I, Light Yagami, had satisfied the conditions for the deal with Akumatsu. It was too early for the deaths to be made public assuming Akamatsu didn't have informants in the penitentiary system. The transmitter was carefully stowed away in my safe to be used once the news gets out. Into the open.

Buzz!

I checked my phone. It was Falcon.

...

"Somehow, unidentified by the police, three further strokes have been added to the bizarre string of deaths..."

Click.

I, Luke LaRouge, turned off the evening news from the display in my dorm room.

This weekend was going to be big.

There was a plan being carried out. We were to locate Magnoria's shipment of silicon which was used in her branch of father's conglomerate. It would derail the operations for the latest cyberspace products which was used by the government for their network security systems. I would then sell it overseas on the black market to their competitors . They would supply me with the tech needed to disrupt the power grid that fed into one of father's main plants...

I was interrupted by a knock on my door. I got up , walked over, and opened it.

"We've got trouble." It was Maruki. "Some of the students lapsed into coma. Go to the Student Council building as soon as you can."

I didn't need this distraction now.

Nonetheless, I hurried to find out what was happening and whether Nunnaly was safe.

"Report"

"There's been an alert being called. A certain social networking site has connections with a string of thefts and assaults."

"That's not under our directives."

"The thing is its reached the government's ears when their families lost their online aliases to the perpetrators of the fore-mentioned thefts."

"Heh, The government insiders don't act this fast unless it hurts them directly."

"This particularly affected the talks that were in Congress about diverting funds from a cross-nation project to an internet task force expansion."

"If I remember clearly, that was a big deal between Hisane Tijo and the Russian company headed by the famed scientist Prebo Malachenko."

"Minister Tijo, huh..."

...

"We've got reports coming in from across the city. Paradise users have been found unconscious..."

Ran and I looked at each other.

This is definitely something that could be linked to the people behind the identity thefts. This may be retaliation or part of their plan to cripple the working of this city.

"Hey, Ran," I was delve into the fray, " I need to use your Paradise ID."

"Its too dangerous. I ... know that you're interested in the case but you have to watch out for yourself. You won't be any help if you're unconscious."

"Uh, its the scientist." I faked the call. "You need me to come over there right now. Yeah, I'll be on my way!"

I was going to set up a dummy account using his PC.

"Wait Edogawa..."

Sorry Ran, I keep worrying you. I'll make it up to you once I find the dark syndicate and expose them. This is a chance to get closer.

...

On my way to my house where the scientist was, I called the scientist to let him know I'd be there.

"Hi Sean is it. I was just having dinner if you want to join me."

"I already ate, so don't worry about waiting for me to eat. I need to use your PC to do some research. I'm on my way right now."

"Alright. That reminds me I found and helped out someone today. You may know her since she goes to the same elementary school you do."

"That's great scientist , but we have bigger problems. I'll tell you when we get there. Bye."

I was going quickly between traffic with my scooter.