Athena noticed the atmosphere change too, and sighed. "I'll admit, your fear isn't uncommon. I was the only one who would take this job, after all... Nobody else would show their face for fear of being targeted.", she looked up from the floor, her voice becoming stronger than it was before. "I just couldn't warrant saving myself over helping everyone. If I am killed, so be it. I will have died doing work that I love and believe in, and at least I will have tried.", she paused for a second, blinking. "Um, sorry... I guess I got a bit carried away... And I know for a fact it certainly isn't how everyone feels.", she chuckled a little, a sad undertone to it. She knew that many of the officers on the investigation would leave, it was inevitable.
"Yes, that is quite probable... Although if we work up the chain, you may hook a big fish, so to speak. Even if they aren't connected with the Kira case, it will still be a successful catch.", she crossed her legs, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly in a brooding expression.
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Satoru watched Athena curiously as she spoke. He wondered why this woman was so passionate about the case and so willing to lay her life down. But she was right. Even if he didn't know how the Death Note worked, he would still do what he could to solve the case, even if it cost him his life. And if he was honest with himself, he didn't want to work with anyone unwilling to go as far as he was. If it came to it and he was captured and threatened to extract information, he'd be sure to keep his mouth shut. He hoped he could entrust the others to do the same.
Chief Ohara cleared his throat. "Right then. Well, that's all the information I can share with you as of now. If you have any more questions, or you'd like to speak with me individually, please stick around. I'll be open to hearing your concerns. Otherwise, you're free to return to work."
That's just his way of saying "If you want to resign from the investigation, don't waste our time. Do it now", Satoru thought. He could already guess which people wouldn't be back. For one, the man who'd just gotten married and was expecting his first child. Then the sister who was the sole care-taker of her younger sibling. After he and the ones set on catching Kira left the room, they'd quietly approach Chief Ohara and tell them they couldn't continue with the investigation. And they'd go back to working on their low-profile cases, which carried much less of a risk. It was quite a shame actually. They would've been so useful to the investigation.
Satoru nodded, rose from his seat and made his way back to the cubicle. He saw that the file for the hostage situation had been placed on his desk already, along with the location of the criminal's phone in the evidence lockers. He was one of the few who had access to these. If Athena wanted to see the phone, he'd have to authorize that. He wasn't quite sure what to think of her. She seemed to know what she was talking about, but he got the sense that she was hiding something.