Chapter Summaries

Kyogoku Makoto accepted Fujino’s challenge to fight in the woods that evening, driven by jealousy and his respect for Fujino’s intimidating strength. Later, Fujino brought his friends to Kikuemon’s villa, where the old ceramic artist proved to be an avid follower of Fujino’s cases.

• Kyogoku Makoto agreed to meet Fujino in the woods that evening for a fight.
• Fujino drove his friends to Kikuemon’s villa and asked Masuko Tsuchiya if they could look around.
• Kikuemon welcomed the visitors and discussed the valuable ceramic works displayed in his living room.
• Kikuemon criticized Fujino’s handling of several reported cases, revealing how closely he followed the detective’s career.

Kikuemon Tsuchiya invited Detective Fujino to choose a pottery piece from his collection as a gift. Fujino selected Kikuemon’s prized black teacup, leaving the old man curious about how he had identified it.

• Masuko Tsuchiya revealed that Kikuemon already knew Fujino was his fan, then introduced apprentices Seto Ryuichi and Arita Yoshihiko.
• Kikuemon offered Fujino any pottery piece in the room, and Fujino quickly gave him an autographed business card in return.
• Fujino inspected the collection and chose the black teacup he was holding, surprising the others.
• Kikuemon explained that the teacup was his proudest creation and admitted he had bet on Fujino choosing it.
• When Kikuemon asked how he knew which piece to pick, Fujino replied that Kikuemon had already given him the answer.

Fujino convinced Kikuemon that a valuable teacup had been intended for him as part of a test, and the two bonded over mutual praise. Kikuemon then took Fujino and the others to see his large kiln, where they found his apprentice Ootani Kaoru tending the fire.

• Fujino explained that Kikuemon’s remark about teacups for distinguished guests had been a hint leading him to the valuable cup.
• Kikuemon accepted Fujino’s explanation and praised him, while Conan doubted the supposed deduction and Ai Haibara recognized Fujino’s social maneuvering.
• Kikuemon gave Fujino the teacup and asked Masuko Tsuchiya to bring his new work, the Feng Shui Pill, for Fujino to appraise.
• Kikuemon invited Fujino and the others to see his large kiln and mentioned that Ootani Kaoru was still working there.
• Kikuemon led the group into the warehouse, where Ran admired the huge kiln and Ootani Kaoru fed it firewood.

Fujino and the others visited Kikuemon’s pottery workshop, where they learned about the apprentices competing to inherit his name and the strict standards set by Masuko Tsuchiya. A scream led them to the warehouse, where Masuko had accidentally shattered Kikuemon’s treasured Feng Shui Pill, leaving Fujino concerned for the kindly master’s safety.

• Kikuemon introduced his apprentice Ootani Kaoru, while Fujino learned that Masuko Tsuchiya judged the apprentices competing to inherit Kikuemon’s name.
• Arita Yoshihiko and Seto Ryuichi discussed their failed pottery inspections, and Ootani Kaoru admitted he had begun to lose hope.
• Conan noticed shards by the kiln, and Kikuemon advised his apprentices to create with calm minds.
• A scream sent Conan and the others running to the warehouse, where they found Masuko beside the shattered Feng Shui Pill.
• Kikuemon calmly told Masuko to clean up and prepare dinner, then left the warehouse to be alone, earning Fujino’s admiration.

Fujino and Conan found a marble near the shattered Feng Shui Pill, then helped prepare dinner at Kikuemon’s home. After Masuko Tsuchiya drunkenly spoke about her father’s death and his works, Fujino watched her thoughtfully as he recounted one of his cases.

• Fujino found Conan examining a glass marble in the warehouse, and they wondered why it had appeared there.
• Fujino warned Conan not to accuse anyone without evidence or disrupt the family, then told him to be kinder.
• Fujino, Xiao Ai, and Ran helped Masuko Tsuchiya prepare dinner while Conan and Sonoko waited.
• During dinner, Masuko drunkenly said Kikuemon did not have much longer to live and changed the subject to Fujino’s detective cases.
• Fujino recounted the incident on the plane in Ryukyu while watching Masuko Tsuchiya thoughtfully.

On the way back from Kikuemon’s home, Fujino chose not to expose the possibility that Masuko Tsuchiya had sold pottery under Kikuemon’s name. At the inn, he faced Kyogoku Makoto in a duel and launched the first attack with his Wooden Sword.

• Sonoko, Ran, Conan, and Ai Haibara questioned why Kikuemon had claimed to make only a few pieces when he had released more than ten.
• Haibara suggested that relatives might have sold fakes or secretly sold family pottery, and Fujino stopped the group from investigating further to spare Kikuemon.
• Fujino and the others returned to the inn, where Kyogoku Makoto waited in his karate uniform and challenged Fujino to a duel.
• Fujino and Kyogoku went to a clearing, while Ran led the others a hundred paces away from the fight.
• Fujino took out his Wooden Sword, shouted “If you're my brother, come take a swing at me!”, and charged with Beichen Strike.

Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto exchanged techniques in a fierce spar, with Fujino using Taiji to counter Kyogoku’s powerful kick. Unable to gain an edge without risking injury, Fujino activated several system enhancements, leaving the fight poised to intensify.

• Fujino attacked Kyogoku Makoto, who countered with a Kyokushin Karate Ura Mawashi Geri, forcing Fujino to block with his Wooden Sword.
• Fujino borrowed and neutralized Kyogoku’s force before attempting a sliding tackle, but Kyogoku leaped clear.
• Fujino explained that his counter had used Taiji principles, and Kyogoku acknowledged his mistake before agreeing to continue the spar.
• Fujino judged that defeating Kyogoku without getting hurt would be difficult and decided to use his system’s enhancements.
• Fujino activated the Special Grade All-Around Enhancement Card, Detective Legacy, Stealth, and Detective’s Pressure, sharpening his senses and increasing his attributes.

Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto fought at full strength, with Fujino using rapid sword techniques to overwhelm Kyogoku and damage the surrounding trees. Fujino then activated Secret Technique: Cherry Blossom Blizzard, surrounding his Wooden Sword with a stream of pale cherry blossoms as the fight continued.

• Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto raised their fighting auras and began a fierce exchange of attacks.
• Kyogoku Makoto kicked through a tree while Fujino dodged and counterattacked with Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Secret Art: Nine-Headed Dragon Flash.
• Fujino struck Kyogoku with a series of slashes and a thrust, then cut through a tree with Hokushin Raiga.
• Kyogoku Makoto realized Fujino's Wooden Sword had punched through his uniform without causing him an actual injury.
• Fujino announced Secret Technique: Cherry Blossom Blizzard and released a flood of pale pink cherry blossoms from his Wooden Sword.

Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto fought fiercely in the woods, using sword techniques and karate that toppled tree after tree. Ran, Ai Haibara, Sonoko, and Conan watched from a safe distance and decided not to interfere.

• Fujino used Rampant Cherry Blossom Flash to vanish among falling blossoms and strike Kyogoku Makoto with hidden sword auras.
• Kyogoku Makoto dodged the attacks until Fujino appeared in midair and hit him with Dragon Hammer Flash, sending him crashing through several trees.
• Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto continued trading powerful attacks, knocking down more trees as Ran, Ai Haibara, Sonoko, and Conan watched from behind cover.
• Sonoko suggested that Ran stop the fight, but Ran and Ai Haibara warned that distracting either fighter could get someone seriously hurt.
• Conan suggested that Ai Haibara use her feminine charms to stop Fujino, and she mocked him before everyone agreed to stay back.

Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto fought for nearly eight hours before agreeing to call their exhausted spar a draw. After resting, Kyogoku asked about Fujino’s Chinese martial arts lineage, leaving Fujino wondering if he meant Ma Baoguo.

• Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto fought through the night, exhausting themselves and wrecking the grove.
• Fujino suggested a draw, and Kyogoku Makoto agreed rather than turn their spar into a fight to the death.
• Fujino and Kyogoku rested on tree stumps while he drank Happy Soda and smoked a cigarette.
• Kyogoku asked whether Fujino knew an old Tai Chi practitioner he had heard about abroad.
• Fujino suspected Kyogoku meant Ma Baoguo and asked if the old man led the Hun Yuan Tai Chi Sect and used Lightning Five Consecutive Strikes.

Fujino hoodwinked Kyogoku Makoto with invented martial arts stories and explanations of his abilities, then treated his injuries. Kyogoku accepted Fujino as his big bro and left the conversation convinced he had learned something profound about qi and domains.

• Fujino told Kyogoku Makoto about Master Ma Baoguo and urged him to challenge the man in England.
• Fujino invented a story about his mysterious master, the Muscle Man, and asked Kyogoku to keep it secret.
• Fujino treated Kyogoku’s injuries with a first-aid kit and claimed his other teacher was Kuroba Toichi.
• Fujino and Kyogoku established that Fujino was older, and Kyogoku began calling him big bro.
• Kyogoku asked how Fujino had summoned cherry blossoms, and Fujino described his Sword Domain as a use of qi.
• Kyogoku appeared to gain a sudden insight from Fujino’s explanation, while Fujino privately wondered what he had understood.

Fujino trained Kyogoku Makoto to develop his own martial arts domain, then blamed the forest they had destroyed on a tornado. They returned to the inn injured after fighting for eight hours, where Conan and the others questioned them.

• Kyogoku Makoto interpreted Fujino’s cherry blossom technique as a reflection of his character, but Fujino explained that he had named it after the move and a girl who wanted to see it.
• Fujino warned Kyogoku Makoto that domains required stamina and developed through personal training, then ended their practice before dawn.
• Fujino convinced Kyogoku Makoto to blame the ruined forest on a tornado and joked that they could have demanded compensation before they left.
• Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto returned to the inn covered in injuries, where Conan learned they had fought for around eight hours.
• Haibara poked Fujino’s bruised stomach, and he concealed how much it hurt.

After Fujino and Kyogoku Makoto called each other big brother and little brother, Yokomizo Sango reported a murder at Kikuemon’s home. Fujino and the others headed there to investigate, while Kyogoku learned that Fujino was also a celebrated detective.

• Fujino said his sparring match with Kyogoku Makoto had ended in a draw, and Kyogoku praised Fujino’s swordsmanship and martial arts knowledge.
• Yokomizo Sango called Fujino to report that Masuko Tsuchiya, Kikuemon’s daughter-in-law, had been murdered at Kikuemon’s home.
• Fujino told Ran, Sonoko, Conan, and the others about the murder, and they prepared to go to the scene and assist with the investigation.
• Sonoko told Kyogoku that Fujino was a famous high school detective who had solved many cases and helped save a passenger plane.
• Kyogoku was surprised by Fujino’s accomplishments and felt glad that he had chosen Fujino as his big brother.

Fujino arrived at Kikuemon’s villa to investigate Masuko Tsuchiya’s apparent suicide, but Inspector Yokomizo suspected murder because Fujino was there. The chapter ended with Fujino examining the scene as the police prepared to investigate.

• Fujino said goodbye to Kyogoku Makoto and drove the group back to Kikuemon’s villa.
• Fujino met Yokomizo Sango and Kikuemon, then examined Masuko Tsuchiya’s body in the storage room.
• Yokomizo described the apparent hanging and the apprentices explained how they had found Masuko’s body.
• Kikuemon suggested Masuko had killed herself out of guilt over breaking the Feng Shui Pill, while Conan grew suspicious of him.
• Fujino judged the death to look like suicide, but Yokomizo insisted it was murder because Fujino had arrived.

Fujino examined Masuko Tsuchiya’s apparent hanging and concluded that she had been murdered, while Yokomizo investigated the suspects’ alibis. The case remained unresolved, with Kikuemon drawing Fujino’s suspicion because he had mentioned the Feng Shui Pill that was broken the previous day.

• Fujino found a sharp wound on Masuko Tsuchiya’s calf and noted that the blood had come from it, supporting his conclusion that her death was murder.
• Conan pointed out that Masuko was barefoot and her shoes were missing, suggesting that someone had carried her to the warehouse; Ran then pulled Conan away from the crime scene.
• Yokomizo questioned Kikuemon’s four master and disciples about their whereabouts, and Ootani Kaoru and Seto Ryuichi admitted they had left the living room before the body was found.
• Kikuemon explained that Masuko handled outside commissions and usually carried her cell phone, but the forensic team had not found it, so Yokomizo ordered a search.
• Fujino suspected Kikuemon because he had brought up the Feng Shui Pill after it was broken the previous day, and Masuko’s apparent suicide could have served as a cover for a related murder.

Fujino examined Masuko Tsuchiya’s body and the bloodstains, finding evidence that she had been executed by hanging rather than having killed herself. He left the investigation focused on the suspicious scene and the medical examiner whose conclusion had misled the police.

• Fujino questioned whether Kikuemon had a strong motive to kill Masuko Tsuchiya and studied her leg wounds and the large pool of blood.
• Fujino asked Yokomizo Sango and two forensic officers to move Masuko’s body, while Ran and Ai Haibara stopped Conan from interfering.
• Fujino pointed out that the blood pools and droplets showed the body had rested in that spot before it was placed on the floor.
• Fujino learned the medical examiner was a specially hired worker and criticized his examination.
• Fujino examined Masuko’s neck and concluded that she had been killed by execution-style hanging, not suicide by hanging.

Fujino revealed that Masuko Tsuchiya had been strangled after falling from a shelf, with the killer triggering the trap by calling a concealed phone hidden in a ceramic jar. The call-back rang beside the living room, and Fujino turned his suspicion toward apprentice Seto Ryuichi.

• Fujino concluded that Masuko Tsuchiya had been strangled rather than hanged and asked Yokomizo to post an officer by the telephone near the room where the suspects had gathered.
• Fujino borrowed a ceramic jar from Kikuemon and explained that the killer had placed Tsuchiya on a high shelf with a rope around her neck, causing her to fall and strangle herself.
• Fujino smashed the jar and found a hidden phone, deducing that the killer had used it to call Tsuchiya at a set time and trigger the trap.
• Fujino called the hidden phone back, and the telephone beside the living room hallway rang.
• Fujino recalled that Seto Ryuichi had said he called Tsuchiya to check whether she had gone out, and looked at him meaningfully.

Fujino exposed Seto Ryuichi as the murderer, and Seto confessed that he killed Masuko Tsuchiya to stop her selling his works as Kikuemon’s. After returning to Tokyo, Fujino went to Snow King Ice City to meet a client.

• Fujino proved Seto Ryuichi was the only person who could have used the slow rotary phone in time to kill Masuko Tsuchiya.
• Seto Ryuichi confessed that Masuko had sold his artworks as Kikuemon’s and threatened him when he refused to make more fakes.
• Seto told Arita Yoshihiko that the real Feng Shui Pill was hidden and asked him to retrieve it and look after Kikuemon.
• Kikuemon showed disappointment but held no grudge against Fujino for sending Seto to prison.
• Fujino said goodbye to Kikuemon, drove back to Tokyo, and dropped Sonoko off at home.
• Akemi called Fujino to tell him that his client had arrived at Snow King Ice City, where Fujino spotted the client.

At Snow King Ice City, Fujino met child actor Kazuki Kinugawa, who hired him to find Atsuko, the woman he believed was his mother. Kazuki wanted to confront her for abandoning him, and Fujino promised to find her by the next day.

• Fujino introduced Ai Haibara to Kazuki Kinugawa, who mistook her for retired model Grace Aihara.
• Kazuki explained that he wanted Fujino to identify Atsuko, who had sent him postcards about his acting work.
• Kazuki said he believed Atsuko was his mother because her handwriting matched the note left when he was abandoned at a church as a baby.
• Kazuki told Fujino he wanted to confront Atsuko for trying to act like his mother after abandoning him.
• Fujino agreed to take the case and promised to find Atsuko by the next day for an additional fee.

Kazuki Kinugawa left Fujino and the Miyano sisters after agreeing to pay extra for a quick investigation. Ai Haibara learned that an American idol named Grace Aihara looked exactly like her, and Fujino’s joking theories left her wondering briefly whether Grace could be her sister.

• Kazuki Kinugawa agreed to hire the detective quickly at extra cost, then said goodbye to Ai Haibara while mistakenly calling her Grace.
• Fujino showed Ai Haibara a photo of Grace Aihara, whose appearance matched hers exactly, and Ai grew embarrassed and confused.
• Akemi Miyano wondered whether Grace might be Ai’s sister, and Fujino explained that Grace was a popular American idol who had retired and vanished in London.
• Fujino jokingly suggested that Ai was Grace hiding in Japan, and Akemi believed him enough to offer to protect her.
• Fujino admitted he was joking, reassured Ai that they merely looked alike, and recalled other lookalikes in the Conan World.