Members of the ICPO, I am L.
Regardless of how many suspects there are,
there's a strong possibility that they are Japanese.
Kira, I have a pretty good idea behind your motive
and why you're doing this.
But what you're doing is evil.
Why that...
Try and kill me!
-I am justice! -What's going on?
-I'm saving the weak from evil! -This is unreal!
I'm the man who will become the god of the new and ideal world!
L...
Kira...
-I will hunt you down and finish you! -I will hunt you down and finish you!
-I am... -I am...
-justice! -justice!
DEALINGS
SERIAL MURDER SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS HQ
Let's start with the tip-line reports.
Yes.
At the moment, there have been 3,029 reports about the murders
via phone calls and e-mail.
Most of them are from curious members of the public.
But there are 14 people who say
that they either know the killer or have seen the killer.
Each account was followed up and recorded carefully.
But no one had information that hasn't already been released to the public.
There are also 21 people who claim they are Kira.
We didn't want to rule anything out.
So all 21 people were put on record and filed.
Okay.
-Next, the victims. -Sir.
Upon further investigation,
we have confirmed that information about the heart attack victims
was, in fact, publicly available in Japan prior to their deaths.
In addition,
concerning L's request, we investigated the times of each victim's death.
We found they occurred between 4:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. on weekdays.
Around 68 percent of them occurred between 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight.
Furthermore, we have a wide variation of times
on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
That information is very interesting.
Judging from those times of death,
the culprit may be a student.
I have other grounds for this belief.
The culprit is probably driven
by their own idealistic sense of justice.
They may even be trying to become a god.
We may be dealing with someone who has a very childish mentality.
I can't believe that.
This is just a mere possibility.
But please get rid of the idea that the culprit couldn't be a student.
Considering various possibilities is the easiest route to arresting Kira.
Please continue your investigative report.
Yes.
Has anyone else noticed anything?
Yes.
What is it, Matsuda?
I'm in no way saying this to give credit to Kira's actions.
But for the past few days, worldwide and especially in Japan,
the number of violent crimes more serious than robbery has dropped drastically.
Well...
I suppose that's to be expected.
Anything else?
L, that about sums up our investigative report for today.
Thank you, everyone.
I feel as if we're closing in on the culprit.
Please forgive me, but I'd like to make another request.
I want the teams investigating the victims, news and Internet,
to examine closely once more
how the victims' identities were made public in Japan.
I want to know if pictures of the victims' faces were shown.
I leave it to you.
Chief.
You seem very tired.
Thanks.
I've been pulling all-nighters lately.
What I said about crimes dropping drastically...
Now that I think about it, everyone knows that already.
I'm sorry.
What are you talking about?
Keep speaking the truth.
Especially when it's about things people hesitate to bring up.
However, if you had gone on to say
that we should commend Kira for reducing crime rates,
now that might have been a problem.
Impossible! Support that murderer?
I'm just kidding.
Just as I expected, Light!
Hey. Did you understand any of that by yourself?
Yes, kind of.
Oh, looks like Dad's home.
Welcome home, dear.
He's home early.
Hey! At least figure out the last problem by yourself.
I will after dinner.
Goodness.
Helping your little sister do her homework,
you sure have confidence.
Yes. There's one thing that gives me an advantage against the police
if they move against me.
Welcome home, Dad.
Good to be home.
Light, how are your studies going?
They're okay.
He's at the top of his class as usual.
I'm very proud of my big brother.
I'm very proud of my son.
Dad, you seem a bit tired.
Yes.
I can't tell you specifics, but this current case is very difficult.
I see.
Your father is with the police.
That must be the reason why you're so confident.
Yes.
Using my computer,
I can hack into my father's computer without leaving a trace.
I can always keep track of the investigation.
Here it is.
The police are beginning to suspect that the culprit is a student.
Light, does that mean you're in trouble?
If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name,
it will happen.
If the cause of death is not specified, the person will die of a heart attack.
After writing the cause of death,
details of the death should be written in the next six minutes and 40 seconds.
Is that correct, Ryuk?
Yes, so?
In other words, if I write "heart attack" as the cause of death,
I can write down the cause and time of death.
Looks like I may be able to provide you with a little more entertainment, Ryuk.
Number 148, what's wrong?
Get ahold of yourself!
What?
There were 23 heart attack victims yesterday?
Yes.
The day before, there were 23 more victims.
One every hour.
The fact that this has continued for two weekdays straight...
Means our sketch of the culprit has become doubtful.
No, anyone could skip school for two days.
That's not it!
It appears less likely now that the culprit's a student,
but that's not the message Kira's trying to send.
Why one every hour?
And why are all the victims in prisons
where they can be easily found?
Kira is trying to tell us
that he can freely control the time of death.
But something's not right.
As soon as we began to suspect that Kira was a student,
the timing of the killings changed as if to contradict our theory.
Is it a coincidence?
No, the timing is too convenient.
Does that mean that Kira knows what the police know?
This is obviously a direct challenge from him.
L is probably panicking by now.
I still have 50 criminals left especially for times like this.
Right now, L should be starting to suspect someone involved with the police.
Kira has found a way to obtain information from the task force headquarters.
I cannot ignore this fact.
What is Kira's real objective?
What is he trying to do?
But I don't get it.
By getting rid of the student theory, aren't you at a bigger disadvantage
if L thinks you're connected to the police?
My reason for that is...
it will help me find L and finish him off.
What do you mean?
In human society,
there are only a few people who actually trust each other.
That's true even among police.
In particular, L and the police don't trust each other at all.
Could you trust someone whose name and face you don't know?
When L discovers that information from the investigation was leaked,
he's bound to search for leads on me within the police force.
When he does, it's only a matter of time before the police get furious.
On the surface,
L and the police are working together to try to catch me.
But in reality,
L is investigating the police and the police will start investigating L.
I'm not the one who's going to find L.
The police will track him down.
And I will take him down.
What is this?
LETTER OF RESIGNATION
These are our letters of resignation.
Transfer us to a different case.
If you can't, we will quit the police force.
But why?
Why? Because we value our lives, sir.
By L's deduction,
Kira can kill people indirectly through supernatural powers, right?
If I were Kira,
I would try to kill anyone who is trying to catch me.
That's because he'll be executed if he gets caught.
Earlier, in that media stunt, L challenged Kira.
"Try and kill me," he said.
But L never showed his face or revealed his name.
Just recently, L ordered us to find out
if the faces and names of the victims
were publicly released in Japan.
That's right.
All the victims were people
whose faces were made known to the Japanese public.
Unlike someone we know,
we carry around our police IDs during investigations.
We don't hide our faces! We're out in the open!
Kira could kill us anytime.
This is why we wish to be removed from our post.
Please excuse us.
Hey, you...
Wait a second!
Here's the solution to this problem.
Take X squared equals to large X.
You can think of large X's quadratic equation
as the multiple of two integers.
FBI agents entered Japan four days ago.
They are currently investigating the police involved.
-This is the list, right? -Yes.
There are 141 people in the police force alone
who have access to classified information on the Kira investigation.
But one of the 141 people or someone close to them...
Kira is definitely among them.
SOICHIRO YAGAMI DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT
NPA HEAD OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS SERIAL MURDER CASE
Light, you got a second?
I told you not to talk to me as much as possible when we're outside.
Don't you understand?
Well then, I'm just gonna tell you.
Cover your ears if you don't want to hear.
I don't have anything against you, Light.
I think the notebook was found by the right person.
And I have to stick around with you
until the notebook or you are finished.
But I'm not on your side or L's side.
Ryuk, I know that much already.
That's why I'll never say
if what you're doing is right or wrong.
But I'm going to say this as your roommate.
What's wrong, Ryuk?
Why are you telling me this all of a sudden?
This isn't like you.
I'm going to tell you this,
not because I'm an ally of Kira, but because it's creeping me out.
Get to the point already.
Someone's been following you all this time.
He's been getting on my nerves.
He can't see me, but...
because I'm always hovering behind you,
I feel like I'm being watched.
That's a problem.
I'll get rid of him soon, Ryuk.
Who is he?
Does that mean that L has begun to suspect the police?
He must need quite a large number of people to investigate them.
Even if he had 50 people investigating,
there is no chance that they'd suspect me of being Kira.
I should seem like an ordinary high school student.
But if I leave it alone for several months,
that possibility won't remain at zero.
I have to learn the stalker's name.
When I find that out, I can get rid of him.
Light.
I'll let you in on something good.
Between a Shinigami and a human who has a Death Note,
there are two big differences.
Do you know why a Shinigami has to write peoples' names in the Death Note?
How would I know that?
You're really talkative today, Ryuk.
It's because a Shinigami takes the human's remaining life span.
"Their remaining life span"?
Let's say that there's a person who will live till 60 in the human world.
You write that he'll die at 40 in the Death Note.
Sixty minus 40 equals 20.
Those 20 years in the human world are added on to a Shinigami's life span.
As long as we don't slack off,
even if we're shot in the head or stabbed in the heart with a knife,
a Shinigami will not die.
But no matter how many names you write in the Death Note,
your life span will not lengthen.
That's the difference between a Shinigami and a human who has a Death Note.
To humans, that's very kind of the Shinigami.
That's kind of interesting.
The second difference might even be more interesting to you.
Instead of lengthening life, it's about cutting it short.
Cutting it short?
When a Shinigami sees a person's face, they know their name.
Do you know why?
A Shinigami's eyes...
can see a human's name and lifespan above their heads by just looking at them.
Name and lifespan?
LIGHT YAGAMI
In fact, I can see your name and lifespan right now.
If I convert it to human time, I'll know exactly how many years it is.
Of course, I wouldn't tell you even if you stretched my mouth open.
Even if my mouth is stretched out as it is.
A Shinigami never has problems knowing the names of the people they kill.
They also know how much life they're going to receive.
Our eyes are different.
That's the biggest difference between you and me.
A Shinigami can also turn the eyes of whoever picked up their Death Note
into Shinigami eyes.
Only if you agree to the deal
that's been passed down since ancient times.
A deal?
The price for a Shinigami's eyes...
is half of that human's remaining lifetime.
Half of my remaining lifetime.
Yes.
In other words,
if you were to live another 50 years, you'll have 25 years left.
If it was one year more, you'll have half.
And since you're neither my ally nor L's ally,
you won't tell me the names of those I want to kill,
even if you knew their names.
In other words, I can't count on your help.
-Is that what you're trying to say? -Yes.
It's also part of the Shinigami code.
I'll say this once more.
Give me half your remaining life, and I'll give you the Shinigami eyes.
If I do that,
I'll know everyone's name.
That will make it easier to use the Death Note.
So, Light, what will it be?
TO BE CONTINUED