"Did you know that-"
"Beyond, don't start." I gave him a stern eye look. I knew he gonna say it. That smirk told me so.
"I am the world's top three killers all in one?" I facepalmed in my rolling chair. "Yep. I'm Beyond Birthday, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey Dahmer all rolled into one."
Light and Mr. Yagami cringed. "I don't think you want to be Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer," Light said. Hollow gagged beside him. "Seriously? Don't you know what he did to his victims?"
"Yes," Beyond said with an evil smile. Then, he burst out laughing. "I-I'm just kidding. I would never do anything that disgusting. I'll just stick with a knife." Cinder rolled her eyes.
Everyone, except Misa and Matsuda, were in the main room of HQ going over new info. Eraldo Coil, aka L, got a request to uncover the identity of L. From Yotsuba.
"Alright," Aiber said, leaning against the table, "I just have to get close to him, right? Leave it to me."
Weddy was looking as stylish as ever today. "And you want me to make sure that we're able to breach the security and override the surveillance cameras in the Yotsuba head office? Is that all?"
"Yes," L replied. We were all standing around him. "At this point, it's safe to assume that Kira and the Yotsuba group are connected in some way. We're going to investigate Yotsuba to determine who holds Kira's power and if there's more than one person who possesses this ability. We need a clear understanding quickly."
"Got it. What can I do?" L lifted his head to me with a blank face.
"Since Matsuda is with Misa, you can get us more coffee." I frowned deeply and pouted. Weddy and Aiber prepared for their important jobs. Mr. Yagami, Mogi, Light, and L kept doing their jobs at the monitors. Hollow helped Light. Beyond and Cinder disappeared upstairs, most likely to play games with Matt and Mello.
I was not gonna turn into Matsuda 2. HECK NO. I needed to do something important, and I needed to do it fast.
It must've been a miracle because Grandfather's letter flashed on the screen. "Ryuzaki. I have just received an emergency signal from Matsuda's belt." Matsuda? Is he in trouble?
L didn't seemed concerned one bit. "Oh, where is he?"
"It seems that it is coming from within the head office of the Yotsuba group." That idiot… Well, I'll give him points for trying. Everyone gave a collective hum.
"Disregard everything I just said," L announced. "I'll need to rethink our strategy. Matsuda you idiot!"
Matsuda's in Yotsuba? Someone needs to save him.
"Let me and Cinder go!" I announced, stepping forward. Cinder widened her eyes and fell off the chair. "We can go with Misa, right? Let us help save Matsuda."
Cinder began to protest. "Whoa, wait. I did not-"
"I think that would work," Light said. I mouthed thank you and he nodded gratefully. "We could use some clever eyes on the inside."
L thought about it, looking between Light, Cinder, and I for a minute. I could see it in his eyes; he didn't want us to go. The Yotsuba men weren't ones to be messed with. For all we knew they could be in possession of a Death Note. Only L and I knew about the Death Note, Light if he's actually Kira. No one else knew the actual danger we'd face by going into enemy territory.
"Alright," L finally concurred. "I suppose someone has to go and save that idiot."
We quickly devised a plan. The first thing on our list was to find out the situation Matsuda was currently in. L called him. "Yo Matsue! Yeah, it's me Asahi. It's been awhile buddy."
It was surprising how good L was at acting out of character. Beyond, Hollow, Cinder, Mello, and Matt all watched him with interest, seeing how their role model acts in dangerous situations. I just sat there like a potato.
L listened to Matsuda's voice on the other end. "Hehe, it doesn't sound like you're out right now. Don't tell me you're home already." As L talked, his face was blank and bored. "So you buy yourself?"
Putting his hand on the phone, L and whispered, "He's not with Misa Amane right now. Matsuda must be on his own." Light and Mr. Yagami nodded.
"So do you wanna, like, go out drinking tonight?" Mello smirked. I knew what he was thinking so I wagged my finger at him. "Ah, what's the matter? Don't tell me your wallet is in trouble again?"
In trouble. Honestly, if I were in Matsuda's situation, I'd be too panicky to notice the code words. "Matsuda's saying he's in big trouble," L told us in another whisper.
"That's too bad," he went on. "Guess I'll drag you out some other time, alright? See ya buddy." Then, he hung up.
Light immediately trying calling Misa, but she didn't pick up so he left a voicemail. "What are you planning to do Ryuzaki?" Mr. Yagami asked the detective.
"Well… We have to consider that if Matsuda dies, our suspicions about the Yotsuba group would be confirmed." Is he hoping that idiot dies? "Let's just watch the situation for the time being."
"He's right," I mumbled. "We can't do anything without Misa. She's practically his whole cover story."
Soon, Light's phone rang. "Misa? Misa, you're not with Matsuda at the moment, are you?" We waited in suspense. "Misa's just received a call from Matsuda."
Cinder stood up. "I'm ready whenever you are," she told me. We nodded to L and started to head down to her shoot. On the way, I got an update call from Light.
"Misa's got your outfits covered. You, Cinder, and a couple of other girls will join Misa and go into Yotsuba."
I frowned. "Wait, what outfits?"
The outfits turned out to be a cut off, breezy top and a matching short skirt. I chose blue and Cinder was stuffed into a red. We were thrown into a little party with the Yotsuba men.
We had champagne and fancy shrimp for appetizers. There was a camera in the corner of the room so I know L and the others were watching us.
Cinder was an astounding actress. Once the Yotsuba men stepped into the room she was all smiles and flirtation. I knew Beyond would be irked but it was for the good of Matsuda… Yeah, that wouldn't help.
Matsuda had a lot of drinks, slipped his phone in his pocket, and waltzed out of the room, probably to the bathroom to call L. I knew that when he came back, he'd have a plan.
I used this time to engorge myself in the fancy shrimp. It was quite delicious and I had more than a couple plates. After talking to most of the men, I chilled in the back of the room.
"You seem lonesome," came a voice from my left side. I turned to see one of the Yotsuba men standing next to me. Eh, at least he was the most decent one of them all. And good looking, almost like Light. Shingo Mido.
"It must seem that way," I murmured, taking a sip of my champagne. "It's not all that fun when you're called into work while trying to spend time with your family." I hope it was a convincible cover story.
Shingo just sighed and nodded. "I see." He looked at my empty cup. "Would you like a refill?"
"Shouldn't I be entertaining you?" I asked as he took my cup and filled it with the champagne on the table.
"It's my pleasure," he said, placing the cup back in my hand. Jeez, were all these Yotsuba charmers? I shivered. Not most of them. We had light conversation until Matsuda burst through the door.
Matsuda was drunk. He kicked the door open, startling everyone in the room. Shingo laid a protective, and somewhat nervous, hand on my left shoulder as Matsuda stumbled in the room.
"Wooow. I am so drunk." In a dizzy and mumbling state, he trudged across the room towards the balcony. Was this L's master plan? "Hi everyone! Everyone having fun? Good. That's great."
Matsuda slid open the balcony door. I moved away from Shingo and towards the window. Cinder stood up. "Now everyone," Matsuda continued drunkenly. "The moment you've all been waiting for! The Taro Matsue Show! Haha!"
Gotta admit, he's good at acting drunk. I wonder if he's had experience.
Some of the men began calling out to him as he climbed onto the balcony edge. "Hey, what are you doing?" Misa, Cinder, and I shared glanced at each other.
Misa took a deep breath and began cheering him on. "Yay! You can do it! Go Matsu!" Hooked in on the act, we began cheering him on as well.
"Alright, here we go!" Matsuda held out his hands and balanced on the edge. Slowly he began taking steps. A couple of men ran out to the balcony and tried to coax him down.
My heart did a backflip as he did a handstand. The room erupted as every man started yelling at him to get down. I jumped a mile high in the air when he slipped off. Cinder covered her mouth and gasped.
Girls screamed and the men shouted. No one knew what to do. "Look everyone," Misa said. "I think you should all just leave this for us to take care of and go home. Don't worry, we'll handle it. Just don't forget about us for your next campaign, okay?"
Ambulance sirens blared below. While Cinder and Misa calmed the girls down, I lingered at the edge of the balcony. One the ground, two medics were taking the body on a stretcher. I noticed the spiky black hair under the hat of one of the men and smiled secretly.
I think our plan was finally going our way. Aiber called Yotsuba claiming to be Eraldo Coil and accepted their offer to find L's identity.
Right now I was living the dream. "L, are you listening? I am 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." Weddy and I stood on the top of the Yotsuba building, the entire world all around us.
I joined her as she broke into their security system. Apparently to her it was a piece of cake but I had no idea what she was doing. I'm just glad I got to help.
"The view up here is amazing," I said to Weddy as she got off the phone with L. "Do you do this often?"
"Only when I have to," she answered, joining me by the edge on the front side of the roof. "Also when I need time to relax. Nighttime is always the best for this." I smiled with satisfaction. It was a gorgeous night. Nothing could ruin it.
On our way back, I made Weddy drop me off halfway there so I could stop at a shop and buy some stuff we needed. She drove away on her motorcycle while I went into the store and bought milk, cookies, jam, potato chips, and strawberries.
Carrying two sacks, I walked down the sidewalk and back to HQ. As I turned the corner, I stopped mid-step. A chill ran up my spine. Someone was watching me.
Slowly, I slid both bag handles in one hand, then reached for my gun in my jacket. Just as I touched the butt of it, I heard a small click and something shot into my neck from behind.
Cringing, I fell to my knees and felt the back of my neck. I pulled out a tranquilizer dart just as my vision started going blurry. Ever so slowly, I rested on my back and let my conscious fall asleep.
