- Aizawa PoV -
Aizawa's hopes were short lived. He couldn't figure out if L was playing a scene back when he said that he was willing to solve the case no matter what, or he was playing a scene in that same moment. Anyway, in a whole month he didn't gave a single hint on what to do to catch the real Kira. They were basically following Watari's and Mr. Yagami's instructions. It felt like L didn't care about it, or was ok with letting someone else handling that matter.
Aizawa was actually fearing that the detective was using the surveillance excuse to focus even more on Light and Misa. In other words L entrusted the researches to Reel.
Aizawa could not figure out if that was good or bad. On one side, Reel seemed more than able to do his job; on the other, passing her the ball, meant that L considered finding a new culprit a secondary issue. And that meant a loss of time.
Aizawa was not the only one noticing the strange behavior of the detective.
"We moved to a HQ that has the equipment but you don't seem to have any kind of motivation Ryuzaki", Light stated.
Aizawa seated and looked at the scene in the monitors. Light and L were in Misa's apartment, eating cake.
"Motivation? I don't have any. I'm actually depressed".
That was obvious. Aizawa was sure that something troublesome was definitely roaming in L's head. And it was less then galvanizing to have his boss not giving a shit to anything but cakes, Light and Misa.
"I kept thinking that you were Kira...it's just a shock if that theory is wrong".
Again with that story. It's true then that smart people grow an exaggerated ego. Was it so hard to surrender, dammit?!
"However, Kira controlled people's actions, if I think that he controlled you and Misa than the ends meet..", L continued, while diving into another piece of cake stolen to Misa, "...but you two are still alive and that's the part that doesn't make sense..."
"Ryuzaki...with that theory wouldn't Misa and I, although controlled, have been Kira?", Light at a certain point interrupted the whining.
"Yes, there'd be no question about that. You are both Kira".
A strange silence fell in the room. The control theory was a new entry in L's repertory.
"The way I see it...Kira's power passes on from person to person. The second Kira's video also said 'share the power'"
"That's an interesting theory...", admitted Light, "...but if Kira was able to do that, then there is no way to catch him".
"Yes...that's why I'm stuck".
Aizawa was weighting L's theory. If Kira's puppets were losing their powers and memories the moment they got caught...there was really no sense in what they were doing. But it was such a unbelievable idea that seemed to be built up just to excuse L's error in judging Light guilty.
"That hasn't been officially decided yet. We still don't know enough about Kira...", Light tried to cheer L up,"...bring out some motivation".
"I can't bring out much. It's not a good idea to try too hard"
"..."
"By trying too hard to chase we put our lives at greater risk...don't you think?"
L leaned to get a cup of coffee.
"To think how many times I was going to die..."
That moment Light got up and punched L straight in the face with all his strength.
Aizawa chuckled looking at the detective flying through the room.
But it seemed that L was not down enough to take it passively. Light ended being kicked so hard that L flied through the room once again, dragged by the handcuffs.
So he was not that depressed?! Was he acting or not?
Fortunately Matsuda stopped the fight with some stupid news regarding Misa's job, which he was managing under cover. He ended up being bad mouthed both by L and Light, but that was for the best.
"May I ask you to get back to work, agents?", a Watari demanded from another computer with the usual distorted voice.
"Ah...sorry", apologized the chief.
"Watari...", Aizawa hesitated, "...shall we get L here?!"
"Yes, call him once that you collect something of relevance, please"
For Aizawa it got easy to understand when was the real Watari speaking and when was Reel. The old man was always polite and usually spoke solely to give updates and directions. He worked quietly on his own and checked twice with L if any decision of relevance had to be taken.
Reel, on the contrary, never asked permission for anything. She was the one running the cabin, and that was amazing for a young girl, but she was a damn bitch at times, and this was the case.
"He could come handy even doing this low profile tasks, since we are making no progress and he's supposed to be the best detective in the world, don't you think?"
"I don't", she retaliated. "Instead of complaining about what L does and doesn't, why don't you try a little harder in accomplishing your little tasks, agent?"
"What?!"
"Have you ever heard about criminal psychology or profiling, Mr. Aizawa?"
"Of course, I am an investigator, as far as I remember. What does that mean, do I have to profile a suspect?"
"Unlikely. That's L job. I sincerely doubt that the mind of a cop is usually trained to get in a potential Kira's head! But stop me if you ever worked in the black ops or you interrogated prisoners in Camp Delta or your family's -BZZZZZ".
The screen suddenly turned black and the communication dropped. L was still discussing with Light, which meant that probably the real Watari intervened to stop Reel before she said something compromising. She wasn't the best in keeping her composure.
"What the hell is going on with Watari?!", gasped Matsuda.
"I guess he is a bit stressed", stated Aizawa.
"He's not", intervened Soichiro. "Let Ryuzaki be, and focus on what is our job guys".
"What are you saying chief?"
"Ryuzaki always stated the he still suspects of Light, Aizawa. If you didn't notice it he's always played a role with my son and Misa. His behavior changes when they are around to test their reactions. That's what Watari meant when he mentioned the criminal psychology".
"Chief...we know what Ryuzaki is doing...", Matsuda said shyly,"...what I meant is that Watari seems to have a double personality at times".
They turned to face the young agent. He really noticed that?! Aizawa was having a hard time in following L's moves, but Matsuda naturally took note both of L's experiments and Watari's double identity?! Did anyone ever made him notice that it was not a given ability?!
"I...I don't mean to say that he's crazy! But at the beginning that old man was always so calm and gentle. Lately instead...he scolds us quite frequently...and occasionally he gets moody...", Matsuda tried to explain, his face turning red seeing the stunned expressions of Aizawa and chief Yagami, "...sometimes it feels like talking to an entirely different guy".
No response.
"C-could it be that there really is a second L?", he tried again.
"I think that...no...well we all get stressed...even Watari...", blabbed the chief.
"That was Ryuzaki's wife talking".
Aizawa just said that.
Plain and simple.
Matsuda realized that something was wrong with Watari, anyway. Reel was the first one not giving a shit in revealing her identity when necessary. It was for the better to let Matsuda know.
"WHAT?!", the young agent said in surprise. "Don't make fun of me Aizawa! I was serious! Why do you always have to take everything I say like it's bullshit?!"
"I was serious too. Rocking body, red hair, blue eyes...although, more nuts then her husband".
"AIZAWA!"
He turned to face the chief who was turning red. Most likely not because he was embarrassed about something...
"I'm sorry chief, I thought that Matsuda had to know why Watari changes personality like Janus. We just have to avoid saying this to Light and Misa, right?"
"That's not right! Why do you think she was hiding her identity?!"
"Because she's a world hunted hacker and she has to take care of a baby girl. I know it, I just trust in Matsuda's ability to keep his mouth shut"
"What...wait wait is she real chief?! A criminal? I wanna see her too!"
Matsuda was jumping like a kid who discovered a new toy.
"Matsuda, please never say to Ryuzaki or anyone else that you know about this. If we are lucky this conversation remained between this walls".
"...Fine. But, if she really is hot as Aizawa says, that's a shame"
The chief sighed and then turned to face him.
"And Aizawa...this is not professional at all. Ryuzaki never put your family in danger, so please avoid talking about his next time"
"He put you and your son in jail, chief. I think this is just fair", he tried to defend his position.
"We asked him to do that. And my son is an adult. Ryuzaki's kid is less than five months old. You cannot possibly consider this fair"
The chief was right. Maybe Kira was not interested in their families, but with Reel and the little brat was another pair of sleeves. If L discovered what happened, he was sure to be kicked out of the HQ.
"I'm sorry...I'll think twice before talking next time-".
"BZZZZZ...Sorry for the confusion, sirs. The network connection failed. Please, let's avoid any further discussion and go back to work"
Aizawa looked at the chief in panic.
Watari's intervention occurred with a perfect timing.
Too perfect.
He was either really lucky or in real big trouble.