L

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> *"I will use my power as the world's leading detective to work together with everyone... And if you, the mastermind, are watching... **I will take you down.**"*
>
> —Chapter 3, Day 11

**L** was a participant in NOT: A Killing Game and the representative for *Death Note*.

## History

### Early Life

When L Lawliet was 8, he was found by Quillith Wammy and placed in Wammy’s House, an orphanage created as a training facility for highly intelligent children. There, L’s gift for detective work was discovered, and he turned into a world-class detective some years later. After his success as a detective, the orphanage was turned into a place to produce a successor to the L name. L became the number one detective in the world, and he gained two more aliases, Eraldo Coil and Deneuve, who are listed as the second and third-best detectives worldwide. Wammy operates as communications for L under the alias Watari, or W.

### Chapter 1

L wakes up hours after the others, who have already finished investigating the body of Chumkuma on the third deck. He is spoken to by a green-haired boy who wakes up at the same time, but is more focused on the dead body in front of him. L instantly deduces from the wire end in the puddle of water surrounding the body that an electrical shock was set up. Then, he tests the water by dropping a pen into it, which gets burned, telling him the wire is still live. He has a short conversation with the green-haired boy in which they are both very confused, but then the boy heads to a different floor of the ship. L notices the Looking Glass on his wrist, and reads through the chat logs of the previous participants. He then decides to leave the body and head upstairs.

L arrives in the library on the second deck, where a few other participants are conversing. He leaves after some time to go to the kitchen on the main deck. There, he makes himself a bowl of ice cream and finds Godot, who tells L that he should watch his eating habits. After Godot inquires about L’s strange name, he reveals that he is the number one detective in the world. Before leaving, L shares his belief that there is still a living mastermind and that the Looking Glass is an essential part of the mastermind’s game. Later, he messages Godot through the private message function of the Looking Glass, and asks him to keep L’s detective prowess a secret. He also asks Godot to call him “Ryuzaki,” the alias L uses with an investigation partner, and proposes that the two work together. He then leaves the kitchen, as he is called to participate in the First Trial.

During the First Trial, L shares his testimony that the water still conducted electricity. This led to the conclusion that the water was used to electrocute Chumkuma. Later, L questions if the rattle and baby bottle found during the investigation really belong to Chumkuma and Monoboy. The participants agreed that it didn't add up, and it is then concluded that the culprits are the ones hosting the trial. The killers of the two dead mascots, Poof and Foop, appear and announce that they will be the new mascots. They state that if a participants kills a mascot, they will be executed, as well as declare that participants will have to kill without being found out if they want to escape. L leaves the trial room after taking in this information.

L then returns to the kitchen for some more ice cream, and witnesses Asagiri Gen drinking soda. He heads to his dorm on the second deck to see what appliances the participants are allowed. He notes that the dorm room looks average, with no technology. When he walks out into the hall, he overhears Asagiri Gen and Sou Hiyori, the green-haired boy from earlier, talking about hanging out in the lounge. L asks if he can join, sensing a good opportunity to make friends, which he rarely gets a chance to do. A short, quiet participant named Chihiro also joins. The four meet up in the lobby and begin discussing the killing game, the truth bullets given to them in the Looking Glass, and the meeting of characters from multiple worlds. Based on the rules, L proposes that there will be more than one murder and trial. Then, a brown-haired girl named Akio enters the lounge, who the other participants already seem to know. The five of them continue the conversation, in which a buddy system is proposed. L suggests that the participants need to follow the mastermind’s rules to win the game, at least for the time being. He also believes that the mastermind will add a motive to encourage killing.

Suddenly, Akio gets a severe headache, and offers L a painkiller, which he accepts. L asks the others to call him “Ryuzaki,” which spawns a conversation about L’s strange name. This results in him realizing he is registered on the Looking Glass as L, meaning the mastermind identified him as the one running the L alias. Akio begins to fall asleep, and so the other four go to the kitchen to make her coffee. In the kitchen, they discuss their collective suspicion of Akio, with Sou suggesting her fatigue was related to the pill bottles she kept with her. Worried, they head back to check on her to find her asleep. They carry her back to her room, which is messy with papers and books strewn about. They investigate, and Gen finds a partially readable medical file with info on Akio. Based on this, L deduces that Akio is performing tests on herself. L finds the file to be harmless since it is only focused on her, but Sou thinks it could be a sign of Akio’s untrustworthiness.

After the announcement to move locations, L proceeds to the lounge. He takes note of the fact that Cypher recognizes the place they are arriving at, and enters the next location.

### Chapter 2

Once everyone arrives in Bind, the second location, Foop tells Cypher that the participants numbered 1-8 will stay at "a-site," and those numbered 9-16 at "b-site." Cypher chooses to guide everyone to a-site first, and most of the others follow. L tells Godot, who stayed behind, to keep a close watch on Cypher since he might be working with the masterminds. Then, Akio, who had fallen asleep, gets up. L asks her how her "test" went, letting her know he saw the medical file in her room. Akio asks nervously for directions, and leaves.

L heads to b-site since he is participant number 10, and closes the door to his room. From inside, he hears multiple loud noises, and theorizes what they could be. He concludes that they are from the teleporters being used, and then reads that people make a loud noise when they teleport and objects make a quieter noise. He also concludes that the teleporters are safe to use, and heads out to test them for himself.

## See also

* L/Gallery
* L's Death Note Wiki page