Chapter Summaries

Fujino and the others exposed Yoshino Akio's attempt to poison Chie and kill her for insurance money, and the police arrested him. After Chie began recovering, Fujino received a Detective upgrade and drew the gold-tier Black Ghost item, which let his shadow separate and act independently.

• Yoshino Akio tried to discourage Chie from taking the herbal medicine, then secretly sprayed diluted pesticide into her car's air conditioner.
• Fujino, Ran, and Sonoko confronted Akio as he prepared to leave, and he admitted he had poisoned Chie to collect her 100 million yen insurance payout.
• Akio attacked Fujino, who knocked him down with Ran's help, and Sato Miwako arrested him.
• Chie fainted from grief and pesticide-related weakness; after she woke, Fujino, Ran, and Sonoko comforted her.
• Fujino received a Detective level-up and assigned his new point to Detective Enhancement Time, raising its duration to sixteen minutes.
• Fujino used a Fortune Stick and Lucky Coin before drawing a purple Civil Engineering Profession Card and the gold-tier Black Ghost, which let his shadow separate from his body for an hour.

Fujino tested Black Ghost’s ability to detach his shadow, then used Xiao Hei to infiltrate Twilight Mansion and uncover its gold and hidden mechanism. Back at school, Aoyama Motoko asked Fujino to meet her at the kendo club after class, leaving him and his friends unsure what she wanted.

• Fujino awakened Black Ghost, saw Xiao Hei emerge from his shadow, and confirmed that it could act independently for a limited time.
• Fujino traveled to Twilight Mansion, where Xiao Hei infiltrated the manor and found that its interior was made of gold and that a hidden clock mechanism could shed its stone walls.
• Fujino dismantled the connection between the clock and the manor, deciding to postpone pursuing the gold until the Alcohol Company was destroyed.
• Ran and Sonoko discussed visiting Chie-nee at the hospital after school, and Fujino credited Ran with helping prevent Chie-nee’s poisoning.
• Aoyama Motoko approached Fujino at school, asked him to come to the kendo club after class, and left before explaining her request.

Fujino accepted Aoyama Motoko’s commission to join Teitan High School’s kendo club and lead the team against Okita Soji in exchange for most of the prize money. He later cooked dinner for Ai Haibara and the Junior Detective League, and Ayumi invited him on a weekend ski trip.

• Sonoko and Ran speculated about why Aoyama Motoko wanted to speak with Fujino, and he suspected she had a kendo-related commission.
• Aoyama Motoko asked Fujino to join Teitan High School’s kendo club and explained that their former captain had died and Okita Soji threatened their chances in the upcoming competition.
• Fujino accepted the commission to lead the club against Okita Soji, with seventy-five percent of the prize money as his fee.
• Ai Haibara told Fujino that the Junior Detective League had come over, so he bought seasonings and cooked a matsutake dinner for them.
• The children examined Ai Haibara’s turtle and Fujino’s bamboo rat before eating and praising his cooking.
• Ayumi invited Fujino to join the Junior Detective League and the professor on a weekend skiing trip.

Fujino received a commission from Kadowaki Saori to find her lost Arrow of the Dugong and recognized that she was tied to the Mermaid Island murders. After meeting Saori and Shimabukuro Kimie, he agreed to investigate on the island, while Kimie feared he would expose her murder plan.

• Fujino learned that the weekend trip with Akemi Miyano and the children would take place the day after tomorrow.
• Fujino received a letter from Kadowaki Saori asking for help because she feared a mermaid would kill her, and he researched Mermaid Island's legends and past fire.
• Fujino recalled that Shimabukuro Kimie had killed Saori and two other women to avenge her mother's death in the warehouse fire.
• Fujino called Kadowaki Saori, learned she had lost an Arrow of the Dugong, and arranged to meet her in Tokyo.
• Kadowaki Saori arrived at Fujino's agency with Shimabukuro Kimie and offered up to five hundred thousand yen for the arrow's recovery.
• Fujino proposed investigating on the island, and Shimabukuro Kimie worried that he would uncover her murder plan.

Shimabukuro Kimie and Kadowaki Saori hired Fujino to find the Arrow of the Dugong, while Kimie continued planning to kill Saori. After Saori was abducted by a mysterious bald Xiao Hei in broad daylight, the police investigated the kidnapping but had little to go on beyond matching witness sketches.

• Fujino accepted Kadowaki Saori's commission to find the Arrow of the Dugong for five hundred thousand yen, but scheduled the investigation for the day after tomorrow.
• Kadowaki Saori told Shimabukuro Kimie that she had also hired Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji to search for the arrow.
• A bald Xiao Hei knocked out Kadowaki Saori outside Beika Station, carried her away, and told Shimabukuro Kimie to leave it to him.
• Shimabukuro Kimie reported the kidnapping to the police and described the abductor as completely black and bald.
• Sato Miwako and Officer Shikawa made a sketch of Xiao Hei, while Fujino and Juzo Megure obtained a similar sketch from another witness.

Fujino secretly visited the kidnapped Saori Kadowaki and interrogated her about the Mermaid Festival warehouse fire from three years earlier. After she confessed that three girls had started it, Fujino impersonated the Mermaid Lord to frighten her into admitting they had acted deliberately.

• Fujino told Megure he had never seen Xiao Hei, then left the investigation to return to the abandoned building where Saori was held.
• Fujino woke Saori with an electric baton and questioned her about setting the warehouse fire three years earlier.
• Fujino threatened Saori with the rooftop drop, and she confessed that she had set the fire with two other girls.
• Fujino pretended to be the Mermaid Lord, and Saori believed him and begged for forgiveness.
• Saori blamed alcohol and resentment for the fire, but after Fujino shocked her, she insisted they had acted on purpose.

Fujino dealt with Kadowaki Saori, who tried to bite him for the promise of immortality, then took Ai Haibara, Akemi Miyano, and the Detective Boys toward a ski resort with Professor Agasa. On the bus, Vermouth disguised as Tomoaki Araide, Jodie, and Shuichi Akai boarded, and Fujino and Conan began watching Akai suspiciously.

• Kadowaki Saori begged Fujino for Mermaid Power, then lunged at him to bite off a piece of flesh so she could become immortal.
• Fujino tricked Saori into closing her eyes and used an Electric Baton on her, intending to make her a mermaid by breaking her legs.
• Fujino drove Ai Haibara and Akemi Miyano to Professor Agasa's house, where they met Conan and the Detective Boys and found Agasa sick with a cold.
• The group took a bus toward the ski resort, and Fujino anticipated that Jodie, Vermouth, Shuichi Akai, and two hijackers would board.
• Vermouth, disguised as Tomoaki Araide, and Jodie boarded the bus, while Ai Haibara sensed danger and gripped Fujino's hand.
• Shuichi Akai boarded and recognized a resemblance between Akemi Miyano and the deceased Akemi; Conan and Fujino watched him, and Akai wondered whether Fujino had seen through his disguise.

Fujino and the others were caught up in a bus hijacking by two armed robbers who recognized him as a detective. The robbers used Fujino as leverage while demanding the release of their imprisoned boss, and the bus continued toward an uncertain confrontation.

• Ai Haibara trembled under the sinister presence of Vermouth and Shuichi Akai, and Fujino draped his jacket over her shoulders.
• Two ski-clad robbers hijacked the bus at gunpoint, and Fujino received a mission to subdue them.
• The thin robber recognized Fujino as a High School Detective and ordered him to the front of the bus as a hostage.
• The robbers collected the passengers' phones and ordered the driver to stop at a traffic light.
• The robbers used the bus driver's communicator to demand the release of Yajima Kunio, threatening to kill a passenger each hour and naming Fujino as the first victim.

Fujino weighed how to stop the armed bus hijackers and their hidden bomb while concealing his own involvement. As the police tracked the bus and ordered Sato to contact Beika Batman, Fujino summoned Xiao Hei, and Sato received a message from the masked figure on the roof.

• The thin robber confiscated the passengers’ phones, threatened them, and fired near the fat woman after she defied him; Jodie tripped him and secretly switched off his gun’s safety while distracting him.
• The thin robber caught Conan trying to use his pendant phone, struck him, and confiscated the device; Conan suspected an insider was helping the hijackers.
• Fujino noticed the fat woman’s watch-like bomb controller and summoned Xiao Hei from his shadow to form a humanoid figure on the bus roof.
• Sato Miwako and Takagi reported the hijacked bus and Beika Batman to Juzo Megure, who ordered Sato to contact him and warned the police that the bus might contain a bomb.
• Sato was struck by a paper ball and saw Beika Batman on the roof writing on a whiteboard.

Sato Miwako learned that the hijacked bus carried two bombs, two armed hijackers, and a hidden accomplice, while Fujino prepared to intervene when the hostages were exchanged. As the bus entered the tunnel and the hijackers began their escape plan, Xiao Hei cut an X-shaped opening into the roof.

• Sato Miwako reported Fujino's warning about the bombs and the accomplice to Juzo Megure, and Shiratori concluded the hijackers planned to blow up the bus after their leader was released.
• The thin hijacker threatened Conan when he tried to inspect a ski bag, and Vermouth stepped between them to protect him.
• Conan deduced that a mole was exposing his actions, while Fujino decided to wait for the tunnel exchange before attacking the hijackers and their accomplice.
• After Yajima Kunio was released, the hijackers ordered the driver toward the Little Buddha Tunnel and prepared Fujino and Vermouth, disguised as Tomoaki Araide, to pose as released hostages.
• Conan passed Jodie a note asking for lipstick, while the hijackers took the gum-chewing woman hostage and threatened the driver.
• Fujino prepared to act as Xiao Hei moved over the bus and cut an X-shaped opening into its roof with a sleeve blade.

Fujino and Xiao Hei foiled the bus robbery, subdued the robbers, and removed the fat woman’s detonator before the passengers were hurt. After Fujino recognized Vermouth in her Tomoaki Araide disguise, he left her wondering how he had uncovered her identity.

• Xiao Hei cut through the bus roof, dropped onto the fat robber, and knocked him unconscious with an Electric Baton.
• Fujino seized the skinny robber after his gun’s safety failed to disengage, and Vermouth kicked the robber’s wrist to knock the gun away.
• Xiao Hei punched the fat woman, removed her watch-shaped detonator, and threw her to the floor while Fujino told the driver to stop after leaving the tunnel.
• The passengers recognized Beika Batman and celebrated their rescue as Jodie and Shuichi Akai watched in confusion.
• Fujino told Vermouth that he knew she was a woman disguised as Tomoaki Araide, then escaped through the hole in the bus roof.
• Vermouth wondered how Fujino had seen through her disguise and feared she would not be able to sleep until she understood how.

Fujino and Beika Batman stopped the bus robbers and neutralized the bomb, while Vermouth speculated about Fujino and the mysterious vigilante. After the passengers were evacuated, Haibara sensed the Organization’s presence in Shuichi Akai, leaving Conan doubtful.

• Fujino used Xiao Hei to tease Vermouth, then vanished from the tunnel as Sato Miwako followed the bus.
• Fujino knocked out the tall robber, and Conan discovered the bomb’s detonator was missing; Fujino explained that Beika Batman had taken it.
• Vermouth considered whether Beika Batman belonged to the Little Animal Organization and wondered whether Fujino had figured out Conan’s identity.
• The bus stopped outside the tunnel, and Fujino told Sato Miwako that the robbers were subdued and the bomb was inactive.
• The police evacuated the passengers and dismantled the bomb, while Genta and Mitsuhiko praised Beika Batman and Fujino.
• Ai Haibara told Conan that she sensed the Organization’s presence in Shuichi Akai, and Fujino credited Beika Batman for helping stop the hijacking.

After the bus hijacking, Fujino and the others gave statements at the Metropolitan Police Department, where Fujino briefly crossed paths with Shuichi Akai. Vermouth later reflected on her mission in Japan and suspected someone was trying to pit her organization against the Animal Organization.

• Jodie praised Fujino for subduing a robber, while Conan became suspicious of her gun-handling skills and concluded she was not an ordinary English teacher.
• Sato Miwako brought Fujino, Conan, the children, Professor Agasa, Haibara, Jodie, and Akemi to the Metropolitan Police Department to give statements.
• Fujino and Shuichi Akai exchanged wary looks at the scene, then each left without approaching the other.
• At the police headquarters, Megure told Fujino that the jewelry-store robber had been caught and that Shiratori had deduced the hijackers' motive.
• Fujino's group finished their statements first and left, while Jodie and Vermouth remained until evening and missed their planned art-gallery visit.
• After returning to Araide Clinic, Vermouth considered Kudo Shinichi's survival, her search for a woman, and the possibility that someone was trying to provoke conflict between the two organizations.

At a police gathering, Fujino heard Yumi Miyamoto complain about the elusive street racer he had been pretending not to be. The next day, a woman calling herself Ikenami hired him to find her former kendo-club classmate, Shibata Shiro, and Fujino realized she was actually Hattori Heiji’s mother.

• Juzo Megure and Sato Miwako urged Fujino to dress warmly at a police gathering.
• Yumi Miyamoto complained that she still could not catch the speeding driver in an AE86, while Fujino privately considered racing again.
• Vermouth weighed whether to investigate a suspected middleman and focused on finding the woman and the person wearing a bat mask.
• A woman calling herself Ikenami contacted Fujino’s detective agency and asked him to find her former classmate, Shibata Shiro.
• Ikenami visited the agency and claimed she was unmarried, but Fujino recognized her as Hattori Heiji’s mother.

Fujino accepted Hattori Shizuka’s commission to find Shibata Shiro and arranged for Mori Kogoro to investigate with him. At Mori’s agency, Shizuka repeated the details of the case while Mori flirted with her and Ran redirected the conversation.

• Fujino recognized Hattori Shizuka in an old kendo tournament photograph and confirmed that she wanted him to find Shibata Shiro, her former classmate.
• Fujino quoted six hundred thousand yen, discounted the fee to five hundred thousand, and took a fifty-thousand-yen deposit from Hattori Shizuka.
• Hattori Shizuka asked Fujino to involve Mori Kogoro, and Fujino called Mori before bringing her to the Mori Detective Agency.
• Fujino introduced Hattori Shizuka to Ran, Conan, and Mori, who agreed to hear the case details and examined the photograph.
• Mori asked Hattori Shizuka about her hobbies and complimented her, until Ran served tea and steered the conversation back to the investigation.

Hattori Shizuka hired Fujino and Mori Kogoro to find Shibata Shiro and recover an old photograph, while secretly testing the detectives. Conan suggested searching among kendo competitors, and Fujino contacted Master Suwa for leads as the investigation continued.

• Fujino and Ran helped Hattori Shizuka deflect Mori Kogoro’s flirting, and the group moved to Snow King Ice City to discuss her case.
• Hattori Shizuka explained that she wanted a photograph of Shibata Shiro holding a shogi championship trophy, and she tried to learn more about Kudo Shinichi.
• Conan noticed Hattori Shizuka’s slip when she used the Osaka term “RELKO” for iced coffee, but she covered it by ordering iced coffee too.
• Conan proposed that Shibata Shiro might still compete in kendo tournaments, and Fujino agreed that kendo was a useful lead despite noting that former champions could have quit.
• Fujino said Master Suwa might know about Shibata Shiro and took out his phone to call him.

Fujino and his companions tracked down Shibata Shiro with Suwa Yuji’s help, only to find his apartment unanswered and enter with his neighbor. The chapter ended as they noticed the cold meal and Fujino recognized Hattori Shizuka’s Kansai wording, while a murder task indicated Shibata had been killed.

• Fujino called Suwa Yuji, who agreed to check whether he recognized Shibata Shiro from a photograph.
• Fujino brought Mori Kogoro, Ran, Conan, and Hattori Shizuka to the Konoha Kendo Hall, where Suwa Yuji failed to recognize Shibata but contacted the kendo association for information.
• Suwa Yuji sent Fujino Shibata’s address after learning that Shibata had won many tournaments and recently competed in open events.
• Fujino and the others traveled to Shibata’s apartment, where no one answered the door, and Yoshikawa, Shibata’s neighbor, let himself inside.
• The group found a cold, half-eaten meal in the apartment, while Fujino suspected Shibata was dead after receiving a murder-case task from his system.
• Fujino identified Hattori Shizuka’s use of the word “tilefish” as Kansai phrasing, adding to his suspicion of her.

Fujino and the Mori family discovered Shibata Shiro’s body and joined Yokomizo Sango’s investigation into his murder. The investigation exposed Shibata’s gambling debts and drew suspicion toward Yoshikawa, but the chapter ended with Yokomizo mistaking Hattori Shizuka for Mori Kogoro’s wife.

• Fujino, the Mori family, and Hattori Shizuka entered Shibata’s home, where Shibata’s wife accused them of trespassing before they found Yoshikawa beside Shibata Shiro’s body.
• Fujino confirmed Shibata was dead and stopped Conan from disturbing the crime scene; Yokomizo Sango arrived and learned the estimated time and cause of death.
• Conan noticed that a videotape player and a speaker were missing, and Shibata Kyoko revealed that her husband had sold household belongings to pay for gambling losses.
• Fujino connected the missing equipment to Shibata’s mahjong gambling, and Kyoko confirmed that Yoshikawa had organized the games.
• Yokomizo focused his suspicion on Yoshikawa, then introduced Fujino and Mori Kogoro as famous detectives and mistakenly identified Hattori Shizuka as Mrs. Mouri.

Hattori Shizuka hired Mori Kogoro and Fujino to recover a photograph from her old classmate Shibata Shiro, but Shibata was found murdered. Fujino cleared Shizuka using her travel timeline, then accused Shibata Kyoko, leaving the others to learn how she could have committed the crime.

• Yokomizo Sango mistook Hattori Shizuka for Mori Kogoro’s wife until Shizuka introduced herself as Ikenami, his client seeking an old photograph from Shibata Shiro.
• Conan noticed a photograph in Shibata Shiro’s hand, and Fujino found it showed a girl with a medal; they also discovered the novel Gate of the Thunder God beneath the body.
• Yoshikawa told the police Shibata had received a strange phone call, while investigators found bloodstains and a bloodied Wooden Sword in the entryway.
• Yokomizo suspected Shizuka because of the photograph, but Fujino argued that her trip from Tokyo to Shizuoka made it impossible for her to have killed Shibata at eight in the morning.
• Fujino turned to Shibata Kyoko and accused her of murdering Shibata, despite Yokomizo’s objection that she had left home before five in the morning.

Fujino exposed Shibata Kyoko as the murderer and explained how she staged Mr. Shibata’s time of death and tried to hide his wedding ring. After Kyoko’s suicide attempt was stopped, Hattori Shizuka rebuked her, prompting Fujino to wonder whether she reminded him of Tsunade.

• Fujino explained that Shibata Kyoko had killed her husband before five, then used a newspaper and a timed videotape to make it seem he died at eight.
• Fujino deduced that Kyoko had hidden Mr. Shibata’s wedding ring and used Ikenami’s photograph to conceal the bloodless ring mark; the ring fell from Kyoko’s hand, and she confessed to killing her husband over his gambling.
• Yokomizo prepared to take Shibata Kyoko and Yoshikawa to the police station, but Kyoko went to the bedroom and threatened to kill herself with a katana.
• Fujino knocked the katana away with a Wooden Sword, and Hattori Shizuka scolded Kyoko for attempting suicide after committing murder.
• Fujino asked Hattori Shizuka whether she had ever been a Hokage, then decided her resemblance to Tsunade was only in her voice and manner.