The Kira Task Force finally see L in person. As the team show their police I.Ds to him, he pulls a finger gun on them, saying "if I were Kira, you'd be dead." They sit down together, and L advises them to turn off their cellphones. Matsuda thinks he's trying to be careful, but L insists that it's because he doesn't want his meeting be interrupted with a cellphone call. Before they start, L insists on being called "Ryuzaki" from this point on.
L discusses what they've learned about Kira's motives and methods, and uses the recent patterns of deaths to deduce that Kira is someone who was being investigated by the FBI between the dates of December 14th and 19th. He proposes sending out a message that 1500 investigators will be sent to Japan in response to the FBI deaths, to intimidate Kira and cause him to take some form of drastic action that might expose him.
At the Yagami household, Light's mother has a change of clothes for Chief Soichiro and Light volunteers to bring them to the police station. At the reception desk he encounters Raye Penber's fiancée and hears that she has information relating to the Kira case. Discussing the case with her, she reveals her relation to Penber and her suspicion that Kira can use methods other than heart attacks to kill people. She also relates that Penber told her that he had shown his ID to someone on the bus. Light muses on his luck in encountering her before she had the chance to meet with the police.
This episode provide examples of:
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: The Task Force are a bit put off by L's odd appearance and mannerisms at first, but are quickly impressed by his deductive skills during the meeting.
- Finger Gun: L's way of scolding the Task Force for being too open about their identities.
- Hollywood Spelling: Light takes advantage of his unusual name to introduce himself in a way that naturally encourages Shoko Maki to give him the exact spelling of her name.Light: My name is Light Yagami. "Light" is written with the character for "moon" and "Yagami" is written with the characters for "Night", and "God". Kinda weird, huh?
Shoko: My name is Shoko Maki. It's written with the characters for "Shining". "Ko" as in "child", space, and "Ki" as in "tree". - Kubrick Stare: Light has this while walking behind Maki as she explains her reasoning about Kira.
- No Sense of Humor: Light. He's just faking the laughter as Ryuk thinks, "What's so funny?"
- Oh, Crap!: Light, when he discovers "Shoko Maki's" true nature, mostly being the fiancée of the FBI agent whom he just killed: Raye Penber.
- Stalker without a Crush: Light begins following "Shoko Maki" around as he tries to figure out how to get rid of her.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: Light and L both analyze Kira's frequency of past killings to look for any weaknesses or oversights that might expose him.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The reason why Light finds out about Raye Penber’s fiancée is because Sayu had plans with her friends and she didn’t want her brief trip to the police station to interfere.
