"Hello, the library is closed now. Please come back tomorrow if you want to read."
Nearing six o'clock, the library director Tsugawa Shuji appeared on the third floor and said with a kind smile.
"Ah, is the museum closing?"
Kojima Genta shouted.
"Okay, we'll leave now."
After Hayashi Yoshiki answered politely, he looked at Edogawa Conan and the others and said, "Okay, let's stop playing the detective game here. The curator is also going to go home after get off work, so don't cause trouble for others."
"Well, we're going home now."
Ayumi was the first to nod.
The only girl in the group of four said so, and the other boys could only agree with her.
Director Tsugawa had a smile on his face.
Hayashi Yoshiki raised the book in his hand and said, "Director, could you please register this book for me before you leave?"
"You want to borrow it to read? Of course."
Director Tsugawa answered with a smile.
He asked everyone to leave the library and come to the elevator. When the elevator door opened, Hayashi Yoshiki noticed that Kojima Genta was counting the number of people very seriously: "123... a total of six people."
"What's wrong?"
"The elevator here is only for seven people. We took the elevator down with others earlier, but the elevator was overloaded with eight people," said Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko.
"Is that so?"
Hayashi Yoshiki smiled.
Everyone went to the first floor together, and Director Tsugawa helped Hayashi Yoshiki register the book.
During this time, Hayashi Yoshiki glanced at the duty roster on the wall next to him, which contained the names of all the library staff.
"The director's name is Tsukawa Shuji, right?"
"Uh, yeah. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just took a look out of curiosity."
Hayashi Yoshiki explained.
Edogawa Conan, who was standing next to him, showed an expression as if he had seen through the truth: this guy must be collecting other people's names again to use as reference for the supporting characters he will create later.
His secretly mocking expression was so conspicuous that it attracted the attention of several other children.
"Conan, what did you find?"
"Nothing, it's just that Brother Yoshiki ctually has a habit of collecting other people's names."
"Why does he collect other people's names? It's weird."
"It's not surprising, because he is a mystery novelist, and he seems to be very troubled about naming."
Thinking about Hayashi Yoshiki's "naming level", Edogawa Conan felt that he should give him some face and speak more tactfully.
After Hayashi Yoshiki completed the book borrowing registration, he took the books and left with the children.
On the way, they suddenly started introducing themselves.
One by one, not only did they reveal their names, they also clearly stated which characters they were.
Afterwards, they even had to watch Hayashi Yoshiki write their names in his notes, and at the end they showed a happy expression.
Maybe they felt that they might end up appearing as a supporting character in a best-selling novel, so they are very happy.
He wish Gin and the others could be as active as these kids.
"…"
After leaving the library, Hayashi Yoshiki got into the car.
He confirmed that the elementary school students had indeed gone home, and took out the notebook he had brought with him.
Director Tsugawa has now locked the door of the library.
After his secret was discovered and he was forced to kill his own employees, Director Tsugawa has been very cautious these past two days.
He made sure that there was no one else in the library and no one could come in, so he began to busily count out the goods to be traded this time - drugs.
Director Tsugawa is secretly a drug dealer.
He had been hiding the drugs in foreign books that he had bought specially, because the books were covered with shrink film and packed in boxes, so almost no one would take them out and read them.
After the employee who accidentally discovered this secret was killed by him, his body was thrown into the elevator shaft and hidden on the ceiling of the elevator... This is also the reason why Edogawa Conan and his other kids were able to cause the elevator to overload.
"Although I originally wanted to wait until I got a little more familiar with it before finding someone to try it out."
"But since you have taken the initiative to isolate yourself from the outside world, I will try my hand on you."
A gentle expression appeared on Hayashi Yoshiki's face, and he began to record on the paper of the Death Note.
"Tsukawa Shuji"
"At 18:10 on May 3, unlock the door on the first floor of the Beika Library."
"After being arrested by the police because of his murder and drug trafficking, he never mentioned what happened between 18:10 and 18:40 on the same day when he confessed to the crime."
"Three days later, at 14:49, he died of a heart attack in the detention center."
Put a period and stop writing.
After all, Hayashi Yoshiki doesn't know how to lock pick, so he can only ask Director Tsugawa to come and help open the door.
Hayashi Yoshiki looked at his watch and entered the library when the time came.
The door was indeed unlocked.
Director Tsugawa inexplicably ran downstairs to unlock the door and then ran upstairs to continue counting his goods. He didn't think there was anything unusual about his behavior until he heard footsteps that startled him -
"Who is it?!"
The sudden red light made his eyes blurry.
Hayashi Yoshiki was wearing a half-face mask with three red lights arranged in a "品" shape on the surface of the mask… The strangely rhythmic red light waves, combined with the colorless gas in the air, deprived Director Tsugawa of his mind.
"Try to feel your fear, Director Tsugawa."
Hayashi Yoshiki's gentle voice came.
Director Tsugawa's dazed expression froze for a moment, and then his pupils suddenly shrank. The man squatting there suddenly collapsed to the ground, and shouted with trembling lips: "No, no! I didn't mean to kill you--! Tamada!"
Tamada is the name of the missing employee.
Hayashi Yoshiki's expression under the mask did not change.
He just quietly observed the performance of Director Tsugawa - as the hypnotic gas was released, his voice became more and more panicked, and he even began to scream:
"So many, so many police officers!!!?"
"No! It's not me-! I just want to make some money!!"
Hayashi Yoshiki tried to get closer.
But Director Tsugawa reacted very obviously and began to back away. He used his hands and feet to try to get away, until he suddenly bumped into the bookshelf behind him. With nowhere to retreat, his whole body was shaking, and his hands could not stop waving in the air beside him, as if he was driving away something.
"Go away!!! Go away!!! Don't catch me! Don't catch me!!!"
"I won't admit anything!"
He yelled fiercely.
Hayashi Yoshiki tried to point his index finger and thumb like a pistol at him, but Director Tsugawa reacted extremely violently. He screamed in fear and protected his face with both hands.
Seeing this, Lin Jiashu immediately let out a "tsk".