Nightfall fell upon Japan, the only form of light in the abyss was the full moon engulfing the night sky. Watari pulled up to a cafe in which Light Yagami resided, allowing for L to examine the teen from afar. The young detective communicated with his partner, The Batman, who was perched upon a rooftop across from the diner. "How did you know that Light would be here at this particular hour?", Lawliet asked through the intercom provided by Wayne.

"I spied on him like I'm doing now. I watched him go through a daily routine, every night, he would come here to go over his homework and relax.", Batman explained through the wireless speaker.

"Well done. I hope you aren't expecting me to keep this earpiece running throughout the entire conversation. I think it would be a little suspicious.", L replied.

"That won't be necessary, Mister Wayne provided this wire for you to wear under your clothes.", Watari answered for Bruce as he handed the young detective the device.

"Wonderful..", Lawliet sarcastically mused as he removed the important part of the bug from the wiring.

"What are you doing?", Watari and Batman wondered why L was damaging the device.

"I'll just plant it under the table. I'd rather not be uncomfortable when trying to work.", L briefly explained before heading into the cafe.

Batman watched with binoculars as his partner sat across from Light Yagami. "Mind if I sit here?", the young detective asked the teen.

Light cocked an eyebrow in confusion while setting aside some sort of black notebook. "I don't see why not.. who are you exactly?", Light tested his suspicions that he was given another spy.

"I am L.", the blunt response caught EVERYONE off guard. Batman and Light began to panic in their own way, even Watari was curious as to how things would go from here.

L thumbed his lip as he examined Light's expression. "L, huh? If I DID believe you, what on earth would you be doing in a place like this?", Light asked as he regained his composure. If this is really L, I'll have to play off whatever suspicions he has. This will be quite the challenge.., the teen worried.

"You're the police chief's son and you're at the top of your class. I was hoping to be given some insight from you on the Kira case.", L's excuse made everyone question the scenario further.

"Me, huh? Alright..", Light used his actual confusion to hide any ridden concern. The teen finished a cup of tea before receiving a refill. The calm persona was doing a good job of covering up Light's true intent.

"You're under no obligation to do this, but.. would you mind submitting yourself to a test of your deductive reasoning skills?", L decided to go down a different avenue in trying to make Light slip up.

"Sure. Why not? Sounds like fun.", Light kept up a facade of cheerful willingness as he downed another cup of tea.

"Alright. You can begin by taking a look at these.", L said as he dug out three pictures from his pocket to slide across the table and hand to Light. "None of this information has been made public. You can take as long as you want to look them over, please let me know what you think.", the young detective added to his statement.

Light shifted through the photographs, "Very interesting..", the teen said to stall for time as he examined the images of Kira victims. Heh. This is child's play, there's print numbers on the back of them. I know from killing these criminals that it's in the wrong order, but I can't ignore either fact without gaining suspicion or passing his test., Light mulled over the situation. "The dates on these suggest the murders were in a particular order, as if it send a certain message.. but the sunlight and darkness suggest different times of murder. I think the deaths occurred in THIS order..", Light tapped the correct formation of images with his explanation.

"That's incorrect.", L's response caught the teen off guard. Lawliet paid close attention to Light's reaction, an audible gasp and look of shock. "The thing is.. there were actually four photographs.", L announced as he removed a hidden picture from his pocket to add to the bunch.

Light didn't even need to glance at the newly presented evidence to know it was a fake, "Well, seeing that I only had three photographs to work with, my deduction was perfect.", the teen argued.

"No. It wasn't. The truth is that there's four of them. If you had figured that out, it would have been perfect. Even though you knew there was something strange about the organization, you decided that there were only three pictures almost immediately. You never even considered that there might be a fourth. What do you make of that?", L reveals the trap he had sprung on Light.

Damn him! This wasn't about my deduction skills at all! He wanted to see what my reaction would be, he was looking for a sign from me to prove I knew something only Kira would know! If I keep falling for his tricks, I'll be playing right into his hands!, the realization stumped Light.

Batman listened to the whole revelation through the bug he had L plant under the table. You're cutting it close L, if he feels you became too suspicious, he may try to kill you!, Bruce worried. The dark knight drew a bat-a-rang from his belt and prepared to step in if things escalated.

"Well.. you got me there. I didn't think of that.", Light did his best to give off a playful defeated tone while masking his anger.

"If you were me, faced with someone you thought was Kira.. How would you go about establishing this person's innocence or guilt? ..To be absolutely sure..", L continued pushing the matter.

Light and Batman both clenched their fists, knowing full well that L was practically taunting the heart attack killer. The caped crusader worried that Light would retaliate while the truth was that Light worried he couldn't do anything if L gathered the right evidence.

"I'd probably try to get him to say something that was never made public in any way, something only Kira would know. Kind of like what you were doing just now.", Light decided he'd play L's game and taunt the detective back.

If Light wasn't Kira, he would have no way to conclude that L was trying to make him say something that only Kira would say. By saying this, Light indirectly exposes himself, because it can be inferred that he already knows that there were actually three photos in the crime scene. Since L says that in reality there were four, if Light wasn't Kira, he would have no means to deduce that there were in reality three. So, the phrase "I would make him say something that only Kira could know. Kind of what you were doing right now", is in fact something that only Kira could say! We got him!, Batman realized the brilliance of L's trap and began to advance on the cafe.

Just then, the police scanner embedded within Batman's cowl buzzed with a report of numerous Kira murders. "The string out of murders is consistent as we try to get people inside the news outlet.", an officer reported. That means.. the killer is in that building!, Bruce realized.

"L, this may be hard to believe, but we've got the wrong person. There's a situation elsewhere, I'm going to deal with it.", Batman informed his partner before pulling out a grappling hook to soar off into the night.

Outside of the Sakura TV news station, Batman spotted bodies strewed across with empty cop cars indicating they had tried to enter and failed with heart attacks. Luckily, the dark knight was used to sneaking into buildings undetected and worked his way in through the air duct. His entrance through the vents worked fine, but once he got inside, he had to evade being spotted by video cameras. Batman had broken into facilities such as A.R.G.U.S or even Area 51 before, making this sneak attack a walk in the park. It was only when he reached the broadcast room that he let all sense of stealth go and kicked down the door, startling the staff inside. "Where's Kira?!", Batman demanded more than asked.

"We- We were just given these tapes and told to play them!", one of the staff explained as Batman dismantled the monitors.

"I should break every bone in your body for trying to broadcast these. Bring me every tape you received.. NOW!", the caped crusader ordered.

As the staff scrambled to do as they were told, Batman returned his fingers to the earpiece in his cowl. "L, turns out Kira isn't here after all. They were just trying to spread some sort of message.", Batman informed his ally.

"That's unfortunate. Report back to the hotel and we'll go over all that we've gathered.", L replied.

Batman retrieved the package from the faculty before making a hasty, but still stealthy exit. Once he returned to the hotel in which L resided, both detectives shifted through the evidence and played a few tapes to get a full understanding of what they were dealing with. The two were shocked to discover they were recordings meant to reach the true Kira.

"We're dealing with a second killer..", Batman and L both dreaded.

Next: The Interrogation!