Chapter Summaries

Fujino prepared for Kaito Kid’s appearance at the Oshima Art Museum while Koizumi Akako warned him that Spider would also come. He dismissed her concern and insisted he could deal with both, leaving Akako doubtful.

• Fujino handled a group of reporters, and Nakamori Ginzo showed him a secret weapon: chained handcuffs designed to capture Kaito Kid.
• Koizumi Akako called Fujino to confront him for tricking her, but he repeatedly hung up before finally mocking her over the phone.
• Koizumi warned Fujino that Spider would come to the museum and urged him to prioritize Spider over Kaito Kid.
• Fujino said he would handle both Kaito Kid and Spider, then ended the call while Koizumi doubted he could manage it.

At the Oshima Art Museum, Hakuba Saguru caught Kuroba Kaito before he could change into Kaito Kid, while Fujino disguised himself as Kid to draw Spider out. Koizumi Akako arrived on a broomstick in her own Kaito Kid-style costume, leaving Fujino startled by her appearance.

• Nakamori Ginzo inspected the jewel display as Nakamori Aoko arrived with Kuroba Kaito and Hakuba Saguru.
• Hakuba Saguru suspected Kuroba Kaito was about to make his move and followed him out of the exhibition room with Fujino.
• Hakuba Saguru cuffed Kuroba Kaito, but Kaito repeatedly unlocked the handcuffs until Fujino cuffed the two of them together and dragged them back.
• Fujino disguised himself as Kaito Kid on the museum roof, hoping to draw Spider away from Koizumi Akako.
• Koizumi Akako arrived on a broomstick wearing a Kaito Kid-style outfit with exaggerated chest muscles.

Koizumi Akako disguised herself as Kaito Kid and stole the gem, but Nakamori Ginzo’s trap caught her in midair. Fujino stopped Kuroba Kaito from using his card gun, leaving the situation unresolved.

• Fujino encountered Koizumi Akako on the rooftop and left her to continue the theft.
• Hakuba Saguru handcuffed Kuroba Kaito, believing he had caught Kaito Kid.
• Koizumi Akako appeared in the exhibition room, took the gem, and flew away on her broomstick.
• Nakamori Ginzo ordered the police to activate the trap, and handcuffs bound Koizumi Akako and her broomstick.
• Kuroba Kaito realized the captured thief was Koizumi Akako and reached for his card gun, but Fujino stopped him and revealed he was prepared.

Fujino freed Koizumi Akako from Spider’s hypnosis and exposed the technology behind his illusions. Spider hypnotized them again, but Fujino paid the system to break free and charged at him, demanding his one million yen back.

• Fujino detonated a Bubble Gum Bomb, plunging the exhibition hall into darkness and giving Koizumi Akako a chance to escape her handcuffs and fly away.
• Spider trapped Koizumi Akako in golden threads and a witch-hunt nightmare, but Fujino cut her free and caught her as she fell.
• Fujino explained that Spider used a red-light mask and psychological suggestion to create illusions, then blocked the light with sunglasses.
• Spider intensified the red light and hypnotized Koizumi Akako and Fujino again.
• Fujino paid the system one million yen to break the deeper hypnosis, then charged at Spider while demanding his money back.

Fujino resisted Spider’s hypnosis and fought him in the air while Conan, Kuroba Kaito, Hakuba Saguru, and Koizumi Akako converged on the scene. Fujino ended the chapter turning Spider’s Steel Needles back into his lower back.

• Spider used his red-eyed hypnosis on Fujino, but Fujino broke free instantly and charged at him.
• Conan recovered from the hypnosis, spotted Fujino fighting Spider, and rushed toward the battlefield on his skateboard.
• Kuroba Kaito recognized Spider and flew toward the red light, while Conan’s soccer ball streaked past him.
• Koizumi Akako woke from the hypnosis and hid instead of joining the fight, deciding she would intervene only if Fujino needed help.
• Spider maneuvered through the air as Fujino slashed at him and repeatedly targeted his kidneys.
• Fujino used a blade shock to send Spider’s Steel Needles back into his lower back.

Fujino and Kuroba Kaito brought down Spider’s aerial web and confronted him in the forest. Spider survived Fujino’s gunshot with his mask shattered, leaving Fujino threatening to attack his kidneys.

• Fujino shot down two hot-air balloons, and Kuroba Kaito’s Super Electromagnetic Soccer struck Spider and sent him crashing into the forest.
• The spider silk collapsed, and Fujino landed safely in a haystack while Koizumi Akako wondered how the haystacks had appeared.
• Kuroba Kaito checked on Fujino and Koizumi Akako, then rushed with Fujino to find Spider.
• Spider taunted Kuroba Kaito about Kuroba Toichi, but Fujino shot him in the head and shattered his mask.
• Fujino revealed Spider was still alive and threatened to start by cutting his kidneys.

Fujino, Kuroba Kaito, Hakuba Saguru, and Koizumi Akako confronted Spider, but Spider escaped using an explosive hallucinogen. Fujino broke free of the hypnosis and woke Kuroba Kaito and Koizumi Akako, while Spider remained at large.

• Fujino threatened Spider over which side to start with, while Kuroba Kaito found Fujino more frightening than the villain.
• Hakuba Saguru identified Spider as Gunter von Goldberg the Second and vowed to discover his real identity.
• Spider threw down an explosive steel ball that filled the area with smoke and sent everyone flying.
• Fujino recognized that Spider’s device had hypnotized him, paid the system one million yen to break free, and found Kuroba Kaito and Koizumi Akako nearby.
• Fujino woke Kuroba Kaito and Koizumi Akako with his Wooden Sword, and Kuroba Kaito asked him to use it rather than cold water next time.
• Koizumi Akako gave Kuroba Kaito a gemstone in return for a favor, then left on her broom as Fujino demanded ten million yen and two million yen in compensation.

Fujino and Kuroba Kaito checked the stolen gemstone and confirmed it was not Pandora, while the police gathered after Kaito Kid escaped. Kuroba Kaito returned the gem, and the chapter ended with Aoko insisting that Kaito Kid must be a shemale.

• Fujino told Kuroba Kaito that Koizumi Akako had voluntarily paid him twelve million for the commission and explained that he did not understand her calling him Child of Moonlight.
• Kuroba Kaito examined the gemstone under the moonlight, but he and Fujino found no sign that it was Pandora.
• Nakamori Ginzo arrived with the police, and Hakuba Saguru confirmed that Kaito Kid had escaped; Conan woke up after being knocked unconscious twice and lamented missing the action.
• Kuroba Kaito emerged from the bushes with the gemstone and told Nakamori Ginzo that he had found it in a tree, while Fujino questioned Conan about being out late and offered to take him home.
• Hakuba Saguru recognized that several people had impersonated Kaito Kid but lacked evidence, as Nakamori Ginzo dismissed the idea that Kaito Kid was a woman.
• Aoko arrived and declared that Kaito Kid must be a shemale, prompting Kuroba Kaito to object.

After Kaito Kid escaped with his disguise intact, Fujino brought Conan home and convinced Ran that Conan needed stricter discipline. Fujino then upgraded his detective profession, triggering the system’s version 2.0 update, while Conan’s angry cries sounded from across the street.

• Nakamori Ginzo dismissed the idea that Kaito Kid was a cross-dresser and concluded the disguise was a misdirection, while the police recovered the gemstone.
• Fujino drove Conan to the Mori Detective Agency, where he exposed Conan’s claim that he had only been passing by.
• Fujino persuaded Ran that Conan’s behavior came from wanting attention and urged her to discipline him.
• Fujino received his reward and upgraded his detective profession to Advanced, starting the system’s version 2.0 update and disabling its functions during the upgrade.
• Ran began disciplining Conan, who shouted threats at Fujino before screaming from inside the Mori Detective Agency.

Fujino accompanied Sato and Takagi to Osaka to escort a drug dealer connected to the Butterfly drug network, while looking for ways to justify spending more of the police department’s funds. After arriving at Osaka Police Headquarters, he ran into Hattori Heiji and Hattori Heizo.

• Megure asked Fujino to advise Sato and Takagi during their escort of a suspect to Tokyo, and Fujino agreed to keep the suspect safe.
• On the train, Fujino suggested upgrading their seats for safety, but Sato explained that ordinary tickets were easier to reimburse.
• Sato told Fujino that the suspect was a manufacturer and dealer of the Butterfly drug, and that investigators hoped to trace the network behind him.
• Fujino reasoned that the suspect might be targeted during the journey and considered using his adviser role to devise protection plans.
• After the escort team completed the handover at Osaka Police Headquarters, Hattori Heiji recognized Fujino and asked why he was in Osaka.
• Hattori Heizo praised Fujino’s police work and challenged Heiji to match his achievements before calling himself a consultant.

Fujino stayed in Osaka after Hattori Heizo asked him to attend a restaurant opening and keep an eye on Hattori Heiji while the suspect remained in custody. He joined Hattori Heiji and the Mori family at the luxurious K3 Restaurant, where reporters and celebrities had gathered.

• Hattori Heiji lamented that Fujino’s achievements made the consultant position seem dangerously difficult to earn.
• Toyama Kazuha told Hattori Heiji that Ran and the others had arrived in Osaka for the K3 Restaurant opening party.
• Hattori Heiji explained that he had invited the Mori family because his parents were sick, and Fujino joked that he had been left off the invitation list.
• Hattori Heizo asked Fujino to attend the party while Sato Miwako and Takagi continued interrogating the suspect, and Fujino asked to have his hotel expenses reimbursed.
• Fujino and Hattori Heiji met the Mori family at a hotel and went with them to K3 Restaurant, where reporters and famous stars were arriving.

Fujino attended the K3 Restaurant opening banquet with Hattori Heiji and spoke with Yoko Okino and Yuko Ikezawa. The chapter ended with Fujino realizing the restaurant had corporate backers supporting its athlete founders.

• Mori Kogoro admired the celebrities at the banquet while Ran felt embarrassed by his enthusiasm.
• Yoko Okino greeted Fujino, and he introduced Hattori Heiji as the Osaka police chief's eldest son.
• Yoko Okino apologized to Fujino for the Su Fang Hongzi incident, and Yuko Ikezawa teased her for nearly damaging his reputation.
• Yuko Ikezawa explained that many industry figures attended because the restaurant had prominent corporate backers.
• Fujino concluded that investors supported the three athlete founders and had arranged for affiliated performers to attend.

Fujino mingled with celebrities at the K3 opening party while Ran hoped to get Ray Curtis's autograph for Shinichi. After a guest publicly accused Curtis and the other athletes of scandalous behavior, Fujino suspected the man would soon be killed.

• Fujino returned to the group with autographs and gave Yoko Okino's autograph to Mori Kogoro.
• Ran said she wanted Ray Curtis's autograph for Shinichi, and the athletes were introduced onstage.
• Conan excitedly watched Ray Curtis, while Hattori Heiji teased him about coming to the party.
• A white-haired guest mocked Ray Curtis and accused the athletes of scandals, then left with a plate of sushi.
• Fujino watched the confrontation and recalled that the guest would be killed soon.

Ran helped Ray Curtis and two other stars set up a surprise display of lights at K3 Restaurant, but a gunshot shattered a hotel window and Hattori Heiji rushed upstairs to investigate. Osaka police arrived after Hattori and Fujino reported a death.

• Mori Kogoro explained that the departing man was a notorious American reporter who dug up scandals about athletes.
• Ran received Ray Curtis’s signed jersey and a ticket, then revealed that Curtis and his companions had asked her to help with a surprise.
• Ran guided Curtis over the walkie-talkie as lights in the hotel formed a K, but a gunshot shattered a second-floor window.
• Fujino identified the sound as a handgun shot, and Hattori Heiji hurried inside while Fujino called the police.
• Goro Otaki arrived with Osaka police and learned that Hattori and Fujino had reported someone dead.

Fujino and the others examined Ed McKay’s murder at the hotel and considered whether the three hotel bosses were responsible. Hattori Heiji admitted that his suspicion of them came from intuition, leaving Fujino to wonder whether true detective intuition existed in this world.

• Fujino followed Goro Otaki into the crime scene, where they found Ed McKay dead from a close-range gunshot.
• Fujino explained that the victim had likely tried to leave a dying message, while Hattori Heiji placed the shot at about 8:05.
• Ran described where Mike, Barrera, and Curtis had been when the shot was fired, though she had not seen them directly.
• Conan suggested the killer could have hidden nearby and escaped amid the reporters, broadening the pool of suspects.
• Fujino asked Hattori Heiji why he suspected the three hotel bosses, and Heiji said it was a hunch.
• Fujino concluded that Heiji’s hunch might be an example of true detective intuition.

Conan pointed out clues on the victim’s hands, and Hattori Heiji and the others treated them as possible dying messages while Fujino suggested checking guests for gunshot residue. After they moved downstairs to test the guests, Mori Kogoro eagerly approached Yoko Okino, while Yuko Ikezawa led her away.

• Conan noticed the victim was gripping his waistband and had bent fingers, prompting Hattori Heiji to identify the hand positions and BAND as possible dying messages.
• Mori Kogoro guessed that BAND and the number 3 referred to a suspect named Bando, while Hattori Heiji and Goro Otaki reacted skeptically.
• Fujino suggested testing the guests for gunshot residue, and Hattori Heiji and Goro Otaki agreed.
• Fujino encountered Yoko Okino and Yuko Ikezawa downstairs and told them the victim was a reporter and the guests would be tested.
• Mori Kogoro offered to solve the case, and Yuko Ikezawa led Yoko away to get tested early.

Fujino identified Ray Curtis as the killer from the death message, while Hattori Heiji worked out how its sushi clue pointed to him. At the hotel, Fujino suggested the killer may have used a football mechanism, leaving the method of the crime unresolved.

• Fujino told Hattori Heiji that the death message named Ray Curtis and hinted that the code involved sushi.
• Hattori Heiji deduced that the sushi clue identified Ray Curtis, then considered whether the three athletes had killed the reporter together.
• Conan argued that the athletes’ motives and physical limitations made them unlikely killers, while Goro Otaki reported that residue tests found no gunpowder on them.
• Fujino and Hattori Heiji examined Ray Curtis’s hotel room and found that the timing and power switch did not fit the apparent method.
• Fujino proposed that the professional football player could have used a football and a mechanism to commit the crime.

Fujino and Hattori Heiji discussed how a detective should balance the law with human empathy while Conan rushed off to prove his idol was innocent. Fujino admitted he would protect someone he loved even if that meant defying the law.

• Fujino demonstrated how a soccer ball and a room's mop could have been used to move an item without being noticed.
• Hattori Heiji considered the theory, while Conan ran out to prove that the suspected murderer was innocent.
• Fujino argued that detectives should uncover the truth without losing their humanity, and that the law could fail to deliver justice.
• Fujino asked Hattori Heiji what he would do if Kazuha committed murder, leaving Hattori unable to answer confidently.
• Fujino said he would hide a loved one's crime or oppose the law rather than remain completely rational.

Fujino and Hattori Heiji discussed Conan’s situation, and Conan found a soccer needle that confirmed Ray Curtis was the murderer. At the K3 Restaurant, Hattori and Fujino challenged Curtis and his agents when they demanded to leave, and Fujino warned them the police suspected their involvement.

• Fujino explained to Hattori Heiji that Conan was facing a difficult situation, and Hattori reflected on what it meant to be a detective.
• Conan found a soccer needle in a restroom trash can and accepted that Ray Curtis was the culprit.
• At the K3 Restaurant, Goro Otaki kept the guests there while Curtis and the other athletes complained about being detained.
• Ran asked Fujino where Conan had gone, and Fujino said Conan was helping investigate the case.
• Hattori Heiji told Goro Otaki to let the guests leave but required Curtis to meet someone first.
• When Curtis’s agent threatened to complain to diplomats, Fujino warned that the police had reason to suspect them of murder.

Conan confronted Ray Curtis with evidence that he had murdered a reporter and was using heroin, urging him to turn himself in. Ray accepted responsibility and left to surrender, while Fujino and Hattori Heiji reflected on his choice.

• Curtis followed Fujino upstairs and discovered the door mechanism he had used to trigger the lights.
• Conan showed Curtis that his shoes and physical symptoms exposed his guilt and heroin addiction, then urged him to surrender.
• Curtis admitted he had killed the reporter to avenge his wife and had started using drugs after her death.
• Conan told Curtis that drugs and murder violated the rules, and Curtis decided to turn himself in for his wife and his fans.
• Fujino and Hattori Heiji watched Curtis leave, and Fujino urged him to seek treatment in prison.