Chapter 4 - Questions

“Are you still on your computer?” Rek asked, finally bringing his attention back to Zach.

“Yeah…” Zach muttered in response, “based on the time original killings, assuming the information I found online is accurate, Kira would have to be a student, most likely around my own age. But…” Rek walked over, apparently interested in Zach’s theory. “After a few weeks, the killings started happening every hour, on the hour.”

“Doesn’t that mean it can’t be a student? Well, I guess he could have just dropped out of school.”

“No, then it would be even easier for the police to find him. Once they realized criminals were dying during the school day, they’d start checking for which kids missed those days. So how’d he do it?...Wait a minute! Maybe…maybe one of the people those FBI agents were trailing was really Kira…it would certainly explain why they were all killed by him. Hm…what if the original Kira was a student, but forfeited ownership once he came under suspicion? Then the notebook was passed to an older person, someone who would get rid of the FBI agents, and who could kill criminals during the day…yes, that would fit. But the personality of both Kiras is too similar. Perhaps the original Kira is still calling the shots, telling the replacement who to kill and when…” He trailed off again, deep in thought. “Details of the death…should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds…”

“Yeah, so what?” Rek inquired gruffly.

“Hm,” Zach sighed in slight aggravation, ignoring the Shinigami altogether, “guess the only way to figure out how Kira works…and to find out who he is…is to use the Death Note,” he concluded drastically. He walked over to the bed and removed the notebook from inside the pillow. “But who should I start with?...”

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“Huh?” Stepping inside his room, the boy noiselessly walked into his room and across the floor.

“How’s it going?” the creature standing next to him asked, “I don’t think anyone else is in the house right now, do you wanna play some video games?” The boy, seemingly oblivious to the fact this creature was speaking, lay down on his bed and looked up. “Aw, c’mon, it’s been a while!” The boy continued to ignore him.”You listening?” The boy got up and walked over to his closet and pulled out a jacket, still paying no attention to the creature. “Hey, Light!”

After leaving his room, he bent down and put a slip of paper in his door. He then turned around and went back outside. “Where exactly are we going?” the creature asked, starting to get annoyed, “Light, don’t ignore me when I’m talking to you or I’ll get mad.”

Light began subtly checking his clothes, looking for something. “It doesn’t look like these clothes have been bugged, I think we’re safe.”

“Helloooo? Yoo-hooo!” the Shinigami said as he began making waving motions with his arms and legs.

“Listen to me!” Light snapped, “There’s a very strong possibility that there are wire taps, or maybe even surveillance cameras, hidden throughout my house.”

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