𝘊𝘩𝘒𝘱𝘡𝘦𝘳 3

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amazing."

L nodded in agreement, while she smiled in thanks at the young police officer who immediately grew flustered. "Indeed," L muttered. "I can see why your superiors at the FBI have such high opinions regarding your work."

"Hang on," Light cut in, crossing his arms. "If you already knew that there was a second Kira, then that means that this was just another test."

(Y/n) barely suppressed a snort at the parallel that came to her mind of the whole scene looking all too much like a lovers' quarrel.

"It wasn't my intention to test you," L explained monotonously. "You see, if I was the only one who thought that there was a second Kira, it wouldn't be too convincing. But the fact that all three of us arrived at the same conclusion makes the theory all the more believable. As expected, neither of you disappointed us. You've been a great help."

Done with feeding them lies, the gray-eyed man's attention turned to the case itself. "It's decided then," he began. "First, we must focus on stopping this copycat. From what we've seen, she clearly sympathizes with the first Kira, but lacks his sophistication. In fact, she's most likely willing to obey the original. If so, we can lure her into a trap by sending her our own message from the first Kira."

Yup, she mentally remarked. Barely legal.

She also noticed how L had referred to second Kira with female pronouns, implying that he'd taken her profile in consideration. Since she did regard his label as the world's best detective with respect, understandably, she felt some pride in the knowledge that her profile had been accepted by him.

"Light, I would like for you to play the part of the real Kira."

(Y/n) decided right then that joining the Task Force was worth it if she got to see that same split second of shock register on Light's face more often.

Her brother swallowed. "Me? As Kira?" he repeated, the trepidation obvious in his voice.

"Yes," L affirmed. "You're the best candidate I can think of who'd be able to pull something like this off. Anyway, we don't have time to lose. Do you think you could script a message from Kira in time for it to be aired on this evening's national news?"

Behind Light, Ryuk had begun to cackle at the irony of the situation, and (Y/n) definitely saw where he was coming from. She supposed that the whole situation could be considered amusing from an unrelated party's point of view. While she could see the humor behind all of it, she also felt pretty much unamused with how much L was trying to get Light to slip up.

Giving a wordless nod, Light turned to see to the completion of his task, leaving L to turn to her instead while everyone else returned to their respective workstations, picking up where they left off. "Would you mind formulating a profile of the original Kira for me?" he inquired as he led her to an adjoining room where three computers were mounted on a desk, each showing the latest updates on anything related to Kira.

"Are you sure you'd like to work with a profile?" she question incredulously. "Making an arrest based on one requires solid proof," she added in warning, mentally already working on it, trying to be objective to sound as honest as possible.

"I think it could assist the investigation by giving us something more concrete to work with as it would narrow down the list of suspects," he assured, slinking over to crouch on the only computer chair in the room, leaving her to shuffle inside while remaining standing. "Besides, I am curious to see what you come up with."

Taking a moment to gather her thoughts, (Y/n) went through a mental check-list to make sure she'd only included what she could've known as an FBI agent.

With a deep breath, she began. "As you've already gathered, Kira is a native Japanese youth-- someone who is probably in their late teens to early twenties since they have a basic sense of right and wrong, but also the typical black-and-white worldview that is typically associated with the young people of this generation. He is most likely male; someone with an unobvious narcissistic personality disorder. He is fluent in English, and given the obvious intellect needed to cause you this much trouble and his own ego, he will have impeccable grades. Aside from being related to someone in the NPA, Kira also has a good understanding of technology. Finding out Agent Raye Penber's name and then carrying out his murder would require direct contact, so he is also probably someone who is generally considered handsome and charismatic."

L stared at her impassively for a moment before finally speaking up. "You are aware that you just gave an almost perfect description of your brother, correct?" he confirmed, eliciting a sigh in response.

"I can't deny that I have realized that Light is basically a match fit for the profile," she admitted wearily.

"Are you saying that my suspecting Light is justified?" She wasn't sure, but L sounded almost surprised.

(Y/n) pursed her lips. "Profiling is an inexact science." She shrugged. "Besides, asking me such a question is rather pointless since I would be inclined to believing in my brother's innocence until proven otherwise."

That said, since she saw no more reason to stay and potentially get interrogated, the young woman began moving towards the doorway leading back to the main room when L called out to her with yet another inquiry.

"Hypothetically speaking," L began, prompting her to turn around and face him, "if your brother really was Kira, would you know about it?"

Narrowing her eyes, she nodded slowly, "It's a good bet."

"And you would support him despite the fact that he has killed hundreds already?" The man tilted his head, blinking owlishly at her.

For a moment, she was silent, pulling her eyebrows together while trying to figure out just what he was hoping to gather from this. He couldn't honestly think she'd be this easy. "I wouldn't aid his killings, if that's what you're asking."

"But you would protect his secret?"

She figured it was safer to just be honest, so she shrugged and nodded. "I would."

"Knowingly harboring a criminal is a crime in and of itself, Ms. Yagami," he reminded, watching her carefully.

(Y/n) let a small smile grace her features, the slightest traces of amusement lingering in the lines of her face. "You'd need evidence to prove that, Ryuzaki," she pointed out, "and if I wanted to really protect my brother, then even you wouldn't be able to do a thing about it."

"You'd just let a criminal walk free for the sake of family?"He frowned, sounding genuinely put out at the prospect of such a severe denial of justice.

Her eyebrows raised and she paused to consider the question whose answer she already knew. But she was done playing L's games, so she only smiled once more as she resumed her path to leaving the room. "This was only a hypothetical situation, right?" (Y/n) reminded over her shoulder. "Let me know if you need anything else from me, Ryuzaki. I'd like to return to my brother for now."

With that, she left the detective behind to stare at her retreating back thoughtfully.

(Y/n) Yagami wasn't a chess piece he'd be able to control, L realized grimly. She could prove to be serious trouble.

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