Chapter Summaries

Genta told his friends that someone had been following and threatening him, and Fujino took his fears seriously. When a huge neon sign fell toward the group, Fujino cut it in half and saved everyone, leaving Conan unnerved by his growing strength.

• Fujino met Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Conan, and Haibara after school, and the children initially dismissed Genta's claim that an assassin was after him.
• Fujino suggested Genta might have witnessed a crime, and Ayumi and Mitsuhiko hurried after Genta to hear him out.
• Genta described strange footsteps, several dangerous incidents, and a threat from someone who warned him not to tell anyone he had seen him.
• A screw fell nearby, and Fujino spotted a massive neon sign dropping from a department store toward the group.
• Fujino used his Wooden Sword to split the sign in half before it could crush the children, and Conan said Fujino was getting scarier.

After the neon sign nearly struck Genta and the Detective Boys, Fujino suspected someone had targeted Genta and took the children to the department store to demand compensation. The group left with a promise of one million yen and store vouchers, while the culprit remained unidentified.

• Conan confirmed that someone had cut the neon sign's cable, and Ai Haibara suspected Genta was the intended target because he often stopped by the capsule toy machine beneath it.
• Fujino and Ai Haibara concluded the culprit may have been watching the group and could already have escaped or blended into the crowd.
• Conan suggested talking with Genta at a burger shop, but Fujino led the children into the department store to seek compensation for the near miss.
• Fujino persuaded the manager to offer one million yen and store vouchers, threatening to involve the media if the department store failed to address its safety hazards.
• The children and Conan watched in surprise as Fujino demanded a written agreement and accepted the compensation under protest.

Fujino and the children divided their reward money before Genta explained how he had encountered the motorcycle robber who later targeted him. At the clothing shop, Fujino’s question about an old T-shirt design led Conan to realize a possible clue.

• Fujino gave Genta, Mitsuhiko, Conan, Ayumi, and Xiao Ai different shares of the money, and the children eagerly accepted their cash.
• Genta said he had seen the wanted robber before and later found a blond man who had been sitting beside him, but the man denied knowing him.
• Genta recalled that the robber was left-handed and wore a black skull shirt with the number 202, prompting Fujino to ask a waiter where he bought his shirt.
• Fujino took the group to BONES, where the cashier explained that its old T-shirts carried negative words and had stopped being produced in 2000.
• After Fujino asked whether the shop had printed shirts with SOS, Conan suddenly realized something.

Conan and Fujino worked out that the robber who had been pursuing Genta was the blond man following them, and they arranged for the police to catch him at a barbershop. Fujino alerted Inspector Megure, who rushed to bring officers to the scene.

• Conan deduced that Genta had seen the robber at a barbershop and that the man had dyed his hair to disguise himself.
• Fujino and Ai Haibara explained how the mirror had made the robber appear left-handed and turned SOS into 202, then Fujino recognized the blond man following them as the suspect.
• Conan planned to lure the robber to the barbershop and call the police, while Fujino suggested confronting him with his Wooden Sword.
• The children pretended they had no leads, and Fujino left with Conan and Ai Haibara before calling Juzo Megure.
• Fujino told Juzo Megure that the robber was following a child to the barbershop on the seventh floor of Station Building to silence a witness, and Juzo Megure set out with officers.

Fujino and the detectives set a trap in the station building for the man targeting Genta. After the salon owner identified Ajie, Fujino beat him and found a dagger on him, then continued attacking with a Wooden Sword.

• Megure, Sato, and Takagi questioned Fujino and Conan about using Genta as bait, then approved Fujino’s plan to protect him and capture the culprit.
• The detectives disguised themselves, sealed the station building’s exits, and arranged lookouts while they waited for Genta and his pursuer.
• Genta entered the elevator with Ajie, who tried to lure him to his house and gripped a dagger in his pocket.
• The hair salon owner identified Ajie, and Fujino punched him out of the elevator and pinned him down.
• Fujino found a dagger in Ajie’s pocket, tossed it aside, and continued beating him with a Wooden Sword.

Fujino helped the police catch an armed criminal and beat him until Conan tranquilized him, while Sato and Megure covered for his excessive force as self-defense. After driving the Junior Detective League home, Fujino agreed to join their post-exam trip with Professor Agasa.

• Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru claimed Fujino was acting in self-defense while he beat the armed criminal, and Megure left to summon the other officers.
• Conan used a tranquilizer needle to knock the criminal unconscious after Fujino had beaten him for about ten minutes.
• Megure's officers took the criminal away, while Sato told Fujino to avoid hitting the face next time.
• Fujino drove the Junior Detective League home, and the children joked about Genta sleeping too much.
• Ayumi invited Fujino and Haibara on the group's post-midterm trip with Professor Agasa, and Fujino agreed.

Fujino received a cash-on-delivery package from Kaito Kid containing a Hang Glider and extra phantom-thief gear, then collected his System Task rewards. He suspected Professor Agasa had made the equipment and realized Kaito Kid had likely paid for the children’s trip as well.

• A Jaguar Express agent delivered Fujino a package from KID and charged him ten thousand yen in cash on delivery.
• Fujino opened the package, found a Hang Glider and Kaito Kid gear, and vowed to get back at Kuroba Kaito for the fee.
• Conan returned to the Mori Detective Agency resentful that Fujino had received KID’s equipment, while Ai Haibara teased him.
• Fujino received two million yen and 300 Detective Reputation from the System Task, bringing his reputation to 800.
• Fujino examined the equipment, guessed Professor Agasa had made it, and concluded Kaito Kid had probably paid for the children’s trip.

After the midterm exams, Hiratsuka Shizuka confronted Fujino over his poor humanities scores, then accepted his explanation that he objected to the material. She noticed Fujino’s expensive Rolex and took him toward the rooftop, leaving Sonoko and Ran wondering what she had done wrong.

• Sonoko celebrated barely passing her exams while Ran and Fujino teased her about her grades.
• Sonoko asked Ran about keeping an eye on her father at the Tokiwa Group, and Fujino realized those plans conflicted with his upcoming trip with the Junior Detective League.
• Hiratsuka Shizuka confronted Fujino about earning high science and English scores but losing many points in the humanities.
• Fujino explained that he objected to questions that distorted history, and Hiratsuka Shizuka sympathized with him.
• Hiratsuka Shizuka spotted Fujino’s Rolex, and Sonoko revealed it was worth around ten million yen.
• Hiratsuka Shizuka asked Fujino to go to the rooftop with her and half-pushed, half-pulled him from the classroom.

Hiratsuka Shizuka learned that Fujino had more than a hundred million yen and asked whether she could become a detective. The next day, a scheduling conflict between Fujino’s trip to Tokiwa Tower and the children’s trip to Mount Fuji was resolved when Sonoko persuaded everyone to visit Tokiwa Tower together.

• Hiratsuka Shizuka roughed up Fujino, took a box of cigarettes, and checked whether he had enough money for living expenses.
• Fujino told Hiratsuka Shizuka he had more than nine figures left after buying his watch, and she asked if detectives were hiring.
• Ran, Mori Kogoro, Conan, and Sonoko waited for Fujino to join their planned trip to Tokiwa Tower.
• Ai Haibara learned Fujino had a scheduling conflict because he had also planned to go to Mount Fuji with the children and Professor Agasa.
• Sonoko suggested that everyone visit Tokiwa Tower, and the children eagerly agreed to the change of plans.

Mori Kogoro’s group visited the Tokiwa Twin Towers, where they explored the company’s futuristic game exhibition and met director Hara Yoshiki. Fujino recognized Hara’s secret connection to the Alcohol Company and realized that Hara’s betrayal would draw Gin to the building.

• Sawaguchi Chinami welcomed Mori Kogoro and his group and led them to the exhibition hall in Tower A.
• Fujino admired the holographic game displays as Hara Yoshiki introduced himself and spoke with the visitors.
• Fujino remembered that Hara worked for the Alcohol Company, had uploaded its information using the building’s servers, and would attract Gin’s attention.
• Hara showed the children a machine that displayed how people would look ten years later.
• Professor Agasa and Ayumi tried the machine, and the children questioned why Agasa’s photo showed almost no change.

Fujino and the others tried a machine that showed what they might look like in ten years, leading to teasing and awkward reactions. When Fujino used it, the machine sparked, caught fire, and exploded, leaving everyone with no answer about his future appearance.

• Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta tried the machine, and their future photos prompted compliments and teasing.
• Sonoko and Ran took their own photos; Ran’s mature portrait drew praise, while Sonoko hid hers after Genta mocked it.
• Conan blushed at the comments about Ran’s photo, and Fujino interrupted the growing romantic tension to take his turn.
• The machine crackled and caught fire while Fujino wore the helmet, so he escaped just before it exploded.

Fujino examined a bizarre photograph produced by Hara Yoshiki’s exploded time machine, then joined the others at a banquet hosted by Tokiwa Mio. The group met several guests, and Sonoko hid behind Fujino after Ōki Iwamatsu tried to strike up a conversation.

• Hara Yoshiki extinguished the flames after the time machine exploded, and a photograph emerged from its casing.
• Fujino saw the photograph showing two different versions of himself and suspected the machine had somehow scanned his soul.
• Sawaguchi Chinami led the group to the seventy-fifth-floor banquet hall to meet the Tokiwa Group’s president.
• Tokiwa Mio greeted Mori Kogoro and the others, then introduced her painting mentor, Kisaragi Hōzui.
• Ōki Iwamatsu recognized Sonoko and tried to greet her, so Sonoko retreated behind Fujino.

At a gathering in the Tokiwa Twin Towers, Fujino confronted Ōki Iwamatsu after the councilman insulted him and made an inappropriate advance toward Tokiwa Mio. Kisaragi Hōzui reacted angrily to Ōki’s behavior and left, with Mio following him.

• Ōki Iwamatsu mocked Fujino and poked him, but Fujino warned him about the former Nishitama City mayor’s car accident.
• Tokiwa Mio defused the confrontation and introduced Kazama Hidehiko, the architect and former disciple of Moroya Teiji.
• Ōki asked Mio to arrange an early hotel stay and hinted that he wanted dinner with her, making the others uncomfortable.
• Fujino noticed Kisaragi Hōzui watching Ōki and Mio with apparent killing intent.
• Kisaragi announced that he was leaving, and Mio chased after him despite his telling her not to see him off.

Fujino noticed Gin and Vodka investigating the Tokiwa Group’s high-rise while he and Ai Haibara surveyed the view. Mitsuhiko and Ayumi separately arranged to meet Ran the next day, leaving her puzzled by their serious, secretive requests.

• Ōki Iwamatsu left the banquet hall after his scheme failed, and Fujino reflected on Kisaragi Hōzui’s future murder of Tokiwa Mio.
• Kazama Hidehiko explained that Kisaragi and Tokiwa may have fallen out because she sold his paintings at high prices.
• Gin and Vodka traced a signal to the Tokiwa Group and spotted Fujino’s Ford Taurus, prompting Gin to check the opening ceremony guest list.
• Fujino and Ai Haibara admired the view from the high-rise, including distant Mount Fuji.
• Mitsuhiko asked Ran to meet him the next day, then Ayumi told Ran she had a woman’s secret to discuss.
• Ran agreed to meet Mitsuhiko and Ayumi at a family restaurant the next day, wondering what the children wanted to tell her.

Fujino and Ai Haibara helped Sonoko discover that removing her headband made her look dramatically more beautiful. As Sonoko celebrated her new look, Tokiwa Mio discreetly gave Fujino her business card and asked him to call her the next morning.

• Fujino found Sonoko worrying over a photograph of her future appearance and suggested that her hairstyle was the problem.
• Sonoko removed her headband, and Fujino and Ai Haibara were astonished by how much better she looked with her hair down.
• Ran agreed that Sonoko looked much better, and Fujino showed Sonoko a photo that confirmed the change.
• Sonoko praised Fujino's advice, then teased Genta and Mitsuhiko about their earlier comments.
• Tokiwa Mio quietly handed Fujino her business card and asked him to call her the next morning about something she wanted to discuss.

Tokiwa Mio hired Fujino to investigate Councilor Oki, who was exploiting her company and pressuring her. Fujino deduced that she wanted evidence of Oki’s misconduct to counter his control.

• Tokiwa Mio gave Fujino her business card, and he misunderstood her offer before she clarified that she wanted to hire him for a detective commission.
• Two staff members mentioned seeing a black Porsche 356A, and Conan rushed into the VIP elevator while Ai Haibara suspected the car was connected to the organization.
• The next day, Tokiwa Mio met Fujino on a bridge in Beika Town and asked him to investigate Councilor Oki.
• Fujino deduced that Oki had used Tokiwa Group to launder money and had grown increasingly demanding, possibly targeting Tokiwa Mio herself.
• Tokiwa Mio confirmed that Fujino had correctly guessed she wanted evidence of Oki’s scandals to balance his power.

Fujino accepted Tokiwa Mio’s secret commission to investigate councilman Ōki Iwamatsu for 35 million yen, with an advance payment of ten million. On his way home, he spotted Ran and offered her a ride to her meeting.

• Fujino questioned why Tokiwa Mio trusted him with investigating a councilman, and she said a trusted acquaintance had recommended him.
• Tokiwa Mio offered 30 million yen, and Fujino raised the fee by five million because of the risks; she agreed and gave him ten million yen in advance.
• Fujino suggested that the commission count as completed if Ōki Iwamatsu was murdered before the investigation uncovered anything, and Tokiwa Mio agreed.
• Fujino accepted the commission, exchanged private phone numbers with Tokiwa Mio, and drove home with the suitcase of money.
• Fujino saw Ran walking alone and offered her a ride, which she accepted.

Mitsuhiko asked Ran and Fujino for advice because he had feelings for Ayumi and had recently become interested in Haibara. Fujino explained that Mitsuhiko was confusing fleeting attraction with love, leaving Mitsuhiko relieved and enlightened.

• Fujino drove Ran to a fast-food restaurant, where Mitsuhiko greeted them and said he wanted to discuss something with both of them.
• Mitsuhiko told Ran and Fujino that he liked Ayumi, who seemed to like Conan, and worried that he was a playboy because he had also started paying attention to Haibara.
• Ran reassured Mitsuhiko that having feelings was nothing to be ashamed of, and Fujino said Mitsuhiko was mistaking infatuation for love.
• Fujino quoted Xin Qiji and explained that true love required understanding someone, while a passing flutter of the heart did not.
• Mitsuhiko accepted Fujino's explanation that he had mistaken being smitten for love, and Fujino told him to call him Mr. Fujino, Life Coach.

Fujino advised Mitsuhiko and Ayumi about their crushes, then convinced Ran that Conan's feelings for her might be unhealthy and that she should set boundaries. The next morning, Fujino went to investigate a high-profile murder at the Tokiwa Twin Towers.

• Mitsuhiko thanked Fujino and Ran for their advice and promised to get along with his friends.
• Ayumi told Ran that she liked Conan and believed he liked Ran, asking Ran to persuade him to give up.
• Fujino told Ran that Conan might have developed a distorted attachment to her and advised her to treat him like a peer and beat him up if needed.
• Juzo Megure called Fujino about a new case at the Tokiwa Twin Towers, and Fujino hurried to the scene.
• Sato Miwako brought Fujino to the crime scene and told him that the victim was a Nishitama City councilman.

Fujino investigated the murder of councilor Ōki Iwamatsu at the Tokiwa Twin Towers and suspected Kisaragi Hōzui was the killer. In the elevator, Tokiwa Mio confronted Fujino, who answered ambiguously and left her believing he might have killed Iwamatsu.

• Fujino arrived at the crime scene and recognized Tokiwa Mio and Sawaguchi Chinami from his visit to the towers two days earlier.
• Takagi Wataru reported that Ōki Iwamatsu had been stabbed to death, the murder weapon was missing, and a small porcelain cup had been broken beside the body.
• Fujino suspected Kisaragi Hōzui and interpreted the broken cup as a reference to Mount Fuji, but advised Juzo Megure to gather more statements before drawing conclusions.
• Juzo Megure asked Fujino to bring the people who had toured the building with him, including Mouri-niisan, Ran, Sonoko, Professor Agasa, and Conan.
• Tokiwa Mio stopped Fujino in the elevator and asked whether he had killed Iwamatsu; Fujino replied ambiguously, leaving her frightened that he had.