After his last successful killing of a Kira supporter, Soichiro Yagami found himself infused with a newfound confidence. For years, they had struggled against the unknown tyranny of Kira—with the special task force standing as the lone opposition for a good deal of that time. Yet now they could fight back. The Death Note the task force possessed gave them the ultimate weapon to use against Kira and his followers.
This night, Soichiro had stayed late at the office again, watching television while he looked through some old case notes. The Death Note was safely stored in the wall safe, but Soichiro was one of two men in the task force to know the combination. After Teru Mikami’s death, he didn’t feel the need to reveal his part in the incident. If it came out that he had been the killer, the information would undoubtedly come back to Kira—and whatever fear he had struck into them would be lost with that revelation.
Everyone had always looked up to him as a bulwark of unfailing justice—a man synonymous with the law. A Police Chief who had put himself in danger when no one else was willing to oppose Kira. Yet now, he wondered if he wasn’t above the draw of the Death Note. His thoughts were interrupted by the loud voice of a television announcer.
Hitoshi Demegawa had long been known as a verbal supporter of Kira ever since he had aired the mysterious tapes that had been sent to his broadcasting station. Tapes that helped relay Kira’s dark messages to the entire world. Still, it had always been doubtful that the announcer was interested in anything more than the publicity money he got. Soichiro doubted that the man had any real connections with Kira. Yet now, Demegawa’s voice was coming clearly over the air, spreading word of how the fear of Kira had made the world a better place.
Soichiro’s eyes strayed to the wall safe. On the television, Demegawa continued his speech, each word like a thorn pressed into Soichiro’s flesh. He got up from the chair and went over to the wall safe. Entering the combination, he deftly pulled out the Death Note and took a pen from his shirt pocket. He could picture Demegawa gasping for breath as he perished on national television while praising Lord Kira. Soichiro put pen to paper and began to write.
Before Soichiro could finish, Demegawa was interrupted by a commercial break. The police chief hesitated before finishing the name. It was as if a fog had lifted from his mind. What reason did he have to do this? This was nothing like before. He had no evidence, no records or plausible theory that this man had any real connection with Kira. He put the pen down and pulled open his desk drawer with the revolver in it.
All he knew was that he couldn’t trust himself to do the right thing anymore. This would be his last service to the society that he had worked so hard to protect for all these years…
The next morning, Hitoshi Demegawa received a package with no return address in his office. Closing the door, he ripped open the manila envelope and a pitch black notebook slipped out onto his desk. He didn’t need to be told what lay in front of him—though it defied reason that one would somehow fall into his hands. He sat back in his office chair—the overhead lights turning his round glasses into shiny mirrors.
This was exactly the big break his career had needed.
A Drowned Kernal has been killed!
Witherweaver is the new Notebearer!
Day 3 ends at 2pm FT on Nov. 9th.
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Topic: M52: Death Note Mafia (Town wins!) (Read 142774 times)