It was a day just like any other for Light Yagami. As he stuck to his morning routine for breakfast, he turned on the news to hear how the media was taking some of his recent handiwork into consideration. Surely no one would be foolish like yesterday and attempt to rob another bank? Not after the last three all never made it five feet past the front door on their way out. But then he heard the news anchor say something he wasn't expecting, "…and now we take you live to press conference of someone going by the name 'Mr. X,' a private citizen declaring a call to arms against Kira…" The anchor was muffled over the sound of Ryuk, "Hey Light, this guy has got to be a little crazy don't ya think?" After what happened to the last member of this flawed society, at least that was how Light saw any society that he had not shaped, who dared to publicly challenge him, this next one would have to be crazy or desperate. Concentrating on the television again he noticed that although the screen did say "Mr. X," the fool wasn't even trying to hide his face. "Kira is a menace to society, no better than the criminals he claims in his so called search for justice." No better? Was it not last week that he had brought judgment down on a serial killer responsible for the death of 13, seven of which were children? "Hey Light, something seems weird about this guy," claimed Ryuk. "Oh, weird how Ryuk?" Light retorted. "Well, I'm not quite sure how to say this, since I did say I was merely going to watch, but...well…." This response from Ryuk seemed sincere enough, at least as far as Light could read into the god of death floating beside the table. "Oh if you are going to say something Ryuk," Light began to say. Ryuk continued, "Well I don't think I've ever heard of something like this happening, but I can see how long he has to live, but there is no name above his head." What? No name? Surely Ryuk must be joking, because a god of death should be able to see the name of anyone by looking at them, and if he had a Death Note then his lifespan wouldn't be visible at all, but to have it the other way around? "Surely Ryuk you must be joking, nowhere in the Death Note or anything you told me about someone not having a name." "Well, believe me or not Light, I'm not sure how this happened. I don't think any god of death has ever seen something like this happen before." Surely Ryuk must be playing a trick on him. He has seemed a bit bored recently. "Well," Light responded, "everyone has a name, and since 'Mr. X' decided to get up and show his face, someone on one of the Kira fan sites will end up finding out his name."
