Touta Matsuda was spending another late night in the office. Sitting in the very same seat as his deceased boss, he couldn’t help but ponder all of the pain the Death Note had caused. He hadn’t told anyone else on the task force that he had recovered the Note. There was no need. It would only get back to Near and the other members of the SPK, the Special Provision for Kira, the competing team working to find Kira. They would surely request to have the Note now that the Chief was gone.
Soichiro’s death pained Matsuda more than he liked to admit. He had always looked up to the Chief as a father figure in his life—a pillar of justice leading the fight against Kira and his false ideals. Yet now, with him gone, Matsuda couldn't help but consider where the Chief’s ideals had gotten him. The chances of Touta recovering the Note as he had were astronomical. Surely this was a sign that he was meant to have it, to use it to fight Kira.
Matsuda picked up the Death Note, got up from his desk, and stepped out onto the balcony outside of the office. The crispness of the night air helped clear his head of the melancholy pervading his mind. The sounds of the city filled the night: cars, sirens, and the palpable dread that the people surely felt knowing that they could be killed at any moment by a raging madman who likened himself to a god.
Unbeknownst to Matsuda, the SPK already knew that he had the Death Note. They knew that he had kept it from them as well. At that very moment, Anthony Rester, a high-ranking member of the SPK was making his way up the office stairs. It was imperative that the SPK kept the Note from falling out of their control again, and Matsuda could not be trusted to keep it secure.
Rester opened the door to the office and silently slipped inside. It took him less than a few seconds to spy Matsuda outside on the balcony. He adjusted the strap of his shoulder holster. They could settle this peacefully. At that very moment, Matsuda turned around. Their eyes met for a split second as Matsuda clutched the Note to his chest protectively.
Anthony wasn't in the mood to grapple with a mentally unstable man for one of the most powerful objects in the world. He pulled out his handgun and fired without a second thought. Matsuda slumped to the ground as Rester stepped forward and took the Note off his body.
Long before this moment, Anthony Rester had known that he had no intention of returning to the SPK and giving them the Death Note. This was his to use for the personal glory of taking out Kira himself. He threw back his head and released a maniacal laugh that echoed through the night.
Teproc has been killed!
Axxle2 is the new Notebearer!