The housekeeper who had plastic surgery to look like an old lady is named Mutsumi Nishikawa.
The gardener felt regretful when he thought of this name - in his memory, the other party suddenly disappeared one day not long after he applied for a job here.
Hayashi Yoshiki was happy when he got his name.
So before dinner, he solved the puzzle of the castle.
"What, you've already solved it!?"
The old lady sitting in the wheelchair showed an excitement that was not in line with her age. She rolled the wheelchair hard and came to Hayashi Yoshiki excitedly.
"Yes, the puzzle is about the chess in the yard, right? That's not really a difficult one."
"As expected of a detective from Tokyo, what's next? Where is the treasure? Tell me the secret now!"
"Please don't get so excited."
Faced with the excitement in the old lady's eyes, Hayashi Yoshiki smiled silently.
"That's right, mother... I can understand how you feel, but you should not get too excited at your age now." Mamiya advised with a wry smile on his face.
"What do you mean I shouldn't be excited? That's the legacy left by my daughter's father, of course I have to take it seriously!"
The old lady showed a fierce look when she said this. She stared at Mamiya Mitsuru and said, "Or do you want to take my husband's inheritance while I'm not paying attention?!"
"How could this happen...?"
Mamiya Mitsuru looked helpless.
Although he was interested in the treasures here, he was essentially an honest man, and the current wealth of the Mamiya family was enough for him to use.
However, Mutsumi Nishikawa didn't believe it at all.
She killed several people and had plastic surgery to turn herself into a half-human, half-ghost appearance. Now that the treasure is right in front of her, she will not allow anyone else to get their hands on it no matter what!
"So what's the answer to the puzzle? Tell me now!"
"Well, there's about half an hour left... Hayashi Yoshiki glanced at his watch and replied with a smile, "Please wait until then and I'll reveal the answer."
What trick is he trying to play?
Looking at Hayashi Yoshiki's seemingly happy smile, Nishikawa Mutsumi felt anxious unconsciously.
Why wait until half an hour to reveal the mystery?
Could it be that he had reached some kind of cooperation with Mamiya Mitsuru and was planning to take advantage of this half hour to steal the treasure?
Mutsumi Nishikawa judges others by her own standards, and now everyone seems to be a thief who is eyeing her treasure.
Hayashi Yoshiki didn't say anything else.
The old lady kept urging him and even did not allow Mamiya Mitsuru to leave the room halfway, until nearly half an hour later, when footsteps suddenly were heard outside the room.
"Brother Lin, I heard you said you encountered a case. What happened?"
Inspector Megure pushed open the door and walked in with several subordinates.
Mamiya Mitsuru and Nishikawa Mutsumi looked at each other in bewilderment. Just as they were puzzled, they saw the gardener walk in behind the police and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Madam, Master... They said they were the police who received a report of a crime, and I couldn't stop them."
"What…is going on?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Mamiya. I solved another case while solving the mystery, so I took the initiative to call the police."
"...another case?"
"Yes, it's another mystery about how many years ago a housekeeper named Nishikawa Mutsumi killed and replaced the mistress with plastic surgery in order to seize the property, and even set fire to your wife."
When Hayashi Yoshiki was halfway through his words, Nishikawa Mutsumi's face changed completely.
Even after having plastic surgery to look like old tree bark, she was able to make such rich expressions... Hayashi Yoshiki found it very interesting and took out a piece of information from his arms.
"I asked someone to help me look up a case of plastic surgery. Although it was a surgery done many years ago, the doctor still remembers it clearly because the request of the patient was so strange. After all, a woman in her twenties actually paid for plastic surgery to turn herself into an old woman. That was the first and only time in his career that he had done that."
"Nishikawa Mutsumi, that wasn't before--!"
The gardener opened his mouth in shock when he heard this.
Officer Megure was also really surprised after getting the information from Hayashi Yoshiki. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to go and check on Mutsumi Nishikawa's condition.
"do what!?"
"What are you doing? I don't know what he's talking about! Let me go!"
As soon as she saw the police really walking towards her, Mutsumi Nishikawa immediately began to struggle.
However, after Hayashi Yoshiki pointed out the evidence that the old lady's body was still hidden in the secret passage of the castle, her struggle and luck were instantly torn apart, and replaced by hysterical madness.
The two policemen had never expected that she was not disabled at all in the wheelchair. She broke free and ran towards Hayashi Yoshiki, grabbing his collar: "Why!!! Why did I have to endure this when I was about to get the treasure? Where is the treasure of this castle? Tell me quickly!!!"
"I'm so sorry I can't tell you that."
Hayashi Yoshiki lowered his eyes, smiled, and grabbed Nishikawa Mutsumi's hand that was like a dead tree that was grabbing his collar, and easily pried it apart: "According to the current situation, it belongs to Mr. Mamiya...so I can't tell you."
"Asshole!!! Just tell me!!!!"
Mutsumi Nishikawa was almost going crazy.
She had worked so hard for the treasure here for so many years, and had worked so hard pretending to be disabled in a wheelchair, but in the end, everything was used to make wedding clothes for a son-in-law! ?
How could she be willing to accept such a thing?
Officer Megure rushed over with his subordinates to control her. After the two policemen handcuffed her, they almost dragged her away.
After that, Hayashi Yoshiki told the way to enter the secret passage of the castle, and Inspector Megure quickly led the team to find the body of the old lady of the Mamiya family. As for the secret of the chessboard in the yard, Hayashi Yoshiki also solved it and told Mamiya Mitsuru - it was not gold, silver or jewelry, but just a hidden landscape.
Although telling Nishikawa Mutsumi directly would make her feel devastated that her years of perseverance had become a joke, letting her continue to indulge in her fantasy of treasure and end up being taken away by a son-in-law without paying anything... Hayashi Yoshiki thinks the latter is also quite interesting.
Then, it's time to experiment.
Standing a little further behind the police, Hayashi Yoshiki took out his notebook and pen, turned to a specific page and began to write:
"Mutsumi Nishikawa"
"Two days later, at 20:41:53 pm, he died of a heart attack in the detention center."
"Mutsumi Nishikawa"
"Four days later, at 20:41:53 pm, he died of a heart attack in the detention center."
A total of two records were written, with slight differences between them.
When writing about Mutsumi Nishikawa's death two days later, what Hayashi Yoshiki was thinking about was her face before plastic surgery - when he retrieved her information, he knew what Mutsumi Nishikawa really looked like.
When Hayashi Yoshiki saw the record that she died four days later, he was thinking about her current face, which looked like an old lady.
All we have to do now is wait and see which night she dies, and then we will know the impact of plastic surgery on the Death Note.