

After the bus incident, Raye Penber asks Yagami Light to keep seeing him a
secret from the police, Yagami agrees and says "I won't tell anyone, including
my father". Wouldn't Raye Penber ask himself why would Yagami Light think I
know his father is in the police force? Doesn't it give a hint that Yagami
knows he's being investigated? Do we just accept that Raye Penbar is a dull
FBI agent?


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Raye Penber conversation with Yagami Light following the bus incident


Light mentions that his father is a police detective when he passes a note to
Yuri saying that he will try to subdue the bus hijacker:

> Don't worry, Yuri. It'll be okay. I'm going to look for a chance to grab the
> guy's arm and pin him down so he can't use the gun. My dad's a detective and
> he's taught me what to do in emergencies like this. The guy's pretty small
> and weak-looking. I'm sure I can restrain him. [Translation from the fan
> [Wikia](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Light%27s_note_to_Yuri).]

Since Raye Penber sees the note, it wouldn't be suspicious for Light to assume
that Penber knows that he is the son of a police detective even if he never
says so directly to him.

Note also that Light's actions suggest that he has more familiarity with what
to do in these situations than the average person: beyond coming up with this
"plan," he also asks Raye Penber to prove that he isn't an accomplice because
it's "common to have someone hidden in the back to come help if anything goes
wrong" for the hijacker. Thus, _even if_ he didn't explicitly say that his
father was a detective, it'd still be reasonable for someone to assume that he
has some connection to law enforcement.

As an aside, Light's comment after Raye Penber proves his identity _does_ seem
slightly unnecessary:

> Okay, I trust you, and I won't ask what an FBI agent is doing on a bus in
> Japan.

This indicates that he knows that Raye Penber is up to something, but then
again, when he's already proved himself to be more suspicious and street-savvy
than the average person, it's not _that_ suspicious for him to say that. It's
not like he's indicating that he knows that the FBI are there for the Kira
investigation as opposed to something else.


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