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 WALKING ALONG A STREET IN A SMALL TOWN, I COME
TO A T-INTERSECTION AND TURN RIGHT. AT THE NEXT
T-INTERSECTION I TURN LEFT. I KEEP REPEATING THIS
PATTERN, WONDERING HOW FAR I'LL GET. FINALLY I END
UP ON A LARGE ROAD, WHERE I'M NOT GOING TO COME
TO ANY T-INTERSECTIONS FOR A LONG TIME, SO I TURN
AROUND AND HEAD BACK. BUT ON THE RETURN JOURNEY,
ALL THE T-INTERSECTIONS I'D TURNED AT HAVE BEEN
TRANSFORMED INTO PLAIN OLD SIDE STREETS. “THIS
IS A MYSTERY. THIS IS A TRICK!" I THINK, AS I ASK
PASSERS-BY FOR HELP GOING HOME. JUST ONE MEMORY
FROM A FOOLISH CHILDHOOD.
-TSUGUM! OHBA

Tsugumi Ohba
Born in Tokyo.
Hobby: Collecting teacups.
Day and night, develops manga plots
while holding knees on a chair.

Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, and is the

artist of the wildly popular SHONEN JUMP title Hikaru
no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Shinsei “New Hope”
award and the Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also
the artist of Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp,
Ayatsuri Sakon, and Cyborg Jichan G.
 DEATH NOTE VOL 3
SHONEN JUMP ADVANCED Manga Edition

STORY BY TSUGUMI OHBA

ART BY TAKESHI OBATA

Translation & Adaptation/Pookie Rolf

Consultant/Alexis Kirsch
Touch-up Art & Lettering/Gia Cam Luc
Design/Sean Lee
Editor/Pancha Diaz

DEATH NOTE © 2003 by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata.

All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 2003 by SHUEISHA Inc.,
Tokyo. English translation rights arranged by SHUEISHA Inc.

Some art has been modified from the original Japanese edition,

The rights of the author(s) of the work(s) in this publication to be so

identified have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from
the British Library.

The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication

are entirely fictional.

No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or

by any means without written permission from the copyright holders,

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Val. 3
Hara Run
Story by Tsugumi Ohba
Art by Takeshi Obata

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AND
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CREATE
OF OF
BY
TO HER. THE
BEGIN...!
ABOUT
ANNOUNCE

KIRA
SLAIN
MEANWHILE,
TO

AN

(AKA
IDEAL
SOCIETY.

AGENTS,
LIGHT).
HIMSELF...
BETWEEN
LIGHT
WITS

MEANWHILE,
AND

L WHEN
HAS NAOMI
CATCH WILLHE

PLACED
LIGHT
FIGURED
WHOEVER

HEARS
BUGS
WORLDWIDE CRIMINALS

OUT
RESPONSIBLE,

THIS,
AS

AND
THAT
SECRET
HE
THE
IS

SMOOTH-TALKS
BUS-JACKING
CAMERAS
SETTING

IN HER
DYING START

THE RAYE
MYSTERIOUSLY,

INTO
KITAMURA
WAS
AN OFF

TELLING
ALMIGHTY

INVOLVED

AND
HIM attaen
ahoant
YAGAMI
HERIN
BATTLE

HAD
SPECIALIZES

REAL
SECRETIVE

HOMES
UNSOLVED
ENIGMATIC

BEEN
THE
PICTURE.
SOLVING
ENTERS
GENIUS
CASES,

NAME,
WHO
THE
OF

STUDENT,
UP
RYUK
SHINIGAMI
HUMAN
DISBELIEVING,
PICKS
BY
DROPPED
NOTE”
“DEATH
THE
INTO
HALF
WORLD.
HE

HIS—
IN
IS

CLASH-VIA-CAMERA
LIGHT
BUT
ROOM,
ABOUT
LIGHT:
ENTERED
HAS
SOMEONE
NOTICES
KNOWS
AND
LVS.
IT
THEIR
IS
L,
A

THEN,
JAPAN.
AGENCY,
RUNS
IN
CASE
POLICE
NATIONAL
TO
AVISIT
ON
HE
RAYE
OF
FIANCEE
THE
AS
NAOMI.
INTO POWERS,
NOTEBOOK’S
BY
VIOLENT
OF
WORLD
PURGE
NOTE
DEATH
THE
USE
TO
DECIDES
EVENTUALLY
LIGHT
| WHOSE
HUMAN
“THE
WRITTEN
YAGAMI,
LIGHT
DIE”...
STRAIGHT
HONORS
SCHOOL
HIGH
IS
NAME
SHALL
NOTE
THIS
AIN
“A”
RESPONSE
IN
MOBILIZING
USES
SKILLFULLY
LIGHT
FBI,
ELIMINATE
AGENTS
FBI
THE
L
TO
NOTE
DEATH
ALL
ON
NOTEBOOK,
USES
LIGHT
HORRIFIED
INITIALLY
DEAD!
DROP
WRITTEN
HAS
HE
NAMES
WHOSE
PEOPLE
THE
SEE
TO
ONLY
 DEATH NOTE
Vol. 3

CONTENTS
Chapter 17 Trash
Chapter 18 Gaze
Chapter 19 Humiliation
Chapter 20 First Move
Chapter 21 Duplicity
Chapter 22 Misfortune 111
Chapter 23 Hard Run 133
Chapter 24 Shield 153
Chapter 25 Fool 175
 OH/ LEMME
ASK YOU ONE READY,
QUESTION FIRST. RYUK!!
YOU SURE YOU'RE
THE ONLY WHO
EATS BARBECUE-

IM
= ABSOLUTELY MY FAMILY
SURE EATS ONLY
NOBODY “PLAIN”
ELSE WILL OR “SOUR
TOUCH THE CREAM AND
“BARBECUE.” ONION.”
 IT LOOKS LIKE
HE’S MAKING A
SHOW OF SAYING,
“I WAS CHECKING IF
ANYONE ENTERED
MY ROOM BECAUSE
I HAVE BOOKS LIKE
THIS STASHED
INSIDE”...

ayne A *
a
Cig
I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE LOOKING

\ “=

YES, HE IS...
I'VE PLACED
BUGS AND
CAMERAS IN RYUZAKI...
YOUR HOUSE DON’T
AND THE TELL ME...
DEPUTY CHIEF’S THAT My
BECAUSE SON IS A
EVERYONE IN SUSPECT..?
BOTH HOMES IS
A SUSPECT.
 WAS!
i, PROBING,
 Bly l , WOULD MEAN
te, ee {THEY PLACED
a THE ONLY
FIGURE OUT weer CAMERAS IN
; THE HOMES,
: HOW MANY, \ oS
SUSPECTS] 7 \ ONE PENBER-
RIGHT NOW. THEY, HAVE! |HE MUST'VE — =f / +, CNELPENDER
NARROWED ‘
iF BS | it Down
. z FURTHER...

BUT THEY THEY CARRIED

SEEM TO OUT A BRIEF
HAVE MISSED SEARCH OF
ALL THOSE THE HOUSE
WHEN THEY
r
MAGAZINES
HE’S HIDING INSTALLED THE
CAMERAS.

STANCES, -
THE KEY.
 WHETHER I
Casa THOSE

Wise IF THAT
b YoRIMINAL ae
\DIES TODAY =", 4.-T TURN ON
OR TOMOR= "5 THE TV
ROW, L S35" _ NOW, AND <THE NEWS, L
MIGHT wcse*®z ar*** THERE'S A ELIMINATED
\SUSPECT- ag NEW CRIMI- THEM THAT
jee WME OF Ts >NAL ON DAY, OR THE y
. BEING KIRA. aenee?” THE NEWS.. NEXT DAY AT (
ens ib oe ae “THE LATEST.
A

pau
pe THE
I
Tl
PERPETRATORS
SUDDENLY
4 STOP DYING
1 |WHILE I’M KyTV. AND FRESH
NOT WATCHING CRIMES ARE |
ATV, THEN THAT
MAKES ME
"A SUSPECT
 4, WHAT IF I
j /, NEVER TURNED
1// ON MY TV OR
|/ COMPUTER, AND
/ CRIMINALS FEA-
(Z TURED DURING
THAT TIME DIED 7
WHILE I HAD NO
WAY OF GAINING = /
INFORMATION
ABOUT THEM?!

‘ KIRA NEEDS 10
SACCESS TOs. KNOW WHAT:
a INFORMA > 1y HIS VICTIMS
SN TION BUT Vg LOOK LIKE! AND
| (CRIMINALS ay <8 THAT ALL OF
S KEEP Wa HIS VICTIMS
DYING, I’M? WERE SHOWN
¢.CLEAN! ON TV OR THE
s INTERNET!
Za

SEONG
LIGHT,
I's
iE
 THANK YOU,
SAYU... IF
MTHE NEWS
=
WERE ON
_ZERIGHT NOW,
—=MY WHOLE
CS

AIZAWA-SAN.
ARE THE
KITAMURAS,
WATCHING
THE NEWS:
RIGHT NOW?

THE WHOLE Y
FAMILY,
| EXCEPT THE

WATCHING
THE CHANNEL
4 NEWS oe
I\WHILE EATING [S. ie
DINNER. _grmmme—7/WS
 WATARI, TELL
ALL OF THE TV
STATIONS TO
RUN THAT NEWS
SPECIAL.

NKK NEWS BULLETIN x‘:

INTERPOL TO SEND TOTAL OF 1500 DETECTIVES FROM

VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO JAPAN TO HELP SOLVE KIRA CASE.

YOU WANT 10 SEE MY, Se

REACTION, L. THAT'S Ng
THE SAME TRICK YOUN —
USED THE, FIRST, TIME, \_—
 \ WHAT’S THE
THOSE FBI POINT, IF THEY
AGENTS, WERE ANNOUNCE IT
>

AND LOOK WHAT TO SEND IN ALL

STILL HAPPENED THOSE DETEC-
TO THEM. IF KIRA TIVES, THEY
RNOW
KN OWS'SA20
ABOUUT SHOULDt KEEP
HE’S GOING TO
, QUIET ABOUT
GET THEM TOO, Te Oe
FOR SURE.

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\ D

QE NY THATS WHY!
BETITIONT
EVE!

YOUR
SON IS
VERY
INTELLI-
A CHIPS RIGHT
AFTER
DINNER?

NOW
SHINIGAMI
COULD GET
N
<iie<

5 IN
T'D SAY HE =
 THE VIEW
Wo

OF ANY si
_ ~ CAMERAS 9|

= \AWITH My-
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X ;
 WILL DIE AT LEAST.
OF A ~~ =
. ONE OF
HEART. THEM
ATTACK OUGHT
NWO. Ys TO HIT
SECONDS! THE
/ ) = JACKPOT,
i f

SON HASN'T
7 TURNED
ON HIS
TV OR HIS
COMPUTER
ONCE SINCE
DINNER. HE’S |
| 6 /I\\ ||
y
MAN STUDYING |)
I'VE BEEN YY“NY REALLY
STUDYING |, \ HL HARD.
——
ALL NIGHT, \

WELL, HIS
ING ON THE ENTRANCE
NEWS. AND ron
> WHO'S THE
A
WITNESS FOR LESS THAN
TEN DAYS,
MY ALIBI?
L HIMSELF
 WHAT RYUZAKI.
IS IT
WATARI?

DEPUTY CHIEF _ nia

KITAMURA’S WIFE rs OcLOcK _ PURSE: A BANK
AND ELDEST News SNATCHER = EMPLOYEE
DAUGHTER KIRA! TONIGHT BEING BEING
WATCHED THOSE WAS THE _ HELD IN QuEs-
NEWS REPORTS. FIRST TIME DETENTION, TIONED
li THEIR BOTH JUST FOR SUS-
CASES DIED OF PECTED
WERE HEART EMBEZZLE-
REPORTED, ATTACKS.

AFTER
THE SAN’S WIFE
DRAMA AND DAUGH-
ENDED, TER WERE
HIS THEY WATCHING A
SON LIGHT TURNED \ DRAMA AT
STARTED OFF THE \ THAT TIME,
STUDYING TV AND
AT SEVEN- NEVER f
THIRTY OR TURNED IT (Ml
SO, AND HAS BACK ON. NAM
BEEN DOING
NOTHING
ELSE ALL
NIGHT...
 hey SWE oso
AM | IN EITHER
Desig
HOUSEOR ‘ FAMILY
SENT HAS A CELL
RECEIVED Mm .- PHONE
E-MAIL ON [(\ THAT CAN
THEIR CELL |S

VICTIMS TODAY
WERE KILLED
RIGHT AWAY FOR
EXTREMELY
MINOR CRIMES...

THAT
MEANS MY
FAMILY IS
INNOCENT!

AND EVEN
THOUGH THE
CAMERAS WERE
ONLY JUST
INSTALLED,
THE YAGAMI
FAMILY’S
BEHAVIOR
TODAY WAS
SO CLEAN
IT’S ALMOST
FUNNY...
 next
morning.

BE SILLY.
YOU'RE THE
ONE WHO'S
ALWAYS
SAYING
YOU DON'T
NEED TO BE
REMINDED...
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HEY,
WHAT A
BEAUTI-
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AND THEN FIRST YOU

IT'S; “FORGET MAKE ME
ABOUT FIND ALL
THOSE
APPLES IN CAMERAS
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KILL YOu.
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EVEN IF KIRA V
CAN SET THE
TIME OF DEATH, THAT PURSE-
I DON'T THINK SNATCHER
HE COULD SET AND THAT
IT FOR A TIME EMBEZZLER
THAT'S BEFORE TWO DAYS
HE SEES THE AGO.., THEY
DIED BEFORE
MY FAMILY
KNEW ABOUT

SHOULDN'T
THEY BE
CLEARED AS
SUSPECTS?
 MANAGED TO.
KILL A PURSE-
HA SNATCHER 4 .
H AND AN © ¥ S

SS
EMBEZZLER, AA

a= WHEN I USED °
NALS COM- |[. THE MINIATURE \ o<—
\ PARED TO. | |TV TWO DAYS AGO, ao
2] i}, My EARLIER ICOULDN’'T READ 4
; BALL THE SMALL”
I DIDN'T TURN
ON THE SOUND.
BECAUSE THERE

IF THEY'RE EVEN IF,

MINOR CRIMIz CRIMINALS
NALS, AND~ 1\/| Vy] DIE WHO
THIS HAPPENS | [z\ s) _.WERE ON
ONLY WHEN? HE NEWS
| I’M NOT: {- <} WHILE I
GETTING ANY agen WASNT:
NEWS, THAT2 ONLINE OR
(COULD GIV! WATCHING
HIM GROUNDS;
 FOIE IG yay
THEN PEOPLE APPREHENDED | \\ ioe
WHO COMMITTED ATROOF | KILL
MINOR CRIMES PAICKPOCKETS ||MINOR|
WILL HAVE DIED TOUAY- CRIMI:i
BOTH WHEN I Ls
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WAS WATCHING ;
AND WHEN I (W :
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ATTRACT SPECIAL
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NEWS, MAJOR
OR MINOR...

AND WRITE hes

THEM INTO td fy
THE DEATH fa \')
NOTE PAGE —~ =
T HID INSIDE i
MY WALLET,
GIVING THEM | CA
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VARIOUS
TIMES OF Sy (A
DEATH, 2a r T74 7 -

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32
 I'VE STUDIED
THE TAPES WE GOT
FROM THE BUGS AND
CAMERAS OVER THE
PAST FIVE DAYS...
NUMEROUS TIMES.

AND MY
CONCLU-
SION IS...

THAT OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE
KITAMURA AND
YAGAMI FAMILIES,
SUSPICIOUS
ACTIVITY WAS
OBSERVED IN...
 WE WILL
REMOVE 0
THEviBUGS NOBODY. ¥
CAMERAS.

WELL, NONE 1 THOUGHT HFFF.

OF THEM We eee 50 NO
WAS ON THE TRACK WITH SUSPECT,
TOM ONOTE:
LINE VIDEOS.. RAYE PENBER’S TER
ARALL...
TARGETS...

PLEASE DON’T DON'T

INSUNDER- ile é of) aaa
3 Waar | ALL RIGHT,
ONLY SAID "NO HAVE TO a7 ,
SUSPICIOUS
ACTIVITY WAS PUT COR
OBSERVED.”: MINDS
STARTING
OVER.

THEY'RE
PUTTING ’ \
CRIMINALS . EVEN IF ONE
TO DEATH OF THEM IS
AS ALWAYS, ° KIRA, THEY
WITHOUT : J SIMPLY AREN'T
SHOWING f ot of MAKING ANY
MISTAKES.
 SO YOU'RE
SAYING ONE
OF THEM
MIGHT BE
THERE’S KIRA, AFTER
A FIVE
PERCENT
PROBA-
BILITY.

BUT IF WE
CAN'T CATCH
Wey LE MEAN, OF THEM THEM ON
RYUZAKI-DID IT REALLY IS CAMERA, THEN
BEFORE, WITHOUT KIRA, THEY'LL WE'LL HAVE TO
| OUR
SHOWING MURDER : CALL EACH OF
FACES, WHOEVER’S THEM IN FOR
QUESTIONING QUESTIONING...
THEM.

ee
NO. EVEN IF
WE DO IT LIKE
THAT, IT’S TOO
DANGEROUS
TO LET THEM
KNOW WE
SUSPECT THEM
OF BEING KIRA.

FIRST,
WE NEED
TO PREPARE THAT'S
SOME HARD TRUE.
EVIDENCE.
WE ONLY
QUESTION
THEM WHEN
WE'RE
READY.
WS TIME WE
5 HAD THE
»~

CAMERASSN

aSEVERAL ||Be
- +
 REACHED,
THE
DIVINE
LEVEL.

DIVINE RETz
 ki
LAND I’M THE MASS
< PEOPLE RAYE - |
DEFILY,
NITE “y MURD EREER
WER
ONE AS
PENBER WAS | CALLkE
THE Ni INVESTIGAT- GOING ec
KITAMURA’ ING BEFORE ING KI
OR THE \DECEMBER DEFINITELY
YAGAM| EXISTS.
FAMILY...

BUT EVEN
IF WE LEAVE
INSTEAD, THE CAMERAS
HELL ——__ IN PLACE,
PROBABLY w iT
FIND THE © SSN EXPECT KIRA
CAMERAS TO SHOW ANY
INDICATIONS
OF KILLING
ANYBODY.

DO,THAT, GET HIM

HOR . TO TELL
COULD
.. I?!
.
THE NPA,
THEN
 MY FATHER
WOULD
NEVER SAY
YES IF THE

><@) AND THE

| TASK FORCE
WAS AS
SHAKY AS
IT SEEMS.
 Ki
THESE January 17,
ARE STILL) oe I KNOW day one of
ONLY THE fm LIGHT! YOU'LL the standard
STANDARD F \ DO WELL! ‘haa
University
entrance
exams.

ITLL BE
EASIER
TO MAKE.
TIME TO
OPERATE J |
AS KIRA,
AND TO | ;
FIND OUT IT SURE wae
MORE é . A RELIEF T
/’ | ‘ FIND OUT THE
Re ‘ BUGS WERE
OUTTA THERE,
TOO.

Y) 1
I HATE WAIT: \ ") 4 4 f] 3
ING INSIDE, so \ y (9)
TWAS PLAN-_ | | N YOU. THE
NING TO ARRIVE ) TEST IS.
THREE MINUTES poco NN STARTING
BEFORE THEY | APS HURRY “IN TEN
START GOT HERE | {) ¥ UP! MINUTES, [*
», ABIT EARLY.

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DAY OF THE >
STANDARD,,
EXAMS. HE]
STOOD OUTz
 ISN'T THE <
ADDRESS
GUESS SUPPOSED
THAT TO BE GIVEN
MEANS | BY WHOEVER
THEY HAD cceear
THE SAME ere
SCORE. al a ie
ENTRANCE
\ EXAMS? {
i
A / |e

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YEAH, BUT EVEN

HEAR! WHAT, YOU IF THEIR TOTAL
YOU MEAN Hose MEAN A 0 WAS THE SAME,
PEOPLE TWO BOTH IN ENGLISH DON'T THEY
LIKE THAT SCORED A COUNTS MORE USUALLY WEIGHT
ACTUALLY HUNDRED THAN A 40 DIFFERENT
EXIsT..? PERCENT IN MATH, OR SUBJECTS TO
f IN EVERY SOMETHING? DECIDE?
SUBJECT.

MAN, WITH YOU, euy ON

THOUGH... KYOKO? THE GUY THE RIGHT
TALK ABOUT
POLAR
‘ON THE LEFT'S ESO.
WaAy BETTER
OPPOSITES... LOOKING.
 THE
OTHER GUY THE LEFT
LOOKS... GUY LOOKS
KINDA WILD. LIKE YOUR
WELL, TYPICAL ELITE
PRETTY PRIVATE-
BIZARRE, SCHOOL TYPE.
ail ANYWAY, PAMPERED
AND BRILLIANT.

MAYBE : ia
HE'S SOME |\/~ / -
KIND OF
CRAZY
GENIUS?

I NOTICED

HE'S DISSING
EVERYBODY,
OR HE'S
[\STUPID.
 THE SON OF
DETECTIVE-
SUPERINTENDENT

Wm, BY YOUR DEEP

|JUSTICE.

SO IF YOU AIM TO REACH

YOU WILL AND RIGHT A LEADERSHIP
NOW, YOU'RE POSITION IN THE
SHOWING A
GREAT DEAL
OF INTEREST
IN THE KIRA

AND ABILITIES
ANI ID
SOMETHING SENSE OF
OF VITAL JUSTICE...
IMPORTANCE
REGARDING
THE KIRA

I WON'T TELL
ANYBODY.
WHAT IS IT?
I TOLD YOU
WHO I WAS.
BECAUSE I
RESPECT AND
ADMIRATION.

LIGHT YAGAMI.
PROBABILITY OF
IMMEDIATELY
UNDER \\
SUSPICION. \}

THERE'S
vA GOOD
 oo
THIS MEAN
|
HE’S STILL“)
Ws KNOW HOW.
. SA \NSTRONGLY©
. HE SUS-
FOCUSED ‘ PECTS ME,
‘ON THE [|\ | BUT I AM
PEOPLE|\|\\, SS DEFINITELY.
RAYET UNDER
PENBER \ \. SUSPICION...
WAS BEN A THERE’S
INVESTI- \ ! NO OTHERS
GATING?.| REASON FOR
BUT WHY, HIM TO TELL
WOULD L' SOICHIRO
[APPROACH YAGAMI'S
ME —_ SON THAT/
DIRECTLY, HE’S L...
2:

—
THIS GUY'S)
DEFINITELY, | NOW. IT’S
WATCHING BETTER TO
KEEP My
MIND A
\ RATTLED BLANK.
Nor Not. I NEED
TO LOOK
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READ
THIS
WAY

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RIGHT, AND THEN

WHAT IF THAT GUY
ISN'T REALLY L?
THAT WOULD BE LIKE
TELLING L STRAIGHT
OUT THAT I’M KIRA!

SHINIGAMI
KILLING PEOPLE
AND HUMANS
KILLING PEOPLE
ARE VERY DIF-
FERENT THINGS,
OKAY? SO DON'T
LUMP THEM
TOGETHER.
 WITH } I WANT
I CAN'T THE DEATH
CONTROL NOTE, ONLY TO KILL
SOMEONE’S THE PERSON THAT:
ACTIONS TO WHOSE GUY NO,
MAKE THEM NAME I
KILL HIM. WRITE MATTER
WILL DIE. WHAT, BUT;
IF IDO,
\

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ONLY i Chia
WORK IF ONLY FIND
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HUNDRED OUT
NAME,HisI
PERCENT COULD
SURE HE MAKE HIM
WAS L. GET IN AN
ACCIDENT
OR
COMMIT
SUICIDE...

NO NO. EVEN IF I
MATTER WAS SURE
AND HE HOW I HE’S REALLY
SENSED POLICE, HE DID IT IF L L, NOW THAT
THAT I FIGURED OUT DIES, THE HE’S TOLD ME
MIGHT THAT KIRA POLICE WHO HE IS,
BE KIRA NEEDED TO WILL IT’S PROBABLY
KNOW SUSPECT TOO LATE...
SOMEONE’S ME...
NAME TO

MEANWHILE, SS
IT WAS TRYING
TO ISOLATE
HIM FROM THE
POLICE AND \

SS
THINKING ONLY <
ABOUT MAKING
THEM EXPOSE
HIM PUBLICLY.
~~
 IT DOESNT
MATTER IF BUT
THE GUY'S A I NEVER
PROXY, THE IMAGINED
POINT IS HE THAT L
APPROACHES | /{/
SOMEONE HE |! WOULD
SUSPECTS OF COME UP
BEING KIRA \\\ TO ME
AND TELLS SAYING
THEM HE’S L... “I AML.”

THAT’S A
REALLY
EFFECTIVE
WAY FOR L
TO SHIELD
HIMSELF
FROM KIRA,
AND A FORM
OF ATTACK P
 SO NOW
WE'LL GO
ONE-ON-ONE. LA
, THIS
, 1S THE
PROOF s NO
THAT HE NEED TO
DOESN'T BE SO
HAVE r NEGATIVE,
ANY
PROOF Ne

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YOU WANT TO FIND OUT
WHO THE WELL BE
BUDDIES. BUT
BEWHFRIENDS
ME: OTHER
REALLY ONE
IS. ==—-BELOW THE
SURFACE...
TLL GLADLY
HANG OUT
WITH YOU.

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YOU'VE TOLD NY ii MAKE
ME EVERY- IN | YOU
THING I NEED ne ||] TRUST
TO KNOW, oH ME.
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SHINIGAMI |
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DON’T HEY, RYUGA.
WORRY, WHEN YOU
LIGHT I SAID YOU
USED TO WANTED TO
BE THE GET TO
BRITISH KNOW EACH
JUNIOR OTHER
CHAMPION. PLAYING
TENNIS, DID
YOU KNOW
HOW GOOD
I AM?

WHO NOW IF I
CARES... ASK HIM
SILL TRY IF HE’S A
BRITISH
CITIZEN,
WILL HE
THINK I’M

BUT
PLEASE
RELAX. IT’S LIVED IN
ABSOLUTELY ENGLAND
IMPOSSIBLE FOR
TO FIGURE ABOUT
OUT L’S FIVE
IDENTITY YEARS.
FROM THAT KR
FACT. SO
 4
SO, JUST
ONE SET
WHOEVER
WINS SIX
GAMES
FIRST IS THE
WINNER, ALL
RIGHT WITH
YOu?

THIS IS JUST
A SIMPLE
TENNIS GAME.
IT’S NOT
ENOUGH TO
DETERMINE
IF HE MIGHT
BE KIRA.
 CAPTAIN. A
COUPLE OF
FRESHMEN
ARE USING
THE TENNIS JF
COURTS. (¢

PEOPLE
WHO
JUST
JOINED
OUR
TENNIS
TEAM?

YOU...
HAVEN'T
HEARD?
THEY'RE
THE GUYS

SCORES,

SEEM TO
WHOEVER BE HANG-
THEY ARE, ING OUT
WE AREN'T TOGETHER
LETTING SINCE THE
THEM USE ENTRANCE
OUR TENNIS
COURTS
WITHOUT
ASKING.
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IF THEY'RE

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YOU GUYS
SUDDENLY
HAVE A
REFEREE
AND LINES-
MEN, TOO.

WHEN
HE WON

woucse 1 Bhekee
IN 2000, HE
I THOUGHT

TING ONCE HE OF LIGHT

STARTED HIGH __YAGAMI
BEFORE, i SO
SCHOOL, AND
HE HASN'T I LOOKED
BEEN IN A HIM UP. HE
SINGLE TouR- WAS THE
NAMENT JUNIOR
HIGH CHAM-
SINCE... PION IN 1999
AND 2000!

SO HEY, WHAT
THAT'S:
ABOUT RYUGA,
THEN? HE’S
THE THING.
TOTALLY HOLDING
I CAN'T
HIS OWN AGAINST
FIND ANY-
THIS JUNIOR HIGH
THING ON
CHAMPION. IN
FACT, HE’S EVEN
BETTER!
 STILL, I
aoe |
ENTERING
WILL GET
THEM TO
JOIN THE
TENNIS:
TEAM...
BOTH GREAT
ATHLETES...?

| ABOUT; BROUGHT
UTI UP THE |
 == TIVE LAID
THE GROUND =
FOR MOVING

‘ KIRA CASE,
I'M POSITIVE

YOU'LL SAY, IF WN
WE’RE GOING.

TO HEAR SOME
DETAILS OF THER
 IF HE SHARES
DETAILS OF THE
INVESTIGATION

ANT INFORMATION &

== WILL REDUCE THE
RISK OF LIGHT
YAGAMI SAYING
SOMETHING ONL}
==: KIRA WOULD.
Ki

1S TO
MEET WITH
A RELIABLE
THIRD PARTY
WHO CAN
CONFIRM
THAT I’M L... Z
A
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WELL, YOU WE'RE
JUST BEAT BOTH

ook,
SUSPECT
 WHAT I’M REALLY
HOPING FOR IS
TO BECOME A WHEN I SAY
HUNDRED PERCENT “SUSPECT,”
CERTAIN THAT A) YOU I’M ACTUALLY
AREN'T KIRA, AND B) TALKING ABOUT
YOU HAVE BRILLIANT A FACTOR OF
POWERS OF DEDUC-
TION, SO THAT I ONE PERCENT.
CAN ASK YOU TO.
HELP US WITH THE
«i ae
“ONE
IF HE PERCENT,”
HE SINCE IT SAYS IMA
GOT ISN'T ZERO SUSPECT,
ME... ZL PERCENT, IF Iy EVEN IF
—=ASK TO MEET) | IT’S ONLY
| ONE
| PERCENT,
THERE
GOES My \\
FREEDOM.

-
/_anyway,
THERE ARE TOO
YEAH. MANY PEOPLE
I THINK AROUND TO TALK
THIS TENNIS ABOUT THE KIRA
MATCH HAS. CASE HERE.
INCREASED LET'S GO SOME-
OUR NOTORIETY PLACE WHERE
AROUND WE CAN HAVE
HERE. SOME PRIVACY.
 I BEG YOUR
PARDON,
SIR. BUT L’S
ORDERS ARE
THAT NOBODY
OUTSIDE THE
TASK FORCE,
EVEN YOUR-
SELF, SIR...

NOT EVEN
TO ACCOUNT
FOR WHERE
YOU ARE OR
-| WHAT YOU'RE
DOING? OR
WHY THERE'S:
NEVER MORE
« «READ
THIS
WAY

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3
SOMEONE
HAS COME
UP TO MY
DAUGHTER
SAYING
HE’S L..

yy
LES

AND I
REQUEST
THAT YOU
KEEP SECRET I CANNOT
THE FACT ANSWER Is MY
THAT SOME- THAT DAUGHTER
ONE CALLING QUESTION, A SUSPECT?
HIMSELF L
APPROACHED
YOUR

THAT BUT
MUCH I PLEASE
CAN TELL SET YOUR
YOU QUITE MIND AT
POSITIVELY. RES T, SIR...
— i IF ANYONE
\ IS TRULY A
[3s y \ SUSPECT IN
THIS CASE,
IT’S MY SON,

AN

»
\

N
YAGAMI.. IT’S
THE PAPERS
THE POLICE ARE AREIEAYING FOUROVER
BEEN
SO SCARED OF age INCOMES
THE POLICE
WOU
KIRA, THEY'VE TENT... THAT L SINCE THIS
RUN FROM THE IS INCOMPE- paces
CASE WITH THEIR TENT. CAME TO
TAILS BETWEEN LIGHT.. Z
THEIR LEGS. ,
COULD ANYBODY ie
CALL THAT
COMPETENT?!
«4
YOU KNOW
VERY WELL
HOW MANY
DETECTIVES
I HAVE
LEFT ON
FIND OUT THAT THE TASK
MOST OF THE FORCE, SIR.
OFFICERS ON
THIS CASE
HAVE JUMPED

AS WE
SPEAK,
HE IS OUT
THERE
RISKING
HIS LIFE
TO SOLVE
THIS CASE.

HE IS
CERTAINLY
” MORE
=| COMPETENT
 THIS
IS ONE
OF MY
FAVORITE
COFFEE
SHOPS,

IF YOU
SIT HERE IN
THE BACK,
NOBODY CAN
HEAR WHAT

L =
IF I SIT Pepe
THE WAY
OTHER real THING,
PEOPLE gg ly BACK
DO, MY OTHER HERE
REASONING Way NOBODY'S.
ABILITY ak GOING
props By = Ts TO BE
FORTY : STARING AT
PERCENT. YOU FOR
SITTING
LIKE THAT,
HA HA.

I DON’T MEAN THAT

TO BE RUDE, CAN WAIT
BUT CAN I TEST UNTIL YOU'RE
YOUR REASON- POSITIVE THAT
ING ABILITIES? I’M NOT KIRA.
SO YOU GO
AHEAD AND
START, RYUGA.
 OF PROVING
HASN'T. & THAT I’M NOT. ~4
CSTVE I NEED TO
) ence — MAKE i ee
(COVER IT@ TRUST ME S0™
ABOUT = I CAN WORM — :
‘A THOU

DOES
THE FACT
THAT I TOLD

ANYTHING?

OR THAT
: ONE
DEDUCED
‘eken THAT EVEN
meN IF YOU TELL
SOMEONE
STEPS
ENSURE TO WHO MAY BE
tuaryou KIRA THAT
CANT BE = YOURE Ly
KILLED.. YOU KILLED..
BE WONT

I DRAW THIS
CONCLUSION AND THAT MEANS,
ALTHOUGH NEWS
FROM THE FACT
THAT, WHILE L IN WHICH NE oh ae ae
THAT Hi
WOULD ALWAYS USE
AN ALIAS ANYWAY, ‘ CASE,
SOMETHING KIRATe
NEEDSoheone
TO KNOW
YOU MADE A POINT ELSE” ieee GReTL:
OF CALLING YOUR- WOULD BE Bee aS ie
SELF HIDEKI RYUGA, THEIR NAME. zg
NEEDS SOMETHING
SOMEONE WHOSE ELSE AS WELL.
NAME AND FACE
ARE KNOWN TO.
PRACTICALLY EVERY-
ONE IN JAPAN.
 IT WOULD
es
fi
YOU'RE RIGHT
THAT ANYONE 1
BE STUPID
CALLING
HIMSELF L SEE...
FOR THE
REAL L TO
PUTS HIMSELF
IN DANGER. AND
DO SUCH WHY WOULD HE
A THING... COME OUT INTO
THE OPEN NOW,
WHEN HE’S
NEVER SHOWN
HIMSELF
BEFORE..?

YOU'RE WELL, MOST STILL, I

TOO OUT PEOPLE ACTUALLY
OF CHAR- PROBABLY THINK YOU
ACTER IMAGINE L REALLY
TO BEA TO BEA MIGHT BE
CONVINC- LOT OLDER L, RYUGA,
ING FAKE. THAN YOU,
S50 YOU OR MORE
MUST BE DETECTIVE-
REAL.. LIKE,
SOMEHOW.

AND WHAT
WHEN ARE THE
YOU START ODDS THAT L
SECOND- TOOK THAT
GETTING GUESSING INTO ACCOUNT
PRETTY AND THIRD- IN CHOOS-
CON- GUESSING
FUSED! LIKE
THIS, IT’S
ENDLESS.
 "| THIS SINCE THIS IS
RO EIKE INFORMA- BASICALLY AN
TION HAS INTERVIEW TO
SEE IF I CAN
REQUEST YOUR
HELP IN THE
INVESTIGATION,
I SUPPOSE
IT’S RUDE NOT
TO SHOW YOU
ANYTHING

THIS IS A LIST
AND THESE THREE OF THE TWELVE
PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW FBI AGENTS WHO
™ NOTES WRITTEN BY WERE MURDERED
PRISONERS SHORTLY BY KIRA, WITH THE
BEFORE THEY DIED. ORDER IN WHICH
pio WE BELIEVE THEY THEY RECEIVED
WROTE THEM UNDER THE FILE AND THE
KIRA’S CONTROL. ORDER IN WHICH
THEY DIED.
 FIRST
PLEASE
TAKE A
LOOK AT
THE FBI
LIST. DOES

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er HE DOESNT |
Rave PENDS! "Give KIRA |
fe. MUCH 8
Lian Zaneck CREDIT IS
THE KIRA HE
ee ENVISIONS
Arire W eekWoC STUPI

IF I
DON’T
KNOW THAT,
 THAT’S A FILE
KIRA NEEDS TO CONTAINING THE
KNOW WHAT NAMES AND
so AND THE PEOPLE LOOK PHOTOGRAPHS
THERE'S A VERY SAME LIKE, AND OF ALL TWELVE
POSSIBILITY DAY THE MAYBE ALSO AGENTS, SO THEY
THAT KIRA AGENTS THEIR NAMES... COULD EACH
USED THIS RECEIVED THIS FILE CON- KNOW WHO THE
TAINED BOTH oan,
AVS
FILE TO KILL THIS FILE, OTHERS WERE.
THEM. THEY ALL NAMES AND /\ THE DAY THEY
DIED... RECEIVED THIS
FILE, THEY
ALL DIED.

JEEZ® THIS IS KID

STUFF... THESE
THREE
NOTES
ARE VERY
INTEREST-

RIGHT.
WHAT
ABOUT
THESE
NOTES?

NOTICE THAT AND.

IT LOOKS TRUE THAT CAME UP WITH
TO ME LIKE KIRA CAN “L DID YOU KNOW
HE COULD’VE KILL PEOPLE GODS OF DEATH
“DICTATED” AND ALSO
CONTROL LOVE APPLES?”, ——;
THESE
NOTES, THEIR THAT WOULD
ACTUALLY, ACTIONS, a MEANI’M
&
BECAUSE THAT'S s ‘PROBABLY KIRA...
THEY CONTAIN =
A HIDDEN
TAUNT TOL. / —_ %
 BECAUSE
THE ORDER THAT IF YOU TAKE
MAKES MOST THE FIRST WORD
SENSE WOULD BE, OF EVERY LINE,
LET’S SEE... “L DO THEY FORM
YOU KNOW GODS A SENTENCE,
OF DEATH LOVE OR RATHER, A
APPLES?” QUESTION.

YOU PUT THE BACKS OF

THEM THE PHOTOS
IN THAT HAVE THEIR
ORDER- PRINT NUMBER
ON THEM...

w
THAT DOESN'T THE S
MAKE MUCH |
SENSE, SO I | | MESSAGE
FIND IT HARD | a | READS “L DO
TO BELIEVE | +} YOU KNOW
KIRA WANTED L_ | | Ps
TO READ IT LAY |
LIKE THAT. |2

IN FACT,
 IF YOU ADD
THIS, YOU GET
THE FOLLOWING
MESSAGE:
“L DO YOU
KNOW LOVE
APPLES? GODS
OF DEATH HAVE
RED HANDS.”

NO IT WASN'T,
BECAUSE THERE
WERE IN FACT = HE THINK:
FOUR NOTES.
FIGURING THAT HE’S GOING
OUT WOULD TO FIND
HAVE MADE OUT BY.
‘YOUR REASONING /
ieee SHOWING
ME THIS \
OKAY, BUT BOGUS
IF THERE NOTE...? IS
WERE ONLY ESHE JUST\
THREE = FOOLING \
NOTES, MY
REASONING WITH ME..? \
WAS FLAW-
LEss.

« I GET IT HE
DOESN'T WANT TO, THINK I’M
SEE HOW SMART,
I AM, HE WANTS ING THAT YOU
TO SEE MY REAC-| DECIDED
TION. KIRA KNOWS. THERE WERE
THERE WAS Nou ONLY THREE
FOURTH NOTE, } NOTES,
SO HE'D FIND THIS YAGAMI-KUN,
AND THERE-
WHOLE THING: FORE COULD
RIDICULOUS, OR NOT INFER
GET PISSED OFF

ON MY VERSION,
HE’LL ONLY
BE MORE CON-
VINCED IT’S ME...
 SAYING I = STAY COOL. IM]
GEE... “DECIDED ~ SURE HIS MAIN
YOU'RE THERE WERE AIM WAS TO (
RIGHT, I INLY THREE HAVE ME COME ~<a]
DIDN'T NOTES’ IS UP WITH “L DO
\ THINK OF JUST A WAY OF = YOU KNOW
CHALLENGING =~ GODS OF DEATH)
ME. IT’S GOT...“ LOVE APPLES?”
NOTHING TO S WITHOUT NOTIC-
DO WITH ON ING THE PRINT.
y/_ BUT STILL, \ DETERMINING « * NUMBERS.
EITHER WAy I
DON’T THINK
\ IFTM KIRA: : <
I’M NOT.
THESE NOTES
WILL HELP YOU SS
FIND KIRA. I
MEAN, SHINI-
GAMI DON’T
EVEN EXIST.

CAME FACE ALL

TO FACE WITH RIGHT.
DIDN’T
SOMEONE NOW
WHO MIGHT LeT’s FALL FOR
BE KIRA, SUPPOSE THE FILE
HOW WOULD you’RE OR THE
YOU TRY TO L. PRINT
DETERMINE NUMBERS.
IF HE WAS?

I'D TRY
TO MAKE
THEM SAY
THINGS
THAT
HAVEN'T
BEEN
REPORTED
IN THE
NEws.
THINGS
ONLY KIRA
COULD
KNOW.
 YAGAMI-KUN, I'VE ALREADY
WERE ASKED
INSTANTLY WHEN THEY THE SAME
ABLE TO THINK FINALLY CAME = QUESTION TO
ABOUT ITFROM UP WITHAN A NUMBER OF
THE PERSPEC- ANSWER, IT WAS DETECTIVES,
TIVE OF KIRA USUALLY SOME- AND MOST OF
TALKING TO AN THING SILLY THEM TOOK A
INVESTIGATOR, LIKE, “BRING FEW MINUTES
OUT A WELL- TO THINK
KNOWN CRIMI- ABOUT IT.
NAL AND WATCH
FROM A HIDDEN
LOCATION IF
THEY KILL HIM

YOU MAKE "ALL SATISFIED

IT SOUND WITH HIMSELF.
LIKE IF I DO ‘ DOES HE THINK
TOO WELL, (f
I'M UNDER
EVEN MORE
SUSPICION.
TO SAY
YOU'RE
QUITE
BRILLIANT,
YAGAMI-
KUN.

NOW
IT’S UP TO
THREE
PERCENT..

HOWEVER,
THIS ALSO
INCREASES
MY DESIRE
TO HAVE
YOU HELP
US IN THE
INVESTIGA-
TION.
 TO TELL YOU
GUY TURNS. UOKER®™ THE TRUTH,
YOU GUESSED
|OUT TO BE \ HE COMES: CORRECTLY
NOTHING \ ‘RIGHT OUT, EARLIER. AT
[MORE SAND SAYS PRESENT, I AM
NOT TLISONLY
THAN L’S. \ SOMETHING. ONE GOING
|ERRAND LIKE THAT, AROUND CALL-
\ BOY, S NOW..?, ING HIMSELF L.
\THERE’S —
‘PRACTI-
CALLY NO |

~?
——
= f.

IN OTHER IF I HELP YOU,

WORDS, YOU THE INVESTIGATION DO you MY POSITION IS THIS—
CAN KILL MIGHT MOVE UNDER- EVEN IF YOU ARE
TWO BIRDS FORWARD. AT THE STAND MY KIRA, I'D LIKE YOU TO
WITH ONE SAME TIME, IF I’M Logic? HELP US WITH THIS
STONE... I KIRA I MIGHT SLIP INVESTIGATION,
THINK IT’S A UP AND BETRAY
GREAT IDEA. MYSELF.

| ITDON’T KNOW HYUK, HYUK!

FOR SURE THAT HEY LIGHT,
LOOKS TO
ME LIKE HE'S

S \ cl
GOT YOU UP
AGAINST
<L, AND DOESN’T
EVEN DROP By {
THE TASK FORCE,
I OUGHT TO STOP SS
TALKING TO HIM
IMMEDIATELY.a
 WHILE IT’S ‘ : 3
TRUE I’M VERY p I THINK
INTERESTED IN - YOU'VE
THE KIRA CASE, ae 1 GOT ME ALL
AND EVEN IN , WRONG,
HELPING TO : : RYUGA.
SOLVE IT... —— = :

SO YOU I’M NOT

AND I ARE AND GOINGSO TO -
ME
IN THE SAME HE LP
POSITION,
BASICALLY. :
THINK ABOUT GETTING \ ;
M NOT
I’_
PEEC
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PEER TNE,
CTIV ARENT. MURDERED ,
IS IT FAIR THAT KIRA, «pO [Link] :
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BUT ICAN'T } HELL
QUESTION 7 YY OWN.

WANT
TO GET
KILLED,

ANYBODY
LOOKS AT
US, ALL
THEY SEE
ARE TWO
COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
IN FACT,
MOST
PEOPLE
WOULD
i PROBABLY
SAY YOU'RE
 HE'S A BOY, LIGHT,
CLASSIC YAGAMI
EXAMPLE SURE
ONE WHO} LOT T'M TALKING
HAVING
HATES TO. ABOUT
LOSE: SOMEONE
IT'S UP. I CAN TRUST,
3) SEVEN EXAMPLE
FORSOMEONE
PERCENT...
otal IF YOU SAY IN THE TASK
Cos YOU CAN'T DO —-FORCE, OR MY
Dit NS, THAT UNTIL I FATHER, TELL
~y ap “ PROVE I’M NOT ME STRAIGHT
Cra = ~ KIRA, THEN I OUT THAT
zi oe \ ie } CAN'T WORK YOU'RE L, OR
— \ — WITH YOU ON AT THE VERY
wh THIS CASE. LEAST A PART
—- 1| OF THIS INVES-
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IN THE
INVESTI-
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 Conference Room #4

WHAT THE
HELL’S WITH
THIS LAME-
BRAINED IDEA?!
IS THIS ALL
YOU CAN
COME UP
WITH?!

LISTEN TO ME, YOU GUYS

THE REASON MY THINK ALL
SHOWS GET WE HAVE
THE RATINGS IS TO DO IS
BECAUSE I DO RUN A KIRA
STORIES THE SPECIAL
OTHER NETWORKS AND
WON'T TOUCH! PEOPLE'RE
YOU GET WHAT GONNA
I’M SAYING?! TUNE IN, IS
THAT IT?!

ie)
wa
BUT THERE
AREN’T ANY
NEW ANGLES.
THE COPS
AREN'T SAYING
A WORD. IT’S
IDIOT! HOPELESS...

\ |ON THis
J, THING!
 Cie
BUT WE'VE IF YOU CAN’T FIND ANY
YEAH. REPORTING ALREADY GOTTEN
THAT A LOT OF A BUNCH OF WARN-
GOOD STORIES OUT
PEOPLE SUPPORT INGS FROM THE THERE, THEN BLOODY
KIRA IS REALLY COMMUNICATIONS WELL MAKE SOMETHING
PUSHING IT., MINISTRY... UP, DAMMIT!!

COME ON, IT’S

NO BIG DEAL!
THE COPS ARE
MAKING US
RUN ALL KINDS
OF STORIES,
AND NOBODY
KNOWS IF
THEY'RE TRUE

LISTEN TO ME.
SHEESH, YOU GUYS IN OUR NEXT
WE GOTTA MAKE KIRA SPECIAL,
GRAB ME SOME WE'RE SAYING
PEOPLE’S CONVINCING —WE SURVEYED A
ATTENTION GRAPHS HUNDRED THOU-
HERE, ALL AND CATCHY SAND PEOPLE,
QUOTES AND OVER 50
FROM JOE PERCENT OF
PUBLIC. THEM SAID THEY
SUPPORT KIRA.
 LIGHT!
CONNECTION? I MEAN, WHAT
THAT’S THE WAY EVERY ARE YOU
SINGLE ONE OF KIRA’S SAYING?
VICTIMS DIED...
 TO BE HONEST,
A MURDER YOU HEAD THAT’S EXACTLY
ATTEMPT BY THE TASK FORCE WHAT CROSSED
KIRA, HMM... IN CHARGE MY MIND AS I
WE CAN'T OF THIS CASE...
RULE IT KIRA HAS MORE
OUT COM- THAN ENOUGH
PLETELY... REASON TO WANT
 WELL, NOW
HAVING THAT I THINK
YOUR OWN ABOUT IT.. BEING
SON UNDER |ee
UNDER ALL THIS
SUSPICION PRESSURE AND
MUST BE AN THE FEAR OF
EMOTIONAL THINK
STRAIN AS
BEING KILLED IT
BY KIRA... I was
HAVEN'T HAD A
| |A GOOD NIGHT’S
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YOU TOLD
MY FATHER
I’M UNDER
SUSPICION?
INCLUDING
THE FACT
THAT I’M L.

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THIS CALLING
IS DEFI- HIM
NITELY *RYUZAKI”"
SO THAT
NOBODY
FINDS OUT,
 IF I GET RID OF
HIM AND ALL THE
REST OF THE TASK
FORCE... NO... IT’S
NOT THAT SIMPLE.

WELL, NO NEED
TO BE HASTY. IF
I TAKE MY TIME
WATCHING HIM...

ANYWAY, RIGHT
NOW I’M LIGHT
YAGAMI, CON-
CERNED ABOUT.
MY FATHER...

foi
SO,
RYUZAKI.,,
TO BE HAS TALKING
HONEST, TO MY SON
ALL HIS CLEARED
COMMENTS AWAY YOUR
REGARDING SUSPICIONS?

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IT’S MADE
ME SUSPECT
HIM EVEN
MORE.

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TRY TO
HAVE A
HEY, SAYING
THAT TO ME
AN AMBIGUOUS LITTLE 1S ONE THING,
ANSWER CONSIDER- BUT DON'T
AND EVEN WOULDN'T MAKE ATION, SAY THINGS IN
THOUGH ME FEEL ANY FRONT OF MY
YOU'RE BETTER. I MUCH DAD THAT WILL
UNDER PREFER HEARING UPSET HIS
SUSPICION, I THE TRUTH. CONDITION.
UNDERSTAND
IT’S NOT
QUITE
ENOUGH TO
MAKE YOU
AN ACTUAL
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EARLIER, Per
WHEN I CORRECT,
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KNOW HOW, ; IT Is CLEAR FROM
THOUGH IT \ ALSO A THE FACT
Does seem & FACT THAT THAT ALL OF
THE FIRE- KIRA HAD THEM DIED
WALLS ON jl OF eeeON
ATTACKS
THE me DECEMBER
27, THE
COMPUTERS VERY SAME
WERE NOT DAY THEY
VERY
SECURE...

/ HOWEVER, —REGARD-
| _EVEN Less,
THOUGH —THERE’S A
KIRA VERY GOOD
MURDERED POSSIBILITY
THE FBI THAT KIRA
AGENTS, HE WAS ABLE
HAS NOT TO ACCESS
KILLED DATA FROM
y AN ASINGLE A TASK
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WELL, I THIS ALSO

SUPPOSE KIRA CAN LEAD
MIGHT BE US TO INFER
CAPABLE OF THAT KIRA IS
MURDERING RELATED TO
A MEMBER SOMEONE
OF HIS OWN ON THE TASK |
FAMILY... FORCE.
 AND NOW EVEN SOME
OF HIS THEN
IS FIANCEE,
WHO WAS IN ACTIONS THERE’S
JAPAN WITH HIM WERE es oe
AND A FORMER CURIOUS, Ageia
FBI AGENT AND QUITE nate 2
HERSELF, HAS NOTE-
GONE MISSING. WORTHY. PENBER.

BUT IF MY VIEW SO FAR

THOSE FBI HAS BEEN THAT SO THAT’S
AGENTS WERE SINCE KIRA WAS HOW YOU
SHADOWING NPA OPERATING IN NARROWED IT
PERSONNEL AND = THE KANTO REGION, DOWN TO THE
THEIR FAMILIES, HE MUST BE KITAMURAS,
YOU'RE RIGHT JAPANESE, AND
THERE’S A GOOD THAT HE COULDN’T
POSSIBILITY BRING HIMSELF TO
KIRA WAS KILL INNOCENT
AMONG THOSE JAPANESE FOR
THEY WERE THAT REASON.
PROBING.
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YOU'RE YOU'RE HAPPENED
ALWAYS OF DEDuc- | |ABSOLUTELY TO BE
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BECAUSE NOW
MY FATHER TLL HELP
SOU rd
PROVE HASRATED
CORROBO- tig INVES-
TO YOU (RArO THAT
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THAT I’M RYUGA.
NOT
peter KIRA, 2 WERE.
YOU Sale,
I’M GOING
TO CATCH
KIRA FOR
you.

WHAT’RE
YOU TALKING
ABOUT, DAD?
THAT’S STILL
YEARS AND
YEARS =
FROM NOW. /

LIGHT, YOU JUST

CONCENTRATE ON
STUDYING RIGHT vee
NOW. YOU'LL HAVE
PLENTY OF TIME
FOR CATCHING
CRIMINALS AFTER
YOU JOIN THE NPA.
 I SWORE THAT IF
IF | ‘ ANYTHING HAPPENED
THERE’S NS TO YOU, I'D MAKE
ANY CHANCE SURE KIRA GOT THE
THAT MY DEATH PENALTY.
INPUT CAN
HELP MOVE
I MEANT THAT.
THE INVESTI- }
GATION 1
FORWARD, | ~\},
THEN IT'LL / Vill
HELP OUT /

IT’S.
NHARD TO —!

I THINK
KIRA IS..,
 HUMAN ASSUMED,
BEING HE CAN KILL.
HAD THAT PEOPLE
JUST BY
WILLING IT..

IF IT WAS USING IT TO GET RID OF CRIMINALS,

ANYONE AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKING IT
YOUNGER AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS TO MAKE THE
THAN THAT, WORLD A BETTER PLACE, IS SOMETHING
THEY’D ONLY A CHILD WOULD THINK OF DOING.
EITHER BE I'D SAY HE’S ANYWHERE FROM A FIFTH-
TOO SCARED GRADER TO A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT...
BY THAT
POWER TO
USE IT, OR
THEY’D USE
IT TO KILL
PEOPLE
THEY KNEW,
PEOPLE
THEY DIDN‘T
LIKE...

AND IF IT WAS
ANYONE OLDER
THAN THAT, AN ADULT,
THEY’D ONLY USE
IT FOR THEIR OWN
PERSONAL GAIN. YOU
COULD THINK OF
TONS OF WAYS TO
USE THAT POWER
AND BECOME
REALLY RICH.
 I'D SAY HE’S KIRA STILL HAS
PROBABLY A SOME PURITY
JUNIOR HIGH ABOUT HIM. HE’S AN
STUDENT WHO AFFLUENT CHILD,
HAS HIS OWN WHO ALREADY
CELL PHONE, HAS EVERYTHING
COMPUTER HE NEEDS,

+50,
ACCORDING
TO YOUR
PROFILE,
YAGAMI-
KUN...

WITH YOU?!
DID YOU YOUR
COME
HERE TO
SISTER,
WISH MY
FATHER
SAYU.,
WELL, OR
TO FINISH
HIM OFF?!
 NOTHING
YOU SAY IS
IF ANYTHING, THIS MIGHT j K\} GOING TO
SHE'S THE JUST SOUND LIKE FAZE ME AT
TYPE WHO'D A FOND FATHER A\ ) THIS STAGE IN
KILL SOMEONE TALKING, BUT y THE GAME,
SHE DIDN'T I’M ABSOLUTELY BUT IF YOU'RE
LIKE, AND THEN CERTAIN THAT Pr FIGHTING,
CRY HER HEAD 4 SAYU IS NOT KIRA. TAKE IT va
OFF ABOUT IT.. 4

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BUT
LATELY
I'VE BEEN
STARTING
TO THINK
OF IT MORE
LIKE THIS...
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WHO FINDS ; eg
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HIMSELF P
IF KIRA WITH THAT A
IS AN POWER IS ili
CURSED.
BEING WHO ( |
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POWER, HE
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NATE ANYTHING \- 4
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BY KILLING s
PEOPLE
CAN NEVER
BRING TRUE
HAPPINESS.

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DAD? YOU
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REST UNTIL
YOURE
FULLY

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SORRY ABOUT
COLLAPSING LIKE
THIS, BUT T’LL
BE BACK AT
WORK AS SOON
AS I CAN.

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PEOPLE GO TO HOW ABOUT vee
SUCH LENGTHS) LOCKING ME UP {
TO CLEAR, THEM-~% FOR A MONTH |
SELVES SOMEWHERE |
OF SUSPI-, WITH NO TVOR |
ANYTHING, AND
CION...?,
WATCHING ME
THE WHOLE
TIME? OR
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT...

I CAN'T
DO THAT.
IT WOULD
VIOLATE
YOUR
RIGHTS TO
PRIVACY
AND
FREEDOM
OF MOVE-
MENT...

| WELL,
THEN. TAKE
PLUS,
pees WATCHING YOU
| FATHER. WITH YOUR
FATHER TODAY,
I THOUGHT
YOU MIGHT
NOT BE KIRA.
 I SAID I'D HELP
OUT WITH THE
INVESTIGATION,
BUT I DON'T
THINK I’LL HAVE
THE TIME UNTIL
MY FATHER
GETS A LITTLE
BETTER.

WHATS HIDEKI
HIS. _ RYUGA=,
REAL OSV RVUZAKIF
NAME THAT GUY,
?, IS THE °L”
I'VE BEEN
FIGHTING
‘ALL THIS.
}{TIME.

HMM?
I'VE
NEVER ONCE
CONSIDERED
FINDING THAT RYUK.
NOTEBOOK
AND GAINING
THIS POWER A
MISFORTUNE.
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ZN CARE LESS
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HAPPY OR || CREATE A
HAPPIER
THAN
UNHAPPY. || PERFECT I'VE EVER
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BUT ‘le

A RULE,
THEY SAY
HUMANS
HAUNTED
BY
SHINIGAMI
HAVE
NOTHING
BUT MIS-
FORTUNE.

SO YOU'LL
GET TO SEE
WHAT THE
EXCEPTION
TO THE
RULE IS
LIKE,
RYUK.
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FOR YOU,
DIRECTOR
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a message
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TAPES...? ARE YOUR COMP
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Tris ieIS
REALEAL, THIS THE PRESIDENT” hs
GOING TO BE :
INSANE...
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LEAD WE HAVE
IS THE HOTEL
EMPLOYEE’S
STATEMENT THAT
SHE HASN'T
BEEN BACK
SINCE LATE
AT NIGHT ON
DECEMBER

IS THERE'S A
WE OPEN \ GO PUBLIC LIMIT
MUCHTO WE HOW ISN'T° IT
AN OFFICIAL yr
SAYING Hi ER CAN ABOUT TIME
INVESTIGATION, . DISAPPEARANCE WITHFINDJUST
OUT THAT WE
WE SHOULD IS RELATED TO "A COUPLE STARTED AN
KEEP QUIET \ THE KIRA CASE, PEOPLE OFFICIAL
ABOUT THE KIRA AM THERE'S A ASKING SEARCH?
ANGLE AND XY CHANCE KIRA AROUND.
RELEASE ONLY ( WOULD KILL
SKETCHES ” HER IF SHE’S
OF HER, NOT STILL ALIVE.

MAN...THIS
IS REALLY
ALL RIGHT,
BUT THEY \
WON'T GET
INVOLVED KIRA CASE,
PEOPLE
‘
BECAUSE
THEY'RE WON'T BE
4 RS INTERESTED.
AFRAID
OF KIRA. BXee
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DEAD, SOMEONE
pains ue THAT HER BODY'S MIGHT'VE
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THINK THEY’D UP. IF IT DID, WE AND HEARD
HAVE COME MIGHT BE ABLE SOMETHING.
FORWARD TO FIND ANOTHER
LONG AGO. LEAD THERE. &f

. SAKURA TV,
{ ! g QUICK... YOU
HAVE TO
SEE THis!
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HELD HOSTAGE BY KIRA AND HAVE
ONCE AGAIN THA NO CHOICE BUT TO AIR THESE
TAPES ARE N WEOS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE
HELD BROATAST:
FEEL THATIOING SO IS OUR
WHAT’S HOSTAGE OR FOR PURPO: PROFESSIONAL DUTY.
GOING BY KIRA? ZENSATIONALIS

A Message from
Kira
Four Terrifying
Videos

Sa FOUR DAYSAGO, AN
EMLOPE CONTAINING
EXACTLYAS
PREACTED,
‘OF WO STATION, ADE
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YESTERVAYAT DRECTORS. IT WAS,
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OF HEART OF A DOUBT, SENT
ATTACKS. BYNRA.

pam
IF THIS
IS REALLY WHO BEBWED
TRUE, RAIS CAPABLE
THEY'RE
RIGHT. THE? FROM THS
NOBODY FACT, WE HAVE
BESIDES CONGLUPED THAT THE
KIRA COULD SENDER OF THESE
DO THAT.. WXEOS WAS NONE
 THE ENVELOPE WE
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED CONTAINED
VIEWED THIS VEO INSTRUCTIONS
OURSEL VES, BUT FROM KIRA TELLING
KIRAS INSTRUC LB TOAR THO,
TIONS STATE THAT THE SECOND
IT FORETELS YET fl i WIOEO,AT EXACTLY
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YOUARE NOW
GOING TO SEE
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CHANNELS
TO TAIYO

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MR. HIBIMA ANOTHER TV
HAS CONSIS- SET HERE..
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REFERRED TO SETS,
KIRA AS “EVIL”
IN HIS NEWS
REPORTS.
THIS WAS HIS
PUNISHMENT.

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RYUZAKI KL QQ DEMONSTRATION —
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CHANNEL : |
24! :
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WOULD BE
SENDING A

TERRIBLE
IS GOING
TO HAPPEN!

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AM KIRA. Tvs
PHONE
NUMBER!

IT's
DAMMIT! THEN HOPELESS...
I’M GOING } EVERY
OVER THERE eyes
TO MAKE I'VE TRIED IN
THEM STOP THE ENTIRE
IT MYSELF! STATION'S
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PLEASE
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CAREFULLY.
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TO KILL INNO-
CENT PEOPLE.

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LOVE JUSTICE. |
DO NOT CONSIDER
THE POLICE MY
ENEMIES, BUT MY
ALLIES IN MY FIGHT
AGAINST EVIL. N,

IF ALL OF
you WILL MY AIM Is TO
JOIN ME
IN THIS RID THE WORLD
OF EVIL AND
rca be
ITC E CREATE AJusT
EASILY
ACCOM. SOCIETY.
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NOTTRYTO
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PEOPLE
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SACHIKO.., I AM
THE HEAD OF
THE TASK FORCE
CHARGED WITH
ARRESTING KIRA...
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OUR SCHEDULED IT— A WORLD
PROGRAM TO = PROTECTED BY
BROADCAST LE | THE POLICE AND
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IF YOU
GO OVER WHERE ELSE?
THERE NOW, AND I’M
YOU'LL ONLY GOING TO GET
GET KILLED. THOSE DAMN
VIDEOS AND
BRING THEM
BACK HERE,

AND IF WE
MANAGE TO I’M TRY-
CONFISCATE ING TO TELL YOU TRYING
THE ENTIRE TO TELL ME
PACKAGE, THE TO STOP eas
THAT TO SIT HERE
WAY IT WAS AND BE AND WATCH
SENT, THERE'S VIDEO AS REALISTIC.
MUCH AS TELEVISION,
A GOOD RYUZAKI?!
CHANCE WE
CAN TRACK
KIRA DOWN.

PARAMEDCS MAKING THIS

ARE NOW A WORLD FREE
CARRYING TH OF EVIL, FREE
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BUT IF
\al
UKITA WAS
MURDERED
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WHOEVER
GOES THERE
TO STAY NOW WILL
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BUT IF
YOU'RE RIGHT, KIRA
IT WOULD KNOWS.
MAKE MUCH OUR REAL
MORE SENSE
FOR KIRA TO
MURDER
EVERYONE
ON THE TASK / | | OTHER
FORCE...
TION!

A
It
HAPPENED I DEDUCED THAT
BEFORE .UKITA-SAN ALL I KIRA NEEDS TO KNOW
THE OTHER
Nerwosks WAS KILLED CAN SAY SOMEONE’S NAME AND.
STARTED BECAUSE HE FOR SURE FACE TO KILL THEM, BUT
WENT OVER AT THIS FROM SEEING THIS,
REPORTING
FROM IN THERE, TIME IS... I'D HAVE TO CONCLUDE
FRONT OF THAT SEEING THEIR
SAKURA TV, FACE ALONE COULD
BE ENOUGH...

THAT, OR
HE SET UP AND THAT MEANS
A SURVEIL- KIRA IS EITHER
LANCE INSIDE SAKURA, OR
CAMERA SOMEPLACE WHERE
THERE IN HE CAN SEE PEOPLE
ADVANCE. ENTERING SAKURA,
 TLL SAy
PLEASE 2 YCAINT
UNDER-
ONDER” THERE NOW,
» YOU WILL
BE KILLED.

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LIFE AND
DOING SOME- UKITA
THING THAT MIGHT'VE
COULD EASILY BEEN
ROB YOU OF MURDERED!!
YOUR LIFE BY KIRA! I
ARE EXACT THOUGHT
OPPOSITES. WE WERE
RISKING OUR
LIVES TO
ARREST THAT
BASTARD!

I UNDER-
UKITA-SAN STAND
IS DEAD... YOUR FEEL-
IF YOU INGS, BUT
GO OVER PLEASE
THERE AND TRY TO
LOSE YOUR CONTROL
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WELL... THE HELL WHERE KIRA GOT SS CERTAINLY
ITISA Is IT? INSIDE —UKITA-SAN, NX ONE
POLICE SOMEONE THE THERE’S Ss WAY OF
VEHICLE. ON OUR LOBBY AGOOD ENTERING
SIDE? THIS CHANCE @) WITHOUT
HE’S
REALLY
RISKY...
 POLICE!!
ATELY!

I DON'T IF WE
WANT TO STOP THIS
HEAR YOUR VIDEO,
EXCUSES! WE'LL ALL
AN INNO- BE KILLED...
CENT MAN
IS DEAD!
 SO IT’S YOU, IS
IT..2 YOU'RE THAT
DEMEGAWA WHO'S |
BEEN PLAYING UP
THE KIRA CASE FOR,
ALL IT’S WORTH,
PUTTING OUT ALL owe
THOSE SPECIALS ~~
INSPITE OF ALLS VIDEO JUST
THE WARNINGS FINISHED...
WE ISSUED? YOU
THINK THE WHOLE
THING'S VERY
FUNNY, DO YOU?!

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IT WAS. DIRECTOR a Fist ia
THEY’
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Me. patelINTO
TURN
ADORESOED SIR... THING
paene HA HA LIKE THis,
I SWEAR...

GIVE ME
THOSE
TAPES. GIVE
ME THE
WHOLE
PACKAGE,
EXACTLY
AS YOU
RECEIVED
 YOU DO
THAT, AT
LEAST YOU
WON'T BE
KILLED
THIS VERY
MINUTE!

WHAT THE...
HECK DO
YOU THINK
YOU'RE
DOING?! HEY!
ARE YOU
CRAZY?!

THIS IS
IF AFTER THE DIRECT
WATCHING RESULT
ALL THE I'D SAy
OF YOU
TAPES, I YOU'RE
PUTTING
DECIDE IT’S REAPING
WHAT
OUT ALL
OKAY TO THOSE
AIR THEM, You
SHOWS:
TLL RETURN SOWED.
AND TREAT-
THEM TO ING KIRA
YOU. LIKE SOME
KIND OF
 THAT’S THE
ENVELOPE
THEY
ARRIVED IN,
THE TWO
PAGES OF
TEXT, AND
THE FOUR
DIGITAL
VIDEOS,
THAT’S ALL

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THE
MASTER
TAPES, BUT..
ARE YOU
TRYING
TO TELL
4 ME YOU
AIRED THE
\ ORIGINAL

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ABOUT IT, THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE =3g 17
IN THE TASK FORCE
ARE Just ONE SEEMS.
SMALL SECTION OF
THE JAPANESE

=
POLICE...

WE AREN’T ALONE
IN THIS... THERE
ARE OTHER COPS
WHO’RE READY
TO STAND UP AND
FIGHT KIRA...

CALL HIM.
IF HE
PICKS UP,
PLEASE
HAND THE
PHONE
OVER
TO ME.
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BUT JUST
ONE PATROL
CAR INA
SITUATION
LIKE TH...7

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STRICTLY BEMCKE
COORINATED OFAIGRS KITAMURA
HERE...
ACTION I5 FRVEN TO /HNEA AIZAWA, I
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HAVE A MAJOR OWNAFTER NOT TO
CALL ME...
TRAGEDY ON SEEING THD
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MOVING TOA SAFER

LOCATION. WEWLLBE = NOU THE TWO
LEAVING THE CAMERA OFFICERS WHO
HEREON THESCNE, — PTEFFEDOUTOF
AN? WILL CONTINUE THeFOUCEOR
OUR REPORT FROM HAVE COLLAPSED,
FURTHER AWAY... -
-
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RIGHT. THEY
SHOULD
NEVER SHOW
THEIR FACES...

WATARI.
CALL HIM
BACK RIGHT
THIS IS AWAY, AND
HAND ME
ASAHI! THE PHONE.
GET ME
RYUZAK!!

BUT I'VE
SEIZED THE
TAPES, ALL
 BUT WHAT
ABOUT YOUR
CONDITION?

SHIER THe
ONE IN THE
ARMORED
CONCERN Is
HOW DO I GETi
YAGAMI
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IN FIVE \ SAN. FRONT OF THE
MINUTES! if =~ BUILDING IS
f 4 HH DANGEROUS, BUT
% i ci MAYBE I'LL BE
ALL RIGHT IN
THAT VAN?

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FORA
MOWENT.

YAGAM-SAN,
| REST THEREFOR
| FUE MNUTES AND
THEN HEAP OUT
THE FRONT.
JUST WALK
STRAIGHT
OUT OF
THE FRONT
 All RIGHT, STAY COSE
TOGETHER! VO NOT OFEN
THE QMALEST GAP/ 00
NOT SHOW YOURSELVES/
KIRAIGNOT INDIE THE
BUILOING/ IF HE'S HERE,
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LIKE TO BE
ALONE IN
THAT CAR, IF
YOU DON’T
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WHERE HE
CW SEE
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THEY ARE GOING HIGHEST ALERT.
TO FIGHT KIRA, THE ENTIRE AREA
AROUND? SAKURA
TV HAS BEEN
SEALED OFF,
EXCEPT FOR A FEW
CHECKPOINTS!

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LIKE THAT,
RYUZAKI...
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THE
VIDEO-
TAPES, THE
ENVELOPE
THEY CAME
IN, IT’S ALL
IN HERE.

ARE YOU ALL

RIGHT, CHIEF..?
 MR.
YAGAM| |S.
HERE WITH
US. HE’S
RESTING
RIGHT NOW,
BUT HE’S
ALL RIGHT.
YES, HE’S

WITHOUT
GOING TO
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HIMSELF...

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YOU TAKE '
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TAPES WITHOUT GET OTHER THERE ARE ANY,
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DON'T HEAR TION FROM STAMPS HAVE
WHAT'S SAID. BEEN LICKED,
THEY'LL GET DNA
FROM THERE...
THEY'LL FIND
OUT WHERE THIS
ENVELOPE AND
THE TAPES WERE
WHILE SOLD, AND EVEN
YOU'RE WHAT MODEL
DOING GREAT, OF CAMERA
THAT, T’LL THANK WAS USED.
WATCH YOU,
THESE
COPIES TO
 THE INTERESTING
INSTRUCTIONS MIDECE:
WERE TO
BROADCAST
VIDEO 3 IF
THE POLICE . =
SAID “YES” rey
TO WORKING \
WITH KIRA. Meg
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THEM,
RYUZAKI?

BASICALLY, THEY VIDEO 3

Ao Ae
WERE TO SHOW MORE
CRIMINALS ON THE News, PETALS
interes AND PARTICULARLY TO
DECIDE WHO | REPORT CRIMES IN WHICH COND I-
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precepts PEOPLE WERE INJURED, ‘Fo
pening OR CRUELTY WAS SHOWN coopER-
TOWARDS THE WEAK, rion,
AA EVEN IF THOSE CRIMES
WERE MINOR.

AND,
AS PROOF
THAT THE POLICE
ARE SINCERE
ABOUT WORKING
TOGETHER
WITH HIM—
 IN OTHER
WORDS, TO TO HAVE
HE MAKE THE TOP TOP NPA
CAN BRASS AND ME OFFICIALS
KILL SHOW OUR AND L
Us FACES, SO THAT APPEAR
OFF. IF THE POLICE ON TV TO
START ACTING
SUSPICIOUSLY... MAKE THE
ANNOUNCE-
MENT.

SO WHAT
ABOUT THE
“NO” VIDEO,
NUMBER
4.3 I’M ALMOST
SURE THAT
KIRA KNEW
VERY WELL
THE POLICE
ANYBODY WOULD NEVER
COULD SAY “YES”
BASICALLY, GUESS THAT WHEN HE
IT’S THE SAME THE POLICE DECIDED TO
THING, JUST WOULD TAKE THIS
EXPRESSED IN RESPOND STEP.
A DIFFERENT EXACTLY AS
MANNER. THEY DID
YESTERDAY,

al

SO PLEASE YAGAMI-SAN.
GO AHEAD OBVIOUSLY,
AND GIVE THE POLICE IT'LL BE
SAKURA TV ARE GOING MUCH
PERMISSION TO SAY “NO”... FASTER TO
TO AIR THIS HAVE YOU
VIDEO. WATCH IT
THAN TO
EXPLAIN IT
2 IN WORDS,

BIP

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HOWEVER, |EXPECT NJ
NEWS REPORTS TO
CONTINUE FEATURING
CRIMINALS AS
vas
ITIS HIGHLY
UNFORTUNATE
THAT THE
—
Four

days
-
BEFORE, OR ELSE |
PA:
HAVE TOTO PASS
WILLL HAVE POLIC HAVE
plEed later:-
JUDGMENT ON S
PEOPLE IN THE POLICE
AND THE MEDIA. April

«SINCE THE
POLICE HAVE
DECIDED
TO OPPOSE ME,
THAT ALONE
a4 a A

AS APENALTY, |WILL NI
TAKE THE LIFE OF THE
OR OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF
THE ALLEGED THE NPA, WHICH HAS
MASTERMIND FORMED A TASK FORCE TO
LEADING THIS FIND AND CAPTURE ME- =
TASK FORCE,
KNOWN
ONLYASL.

WHICH ONE WILL IT

BE? YOU HAVE FOUR
DAYS TO DECIDE
WHO WILL BE
SACRIFICED
tj FORTHE Loss
OF A PEACEFUL AND j=
JUST WORLD.

im
 HE IS TO APPEAR 1 KNOW THE
IF | DETERMINE ON SAKURA TV IN FACE OF THE
} THE PERSON IS FOUR DAYS, ON THE DIRECTOR-
| NOTL,1 WILL SIXP.M. NEWS, GENERAL AND
TAKE THE LIVES AND SPEAK FOR A 10- CAN EASILY
OF SEVERAL. MINUTE PERIOD. | TAKE HIS LIFE.
POLICE CHIEFS WILL BE THE JUDGE BUT IF
LYING TO WORLDWIDE AS OF WHETHER THE LIS CHOSEN
COMPENSATION. PERSON SHOWN IS L. INSTEAD...

TWILL SAY
THIS YET
AGAIN— 1 D0
NOT WANT
TO TAKE
THE LIVES OF
INNOCENT
> PEOPLE.

FOUR DAYS.
THINK IT
OVER, AND
THINK
WELL.
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HANDS OF yo
SOMEONE df
WHO N ‘ th
ENDORSES
KIRA.

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WHO
AND I'M
KNOWS
THAT THIS THE ONLY
KIRA IS
FAKE...

IS, IS HE
FRIEND

THE REAL
QUESTION IS
WHETHER
I CAN USE
HIM TO MY
ADVANTAGE
OR NOT.

THIS KIRA
HAS FAR
GREATER
POWERS
THAN I
AND
THAT
MEANS— raee
a THE DEATH OF
THE TWO COPS
WHO ARRIVED
ON THE SCENE
LATER MAKES IT
ALMOST CERTAIN
THAT HE HAS
SHINIGAMI EYES.
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AT ALL. THE Y BE ABLE TO

PROVE I’M
are now, Ah NOT KIRA,
BUT THIS
MIGHT DIE
ON NATIONAL |S! ONE WILL
TV IN FOUR GET RID OF
Days. ff

I HATE THE
I CAN'T THE REAL HE’SD
WAY GGE
LET HIM KIRA WOULD _,,DRA
RUN WILD NEVER SEND KIRA’S IMAGE
FOR TOO VIDEOS TO. DOWN WITH
LONG... THAT STUPID = THE STUFF
SAKURA Ty, -HE’S BEEN
OR THREATEN DOING.
TO KILL
POLICE
CHIEFS
LIKE THAT.

FAKE KIRA
MESSES UP HE'S:
GOING TO
GET PRETTY
DESPERATE,
GIVEN THE
PRESENT
EXISTENCE SITUATION...
OF DEATH
NOTES.
 L DIDN'T
SAY NO TO «IS TO sO
MY ENTERING WORK WITH =THE IDEAL
THE TASK THE TASK SITUATION
FORCE FORCE. THAT FOR ME
OFFICE, AND WAY I CAN RIGHT
MY FATHER’S STAY ON TOP Now...
BACK THERE OF WHAT
TOO. SO THAT BOTH L AND
SHOULDN'T THE FAKE
BEA KIRA ARE
PROBLEM.

AND IF IT
LOOKS LIKE Tooke Ke
THE FAKE CAN HE’S GOING TO
GET RID OF BLOW IT, T’LL
L, OR MAKE TAKE HIM OUT
THE WORLD A FIRST, BEFORE
BETTER PLACE, L CAN, AND
TLL LEAD GRAB HIS
HIM IN THAT DEATH NOTE.
DIRECTION.

I NEED
TO MAKE
CONTACT
WITH THE
FAKE KIRA
AND CONTROL
HIM, WITHOUT
LETTING HIM
KNOW MY
NAME OR
WHAT I
LOOK LIKE.

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REASON-

AFTER DOING
ALMOST NOTHING
TO HELP WITH THE
INVESTIGATION,
THEY DON’T EVEN
TRY TO COME
UP WITH SOME
ALTERNATIVE. KIRA
SAYS JUMP, THEY
ASK HOW HIGH...

I’M THE AND IF IT’S

ONE WHO BETWEEN ME
CHAL- AND THE NPA
LENGED DIRECTOR-
KIRA AND GENERAL,
SAID I'D OF COURSE
CAPTURE IT SHOULD

WHAT BUT.
ekBre WORRIES THAT IT’S THE
NOTHING ME16 MORE
THAT MEANS RIGHT
DECISION.
were WHEN I
1 THEN APPEAR ON
EVEN IF TV, AND
IT’S REALLY I INTEND
ME OUT
 HOW
DO I GET
HIM TO
BELIEVE
I’M L?

BUT IF I FAIL,
AND POLICE
CHIEFS
AROUND THE
WORLD GET
KILLED AS
A RESULT...
THAT’S WHAT
BOTHERS ME.

WELL, WE
IT HAVE ANOTHER
wouLD [DONT THREE DAYS.
BeBAD WANT TLL TRY 10
ENOUGH JODIE, COME UP WITH
EITHER, A WAY TO KNOW HOW KIRA
PREVENT THE INTENDS TO
WHOLE THING. FIGURE IT OUT...
 IT TO BE KILLED BY
OCCURRED KIRA, BUT TO DIE
TO ME AT THE HANDS OF
AS I WAS AN OPPORTUNIST
WATCHING PRETENDING TO
THOSE BE KIRA WOULD
VIDEOS... REALLY GRATE.
THAT THIS

uke
HIGHLY
LIKELY
SECOND TO BE
OR MORE A FAKE.
PRECISELY,
A SECOND
KIRA.

y
THIS FIRST
VIDEO WASN'T S YES. I
AIRED, BUT CONSIDERED
WAS MADE THE POSSI-
TO CONVINCE WATCHING BILITY OF
SAKURA TV THIS FIRST HIS BEING
THAT THE VIDEO IS AN ACCOM-
SENDER WAS WHAT MADE PLICE, BUT
ACTUALLY KIRA. ME THINK FIND THAT TO
IT WAS MADE OF IT. BE UNLIKELY.
TO BE VIEWED
By SAKURA
STAFF ONLY.
 BUT IF MURDERS
ANNOUNCED THE
THREE DAYS IN ENVELOPE IS
ADVANCE ACTUALLY POSTMARKED
Twas HAPPENED, I’D SAY APRIL 13, IT
THAT'S PRETTY ARRIVED AT
CONVINCING... SAKURA TV
THE NEXT DAy,
AND THREE
DAYS AFTER
THAT THE
MURDERS
ANNOUNCED
IN THE VIDEO
TOOK PLACE.

DIDN’T YOU
GET THE
FEELING THAT
THE VICTIMS
HERE WERE
COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT
FROM KIRA’S
PAST VICTIMS? I WATCHED
THIS VIDEO
TOO, AND
I NEVER
THOUGHT...

IT ACTUALLY WENT
AND CHECKED,
DOESN'T AND AS OF APRIL
THAT STRIKE 13, THE ONLY TELE-
YOU AS VISION COVERAGE
STRANGE? IT HAD RECEIVED
WAS ON DAYTIME
TABLOID SHOWS.

TV CELEBRITIES
CAUGHT WITH
SOME DRUGS
IS SOMETHING
ONLY WOMEN’S
MAGAZINES
MAKE A BIG
FUSS ABOUT...
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FZ
IT WOULD BE
mucnmorenis \/ THE REAL THAT DIRECTOR,
DEMEGAWA, AND
KIRA HAS
OFF KILLING ONG ABSOLUTELY NO OTHERS AT SAKURA
OR TWO OF HIS NEED [Link] USE TABLOID
USUAL HARD-CORE FAMSECE WITH SHOW STORIES
VICTIMS UNTIL THE SUT OEE, AS FODDER ALL
APPOINTED TIME, ERY ONG TE THE TIME, SO IT
AND KILL THEM. WOULDN 'T EVEN
THINK OF IT
PROBABLY DIDN'T
THEN. THAT WOULD SEEM SUSPICIOUS
pale te
BE CONVINCING. TO THEM...

wo ee

HE BUT IF A
AND IF HE . SECOND
IF THE GAVE eee KIRA
TIME AND ADVANCE CRIMINAL WANTED
DATE HE — NOTICE OF THAT TO MAKE
ANNOUNCED A SERIOUS THE REAL PEOPLE
WERE OFF CRIMINAL’S KIRA MIGHT THINK HE
SAKURA TV DEATH, THE "ACTUALLY WAS THE
WOULDN'T — REAL KIRA ELIMINATE REAL KIRA...
BELIEVE = MIGHT GET BEFORE THE
HIM. HIM FIRST. ‘SAKURA
PEOPLE SAW
HIS VIDEO.

YEAH, BUT I Y w BUT... MAYBE HE

RYUZAKI... . DON’T THINK WE | DELIBERATELY USED
WHAT'S THE SN OCAN DEFINITELY | SOMEONE THAT TV
PROBABILITY SAY IT'S A PEOPLE WOULD
THAT THIS IS A SECOND KIRA KNOW... WELL, I
SECOND KIRA? ES §|UUST FROM THAT... GUESS THAT'S
~< PUSHING IT...
 I DON'T
LIKE HIS THIS
STYLE... TIME, I'D
IT’S NOT SAY IT’S
LIKE KIRA OVER 70
AT ALL... PERCENT.

THE WAY
ORDINARILY, THOSE
YOU WOULD IT’S THE VIDEOS
TRANSFER SOUND, TOO. HE’S WERE
THE SOUND BY PLAYING BACK MADE,
CONNECTING THE SOUND RECORDED IT’S JUST
TAPE RECORDER ON OTHER EQUIP- TOO
TO THE VIDEO MENT AND TAKING SLOPPY.
CAMERA WITH IT IN THROUGH THE AND I'M
A CABLE. YOU VIDEO CAMERA’S NOT ONLY
WOULDN'T USE MIKE. AT PLACES TALKING
THE CAMERA’S WHERE I ASSUME ABOUT
OUTSIDE NOISE GOT tHE BAD
IN, HE REWOUND LETTER-
THE TAPE AND ING.
THIS IS DID IT OVER.
JUST SO
AMATEURISH,

AND THEN,
WERE MAKING A
KIRA, I'D TV NETWORK
BE PRETTY BROADCAST
FURIOUS. AROUSE PUBLIC THESE TAPES
AND USING
POLICE
PLUS, THOSE TV CHIEFS AS
ANNOUNCERS BARGAINING
CHIPS...
KILLED WERE
 SO FAR,
SO... KIRA’S HIS METHOD ASIDE FROM
A MAYBE AIM IS WAS TO MAKE PEOPLE
anete THESE NOTA HIS VIEWS WHO WERE
aed FINGER- DICTATOR- GRADUALLY AFTER HIM,
? PRINTS ARE SHIP PENETRATE KIRA AVOIDED
ACTUALLY... BASED AND CHANGE ATTACKING
ON FEAR. SOCIETY. INNOCENT
PEOPLE.

WE sae
THOUGHT
THERE WAS: ~ THE LAB FOUND
NO WAY TT — MATCHING FINGER-
KIRA WOULD PRINTS ON THE
HANDLE THE f LEAVE POSTAGE STAMPS
STUFF PRINTS... = AND VIDEOS THAT
\ DIDN’T BELONG TO
SAKURA STAFF,

ann IT
HMM. I'D
SAY IT’S
WOULD BE POSSIBLE
SMARTER THE PRINTS
TO LEAVE ARE THE
NO FINGER- SECOND
PRINTS AT KIRA’S.
ALL, BUT..
IF THERE IS A
COULD BE SECOND KIRA
HE DIDN'T OUT THERE,
THINK HE’S FAR LESS
ABOUT THE INTELLIGENT
VIDEOS AND AND METHODI-
PACKAGING CAL THAN THE
BEING REAL KIRA.
SEIZED BY
THE POLICE.
 WE HAVE WELL, EVEN IF
TO CATCH WE RESTRICTED
HOW HIM FIRST, OUR SEARCH TO
LITTLE AND THEN JAPAN, IT WOULD BE
LITTLE? Blea INTERESTING, COMER IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE
FINGER: THOUGH... ope: FINGERPRINTS FROM
EVERYONE IN THE
COUNTRY, SO IT
ARE... WOULD BE DIFFICULT
TO PINPOINT THE
SENDER WITH _—

A
TALLIES CHILD’S,
WITH WHAT OR A
MY SON SMALL
SAID TO
YOU AT THE
HOSPITAL,
ABOUT KIRA
BEING AN
AFFLUENT

SO ANYWAY,
T ‘ABOUT
THOUGHTIT \®
. WHETHER
IT IS KIRA
FURTHER ON i |
THE ASSUMP-
TION THAT IT’S
A SECOND
KIRA...
 r IF THE TWO
wT BELIEVE |}! BR ON'
KIASRASDDO ET
THAT IF WE mira
CAPTURE ONE, SAME WAY...
WE'LL GAIN
SOME CLUES
AT LEAST AS
TO HOW TO
CAPTURE THE
OTHER ONE.

IN MY
ESTIMATION,
THE REAL
KIRA IS THE
SMARTER OF
THE TWO.

geting eI WOULD
MEANS WHETHER HE TRY TO FIND
WE'RE IN SYMPATHIZED OUT WHO
A RACE WITH ME, AND eae
WHICH

PANSE,WE TO TRAG IC MAKE

WOFULULLD USE BEF ORE THE
DO WNWenTHeE POLICE DO.
HAVE
ME TUTHE iGa
OP
TUNI
PO
TY
R-TO A..ND
SEKIRCO .
CAPTURE
THE REAL
KIRA.
AND
ULTIMATELY,
BEFORE
THE POLICE
CLOSE IN,
T’D ELIMI-
NATE HIM...
 WOULD IT BE ALL
RIGHT WITH YOU IF I
ASKED YOUR SON TO
WORK WITH US WHEN
HE HAS THE TIME?

CAN I
TAKE THAT
TO MEAN
HE’S 100
PERCENT
CLEARED OF
SUSPICION?

BUT I DO
THINK HE HAS
VERY GOOD
REASONING
ABILITIES...
—

Bcod 4, I THINK YOUR

Kuars \ iF SON COULD BE
2) A VALUABLE
» TONG ASSET TO US IN
APPREHENDING
( a THE SECOND

| { gol

\¥
. —

WELL, IF
MY SON SAYS
SURE YOUR . YES, I HAVE
SON'S NO REASON
SENSE OF
JUSTICE
WILL LEAD
HIM TO
AGREE.

I WANT HIM
TO THINK
HE’S HELPING PLEASE
US HUNT KEEP IT
DOWN THE SECRET
AFROM HIM
SAME KIRA
WE'VE BEEN THAT THIS
PURSUING KIRA MAY
ALL ALONG. BE A FAKE.
THIS WASN'T

ABOUT USING
IT MORE FOR
YOURSELF

AND SENT
THOSE THAT’S THE
VIDEOS TO REASON I
MOVED TO
SAKURA TV.
BECAUSE I TOKYO IN
THE FIRST
WANT HIM
TO KNOW
ABOUT ME.
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