Death Note Episode 36 Access

Light secretly gloats, revealing in his internal monologue that he anticipated Near's plan. He had Mikami use a fake notebook for weeks to trick Gevanni, while the real notebook was hidden away.

Following the deaths of Mello and Kiyomi Takada, Near and Light agree to meet in person to settle the Kira investigation once and for all. Death Note Episode 36

Near explains his plan: he had his agent, Gevanni, follow Teru Mikami (X-Kira) and replace Mikami's Death Note with a fake. Near believes that when Mikami writes the names of everyone in the warehouse except Light, Light will be exposed as the true Kira. Light secretly gloats, revealing in his internal monologue