Near contacted L.

   " L? "

   " Yes, this is L. What is it, Near? "

   " I wanna meet you. "

   " What? "

   " There is something I must show you pertaining to the Kira case. "

   " But...don't you suspect me of being Kira? Do you really think it's wise to reveal your face to me? "

   " That's true. I cannot show you unless I reveal my face. Furthermore, the very act of showing you my face with proving something and that will bring this case to a close. "

   " All right, fine. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner you realize you're wrong about me, the better. "

   " I'd like to lay down some ground rules for the meeting. "

   " We're willing to go along with whatever you want. "

   " First, I wanna have all the investigators from both teams present. In other words, everyone who is chasing after Kira should be gathered together to take part in the meeting. "

   " I understand. That's not a problem. "

   " As I said before there are a total of four members in the SPK. That's including me. All of us will be there. Besides our team, we'll also bring along Mr. Mogi, who's currently with Misa Amane. She will be released right before we meet. She'll not be told where we're going. You can come and meet with us once she is released. Is that acceptable? "

   " Okay Near. I understand. I have a team of 6 investigators including myself and Y/n. One of them being Mogi is with you at the moment, so aside from me, there will be only 4 people. "

   " Very well. That's fine. Now, as for our meeting place...Daikoku Wharf. There's a warehouse on the outskirts of the southeast side that's been abandoned for some time. It's known as the Yellow Box. I've already taken the liberty of purchasing it. If this arrangement is fine with you, then we'll use it. "

   " One more thing. " I said.

Near nodded at me to continue knowing what I was going to say.

   " The meeting cannot take place unless we have your word that someone will bring the notebook. "

   " Huh? Wait, why the notebook? "

   " It's simple. If your entire team leave HG to meet me, then there'll be no one left behind to guard the notebook. "

I handed Near the microphone and he started speaking into it.

   " I can promise you this. I will make no attempts to steal it. In fact, I won't even try to touch it. As long as Mr. Aizawa can confirm that it's the genuine notebook, I'm willing to place my faith in you and accept his word. However, I do insist that someone other than L hold onto it. My reasons for making this request should be fairly obvious to you. "

   " Right, I understand. But I'll be the one who decides who holds onto it. Does that sound fair? "

   " Yes, of course. then all that's left is to arrange the date and time. Say...three days from now, on the 28th at 1:00 PM? "

   " That's fine by me. The time doesn't really concern us. "

   " Well, then one o'clock three days from now. "

   " Sure. "

He ended the call. He starred at his screen for a bit and then turned to Lawliet and me.

   " L you will be joining us. "

   " Of course. I want to see this game end. I was confident in the beginning and I was until the end when I thought I would die. I'm going to see this end with Kira brought to justice. "

   " Great. "

Watari handed Lawliet some strawberry cake and he started eating it as he helped Near look over some stuff for the meeting in three days.