At one point, when reflecting in his cell, Mikami realized that it had been his desire to help Kira that had been his eventual downfall.
When Takada had called, Mikami had realized this was his chance. It had been his chance to prove himself to Kira. And it was a chance he was not willing to miss.
He had gone immediately to the bank, removing the note and writing down the instructions he thought his god would have done. Kiyomi Takada. Suicide. A fire would destroy all the evidence, so the method was chosen as well.
Kiyomi Takada. Suicide by burning oneself. January 26th, 2:33 PM.
Near's little friend had tailed him to the bank, and the alteration in his behavior caught their notice, and they had broken into his safety deposit box and replaced his Death Note. Through his longing to help Kira, his misinformation, his supposed quick thinking... he had ruined his god's plan.
You idiot... I told you not to do anything unnecessary until today!
He should have known Kira would have an emergency back-up plan. Of course Kira would keep scraps of the Death Note on him in case just such a set of circumstances had arisen! It was only practical. While being restricted from judging was one thing, killing one person in an emergency was quite another.
But Mikami had been eager to please Kira, and had acted against the orders Kira had given him, cementing his own downfall, and nearly his god's as well.
God was being watched... he couldn't move... with Takada in that situation... it was my duty...
Mikami slammed his head back against his cot. How could he have been so stupid? He should have known! Why couldn't he manage to do even the simplest things correctly? What was wrong with him?
He felt like the world's biggest idiot.
It was his own stupidity that had led him to being caught. It was his own fault that the closing statements were in two days, and he was likely to be convicted and sentenced to death.
And if not by the state, certainly by Kira, for failing him.
Stupid stupid stupid, Mikami told himself.
How could he have been so stupid?
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