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 HEY, YOU
WERE
READING
THIS MAGA-
ZINE? ISN'T
IT KINDA
DIRTY?

OH, YEAH,
YOU'RE GO-
ING TO BE A

WHEN YOU /
GROW UP,

I BET YOU
WILL, TOO,
LIGHT YOU
IM STU
HERE.
ONTIO
IT, KIRA?

WHY
COULDN’T
KIRA KILL
ME THAT
TIME?

WHAT
IS IT,
WATARI?

/CONSID-
SO ERING
IT’S GOT THE
TO BE... CIRCUM-
BECAUSE BECAUSE
STANCES, I'M NOTA
HE DEFI- CRIMINAL?
NITELY on THAT
WOULD COULDN’T
HAVE BE IT.
DONE IT
IF HE
COULD.
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WE’VE BEEN |
ABLE TO DETER-
MINE THAT
DETAILS REGARD-
ING ALL OF
THOSE BELIEVED
TO BE VICTIMS,
LE. CRIMINALS
WHO HAVE DIED
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THE TIME |
OF DEATH,
|”/ SIXTY-EIGHT
PERCENT WHICH L WAS
TOF THE PARTICULARLY
ON WEEK- VICTIMS INTERESTED
DIED ON IN FINDING
ENDS AND A WEEKDAY OUT.,
NATIONAL BETWEEN
HOLIDAYS, FOUR PM.
TIME OF AND TWO
DEATH WAS A.M, JAPAN
SCATTERED TIME, WITH
BETWEEN A MAJORITY|
ELEVEN AM. OF THOSE
ANDrt ABOUT BETWEEN
M. EIGHT PM.
AND MID-

SO FAR
WE'VE
RECEIVED
3,024 PHONE
CALLS FROM

DETAILED SHE VAST

DESCRIPTIONS WERE 4 MAJORITY
FROM THOSE CALLERS WANTED TO
CALLERS, WHO KNOW IF THE
WHICH ARE CLAIMED INTERPOL
GIVEN IN My TO EITHER BROADCAST
REPORT, BUT KNOW THE OTHER
I THINK IT'S KIRA, OR DAY WAS
SAFE TO SAY TO HAVE GENUINE,
NONE OF SEEN AND/ OR IF
THEM ARE HIM. L ACTUALLY
CREDIBLE. ~ <a EXISTS,
/ >

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 WE ALSO
RECEIVED 21
CALLS FROM
PEOPLE
CLAIMING TO
BE KIRA.

SO THAT’S WANTING
ALL THE TO RULE
REPORTS OUT ANY
FOR
POSSIBILITY,
TODAY... HOWEVER
SLIGHT, WE
TOOK STATE-
MENTS FROM
EACH ONE,
AND HAVE
THEM ON

IF YOU'VE
NOTICED
ANYTHING,
OR HAVE A
QUESTION,
GO AHEAD.
 THIS IS
IN NO WAY
THERE MEANT TO
HAS BEEN
A DRAMATIC GIVE CREDIT
DECREASE IN TO KIRA...
THE NUMBER
BUT, WELL,
IN THE PAST
OF VIOLENT FEW DAYS...
CRIMES
COMMITTED
WORLDWIDE,
ESPECIALLY
IN JAPAN.

WELL,
I SUPPOSE
THAT'S
ONLY TO BE
EXPECTED,
CONSIDER-

LIKE WERE
GETTING
ALITIE
OSE...
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INESTICATE | GOT ANOTHER
ONCE MOREHOW | REQUEST FOR
( THE VICTIMS WERE \, YOUIEYOU
REPORTEDIN THE | THSIS FOR \ ZOVT MIND,
SQUAPS
IN CHARGE
OF ICTS,
\ EDA AND THE
\ INTERNET.

NAMELY, I
WANT TO KNOW
IF REPORTS
INCLUDED
PHOTOGRAPHS
OR FOOTAGE
SHOWING THE
FACES OF THE |
CRIMINALS WHO /

ONE ELSE,
CONTINUE
WITH THE
INVESTIGA-
TION OR GO
HOME AND
 HM? \ CHIEF!
YOU BET. \ = ARE YOU
PULLED | HEADING
ANOTHER HOME?
ALL-
NIGHTER
YESTER-

WHAT
IS IT,
MATSUDA?

WHAT ARE
OF COURSE, YOU TALKING
IT WOULD ABOUT?
HAVE BEEN FACTS ARE
A PROBLEM FACTS, AND
IF YOU'D THEY NEED “CRIMES
SAID “CRIMES TO BE LAID A HAVE BEEN
HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE a DECREAS-
DECREASING TABLE, ALL ING”., WELL,
THANKS TO | |THE MORE SO / I’M SURE
KIRA, SO LET’S IF THEY'RE < ; IT’S SOME-
\, HONOR HIM HARD TO 7s THING
\ FOR THAT” BRING UP, : EVERYONE’S
L., WOULD NOTICED,
NEVER SAY akn BUT MAYBE
THAT, SIR. I SHOULDN'T
HONOR THAT HAVE
PSYCHO- SAID IT?

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 LOOK,
DID YOU
REALLY

HEY,
AT LEAST
SOLVE
THE LAST
PROBLEM
By YOUR-

LIGHT,
SAYU, IT’S
DINNER-
TIME!
COME
DOWN-
STAIRS.