Chapter Summaries

Fujino exposed how Wakaba was murdered without anyone entering the church, but the police focused on the missing Kabuto Kiriko. Staying in Rokkaku Village, he investigated the village’s mummified corpses and connected them to the message on Wakaba’s wedding dress.

• Koga Shinobu arrived with the police, and Fujino explained that the killer used a mechanism above the church to lift Wakaba’s bed and behead her through the skylight.
• Isshiki Torao accused the missing Kabuto Kiriko of the murder, and the police made her their primary suspect.
• Fujino let Ooka Momiji and Ai Haibara leave while he stayed behind, certain that Kabuto Kiriko was not the real culprit.
• At the Wind Direction Mansion, Matsuri Junya told Fujino that six mansions and the church each held a mummified corpse missing a different limb.
• Fujino inspected the corpse in Matsuri Junya’s secret room and realized that the message about the seventh corpse and the bride’s head referred to the corpse at the Tokida residence.

Fujino investigated a series of murders linked to mummified corpses and uncovered that the village’s six mansion families had secretly grown marijuana and murdered a priest’s family twenty-seven years earlier. After Kabuto Kiriko was found dead in a way that broke the apparent pattern, Fujino examined the corpse in the Armor Mansion and wondered whether she had killed herself.

• Fujino learned that Isshiki Torao and Kusanagi Miko had been murdered, each with a body part missing that matched the corpse hidden in their home.
• Fujino noticed modern dental work on the mummified corpses and connected them to the priest’s family, who had died in a fire twenty-seven years earlier.
• Fujino followed Shida Jusan to a marijuana field, confronted him about the Golden Apples and the corpses, and persuaded him to reveal the village’s history.
• Shida Jusan confessed that six mansion families had murdered the priest and his wife, burned their seven adopted children alive, and hidden the children’s mutilated corpses in their homes.
• Fujino deduced that the seventh corpse had been assembled from body parts cut from the other six, and suspected a surviving girl was carrying out the revenge killings.
• Fujino learned that Kabuto Kiriko had been murdered at the same time as Wakaba, then found that the corpse in her mansion did not match her injuries and wondered if she had killed herself.

Fujino exposed the Rokkaku Village mansion owners’ murders and marijuana operation, then revealed that Odagiri Susumu had killed Wakaba and the others as part of his revenge. The police arrested Odagiri and the mansion owners, while Matsuri Junya admitted he had saved Shiori, Odagiri’s mother and his former lover, years earlier.

• Fujino explained that the six mansion families had grown marijuana and killed the priest, his wife, and their seven adopted daughters twenty-seven years earlier.
• Fujino revealed that Wakaba had killed Kabuto Kiriko and that Odagiri Susumu later killed Wakaba and the other victims.
• Odagiri admitted that he had planned revenge for his mother Shiori, who had trained him and whom he had killed.
• Fujino defeated Odagiri, who confessed that he had deceived Wakaba and used her before the police took him into custody.
• The police arrested the mansion owners for murder and suspected drug trafficking, and Matsuri Junya confessed that he had saved Shiori and was Odagiri’s father.

Fujino checked the news coverage and rewards from the Rokkaku Village case before joining Ran, Sonoko, and Conan at an arcade. There, they encountered English teacher Jodie, whose impressive shooting-game skills hinted at her unusual training.

• Fujino read Goto’s sensational newspaper coverage and reflected on the rewards that brought his balance to 25.08 million yen.
• Ran and Sonoko invited Fujino and Conan to an arcade, where the group tried photo stickers and discussed their reluctance to pose for pictures.
• Ran and Sonoko talked about Doctor Shinide and Jodie’s popularity while Fujino explained that Jodie had left the basketball club for the drama club.
• Jodie appeared at a shooting-game machine and used professional-looking techniques to set the highest score, prompting Fujino to recognize her firearm training.
• Jodie told Ran, Sonoko, and Fujino that she visited the arcade because she loved Japanese games and asked them to keep her visits secret so she would not risk losing her teaching job.

Fujino and the others tried a fighting game that fed its characters’ damage back as pain to the players. After Ran lost to arcade regular Vito, Fujino challenged him and prepared to use his medical knowledge to win.

• Fujino praised Jodie’s professional shooting posture, and she claimed she had learned to shoot in America.
• Jodie brought the group to a fighting-game arcade machine, where Ran discovered that in-game damage caused real pain.
• Ran defeated the game’s muscular character with a powerful combo, then lost to Vito after he challenged her.
• Vito insulted the girls and claimed the machine was his personal seat, while Fujino recognized him as an unemployed punk and intimidated him.
• Fujino challenged Vito to a match and realized his medical knowledge could help him exploit the game’s pain feedback.

Fujino defeated Vito in a virtual fighting game, then joined Ran, Sonoko, Conan, and Jodie at the arcade as Vito died during another match. Megure began investigating, and Fujino pointed out the arcade’s surveillance camera as a way to identify what happened.

• Fujino beat Vito at the virtual fighting game using martial arts moves, while Jodie recognized some of his techniques as Chinese kung fu.
• Fujino raced Jodie and won as Vito played another match; after the game ended, Conan noticed Vito was dead and called for the police.
• Megure arrived and learned that the victim was Vito Kengo, an unemployed regular at the arcade, while Conan proposed that he had been poisoned.
• Conan suggested someone could have injected Vito during the game, and Megure ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
• Fujino pointed out an arcade surveillance camera, giving Megure and Takagi a way to check what had happened.

Fujino and Megure investigated Vito’s murder, while Conan identified the killer and tried to use his tranquilizer dart on Fujino. The dart instead hit Conan, leaving him unconscious as Fujino pretended he had simply fallen asleep.

• Megure reviewed the arcade footage and questioned Shimizu Takahiro, Jodie, and Emori about their contact with Vito.
• The suspects accused one another of having motives, and the police reported that Vito had been killed with Tetrodotoxin injected into his arm.
• Jodie explained how the poison worked, and Conan realized he knew who the murderer was.
• Conan tried to tranquilize Fujino, but Fujino blocked the dart with his suit jacket.
• When Conan approached to retrieve the dart, it struck his chin and its drug knocked him unconscious.
• Ran returned and questioned Fujino, who said Conan had probably fallen asleep.

Fujino exposed Shimizu as Vito’s killer at the arcade, then sympathized with his motive while advising him to seek a reduced sentence. Jodie discussed Fujino and her investigation with Akai, and two days later Fujino drove Ai to join the Junior Detective League’s mountain trip to gather matsutake mushrooms.

• Fujino explained how Shimizu had switched game characters to make it appear Vito was alive, and identified Shimizu as the murderer.
• Fujino revealed that Shimizu had hidden the poisoned needle under gum on Dejima’s shoe and that fingerprints on the game’s coins linked him to the crime.
• Shimizu confessed that he killed Vito to protect his sister, who had suffered while paying Vito’s debts, and Fujino advised him to show remorse and hire a good lawyer.
• Jodie told Akai that Fujino was observant and skilled, then reported that she had tracked a woman she called Rotten apple.
• Two days later, Fujino drove Ai to Professor Agasa’s house for a Junior Detective League trip to gather matsutake mushrooms, recalling a story involving a giant black bear.

Fujino joined the group on a mushroom-picking trip and secretly collected Matsutake Mushrooms with his Eagle Eye. After Genta wandered into a hunting ground, Fujino went to find him and encountered a black bear cub connected to a hunter’s planned killing of its mother.

• The group searched for Matsutake Mushrooms, while Fujino used his Eagle Eye to find and secretly store many of them in his Pocket Dimension.
• Conan noticed Ai Haibara blushing when he asked about the village incident, then teased Mitsuhiko after he admitted admiring Haibara.
• The group realized Genta had crossed into the hunting ground, and Fujino took the Detective Badge and went after him alone.
• Fujino found Genta picking mushrooms and sensed two people and two animals nearby, recalling that a hunter planned to use a bear cub as bait for its mother.
• A black bear cub emerged from the bushes, rubbed against Fujino’s leg, and let him pat its head.

Fujino rescued Jubei’s surviving cub from two hunters and beat the hunter who had killed its sibling, while the old hunter spread a fantastical story about Fujino as the Mushroom Immortal. The group returned to the inn for a mushroom feast, unaware that Fujino had secretly taken dozens of mushrooms.

• An old hunter shot one of the hunters to stop him from targeting Jubei, but Fujino also shot the hunter’s hand when he raised his rifle again.
• Fujino fought Jubei, then showed her that he had rescued her cub; Jubei took both cubs and returned to the mountains.
• Fujino beat the young hunter, while the old hunter fled; Genta later returned to the group with news of the encounter.
• Fujino told Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta that he had secretly saved dozens of matsutake mushrooms for them, and Conan realized why he had returned late.
• At the inn, the old hunter told everyone that the Mushroom Immortal had punished the hunter for killing Jubei’s cub, and embellished the story with claims about Fujino’s appearance and powers.

Fujino accepted a paid position as a Criminal Consultant with the Metropolitan Police Department and was called to his first murder case on the job. At a burned shopping street, he recognized the scene as part of a serial arson case and agreed with Megure and Sato that the victim had been killed after discovering the arsonist.

• Fujino agreed to become a Criminal Consultant for a monthly salary of three hundred thousand yen.
• Fujino signed a one-year contract at the Metropolitan Police Department and learned that his identification would be issued after approval.
• Megure received a report of a murder and took Fujino and Sato to a fire scene near Shimokitazawa Station.
• Fujino received a System Bounty Mission concerning a serial arsonist and murderer, with a reward of two million yen and Detective Profession Reputation.
• Investigators found that the victim had been stabbed near the fire's ignition point, and Fujino agreed that the victim had likely discovered the arsonist setting the blaze.

Fujino became a Criminal Consultant for the Metropolitan Police Department and learned that the Serial Arson Case might be connected to a murder. After Ayumi described the suspected arsonist, Sato tried to sketch him, but the children and officers criticized her drawing.

• Megure and Sato explained the Metropolitan Police Department's divisions to Fujino and reviewed files showing that four fires had been linked to one unknown culprit.
• Fujino received his consultant ID, met Yumi Miyamoto, and bought a leather holder for the badge.
• Megure summoned Fujino to bring Conan, Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ai to the department because Ayumi had seen the suspected arsonist.
• Conan learned Fujino was a Criminal Consultant, while Ai explained the role and teased Conan about being less official.
• Sato asked Ayumi to describe the man, then drew a sketch that Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko, Takagi, and Shiratori criticized.

Fujino helped the police investigate an arson suspect while Sato Miwako remembered her father, Sato Masayoshi, and the unsolved robbery that had killed him. At Shinagawa Station, Fujino secretly identified one of Sato's old classmates as the real killer and let Takagi go contact Sato while he prepared to act.

• Fujino sketched the suspected arsonist from Ayumi's description, and Conan reasoned that the man's clothing and gasoline smell supported her account.
• Sato Miwako visited her father's memorial, and Fujino explained the old robbery case and the clues that pointed to the name Shikano Shuji.
• After an arson suspect matching Ayumi's description was reported at Shinagawa Station, Fujino joined Takagi and Shiratori while Sato stayed behind with the children.
• Fujino's System Task identified Shikano Shuji as the killer from eighteen years earlier, and Fujino planned to catch him while also pursuing the arsonist and the stolen money.
• Fujino, Takagi, and Shiratori subdued a fleeing thief at Shinagawa Station, but Takagi then recognized the code's answer and told Fujino he knew who had killed Sato Masayoshi.
• Fujino realized Takagi wanted to tell Sato alone and agreed to cover for him, though he was not actually heading to the restroom.

Fujino, disguised as Beika Batman, rescued Takagi from Shikano Shuji’s attempted murder, then knocked Takagi out with an anesthetic dart. He told Sato Miwako that he had found her father’s killer and planned to deliver the captive to the Metropolitan Police Department the next morning.

• Fujino changed into Beika Batman and climbed onto the station roof to watch Takagi.
• Shikano Shuji crept up behind Takagi and tried to kill him with a large rock, but Fujino kicked him unconscious.
• Takagi thanked Beika Batman, but Fujino’s attempts to knock him out with shoulder strikes failed, so he used an anesthetic dart.
• Fujino spoke with Sato Miwako over Takagi’s phone, told her he had found her father’s killer, and promised to leave the captive at the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Fujino carried Shikano onto the roof, gagged him, and used another Bat Dart to make sure he stayed unconscious.

Fujino helped Sato catch the arsonist in Shinagawa and pressured him into confessing to a plan to set Tokyo ablaze. He then returned to the rooftop where he had tied up Shikakawa, the real culprit behind Sato Masayoshi’s murder and a bank robbery, and demanded a share of the stolen money.

• Conan and Sato concluded that Takagi had identified the person who attacked him, while Fujino explained that the arsonist’s planned route formed the character for fire and ended in Shinagawa.
• Fujino found the arsonist setting fire to a warehouse and knocked him into the flames before pulling him out and beating him until Sato arrived.
• Sato and the officers extinguished the fire, and doctors found the unconscious Yamamoto had no visible injuries despite Fujino’s beating.
• During Sato’s interrogation, Fujino frightened Yamamoto into confessing to his arson crimes and his plan to blow up a gasoline tank.
• Fujino returned to Shinagawa and confronted the bound Shikakawa, identified him as Sato Masayoshi’s murderer and a bank robber, and demanded some of his 550 million yen.

Fujino forced Shikano Shuji to reveal the stolen money, uncovered his attempt to use a hidden gun, and delivered him and evidence to the police. After receiving a system reward and becoming a billionaire, Fujino spent money on a lottery draw and an upgrade to his Pocket Dimension, then considered buying a villa.

• Fujino threatened Shikano Shuji until he agreed to show where he had hidden the stolen money.
• Shikano retrieved the cash from a secret compartment, but Fujino discovered his concealed pistol and stopped him from drawing it.
• Fujino left Shikano and about 300 million yen at the Metropolitan Police Department with a bat card and recorded evidence linking him to the eighteen-year-old robbery and the Shushiro case.
• Fujino received a system reward that raised his balance above 100 million yen and granted him the Talented and Billionaire title.
• Fujino used the system lottery to obtain Batman's Cloak, Certain Phantom Thief's Glider, an Electromagnetic Baton, and other items, then upgraded his Pocket Dimension.
• Fujino considered buying a villa and remembered the Twilight Mansion.

The Kujo clan head discussed Fujino’s growing reputation and an unresolved plot against the Fujiwara family while Fujino learned about a school’s disappearance rumors and sought information about Twilight Manor. After earning a large payment, Fujino celebrated with Akemi Miyano and Ai Haibara and offered to buy Akemi a car.

• A young man told the Kujo clan head that Fujino had solved another case, and they discussed Fujino’s potential role in the family and a mysterious threat targeting the Fujiwara family.
• Fujino heard Sonoko describe seven rumors at a nearby high school, including a staircase with a supposed thirteenth step and students who had disappeared.
• Fujino asked Sonoko about Twilight Manor in Tottori Prefecture, and she promised to search old newspapers and invited him to go swimming with her and Ran the next day.
• Fujino bought premium sushi and a lobster to celebrate a client’s large payment, then offered to buy Akemi Miyano a car.
• Ai Haibara stood up and checked Fujino’s forehead after hearing his generous offer.

Fujino and the others narrowly avoided a crash caused by Yoshino Chie, who had suddenly fallen asleep at the wheel, and Fujino diagnosed her recurring symptoms. After meeting Chie's husband and heading to the pool, Ran remained uneasy about the couple's behavior and asked Fujino and Conan what they had noticed.

• Sonoko sent Fujino a magazine image revealing the location and legends of Twilight Mansion.
• On the drive to the Red Prince Hotel, Fujino swerved to avoid Yoshino Chie's car after she fell asleep at the wheel.
• At the hotel, Fujino checked Chie's pulse, attributed her recurring dizziness and headaches to stress and internal heat, and gave her a herbal soup prescription.
• Chie introduced her husband, Yoshino Akio, and invited the group to visit her home; Akio tripped over a floor step and walked away without warning them.
• At the swimming pool, Ran told Sonoko that Chie and Akio had seemed strange, then asked Fujino and Conan whether they had noticed anything.

Fujino, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan visited Yoshino Chie after suspecting her husband, Yoshino Akio, of plotting to kill her. Chie's large insurance policy and recurring headaches raised their suspicions, but the cause of her illness remained unclear.

• Fujino, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan agreed to investigate Chie's fainting spell and suspicious husband the next day.
• Fujino checked his system mission, which tasked him with discovering how Chie would be killed and who was plotting it.
• Fujino drove the group to Chie's home, where she explained that she and Akio had taken out a 40-million-yen mortgage and that she drove to Shizuoka for work to help repay it.
• Chie revealed that she had recently taken out 100 million yen in accident insurance at Akio's suggestion, making Fujino suspect that Akio intended to kill her for the payout.
• Conan learned that Chie's headaches began about a month earlier and suggested sick house syndrome, but Fujino doubted formaldehyde was the cause because Chie's symptoms were not easily explained by it.

Fujino discovered that pesticide in Yoshino Chie’s car air conditioner had been making her dizzy and putting her at risk of a crash. He arranged for the police to catch the person responsible the next morning, while Chie remained unaware of the leading suspect’s identity.

• Fujino realized Chie’s dizziness occurred when she used her car’s air conditioner and found a strange smell in its vent.
• Fujino called Inspector Megure, and Sato Miwako and forensic officers confirmed that diluted organic salt pesticide had been sprayed into the air conditioner.
• The forensic officers explained that prolonged exposure could cause Chie’s symptoms and make her lose consciousness while driving.
• Fujino arranged for the police to watch Chie’s car the next morning and told her to keep the investigation secret.
• On the drive home, Fujino, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan discussed Akio as the leading suspect and the 100 million yen insurance policy as a possible motive.