The outcast's haven

With a couple of days to go before Christmas, I got an early Christmas Present for myself, and watched the entire set of episodes of Death Note, all over again. For those who don't know what it's all about, it's the story of a 17 year old student, named Yagami Light that finds a notebook one day. Unfortunately, for the people that have their names written in it, they die of a heart attack, unless specified otherwise. After this discovery, Light decided to purge the world of evil, by purging the world of criminals, and anyone that would oppose him on his killing spree. However, of course, there has to be a few 'moral' people that try to stop his 'eeeeviill' plot. One of these people is the world's best detective, known only as 'L' to the world.

And so, the battle of the minds begins, and of course ends- after the long arm of justice catches up with Light (Sorry for the spoiler, lol...) But, Light made some critical errors, and- if he was a bit more... insidious like me, he'd be an emperor by now, with the entire world sucking his feet. Now how would one go about this? The details are right here below, in an easy to follow, sequential set of steps.

Step 1. Test your weapon

Let's see here, after picking up a notebook that can kill anyone, just by knowing their name, what the hell else would you do, other than to test out it's capabilities? I agree with Light's testing of his weapon, and I'd essentially do what he did, except possibly making the arrangements a little more... inconspicuous. Blah blah, the basics are you need a name and a face to kill, as well as, you can command them to do stuff before they die.


Step 2. Send a message to the authorities, then blame them =)

Well, apart from killing everyone with a heart attack, Light probably should have spaced out the deaths evenly, so that a psychological profile would be unable to deduce that he was a student. But that wasn't a really important point, but I would draw suspicion away from myself, by handing in a page to the authorities, and saying that I found a piece of paper with all of the people that were murdered on it. Of course, it'd be through an anonymous tip-off, and I'd allow a few days to let the authorities investigate with it. During this period, I'd make sure that the deaths were constant- but after a few days, I'd make unusual spikes in deaths, showing that a government agent had possibly stolen a piece of paper, and was using it for his own personal gain. This has the same effect as Light revealing that the killer was a member of the investigative task force, but with a lot less risk =)

Step 3. Blackmail the hell out of everyone that's rich/important

Yep, now my path of being emperor of the world completely changes from Light's path. After all, all's fair in love an war. I'd begin by blackmailing Bill Gates, and ordering him to give at least, 50% of his fortune into a secured, Nigerian bank account, or a dodgy Swiss one. I'd continue, killing the ones that don't pay up, and ordering them to do it anyway, using the death note, before they died. My reasoning behind this, is like any other terrorist organization. I'd need funds to be able to fund a massive arsenal, and weapons- just in case my Death Note failed, or some asses were hiding their names from me.

Secondly, I'd get the political leverage to be able to start a terrorist organization. Firstly, I'd make sure that I'd be able to obtain political asylum for my organization, probably by killing a Prime Minister or something. Then, the new PM would probably fear for his life, and then grant my organization some funds, and other heavy equipment, in order to keep their country stable. Soon, I'd amass a huge amount of firepower, and if my Death Note failed, I'd have Evil Plan #2.

Step 4. Operation Guillotine

Well, now that I have a dedicated Terrorist organization, or really, just an entity to hide myself, and to protect my identity, I'd now hatch an extremely evil plan, to make sure that I'm ruler of the United States at least. In the film 'Eagle Eye' the Super Computer ARIA decided to kill everyone in her puppets line of succession, and so, I'd use the same method. Obviously, I have other methods instead of using high explosives and other crap, and soon, I'd have the right puppet for my job.

Now with my puppet, unfortunately, my Death Note can control people, but only for thirty days before they die. Well, I guess there's a lot of aristocrats around anyway. But with Presidential Power, I'd declare a nuclear war on the European Union, and destroy a massive power bloc. Then, I'd rinse and repeat, with Russia engaging India, and the other states. Down in Australia, or wherever my terrorist organization was based, I'd have massive amounts of scientists and spies working on developing my own nuclear arsenal.

After that, I'd rise from the ashes, and then take over the world, threatening annihilation to anyone that opposes me. I wouldn't really need the Death Note anymore, due to my superior firepower. Also, I'd still be unable to reveal my name, as the manga/anime revealed that there is a chance that other Death Notes exist. Therefore, I'd still have a puppet ruling my Organization, and well... I guess that's it. I'd be ruler of the world, ruling from the shadows.

Step 5. Gloat

Self explanatory, however, the problem is, you can't really gloat in public, just in case someone has eyes that can see your name, or whatever.

And that's it, I hope this guide made World Domination all that easier, especially with a Death Note xD