Mass release 4/10
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Author Notes:
(Please Note that this is fiction, I had to say that)
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Yagami Raito left.
Only Kitagawa Marin remained seated, staring blankly at his departing back.
'I just feel like... Tsuki-kun has changed so much now.'
'His demeanor wasn't like this before.'
The restaurant's security guards were in the monitoring room, chatting and boasting to each other, unaware that the moment Yagami Raito exited the restaurant, the security cameras at the entrance didn't capture his image.
He was like an uncatchable phantom, wandering among humans.
...
"Araki Finance Corporation..."
Yagami Raito read the sign hanging at the entrance of the low-rise building, recognizing it as a company primarily dealing in high-interest loans.
The main characteristic of Japanese loan sharks is their ultra-high interest short-term loans. Most have a 10-day repayment cycle, typically with amounts of 10,000-50,000 yen, and terrifying fifty percent interest in ten days.
Usually, the entire lending process is friendly and cordial, and the lending procedures are very simple, only requiring the user's identification, and asking for home address, work address, phone number, and other information. But afterwards, once the repayment date arrives, these individuals in suits and ties turn into man-eating devils.
Prostitution for repayment, violent threats... they stop at nothing.
It was the kind of scenario where Yagami Raito could pick any name and write it in the notebook without the risk of accidentally killing an innocent person.
However, because there were too many practitioners, with varying degrees of urgency and severity of crimes, Yagami Raito could only direct his blade towards the most heinous ones.
But today was different.
It was time to unleash the slaughter.
Yagami Raito's expression was normal. He unhurriedly pushed open the main door and walked in.
As soon as he entered, he saw two men with red names floating above their heads, dressed in suits, walking towards him. But those suits... in Yagami Raito's eyes, felt like a monkey in a crown. The thick, overflowing stench of evil simply couldn't be hidden.
The man closest to Yagami Raito had long yellow hair. He rubbed his hands together, a false smile on his face, as he approached Yagami Raito.
As a veteran in this business, he could tell at a glance that Yagami Raito was the fat sheep he needed. He looked young, but wore designer clothes, and that face... if he couldn't repay the debt later, he could be forced into prostitution to pay it off. Either way, they wouldn't lose money.
"Customer, how can I help you?"
"Oh, hello. I heard you offer small, fast loans, right?"
"That's right, that's right! Few procedures, quick loans. If you need money urgently, Araki Finance is the right choice!"
Yagami Raito's youthful and handsome face revealed a shy smile. He naturally pulled out a notebook from his pocket and asked, "Um... may I ask your name?"
"Huh? Me? I'm Sawada Kyoichi. What's wrong?" The long-haired man with yellow hair clearly hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation and revealed his name without reservation.
Of course, even if he hadn't said it, it wouldn't have mattered. Yagami Raito had already seen his true name. Asking for the name was simply for his own pleasure.
(P)
As his friends who frequently kill know, killing requires a sense of ritual~
Yagami Raito nodded, took out a pen from his collar. He stood ramrod straight in front of the main entrance, rapidly writing in his notebook. The quiet lobby was filled only with the scratching sound of the pen on paper, incredibly jarring.
At this point, even the most foolish person would notice the abnormality.
Sawada Kyoichi's heart sank. He assumed Yagami Raito was a reporter or detective coming to investigate. He immediately extended his wicked hand towards Yagami Raito, shouting wildly, "What the hell! What are you writing?!"
But just as his hand was about to touch Yagami Raito, it stopped. His fierce eyes instantly became hollow, as if his soul had been snatched away, and he stood frozen in place.
[Sawada Kyoichi, obey all orders from Yagami Raito. After Yagami Raito leaves Araki Finance, draw the letter "M" on the floor with your own blood, then commit suicide.]
Yagami Raito extended his hand and waved it in front of him, but the other party showed no reaction.
"Tsk, how truly amazing," Yagami Raito said with admiration, like a child discovering a new toy.
This was the terrifying aspect of the Death Note with all its permissions unlocked.
'Freely dictate the target's cause of death.'
In other words, when and how to die were all within Yagami Raito's control.
"You, guard this main door behind me. Don't let anyone in or out."
"This order should be easy, right? After all, guarding the door is your main job~"
"Understood," Sawada Kyoichi said like a robot, a faint red glow appearing in his eyes.
"So... now let's understand the specifics," Yagami Raito said in a voice devoid of emotion. "What did you do to Tsuruta Kusuko? Tell me everything, without holding anything back."
"Yes."
Sawada Kyoichi respectfully nodded. In his eyes, the man before him was a god, and his words were supreme commands. He immediately recounted everything.
"That Endo Makoto guy was originally at the bottom of our Araki Finance. As a loan officer, he borrowed from the company and couldn't pay it back. He was about to use his kidney to repay the debt, but that day he suddenly brought back a mentally disabled woman, and the big boss above took an interest..."
"...He said it was to thank us, and he let every one of us vent on that mentally disabled woman once."
"After that..."
"Hey, hey, hey!"
The other member of the door duo also noticed the abnormality. "Sawada! You idiot, why are you blurting everything out?! Are you crazy?!"
Yagami Raito looked at him expressionlessly. "Your name is Ueno Tsutomu, right?"
Ueno Tsutomu's striding steps instantly halted. He didn't understand how this young man knew his name. While wary, he shouted aggressively, "You bastard, you're here to cause trouble, aren't you?! Hand over that notebook you're holding and get out immediately!"
Seeing Yagami Raito unmoved, he cursed. He didn't immediately resort to violence but pulled out a walkie-talkie from his pocket to call down the mid-level members of the organization who were lounging on the second and third floors to apprehend someone.
He pointed a finger at Yagami Raito's nose. "Kid, no matter who you are, you won't be leaving Araki Finance in one piece today.
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"Sawada, why aren't you doing anything?"
"Ueno Tsutomu, do you have an apple?"
"What?"
This irrelevant question momentarily confused Ueno Tsutomu.
"Do you know? Shinigami only eat apples~" Yagami Raito shook his head with some disappointment. He usually loved eating apples, and after finishing his meal at the high-end restaurant, he was feeling a bit tired of the rich food.
Doing the most enjoyable thing, yet having no apples to eat, was a slight imperfection.
[Ueno Tsutomu, draw the letter "M" on the floor with your own blood, then repeatedly punch the wall until you break through it, then commit suicide.]
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