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Epilogue

"P-Please Okuyasu, don't drag me anymore in one of your scary storytellings! I'm also paying for Josuke's meal ya know!"

"No one shall stop I, Okuyasu! Hahaha!"

"Nooooo!" Josuke and Koichi screamed in despair as Okuyasu brings yet again spine-chilling stories from Kawamorigaoka. The day went on as usual...

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Chapter 5: The Reincarnation Of A Serial Killer

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Somewhere Near Tokyo Bay

It was almost sunset when the true identity of a certain killer who holds the book titled 'Death Note' was revealed. In a slightly dark warehouse, the killer has finally said these words to the people who were against him.

"I am Kira."

These words were the sign that the man behind the name 'Kira' has finally snapped.

"An also, God of the new world."

He then explains how and why he erased all the criminals from the face of the Earth. He believes he's the only one who can shape up the world into a new one. Of course many people has supported Kira for all of his actions, including the president of the United States. Some also made a show about praising Kira on national television. But as Newton has stated in the third law of motion, "For every action, there is equal and opposite reaction". And yes, there are people who are opposed in Kira's doings. Organizations such as the Japanese Task Force and the FBI are tracking down the killer known as Kira. Even the SPK, A.K.A the Special Provision for Kira, was formed because of that. But, none of them succeeded in the case. That's why the world's renowned detective known as L was involved in this mystery and decided to help the SPK in catching Kira. That's when L knew something was fishy. He began to suspect the son of the NPA chief Yagami Souichiro. His name is Yagami Light. He and Light worked together after Light, his father, and the convicted second Kira known as Amane Misa, were released from being detained at a facility. They've teamed up together until eventually, Light has succeeded his plan. L was dead. He used Misa's Shinigami to write L and his butler's name on the Death Note. Years after, L's true successors, Mello and Near, came in to solve the Kira case. This resulted in the death of numerous people, including Light's father. Things happened until Near finally foiled Light's plans. Yagami Light, the man behind the name Kira, has been finally caught and there's no way to turn back time now. It's too late.

"No, you're just a murderer. And this notebook, is the deadliest weapon in the history of mankind. You lost to the Shinigami and the power of the notebook... And you're mistaken, to think of becoming God... A crazy mass murderer."

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"That's all there is."

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"Nothing more."

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Truth has prevailed. Near has proven that Light's just a misguided man who thinks of becoming God, but in reality he's just a murderer. Nothing more, nothing less. Skipping to the part when Matsuda shot him five times and luckily escaped due to Mikami stabbing himself and driving everyone's attention away from Light, we can see Light laying on the stairs while slowly dying due to blood loss. His former Shinigami partner, Ryuk, did the deal they made back then. Ryuk wrote Light's name on the Death Note since Light failed his plan. The deed was done and the reign of Kira is finally over. He caught a glimpse of L, who was standing in front of him, before he left his world and finally rest in peace.

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"Any human who has used a Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell." -Ryuk

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Downtown Alleyway Near The Border Between The North And South Kimyoutochi, April 2020, 8:00 P.M.

Yagami Light, who recently died in Japan, woke up on a dark alleyway with garbage bins and hanging laundries from each window. As soon as he got up, he looked around at the mysterious place and he realized that something was off about him. He was wearing his old uniform from high school. Not only that, his body became young again. He was confused and nervous at the same time. He thought to himself:

"W-What...?! What the hell...?! Where are my wounds?! Why the hell am I wearing this clothes again?! Wait, Ryuk said something before I died. 'Anyone who has used the Death Note can neither go to heaven or hell'. I expected to be something like the Purgatory but not this. This is more like a reincarnation! Damn Near... he tampered with my plans and now I failed to change that rotten world. But... it's done. There's no turning back. If only I can take any chances to get revenge on that bastard, I will." He slowly walks out of that dark and creepy place, only to be caught by a cop, who was drinking a Starbucks latte.

"Hold it right there, kid!" The cop cautiously approached Light. "Put your hands up."

Light has no choice but to follow the law's order. He was handcuffed by the cop and put him on the cop's vehicle.

"Get in there, you know there's a curfew we have to follow." The two got in the car and drove out of downtown. The cop started to interrogate Light.

"So, what's your name, kid?"

"Light... Yagami Light..."

"Where do you live?"

"I have nowhere else to stay but I used to live in Tokyo."

"Tokyo? You mean Tokyo, Japan?"

"Yes, what's the matter?"

The cop stopped his car and answers him back.

"What's the matter? Hehe, we aren't even in Japan right now! You wanna guess where we at?"

"Judging by the model of your car, which is a Ford Crown Victoria, and the structure of those brick apartments back at the dirty alleyway, I'd say New York."

"Wrong. We aren't even in the original Earth. This is an alternate Earth. No United States, no Japan, none of them! We are on a large nation called 'Kimyoutochi' and all of the people here came from different worlds."

"Different... Worlds... Hold on, let me ask you this first just to confirm. Have you ever heard of a serial killer named Kira?"

"Hmm... Well I can't say I haven't heard about a guy named Kira. But, he was only arrested for sexual assault against a walking bystander few months ago. Sure he has been released a month after that incident but I haven't heard about him being a murderer."

"I see, so you really are from a different world then."

"That's what I'm telling you. You know, I used to live in Italy. I was a police officer like this back then but then I quit after a certain unlikely event. I almost had a mental breakdown until someone invited me to join the mafia. And so I did. Stuff happened, new guy came in our gang, went on a mission to find our boss's identity. Believe me when I say this; I was killed in Sardinia, punched in a gut by the boss and leaving me like a lifeless donut leaning in a rock. Good thing the new guy and my gang got my message before I died. I went to the afterlife at first then I met my old partner from the police department. I took a bus then poof, bright lights came in and I realized that I was lying on the ground with my clothes on. I woke up and I looked around the place. I was on the farmlands, southwest part of the country. I bet it did the same thing to you, except you were spawned on the city. Ain't that right?"

"Yes, very much likely."

"Right. Then after some time, me and my old gang members had a reunion."

"That's... great, I guess."

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"Anyways... Sorry to ask but, how did you die anyway?"

Light thought to himself again: "Heh, it was my defeat anyway so... There's no point in hiding it from anyone."

"I was shot by my co-worker from work."

"Wait, you have a job?"

"It may not seem like it, but I am 23 years old. I work as a detective."

"Oh, I didn't know reincarnation makes people young again. Guess it's a rare phenomenon. But going back to the topic, why were you shot anyway?"

"I... I killed hundreds... and thousands of criminals... so some people are trying to stop me from making the world a better place..."

"I don't know how you did that but that'll make my job a lot easier since you've probably lowered the crime rate."

"My actions did make a decrease on a worldwide crime rate. I've even stopped wars and conflicts from happening. And it was all thanks to the Death Note."

"The.. Death Note...?"

"Yes, it is a notebook where someone dies when you write their names on a page. You can even specify when or how they will die. However, once you've touched the notebook, you will see a Shinigami(God of Death)."

"A Shinigami? Is that like a stand or something?"

"A stand? What is that?"

"A stand is like your very own personal bodyguard with powers that you can control except it takes a form of a spirit. You can summon it anytime if you are a stand user. Watch, [Moody Blues]!" The cop summoned his own stand in front of Light. "Usually, only stand users can see other stands. But in this case, everyone in Kimyoutochi can see stands!"

"Interesting. So what does it do?"

"It replays the actions of a person. Like for example, this stand can take the form of the recent cop who entered this car. Let me show you." The police's stand turned into a shape of a human cop who sat beside the driver's seat yesterday. "See that? That's the power of my stand." The stand then took back its normal form and disappeared. The cop continued to drive.

"I see."

"Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself. The name's Abbacchio by the way. Leone Abbacchio."

"Oh... Well, thanks for taking me on a ride."

"Don't mention it. Say, where do you wanna live?"

"Hmm? Probably somewhere peaceful."

"Somewhere peaceful, huh... Oh! I know, there are some houses on the south suburban area which are free to take. I saw some of them that looked like it costs thousands of bucks, but they said it's for free. No loans, no rent, nothing. You just find its real estate agent, do some papers, then you're done. The house is all yours."

"That easy?"

"Yeah, but only if you're a student."

"A student? I haven't enrolled in any school here."

"Heh, haven't you heard of the school 'Kawamorigaoka'?"

"No... I haven't"

"Oh, of course you don't. You just woke up recently."

"What kind of school is this Kawamorigaoka?"

"It's where my boss does his studies. I've heard they allow all kinds of people to join the academy. No tuition fees."

"So, I have to enroll to this Kawamorigaoka school first before I get my own house?"

"Seems about right."

"But where can I sleep for the night?"

"There's an inn near the train station and Kawamorigaoka in the south. It's only a few miles away, don't worry."

"How long till we get there?"

"Uhh... Let's say, probably 30 minutes or so."

Few Minutes Later...

The two finally arrived at their destination. Light got out of the car while Abbacchio released his cuffs.

"There, you're free to go. And don't forget to follow the curfew here. We're on a middle of of a pandemic and the North shut its borders 'cause they have numerous cases of people with the coronavirus. That's why we had a curfew on all over the nation. Luckily, the virus didn't spread here on the south. It's still normal to go to parties or go shopping even without social distancing here. This area is highly secured and protected from the virus. But the thing on the north is that no one comes in and no one comes out. The place's on lockdown so... stay safe out here, alright."

"Yes, I understand."

"And here's some cash for your overnight stay." Abbacchio pulled out 500$ from his pocket and gave it to him.

"Ah, thank you very much."

The cop then left after. Light went inside the inn and paid for the room. Later on, he lays on his bed while thinking to himself.

"*sigh* A brand new life to start over... huh..."

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Hey guys, it's been a while. I just finished Death Note like few months ago so it made me inspired to make this chapter. I may or may not write a second part of this arc so... don't get your hopes high. Also, I feel like there's some errors while writing this chapter. Probably because my mother tongue isn't English (╥_╥). But, I'll try to keep the conversations casual or dramatic as possible. So... Thank you guys for reading this another brand new chapter of NichiGakkou. As always, this is OniHana, signing out!