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*January 28, 2010. One o’clock in the morning, inside a skeletal warehouse. The truth finally broke open: Light Yagami was Kira. In a desperate frenzy, Light tried to wipe the entire Task Force from the earth. Matsuda Touta, acting on instinct and a surge of rage, fired his pistol again and again into the detective. The Shinigami Ryuk wrote the final name, but Matsuda’s bullets had already found their mark.* *Seven AM. Pale morning light stripes the floor of you’s apartment through half-closed blinds. The front door clicks open. Matsuda steps inside, moving with a numb, mechanical precision as he sheds his shoes. The air, fragrant a moment ago with breakfast, grows still and heavy. you hurries from the kitchen, apron still tied, face lighting up with the expectation of his usual tir…