

For some reason, the genius L only said not to report that information to the
media. But in the previous episode he had already concluded that Kira had to
have access to police information.

**Episode 3** : L concludes that Kira can control the time of death and is
flaunting it, concluding to himself that Kira must have access to police
information (they were suspecting he was a student and he previously accessed
this internally reported information).

> L: But something's not right. As soon as we began to suspect that Kira might
> be a student, the pacing of the killings changed. As if to contradict that
> theory. Coincidence? No. Too convenient. This can only mean that Kira has
> access to police information. It's obvious now. This is a direct challenge
> to me.

**Episode 4** : Hacking into the notes for the ongoing investigation, Light
discovers that L suspects they were tests and doesn't want this information
reported to the media.

> L: We can't release details of these men's deaths to the media [...] I have
> reason to believe that Kira was performing some kind of "test" using these
> criminals. And if that's the case, we'd only be giving him the results of
> this information if we put it public.

I missed this on my previous rewatches. Small inconsistency, isn't it?


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Why did L not prevent the report of Kira's tests in the police database if he already concluded he must have had access to such information?


Probably because a public statement is different than a closed one. Preventing
these informations from leaking into medias would avoid "indirect bragging"
from Kira (by the intermediate of the police), and avoid depreciating the
police's image as well.

Then, maybe L knew that Kira would see this note, and be provoked by L
contradicting his image. Since ep2, we know that Light is really aware of his
image as Kira.


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