

I know that Light didn't want to kill his father in cold blood, but after his
father, Soichiro Yagami, died, he could've just killed them. And then, Near
accused L #2 of being Kira.

Near only found out that Light was Kira because of the information Aizawa gave
him. He could've just killed the Task Force and went incognito. I know he
wanted to kill of Near and Mello, but I'm sure that he could've found a way to
kill them off later.

Why didn't Light just kill the Task Force then?


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Why didn't Light just kill the Task Force?


As long as there was a Task Force, there was a line of communication with
Near. And thus (more) opportunities to find out the true identities of Near
and Mello. The Task Force was still a valuable asset.

It was much better to try and convince Near that he wasn't Kira. And Light is
(over)confident enough to believe he can pull that off. Near is much harder to
fool than other people. But to Light, that probably makes it an exciting
challenge.


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To add to [Vixen's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/20239/2516),
Light didn't kill the Task Force before Near was even in the picture because
they posed him no threat. Initially, he only killed criminals, and later he
started killing everyone opposing his utopia. However, they were working for
him then, so there was no need to kill them.

Also, keep in mind that he couldn't hide those deaths from the world. It would
seem rather strange that the entire Task Force died and he was the only
survivor. He would have to made them all die in such a way that he would seem
innocent, but it would still seem odd to any onlooker. So, maybe he didn't
want to risk exposure even more.

On a side note, it might have been his conscience if he still had any left. He
partly killed his own father to convince everyone that he was innocent. He
purposely made his father do the eye-trade so that his father could prove his
innocence by telling everyone he had a showing lifespan, meaning he could not
have been the Killer. Killing everyone else after that ordeal would make his
father lose his lifespan in vain.


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