An excerpt from L: Change The WorLd
As he listened, Suruga heard two voices:
"Then you were living in the same neighborhood as Misa Amane in Osaka?"
"Yes. Misa was known around the neighborhood for being pretty. We also used to go on vacation together because our families were close."
"You knew Misa Amane before she made her debut? I'm jealous."
L did sound green with envy, in contrast with his usual stoic demeanor. With Maki and her Osaka dialect and L with his strangely polite way of speaking, they continued this odd exchange like a bad comedy team. After Suruga listened for about half an hour, L finally broached the subject Suruga wanted to hear.
“You really won't give me the data no matter who much I ask?”
“Nope. I’m not handing over this data to anyone.”
“Then what would you say to a trade from my cherished notebook?”
“Yes. It’s more precious than my own life, would you trade the data for that?”
“Well… all right. If you feel so strongly about it.”
“Thank you. Here’s my notebook.”
“Ryuzaki, this is a bag of potato chips.”
“Yes, the notebook is inside. Nobody would think anything important would be inside a bag of potato chips, don’t you think?”
“Yeah, but…” Maki said, still suspicious.
“I’ll put the data you gave me in a different bag of potato chips and keep it in my snack compartment for safekeeping. It will be a lot safer than putting it in a normal safe.”
“You won’t eat it by mistake, will you, Ryuzaki?”
L answered in his oddly confident way, “Don’t worry. I don’t eat consomme-flavor.”
