Chapter 9: Slots

Manga Summaries >> Chapter 9: Slots

The summary of Chapter nine, written by Collin.

Basic Information

1. Chapter: 9 (Slots)
2. Characters: The Yagami Family, Ryuk, L, Raye Penber and his Fiance (Still Unnamed)
3. New Characters: none
4. Known # of Deaths: n/a

Summary
The chapter opens with Raye Penber’s wife convincing herself that Kira murdered her husband.

She is clearly sad about this, but has a determined look in her eyes as she wanders down the busy streets of a snowing Japan. The illustrious “L” is at his laptop, still pondering over how Kira could have received the names of each F.B.I agents in Japan. “If Kira can control people’s actions up until their deaths, and if he received the files from one of them… he needed to know their faces. Which means that Kira must have come into contact with one of the first agents to receive the file” L deduces brilliantly. L realizes that Kira must have gotten his hands on the files and then killed the agent who gave them to him. With this info, L knows that the time of death isn’t the important clue to focus on…but the order in which each of the agents received the file!

At this time, the Yagami’s are having a family meeting at the dining room table. Soichiro takes this time to formally tell his family that it is he is the one in charge of the force heading up the Kira case investigation in Japan. He informs his family that 12 F.B.I agents were sent to Japan, but were subsequently killed by Kira. With a depressed look on his face, Mr. Yagami admits to his family that this piece of information means that whoever attempts to catch “Kira” is likely to be killed. Many policemen on the Japanese police force are quitting their positions, the cause being fear for their lives. This scares both Sayu and Mrs. Yagami into questioning whether or not Soichiro should quit. He however garners a stern look and tells the two that he will see this case to the end, and will “Not succumb to evil.” This honorable speech is a wasted one, as the Yagami’s are still unaware that the murderous Kira is sitting right next to them! Light stands up (and with beautiful acting skills and deception), tells his father just how proud he is. He also tells him that if anything were to happen to him during his investigation, Light would personally bring Kira to justice. Ryuk “hyuks” away and compliments Light’s acting while telling the boy just how impressed he was of Light’s perfectly planned murder of the F.B.I agents.

.... But how did Light do it? How did he get his hands on that file and find out the names and faces of each F.B.I agent that not even the Japanese police had their hands on? We find out in flashback form, as we see Light (with a fashionable beanie cap and hooded sweat-shirt hiding his face) and Ryuk standing in the Shinjuku train station underground. This is a week after Light first finds out Raye’s name…

Apparently Light has planned to “do something” here in the train station, and admits to his shinigami that he has been testing the Death Note finding different ways to kill people. He has apparently found out that if you write down the certain details of a person’s death before hand and then fill in the name later, that victim will still die that way. An impressed Ryuk humbly stands waiting. Nearby, Raye Penber the F.B.I agent who was tailing Light shows up! He doesn’t know Light is there, but apparently Light was already aware that the man would be showing up. Flipping his hood farther down his eyes, he approaches Raye Penber from behind. He says, “If you turn around…I will kill you.”

A stunned Raye Penber is speechless as Light continues to tell him that the person standing behind him is in fact the one and only “Kira” and if the agent turns around or tries anything funny, he will kill him instantly. Immediately Raye realizes that he has heard this voice before…but can’t remember who it is! To prove that he is in fact Kira, Light points to a coffee shop employee sweeping the shop nearby, and the employee drops dead! Informing Raye that the deceased was a rapist who had not been convicted, he also tells the F.B.I agent that it is in fact true that he cannot kill someone without knowing what he or she look like. Light informs Raye that he has “taken someone he loves” hostage (a blatant lie) but it is enough to make Raye truly listen as he thinks Light means his fiance. Raye tells Light that he’ll do whatever he wants as long as she isn’t hurt. Realizing his lie struck gold, Light gives Raye Penber a large yellow file that holds a transceiver.

He orders Raye to put it in his ear. Also in the package are several envelopes. Light disappears from behind Raye and orders him to get on a train going anywhere. He also tells him that he will be watching him from afar, so not to do anything stupid. Raye enters the train nervously and sits in the corner, while Light sits nearby, keeping his eye on him and giving him commands through the transceiver. Light gets right down to business and forces Raye to tell him the total amount of F.B.I agents in Japan working the Kira case, a total of 12 agents. Light tells Raye to call a lower ranking agent in the F.B.I over his cell phone and ask for a file containing the names and faces of each agent in Japan sent to Raye’s laptop computer he has on him. Raye obeys and makes the call, but the agent who he calls informs him that Raye will have to ask the chief for that information since he doesn’t have it. Light hears this through the transceiver and tells Raye to tell the agent that there was a “glitch in the system” and he can’t open up an e-mail attachment that the Chief had sent him. He orders Raye to tell the agent “It’s easier if it goes through someone else’s computer.” The agent figures this is the truth, so he receives the file from the chief and e-mails it to Raye. Everything is going perfect for Light, and he orders Raye to take out the contents of the envelopes he had given him earlier. The envelopes are all sealed but there are blank slots on them. Light orders Raye to fill in each empty slot with the names of the agents and not to spell any single one of the names wrong or it is heart-attack time for his girlfriend. Raye obeys realizing he has no alternative. He finishes writing each name and places the envelopes back into the folder. Light gives him instructions to stay sitting for one more half hour and then he can get off and go home. The whole time Raye is racking his brains trying to remember whose voice this belongs to. The train stops and Raye steps off into the station. He stands just outside, as the doors are still open…and clutches his chest! He coughs up phlem and collapses onto the cement floor. With the remaining life he has left in him, he crawls enough to turn around towards the train to meet eyes with the “voice he couldn’t recognize.”

Light Yagami looks down at him with the devilish grin of ultimate victory. Light says his goodbyes…and Raye passes…a defeated man.

We go back to current time and Light is looking over the envelopes that Raye Penber had filled out for him. He reveals he killed each F.B.I agent with heart attacks and forced them to receive and ask for that same file before they died. Also their times of death and times they received the file were completely randomized. It’s practically untraceable. We go back to the mysterious “L” and he thanks the NPA director over the phone for giving him this information. L has deduced the order in which each agent received the file and the order each one died. He is still focusing on that the important clue in this stage of the game is that the order in which each agent got that file is the important clue. And that he had to have met up with one of the first to receive it….

And then we see the familiar woman…Raye’s fiance’. She stands in an empty train car…her destination unknown. Her goals? Unknown.

Unanswered Questions
So what’s next…

1. What is Raye’s finac up to?
2. Will L find out about Light through Raye’s death?