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Chapter 52
Code
It didn't take long for Raito to get here, in fact it almost seemed like he rushed right over.
I was sitting in the room with L, Yagami-san and Aizawa-san while Matsuda-san went to get Raito from the front drive.
"Ryuzaki, I'd like to confirm this again. If my son brings up the possibility of a second Kira, then he will be cleared?" Yagami-san asked, it was about the third time he had confirmed it.
"As I said earlier, mostly cleared." L told him. Again.
At that moment the door to the room opened and the conversation was cut off.
"Thank you, Yagami-kun." L said as he crossed the room.
"Not at all, Ryuga. I want to catch Kira as much as you do." Liar.
"Please call me Ryuzaki here." L requested.
"I'm Matsui."
"I'm Aihara."
"And I'm Asahi..."
"I see... then should I be 'Raito Asahi'?" Raito asked.
"That would be fine. I will call you Raito-kun here." L answered.
"So the investigation team is only four members...?" Raito asked.
"No, we have other trusted members on the outside." L stated. "And among them is one who can only be contacted directly by me."
"Now, how about we get right down to things?" he suggested, "would you take a look at the evidence we've gathered, and the unreleased tape that was sent to the tv station? Understand that taking the documents out of this room or making notes is prohibited."
Raito watched the tapes, his back was to the task force, but even from that angle I could tell he was fighting back the urge to be sick, probably from the poor quality of the video. Though it could have been my imagination.
"So what do you think Raito-kun? Figure anything out?" L asked once the video had finished.
"Huh?" Raito-kun must have realized that this was a test, "there may be more then one person with Kira's powers." he answered.
"K-Kira's powers?! What do you mean Raito?" Yagami-san asked.
"At the very least, there's a high chance that this isn't the same Kira. Up till now, Kira wouldn't use suspects like this to show he can predict their deaths." Raito answered.
"It's the same..." Aizawa seemed shocked.
"Exactly the same as L... I mean Ryuzaki's reasoning..." Matsuda agreed.
I rolled my eyes. He only knew that because he was Kira.
"And if Kira needs a name and face to Kill someone, then how does it explain how the cops who showed up at the station were killed?"
"Exactly, Raito-kun. We are also assuming this is a second Kira." L said.
"So you knew, Ryuga... I mean Ryuzaki? You were testing me?" Raito asked.
Yes.
"It wasn't a test." L corrected him, "if I was the only one who came up with a second Kira theory, then it wouldn't be persuasive. With you also thinking the same thing, the theory is greatly strengthened. You really are a great help, Raito-kun."
I had been forgotten again, big surprise...
"Then it's decided." L said, "first we must stop the second Kira. He's clearly on Kira's side, and not very bright. He may respond to a message from the real Kira. If a second Kira doesn't exist then it's meaningless, but it's still worth a try. We need to be thinking about how to deal with the real Kira, but we must focus on this first."
"Impressive, Ryuzaki." Raito said, "I was just thinking that was the best option..."
"And for this, Raito-kun... I want you to play the part of the real Kira!" L requested.
I almost laughed out loud, Kira pretending not to be Kira pretending to be Kira, it was funny to me.
"M...me?" Raito asked, he was in trouble.
"Yes, it should be easy with your abilities." L answered, "we don't have much time, will you please write up a message from the real Kira that we can use during tonight's news?"
He didn't wait for an answer, "Matsui-san, I need a high quality "Kira" image that will make him look real. Aihara-san, prepare the dubbing machine. Asahi-san, contact all the tv stations and reserve a ten-minute block every hour starting at seven tonight." L instructed.
"Yes."
"Understood." came calls of agreement.
"Is that good enough, Ryuzaki? I tried to get into Kira's shoes." Raito asked, a little after the meeting as L read over the script he had written.
"It's very well done but... if we don't take out this "but you can kill L" part... I'll die." Ryuzaki pointed out.
"Ha ha. Well, when I thought about it from Kira's point of view, I figured he'd definitely want L dead in this situation." Raito explained, "it was just a joke, fix that up as you see fit."
I'm sure he was hoping that L wouldn't proofread the script first...
"Yes. Aihara-san, the script is ready. Here you are." L said, handing the paper to Aizawa.
"Right." Aizawa said as he left the room.
"We have startling news." a News 7 anchor man said on tv. "Reacting to the video broadcast on Sakura Tv the other day, another Kira has appeared stating he is the real one!"
"This morning at 11, a video was sent to the police headquarters and eight criminals died one by one from heart attacks every ten minutes, starting at two in the afternoon. And then a demand was made for each tv station to broadcast this message from the true Kira. The police have agreed to let us show this video."
"Was it Kira? Is this also Kira? Lets first watch the message itself."
The screen changed to an image of the word Kira, it was a bit obvious that Matsuda had seen it as "high grade."
"I am Kira." a dubbed voice said, though if the viewers could read that went without saying, "I am the true Kira. And the creator of the video shown on Sakura Tv is not Kira."
"At this time, I will show leniency to the person who claimed to be me by assuming he did it out of an attempt to help me achieve my goals. However, killing and threatening the lives of innocent police officers goes against my will. It only causes chaos and interferes with my desire for the people to understand my purpose."
"If the person who claimed to be me emphasizes with my goals and wishes to assist me, then I ask that they first try to understand my will. If they do not heed my warning and continue to act in this manner, then I will be forced to pass judgement on him."
With that the video ended, I heaved a sigh, if this Kira was stupid enough to fall for this, then it meant that L wouldn't have to go on tv... Raito must really hate that fact.
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author's note: sorry that one's short and not really interesting, but I started late again and I didn't have time to go to the next best place to stop. Thanks for reading and thanks for the reviews!
