Rem, naturally, could never bring herself to write Misa's name in the Death Note.
Left with no other choice, she turned her threat toward Light instead.
Misa had fallen into this situation because of him. Every chain around her wrists, every hour of interrogation, every second of fear and confusion had been born from Light's calculations. So if he could not save her, Rem would write his name in her own Death Note without hesitation.
For a brief moment, there was silence.
Then Light answered with complete confidence.
"No problem. I already have a plan."
But there was one condition: Rem had to obey his instructions exactly.
The first thing Light asked her to do was simple, yet terrifying in its implications. Rem had to contact Misa and tell her to willingly give up ownership of the Death Note.
The moment she abandoned ownership, every memory connected to the notebook would vanish. If that happened, even if the police used polygraphs or any other method, they would find nothing. There would be no lie to expose, because Misa herself would no longer remember the truth.
Rem passed the message to Misa, who was still being held in confinement.
At first, Misa refused.
To her, the Death Note was not only power. It was the bond that tied her to Light, the secret world they shared, the proof that she was useful to him. Giving it up felt like tearing away the one thing that allowed her to stand beside him.
But when Rem told her that losing her memories of the Death Note would not erase her feelings for Light, and that this was also Light's wish, Misa finally lowered her head and nodded.
And the instant those memories disappeared, Misa returned to being an ordinary girl.
She stared blankly toward the people speaking to her through the intercom, her expression shifting from fear to irritation, as if the entire situation had suddenly become absurd.
"Hey! Even stalkers have limits, you know? What exactly do you people want from me? Money? Something else?"
Her sudden change in attitude caught L and the others completely off guard.
What was going on?
How could someone's behavior change so drastically from one moment to the next?
Meanwhile, Light returned once again to the investigation headquarters and confronted L directly. He made it clear that he could not simply stand by and watch his girlfriend be tortured like this.
"If you believe Misa and I are Kira and the Second Kira, then lock us both up. As long as we're imprisoned, if Kira kills someone again, you'll have nothing left to say, right?"
The moment Light made that demand, the police officers inside the film were not the only ones stunned.
The audience was even more shocked.
Wasn't this basically exposing himself?
After all, once he was locked in a detention cell, he could not exactly repeat the same trick from before, hiding a scrap of the Death Note inside a bag of chips and secretly writing names under surveillance.
After a short silence, L finally made his decision.
"Fine. Place Light in confinement."
"L, this is going too far - "
The veteran actor playing Light's father instantly paled, his face twisting with shock and anger.
But Light stopped him before he could continue. With a calm that almost felt painful, he said there was no other way to erase L's suspicion.
And the father, in turn, revealed the love of a parent pushed to the edge. If his son had to be locked away like a criminal, then he would be locked away as well. If anything happened to Light, he could not promise what he might do.
L did not hesitate. He agreed immediately.
At this point, he was nearly one hundred percent certain that Light and Misa were Kira and the Second Kira.
So L also decided to gamble everything.
Soon after, Light, Misa, and Light's father were all placed under twenty-four-hour camera surveillance. Every breath, every movement, every glance was watched.
Light's wrists and ankles were also bound in shackles.
Seeing this, viewers around the world frowned.
What kind of move was this?
The two owners of the Death Note were both imprisoned now. Under normal circumstances, there should be no way for new victims to appear. Wouldn't that simply prove that the two of them were Kira?
"Wait… is Light planning to make Rem write the criminals' names?"
Jay could not help muttering the guess under his breath.
His voice was low, but several celebrities sitting nearby still heard him.
And the more they thought about his guess, the more reasonable it sounded.
Ryuk had already made it clear that he would not obey Light's orders. He was only an observer, a bored spectator watching the show unfold.
But Rem was different.
From the beginning of the film until now, her protectiveness toward Misa had been almost maternal. If Light willingly accepted surveillance, then used the fact that both he and Misa were unable to act as cover, Rem could kill criminals outside with her own Death Note. In that case, the suspicion on both of them would be erased perfectly.
"Honey, you're so smart," Hannah praised.
"Of course."
Jay lifted his chin proudly, his expression practically saying, What, me scared? I'm fearless.
Alex merely glanced at him and answered with a faint, mocking smile.
If the answer were that easy to guess, could this story really have stood at the peak of psychological battle anime in his previous life?
The audience's attention returned to the film.
This time, Light had clearly learned from experience. During the first month of imprisonment, he did absolutely nothing.
Outside, no new criminals died of heart attacks.
As a result, the suspicion surrounding him and Misa rose sharply.
Inside theaters around the world, viewers who had watched the previous film quickly understood why Light had remained motionless for an entire month. Last time, when cameras had been installed in his room, he used the hidden-phone-in-a-chip-bag trick on the very first day to clear his name.
Although it temporarily removed suspicion, it also deepened L's doubts in another way.
The cameras had only been installed for one day, and Light had already managed to clear himself far too cleanly.
Wasn't that a little too convenient?
This time, Light had obviously absorbed that lesson. He endured it for a full month without making a move.
"Light, it has already been one month since you were locked up. Under these circumstances, are you still refusing to admit that you are Kira?"
L's voice entered Light's cell through the speaker installed inside.
By now, it was not only Jay. Many sharp-minded viewers in the West had also guessed that Light intended to make Rem use her Death Note to kill criminals while he and Misa were detained.
That way, he could completely erase suspicion.
But then Light did something that left tens of millions of viewers watching the premiere of the second half of Death Note frozen in disbelief.
"Yeah… I suppose… it's about time I gave up."
The instant Light said the words "gave up," Ryuk, who had been silently watching from the other side of the cell, suddenly froze.
Then he stood, walked to Light, and swept a hand across his forehead.
"I see. Then I'll see you later."
With that, Ryuk's body passed through the wall and disappeared.
Countless viewers stared at the screen, stunned.
Because through the earlier plot, they knew Light had once made a verbal agreement with Ryuk. When Light said the words "give up," Ryuk would reclaim ownership of the Death Note.
And now, just like Misa, Light had completely lost every memory related to the Death Note.
"L! Listen to me! I'm not Kira! Kira must have been watching me from the shadows! You've been deceived!"
The memoryless Light immediately looked like a man suffering an injustice so severe it could crush his soul. He shouted desperately toward the surveillance camera, his face filled with panic, anger, and disbelief.
On the other side of the monitor, even L was left stunned.
What was this?
It felt exactly like what had happened with Misa. Their attitudes had changed too abruptly, too completely, as if they had become different people in an instant.
"Bro… what… what is happening?"
Jay and the other celebrities around him were completely dumbfounded.
They could not understand what kind of move Alex had written into the story this time.
Why would Light give up ownership at this moment? Wouldn't that turn him back into an ordinary person?
If he simply ordered Rem to kill criminals with the Death Note while he was imprisoned, wouldn't that be enough to clear his name?
Was he really planning to wash his hands of everything and quit?
But Jay was not the only one confused. Tens of millions of viewers around the world were just as lost.
None of them could understand what Light's move meant.
Voluntarily giving up ownership of the Death Note?
Had he truly lost his nerve and chosen to stop?
Or was he preparing an even larger conspiracy?
Under the explosive curiosity of audiences across the world, the plot continued.
A few days after Light gave up ownership and returned to being an ordinary person, criminals around the world began dying from heart attacks again.
Had Rem finally made her move?
When L learned the news, he was naturally shaken. But he did not tell Light or Misa. Instead, he lied to them, claiming that no new victims had appeared, hoping to observe their reactions and find a flaw.
But L's actions caused serious dissatisfaction within the police team.
To them, this had crossed a line. It was inhumane. It looked less like justice and more like L refusing to admit that his deduction was wrong, then taking that frustration out on two innocent people.
Soon, another month passed.
New victims continued to appear every day.
Yet Light and Misa remained under twenty-four-hour surveillance.
It could not have been them.
"L! You're going too far!"
The young rookie officer finally snapped and shouted, unable to suppress his anger any longer.
"They're innocent! If you keep acting this stubborn, I'll have no choice but to contact our superiors and let them handle this!"
Although L still believed Light and Misa were the primary suspects, the facts were now laid out in front of him. He had no choice but to accept them.
In the end, he announced that both of them would be released.
But before Light's father could even feel relief, L made another request.
"However, just in case, there is one thing I would like to ask of you."
The scene shifted.
In the next moment, the screen showed the inside of a car.
Light's father was driving. In the back seat sat Light and Misa, who had just been released from confinement.
Because both had lost all memories related to the Death Note, and because they had been imprisoned for two full months, their emotions were raw and overwhelming now that they were finally free. Misa clung tightly to Light's arm, so moved that tears nearly spilled from her eyes.
"Dad, are we taking Misa home first?"
After a brief moment of warmth, Light looked toward his father in the driver's seat and asked.
"No," his father said in a heavy voice. "I'm taking you both to the execution site."
The moment those words fell, Light and Misa's faces turned deathly pale.
The audience also froze.
What was going on?
From their godlike perspective, they could guess that Light's father would never truly do something like this to the son he now believed was innocent. Most likely, this was something L had ordered.
But what was the point of terrifying them like this?
Light's father drove the car into a deserted patch of wild grass. Then he suddenly pulled out a gun, turned around, and aimed it at his son in the back seat.
"Light! This is L's decision! He has determined that you are Kira. If that deduction is wrong, he is willing to take responsibility. But right now, you must die as the prime suspect in the Kira case!"
Hearing those words from his own father, the memoryless Light was struck dumb with terror. Then, as if he had gone mad, he shouted back.
"What are you talking about, Dad?! L doesn't have any proof! Are you really going to believe him instead of your own son?"
Misa's tears burst out as well. She screamed in panic, completely devastated.
"Exactly! Sir, how can you do this? He's your son!"
Even though the audience knew there was a high chance Light's father was acting under L's instructions, the confrontation between Alex and the veteran actor still left countless viewers afraid to breathe.
The tension of a father pointing a gun at his own son felt like an invisible hand closing around everyone's throat.
"There is nothing left to say, Light."
His father's face was full of grief.
"I will be your executioner. Then I'll kill myself. Once we reach the other world, father and son can talk properly there."
In the next instant, under Light's despairing gaze, his father pulled the trigger.
Click.
"Hah… hah… hah…"
Light's eyes nearly bulged from terror. He gasped violently, breath spilling from his mouth in broken bursts.
That acting was terrifying.
Forget the domestic industry. Even among actors of his generation worldwide, there were only a handful who could compete with him.
And against the overwhelming presence of two powerhouse performers, Taylor seemed noticeably immature by comparison.
But that could not really be blamed on her.
Anyone placed between those two would have looked the same.
Still, the bullet that Light and Misa imagined never came.
There were no bullets.
Across from them, Light's father exhaled heavily, his entire body seeming to lose strength.
"Is this enough to satisfy you, L?"
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