L

Ch.2 L

Kira became a phenomenon. A god to some, a murderer to others. Nonetheless, Kira was talked about and he had spread across the globe like a pandemic. It had been 6 months since police linked the random deaths of criminals to a single source. Just as he had done today, groups of criminals would die at the same time, all of heart attacks. The first few times, the public considered it as a coincidence. But then, it kept happening.

I looked around as the restaurant went from silence to cheers.

"Yeah, Kira!"

"All Hail Kira!

"Oh my God, 40 gone, that's amazing."

I look around in awe. Did no one find this repulsive. I get it their criminals, but, it was murder. Kira was a monster that needed to be stopped. I look away from the television trying to suppress the rage that filled me and my tears. Ever since the incident... I'd been invested in the Kira case. It had consumed my life, even during the preparation for entrance exams, it was all I thought about. The idea of an entity cleansing our world seemed appealing to the common person. But I knew exactly who Kira was. How he thought. He cares nothing about cleansing the world, only being the god of it. If he cared he would've been more careful, he wouldn't have... . I threw my head in my hands, trying to push away my thoughts. I couldn't break down in front of all these people.

"Ma'am here's your order." The employee said to me.

I jerk my head up. "Oh! Thank you" I say, wiping my tears.

I jump up, grabbing the ramen and headed for the door avoiding the cheers and celebration of Kira's evilness. I had to get the hell out of there. I reach for the door handle....But then...

I heard him.

"Hello Kira, I am L."

I snap back around, my eyes glued to the television. The cheers had stopped.

"L" I whispered in awe.

A man with dark hair in a grey suit appeared on the news cast. A name tag in front of him read "Lind. L. Tailor."

"Is it really him?" I whisper.

Why would he reveal himself? It couldn't be him, there's no way he would be that stupid to risk his identity after all these years.

It has to be a trick. L was the greatest detective in the world. He's worked on hundreds of cases in the years, solving all of them. Revealing himself would be dangerous. This was his first time addressing the public, let alone showing his face.

"L, like the detective L?" the employee who handed me my food says.

"Who's L?" one man eating asks.

The man on the television continued
S, "Criminals around the world are being murdered by a serial killer."

"Kira, I will hunt you down, I will find you."

We all gasped, staring wide- eyed at the small television.

He continues, "What you're doing right now is evil."

I grab my phone out of my pocket.

I had to call Touka. I frantically dial her first four numbers, but before I could finish... my heart dropped.

"UGHHHAH!" Lind L. Tailor, clenched his chest, squealing in pain.

I snap my head up from my phone.

He was having a heart attack.

"No!" I scream.

Kira got him.

I stare at the screen in disbelief ignoring the cheers and screams of the restaurant patrons. The man dropped to the desk, lifeless. Did Kira just kill L? There was no way. How could he have killed him? Could he kill from a distance? The screen stayed on the man's dead body for what seemed like an eternity. Then, in an instant, the letter L appeared on the screen.

"I- I had to test this just in case, but I never thought it would actually happen."

What the f*ck?

"Kira. It seems you can kill people without ever having to be there in person" If you did indeed kill Lind L. Tailor, the man you just saw on camera, I should tell you he was an inmate, whose execution was scheduled for today."

My mouth drops.

"That was not me."

"Oh shit." I whisper under my breath trying to hide my amuesment.

"The police arrested him in absolute secrecy so you wouldn't be able to learn about them through the internet. It appears even you do not have access to these types of criminals"

L was good.

"Now... TRY TO KILL ME ." L screams.

Voices rang through the restaurant...

"Is he asking to die?"

"It's L vs Kira."

"KILL ME." L screamed

"Kill him Kira!" someone shouts at the TV.

"WHAT'S A MATTER, CAN'T YOU DO IT?" L scoffs.

"What's he trying to achieve?" I think to myself.

"Hmmm... So there are some people you can't kill, you've given me a useful hint."

I smirk. "You sly mother f*cker."

"Although you thought this was a worldwide broadcast, The truth is we are only broadcasting in the Kanto region of Japan." L said.

"What Kira lives here?" someone asks.

L continued, " I now know where you are. It won't be too long before I'll be able to sentence you to death."

"Until we meet again, Kira." L says, right before the screen turns black.