Following the recommendation of "Eraldo Coil", the Yotsuba group decides to hire Misa as their spokesperson, planning to use her connection to L to find his identity. They receive Misa for a job interview in which they try to probe her knowledge, unaware that Misa's responses to their questions have been rehearsed under L's supervision.

Meanwhile, Rem is disgusted with the Third Kira, a member of the Youtsuba group with the Death Note that used to be Misa's. Rem touches Misa with a scrap of Death Note paper during a bathroom break, thus returning her the ability to see the Shinigami, though not her memories. Rem tells Misa that she and Light used to be the first two Kiras, warns her that her life is at risk if she works for the Yotsuba group, and reveals her the identity of the third Kira -- Kyosuke Higuchi.

After becoming a spokesperson for Yotsuba, Misa concocts a plan of her own -- she accepts Higuchi's proposal to go on a date and tells him she's the Second Kira, and that she plans to marry Kira. Higuchi, who had been hoping to get Misa as a TrophyWife, immediately reveals he's the current Kira, but they both need proof that the other is not lying. Misa proves herself by "killing" a loan shark (the actual killing is done by Rem, who has been following the couple); Higuchi, who left his Death Note at home, accepts to stop the killings for a week to prove his identity. Unbeknownst to Higuchi, Misa has recorded his conversation and has proof that he is the Third Kira.
----
!!Tropes used in this episode:
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode is mainly about Misa.
* AmnesiacDissonance
** {{Averted}} with Misa, who is perfectly fine with discovering she was the Second Kira.
** {{Downplayed}} with Light who, comparing the First and Third Kira's ''modus operandi'', reaches the conclusion that [[NotSoDifferentRemark the first Kira's way of thinking is very like his own]] -- but is then upset at his own thoughts: "Why am I comparing myself with Kira? What is wrong with me?"
* BatmanGambit: Misa's plan to expose Higuchi requires:
** That Higuchi will come forward as the Third Kira to get Misa to marry him;
** That Rem will kill to cover Misa's bluff (Misa cannot speak directly to Rem without blowing her cover, so she relies on Rem figuring out her request from what she tells Higuchi);
** That Higuchi will agree to prove his identity as Kira, and that he'll word this in a clear enough way that [[CaughtOnTape the recording will be incriminating]].
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Light and Misa did morally questionable things in the past, but the third Kira is downright reprehensible -- he kills to get money and power, punishes accidental murders and self-defense cases (which Light didn't do), plans to make Misa a TrophyWife and -- it is strongly suggested -- [[InsuranceFraud get her life insurance and kill her afterwards]].
* CaughtOnTape: Misa records Higuchi's claim that he is Kira -- and how he'll prove it by stopping the killings for a week -- on her mobile phone.
* InsuranceFraud: It's strongly implied that the Third Kira wants to insure Misa's life after marriage, and kill her some time afterwards.
* TrophyWife: The Third Kira wants Misa as one for himself.
----