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Everyone has a favorite: a favorite food, a favorite place, a favorite shirt, a favorite person.
Depending on which police force he is currently helping, the greatest detective in the word has a favorite agent he enjoys working with.
For example: years ago in the FBI his favorite was Naomi Misora, a top tier agent in every way, it’s a shame she retired from that life. Her now husband Raye Penber, also an FBI agent, is not even half her level.
In recent times he worked on a serial killer case in Japan and who has struck his interest, in the NPA, is agent Light Yagami who’s aspiring to become a detective.
Even if the young man is the son of chief of the NPA ,Soichiro Yagami, it doesn’t make him less of an agent, he isn’t some nepobaby who got the position only because of his father, he is driven by justice.
Light Yagami is a high intelligence individual, he graduated at To-Oh university with top grades. He is a charming young man and quite good looking.
But there is other under the perfect mask: his most noticeable flaws,in L eyes, are: his black and white sense of justice(If it were for him all criminals would have to face the death penalty), and his superiority complex.
One thing that L liked about him was how he kept up with every thinking step he made and questioned the right points, and the same was for Light.
They were so alike but also so different.
L would never admit it out loud but he thinks that the NPA could had solved the case without his help, Yagami's mind would have been enough.
As L was pondering about his last case and Yagami, Watari brought him a slice of strawberry shortcake.
“Watari”
A moment of silence filled the dark room full of monitors.
“Could you organize me a file about Agent Light Yagami, he seems interesting enough”
“Sure L”
With that the old man walked away.
L brought his thumb near his mouth
“I'm looking forward to work with you again, Light Yagami.”