the other party would never let him go. Therefore, he immediately went to the scene to stake out the location. After confirming the best sniping spot in front of the Chigusa Confectionery Shop, he found a high-rise building that was suitable for sniping that spot.

"Only a sniper can defeat a sniper. In the end, the one who can anticipate the opponent's moves one step ahead will win!"

Jack Waltz, slung a sniper rifle over his shoulder, sauntered into his designated "counter-sniping" position.

However, Kevin Yoshino and Hunter had already anticipated that he would do so, and the building he entered had a window that was perfect for being sniped from the observation deck outside Suzuki Tower!

Unfortunately, Kevin Yoshino can no longer climb the Suzuki Tower; now it's Chianti who's guarding it.

"Come on, come quickly... my prey!"

With her left eye, adorned with a butterfly tattoo, slightly narrowed, Chianti, who was lying there, was extremely excited.

Killing someone on such a great stage was a first for her.

when!

Suddenly, Chianti, who was intently staring at her sniper scope, heard a strange metallic clanging sound. She instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw that it was the upper level of the Suzuki Tower, which was made of reinforced concrete, and there seemed to be nothing strange there.

What was that sound you just heard?

"I don't know, it's probably just some kind of metal noise! ​​Hey, is your helicopter ready yet? I think I heard police cars coming from down below."

Complete your task; time is almost up.

"cut!"

Chianti was very unhappy with Gin's cold attitude, but she didn't say anything more.

Soon, a figure appeared in her sniper scope. It was a slightly overweight blond man who was leaning out of the window with a sniper rifle, but he was aiming at something else.

What the hell?

Are you sniping someone who is about to snipe another sniper?

This fact immediately delighted her, and she quickly called out into her headset, "Hey! Gin, I think I've spotted a target! He's carrying a sniper rifle and looks like he's about to snipe someone. Can I shoot him now? Can I shoot him now?"

If you think it's okay, then shoot.

Gin's cold voice came through.

He was too lazy to think about Cointreau now. Anyway, that guy said to let Chianti snipe the target, so maybe all the reactions here were within his calculations.

the other side

Kevin Yoshino had already climbed to the Asakusa Blue Sky Pavilion. He lay there, gritting his teeth as he stared at the figure outside the Suzuki Tower observation deck through the scope mounted there.

I can see...

I could see that hateful guy setting up his sniper rifle and aiming at his prey—and it looked like a woman!

With just one glance, Kevin Yoshino felt an overwhelming surge of resentment.

That bastard!

This guy ruined everything!

He pulled the trigger with murderous intent.

boom!

In the fleeting flashes of gunfire in the darkness, a bullet hurtled rapidly toward the Suzuki Tower under the cover of night.

However, the bullet that cut through the wind eventually landed on a steel bar at a higher position, more than ten meters away from the target, only producing a few sparks.

...So it really won't work?

Kevin gritted his teeth.

The only spot on the entire map that could snipe from the Suzuki Tower observation deck is the Asakusa Sky Pavilion. Kevin had previously discussed this location with Hunter, but Hunter laughed and said there was no need to worry about that possibility.

"Putting distance aside, because of the unique scenery of Suzuki Tower and the upward angle, the only person who could snipe this place from Blue Sky Pavilion is that guy known as the Silver Bullet in the FBI, but he has been missing for a long time, and may even be dead..."

Even Hunter said that he couldn't do this in his prime, so how could he possibly do it on his own?

However, Kevin was not willing to give up. He gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger again.

Chapter 446: Chianti breaks down, Gin breaks down, Kevin breaks down

"When you get to hell, remember to say hello to Hunter."

It was in the public restroom on the top floor of the unfinished building. Jack Waltz, who had walked there with a flashlight, put down his backpack and pulled out a sniper rifle.

He will be completely rid of Hunter's ghost today, resolving this matter once and for all!

However, just as Jack Waltz, gun in hand, walked triumphantly toward the window, a white five-pointed star symbol on the glass plunged him into an icy abyss.

Silver Star Badge...

He remembered that when he scouted the location before, there was no such thing!

The apex of the five-pointed star on the glass faced the 350-meter-high observation deck of the Suzuki Tower, and the tower's constantly flashing neon lights instilled in Jack Waltz a deep-seated fear.

At that moment, he understood everything.

The whole Chigusa and confectionery shop thing is fake. He just anticipated that I would try to anticipate him and chose this sniping spot. The moment I stand in front of this window, it will be my death!

Jack Waltz's limbs couldn't keep up with the speed of his thoughts.

In that instant when his limbs felt as heavy as lead, he saw a flickering light on the Suzuki Tower platform far away.

He fired!

Under the cover of darkness, the rapidly approaching bullet shattered the glass in front of Jack Waltz in an instant. With a deafening explosion, the bullet grazed Jack Waltz's forehead and struck the wall, blasting a hole the size of a bowl.

"Ha ha……"