The witch's power grows stronger at night.
If it's a full moon, the magical energy becos even more potent than usual.
Koizumi Akako lives in a secluded Western-style villa, and the basent of that villa is her sanctuary for witchcraft.
—In a space that resembled a stone cavern more than a room, lit only by the flickering glow of torches and ritual candles, Koizumi Akako stepped inside and stood before a massive cauldron billowing with red smoke.
"Bring the dragon's whiskers, the rmaid's tears, and the kappa's eyes."
As soon as she spoke, a small man erged from the shadows and replied, "Yes."
He returned monts later with the requested ingredients arranged neatly on a tray. One by one, Koizumi Akako dropped them into the crimson liquid.
The red smoke thickened.
Upon seeing this,
"I offer this handwriting as the vessel of the one whose na is sought."
She placed the signed slip of paper into the bubbling potion, then raised her serpent-shaped staff and stirred the mixture slowly.
While stirring, she chanted:
"Demon of Hades, leader of the dark beasts, grant strength, grant your knowledge."
"Dark Lord of the Abyss, the one who betrayed heaven—"
"Lucifer..."
"I summon you now."
Suddenly, the red liquid frothed violently. A gust of wind erupted in the still, torchlit basent, and from the cauldron erupted a ghostly blue fla in the shape of a figure.
"Who dares summon ..."
"Answer my command, Lucifer," said Koizumi Akako, calm and stern. "Reveal the true na of the person who wrote this handwriting."
"Ili... Ili Günter von..."
The fla-ford being murmured the na slowly. Then it turned to Koizumi Akako, voice deep and thunderous:
"Who are you to command !?"
"Stop babbling," she snapped, unflinching. "Tell the secret of Hayashi Yoshiki."
The figure leaned in.
The flickering blue flas surged as Lucifer ca within inches of her face.
Just as it opened its mouth to speak—its body exploded.
A loud bang! echoed through the chamber, and the blue flas burst like dazzling fireworks.
Behind Koizumi Akako, her faithful servant cried out in shock. "Impossible! That shouldn't be possible!"
According to the sacred laws passed down by the Red Magic bloodline, a summoned demon could not dissipate during a ritual unless the summoner severed the magical link themselves.
Even Koizumi Akako looked stunned.
After a mont of silence, she clicked her tongue.
"Tch. How irritating. How am I supposed to uncover his secret now?"
"If you use the Death Note to control the ti of soone's death, it must occur within 23 days of real human ti from the mont their na is written."
"If the specified ti exceeds that window, the entry is invalid, and the target will instead die imdiately of heart failure."
In other words, if Hayashi Yoshiki writes a na in the Death Note on January 1st and specifies a cause of death for January 24th, it works. But if he writes January 25th, the rule is broken—and the victim dies of a heart attack 40 seconds later.
There's no need to test that rule.
But ever since Hayashi Yoshiki noticed the distorted flow of ti in this world, he began experinting.
"Let's say today is January 1st, and tomorrow becos February 24th. If I try to schedule a death for that date, the Death Note won't accept it—it treats the entry as invalid and triggers a default heart attack."
"In other words, the Death Note isn't governed by this world's warped calendar. It adheres strictly to real human ti—within 23 days."
"But..."
He glanced down at a specific na written on one of the notebook's early pages. His eyes glowed.
Otoharada Kuro
"Died at 19:41 on March 3rd of a cerebral infarction brought on by excessive drinking."
He wrote that entry on February 14th—Valentine's Day.
Since then, the date has been unstable, shifting from March to February to April and back again. Yet, March 3rd never ca.
Today marked the 25th day since that na had been written.
Otoharada Kuro was still alive.
From that, one thing was clear: the Death Note is not affected by the surreal flow of ti in this world—but it can still be tricked by it.
If March 3rd never arrived... Otoharada Kuro might never die.
And yet, since a date and cause of death had already been registered, he was also protected—untouchable until the designated mont.
"Unfortunately... tomorrow is March 3rd."
Hayashi Yoshiki had verified this from others.
Because keeping track of ti is crucial to a Death Note user, he had made it a habit to confirm the coming days with those around him.
Still, the shifting days hadn't truly hindered him.
If today was January 1st and tomorrow beca February overnight, he'd simply write:
Yousuke Kaonuma
"Perford an act at 13:53 on January 1st. Died at 14:02 the following day."
This trick allowed him to bend the rules while still staying within the ti window.
So while the ti discrepancies made the notebook slightly more complicated to use...
They also made it far more versatile.
And Hayashi Yoshiki was always thinking of new ways to use it.
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