"Quiet, Matsuda! This is not the time to be fooling around! Knock it off!" Soichiro scolded.
"Yes, sir ..." He bowed his head.
"This is the Kira investigation! Stop messing around!" Aizawa yelled.
"Sorry, Aizawa ..." Matsuda apologized.
"Matsuda! Please, don't." L slapped his hand away.
"After all, the last thing I want is to be dead weight." Soichiro shrugged.
"Ryuzaki, is there anything I can do to help with the investigation, besides the manager thing?" Matsuda requested.
"Could you get me another cup of coffee?" L asked.
"Huh?!" Matsuda gawked at the detective.
I wanna help, too! I wanna contribute to the case! Matsuda thought.
"I love you. So please don't tell me you are going home now. Instead, say you'll stay by my side." Hideki Ryuga leaned in to kiss Misa.
"Ah, Mr. Director? I can't do this. I have a boyfriend. Can we cut the love scenes, please?" Misa protested.
"Wait! Where did this come from all of the sudden?!" The Director asked.
"Can't we just fake kiss or something?" Misa continued.
"What?! You kidding! You can't just for this to make a movie like that!" The Director demanded.
"If I say no, then it's no. OK?" Misa stood her ground.
"Oh, come on!"
"C'mon. Get rid of her! Fire her!" A woman yelled.
The Yotsuba Group's main Tokyo office. And today is Friday. Matsuda thought.
"All the deaths that are beneficial for Yotsuba are concentrated around the weekends."
"The last thing I want to be is dead weight."
"Mogi's been incredibly efficient from the start."
"Quiet, Matsuda! This is not the time to be fooling around."
"Would you cut it out?!"
"That is his specialty."
"Then, could you get me another cup of coffee?"
"Matsuda!"
"Matsu?! Hello, Matsu?! Get over here!" Misa called after Matsuda's retreating figure.
"I guess he had run off somewhere." A man suggested.
"Huh?!" Misa sighed.
"All right, for the time being, I want you to start going over this list here." Soichiro ordered.
"Yes, sir. Right away." Mogi nodded.
Would I punish evil doers and criminals if I could kill by just seeing a name and a face? Is that what I'd do if I had that sort of power? I mean, it's true that there are lots of people around that the world could frankly do without. But I don't think I'd become a murderer just to change the world. Surely I wouldn't do that! No, I'm taking too hard about this. There's no way anyone can murder so many people and not have any memory of it. Light stared off into nowhere.
"What's wrong? You've been staring at me for the last two minutes. Wait, let me guess. You must be annoyed because I'm the only one eating cake at the moment, am I right?" L guessed.
"No, that's not it." Light shook his head.
"Here." L offered.
"Really, don't worry about it." Light declined.
"Ryuzaki, Silena." Watari said.
"Yes? What is it?" Silena questioned.
"Detective Elardo Coil has just received a private request to investigate and reveal the identity of L and K." Watari reported.
"Isn't Elardo Coil supposed be the second-greatest detective in the world after L himself? Who on earth would send such a request?" Soichiro inquired.
"The man who set up Coil's service is Masahiko Kida. The head of Rights and Planning Department of the Yotsuba Group's headquarters in Tokyo." Watari read.
"So, it is Yotsuba." Soichiro realized.
"We know that Yotsuba must be related to Kira. If they are trying to find out L and K's identity, it's probably because they wanna kill him and need that information to do it." Light agreed.
"This isn't good. We are already short-handed enough as it is. And now we have to worry about Coil, too." Soichiro sighed.
"It's quite all right. The detective known as Elardo Coil is me. It's quite simple, really. Three of the greatest detectives in the world; L, and Coil are actually me. K, and Deneuve,are actually controlled by Silena. It's been my experience that people who try to find us usually fall for this. I'll give you this strawberry if you keep it a secret, OK?" L handed Mogi a strawberry.
"I'm impressed as always, you two." Light smiled.
Maybe I should leave while I still have a chance. No! Then, there would have been no point in coming here. Should I wait until everyone's gone and search the offices? I can't. I probably get caught doing that and then ... Maybe I should get outa here. Matsuda thought as he hid behind a wall.
"Ah, not this again. I'm too tired." A man sighed.
"Look on the bright side. At least it falls on the weekend. We never know how long these confidential meetings will last for. Can you imagine if we did this on Mondays? That would be a worse start for a week ..." Another complained.
Confidential meetings? All right! The 19th floor. I made it this far! I'm gonna see it through! Matsuda grinned.
"All right. I just have to get close to them, right? Leave it to me." Aiber questioned.
"And you want me to make sure that we're able to breach the security and override the surveillance cameras in the Yotsuba Group's head office, is that all?" Wedy shrugged.
"Yes. At this point, it's safe to assume that Kira and the Yotsuba Group are connected in some way. We are going to investigate Yotsuba to determine who holds Kira's power and if there is more than one person who possesses this ability. We need a clear understanding quickly." K confirmed.
"We cannot let anyone from Yotsuba figure out that we are investigating them. Please realize that if they do notice it, it means we won't be able to catch Kira." L continued.
Damn it! I can't hear them clearly. If only I could hear just one thing; something important. Matsuda thought.
"... kill him ..." Someone said.
I just heard someone say kill!
"... Kira would have proved ..."
Kira! There it is! Kira, they said it! What's that? That's "have Kira get rid of him?!" I heard it! They really are working with him! I did it! This is huge! Huh. Ah? Oh .... Matsuda fell through the doors.
"Who the hell are you?!" A man demanded.
"Please be sure not to act impossibly out of panic or haste. And don't take matters into your own hands." Silena instructed.
"Silena." Watari started.
"Yes." K looked at the elder man. "What is it?"
"I have just received an emergency signal from Matsuda's belt." Watari continued.
"Eh, where is he?" L looked up in interest.
"It seems that is coming from within the head office of the Yotsuba Group." Watari finished.
"Ah, sorry to barge in like this. My name is Taro Matsui. I'm an agent with the Yoshida Productions. I just dropped by to ask you if your company would be interested in using our top multi-talented star Misa Amane as your new spokesperson! Eh ..." He improvised.
"This'll regard everything I just said. I'll need to rethink our strategy. Huh, Matsuda, you idiot!" K sighed in frustration
"Yoshida Productions. Taro Matsui. He doesn't have anything suspicious on him. I suppose that mean he isn't a corporate spy." One whispered to his peers.
"Hahaha, Right! Em, so please take Misamisa into consideration." Matsuda laughed nervously.
This two are only acting as guards. The rest of them must be discussing how to get rid of me. Oh, there is no way out of this. I'm gonna be killed for sure! I wonder if the emergency signal got through. Fool, never mind that. Even if it did, would Ryuzaki and Silena come and save me? Oh, no! What's gonna happen?
"Go ahead. You can answer it. Don't say that you're here, though. And hold it away from your ear. Make sure we can listen in on your conversation." The man ordered when Matsuda's phone rang.
"OK." Matsuda answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Yo, Matsui!" L spoke in an accent.
Ryuzaki!
"Yeah, it's me Asahi. It's been a while, buddy?" L continued.
"Asahi! Yeah, it's been a long time."
"Yeah, it doesn't sound like you are out right now. Don't tell me you're home already."
"Yeah."
"So, you by yourself?"
"Yeah. I'm by myself. What's up?"
"He's not with Misa Amane right now. Matsuda must be on his own." L spoke to the rest of the group. "So do you wanna like go out drinking tonight?"
"Oh, right now? Oh, sorry. I'll have to pass tonight."
"Oh, what's the matter? Don't tell me your wallet is in trouble again."
In trouble! "Yeah, that's right. Big troubles with money. You know me way too well."
"Matsuda is saying he is in big trouble." L continued. "Oh, that's too bad. Guess I'll drag you out some other time, all right? See ya, buddy!"
"Anyway, what do you think about contracting Misamisa? I think she'll be a great spokesperson for your company." Matsuda offered again.
"If you're gonna promote one of your clients, shouldn't you at least bring them with you?" One asked.
"Do you expect us to believe you're this girl's manager?" Another doubted.
"Well, to be honest, at the moment she is filming a movie nearby. When she's finished, I'll call her and get her over here. Then you can see why she'll make a great spokesperson." Matsuda explained. I have to keep stalling them somehow.
"Misa's cell phone is on voice mail right now." Light reported. "I left her a message and told her to get me back as soon as she can."
"What are you planning to do, Ryuzaki?" Soichiro asked.
"Well...we have to consider that if Matsuda dies, the suspicions about the Yotsuba Group will be confirmed." L shrugged.
"Hmm." The men sighed.
"Let's just watch the situation for the time being." K suggested.
"What shall we do?"
"The main question is whether he heard anything."
"If there's possibility, no matter how small, we have to kill him."
"I wonder if he really did come here just to promote his client. He could be an undercover cop."
"No, that can't be it. The Japanese police have completely withdrawn support from Kira case."
"Look, it doesn't really matter who he is. We have no choice but to kill him."
"You know, now that I think about it, it might be good to have a face of a company."
"Oh, exactly! Her shoot should be done soon, so please wait. She'll convince you." Matsuda smiled.
"Mmm, I'm beat! Huh, I got a call from Light! He really does worry about me when I'm late. Haha." Misa dialled Light's number.
"Misa?" Light answered.
"Light, I'm sorry. I've been working so much. I'll be finished soon, OK?"
"Misa, you're not with Matsuda at the moment, are you?"
"Him? He's a total jerk. He just ran off and left me here. Oh, hang on. I'm getting a call on my work phone. Oh, hey, it's from Matsu!"
"Misa's just received a call from Matsuda."
"Tell her to hold her phone so that we can listen in as well." Silena yelled.
"Misamisa, when you finished filming, come over to the Yotsuba Group's head office. It's still tentative, but there's a chance you may be able to appear in Yotsuba's commercials! We're working at it now." Matsuda said.
"What? It's for real? You are amazing, Matsu. So that's what you've been up to all this time. Don't worry. We're wrapping up soon." Misa reported.
"Great. It's just a short trip by taxi." Matsuda nodded.
"Listen to me, Light. There is a chance that we may be able to save Matsuda. But we won't be able to do it without Misa's help. She'll listen to you and do anything you say, won't she?" L asked.
"I'm Misamisa! My only role is, I don't do nudes. But swimsuits and lingeries are totally OK. It's really nice to meet you." Misa greeted.
"Hm, I gotta admit she is really cute in person." Takahashi shrugged.
"That's not exactly the main issue now, wouldn't you agree?" Kida asked.
"By the way, Matsu, since Yotsuba is a big catch, I've just got the OK from our office to have special reception." Misa smiled.
"Hm, reception?" Matsuda questioned.
"Good evening! We're very pleased to meet you!" A group of models and a certain world class detective greeted together. I will kill you, L.
"Tonight I'll be entertaining you with our special guests along with the girls from the agency." Misa bowed, wearing a pink crop top with a heart cut out of it, along with a matching high waisted skirt.
"Hey, It might just be me, but we're just getting weird." Shimura admitted.
"Hm, well, it can't be helped. But right now, we can't afford to leave Misa's manager alone for a second." Midou sighed.
"Let's just go with it. I'm gonna enjoy myself." Takahashi shrugged.
"All right. I'll go along with this." The rest of the group nodded.
Ryuzaki and others will be able to watch us from here. I guess Silena is here to make sure nothing goes wrong. This is my way out. Matsuda grinned.
"Here you are. Drink right up." Misa cheered.
"Hm, well, well. Misa's pretty good at this sort of thing." L noted.
"Excuse me, guys. I gotta go to the bathroom." Matsuda walked out of the room. "Ryuzaki, are you watching this?"
"Yes."
"Look, I'm really sorry that I..."
"That's not important right now."
"OK. Listen. The eight men who came here were having a meeting to determine who they get Kira to kill for them. I heard them say it clearly. There's no doubt they're behind this."
"Yes, that is probably true. But if you did overhear them and they caught you, then they'll almost certainly be trying to kill you now."
"Ah, I know. Do you think there's anything I can do to save myself?"
"Well, luckily you still are alive, so we may be able to save you. But for that to happen, you will have to die before they can kill you."
"What!?"
"I want you to listen to me very carefully."
"Oh...no way! But that's...that's crazy!"
"...and you know, our company is expanding." Ooi pointed out.
"Hey what the hell...?" Shimura raised an eyebrow.
"Wow, I'm so drunk! Hi, everyone! That's great, huh.. Now everyone, the moment you've all been waiting for! The Taro Matsui show, haha!" Matsuda stumbled into the room.
"Hey, what is he doing?" Higuchi asked.
"Yay, you can do it! Go, Matsu!" Misa cheered.
"All right. Here we go!" Matsuda stepped onto the railing of the balcony.
"Hey, you're drunk. That's way too dangerous." Shimura said.
"Don't worry. I'm just fine. I do this all the time." Matsuda snorted.
"Stop. Hey, you, don't do it! What the hell are you doing? Are you crazy?"
"It's all right. No pro... Aaaah!" Matsuda fell off the railing, landing on a mattress hanging out a floor below.
"He fell!" Takahashi screamed.
"This can't be good." Shimura shook his head.
"Oh, no! I heard thud, so I came out." Wedy yelled. "This is just horrible. Someone, call an ambulance!"
"Geez. This sure is a crappy role." Aiber complained.
"You want to see a crappy role? I'll switch with you anyday." Silena hissed into her earpiece.
"Look, everyone. I think you should all just leave this forus to take care of and go home." Misa waved them out.
"What? But.." Takahashi started.
"Don't worry. We'll handle it. Just don't forget about me for your next campaign, OK?" Misa persisted.
"Let's go. If the press sees us, we are in trouble. Yeah." Midou agreed.
"What's going on? It's a little joke?" A woman yelled.
"Well, we are lucky that he ended up dying right in front of us at any rate." Hatori sighed.
"While I'm aware of that fact we're shorthanded, I'm not very pleased about having to do this sort of thing myself Matsuda, you idiot!" L glared.
"Misa Amane's manager dies in fall." Kida read aloud. "Yes?"
"You're Masahiko Kida, VP of Rights and Planning department in Yotsuba's Tokyo office, correct?" Aiber asked.
"Yes, that's right, and who am I speaking to?" Kida continued.
"I go by the name of Eraldo Coil. I'm calling to discuss my terms with you." Aiber roleplayed.
"What!? A 2 million dollar in advance and 8 million upon completion?Is he out of his mind?" Higuchi yelled.
"That's not all. Even if we don't commission him, we have to pay him 2 million just to keep him silent." Kida continued.
"So he wants hush money, ha? If he's saying something like that, we should assume Coil knows quite a bit already."
"This is getting ridiculous. I've had it! I want out of this meeting right now. I don't know who Kira is, and I don't care. I just don't want to get wrapped up in this and end up in jail!"
"Ha, Hatori, I think you are going to end up dead tomorrow."
"No way! That was only a joke. It's not like that. I'm in! I'll see this to the end."
"So what are we going to do? Coil is still willing to accept the job despite what he already knows."
"Isn't it obvious? He'll become partners with us as long as we pay him."
"His demands are exorbitant, but we need to have someone as skilled as Coil on our side."
"Good point. Pay him. It doesn't matter how much."
"Exactly! We just have to pay him."
"All right. We'll contract Coil. Anyone has any objections?"
"No objections."
"K, are you listening? I'm so disappointed. I thought this would be a challenge. Security level here is a joke! They've left it all to a single contractor. There weren't even any wiretap detectors." Wedy complained.
"It's been about a week since I first snuck into the place. It looks like things have been moving pretty smoothly since then, huh?" Matsuda asked.
"We've almost got them." Light smiled.
"So, one of these people...is Kira." L said.
"Well then, now that everyone's here, let's commence a regular meeting." Ooi started.
"But if they supposed to be eight, why are there only seven?" Soichiro asked.