Chapter Summaries

Fujino used a Special Grade All-Around Enhancement Card to overwhelm Okita Soji in their kendo match. After countering Okita’s Godantsuki, Fujino launched a powerful sword technique, leaving the match unresolved.

• Fujino assessed Okita Soji’s exceptional sword talent and used the enhancement card to raise all his attributes by 400%.
• Fujino surged forward and struck Okita’s protective gear, sending him flying backward.
• Okita recovered and attacked Fujino with his Mumei Godan Tsuki, but Fujino blocked the first four thrusts and dodged the fifth.
• Fujino exploited the opening in Okita’s technique and began a Nine-Headed Dragon Flash.

Fujino defeated Okita Soji in a brutal kendo match, earning Teitan the victory and the team’s celebration. Okita recognized Fujino’s sword style and sensed his killing intent, which Fujino dismissed as imagination.

• Fujino used a final thrust to smash Okita Soji’s protective gear and send him flying beyond the arena line.
• Okita rose despite his shattered equipment, and the referee declared Fujino the winner.
• Hiratsuka Shizuka hugged Fujino and promised to treat the team to ramen as his teammates celebrated their victory.
• Okita praised Fujino’s Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu and asked whether it was an inherited style.
• Okita said he had sensed killing intent from Fujino, but Fujino told him it was only his imagination.

After Fujino defeated Okita in the kendo match, Heiji realized how dangerous a match with Fujino would be but still agreed to spar with him later. Momiji teased Okita about Fujino being her future husband, then became angry when Fujino revealed Okita’s nickname for her.

• Heiji returned after solving a murder case and learned that Fujino had defeated Okita.
• Heiji declared Fujino his new kendo rival, but Kazuha and Conan warned him that Fujino could seriously injure him.
• Hattori Shizuka invited Fujino to the Hattori house to spar with Heiji, and Fujino accepted.
• Momiji called Fujino her future husband, leaving Okita stunned and eager to hear how they got together.
• Fujino told Momiji that Okita had called her Big Boobs, and Momiji glared at Okita until he fled.
• Momiji explained that she had booked a room for a victory dinner, then agreed to go with Fujino to spar at the Hattori house afterward.

Fujino sparred with Hattori Heiji at the Hattori home, then joined the family and their guests for a late-night meal. The evening ended with Hattori Heizo and Toyama Ginshiro asking Fujino to drive them home after they both drank.

• Fujino sparred with Hattori Heiji while Hattori Heizo urged his son to keep fighting, until Hattori Shizuka called them in for a late-night snack.
• Hattori Heiji hurried toward the food, but Hattori Shizuka made him clean up before joining everyone at the table.
• At dinner, Hattori Shizuka explained that Toyama Kazuha had fallen asleep because she was exhausted from chasing Hattori Heiji after he ran off to investigate a murder.
• Hattori Heizo and Toyama Ginshiro praised Fujino's swordsmanship, detective work, and police career while comparing him favorably with Hattori Heiji.
• After Hattori Heizo and Toyama Ginshiro realized they had both been drinking, Hattori Heizo asked Fujino to drive them home.

Fujino was drawn into an old Osaka murder case after Toyama Ginshiro and Hattori Heizo discussed matching ceramic shards and a possible hidden treasure. The next day, the group toured Osaka Castle, where Kazuha and Ooka Momiji argued over whether Osaka or Kyoto was better.

• Toyama Ginshiro joked with Hattori Heizo about Heiji and Kazuha getting together, while Kazuha secretly listened and was disappointed when she realized he was joking.
• Ginshiro told Heizo about a new charred body found in Osaka Castle’s eastern moat with a ceramic shard matching one from a murder thirteen years earlier.
• Heizo asked Fujino to assess the case, and Fujino suspected someone was using the shards as bait; Ginshiro linked the case to a past string of robbery-murders.
• After working overtime, Fujino went sightseeing in Osaka with his family, Heiji, Kazuha, Conan, Ran, and Ooka Momiji.
• At Osaka Castle, Heiji suggested visiting Osaka Headquarters, while Kazuha and Momiji argued over whether Osaka or Kyoto was more enjoyable.

Fujino and his companions toured Osaka Castle, met a group of tourists role-playing as famous historical figures, and took souvenir photos. The chapter ended with Fujino, Akemi, Ai, Momiji, and the Shimo-Kasa Sisters posing together in a warm group portrait.

• Kazuha and Ran discussed Osaka Castle with Soya Yasuhiro, who explained its history while role-playing Tokugawa Ieyasu.
• Hattori Heiji recognized Soya’s Tokugawa badge, and Fukushima Toshiaki called him back to their historical role-playing group.
• Kazuha bought a pink instant camera, and Fujino took a photo of Ran, Kazuha, and Conan.
• Kazuha invited Hattori Heiji to take a picture with her, but he embarrassedly refused.
• Akemi suggested taking a photo with Fujino, and Momiji, Ai, and the Shimo-Kasa Sisters joined them.
• Fujino and the others posed in front of Osaka Castle, and Akemi called the picture a family portrait.

During a rainy visit to Osaka Castle, Fujino and the others encountered a man who fell from the Tenshukaku while engulfed in flames. As the investigation began, evidence linked the death to a cosplay tour group and a fragment Fujino had seen the previous night.

• Kazuha left her wallet at a shop, and Fujino shared his umbrellas with the group when rain began.
• A burning man fell from Osaka Castle's Tenshukaku, so Fujino sent the girls away while Conan and Hattori hurried to investigate.
• Kazuha retrieved her wallet, then learned that a man had fallen from the castle and admitted her Omamori had not prevented another murder case.
• Fujino identified the deceased as Kato Yuji and suspected his companions from the cosplay tour group were involved.
• Conan and Hattori reported finding a lighter and clues on the castle rooftop, but they had failed to collect the photos and fragments.
• The police examined Kato's belongings, including a scroll marked with a dragon character, while Fujino recognized a yellow ceramic fragment as one he had seen the previous night.

Fujino, Conan, and Hattori Heiji uncovered clues suggesting Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Golden War Banner treasure was hidden somewhere in Osaka Castle, while the police suspected members of the tour group. After a second death on Shin Bridge, Hattori Heizo struck down Heiji for mishandling the crime scene and ordered him to leave.

• Hattori Heiji and Conan connected a gold-flecked tile fragment and a hidden scroll to the legend of treasure inside Osaka Castle, and Toyama Ginshiro arrived after Fujino called him.
• Toyama Ginshiro told Otake to quietly have police watch the balding Soya Yasuhiro as members of the tour group left to eat.
• After dinner, Kazuha, Ran, and Ooka Momiji found Katagiri dead beside Shin Bridge, where witnesses had seen her set herself on fire and jump.
• Ooka Momiji recalled hearing a man’s heavy footsteps on the bridge, but Ai Haibara noted that the distant figure had no clear opportunity to attack Katagiri.
• Hattori Heiji tried to search Katagiri’s body, and Fujino stopped him and urged him to respect the deceased.
• Hattori Heizo punched Hattori Heiji for disturbing the crime scene, criticized his conduct, and ordered him to leave.

After Hattori Heizo struck Hattori Heiji, he arranged for Heiji to draw the robbers out while the police prepared an ambush at an abandoned factory. Fujino joined Heizo and the Mobile Unit officers, and the chapter ended as a man carrying a box arrived at the factory.

• Hattori Heizo punched Heiji, then ordered the team to withdraw while asking Fujino to assist with two other cases.
• Heizo had Toyama Ginshiro watch Wakisaka and assigned Otake to keep an eye on Heiji, reasoning that Heiji’s impulsiveness would not alarm the robbers.
• Toyama reported that Wakisaka had gone to an abandoned factory and that Heiji had also found something near a factory.
• Heizo put on a bulletproof vest, gave another to Fujino, and led the Mobile Unit officers to prepare an ambush at the abandoned factory.
• A man carrying a box entered the factory, set it beside a burning oil drum, and waited.

Conan and Hattori Heiji followed Soya Yasuhiro to a warehouse, unaware that Fujino and the Osaka police had arranged an ambush of their own. Soya revealed his crimes and threatened the detectives, but Fujino and Hattori Heizo intervened as officers stormed the warehouse and fought his men.

• Conan and Hattori Heiji tailed Soya Yasuhiro to a warehouse, where Inspector Otake secretly pulled Conan away and brought him to Fujino and Hattori Heizo.
• Hattori Heiji explained that Wakisaka had killed Kato and Katagiri, while the corpse found thirteen years earlier was Wakisaka's grandfather.
• Soya Yasuhiro admitted to his criminal past, drew a pistol, and ordered Hattori Heiji and Wakisaka to retrieve flashlights as his armed men surrounded them.
• Conan identified the umbrella as the clue that had exposed Wakisaka as Kato's killer.
• Fujino struck Soya Yasuhiro with his Wooden Sword, Hattori Heizo joined the fight, and Osaka's Mobile Unit officers rushed in to battle the gang.

Fujino helped Hattori Heizo arrest Soya Yasuhiro and learned that Heizo had used Hattori Heiji as bait in the plan. After the Kinki Kendo Tournament ended, Fujino left Osaka for Tokyo and checked his system rewards on the bus.

• Hattori Heizo’s officers arrested Soya Yasuhiro and his gang after Fujino helped expose the criminal.
• Hattori Heizo drove Fujino and Conan back to the hotel, then hurried away when Fujino suggested staying in Osaka for overtime and a longer visit.
• Teitan High School finished the Kinki Kendo Tournament with the men’s team championship and the women’s team runner-up position.
• Conan told Hattori Heiji that Heizo and Fujino had used him to draw the gang’s attention while officers prepared an ambush, and Fujino confirmed Heizo had identified Wakisaka early.
• Fujino said goodbye to Ooka Momiji and boarded the bus back to Tokyo with the kendo club.
• Fujino checked the system and received five Detective Tokens, five million yen, and 300 Detective Reputation.

Fujino drew new system rewards and fused Art Student with Orator, creating the Failed Art Student profession. While celebrating his championship with Mori Kogoro at an izakaya, he recognized proprietress Kameda Masako from a case involving her son's death.

• Fujino used twelve Detective Coins to draw gems, an Art Student profession card, and an Advanced Profession Random Breakthrough Card.
• Fujino fused Art Student with Orator, first failing at an 80% chance before succeeding after boosting the chance to 100%, and obtained Failed Art Student.
• Fujino inspected the new profession's speech and art-related abilities, then decided the fusion feature was worth exploring further.
• After returning to Tokyo, Fujino went with Mori Kogoro to the Masu izakaya while Ran and Conan stayed home.
• Fujino learned the proprietress was Kameda Masako and remembered that her son had been killed after a drunk man pushed him down the stairs.

Fujino learned that Kameda Masako’s son had been killed by Hirasawa Tsuyoshi, who escaped serious punishment after being drunk. Masako killed Hirasawa at a construction site, and Usami Shinji tried to take the blame before Fujino altered the scene and made Hirasawa’s death look like a fall.

• Fujino left the shop after Mori Kogoro fell asleep and sent Xiao Hei to follow two men arguing about Masaki.
• Hirasawa Tsuyoshi failed to recognize Kameda Masako, who remembered him as the man responsible for her son’s death and later probation.
• Masako lured Hirasawa to a construction site and beat him to death with an iron rod.
• Usami Shinji found Hirasawa’s body, left his car keys at the scene, and tried to erase evidence to take the blame for Masako.
• Fujino emerged from the shadows, picked up the keys, moved Hirasawa’s body to the rooftop, and dropped it to make the death look like a fall.

Fujino investigated the death of Hirasawa Tsuyoshi, who appeared to have been killed by Beika Batman for pushing a child to his death and receiving only a suspended sentence. Back at the izakaya, Kameda Masako realized Beika Batman had concealed her own role in Hirasawa’s death, while Mori Kogoro hurried to leave before Ran became angry.

• Fujino met Sato Miwako and Juzo Megure at the construction site, where Hirasawa Tsuyoshi’s body and a bat card suggested Beika Batman had killed him.
• Megure recalled that Hirasawa had pushed a child down the stairs three years earlier but received a suspended sentence.
• Fujino encouraged the police to wrap up the case, then reflected that he had not killed Hirasawa and believed victims’ families might need to avenge their grievances themselves.
• Fujino returned to the Masumi Izakaya and told Mori Kogoro and Kameda Masako that Beika Batman had killed Hirasawa for killing a child.
• Kameda realized the smashed head had erased evidence of her iron-rod blow and that Beika Batman had taken the blame for her, while she felt grateful and did not regret killing Hirasawa.
• Mori noticed it was past ten and hurried to leave with Fujino before Ran could get angry.

Fujino enhanced his Black Ghost and bought Twilight Mansion after its debts were assessed. He then took the Junior Detective League to the Global Touring Circus, where Ai Haibara gave him a lion pendant and the group learned about organizer Randy Hawk.

• Fujino used a Detective Coin and an enhancement gem to improve the Black Ghost, extending its duration to two hours.
• The female manager told Fujino that Ōgami still owed the bank 270 million yen, and Fujino bought Twilight Mansion, leaving himself 25 million yen.
• Fujino took the Junior Detective League to the Global Touring Circus because Professor Agasa was unavailable.
• Ayumi gave Fujino a white lion phone charm, and Ai Haibara retorted to Conan after he teased her about buying matching pendants.
• Genta asked about the celebrity surrounded by reporters, and Ai Haibara identified him as circus organizer Randy Hawk.

Conan and the Detective Boys rescued James Black from reporters who mistook him for Randy Hawk, then James offered to take them to lunch. As James went to retrieve his van, two men posing as police officers abducted him, though he believed Shuichi Akai might be following.

• Conan, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi pretended James Black was a relative of Fujino's to lead him away from the reporters.
• James explained that he had come to Japan to watch the circus and buy a necklace, then asked whether the group had seen his long-haired friend.
• Conan impressed James with his deductions and introduced himself and the other children as detectives.
• James invited the group to lunch and offered to drive them in his van.
• Two men posing as Metropolitan Police Department officers accused James of having a stolen vehicle, struck him with a gun, and forced him into a police car.
• James realized something was wrong but felt reassured that Shuichi Akai might be following him.

After James was kidnapped, Conan and the Detective Boys found clues and used Ayumi’s Detective Badge to track the kidnappers. Fujino accepted a task to rescue James and persuaded Takagi to set up a checkpoint along the kidnappers’ route toward Gunma.

• Genta, Ayumi, Conan, Ai Haibara, and Fujino searched for James after he failed to meet them.
• Mitsuhiko found James’s van with its door open and the key still in the ignition, and a boy reported seeing James leave with two people in coats.
• The children found James’s Lion Pendant, and Conan noticed blood on it, suggesting James had left them a signal.
• Fujino accepted the System Task to rescue James and reminded Conan that the Detective Badges could track their holders.
• Conan tracked James’s badge as the kidnappers drove north, but Takagi hesitated to act on a child’s information.
• Fujino took Conan’s phone and ordered Takagi to set up a checkpoint, and Takagi agreed.

Fujino, Conan, and the police tracked the kidnappers who had taken James in a disguised police car and devised a plan to stop them without endangering him. The chapter ended with Takagi reluctantly assigned to play a kidnapper in the ruse.

• Sato Miwako coordinated with Fujino to search for the kidnappers and warned Yumi Miyamoto to watch for armed suspects in a police car.
• Conan and Haibara worked out that the P&A code referred to a panda and helped explain why the kidnappers had chosen a black-and-white police car.
• Yumi let the suspicious police car pass after memorizing its license plate, avoiding a confrontation that could have put James in danger.
• Conan proposed using police cars to chase and surround the kidnappers while Fujino pretended to have abducted a child.
• Fujino refused to play the villain, and Conan, Ayumi, Haibara, and Sato agreed that Takagi should take the role.

Fujino and the police surrounded the fake police car carrying the kidnapped children and James Black, and Fujino incapacitated the kidnappers in a dramatic midair attack. The criminals were arrested, and the chapter ended with Yumi Miyamoto and Sato Miwako looking for James.

• Yumi Miyamoto recruited Saitama officers to help pursue the fake police car, while Takagi and the children helped draw the kidnappers’ attention.
• Fujino told the kidnappers that police had surrounded them, and the man in sunglasses threatened James Black with a pistol.
• Fujino smashed through the rear window of the Panda patrol car, jumped into the car behind them, and kicked its driver and two accomplices unconscious.
• Yumi braked, the police arrested the kidnappers, and James trembled after witnessing Fujino’s attack.
• The Junior Detective League celebrated, and Yumi lamented the damage to her patrol car before she and Sato noticed James near Fujino.

After the police took James and Shuichi Akai in for statements, Conan and Ai Haibara discussed their suspicions about the two men. Back home, Fujino received an anonymous invitation from HS to try the video game “Cocoon.”

• Fujino stopped James from leaving before making a statement, and Sato Miwako asked him to bring Shuichi Akai in as well.
• After leaving the police station, Ai Haibara told Conan that James and Shuichi Akai seemed suspicious, but Conan dismissed her concerns.
• In the Chevrolet, Shuichi Akai told James that Fujino was a high school detective and said he had noticed something unusual in his eyes.
• Akemi Miyano gave Fujino a letter from a sender identified only as HS, containing cash, a floppy disk, and several badges.
• Fujino played the disk and heard HS invite him to the upcoming “Cocoon” video game, saying he would understand the reason for the invitation when he arrived.