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"What is it, Naomi Misora?"
The synthetic voice.
L.
Lowering her voice and hiding her mouth behind her hand, Misora said, "Something I need to report."
"Progress in the case? Very fast work."
"No... Well, a little. I may have stumbled across a message from the killer."
"Wonderful."
"But it wasn't me that figured it out. How can I put this... a kind of... mysterious private detective..."
A mysterious private detective.
The expression nearly made her laugh.
"...just showed up."
"I see," the synthetic voice said, and fell silent.
It was an uncomfortable silence for Misora--after all, she had made the decision to show Ryuzaki the picture and attempt to test him. When L said nothing, Misora proceeded to explain what Ryuzaki had said about the autopsy photograph. And that he had a copy of the crossword puzzle. This piece of information at last produced a reaction from L, but since it was a synthetic voice, she couldn't read the emotion behind it."
"What should I do? Frankly, I think it's dangerous to take my eyes off him."
"Was he cool?"
"Hunh?"
L's question came completely out of left field, and he was forced to ask it a second time before Misora answered, still unable to work out what he was driving at.
"No, absolutely not," she said, honestly. "Creepy and pathetic, and so suspicious that if I weren't on leave, I'd move to arrest him the moment I laid eyes on him. If we divided everyone in the world into those that would be better off dead and those that wouldn't,t here's no doubt in my mind that he'd be the former. Such a complete freak that it amazes me he hasn't killed himself."
"..."
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"You said you found something new?"
"Yes. Something new--no, let us be bold. I have uncovered an important fact."
"..."
His attempt at sounding cool annoyed her.
She ignored it.
The synthetic voice.
L.
Lowering her voice and hiding her mouth behind her hand, Misora said, "Something I need to report."
"Progress in the case? Very fast work."
"No... Well, a little. I may have stumbled across a message from the killer."
"Wonderful."
"But it wasn't me that figured it out. How can I put this... a kind of... mysterious private detective..."
A mysterious private detective.
The expression nearly made her laugh.
"...just showed up."
"I see," the synthetic voice said, and fell silent.
It was an uncomfortable silence for Misora--after all, she had made the decision to show Ryuzaki the picture and attempt to test him. When L said nothing, Misora proceeded to explain what Ryuzaki had said about the autopsy photograph. And that he had a copy of the crossword puzzle. This piece of information at last produced a reaction from L, but since it was a synthetic voice, she couldn't read the emotion behind it."
"What should I do? Frankly, I think it's dangerous to take my eyes off him."
"Was he cool?"
"Hunh?"
L's question came completely out of left field, and he was forced to ask it a second time before Misora answered, still unable to work out what he was driving at.
"No, absolutely not," she said, honestly. "Creepy and pathetic, and so suspicious that if I weren't on leave, I'd move to arrest him the moment I laid eyes on him. If we divided everyone in the world into those that would be better off dead and those that wouldn't,t here's no doubt in my mind that he'd be the former. Such a complete freak that it amazes me he hasn't killed himself."
"..."
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"You said you found something new?"
"Yes. Something new--no, let us be bold. I have uncovered an important fact."
"..."
His attempt at sounding cool annoyed her.
She ignored it.