"I just found another one. A general manager of a bank, Yotsuba's biggest competitor. On September 7th, he slipped and fell on the front steps of his house and died. Instantly." I said, doing some work again for once.

"September the seventh was a Friday, wasn't it?" Dad asked.

"Friday?" I repeated as all of us looked at him.

"After going over this again, I noticed something. All the deaths which are beneficial to Yotsuba are concentrated around the weekends."

"Huh? On the weekends?" Matsuda asked.

"With the first few victims, the time of death appears to have been random. More recently, they take place between Friday night and Saturday afternoon."

"I'm amazed that you even noticed that, chief." Matsuda said.

"Matsuda, I thought I told you to stop calling me chief."

"I'm sorry, but you'll always be the chief to me."

"This is a really important clue, Dad. Nice work." I said with a smile.

"Well, you know, I can't let myself fall behind you and Ryuzaki. After all, the last thing I want is to be dead weight." Dad replied.

"Dead weight?" Matsuda repeated.

"Is Kira someone from Yotsuba? Or is Kira simply using Yotsuba? I haven't figured that out yet, but we'll proceed under the assumption that this is Kira's doing. We will focus on Yotsuba." L said.

"This is all of the Yotsuba Group's employees." Mogi said, bringing over a huge stack of paper. "Here."

"Thank you very much." L said, taking it to shift in front of him.

"That's three hundred thousand people. How did he put this together so quickly? That's amazing, Mogi!" I said, looking after the man of few words.

"He's been incredibly efficient from the start." L responded.

"Ryuzaki, please tell me, is there anything I can do to help with the investigation?" Matsuda stood up and asked. "Besides the manager thing."

"So, you really wanna be useful?" L asked him.

"Yes!"

"Then, could you get me another cup of coffee?"

"Oh, hot chocolate for me." I added when Matsuda looked surprised, then I turned around to look at the two standing in the room over the back of my chair. "You guys want something?"

"And for our guests over there as well." L told Matsuda.

"Who are they?" Matsuda asked in surprise.

"Those two are the newest members of the Task Force." L stated.

The two got up from the couch to introduce themselves.

"The name's Aiber. I'm a conman. How's it going?" The man said.

"I'm Wedy. And I'm a thief by trade." The woman stated boredly.

"Oh. A conman and a thief." Dad said as I stood up to face them.

"That's right. Aiber is a lifelong conman. His unparalleled social skills allow him to befriend and gain the trust of any target. We'll use him for infiltration. As for Wedy, she's a thief who specializes in cracking high-end security systems. As proof of that, she was able to enter the building without setting off a single alarm." L explained.

"You expect us to work with criminals?" Dad asked.

"Yes, that is correct. However, these two have never once been caught, so it's unlikely they'll be killed by Kira. Think of them as professionals of the underworld."

"I understand. To investigate Yotsuba, we're going to need the help of people like this." I said, then turned to the two with a smile. "Let's all do our part and make this happen, right?"

"Yeah." Matusda agreed.

"Oh, yeah." Dad wasn't as enthused by the idea.

. . .

L never sleeps. I'm pretty damn convinced that either he never sleeps, or he only falls asleep when he knows I won't see him. However, today, sitting on a desk chair with my knees to my chest and my arms holding a blanket wrapped around me, I was determined to find out if what Matsuda said was true. However, that also meant I did little in the way of work and stared at the side of the man's face for lengthy periods of time. Still, it was a while before it seemed to start getting to him.

"Light," He said in his usual dull tone without looking at me. "What are you doing?"

"Nothing." I responded, although it was pretty obvious I was staring at him by now.

"You've been staring at me for forty-three minutes now." He pointed out.

"So?"

He probably would've sighed, but I don't think he actually does it out loud often. So, I ended up sighing as well and deciding I might as well just be up-front about it.

"Do you ever sleep?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"I don't think I've ever seen you sleep. Even with this arrangement." I said, holding up my cuffed arm even though it was still hidden inside my blanket.

"Maybe you just weren't paying attention." He replied disinterestedly. "Now, if that was all, could you please get back to work?"

"Don't wanna." I responded, not letting up on the staring just yet.

"Wasn't it you who vowed to find Kira? Do you not think you should do at least a little work?"

"I will. These things take time. I'm processing information as we speak."

"Is that information regarding the Kira case?" He looked out of the corner of his eye at me, so I turned to face the computer.

"…Possibly." I looked out of the corner of my eye and he looked like he was going to say something to me that he has said to Matsuda. "A-Anyway, I've been thinking about the previous Kiras. Well, me and Misa, if we go with your theory."

"I hardly think that matters right now."

"No, it does. If Kira's controlling people, then why is this new one deviating from just killing criminals? Not to mention that the second Kira had their own agenda as well. Also, the second Kira and the real Kira existed at the same time, right? So if it truly was something that controlled the victims would there really be that conscious part of what they're doing? Like this Kira and the second Kira had acted on things they were probably conscious of acting on?" I stopped, then shook my head. "Nah, it's not really important when we still don't know how they're killing. I wonder if it's some kind of psychic power or if it's something else."

L didn't reply, but I didn't even look at him as I started getting swallowed by my thoughts.

"Hey, assuming Kira was some kind of psychic, do you think his intention was really to kill L? I mean, the basis for that assumption is the death of Lind L. Taylor, right? But what if Kira knew that was a criminal?"

"That's highly unlikely. Kira also killed the FBI agents, which made us think that he would target anyone who chases him." He paused. "Unless…You're suggesting Kira had some other motive in killing them?"

I mulled it over for a few minutes. I was still uncertain, but I decided to voice my theory anyway. "What if…Kira's intention wasn't to get rid of a threat, but rather to create a rift between L and the police? If the FBI agents were killed, the people they were investigating probably would've found out sooner…" I shook my head. "No, all of this is getting nowhere. We can speculate all we want, the only way to find out what Kira's intention really is would be to ask him directly."

"I've tried that." L's tone was a bit dejected.

"I'm pretty sure you don't know who the original Kira is at this point." I responded, looking out of the corner of my eye at him as he turned to face me.

"What I find strange is that you were never concerned with proving your innocence."

"I've got nothing to prove. It's only a matter of time before you see that." I replied, swiping a chocolate from the box sitting in front of him and finally deciding to get back to work.