Chapter Summaries

Fujino deduced Noah's Ark's origins and real intentions, then wondered why the AI had invited him to Cocoon. After finishing a cheating-partner job, he received a call from Yoko Okino about another obsessive fan case.

• Fujino connected Cocoon, the invitation badge, and the game launch to Hiroki Sawada and Noah's Ark.
• Fujino concluded that Noah's Ark planned to use the game to help children grow and expose Thomas Schindler, rather than simply kill privileged heirs.
• Fujino wondered why Noah's Ark had invited him and resolved to find out what the AI was planning.
• Fujino photographed a cheating couple and sent the evidence to his client, bringing his total to ten Detective Coins.
• Yoko Okino called Fujino about an obsessive fan, and they arranged to meet at a park.

Fujino took a job from Yoko Okino to investigate the threatening letters sent to her friend Kaoru Kusano. He went with Yoko to Kaoru’s engagement party, where Kaoru greeted them after mistaking the visitors at her door for her stalker.

• Yoko Okino told Fujino that Kaoru Kusano had received threatening letters and was too frightened to leave home, then arranged for him to question her after the engagement party.
• Fujino accepted the commission and drove Yoko to Kaoru’s apartment the next day after picking up Xiao Ai.
• Fujino and Yoko met actor Shu Kenzaki, who said he had heard about Fujino from Kaori Niina and asked him to help with Kaoru’s situation.
• When no one answered the doorbell, Fujino opened the door and found Kaoru holding a tennis racket, ready to confront the person she thought was stalking her.
• Kaoru welcomed Fujino, Yoko, and Shu inside, and they gathered around the sofa to talk about her engagement and acting career.

Fujino attended Kaoru Kusano and Shu Kenzaki’s engagement party, where several former members of Yoko Okino’s idol group reunited. When Shu mentioned marrying Kaoru, Fujino noticed Yuki Takeyano’s intense killer intent and suspected she wanted to kill Kaoru over the marriage.

• Yuki Takeyano arrived at the party, and Yoko Okino revealed that Terumi Hoshino was there too.
• Terumi Hoshino joined the gathering after Yoko coaxed her inside, and she exchanged an awkward glance with Fujino.
• Yuki explained that Terumi and Kaoru’s conflict had contributed to the breakup of the EARTH LADIES.
• Terumi asked Fujino whether he had come to investigate Kaoru’s stalker, but Fujino kept the client’s case confidential.
• Shu said Kaoru would no longer be harassed once they married, and Fujino detected Yuki’s intense killer intent toward Kaoru.

Fujino discovered that Yoko Okino and the others were staging a fake engagement party to make Kaoru Kusano's manager, Atsushi Makuma, confess his feelings. He agreed to keep their plan secret while deciding to prevent anyone from getting hurt.

• Kaoru Kusano left to take a bath after arguing with Terumi Hoshino and the man in the apron.
• Yoko Okino changed into her group's debut outfit, and Fujino realized the women had a plan beyond singing for Kaoru.
• Yoko told Fujino the engagement party was fake and meant to bring Kaoru and Atsushi Makuma together.
• Yoko revealed that she, Kaoru, Mr. Kenzaki, and Terumi were participating and asked Fujino to keep it secret.
• Fujino agreed to stay quiet but resolved to stop the staged deception from ending in anyone's death.

Yuki Takeyano began her plan to murder Kaoru Kusano while the others prepared a staged engagement celebration. Terumi Hoshino grew closer to Fujino, who wrote a cryptic message and stepped out as Yuki attacked Kaoru in the bathroom.

• Yoko Okino changed into an old team uniform, and Yuki Takeyano and Terumi Hoshino prepared to do the same.
• Terumi Hoshino wrote “my condolences” on the message board and took Fujino’s entire pack of cigarettes after he offered her one.
• Fujino wrote “The night of love has the sunshine of noon” on the board and left the living room for some air.
• Yuki Takeyano put on a raincoat and gloves, then went to the bathroom while the others wrote messages.
• Yuki Takeyano knocked Kaoru Kusano unconscious in the bathtub and pressed her sharpened nails against Kaoru’s neck.

Fujino caught Yuki Takeyano attempting to kill Kaoru Kusano and deduced that jealousy over Mr. Kenzaki had driven her plan. Terumi Hoshino revealed that Kaoru and Kenzaki's apparent engagement was staged to make Makuma confess, leaving Yuki devastated that everyone but her had known.

• Fujino entered the bathroom and stopped Yuki Takeyano from stabbing Kaoru Kusano.
• Fujino explained how Yuki had planned the murder and identified her as the stalker who had harassed Kaoru.
• Yuki admitted she had wanted to kill Kaoru because she loved Mr. Kenzaki and believed Kaoru had taken him from her.
• Terumi Hoshino entered and confirmed Kaoru was safe after being sedated.
• Terumi told Yuki that Kaoru and Kenzaki had staged the engagement to make Makuma confess his feelings to Kaoru.
• Yuki sobbed that everyone had known about the plan except her.

After Yuki Takeyano’s failed attempt to kill Kaoru Kusano exposed their friends’ staged engagement plot, Fujino helped turn the mishap into a chance for Makuma to confess his feelings. Kaoru woke to find the plan apparently successful, forgave Yuki, and teased her about Shu Kenzaki and Terumi Hoshino.

• Yuki Takeyano explained that she had not known Kaoru Kusano and the others were staging the engagement, while Terumi Hoshino revealed that her apparent feud with Kaoru had also been an act.
• Terumi discovered that Yuki had used anesthetic to knock Kaoru out, and Fujino suggested using the incident to make Makuma reveal his feelings.
• Yuki called everyone to the bathroom, and their coaxing led Makuma to confess that he had liked Kaoru for a long time.
• Kaoru woke up and learned about Makuma’s confession, while Fujino left her a recording of what Makuma had said.
• Yuki apologized to Kaoru, who forgave her and teased her about Shu Kenzaki possibly being taken by Terumi; Terumi overheard them and bristled at their comments about her liking gigolos.

Fujino collected his fee after helping Kaoru Kusano and an actress reconcile, then received Koizumi Akako’s findings about his inheritance. Koizumi suspected it was connected to the moon goddess Minerva, though Fujino remained unconvinced by her reasoning.

• Terumi Hoshino asked Fujino for his contact information under the pretense that someone was following her, and he gave her his personal number.
• Terumi Hoshino handed Fujino her business card, and Fujino later collected his commission fee from Kaoru Kusano before driving home.
• Koizumi Akako told Fujino she had found that the organization tied to his inheritance opposed the Holy See and may have disappeared.
• Koizumi Akako proposed that Fujino’s inheritance was connected to Minerva, citing his memory, combat ability, and acquaintances in several professions.
• Fujino questioned Koizumi Akako’s broad theory and privately wondered whether she was an unreliable fortune-teller.

Koizumi Akako theorized that Fujino had inherited the power of the Moon Goddess Minerva, and he chose not to investigate the possible conflict between the Holy See and the Assassin Organization. As Valentine’s Day approached, Sonoko invited Ran to a snowy villa, while Conan grumbled about the holiday and his lost chance to receive chocolate.

• Koizumi Akako explained her theory that Fujino’s inheritance came from the Moon Goddess Minerva and linked the Assassin Organization to divine inheritors who fought the Holy See.
• Fujino ended his call with Akako and decided he would not dig into the possible connection between the Assassin Organization, the Holy See, and Pandora’s Gem.
• At school, Sonoko teased Ran about making chocolate for Kudo and invited her to Fukutō Sansō Villa to see the snow and animals.
• Fujino suspected Sonoko was luring Ran into a dangerous mystery by promising animal calls at the villa.
• Conan complained that Valentine’s Day mainly benefited chocolate merchants, while Mitsuhiko and Genta argued that receiving chocolate made people happy.
• Conan sulked over his lack of chocolate as Ai Haibara watched him in silence.

Fujino drove the Detective Boys and then Ran, Sonoko, Conan, and Ai Haibara on Valentine’s Day outings, discussing the meaning of chocolate and love. At Fukutō Sansō Villa, they heard a legend about chocolates appearing beside corpses in the snow, leaving the group uneasy as they settled in.

• Ai Haibara dismissed Valentine’s Day as a holiday promoted by chocolate companies, while Ayumi and Fujino discussed how it could create precious memories.
• Fujino drove Ran, Sonoko, Conan, and Ai Haibara to Fukutō Sansō Villa after Sonoko claimed they would see little animals in the mountains.
• Sonoko revealed that the villa was famous for chocolate said to bring a happy love life, and Ai Haibara admitted she had come hoping to see animals.
• The villa’s owner, Asakasen Chiyoko, warned the group not to go out alone in the snow or they might receive a gift from the mountain ghosts.
• A man in a blue outdoor jacket explained that chocolates sometimes appeared beside corpses in the snow, a phenomenon locals blamed on a dead girl’s ghost or the Snow Woman.
• Fujino imagined Ai Haibara dressed as a Snow Woman, and Ai Haibara shivered as she sensed his improper thoughts.

Fujino, Conan, and the girls met several travelers at a mountain lodge, where they heard about a search for the supposedly extinct Japanese wolf. After the lodge’s elderly owner left with her dog, the group went to make chocolate, and Fujino and Conan approached the kitchen just as voices came from inside.

• Er Heng Jiagui joked that hungry mountain animals had stolen the chocolate, then went into the forest to work on his investigation.
• Fukagawa Miko and Amari Ako explained that Er Heng was searching for a rare animal he claimed to have seen in the mountains.
• A bearded traveler identified the animal as the Japanese wolf and took his hunting rifle into the forest for self-defense.
• The old woman left with her dog, Saburo, and asked Fukagawa and Amari to look after the lodge until a friend arrived.
• Fukagawa and Amari led the girls, including Ai Haibara, to the kitchen to make chocolate, while Fujino and Conan followed after waiting in the living room.
• Fujino and Conan reached the kitchen door and heard voices inside.

While the girls made Valentine’s chocolate, Fujino sent Black Ghost into the forest and discovered Er Heng blackmailing a bearded man over an old shooting and avalanche. Fujino realized the crime was likely connected to Amari’s missing brother and the lodge owner, while the bearded man appeared ready to betray Er Heng.

• Amari told Ran and the others that her older brother disappeared in the avalanche that killed the former lodge owner, and she still believed he might be alive.
• Conan and Fujino tried to enter the dining room, but Fujino turned them away because the girls were making chocolate.
• Fujino sent Black Ghost into the forest, where it found Er Heng negotiating with a bearded man for money in exchange for a videotape.
• Er Heng threatened to expose footage showing that the bearded man and his accomplice had fired the shots that caused the avalanche, then left as the bearded man silently considered killing him.
• Fujino recalled Black Ghost and inferred that the shooting had killed Amari’s brother and led to the former owner’s death, while Er Heng had kept the evidence to blackmail the culprits.

Fujino considered the possible suspects in the case and predicted that the snowfall could trigger a mountain-villa murder scenario. When Er Heng failed to return, Fujino joined Ganli and Fenchuan in searching the forest, but they did not find him.

• Fujino reasoned through the possible suspects and concluded the case fit Conan World's usual choose-one-from-three pattern.
• The girls finished making chocolate, and Ai Haibara teased Conan about not getting any.
• As snow began to fall, Fujino warned that the villa might become isolated and a murder could occur; Ai Haibara suggested Conan's presence made that possibility real.
• Ganli and Fenchuan grew worried that Er Heng had not returned and set out to search for him.
• Fujino grabbed his Wooden Sword and accompanied Ganli and Fenchuan into the forest, but they found no sign of Er Heng.

Fujino found Er Heng in the snowy forest, knocked him out, and watched a videotape revealing Er Heng’s role in the deaths of Amari’s brother and the former villa owner. After the search party returned to the villa and set out again, two gunshots rang out in the storm.

• Amari led Fujino and Funikawa through the forest while Fujino realized she was steering them away from Er Heng.
• Fujino found Er Heng, struck him with a Bat Dart, and took his camera and videotapes.
• Fujino watched the four-year-old recording and learned that Er Heng had filmed Natsuya and the former villa owner as they died in an avalanche after Natsuya was shot.
• Fujino left Er Heng unconscious and fled when someone approached.
• The search party returned to the villa, then went out again to look for Er Heng, while Conan and Saburo also headed outside.
• Two gunshots sounded through the blizzard, and Fujino identified them as likely shots from a hunting rifle.

Fujino and the others found Er Heng Jiagui dead in the snowy forest, where clues suggested he had been tortured and someone had tried to frame Amari Ako. As an avalanche trapped the group near the villa, Fujino overheard Sakami Yuzo and Itakura Hajime confess to the murder and plan to kill everyone, then accepted a task to arrest or kill them.

• Fujino, Ran, Sonoko, and the others followed barking to Conan, Ai Haibara, and Saburo, who had found Er Heng Jiagui's frozen body.
• Fujino examined Er Heng's corpse and identified it as a likely murder, while Itakura Hajime blamed a mysterious person dressed in black and Conan suspected Xiao Hei.
• Fukagawa Miko thought her dead beloved Natsuya was still alive in the forest, but Amari Ako told her that Natsuya had died in the avalanche four years earlier.
• Conan revealed the bitten chocolate marked with a name clue, and Fujino suspected the killer had placed it to frame Amari Ako.
• Sakami Yuzo told the group that an avalanche had blocked the mountain tunnel, preventing the police from reaching them for at least a day.
• Fujino overheard Sakami and Itakura admit they had murdered Er Heng while searching for a videotape and heard them plan to kill the others, then accepted the System Task to stop them.

Trapped at a mountain lodge by heavy snow, Fujino and the others investigated the missing camera and videotapes linked to Er Heng’s death. As Fukagawa and Ran developed the negatives, Fujino secretly sabotaged the gunmen brothers’ ammunition and sent Xiao Hei into the forest.

• Fujino told the lodge guests that the road down the mountain was blocked and that they would have to wait for the snow to stop before a helicopter could arrive.
• Ran confirmed that only Ganri’s chocolates were missing, and Conan found that Er Heng’s camera and videotapes were also gone from his backpack.
• Sakami proposed searching everyone for the missing camera, while Fujino and Conan suggested the murderer might have taken it and that Er Heng’s negatives could contain evidence.
• Fukagawa said she had brought photo-developing equipment and went with Ran to use the restroom as a darkroom.
• Fujino used Xiao Hei to remove most of the gunpowder from the brothers’ rifle bullets, take some bullets, and head into the forest.

Fujino exposed Sakami Yuzo and Itakura Hajime as the men who killed Er Heng and caused the avalanche that killed Amari Natsuya. When Sakami fired at him, Fujino caught the bullet between his fingers.

• Fujino found Jiro and brought him back to the lodge, where he explained that the dog had carried chocolate to Er Heng's body and found the discarded camcorder.
• Fujino played a videotape showing that Er Heng had left Amari Natsuya to die in the avalanche four years earlier, while Sakami and Itakura quietly prepared to act.
• Itakura returned with two hunting rifles and, alongside Sakami, admitted they had caused the avalanche and murdered Er Heng to silence him.
• Sakami ordered Fujino to kill Conan, then fired at Fujino when he refused.
• Fujino stopped the bullet in midair and caught it between his fingers.

Fujino defeated two armed thugs after revealing he had weakened their bullets so he could catch them. After the group recovered from the fight, he explained his trick while Ai Haibara cleaned blood from his face.

• Sakami Yuzo and Itakura Hajime fired at Fujino, who caught both bullets and then overpowered them in a brutal fight.
• Fujino handcuffed the incapacitated thugs while Ran, Sonoko, Conan, and Ai Haibara watched in shock.
• Ran and Sonoko asked whether the thugs were still alive, and Fujino said they had a little breath left.
• Conan noticed the pile of daggers and realized Fujino had staged the weapons he claimed the thugs carried.
• Fujino explained that he had secretly removed some gunpowder from the bullets, and Ai Haibara wiped blood from his face.

After the mountain villa incident, Fujino warned Amari Ako against murder and learned that police case files concerning him and Mori Kogoro had mysteriously disappeared and returned. He later reviewed his rewards and noticed that uninvited guests seemed to be appearing around his home more often.

• Juzo Megure brought the unconscious thugs to the Metropolitan Police Department, where Amari Ako gave her statement.
• Fujino told Amari Ako to let go of her plans and never consider murder again, leaving her grateful but unsettled.
• Juzo Megure told Fujino that files on cases involving him and Mori Kogoro had vanished and later reappeared without explanation.
• Fujino suspected Vermouth had taken the files to investigate the Tomoaki Araide case and decided their disappearance did not concern him much.
• After sleeping through the afternoon, Fujino checked his rewards and savings, then noticed more uninvited guests had been coming around.

Fujino used a twenty-coin system draw, sampled Monkey’s Delight, and accidentally showered Shuichi Akai with the drink while Akai watched his building. On Valentine’s Day, Ai Haibara gave Fujino homemade chocolates, and he spent the school day receiving chocolates from girls at Teitan High School.

• Fujino spotted Shuichi Akai conducting surveillance outside his building and guessed the FBI had found Vermouth.
• Fujino spent twenty Detective Coins and received enhancement items, Monkey’s Delight, Bolshevik Vodka, and the Mask of the Night Baron.
• Fujino spat out Monkey’s Delight from his window, splashing Akai with the sticky drink as he crouched below.
• On Valentine’s Day, Ai Haibara gave Fujino chocolates she had made at the mountain villa while he drove her to Teitan Elementary School.
• At Teitan High School, Fujino accepted chocolates from a growing crowd of girls throughout the day.