~Narrator's P.O.V. ~
Everyone was now gathered around three television sets, there were many video tapes scattered around the room, stacked in various orders. The sound of a tape being ejected was heard before a voice began speaking.
"That was footage from the surveillance cameras at the station; the death of one of the F.B.I. agents is captured on here." Aizawa said, his eyes were beginning to involuntarily close on him, and bags were beginning to form under his eyes. He pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to hold it together. It was apparent that he and the others have been awake for countless hours, more than they were used to. The younger detectives simply sat on a couch that was placed across from the televisions. One was perched as he normally was and the other sat cross-legged which was her favorite style of sitting.
"Let's see the following scenes again: Raye Penber crossing the ticket gate on his way in, then him boarding the train, and finally the part where he dies on the platform." Ryuzaki ordered the others that were in charge of playing the tapes for him and his companion. The raven haired man slurped up part of his green ice cream as Aizawa searched for the tape he wanted.
"Okay." He reluctantly replied in an exhausted tone. "Let's see..." He thought aloud.
"I think it's next to that." Matsuda instructed him, trying to be useful as he glanced down at his co-worker.
"Oh, here it is." He said as he popped the tape into the player. During this time, the rosette girl had gotten up to assist Watari in helping with the ice cream. She guessed it was green tea flavored since she hadn't tried it yet.
"Um, so based on the records I have here, Raye Penber comes through the west entrance of Shinjuku Station at 3:11 p.m., then at 3:13 he boards a train on the Yamanote Line; but even if he was following someone at that time, I think it's going to be difficult to draw any real conclusions from this blurry video." Matsuda hypothesized as Watari placed another scoop onto a cone that was in his hand. He hands that to Anarchy and she takes it over to Matsuda, who looks equally as tired as Aizawa. "Then at exactly 4:42 p.m.-" He gets cut off by the young girl handing him the dairy treat. "Oh, thank you very much, Angel." He thanks before going back to his report. She nodded before walking away silently. Aizawa looks over, also wanting ice cream. He's seated beside L so Anarchy sits on the floor at his feet as she does most of the time. Watari then gives Soichiro and Aizawa their own ice cream cones; although, Soichiro has 3 scoops compared to the 2 scoops everyone else has. "Um, and at 4:42 p.m. he exits the train at Tokyo Station and dies on the platform." Matsuda finishes summarizing.
"That's quite strange, don't you think?" L asks them as he stares at the screen.
"I'm sorry, what do you find strange?" Chief asks, looking down at him with weary eyes.
"Yeah, what is it? Did you notice something?" Matsuda asks again for everyone as L takes another lick of his ice cream.
"Mm, we know that Raye Penber got on the train and then an hour and a half later got off and died on the platform." He told them the information they already had at hand.
"But the Yamanote Line only takes an hour to complete its circuit, so that's an extra thirty minutes that he didn't need to stay on the train." Anarchy told them as she was handed her own ice cream by Watari. "Arigatou gozaimasu, Watari." She softly told him as to keep herself from distracting any of the others.
"And more importantly, there's the envelope." L said, knowing that no one other than his friend noticed.
"What do you mean?" Aizawa asked, leaning over towards him a bit. He simply rewound the tape to where Raye was passing through the gate.
"He's holding what looks like an envelope when he passes through the ticket gate." He points out bluntly.
"Huh, you're right. It's there under his arm!" He announced, switching to look at a screen next to the present one. "But in the footage right before his death, it's gone! I can't believe you actually caught that!" Aizawa admitted, amazed at his work.
"Well I don't see an envelope on this list of his personal affects." Soichiro examined closely.
"Which means it was left on the train. And if you watch closely at the very end here..." He trailed off as he fast forwarded through some footage before pausing just before Raye stops moving.
"It seems as though he's trying to look back into the train before he dies." She says, taking an audible lick from her sugary treat.
"She's right, you can see it right here."
"If that's the case, do you think it could mean something?" Soichiro asked, looking away from the paper in his hand.
"Wouldn't it be interesting if Kira was on that train?" L asked, curious to see what they would come back with.
"That's impossible!"
"I admit I find it hard to believe as well. There's no reason for Kira to come to the scene of his own crime when he can kill from a distance. Well, maybe he was counting on us to make that assumption and figured he could get away with such a bold move." He explained before licking at his ice cream again.
"But what if Kira had something to gain by coming to his own crime scene?" Anarchy theorized out loud. Everyone seemed to ponder on that idea as they just took bites out of their ice cream without saying a word.
By now everyone had finished their snacks and it was getting later in the morning whenever Watari received a phone call.
"Yes, yes would you please hold for a moment?" Watari asked the person on the other line before bringing the phone away from his ear. "Ryuzaki, it's Ukita at the N.P.A. he says he's on the phone with someone from the tip line who has information for us." Watari explained the situation to him.
"Right, then give Ukita the number for line 5 and ask him to have the informant call that line instead; it'll be safer that way." Ryuzaki instructed as if practiced before.
"Matsuda," Anarchy called out to him from beside Watari. He jumped a bit in surprise at his name being said. "Your cell phone, turn it on now." She ordered him, she was bent over onto the table Watari's laptop was at. Her head rested in her hand as she sternly looked at him.
"Uh, sure." He replied, reaching into his breast pocket and pulling out said cellular device. The moment it was active, it began to ring and was snatched out of his hands by L. He held the phone the same way he did with his own cell phone and spoke in a faux voice.
"Yes this is Suzuki, head of Kira's Investigation Public Information Division?" He told them; his voice sounded like a lazy intern of sorts. Behind him, Matsuda was making a sour expression at him for just taking his phone so abruptly. "Raye Penber's fiancé? Naomi Misora?" He stated more than questioned, his voice nearly sounded normal for a moment or two. He looked over at Watari and Anarchy who nodded in response as they begun searching the name. Naomi Misora sounded familiar to both of them as Watari pulled her file up. He slid the laptop around to face L as Anarchy walked to stand beside him silently. Their eyes widened in recognition at the young woman. Naomi Misora worked under them in the Los Angeles B.B. Murder Case. Anarchy looked down slightly, realizing this was most likely the uneasy feeling she had earlier; this did not go unnoticed by her superior companion. His eyes narrowed before he hung up the phone and handed it back to the rightful owner, Matsuda. "Well apparently she's been missing since the day after her fiancé died." He spoke out as if it were nothing. He walked away from them, followed by the only girl present.
"I'm sure that anyone in her situation would be pretty depressed." Matsuda said a bit sadly. "Was it...?"
"Suicide..." Aizawa trailed off, assuming the obvious reason that could be possible.
"No, the Naomi Misora I knew was strong." L admitted to them, a bit shocked that she could very well be dead. "Not to mention she was also an excellent F.B.I. agent."
"She would want to catch Kira more than anything without Raye with her any longer." Anarchy told them, going through possible scenarios in her head.
"It appears she came to Japan with Penber, it's possible that she may have found a lead..." He trailed off, putting a thumb to his mouth in thought. Anarchy was going to say it's possible that Kira got her, but decided against it since L didn't say it first.
"If Naomi Misora really was killed by Kira, he must not have known the connection between Penber and her right away." Angel commented her thoughts on the matter, she looked at L; his eyes told her to continue. "Otherwise, she would've been killed sooner than she was, if she's actually dead that is. If Kira did know, then he had to have found out the information after her killed Penber based on the fact that she went missing the day after his death. Misora probably looked into the case and went to go report it to the police. She most likely ran into Kira without realizing it until it was too late." Everyone seemed to think about what she said, even L reviewed it in his mind a few times before speaking again.
"Everyone, at this point I would like to focus our investigation only those that Penber was tailing. In particular, he was assigned to two police officers and those closest to them."
"Very well, who are these two individuals he was investigating?" Soichiro asked, ready to do whatever was necessary.
"Deputy Director: Kitamura, along with, Superintendent Yagami, and their families." He revealed, watching his reaction from the corner of his eye. Anarchy was glancing back at him also. He clearly wasn't expecting himself to be on that short list.
"At this point the best thing to do would be to place surveillance camera's and wire taps in each house hold to monitor for suspicious behavior concerning Kira." Anarchy told them darkly.
"Surveillance cameras? Ryuzaki, Anarchy!" Matsuda said, unbelieving what they were doing.
"I don't see how you can even consider this! If this got out we'd have a Civil Rights scandal on our hands; we'd all lose our jobs!" Aizawa informed him, wanting to avoid their suggestion.
"You told me you'd be willing to risk your lives for this investigation but you wouldn't risk your jobs?" Ryuzaki rhetorically asked them. By now, Anarchy had her back to the three as she stood in front of L.
"Ryuzaki, what are the odds that Kira is in one of those house holds?" Chief asked, controlling his anger quite well.
"Maybe 10%, no it's closer to 5%." He told them, calculating carefully. Anarchy just smirked at him, looking at him from a side glance. She knew he was lying about those statistics. He was more than certain Kira would be in one of those houses.
"Seriously, I'm sorry but it's not worth the risk." Matsuda told him flat out.
"No!" Chief told them, making them gasp. "Of all the people we've investigated so far, not even one of them seemed even the least bit suspicious. Even if there's only a 1% chance, we simply can't afford to ignore it." He told everyone, meaning he would go along with the operation.
"Chief?" Aizawa muttered out.
"I don't have to tell you how offended I am to learn that my family is under suspicion. Having said that, just go ahead with it." He agreed quickly. "And make sure you install them everywhere, I don't want any blind spots in the house and that includes the bathroom." He instructed, making sure it would be as thorough as possible.
"Thank you very much, that was my intention." L admitted.
"C'mon Chief, you don't have to agree with this!" Aizawa shouted at him, as if he didn't already know.
"Yes he's right, think about your family! You have a wife and daughter at home, don't you?" Matsuda pointed out, still opposing the suggestion.
"Yes I'm well aware of that fact! But there's no point in doing any of it if we can't be thorough, now I suggest you keep quiet!" He slightly snapped at his employees.
"I'm sorry..." Matsuda apologized, barely above a whisper.
"No, it's okay. Excuse me." L and Anarchy walked back to the couch; L taking his crouched position on the soft cushions while Anarchy sat on the cold floor with her legs crossed.
"As a courtesy to the Chief and his family, only he, Angel, and I will conduct surveillance of their home." He told the others as he felt soft hair press against his toes. "Watari, how long will it take to prepare the cameras and wire taps we need?" He asked as the girl before him sighed contently, resting her eyes shut as she listened to what was going on around her. He looked down at her with a small smile tugging at his lips.
"Well, starting tomorrow, I can set them up at any time provided we know when both houses will be empty." The elderly man answered fully, looking at him away from his laptop.