Can the scenario for someone's death be written so that there is a possibility of other people dying?


So you can't use the Death Note to kill someone else. If you write something
like:

> "John Zerto burns himself to death after he killed his boss"

John would simply die of a heart attack so he couldn't kill his boss. But if
you would write:

> "John Zerto dies after a heart attack after he tried to shoot his boss"

That could work. After 6 minutes and 40 seconds, John would take out his gun
and try to shoot his boss. And because there's a chance his boss could
survive, it could possibly work. So what do you think? Could this work?




No, the Death Note is precisely for killing someone else. Using a method like
"John Zerto burns himself to death after killing his boss." could work since
it's within the realm of possibility that John Zerto could kill his boss and
that John Zerto could burn himself to death afterwards.

The 6:40 rule applies to if you've begun to write someone's name down in the
Death Note, but have not specified how or when they will die. If you don't
specify the details within 6:40 the person who's name you have written down
will die of a heart attack after 40 seconds.

There aren't any rules against using someone to kill someone else in the Death
Note. So this is an entirely possible scenario. If you go into specifics, e.g.
John kills his boss with a gun, but it's not possible for John to obtain a
gun, John will simply die of a heart attack.




Rule X (I think) specific says

> Whether the cause of the individual's death is either a suicide or accident,
> if the death leads to the death of more than the intended, the person will
> simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that other lives are not
> influenced.

So if written in the Deah Note "John Zerto burns himself to death after he
killed his boss" it won't be possible.

However, the second example you gave "John Zerto dies after a heart attack
after **he tried** to shoot his boss" might be possible since a [gunshot don't
necessarily kill people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshot_wound) so if he
has a gun (because if he can't get one he will die of a heart attack) the DN
will make John Zerto shot his boss in a way he won't be killed, but if it's
not possible to the boss the got shot and not get killed like he have bad
health and will be dead the DN will prevent John to shoot his boss and will
die of a heart attack.

And this only for the difference since it is not written that he shot his boss
**to kill him** just shot _to shoot_ him, the DN talked about other deaths,
_not injures._

