Mello had known that it had been Mikami talking about Kira on the board, and Mikami had wondered since if that meant there weren't any other followers trapped at Landel's as well. That incident in itself, however, wasn't too concerning, considering the possibility that any others were simply laying low. It was Light's reaction that was particularly condemning. Mikami was forced for several seconds to remain leaned forward with his hair falling into his face.
He would never have fooled himself with the delusion that he was any sort of partner to Kira, but he knew completely that he was the most devoted and influential of his followers. Kira had chosen him to carry out the judging of criminals. Mello had implied that Mikami was to soon die, but if he was being used... if he was only like to a knight or pawn in the greater game, it didn't matter to him in light of his greater purpose to eradicate the evil from the world.
"If I were returned to the same time I was taken from, Near and his supporters die tomorrow," he started suddenly, jumping right over the 'amassing' comment. It had been five years, and in his present time Kira's secret efforts had been seemingly focused, for whatever reason, on Near, Mello, and any people who were supporting them. He didn't know of anything specific that had gone on when he wasn't directly involved, and he imagined it didn't matter because clearly Kira had been able to take care of then anything that was wrong.
"God sent me a Note because he was being watched," came the continuation, the considerable amount of stress he was under forcing Mikami into an odd mindset for respect. "But eventually, I was told to send pages of it to Takada Kiyomi, and hide the real thing while she carried out judgments." A deep breath. "I was also instructed to carry a duplicate, because God expected Near and his people following me would try and replace relevant parts of it if given the chance." Mikami vaguely noticed that there was glitter on his hands again... probably from the bed, but he hardly cared.
"It worked. They replaced the false pages I had set for the day, and on January 28th, I was to bring the real Death Note and end Near... delete forever those enemies of Kira's work."
Re: [M59]
He would never have fooled himself with the delusion that he was any sort of partner to Kira, but he knew completely that he was the most devoted and influential of his followers. Kira had chosen him to carry out the judging of criminals. Mello had implied that Mikami was to soon die, but if he was being used... if he was only like to a knight or pawn in the greater game, it didn't matter to him in light of his greater purpose to eradicate the evil from the world.
"If I were returned to the same time I was taken from, Near and his supporters die tomorrow," he started suddenly, jumping right over the 'amassing' comment. It had been five years, and in his present time Kira's secret efforts had been seemingly focused, for whatever reason, on Near, Mello, and any people who were supporting them. He didn't know of anything specific that had gone on when he wasn't directly involved, and he imagined it didn't matter because clearly Kira had been able to take care of then anything that was wrong.
"God sent me a Note because he was being watched," came the continuation, the considerable amount of stress he was under forcing Mikami into an odd mindset for respect. "But eventually, I was told to send pages of it to Takada Kiyomi, and hide the real thing while she carried out judgments." A deep breath. "I was also instructed to carry a duplicate, because God expected Near and his people following me would try and replace relevant parts of it if given the chance." Mikami vaguely noticed that there was glitter on his hands again... probably from the bed, but he hardly cared.
"It worked. They replaced the false pages I had set for the day, and on January 28th, I was to bring the real Death Note and end Near... delete forever those enemies of Kira's work."