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come in. His office's th

very much,

ked lightly

ice growled from the

one corner. The man sitting at the desk looked exhausted. He had medium-length brown hair that was slicked back with a few strands dangling over his forehead, a thick mustache, soft brown

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is most likely supernatural, which is ample reason to be careful with suspects. He hasn't been ostracized by any particular group; he's killing criminals without regard to race, gender, or age. Whoever he is, he

g one of us m

ego. But...from his pattern of killing only dangerous criminals, there is a fair chance

ly fits, for the most part. You know how he kills, and claim that he use

the calm, collected Soichiro Yag

isten carefully. Kira is killing using a Death Note. A notebook which, if a pers

ef's heart suddenly clenched. His breath was heavy. He had never felt this terrified before. Was this man...Ki

ing it aloud would incur the wrath of God. His heart pounded in

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wed for

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gical drum ceased t

o think, it seemed. An icy sensation, a sharp piercing pressure in his

stered what was hap

mouth in a desperate attempt t

less body slumping onto the floor, glasses falling away f

uted. He checked the Chief's

is ears. It reminded him of the effect used when the player was near

now? A man just had a heart atta

shouted at the bewildered receptionist, whose expression shifted

llator over there!

ushing back to Soichiro's office, tearing his shirt o

ed the

. Ichirou felt at his neck. Still no pulse. He pushed the button o

The paramedics rushed in, hefting the Chief's lifeless body onto a stretcher

eal with the situation; he was one of the best medics in Japan, after all. Not a single patient had died under his care, ever. People who'd been shot, stabbed, hit by cars, had strokes and heart attacks, lost massive quantities of blood, you name it, he'd fixed it. Ichirou prayed that his father would be able to help

ked up to see a young, raven-haired man with a ge

isn't it?" The y

odded, st

attack. He's sti

ooked at

gaze had transformed into a piercing, deadly stare. He raised his Desert E

at was this man do

Please." Ich

l you...you bastard!

ing to help him catch Kira! I ca

d a heart attack. You are Kir

going to the police headquarters and risking capture when I could j

Kira! I'm

you would be dead

's eyes

Did the Chief tell you?

owever, I could very easily kill you right no

t. He couldn't. He just couldn't bring himself to shoot him. He seemed truthful. He wante

atsuda asked in

I have a suspicion of who Kira is. And I know exactly how Kira kills. He only needs a name and face.

don't know

enced in detective processes. You idolize the Chief and want to be just like him. He's your role model. Your parents weren't particularly cari

He never told anyone about his admiration for the Chief, how he'd been ignored as a child, how much he loved the Ch

rt of...Shinigam

arian. Loves to read. I'm as normal as can be. I've just been cursed with the misfortune of obtaining powers like those of Kira's. Nobody but you and Yagami-San know of this. Nobody else should know. Don'

e young man's eyes. He knew he'd better listen to this guy. He d

was a dance of life and death. One false move, and he or Yagami-San or maybe both

ra, if not worse. Why would he do something like this? What kind of person was he? He seemed pretty cool and level headed. Pretty damn smart as well. Was he...L? T

suda from revealing him to the real Kira. That would be the end of him and the rest of the investigation team. In any case, he wasn't going to actually follow up on his threats. He j

The cop did support Kira's actions to a degree, after all. But he didn't have the strength of will to kill so many people without going insane. It wasn't the Chief, either. Ichirou knew that for certain. A man like that could never damn himself to that kind of torment; that guilt of

see how the Chief is doing?

's face. He was actually concerned for Yagami

uh? You were just threatening us. What's

able. A reign of terror over the entire world. That is the fate worse than death that I spoke of. I never threatened you directly. I do not wish to see any harm befall you, Yagami-San, or any

mart. He needed to keep on his toes when he was around him. He couldn't entirely trust this guy. He might just backstab both of them at the last moment, when he could replace Kira as a