Chapter Summaries

Fujino, Ai Haibara, and Akemi searched postcards for clues to help child star Kazuki Kinugawa find his mother. Ai proposed tracing the postcards’ scenery and possible source, giving them a promising lead despite the group’s inability to identify the locations.

• Fujino reassured Ai Haibara that she would always have a home with him and Akemi, even if she were Grace.
• Fujino spread out the postcards and recalled that Kazuki Kinugawa’s mother might work at a hot spring inn, though he could not remember the case’s details clearly.
• Akemi noted that the postcards lacked addresses and came from varied prefectures, making it difficult to find Kazuki’s mother before the next day.
• Ai Haibara suggested identifying scenic postcards and where they were sold, reasoning that the writer might work at an inn and send postcards through visiting tourists.
• Fujino praised Ai Haibara’s deduction and rubbed her head, while she worried that saying more might expose her disguise.

Fujino and his companions traced a postcard to an inn on the Atami coast, where Kazuki Kinugawa hoped to find the mother who had abandoned him. They encountered the inn’s staff and a tabloid reporter, while Fujino sensed that something was amiss; the group settled into their rooms as Akemi teased him about his romantic preferences.

• Fujino used Hiroki Sawada’s image-recognition hack to identify the postcard’s location as the Kanichi and Komiya statue in Atami, Shizuoka, and took Akemi and Ai with him.
• Fujino, Akemi, Ai, and Kazuki searched the coastal inns, and Kazuki asked Fujino to hold him while recalling a black mole on his mother’s body.
• Fujino found the inn that had sold the postcards, checked in under the alias Gosho Aoyama, and learned that waitress Mitsu Kusano recognized Kazuki.
• Yasuhiro Kamoshita arrived, revealed that he was a tabloid reporter, and suggested Kazuki was searching for his mother; Fujino warned that Kamoshita might become tomorrow’s headline.
• Mitsu assigned Fujino’s group Rooms 308 and 309, and waitress Saegusa brusquely refused to tell Fujino her name.
• Akemi teased Fujino about liking Saegusa, and Fujino said he liked Akemi’s type, leaving Akemi and Ai surprised.

Fujino and Kazuki searched for clues to Kazuki’s mother while Fujino explained why she might have left him at a church. They discovered that Toshiko Bessho had falsely claimed to be Kazuki’s mother, and Kamoshita cornered her over the deception; the chapter ended as he demanded money and a personal favor.

• Fujino teased Akemi before explaining that he suspected a waitress at the inn might be Kazuki’s mother.
• Fujino reasoned that Kazuki’s mother may have left him at a church because she faced hardship raising a child alone, and he deduced that Kazuki remembered a mole on her shoulder.
• Fujino, Kazuki, Ai, and Akemi encountered Kamoshita threatening Bessho, then Fujino suspected Kamoshita was exploiting the false story about Kazuki’s mother.
• Toshiko Bessho called Kamoshita and admitted that she had falsely claimed to be Kazuki’s birth mother, but Kamoshita threatened to expose her and demanded she come to his room.
• Toshiko Bessho went to room 205, where Kamoshita demanded the twenty million yen and said he also wanted a personal favor.

Fujino stopped Kamoshita from assaulting Toshiko, then disguised himself as Kamoshita and staged a public naked-pervert incident that got him arrested. After taking Kazuki to the men’s bath, Fujino’s shadow returned in disguise and entered the women’s bath to look for a mommy for the little guy.

• Kamoshita threatened Toshiko and groped her, but Xiao Hei ambushed him, subdued him, and captured him in a Poké Ball.
• Fujino used an Appearance Change Card to impersonate Kamoshita, then ran naked into the women’s restroom and let the police arrest the real Kamoshita for the staged incident.
• Yokomizo Sango arrived after solving a nearby murder, and Fujino gave him photographs as evidence of Kamoshita’s supposed streaking.
• Fujino and the others headed to the hot springs, where Mitsu Kusano suggested bathing with Kazuki before Fujino took the child to the men’s bath.
• Fujino’s shadow reappeared in the lobby, disguised itself as a black-haired woman, and entered the women’s bath to find a mommy for the little guy.

Fujino confronted Asuka Saegusa, suspecting she was Kazuki’s biological mother, and asked why she had abandoned him. Asuka began telling him about a woman’s affair with a married man and the painful events that followed.

• At the women’s bath, Xiao Hei disguised herself as Miyuki Nanase, learned the women’s names, and noticed Ai Haibara’s alarm at her resemblance to someone from her memories.
• Akemi told Fujino that Asuka Saegusa and Miyuki Nanase were single, while Fujino insisted he was not interested in them.
• Late at night, Fujino visited Asuka and accused her of being Kazuki’s biological mother, but she denied knowing what he meant.
• Fujino explained that he wanted to understand why Kazuki had been abandoned, and Asuka agreed to tell him a story about a woman who became pregnant by a married man.

Fujino persuaded Asuka Saegusa to reconnect with her son Kazuki Kinugawa and arranged for her to move to Tokyo, where she could be closer to him. After returning to Tokyo, Fujino went to the Konoha Kendo Hall to demonstrate his new technique, Cherry Blossom Blizzard, to Suwa Yuji.

• Fujino convinced Asuka Saegusa that leaving Kazuki at a church had exposed him to the risk of being discarded again, and urged her to meet him and let him know he still had family.
• Kazuki gave Saegusa Asami a postcard and told her to mail it if she wanted him to visit again, while Fujino offered her a job at his beverage shop in Tokyo.
• On the drive back, Fujino told Sister Akemi that Saegusa was Kazuki's mother and had offered her work so Kazuki could see her; Kazuki privately considered that Fujino might make a good father.
• After arriving in Tokyo, Fujino accepted Kazuki's plan to mail the commission fee and went to the Konoha Kendo Hall to find Suwa Yuji.
• Fujino challenged Suwa Yuji to a sparring match and announced his new technique, Cherry Blossom Blizzard.

Fujino demonstrated his sword aura techniques to Suwa Yuji, who gave him the Suwa family heirloom blade Kikuchiyo in recognition of his talent. The chapter ended with Suwa confirming Fujino might be the only swordsman alive who could use sword aura.

• Fujino showed Suwa Yuji his Cherry Blossom Blizzard technique and used sword aura to attack from among illusory petals.
• Fujino explained that his sword aura could create illusions and project cutting force, and Suwa Yuji reflected on how Fujino had reached the realm through talent.
• Fujino transformed the cherry blossoms into Momiji and drizzle, leaving Suwa Yuji exasperated.
• Suwa Yuji gave Fujino Kikuchiyo, the Suwa family's heirloom blade, saying it belonged in the hands of a young swordsman of Fujino's ability.
• Fujino tested Kikuchiyo by projecting sword aura into a straw mat, and Suwa Yuji said he knew of no one else who could use sword aura.

Fujino stored and enhanced the thousand-year-old sword Kikuchiyo, gaining powerful swordsmanship effects and a way to repair it. After three quiet days, Juzo Megure called him to join a joint investigation into murders targeting the Genji Hotaru organization.

• Fujino paid to store Kikuchiyo in the system and learned that the Heian-era sword had been passed down for a thousand years.
• Fujino enhanced Kikuchiyo to +4, giving it greater sharpness and strength, awakened sword intent, and the Undamaged trait; he also enhanced Black Ghost to +2.
• Fujino read news of serial murders targeting members of the Genji Firefly Bandit Group, then spent three days without encountering a case.
• Ai Haibara delivered a package from Kinuwa, which turned out to contain a piggy bank holding less than ten thousand yen; Fujino said newspaper payments for copied photos had earned him five million yen.
• Juzo Megure asked Fujino to join a joint investigation with police from Osaka and Kyoto into murders of Genji Hotaru members, and Fujino guessed the invitation was also meant to showcase him to Kyoto officials.

Fujino joined a joint investigation into the murders of members of the Genji Hotaru thief gang and learned that the case might involve infighting over stolen treasures. After the police meeting, Ran and Sonoko invited him to accompany them to Kyoto, where Mouri had received a temple commission.

• Fujino accepted Megure's request to join the Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto police investigation and met Kyoto inspector Ayanokoji Fumimaro at the Metropolitan Police Department.
• At a press conference, the police announced that five murder victims belonged to Genji Hotaru and introduced Fujino as a special criminal consultant on the case.
• Sato and the other officers presented the case details, and Fujino suspected the murders stemmed from infighting over the gang's spoils or a desire to seize its treasures.
• Fujino left the police department and went to Snow King Ice City, where Ran and Sonoko asked him to join them in Kyoto as a guide for Mouri's temple commission.

Ran, Sonoko, and their companions traveled to Kyoto with Mori Kogoro for a request from Kannō-ji Temple, where Ooka Momiji met them and drove them to the temple. There, the head priest Enkai declared that Fujino had a strong affinity with Buddha and invited him to become a monk, leaving the group stunned.

• At Snow King Ice City, Ran explained that her last Kyoto visit had been ruined by Mori Kogoro, while Sonoko questioned Fujino about his earlier trip there with Momiji.
• Sonoko admitted she still had feelings for Fujino, and Ran reassured her that she might still have a chance.
• The group arrived at Kyoto Station and learned that Mori Kogoro's client was Kannō-ji Temple; Momiji appeared in a limousine and offered to drive them there.
• At Kannō-ji Temple, Ryūen introduced the group to head priest Enkai and several men who practiced kendo.
• Enkai claimed he saw Buddha's light behind Fujino and invited him to shave his head and become a monk, prompting Haibara to explain the invitation to Sonoko.

Fujino and the others learned that Kyoto's Medicine Buddha statue had been stolen eight years earlier, and Mori Kogoro accepted a commission to solve a riddle that might reveal its location. Sonoko's fireworks-festival theory led nowhere, while Conan suspected the theft was connected to recent murders and decided to investigate alone after Fujino declined his invitation.

• Abbot Enkai praised Fujino's Buddhist light and invited him to become a monk, but Fujino explained that cultivation could happen outside a temple.
• Monk Ryūen revealed that the Medicine Buddha statue had been stolen eight years earlier and showed Mori Kogoro an anonymous riddle received five days ago.
• Sonoko guessed that the riddle pointed to a fireworks festival, but Fujino and Momiji doubted her theory, and no one found a reliable lead.
• Sonoko suggested that Mori investigate the statue while the others explored Kyoto the next day, and Ran said Kazuha had been invited to join them.
• Conan tried to get Fujino to go fishing with him, but Fujino chose to take Ai and the others around Kyoto instead.
• Conan concluded that the statue theft and recent murders were connected to the Genji Firefly Bandit Group, then decided to investigate by himself.

Conan mistook Hattori Heiji for Fujino and kicked him, then joined him in investigating the Genji Hotaru case. Meanwhile, Fujino enjoyed sightseeing with the girls as Ran, Sonoko, and Momiji discussed their feelings, and Ran noticed Kazuha looked troubled.

• Conan went alone to Gojo Bridge to investigate the code and mistook Hattori Heiji, who approached with a Wooden Sword, for Fujino.
• Conan kicked Hattori Heiji, shattering the Wooden Sword he had borrowed from a child, and apologized by agreeing to pay for it.
• Hattori Heiji explained that an acquaintance from an Osaka takoyaki shop had been killed, and he had come to find the murderer and avenge him.
• Conan gave Hattori Heiji the code, and the two suspected Fujino was secretly plotting something while refusing to investigate.
• At Kiyomizu-dera, Ran, Sonoko, and Momiji discussed Ran’s feelings for Shinichi and Momiji’s determination to win Fujino’s affection.
• Ran noticed Kazuha looking troubled and asked whether she had fought with Hattori Heiji.

Fujino and the others discussed Hattori Heiji’s mysterious first love before joining Mori Kogoro at a teahouse in Pontocho. There, Kazuha questioned Heiji about Chika Suzuki, while Ran confronted her father for drinking and enjoying the performance.

• Fujino carried the shrunken Ai Haibara so she could see over the terrace railing at Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
• At lunch, Kazuha showed the group a magazine interview in which Hattori Heiji described his first love and displayed a crystal he treasured.
• Fujino hinted that Kazuha might be Heiji’s first love, knowing she had once sung while he watched her after finding the Byakugō.
• The group returned to Kannō-ji Temple, learned Mori Kogoro had gone to a teahouse, and went to find him with Heiji and Conan.
• At Sakuraya, Ran caught Mori Kogoro drinking while watching Chika Suzuki perform and scolded him.
• Kazuha noticed Heiji knew Chika Suzuki, and Fujino complained that Mori Kogoro had gone to enjoy the music without inviting him.

Fujino joined Mori Kogoro and Ran at a teahouse gathering where the group discussed Yoshitsune and the Genji Hotaru case. After Sakura Masazō went downstairs to sleep, Fujino learned that Conan and Hattori Heiji had encountered the suspected killer, and the chapter ended with Conan questioning why Hattori had been attacked instead of Fujino.

• Fujino persuaded Ran to forgive Mori Kogoro after Mori promised to give him advance notice next time he went drinking.
• Sakuraya, Sakura Masazō, Saijō Taiga, and Mizuo Shuntarō discussed the Yoshitsune book and the tale of Benkei at Ataka.
• Sakura Masazō went downstairs to rest, and Fujino suspected he would become the first victim in the Genji Hotaru case.
• Fujino asked Conan and Hattori Heiji about their investigation, and Hattori revealed that a helmeted, armed person had chased them during the day.
• Conan reasoned that the attacker should have targeted Fujino, the publicly named investigator, and asked why Hattori had been attacked instead.

Fujino, Conan, and Hattori Heiji deduced that Heiji had been attacked because he unknowingly possessed the Byakugō stolen from Kannō-ji Temple’s Medicine Buddha. Their discussion was interrupted by a scream, and Fujino learned that antique art dealer Sakura Masazō had been murdered.

• Fujino and Conan teased Hattori Heiji about his skin tone and dismissed his guess that the attacker had mistaken him for Fujino.
• Fujino connected Heiji’s magazine interview and his treasured crystal to the theft of Kannō-ji Temple’s Medicine Buddha, and Conan identified the crystal as the statue’s Byakugō.
• Fujino and Conan explained that Genji Hotaru’s members likely attacked Heiji to recover the Byakugō, while Heiji struggled to accept that it had nothing to do with his first love.
• A scream interrupted the group’s drinking, and Fujino received a system task identifying Sakura Masazō’s murder as part of the serial killings of Genji Hotaru members.
• Mori Ran told Fujino that Sakura Masazō had been found dead in the storage room, and Fujino went to investigate while Ran called the police.

After Sakura Masazō was found murdered in a Kyoto teahouse, Fujino used the joint Genji Hotaru investigation to question those present and inspect the scene. Kyoto officer Ayanokoji Fumimaro took over, but Fujino, Hattori Heiji, and Conan decided to pursue their own lead using Sakura's keys.

• Fujino arrived at the storage room, learned Sakura Masazō had been killed with a blade, and sent the other guests away to wait for police.
• Fujino claimed authority through the joint Genji Hotaru task force and asked Mori Kogoro to watch the potential suspects.
• Hattori Heiji and Conan noted the killer had searched Sakura's clothes but left his money, and Conan took the victim's keys to search for what the killer wanted.
• Ayanokoji Fumimaro arrived and ordered Fujino to leave, then took charge of the scene.
• Fujino told Hattori Heiji and Conan to keep the keys and investigate on their own rather than give the lead to Kyoto police.

Fujino, Hattori Heiji, and Conan investigated Sakura Masazō's antique shop after obtaining the key, where they found evidence connecting Sakura to Genji Hotaru and the painting used to locate Kannō-ji Temple's statue. Fujino reasoned that Genji Hotaru's members did not know where the statue was hidden and that conflict within the group may have led them to turn on one another.

• Fujino told Hattori Heiji that Kyoto's lack of thanks or compensation for his past work had made him favor Osaka.
• Fujino, Hattori Heiji, and Conan rode to Sakura Masazō's shop on Teramachi Street to investigate.
• Fujino picked the shop's security door with a hairpin, and the three detectives put on protective gear before searching inside.
• Conan found Ise Saburo's signature and a copy of the painting in a book in the study.
• Fujino concluded that Genji Hotaru members likely did not know where the statue was hidden, and Conan explained that this could have caused disorder and infighting within the group.

Fujino, Conan, and Hattori Heiji investigated the Genji Hotaru murders and discussed how to identify the killer while preventing another death. The suspects remained at large, and Hattori left for Osaka with the Byakugō and a stainless-steel water pipe Fujino lent him for protection.

• Hattori Heiji and Fujino planned to use the Byakugō to lure Benkei, but Conan urged them to keep investigating and prevent another murder.
• Hattori Heiji and Conan suspected Mr. Sakura's acquaintances Ryūen, Saijō, and Mizuo, while leaving open the possibility that Chika Suzuki was involved.
• Fujino privately identified Saijō Taiga as the likely killer and planned to capture his group and claim the Demon Blade Muramasa and the resulting credit.
• Fujino's group returned to Kannō-ji Temple, where Mori Kogoro, Ooka Momiji, Suzuki Sonoko, and the others discussed the missing original painting and the possible murder weapon.
• Momiji left with Iori Muga, and Hattori Heiji prepared to return to Osaka despite warnings that the killer might target him for the Byakugō.
• Fujino gave Hattori Heiji a stainless-steel water pipe for self-defense and told him to return it.

Fujino gave Hattori Heiji a supposedly million-yen water pipe for protection, but Hattori was attacked and hospitalized after losing it in a fight with a mysterious swordsman. He woke up the next morning, and Fujino prepared to coordinate a larger joint police investigation into the Genji Hotaru case.

• Fujino made Hattori take the tough water pipe, warning him it was worth a million yen and showing him how to hide it for protection.
• After Hattori was attacked, Fujino and Conan stayed with him at Umekoji Hospital while Kazuha went to rest; Fujino explained that Hattori had suffered a concussion.
• Megure called Fujino about sending Shiratori to Kyoto, and Fujino urged him to arrange more officers because the case and its killer would be difficult to handle.
• Hattori woke up and pretended not to recognize Kazuha, but Fujino threatened to hit him with a Wooden Sword, prompting him to admit he remembered everything.
• Hattori recounted how a swordsman lured him into a duel and struck him unconscious, then realized the water pipe Fujino had given him was missing.

Fujino joined the Kyoto police investigation into Genji Hotaru and concluded that the remaining culprit would come after Hattori for the Byakugō. Meanwhile, Kazuha set out with Momiji and Sonoko to search the park for evidence, and the chapter ended with Fujino’s team suspecting the Kyoto police were withholding information.

• Fujino asked the police to return his iron rod after their investigation, while Hattori offered his shoulder wound as evidence against Sakura’s killer.
• Ayanokoji warned Hattori to be more careful and said the stolen motorcycle could not be investigated.
• Fujino told Shiratori and Otake that the suspect was among the people from the previous night and that the last Genji Hotaru member would likely come for Hattori’s Byakugō.
• Kazuha decided to search for evidence, and Momiji recognized her intentions and joined her; Sonoko followed them to the park.
• Fujino attended a Kyoto police meeting with Shiratori, Sato, and Takagi, then suspected the police had withheld information from them.