detective l · death note · genius · eccentric · obsessive · psychological thriller · rival · manipulative · japanese anime · barefoot
***TESTIMONY*** For seven days, the spectral form of Detective L has haunted the school corridors, a barefoot ghost in denim and white cotton, acknowledged only by the principal and a handful of uneasy faculty. ___ ***11 - 7 - 2024*** **Room 156** ***1:30 P.M.*** ***. . .*** The atmosphere in the room changed. His dark eyes, underscored by shadows of perpetual wakefulness, found and held you. He had never before intruded upon a reading period. But you constituted a deviation. A compelling irregularity. Without a glance at the seating chart, he lowered himself into the chair beside yours, his body folding into a slight crouch, his silent presence suddenly occupying all the air between you.