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

"Are you ok?"

Lin Jiashu asked her softly.

"Brother Jiashu..."

"Auntie Yingli told me that you seemed to be afraid of ghosts. So, were you scared by what happened just now?"

"Hmm..." Xiaolan nodded sheepishly, "Brother Yoshiki, do you think it's really Keiji Aso's ghost who has appeared?"

"How could that be possible? Xiaolan, you didn't see any ghosts just now, did you?" Lin Jiashu said softly. His gentle and peaceful voice gave people a very reliable feeling. "So even if it really is a ghost showing up for revenge, it seems that only people who have done something wrong can see it. That has nothing to do with us, right?"

"......makes sense."

"Come on, put it on."

Lin Jiashu took off his suit and handed it to her with a smile: "After all, it's an island and it's night, so it's still quite cold."

"What about you, Jiashu brother?"

"Shhh."

Lin Jiashu put his index finger in front of his mouth and smiled, signaling her not to insist.

Xiaolan felt warm in her heart.

She obediently put on the suit jacket given to her by Lin Jiashu. It was not until this moment that she suddenly realized...Brother Jiashu seemed to be quite tall.

Perhaps it was because of his gentle and intellectual aura and his striking face that his height went unnoticed.

Ma Shengshi just stood aside.

He secretly looked at Lin Jiashu, wondering what was going on.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji's death had nothing to do with Hayashi Yoshiki - this is true no matter how you look at it.

But Asanami knew clearly that Kuroiwa Tatsuji was a villain with extremely ugly character. Even if we put aside his drug trafficking deeds, he had done many tyrannical things during his time as village chief and caused a lot of complaints... How could a man like him be scared into such a state just because of a name?

"Anyway, that's it for today. I think we should just rest here today."

Kogoro Mouri turned his head and looked at Hayashi Yoshiki.

Because of the location of Moon Shadow Island, everyone waited for more than an hour for the police to arrive, and it was already a little after 11 o'clock.

"Ah, in this community center?"

Xiaolan was a little resistant.

After all, they had just held a ceremony to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of the former village chief, and the current village chief had just died an hour or so ago.

"That can't be helped. There are no hotels on this island."

"Don't worry, we police officers will also stay here tonight." Megure Jusan came over and comforted her.

"Sister Xiaolan, why are you wearing Brother Jiashu's coat?"

"Ah, this is--"

After some discussion, everyone finally decided to stay here tonight.

Because the community center on this island was originally a place for tourists to rest and for villagers to hold daily activities.

However, as everyone was about to go into the community center and sleep on the floor, Masashi suddenly asked, "Mr. Lin, can you please talk to me privately?"

"oh....."

Kogoro Mouri raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Jiashu with an expression that said, "You are quite good, kid."

The latter didn't explain, nodded, and followed Ma Chengshi away.

The direction we were heading to was Asano Michiru's clinic.

The streetlights in the countryside were dim and unstable. Walking along the road, the only sound was the steady and distant sound of the ocean tide.

"...Did you do that, Mr. Lin?"

Ma Chengshi asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

Lin Jiashu had a smile on his face.

"Wouldn't it be better to treat it as a simple ghost seeking revenge, or perhaps Mr. Kuroiwa himself became suspicious and frightened to death?"

“…It’s you.”

Asanami didn't know how to describe his feelings at the moment.

Excited? Confused? Puzzled... or perhaps terrified?

The various emotions that were mingling with each other made him unable to express himself clearly.

At last,

"You said you were willing to help me, so what do you want from me?"

"Doctor Chengshi."

Lin Jiashu stopped, turned around and called out to him, which was both a name and a reference to his profession. "I might need your help with something in the future."

His smile was too carefree.

As ethereal as fog, yet seemingly a little careless.

Asano had really never seen such a person before...and, he didn't seem to care much about Asano's answer.

“…”

Masashi was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I understand. If you can help me..."

He was not going to give up his life anyway.

Lin Jiashu was not surprised by his answer.

Moreover, in fact, even if Asami refused, Hayashi Yoshiki wouldn't care.

He will act as if nothing happened.

--He really pretended that nothing had happened, including the truth he learned from the music score.

As long as no one stops him, Asami will never be able to digest the hatred he has accumulated over the years, and he will inevitably die in the sea of ​​fire along with his enemy.

At that time, Lin Jiashu still would not reveal anything.

68

Chapter 68: Sorry, I said something weird

There were four people who set fire to and killed Ma Chengshi's family.

Among them, the former village chief, Isamu Kameyama, learned of Masato's identity three years ago and mistakenly believed that the other party came for revenge. He died of a heart attack out of fear.

At the memorial service held three years after Kameyama Isamu's death, the current village chief, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, had a vision of Aso Keiji coming back for revenge, and he also died of a heart attack.

Now the only ones left on Yueying Island are the capitalist Kawashima Hideo and the unemployed vagrant Nishimoto Ken.

"Kawashima! Kawashima!!"

Late night

Ken Nishimoto appeared at the door of Hideo Kawashima's house and knocked hard on the door.

The violent commotion did indeed wake up Kawashima Hideo. Feeling resentful that his sweet dream had been disturbed, he angrily opened the door and said, "What the hell are you doing in the middle of the night?"

"Kawashima...I saw it, I really saw it..."

Ken Nishimoto's face was filled with horror as he looked at Hideo Kawashima and spoke these words incoherently.

"What did you say you saw?"

"Aso Keiji...it's Aso Keiji!!"

"What!?"

Faced with Nishimoto Ken's panicked shouts, Kawashima Hideo's face also changed in shock.

The tragedy that happened to Keiji Aso's family was committed by the four of them together. It would be a lie to say that he didn't care at all about Kuroiwa Tatsuji's death tonight and the letter of commission signed by Keiji Aso.

But Hideo Kawashima didn't believe that ghosts really existed in the world.

He reached out and grabbed Xi Mujian's collar, staring at him and asked, "What's going on?! Don't try to trick me!"

For a long time, in Kawashima Hideo's eyes, Nishiki Ken was a fool and a coward.

Back then, the four of them started their fortune by trafficking drugs. Kameyama Isamu and Kuroiwa Tatsuji borrowed money to buy a lot of land on Yueying Island, and successively became village chiefs of Yueying Island. Kawashima Hideo used money to make money and turned himself into the largest capitalist on the island... Only Nishiki Ken had money and spent his days drinking and playing with women. Until Kameyama Isamu died two years ago, he was scared like a quail and stayed at home all day without going out.

"I saw it, I saw Keiji Aso, his whole body was on fire, step by step..."

Xi Mujian's pupils were dilating abnormally, his lips were trembling, and his voice was shrill, as if he was frightened and not thinking rationally: "He walked towards me step by step and said--"

"What are you talking about!?"

Hideo Kawashima's face changed and he pushed Nishiki Ken on the collar angrily.

Is this guy on drugs?!

In fact, he was a little uneasy at the moment, but his rationality made it impossible for him to believe such a ridiculous thing.

It was only after he let go of Nishiki Key that Kawashima Hideo realized that his hands were a little wet.

And it has a pungent smell?

Seems a bit like gasoline?

"I'm serious, it was really Aso Keiji, because I saw it... He was like this..."

Having said this, Nishiki Ken took out a lighter under the astonished gaze of Kawashima Hideo.

With a slight "click" sound, the flame from the lighter turned into a raging flame in the next moment and engulfed Ximu Jian completely!

The scorching flames reflected in Kawashima Hideo's eyes.

He opened his mouth in horror but was too stiff to make a sound. He could only watch Xi Mujian twisting in the flames.

“That’s it…”

"Aso Keiji said... you're next, Kawashima."

Coming from the flames was Xi Mujian's voice, which was slightly out of tune.

----

The next morning, Inspector Megure and others had something to do as soon as they got up.

"The deceased, Nishiki Ken, a homeless person"

"He was found dead at the doorstep of Kawashima Hideo's home at 7:21 this morning. The cause of death is highly suspected to be self-immolation."

"Some containers used to hold gasoline were found in his home. Judging from the traces at the scene, Nishiki Jian should have poured gasoline on himself and then walked to the door of Kawashima Hideo's house."

"In addition, Hideo Kawashima's whereabouts are currently unknown."

While the police were busy over there, Conan was a little excited at first.

However, after he sneaked into the scene to investigate and found nothing useful and was hit by a punch from Kogoro Mouri, he immediately became obedient.

Only then did he realize that Lin Jiashu had been standing there and had no intention of going over to investigate the scene. Could it be that he had discovered early on that there was nothing to investigate?

But Lin Jiashu was reading text messages on his phone at the moment.

Gin: "Come for a psychological checkup tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm."

(This guy actually means it.)

Lin Jiashu wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, but the next second another new text message came in.

Gin: If you receive it, please reply. I will ask Vodka to pick you up then."

“…”

Since he was his boss, Lin Jiashu had no choice but to edit an "OK" and pass it on.

After putting away the phone and looking back at the scene, everyone was discussing where Hideo Kawashima had gone.

"Maybe he fled for fear of being punished." Lin Jiashu said.

"Afraid of crime and absconded?"

Everyone turned their heads suddenly, and Conan asked hurriedly, "You mean he's related to Nishiki Ken's death?!"