"Rikumichi Kusuda"
"March 19, 17:56, died from being crushed by a steel coil."
"Before his death, he was riding in a companion's car and sitting in the passenger seat to carry out an organization mission. On the way, the vehicle he was riding in lost control and drifted on the expressway, and the passenger side hit the guardrail and was injured."
"After his companions had safely left the vehicle, Rikumichi Kusuda was trying to get out of the vehicle from the driver's seat when he was crushed by a steel coil that had accidentally rolled down during transportation."
The Death Note cannot cause the death of a third party.
That is, only the person whose name is written accurately will die. It is impossible to write something convenient like "Rikumichi Kusuda hit and killed an innocent passerby with his car and was then crushed to death by the steel coil." Even if it is written, it will only become that Rikumichi Kusuda suddenly died of a heart attack.
However, if the passerby is changed to a specific name, such as "Rikumichi Kusuda drove a car and hit Kudo Shinichi to death and was then crushed to death by the steel coil", it can be established.
Therefore, Hayashi Yoshiki needed to specifically add the description "the companion safely left the car" to the cause of death of Kusuda Rikumichi, otherwise this cause of death that would result in the death of a third party would be judged as invalid.
Fortunately, the person sent to keep an eye on Hayashi Yoshiki was Rikumichi Kusuda, a supporting character whose face and name had appeared in the plot, otherwise it would have been a bit difficult.
Ring-ring-ring~ Ding-ring-ring~
"Hello, this is Hayashi."
"Excuse me, Hayashi-Sensei, I'm Asamiya Nanae, the editor of Futaba Publishing House."
"Editor Asamiya."
"Yes, after our operation and promotion, Hayashi-Sensei's new work will be on sale in three days. Is it okay to schedule your book signing event on that day?"
"How are the details arranged?"
"The first book signing event will be held at Futaba Bookstore in Beika City. It will start at 3pm and end at 6pm three days later, which is Sunday. Do you think this arrangement is okay?"
"Sure, no problem."
"Very good."
"Then we will arrange it according to this time. In addition, I personally recommend that Hayashi-Sensei dress up well on that day, because then you will become a powerful weapon for publicity."
"Or we can arrange for a professional stylist to help you with your hair."
"Okay, but I won't need a stylist for now... Anyway, I'll pay attention when the time comes."
After hanging up the phone, Hayashi Yoshiki marked the Sunday three days later on the calendar.
This was agreed upon when the contract was signed, and it is about how much resources the publishing house will invest in publicity, including the operation of book signing events and other activities.
It's a good opportunity.
Although I haven't officially become a detective yet, it's always a good idea to increase my fame first.
By the way, Hayashi Yoshiki is quite confident about grooming himself.
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Time flash forward to three days later.
The commercial streets were quite busy on Sunday, but what was surprising was the long queue in front of Futaba Bookstore this afternoon.
"That's so exaggerated... Shinichi, are you sure you want to queue up?"
"I never expected to have to wait in such a long line."
"It's really rare though. I didn't expect Shinichi to be interested in a book signing."
"I'm not interested, I'm just curious."
Faced with the gentle laughter of his childhood sweetheart, high school detective Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but retort.
Then another girl complained: "What's the difference between the two?"
"Of course there is a difference!"
Kudo Shinichi rolled his eyes as if he didn't get along with the other person.
"The Case Files of Young Kindaichi" is one of the more outstanding mystery novels he has read recently. In particular, the perfect details, wonderful techniques and the plot in which almost all the characters are villains in "The Ijinkan Village Murder Case" are very interesting to him.
It is said that the author of this mystery novel is a very young person, so he was interested and wanted to take a look.
After listening to Kudo Shinichi's explanation, Suzuki Sonoko said "huh".
"I don't understand, Ran, I think we should just go over to eat cake. This line looks like it will take a long time!"
"Sonoko..."
Mouri Ran couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In fact, she had originally planned to go out with her best friend Suzuki Sonoko today to eat cake and buy books , but halfway through, Kudo Shinichi suddenly called and asked if they wanted to go to the bookstore, so the original shopping trip with her best friends turned into the current situation.
"Oh my God!"
"How is it, did you get more photos?"
"So handsome!!"
"Wow! You sure he is really not a star?"
"He is so handsome..."
"It's really exquisite!"
"Hey, please print this photo for me!"
Suzuki Sonoko, who originally seemed reluctant to step into the bookstore, suddenly heard a discussion nearby. She turned her head and found that several young ladies were discussing something excitedly, and each of them was holding a book and printed photos in their hands.
What are you talking about? handsome guy?
Suzuki Sonoko was attracted and involuntarily moved over, stretched her neck and asked:
"Excuse me, who are you talking about?"
When several girls heard the question, they stopped discussing and saw that it was a high school girl. They excitedly shared with her, and one of them was even very kind to show her the photos in her hand.
Just a glance
"!!!"
Suzuki Sonoko's eyes widened, and then she returned to Mouri Ran at an incredible speed as if she was blown away by the wind and took her hand: "Let's go! Ran, let's go buy books and queue up too!"
"Ah? Eh?!"
Mouri Ran was almost dragged to the bookstore by Suzuki Sonoko.
The corner of Kudo Shinichi's mouth twitched as he followed behind.
Now he actually doesn't want to queue up.
But after thinking about it, he still chose to follow the two of them - after all, looking at Sonoko's expression, it was clear that she would never give up easily.
As soon as he entered the bookstore, the scene in front of him made Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but twitch his lips again.
"That's really exaggerated..."
The Futaba Bookstore, which he had always thought was spacious and bright, had become so crowded at this moment, and the end of the long queue - the table where the book signing event was taking place was also surrounded by people, almost all of them are women.
The staff and manager of the original bookstore were working hard to evacuate the fans who had already signed autographs, while the assistant sent by the publishing house and editor Asamiya were also busy and exhausted.
Amidst the noise all around, Mouri Ran's doubtful voice came:
"Sonoko, we should also buy English books, right?"
"Let's talk about that after we finish queuing!"
"…"
This girl is really quick at changing her thoughts.