Unjust Anime, but with Death Note

Fortunately, the Infinite Demon was only residing in the girl's soul and had not yet completely devoured her. Acting within the body, there was still room for recovery.

This eased Ryougi Shiki's guilt considerably. Infinite Demons were a pre-existing concept, meaning living beings. Ryougi Shiki's ability allowed her to kill anything alive, even gods.

A tragedy was averted.

But can the cracks in people's hearts be repaired?

Ryougi Shiki wondered.

...

"Yagami, you're not crying~" Ryougi Shiki murmured, "Why are you so calm? You didn't even get angry at me."

"This guy... is this the kind of thing he's concerned about?"

Light Yagami remained silent, looking at the "corpse" lying on the ground with a peaceful face, as if she was dreaming a sweet girl's dream, and choked with emotion.

Because... is this Nishimiya Shoko's fate? Even if she doesn't die at the hands of Ryougi Shiki, she'll die at the hands of the public security... Perhaps being given a painless death like Ryougi Shiki is a good fate after all?

Because... Light Yagami had already prepared himself mentally!

Under Ryougi Shiki's hopeful gaze, Light Yagami spoke, "I believe that crying for something is a very special act. It's a sad expression that casts a shadow on those around you."

"Nishimiya Glass has experienced enough sadness... After she leaves, don't let her feel that kind of atmosphere again."

"No matter how sad she is, she won't cry for anything. If she cries, it means she has become someone special."

"Sometimes, it's nice to just leave without any worries."

The wind stopped and the rain stopped.

The water droplets on the leaves make a "tick-tick" sound, like a sonata of nature.

Silence fell between the two again.

After a long while, Ryougi Shiki finally spoke first: "Yagami, you don't seem surprised at all that I killed Nishimiya Naoko?"

"There's nothing surprising about it, because this is Nishimiya's fate. She is a devil." Light Yagami said expressionlessly.

"So you already know..."

Ryougi Shiki asked the question that had been hidden in her heart for a long time: "What is your relationship with Miss Makima?"

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"What is your relationship with Miss Makima?"

"..."

How did she know about Makima?

Such doubts flashed through Light Yagami's mind. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Sister...she is my guardian."

"guardian?!"

Ryougi Shiki was a bit dazed. This made sense. Why was Yagami always able to provide accurate and fast intelligence? It turned out that Miss Makima was behind him... She didn't know that Light Yagami didn't rely on Makima to obtain the information, but rather obtained it through illegal means such as hacking.

"It's just that...Yakami doesn't seem to know Makima's true identity."

"Are there any concerns?"

Since Makima didn't say it herself, Ryougi Shiki wouldn't take the initiative to point it out.

He felt a pity for being caught committing a crime by Yagami. He knew that the mysterious side world wasn't a blessing for ordinary people like Yagami, but rather a curse. Ryougi Shiki had witnessed close friends being drawn into the mysterious side world, ultimately shattered by their fear of death. He had also witnessed enemies of the mysterious side world descend upon their ordinary friends and murder them...

She wanted to give Light Yagami a surprise without him knowing. But now that she'd been caught, if she didn't tell him, there would be another tragic barrier between them.

After thinking for a moment, Ryougi Shiki sighed softly: "Since you have seen me, there is nothing I can do. It is time to tell you something..."

"Ye Shen, I am not an ordinary person."

"Yes, I expected that." Yagami Light said calmly, "I've noticed something since you were in the hospital. I remember... you wanted to destroy your own eyes. Now it seems that this is your ability?"

"You noticed it then? What an amazing observation skill."

Ryougi Shiki raised her hand and stroked her eye sockets, staring at Light Yagami with her devil eyes, which were shimmering with a wondrous spectacle. "Yagami, do you know... how I felt when I first discovered that I had awakened these devil eyes?"

"I saw fine lines of death on the petals. Just a light touch of my hand and the petals withered and died..."

"Everything in this world is shrouded in death lines, including you...Ye Shen. I see a death line in your body, emitting an astonishing vitality. If I cut it with the short blade in my hand, you will die..."

Deadline?

Light Yagami's heart trembled. He quickly deduced Ryougi Shiki's ability from her words.

"The ability to see the fatal weaknesses of everything and kill with a single blow? That's truly terrifying."

"This ability to kill everything with ease. Back then, I thought it was a curse, and I wanted to destroy it." Ryougi Shiki's tone was somewhat sentimental. "But now it seems that this power is both a curse and a salvation."

Could it be that--

Light Yagami subconsciously glanced at the short blade in Ryougi Shiki's hand, which was still stuck in Nishimiya Shoko's heart and had not been pulled out.

Because he was so shocked when he first saw this scene, Light Yagami did not observe the scene carefully.

No blood, not a drop!

The short blade seemed to be inserted into a different dimension and passed through Nishimiya Naoko's heart out of thin air.

"You've figured it out, haven't you?" Ryougi Shiki said playfully, looking at Light Yagami's shocked expression. "I can see the end of everything, even the demons lurking in their souls that haven't yet broken free from their shells."

"So, it was the Infinite Demon that I killed, not the girl Nishimiya Glass you wanted to protect."

"this..."

"I can imagine it!" This was the first thought that crossed Light Yagami's mind. Such power might be far more practical than his Death Note... It didn't require knowing the True Name, and it didn't restrict humans or demons. Simply slashing along the line of death could even slay demons residing in their souls.

What a wonderful ability!

Light Yagami's heart was a little hot. With such ability, Ryougi Shiki's status in his heart was once again raised.

"Ye Shen, are you listening?"

"exist."

Returning to reality, Light Yagami asked tentatively, "Liang Yi, what is the extent of your demonic eyes?"

"you mean?"

"What about disease? Can you see the end point of disease?"

"You-"

Ryougi Shiki smiled gently, her gaze towards Light Yagami growing softer. Her heart warmed, and she glanced away, unwilling to let her current expression be exposed to Light Yagami's gaze.

She could easily guess why Light Yagami asked this question; it was because of Nishimiya Shoko.

After learning about the horror of her demonic eyes, instead of being afraid, he asked this question...Ye Shen, he is so gentle.

Gentle yet deeply trusting, Ryougi Shiki sensed neither fear nor hatred in his clear eyes. However, gentle and righteous people are the hardest to survive in this terrible world. Ryougi Shiki's resolve to protect Light Yagami grew even stronger.

"You're such an idiot... Aren't you worried that I'll attack you? Just a slight scratch and you'll die." Ryougi Shiki said in a low voice, her face slightly red under her shoulder-length hair.

"..."

She is...

Light Yagami was stunned. Although he had no interest in romance, he was good at reading people's minds. He could clearly sense the unusual meaning in Ryougi Shiki's tone.

"As long as you are here, as long as you smile, I can feel at ease even though I feel uneasy. As long as you are here, I feel happy just by looking at you through the window."

"So...even if you have the ability to kill me easily, I won't be afraid."

As he spoke, Light Yagami put his hands behind his back and silently pressed the notebook and the silver needle back together.

It's a misunderstanding!

The crisis is over!

“Say something like that—!”

Light Yagami could clearly sense that Ryougi Shiki's breathing had become much more rapid. Knowing people's minds well, he understood that the time was almost up, and that launching an attack under these circumstances would be counterproductive. "So, it's almost time for you to tell me the answer, Ryougi."

"of course!"

Ryougi Shiki forced herself to turn around and look at Nishimiya Shoko, who was still lying peacefully on the ground. She asked knowingly, "So, Yagami, what do you want me to do?"

"Then please, Shiki, help me break the deadlock for Nishimiya Glass's hearing impairment!"

really...

The corners of Ryougi Shiki's mouth couldn't help but curl up as she muttered, "That's a different price."

"what?"

"This weekend, please treat me to a dessert shop and some strawberry-flavored Haagen-Dazs."

"..." Light Yagami breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had made a difficult decision: "Okay."

Ryougi Shiki nodded, a strange light flashed in her eyes again, and she pulled out the short blade that was stuck in Nishimiya Naoko's heart.

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Then, he raised the short blade high, aimed it at Nishimiya Shoko's right ear, and stabbed it in quickly, accurately and fiercely.

As if he felt the force was not enough, the veins on the back of his white hand bulged and he stirred it violently a few times.

"..."

For a moment, Light Yagami had the illusion of phantom pain and felt that his right ear was buzzing.

Violent, but resuscitative.

In just two or three seconds, Ryougi Shiki drew his blade: "Alright."

"Is that... all right?"

Yagami Light squatted down and helped Nishimiya Glass to lean against the wall. He looked at Nishimiya Glass's heart and ears with some suspicion. As expected, apart from the traces of rain, there was no visible wound.

"This is really..." Yagami Light seemed to be holding his breath in his chest, and after a while he admitted: "Amazing."

"What kind of illness can it be done for?"

"untested."

Ryougi Shiki walked to the side of the road and picked up the scabbard she had casually discarded. "The line of death I can see is the inherent death of things, the 'end of all things.' It's not something I can define by simply using the Mystic Death Eyes to achieve it."

"In other words, only when the root defines the end of an existence can it be ended by the Mystic Eye. Also, the death of a thing has long been determined to refer to the final form of the thing, rather than the specific cause of its death."

"You said the root, what is that?"

"It's a long story, and it's getting late, so I'd better not say any more." Ryougi Shiki dusted off his hands and said, "By this time of day, you should be home by now, Yagami."

"..."

Yagami Light seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

He probably guessed what the root meant by Ryougi Shiki. Perhaps... it was the essence of things?

"She can see the dead line in me, so what is my essence?"

Light Yagami was very curious.

Although both possess the power to control death, the Mystic Death Eye and the Death Note operate in completely different ways. If we look at the nature of things, the Death Note's essence is likely "death" or "divine power." If Ryougi Shiki were to see the note with her own eyes, would she be able to discern the line of "death"?

Light Yagami has always been a very curious person. For a moment, he even wanted to take out the paper pages in the watch and give them to Ryougi Shiki to "appraise the treasure."

But reason prevailed and prevented him from doing such a dangerous thing.

"Yagami." Ryougi Shiki turned his back to Light Yagami, his tone a little vague: "There is something I need to tell you."

"what?"

"Although I destroyed the demon in Nishimiya Shoko without harming her life...but the demon itself is a part of her soul, so now, there will be a hole in Nishimiya Shoko's heart."

"What will happen to her in the future? It's unclear. She will return to the origin of chaos. If the people around her are evil, she will become evil. If the people around her are good, she will become good."

"The void can only be filled with things, not memories. Only by accumulating the present can a new self be formed."

"So, I'm afraid her memories of you and the bullying she suffered will disappear."

An expressionless smile appeared on Light Yagami's face, a cool, incomparably peaceful smile that emanated divinity: "Oh."

For a moment, Ryougi Shiki was stunned. He blurted out, "Is it okay even if this is the case? You did a good deed, but you didn't get the proper reward or praise. You didn't even get a single word of thanks from the person you helped."