Chapter Summaries

After a disastrous fishing trip, Fujino brought home a turtle for Ai Haibara and operated on a sick bamboo rat. At school, his classmates questioned him about landing a plane, and Class 2-B chose to perform a play at the upcoming festival, leaving Fujino out of the activity.

• Mori Kogoro broke his fishing rod and paid Fujino thirty thousand yen, then blamed the rod for their failed fishing trip.
• Fujino returned to Tokyo with a turtle and a sick bamboo rat, and Ai Haibara agreed to keep the turtle.
• Gin learned that an animal-codenamed organization called SNAKE had attacked the Black Organization and ordered Vodka to target its peripheral members.
• Fujino performed intestinal surgery on the bamboo rat and left its survival uncertain.
• Ai Haibara stayed up late researching an APTX4869 antidote, then rode with Fujino to school the next morning.
• Hiratsuka Shizuka organized a vote for the school festival, and Sonoko persuaded Class 2-B to perform a play starring Ran, while Fujino gave up on participating.

Fujino avoided being appointed to the school festival committee while Sonoko volunteered, then sparred with Suwa Yuji and agreed to take the second-dan exam. Yoko Okino invited him to discuss endorsing a charity gala organized by Su Fang Hongzi, though Yuko Ikezawa warned him about a past scandal.

• The class chose a stage play for the school festival and tried to appoint Fujino to the committee, but he deflected the responsibility and Sonoko volunteered.
• Fujino sparred with Suwa Yuji at the kendo hall, and Suwa offered to register him for the second-dan promotion exam on the tenth of next month.
• Yoko Okino called Fujino to pass along Su Fang Hongzi's invitation to a charity gala for children who lost their families in traffic accidents.
• Yuko Ikezawa warned Fujino that Su Fang Hongzi had been involved in a car accident scandal and cautioned Yoko against trusting the charity event.
• Fujino agreed to discuss endorsing the gala in person and asked Yoko to send him Su Fang's contact information.

Fujino researched philanthropist Su Fang Hongzi’s background, then met with her and her assistant, Inada Kazuyo, to discuss endorsing a charity gala. He accepted the five-million-yen commission and offered to take payment by mobile transfer.

• Fujino searched online and learned that Su Fang Hongzi was a former singer who founded the Red Society to help children orphaned in traffic accidents.
• Su Fang Hongzi and her assistant, Inada Kazuyo, visited Fujino’s detective agency to discuss a charity gala endorsement.
• Su Fang Hongzi offered Fujino five million yen to endorse the gala, whose theme was “Light of Hope.”
• Fujino accepted the commission and said he would attend the gala, then offered to receive payment by mobile transfer.
• Su Fang Hongzi called on Inada Kazuyo to handle the payment after Fujino said his agency supported mobile payments.

Fujino treated the children to drinks, agreed to join their camping trip, and visited an orphanage where he gave a young fan an autograph and donated the rest of his commission. He then went camping with Ai Haibara and the Detective Boys, where his unusual use of a Wooden Sword to secure his tent left Conan baffled.

• Fujino treated Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta to drinks and accepted their invitation to go camping the following weekend.
• Ai Haibara gave Fujino a black baseball cap, and he confirmed that the camping trip would not conflict with his schedule.
• At the Red Society-funded orphanage, Fujino signed Sakurakawa Yuki's Detective Saburou book and later gave his remaining commission to the children.
• Fujino and Ai Haibara joined Professor Agasa and the Detective Boys on a camping trip outside Tokyo.
• Fujino used his Wooden Sword to hammer the tent pegs into the ground, leaving Conan astonished at their apparent camping expertise.

Fujino learned that Conan and the others had stumbled upon armed bank robbers in a limestone cave, and he went after them while the police mobilized. He quietly incapacitated one robber and followed the other two deeper into the cave.

• Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta entered a forbidden limestone cave and encountered three bank robbers disposing of a body.
• Conan contacted Ai Haibara, reported that the robbers were chasing them, and revealed that he had been shot.
• Fujino accepted a system mission to capture the three robbers, called Juzo Megure, and set out for the cave before the police could arrive.
• Ai Haibara urged Fujino to be careful as he put on body armor and entered the cave carrying his Wooden Sword.
• Fujino used Eagle Eye Vision to locate the children and robbers, then silently knocked out and tied up the mushroom-haired robber.
• Fujino followed the remaining two robbers as they searched the cave for the children.

Fujino frightened and incapacitated the criminals in the limestone cave, then found the injured Conan and brought him back to camp. With Conan bleeding from an abdominal gunshot wound, Fujino prepared emergency treatment while warning that the grazed artery required surgery beyond his abilities.

• Fujino abducted the buzz-cut criminal, used his body and a demon mask to terrify the long-haired man, and made the man fire his remaining bullets at his companion.
• Fujino used bat noises and the cave’s bat swarm to drive the long-haired man into a breakdown, then struck him with a Wooden Sword.
• Fujino found Conan and the children, discovered that Conan had a bleeding through-and-through abdominal wound, and carried him out of the cave.
• At camp, Fujino and Ai Haibara determined that Conan’s artery had likely been grazed and that the medical kit could not support the required operation.
• Fujino prepared an adrenaline injection and asked the children to hold Conan still for emergency treatment.

Fujino treated Conan’s gunshot wound, gave a statement to the police, and later visited him at Beika General Hospital, where Ran appeared to suspect his identity. After leaving the hospital with Ai Haibara, Fujino met film producer Kawabata Shiro at a Chinese restaurant, who invited him to join his group.

• Fujino gave Conan an adrenaline injection and bandaged his abdominal wound, while Conan silently endured the embarrassment of being seen by Ayumi.
• Juzo Megure arrived, the surviving thugs were arrested, and Fujino handed over the pistol he had taken from one of them.
• Fujino completed his statement with Sato Miwako, then learned that Ran had donated blood to Conan and appeared to suspect that he was Shinichi.
• Fujino visited Conan at Beika General Hospital, where Ran said he was out of danger, and Ai urged the Junior Detective League to go home and let him rest.
• Fujino and Ai left the hospital and went to Yang Ji Xiao Guan for dinner.
• Kawabata Shiro introduced himself as a film producer and invited Fujino to sit with his group.

Fujino attended dinner with producer Kawabata Shiro and the film crew, where Kawabata was poisoned and Fujino arrested director Isoami Kuraizo at the scene. After giving a brief statement, Fujino drove the sleeping Ai Haibara home and reflected on his money and the lives he had taken.

• Kawabata Shiro asked Fujino to find a young, cute girl who could fight to play the lead in his film, while his crew members criticized his productions.
• During dinner, Kawabata collapsed from cyanide poisoning, and Fujino caught Isoami Kuraizo trying to switch the victim's towel.
• Fujino identified Isoami as the murderer and explained that he had poisoned the lazy Susan, exploiting Kawabata's aversion to egg dishes.
• Megure arrived and took Isoami in for questioning, while Fujino gave a brief statement at the police station.
• Fujino drove home with Ai Haibara asleep in the passenger seat, checked his system rewards, and reflected on his past killings.

Fujino investigated the aftermath of a warehouse explosion caused by a clash between the Organization and the animal organization, then returned to school as FBI agent Jodie Saintemillion began teaching his class. Their first exchange of looks left Jodie unnerved by Fujino’s presence.

• Fujino returned home with Ai Haibara and told Akemi Miyano they had encountered a murder case at a Chinese restaurant.
• Gin escaped the warehouse explosion with the wounded Vodka, killed pursuing members of the animal organization, and met Amuro Tooru, who had been sent by the Boss.
• Fujino investigated the warehouse and concluded that the Organization and the animal organization had fought there.
• Fujino arrived at Teitan High School, where Hiratsuka Shizuka told him a new English teacher was joining his class.
• Jodie Saintemillion introduced herself as the new English teacher, and Fujino recognized her as FBI investigator Jodie Starling.
• Jodie noticed Fujino watching her and felt overwhelmed by the cold, immense presence she sensed in his gaze.

Fujino recognized Vermouth disguised as Doctor Shinide during Teitan High School’s rehearsal, then treated Sonoko’s dislocated wrist and arranged for Vermouth to take the Black Knight role. After agreeing to attend Su Fang Hongzi’s charity banquet, he received a threatening letter warning him not to go.

• Fujino suspected Vermouth had infiltrated Teitan High School as Doctor Shinide and confirmed it after watching her perform at the rehearsal.
• Vermouth assessed Sonoko’s wrist after she fell, but Fujino reset the dislocation and advised her to rest and get checked at a hospital.
• Sonoko handed the Black Knight role to Fujino, who refused and persuaded Vermouth to take it instead.
• Fujino agreed to attend a gathering hosted by Su Fang Hongzi and later took Ai Haibara home from Teitan Elementary School.
• Akemi Miyano gave Fujino a letter from the Messenger of the Cursed Mask warning him not to attend Su Fang Hongzi’s charity banquet.

Fujino accepted an assassin task to kill Su Fang Hongzi, a corrupt philanthropist who had exploited orphaned children, and traveled to her mask-filled villa with Ai Haibara. The guests arrived for the gathering, where a fortune-teller warned of danger and the twin maids introduced the manor’s eerie rules.

• Fujino recalled that Aikawa Touya had discovered Su Fang Hongzi’s crimes and planned to expose her, then accepted a system task to assassinate her.
• Fujino drove to Su Fang Hongzi’s country villa with Ai Haibara, who wore a Gothic outfit for the gathering.
• Fujino asked photographer Katagiri Masaki to delete a picture he had taken of Ai Haibara, and Katagiri agreed.
• Baseball player Matsudaira Mamoru and tarot reader Nagara Haruka arrived, and Nagara warned that danger and death might come, especially around Fujino.
• Twin maids Shimo-kasu Honami and Shimo-kasu Minaho directed the guests to separate entrances and warned that disaster would follow anyone who broke the manor’s rules.
• Fujino and Ai Haibara entered the east side, where Honami explained that the masks belonged to Su Fang Hongzi’s collection.

Fujino learned that Su Fang Hongzi’s villa housed two hundred supposedly cursed masks, then accepted four million yen in advance to investigate a fatal car accident from twenty years earlier. As snow fell, he celebrated the unexpected payment while Ai Haibara warned him that Su Fang seemed suspicious.

• Honami led Fujino and Ai Haibara to Su Fang Hongzi’s mask collection room, where Nagara Haruka sensed a stronger evil aura behind the curtains.
• Su Fang revealed two hundred masks made by Shoburu Gontiras and claimed a medium had sealed them, while Nagara explained that people who owned the masks often died in accidents.
• Aikawa Touya delivered a threatening letter to Su Fang, who dismissed it as another prank.
• Su Fang hired Fujino to investigate the car accident that killed Katagiri Masaki’s wife, and Fujino demanded four million yen in advance, which she agreed to pay.
• After receiving the money, Fujino celebrated as snow began to fall, and Ai Haibara told him she suspected Su Fang Hongzi.

Fujino used the Soul Lotus to create an alibi with Ai Haibara while his real body broke into Su Fang Hongzi’s room and killed her. Explosions at the mask collection room woke the villa, and Ai Haibara awoke to find herself holding Fujino.

• Ai Haibara suspected Su Fang Hongzi’s wealth came from wrongdoing, and Fujino told her he had already been investigating.
• Fujino summoned the Soul Lotus, disguised it as himself, and left it beside the sleeping Ai Haibara while his real body prepared for the assassination.
• Fujino broke into the mask collection room, took its two hundred masks, and planted Bubble Gum Bombs on its doors.
• Fujino entered Su Fang Hongzi’s bedroom and stabbed her to death, then reflected that he was still unaccustomed to killing.
• Aikawa Touya found the masks missing and the collection room damaged, then hid in a bathroom as the explosions woke the villa.
• Ai Haibara awoke after the explosions and realized she was holding Fujino.

Fujino staged Su Fang Hongzi’s murder as the work of a white-robed figure, using his soul puppet to create an apparent escape while Ai Haibara struggled to understand what she had seen. After Fujino returned to the manor, Juzo Megure investigated the scene and received a card accusing Su Fang of multiple crimes, signed by Beika Batman.

• Fujino pretended not to know why the collection room door had exploded, while Honami and Minaho blamed the damage and the shifted masks on the Chobrul masks.
• Fujino set off another bomb, and the group found Su Fang Hongzi dead in her bedroom as a white-robed figure escaped through the broken window.
• Fujino chased the figure into the forest, revealed that the figure was his soul puppet, and switched clothes with it before sending it away.
• Fujino completed his Assassin mission, received a reward, and upgraded Modern Assassin to Intermediate.
• Juzo Megure questioned Fujino about the suspect, and Fujino gave him a card accusing Su Fang of murder and embezzling donations, signed by Beika Batman.

After Su Fang Hongzi was killed, Aikawa Touya revealed that she had caused a fatal hit-and-run and murdered his mother, while Fujino clarified that Batman was the killer. Later, Ai Haibara warned Conan against revealing his identity to Ran and admitted she had developed an experimental antidote, leaving her considering testing it on herself.

• Juzo Megure questioned the witnesses about the warning letter, and Aikawa Touya revealed that Su Fang Hongzi had killed Mrs. Katagiri and framed his mother before murdering her.
• Aikawa Touya offered to be handcuffed, but Fujino reminded him that Beika Batman had killed Su Fang Hongzi and Megure only needed to question him about the earlier murders.
• Fujino visited Conan at the hospital with Ran, Sonoko, and the children, and told them Ai Haibara was away visiting relatives.
• Ai Haibara startled Conan with a water-pistol threat and explained that she wanted him to think carefully before revealing his identity to Ran.
• Ai Haibara told Conan she had developed an experimental antidote that might be ready before the school festival, while privately considering testing it on herself.

Ai Haibara took an experimental antidote and returned to her adult form as Shiho Miyano, while Fujino drew a powerful EMP ring and other items from the system. At Teitan High School’s cultural festival, Fujino encountered Shiho Miyano.

• Ai Haibara swallowed her experimental antidote despite fearing it might kill her, and she transformed back into Shiho Miyano.
• Fujino activated his Lucky Coin, drew a Great Fortune, and spent 890 million yen on an intermediate ten-pull.
• Fujino obtained the Vespania Ring, an EMP device capable of disrupting nearby electronics and communications, and stored it in his Pocket Dimension.
• Fujino also gained the Orator profession and a Soap Set that could make people unconscious, then examined the items’ effects.
• Shiho Miyano decided to continue living after the antidote restored her adult body and planned to return as herself the next day.
• At Teitan High School’s cultural festival, Fujino headed toward Class 1-A’s maid café and was approached by Shiho Miyano.

Shiho Miyano visited Teitan High School’s festival and hired Fujino to show her around, while Ran and Sonoko joined them. Later, Ai Haibara confirmed the antidote’s temporary effects, and Kudo Shinichi transformed back while Ai disguised herself as Conan Edogawa.

• Shiho Miyano paid Fujino one hundred thousand yen to guide her around the school festival, then teased him by slipping her arm into his.
• Ran and Sonoko joined Fujino and Shiho Miyano, and the four toured the festival together.
• In a car, Ai Haibara told Conan that the antidote worked but would last only one or two days.
• That night, Conan transformed back into Kudo Shinichi, who complained that the change was painful.
• Ai Haibara disguised herself as Conan Edogawa with Professor Agasa’s help and declared that there was only one truth.

Fujino attended Teitan High School’s festival with Mori Kogoro and Ai Haibara disguised as Conan, where Ai sensed Vermouth’s presence in Tomoaki Araide. As the class play began, Hattori Heiji arrived disguised as Kudo Shinichi, but Fujino exposed him and asked why he had come.

• Fujino met Mori Kogoro and Ai Haibara, recognized that Conan was actually Ai in disguise, and invited them to the festival.
• At the school festival, Toyama Kazuha said Hattori Heiji had stayed away, while Fujino suspected he was disguised as Kudo Shinichi.
• Ai Haibara sensed the Organization’s aura from Tomoaki Araide, who was Vermouth in disguise, and Fujino comforted her.
• The play began, and Mori Kogoro and Toyama Kazuha loudly cheered for Ran from the audience.
• Hattori Heiji sat beside Ai Haibara in disguise, but Fujino tricked him into revealing himself and questioned why he had come.

At a school festival, Fujino investigated the poisoning death of Kamata Kohei while Hattori Heiji’s attempt to impersonate Kudo Shinichi was exposed. Fujino identified potassium cyanate in the victim’s drink, and the investigation continued as he searched for the murderer.

• Hattori Heiji claimed he had disguised himself as Kudo Shinichi as a joke, while Fujino and Ai Haibara dismissed the excuse.
• A woman screamed, and Fujino accepted a system task to solve the school festival murder after Kamata Kohei collapsed and died.
• Fujino identified the time of death and suspected potassium cyanate poisoning, then examined the scene and searched for clues while Hattori Heiji watched it.
• Juzo Megure arrived and questioned Noda Yumemi about Kamata’s collapse as Ran confirmed it had happened around 2:41.
• Mori Kogoro and the others exposed Hattori Heiji’s disguise, and Fujino explained that his Kansai dialect had given him away.
• Fujino told Juzo Megure that Kamata had died from potassium cyanate hidden in his drink, and the forensic officer confirmed the poisoning.

Fujino solved Kamata’s poisoning and exposed Kogami Mai as the killer, who confessed to murdering him over his treatment of a terminal patient. After Kudo Shinichi collapsed from the effects of his shrinking medicine, Vermouth revealed his identity to Ran, and Fujino checked his pulse.

• Fujino questioned Kamata’s companions and learned that Ninigawa Ayako had planned to exchange his drink and end their engagement.
• Fujino noticed Kogami Mai’s suspicious reaction to the unused honey and cream packets and deduced she had poisoned Kamata with a prepared ice cube.
• Fujino presented the discarded dry-ice wallet as evidence, and Kogami Mai confessed that she had killed Kamata because he had caused a terminal patient’s death.
• Kudo Shinichi, disguised as the Black Knight, collapsed as his medicine wore off, and Vermouth removed his mask and revealed him to Ran.
• Fujino checked Kudo’s pulse and confirmed that he was still alive.