Fresh off the heels of the Kira case, detective L (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) finds himself on the hunt for a group of bioterrorists that's plotting to release a powerful virus -- 100 times more virulent than Ebola -- on Washington, D.C. With the help of fledgling scientist Maki Nikaido (Mayuko Fukuda) and enigmatic young boy Near (Narushi Fukuda), L races against the clock to find the antidote to the virus and save mankind from catastrophic attack.