"Delete."
Teru Mikami executed Kira's judgment on yet another pathetic wretch. As he wrote down the name of the criminal in the Death Note, he reflected on the man who would soon die. Hiro Nukuoro was a notorious bank robber known by the public as "the politician". He had knocked off several banks, each time wearing the mask of a different prominent leader of the free world. Strangely, people believed he was attempting to make a statement. Many saw him as a kind of modern day Robin Hood. They thought that he was someone to be put on a pedestal, to be admired. He was a hero.
He was scum. On a recent job of Nukouro's, a bank teller managed to pull off his mask, and the surveillance cameras got a clear shot of his face. Nukuoro then shot the teller. Dead. If there had been anyone left who believed in the selflessness of his actions, surely all of that had been removed at the death of this innocent. The owner of the bank sent the footage to Lady Takada at her request, and she aired it on her program for Kira to see and execute judgment. Now, Nukouro would die in about forty seconds of a heart attack.
Mikami cared little for economics and even less for money—he believed that in Kira's new world, money should be eliminated. He thought that with the elimination of the practice of exchanging that worthless paper many of the world's problems would be solved.—what Mikami did care about was the deletion of all who opposed Kira's awesome will, those who stood in the way of the creation of Kira's perfect world. This rang especially true of his most hated enemy: the Family Sweeper, Brandon. As terrible as Nukuoro's crimes were, they were not comparable with the countless heinous murders Brandon had committed. He had to pay dearly for what he had done. The last time he and the puke had faced off, Mikami had come so close to wiping the pathetic scum off of the face of the earth, he had almost tasted it. However, a single flaw in his plan reared its ugly head at the very last moment, and that one imperfection had cost Mikami his victory. The memory made him sick to his stomach.
The failure had not discouraged Mikami, however. As a matter of fact, Mikami felt that it made him stronger. He had taken the failure, studied and learned from it. Now, out of the ashes of the old, a new more brilliant plan had emerged. A plan which was simplistic in its complexity. Mikami chuckled at the thought.
His plan relied on one person, someone who Mikami trusted implicitly to do the job with which they had been charged. An extremely devoted and secretive follower of Kira, this person knew how important their job was. For years, they had trained in the intricate arts of deception and death, all the while patiently hoping to become an instrument of Kira's judgment. Now they had been called by Mikami to do what they had longed to do for so long. They would execute Kira's judgment on Brandon by infiltrating Milenium's ranks and becoming one of the Family. Sure, it would take a while, but Mikami believed it was well worth it. Besides, with this individual's skills and initiative, Mikami did not think it would take too long.
This time his plan was flawless, there was no possible way it could fail. This time, Mikami would have his total, absolute victory over Brandon. This time Mikami would not only witness his enemy's destruction, but he would be there when it happened.
All Mikami had to do now… was wait.