Chapter Summaries

After a bomb planted beneath a dead homeless man exploded at a football field, Fujino concluded that the attacker had targeted the police. Sato Miwako took him to the hospital, where doctors found only injured eardrums, and Megure arrived relieved that Fujino was otherwise unharmed.

• Fujino reasoned that the bomber had used the corpse as bait to target the police, and Megure agreed.
• Megure ordered Sato Miwako to take Fujino to the hospital before either of them joined the investigation.
• Sato carried Fujino away from the field and met his teacher, Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had come to check on him.
• At Green Moss Police Hospital, the doctor found that the blast had injured Fujino's eardrums but caused no serious damage.
• Megure arrived at the hospital and felt relieved when Sato confirmed Fujino had no serious injuries.

After the bombing killed two officers, Fujino insisted on investigating despite Sato Miwako and Juzo Megure's concerns. Megure explained Sato's fear stemmed from Matsuda Jinpei's death, while Fujino remained determined to pursue the case and promised to be careful.

• Fujino asked Megure about the bombing investigation, and Megure said the police had found no useful clues and were treating it as a terrorist attack.
• A news report confirmed two officers had died in the blast and a detective was receiving emergency treatment; Megure turned off the television and asked how Fujino had suspected a bomb was hidden beneath the corpse.
• Fujino asked to return to the crime scene, but Sato forbade him from investigating and warned him not to risk his life again.
• Megure explained that Sato remained affected by Matsuda Jinpei's death in a bombing case three years earlier.
• Fujino told Megure that he intended to pursue the bomber and said he had people he cared about, so he could not die yet.

Fujino and Juzo Megure investigated a bomb attack on a soccer field, then learned another homeless man had been murdered at a nearby high school. The second victim bore the same Handle with Care sticker, confirming a serial killer was targeting homeless people, but no witness had seen the culprit.

• Fujino accepted a System Task to find the culprit behind a homeless serial murder case and inspected the bomb crater at the soccer field.
• Fujino suspected the bomber had watched the attack nearby, but lacked a useful way to identify him.
• Juzo Megure told Fujino that another body had been found at a nearby high school with the same sticker as the first victim.
• Fujino and Juzo Megure went to the high school, where Sato Miwako reported that the homeless victim had been stabbed through the heart and no bomb had been found.
• Sato Miwako said the groundskeeper discovered the body in the afternoon and no one had witnessed the murder.

After a bomber called the police and threatened an explosion, Fujino used Eagle Eye and an Enhancement Card to locate a bomb in a dark blue car. He pulled a detective from the driver's seat and warned the other detective that the car contained a bomb.

• Fujino, Sato Miwako, and Juzo Megure discussed the bomber’s attacks on the police, and Sato revealed that people she had loved had died, including Matsuda.
• A phone stuck to a lamppost with a Handle with Care sticker rang, and Fujino answered a call from the bomber, who mocked the police and threatened to blow up a nearby dark blue car.
• Juzo Megure and Sato Miwako moved to evacuate people and search for suspicious cars while Fujino used Eagle Eye to find the bomb.
• Fujino crushed an Enhancement Card, raced to the dark blue sedan, smashed its window, and dragged the driver out.
• Fujino warned the detective in the passenger seat that there was a bomb in the car.

Fujino found and dismantled a bomb beneath a car before the Explosives Disposal Team arrived, and the caller threatened to make his next bomb harder to detect. With the culprit still unidentified, Fujino considered using artificial intelligence to find him and called Hiroki Sawada.

• Fujino ordered the detectives out of the car, identified the bomb as a pull-triggered device, and cut its piano wire with nail clippers.
• Sato Miwako, Juzo Megure, and the Explosives Disposal Team arrived and learned that Fujino had already defused the bomb.
• The caller phoned Fujino, said he would leave wires off his next bomb, and threatened to make him search a crime scene like a minefield.
• Fujino told Juzo Megure that the culprit intended to continue and considered using artificial intelligence to find him.
• Fujino replied to messages from Ai Haibara and Ooka Momiji, then called Hiroki Sawada.

Fujino and Hiroki traced a bomb enthusiast’s suspicious online posts to an apartment in Kokubo Town. Fujino stormed in and confronted the man, who denied planting the bomb and said he had heard the details from a former part-time coworker.

• Hiroki found James and Ryan arguing on a bomb enthusiast forum, where Ryan revealed details about the bombing that had not appeared in the news.
• Fujino told Hiroki to probe Ryan, and Hiroki confirmed that Ryan knew the corpse had had something attached to it.
• Hiroki hacked the forum’s server and traced Ryan to room 201 in an apartment in Kokubo Town.
• Fujino went to Ryan’s apartment, kicked in the door, and beat him down while demanding to know if he was behind the bombing.
• Ryan denied being the culprit and told Fujino that a former part-time coworker had told him about the bombing.

Fujino questioned an online loudmouth and learned that his former coworker, Hachimaki Ichiro, was behind the bombings. After discovering Ichiro had moved out months earlier and could not be tracked by phone, Fujino told Juzo Megure he had identified the culprit.

• Fujino learned that the loudmouth had gotten his information about the bombing from his former coworker, Hachimaki Ichiro, and obtained Ichiro’s phone number.
• Fujino used his Great Memory Restoration Technique to make the loudmouth recall Ichiro’s distinguishing features and former address, then knocked him unconscious and captured him in a Poké Ball.
• Fujino went to Ichiro’s former apartment and learned from the manager that Ichiro had moved out three months earlier.
• Fujino learned that Ichiro’s phone was switched off and told Juzo Megure he had confirmed the culprit’s identity, name, and phone number.

Fujino identified Hachimaki Ichiro as the serial murderer and bomber, then brought Ichiro’s injured friend to Megure and Sato. At the latest crime scene, a university track field, Fujino warned that a concealed bomb could make the entire area dangerous and suspected Ichiro was watching nearby.

• Fujino told Megure that Hachimaki Ichiro was about twenty-five and had moved out of his apartment three months earlier, and explained that a hacker friend had helped him trace Ichiro through an online acquaintance.
• Megure told Fujino that another body with a note had been found at Kawashima Women's University of Physical Education and that police had not found the bomb.
• Fujino asked Megure to take Ichiro’s friend into custody; Megure and Sato arrived and found Fujino dragging the unconscious, injured man.
• Megure and Fujino agreed to describe the incident as Fujino subduing a bombing suspect during an investigation, while Sato watched their explanation with disbelief.
• At the university track field, Fujino warned that Ichiro had changed his bomb’s hiding place and trigger method, possibly turning the scene into a minefield.
• Fujino described Ichiro’s appearance and scar, and Megure ordered Takagi to search nearby for him without alerting him.

Fujino deduced that Hachimaki Ichiro had planted the second bomb inside the police cordon by hiding among the officers, and that the police presence at the third crime scene gave him another chance to blend in. When Chiba reported that the body had been cleared of bombs, Fujino suddenly focused on something nearby.

• Fujino stopped Takagi from searching, warning that a police search might alert Hachimaki Ichiro and reveal that they knew his identity.
• Fujino and Sato reviewed the first two attacks, and Fujino argued that Hachimaki had succeeded in provoking the police even though the second bomb was found.
• Fujino reasoned that Hachimaki must have entered the second crime scene’s police cordon without attracting notice, suggesting that the enemy was among the police.
• Sato and Fujino concluded that Hachimaki could disguise himself as an officer and blend into the police gathered at the third murder scene.
• Chiba reported that the area around the corpse had been checked and contained no bombs, and Fujino suddenly stared intently at something.

Fujino exposed Hachimaki Ichiro as the bomber and stopped him from detonating explosives at the crime scene. After Hachimaki confessed that there were no other bombs, Fujino left him badly injured but alive in Juzo Megure's custody.

• Fujino spotted a bomb-filled forensic toolkit and identified the disguised patrol officer as Hachimaki Ichiro.
• Fujino charged at Hachimaki and kicked him to the ground before he could use his phone remote.
• Fujino broke Hachimaki's fingers and restrained him while forensic officers discovered the bombs beside the body.
• Hachimaki resisted questioning, so Fujino dislocated his arms and injured more of his fingers until he confessed there were no other bombs.
• Juzo Megure, Sato, and Takagi arrived, and Fujino assured them that Hachimaki was alive and that the phone was the only remote device.

Fujino and the police learned that Hachimaki Ichiro had carried out the bombings because he resented failing the police recruitment exam. After Fujino explained how he identified Hachimaki, the investigation team was left reflecting on the signs they had missed.

• Juzo Megure had Takagi and Sato arrest Hachimaki Ichiro and send him to the hospital for treatment.
• Juzo Megure told Fujino that Hachimaki confessed his motive was resentment over failing the police recruitment exam.
• Fujino called Hachimaki a talented madman and explained how genius and madness could be separated by a thin line.
• Takagi asked how Fujino had identified Hachimaki as the culprit, and Fujino initially joked that it was a detective’s intuition.
• Fujino explained that Hachimaki’s gun movements, unsecured holster, Forensic Science Division toolbox, and white gloves exposed his act as a fake patrol officer.

Fujino solved the bombing case and returned home, where he made plans with Ooka Momiji to visit Ryukyu. The next morning, Ai Haibara saw a newspaper report claiming Fujino had been rushed to the hospital and confronted him, but he insisted he was fine.

• Megure and Sato praised Fujino for identifying Hachimaki Ichiro and preventing further casualties, while Fujino teased Sato about telling him not to investigate.
• Fujino returned home after midnight, checked his system rewards, and exchanged messages with Ooka Momiji about her karuta tournament and a possible Ryukyu trip.
• Ooka invited Fujino to accompany her to the beach in Ryukyu, and he agreed to check his schedule.
• The next morning, Ai Haibara read a newspaper headline about Fujino being injured during the bombing case and asked whether he had hidden his involvement from her.
• Fujino joked that the report was false, while Ai admitted through her concern that the story had worried her.

After making up with Ai Haibara, Fujino took her to Teitan Elementary School for summer morning exercises, where he helped Professor Agasa with his back. Ayumi noticed Mitsuhiko was absent, and Fujino recalled that Mitsuhiko might have gone to Gunma to catch fireflies and encountered Numabuchi Kiichiro.

• Ai Haibara reminded Fujino that he had missed dinner, and she made him porridge before they went to school.
• Fujino drove Ai Haibara to Teitan Elementary School and joined the students and parents for morning exercises.
• Professor Agasa complained about being exhausted, and Fujino and Ai Haibara urged him to exercise and take better care of himself.
• Professor Agasa threw out his back, so Fujino adjusted it and warned him about his posture.
• Ayumi noticed Mitsuhiko was absent, and Fujino recalled that Mitsuhiko had gone to Gunma to catch fireflies and run into Numabuchi Kiichiro.

Fujino recalled his past encounter with Numabuchi Kiichiro, then met Mitsuhiko and warned him to call if he ran into danger while searching for fireflies. Days later, Fujino arrived in Kyoto for a commission from Ooka Momiji and revisited the gift shop where he had bought his first Batman Mask, before messaging her that he had arrived.

• Fujino remembered that Numabuchi Kiichiro might go to Gunma to see fireflies and decided to warn Mitsuhiko about him.
• Fujino met Mitsuhiko outside Beika Station and learned that he had been searching for fireflies to surprise Ayumi and the others.
• Fujino told Mitsuhiko to contact him if he encountered danger while traveling alone.
• Fujino took the Shinkansen to Kyoto to meet Ooka Momiji and take on her commission.
• Fujino revisited the gift shop where he had bought his first Batman Mask and sent Ooka Momiji a photo to announce his arrival.

Fujino arrived in Kyoto and messaged Ooka Momiji, interrupting her karuta training with Chairman Azuba Kensuke. Momiji hurried to meet him and invited him back to her residence to change out of her training clothes, leaving Fujino suspicious that she had planned the invitation all along.

• Ooka Momiji lost focus during karuta practice when Fujino messaged her, and Chairman Azuba Kensuke ended their training so she could meet him.
• Fujino told Ooka Momiji he had arrived at Kyoto Station, and she offered to come find him from Gatsumai.
• Fujino recalled that Azuba Kensuke was connected to a murder-and-bombing case, though he had not yet committed a crime.
• Ooka Momiji arrived in a Rolls-Royce wearing her karuta training clothes and greeted Fujino.
• Iori Muga suggested they return to Ooka Momiji's residence so she could change, and she invited Fujino to come along.

Fujino visited Ooka Momiji’s vast family estate and wondered why she had chosen him despite their difference in status. Momiji confessed that she loved him and believed he was the person most suited to her, leaving Fujino flustered and nearly won over.

• Iori Muga drove Fujino to the Ooka estate, where Fujino was stunned by its immense grounds and elegant Japanese-style buildings.
• Ooka Momiji told Fujino that perhaps the estate would someday be theirs, deepening his awareness of the gap between their families.
• Fujino asked Momiji why she wanted him when she could find someone more suitable than a man tied to her by a childhood promise.
• Momiji said her feelings went beyond the promise and told Fujino she believed no one was more outstanding or suited to her.
• Fujino was moved by Momiji’s confession, apologized for questioning her, and Momiji reassured him that she understood he had been thinking of her.

Fujino wondered how Ooka Momiji saw him, and her heartfelt confession reassured him despite his hidden identity. After touring Kyoto with her, he traveled with Momiji to Ryukyu, where she prepared to visit the beach in a bikini.

• Fujino asked Ooka Momiji what kind of person she thought he was, and she told him she loved him and that nothing would change that.
• Iori Muga found a deep handprint in the wooden railing and worried that Fujino’s strength threatened Momiji’s future family status.
• Fujino toured Kyoto’s sights with Momiji, stayed overnight at the Ooka family home, and flew with her to Ryukyu the next morning.
• At their seaside hotel, Momiji showed Fujino her black bikini and said she would get a jacket because she did not want anyone else to see her wearing it.

Fujino encountered Hattori Heiji and child-sized Conan on a Ryukyu beach, where they had been guessing what swimsuits women were wearing. After Ran and Kazuha caught them, Fujino joined in scolding them while explaining that Momiji had hired him to protect her on the trip.

• Fujino strolled along the Ryukyu beach with Momiji and spotted Hattori Heiji and Conan watching women to guess their swimsuits.
• Hattori Heiji correctly guessed that a short-haired woman was wearing a bikini, and he and Conan argued over whose deduction had won.
• Ran and Kazuha confronted Hattori Heiji and Conan, and Fujino joined them in criticizing the pair.
• Fujino explained that Momiji had hired him to protect her during her trip, and Momiji confirmed that the commission was innocent.
• Hattori Heiji blamed Conan for wanting to guess swimsuits, so Conan retaliated by claiming Heiji had correctly guessed Kazuha's tiger-striped swimsuit.

Hattori and Kazuha bickered during their Okinawa trip, where Kazuha explained that a TV program had invited Hattori and Mori Kogoro to investigate a mysterious case on a nearby island. When producer Takefuku asked Hattori to join the crew’s advance visit, Hattori persuaded him to recruit Fujino too and imagined he might still solve the case himself.

• Kazuha argued with Hattori over being left waiting for four hours, while Ran and Fujino teased them about their relationship.
• Kazuha explained that a TV producer had invited Hattori and Mori Kogoro to film a detective show on an island near Okinawa.
• Fujino suspected a murder would occur on the island, and Kazuha agreed that a curse might be involved.
• Director Takefuku invited Hattori to join the crew’s advance preparation on the island, where a mysterious corpse and strange writing had been found.
• Hattori persuaded Takefuku to recruit Fujino, then imagined he might solve the case and defeat his rival.

Fujino negotiated a one-million-yen fee to join a television program investigating Ghost Turtle Island, then persuaded Momiji to come along with Ran and Kazuha. The group sailed toward the island, where Hattori explained the program’s publicity motive and revealed his much smaller fee.

• Takefumi Masao invited Fujino to appear on Mystery of the Uninhabited Island, and Fujino negotiated his appearance fee up to one million yen.
• Fujino asked Momiji to join the island trip, and Momiji agreed after Ran and Kazuha invited her.
• Hattori Heiji grabbed Conan and proposed that they solve the island case before Fujino, while Conan teased him about wanting an easier rival.
• The group boarded the production crew’s boat and sailed toward Funakura Island, also known as Ghost Turtle Island.
• Hattori explained that the town’s mayor hoped the program would improve the island’s reputation after past robberies and kidnappings.
• Hattori said his commission was 250,000 yen, and Fujino privately compared it with his own one-million-yen fee.