Tokyo: Oreimo

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The young shop assistant quickly waved his hand.

"I was genuinely interested, that's why I said that."

"is it?"

Springtime is a bit confusing.

Does anyone actually like this kind of subject matter? She couldn't understand what was interesting about it at all.

However, since this is how it's been described by a stranger, let's wait for CLAMP to provide the name before taking a look.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Is the customer asking me?"

"Is there anyone else here? If there's a chance to serialize the story, I'll let you know to check it out."

"Really? Thank you so much!"

The young shop assistant smiled and said, "My name is Shota Kikuchi. It's lucky to meet you, customer."

......

After saying goodbye to Arina Haruba, Ryosuke made a detour to the company and handed over the outline and character design book for the FATE sequel to Saori Hououin.

Without lingering, they returned home.

"What's going on? Why are you up so late?"

Ling Nai caught him red-handed as soon as he entered the door.

"Who asked someone to cause me trouble?"

Ryosuke retorted.

Ling Nai gave a light snort, "Did that guy pass the test?"

"We've tentatively agreed to the collaboration. I'll give her the NAME next week."

"Really? That guy's pretty good, but he's still far inferior to me. I'll definitely crush him this time!"

Ling was quite confident in his ability to win a decisive battle.

"Oh."

Ryosuke chuckled, shook his head, and said nothing more.

After taking off her shoes, she went to her room.

"Come to my room later. If the Tezuka Award is approved, the serialization will start soon. The drafts for the last six chapters of Death Note are finished. Hurry up and draw the original manuscript."

"There will be less time after school starts."

"Okay, I know, you're so long-winded."

......

After dinner, Takashiro Ryono took the notebook from Ryosuke and was then sent back to her room.

What the heck? That guy just threw the NAME at me and closed the door. I was hoping to chat with him for a bit.

"Forget it, I've got the new story anyway, I might as well forgive that guy."

Ling Nai changed into her pajamas and climbed into bed.

"You saw the FBI agent tracking scene last time, right?"

The blonde girl opened her notebook.

Ling Nai was quite curious about what would happen next.

"L is too amazing. He's almost locked onto Yagami Light after just a few tests. If this continues, he'll be caught soon. How will he clear his name?"

To be honest, she really liked the character Light Yagami, and after obtaining the notebook, she chose to uphold justice and punish criminals.

Although she knew it was wrong to do this as the daughter of a criminal police officer, it was precisely because of this that she couldn't resist.

Looking at the NAME, Light Yagami used the notebook's ability to write down how the bandits died, successfully tricking the FBI agent who was tracking him into revealing the name.

Ray Pember.

"What should we do? Kill him?"

Ling Nai frowned.

Killing a criminal and killing an agent are two completely different concepts.

If you target good people, the nature of the situation changes completely.

Seeing that Light Yagami did not immediately write the other person's name in his notebook, Ling Nai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Kira is a righteous person, so that ability should only be used against criminals."

But when she turned to the next chapter, the girl was stunned.

Light Yagami appeared on the street and pressed a 'gun' against Reipanber's back.

"If you dare turn back, I'll kill you."

"I am Kira"

Should he just reveal his identity outright?

"Are you trying to threaten him into stopping the investigation? That tactic won't work on the detective, will it?"

Even police officers, let alone detectives, wouldn't be scared by something like this.

If it were his own father, Takashiro Isao, he wouldn't compromise in the face of such a threat.

"I'll show you the proof that I'm Kira first. I'll kill the bespectacled man working over there."

“…”

In the next shot, an innocent passerby suddenly collapses due to cardiac arrest.

"Because the bespectacled man repeatedly raped women but was not prosecuted due to insufficient evidence, it was appropriate to use him to prove his identity."

"So that's how it is. You scared me."

Ling Nai thought that Yagami Light had started indiscriminately killing innocent people, but her expression softened a bit after seeing this reason.

"I've investigated you. If your actions deviate even slightly from my instructions, I'll kill your entire family."

"It's a bit underhanded, but there's nothing we can do about it. Besides, he's just bluffing, isn't he?"

From the reader's perspective, Ling Nai clearly knows that Yagami Light does not know any of Reipanber's family members.

He had never met the agent's fiancée who had appeared in the previous storyboard.

But this tactic worked very well, and Repenberg immediately gave in.

“If someone used me to threaten my dad, he would definitely do the same.”

Ling Nai felt somewhat uncomfortable watching this scene. Although Yagami Light was also acting in self-defense, this method...

"Let's wait and see. The most important thing is what to do next. Are you planning to use this kind of threat to make the detectives give up the investigation?"

Ling Nai thought to herself.

Next, following Light Yagami's instructions, Repenberg boarded the tram and, as requested, wrote down the names of all the FBI agents on a piece of paper.

Why am I here?

Ling Nai was somewhat confused as to why Yagami Light needed this information.

Just having a name is useless; you can't see what someone looks like, so even if you get the name, it's pointless.

Moreover, does he really intend to take action against the FBI?

"Stay on the tram for at least another half hour, and once you're sure no one has noticed you forgot your document bag, get off at the next stop."

"Have you let him go?"

Ling Nai was thinking this, still not understanding what Yagami Light intended to do with the list of agents.

But in the next shot, Rapene suddenly clutches her chest.

"They've made their move?!"

Why wait until now to take action when you could have done it earlier?

Ling Nai couldn't quite understand it.

In the next shot, Reipanber struggles to turn his view to look at the train car, directly facing Light Yagami, who has already picked up the file bag.

Farewell, Reppe.

“…”

Ling Nai lowered her head and continued to flip her fingers backward.

"The paper on which Reppenber wrote his name was torn from the Death Note."

"He killed his own comrade without even realizing it."

Is that so? Oh, I see.

It has nothing to do with being soft-hearted or soft-hearted.

"He had it all planned out from the very beginning when he discovered he was being followed and investigated..."

"After obtaining Repenberg's name, the reason I didn't kill him immediately wasn't because I was afraid, nor because of any sense of justice..."

Ling Nai gripped the corner of the paper and applied slight force.

"He's going to kill all the FBI agents in one go!"

This protagonist is not an embodiment of justice at all.