Chapter Summaries

Fuji and Shiraishi uncovered Nagakura’s attempt to kill Yamagishi and confirmed that Nagakura had murdered Matsuoka, the second victim. After Nagakura was arrested, Shiraishi reassured Yamagishi that she was not responsible for the crimes.

• Fuji grew suspicious when she learned that Mrs. Katagiri had called Yamagishi away, and she rushed to Katagiri’s room after hearing Yamagishi scream.
• Fuji found Yamagishi bound and Nagakura unconscious, while Shiraishi explained that he had burst through the window and stopped Nagakura from injecting her with poison.
• Shiraishi revealed that Nagakura had killed Matsuoka after he abandoned her and that she had targeted Yamagishi for turning her away months earlier.
• Amaki explained that the unusual pattern of the first three murders had concealed connections between the victims, helping the police identify Nagakura as the second killer.
• Shiraishi told Yamagishi that Nagakura’s stalking and crimes were not her fault, and Yamagishi felt less conflicted.

Shiraishi helped Kunikida submit evidence that overturned a wrongful conviction, prompting Sakurai to resign from the Tokyo High Court. Meanwhile, a prince's luxury car parade passed through Beika Town, where Takagi and Isshiki secretly searched for a possible bomb.

• Shiraishi deliberately undermined Ninomiya at a case review meeting to improve Matsumoto's prospects of becoming head of the First Investigation Division.
• Vice Chief Murasaki told Shiraishi that a prince's classic car parade would pass through Beika Town, and Shiraishi assigned him security and traffic control.
• Kunikida reached an overall SSR ability rating and brought Shiraishi evidence proving that Murano's conviction in a seven-year-old poisoning case was wrongful.
• Shiraishi agreed to submit Kunikida's evidence with help from former High Judge Takato, and Kunikida told Murano Hikaru that his father's case was being reinvestigated.
• Dean Fukano accepted the evidence, and Sakurai Jun resigned after admitting his role in the wrongful conviction.
• During the prince's parade, Shiraishi noticed Takagi and Isshiki acting suspiciously and called Takagi after realizing they were searching for a possible bomb.

Shiraishi learned that an arrested bomber’s stolen van still contained a timed bomb and mobilized Beika Police Station to find it. As the thieves fled toward Kamurocho, Kobe Daisuke and Shima raced to intercept them in a car taken from the classic car show.

• Shiraishi discovered that the bomber’s stolen white van held a bomb set to explode at noon and ordered Beika Police Station to track it down.
• Munakata reported a chocolate shop robbery, and Shiraishi suspected the sharply dressed thieves had taken the van and sent officers to search for it.
• The two thieves drove toward Kamurocho while patrol cars pursued them, but traffic and a crashed police car hampered the chase.
• Shima learned about the bomb and found that the classic car show’s traffic made it impossible to cut off the van by the usual route.
• Kobe Daisuke crashed through the rows of luxury cars, paid the prince for the damage, and took a modified classic car to pursue the bomb van with Shima.

Kobe and Shima pursued bomb-carrying thieves onto a bridge, where Chief Shiraishi stopped their van and drove it into the water before it exploded. Shiraishi survived with an injured arm and was brought to the Metropolitan Police Department to address reporters about the incident.

• Kobe used his butler’s road reports and police roadblocks to steer the thieves’ van toward a bridge while he and Shima pursued it.
• Shiraishi struck the speeding van with [God's Left Hand], making it spin to a stop, then pulled the two thieves out.
• With seconds remaining before the bomb exploded, Shiraishi drove the van off the bridge and swam out after the explosion.
• Shima and Kobe reached the shaken thieves, while Shiraishi refused further medical checks because his left arm had been injured.
• Onoda told Shiraishi that the National Police Agency needed him at a press conference, and Shiraishi agreed to appear.
• Shiraishi arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department in his soaked, tattered clothes and drew the reporters’ attention.

Kobe Miwako’s staged debt trap exposed Hatano as a suspect, but Suda revealed that he had committed the 500 Million Yen Robbery and taken Kobe hostage. As Suda threatened her at the landfill site, Komikado and Shiraishi arrived.

• Shiraishi ended a press conference as Kobe Miwako used a charity gala and staged debt collection to draw out the 500 Million Yen Robbery culprit.
• Hatano fled with his female companion after debt collectors confronted him, and nearby officers followed, expecting him to retrieve the stolen money.
• Kobe canceled Suda’s staged loan and admitted she was a police officer; Suda offered her a ride to join the pursuit, then locked her in the car.
• At the landfill site, Suda confessed that he had robbed the 500 million yen and buried it there, and said he had retrieved the money after the waste was cleared.
• Suda blamed Kobe for making his hard-won social success seem effortless and threatened to bury her; Komikado and Shiraishi arrived as Kobe cried for help.

Shiraishi and Kobe arrested Suda for the fifteen-year-old 500 Million Yen Robbery Case, and Kobe Daisuke joined the Beika Police Station with extensive financial and technical backing. The chapter ended with Shiraishi agreeing to meet Lawyer Eri at the hospital after Doctor Goto Megumi’s testimony implicated Doctor Shirai.

• Hatano tried to pass off junk as valuable property while debt collectors confronted him, and Haitani realized Suda and Kobe were missing.
• Shiraishi ordered Kobe Miwako to arrest Suda, who lunged at her, tripped on the garbage, and was handcuffed.
• Kobe promised Suda money and Komikado a legal fee, while Suda rejected both offers before officers took him away.
• The Beika Police Station received public attention for solving the Auto Show Bombing Case and the 500 Million Yen Robbery Case, and Kobe Daisuke joined the Criminal Affairs Division.
• Gaoyue returned to Tokyo and invited Shiraishi to dinner, but he canceled his weekend plans after Lawyer Eri called about the Toito Hospital Murder Case.
• Shiraishi agreed to meet Lawyer Eri at the hospital after Doctor Goto Megumi recovered some speech and accused Doctor Shirai.

Shiraishi helped Hideo Eri investigate Doctor Goto Megumi’s recorded accusation against Shirai and confirmed Nurse Ooma’s alibi testimony. He then confronted Goto’s fiancé, Doctor Wakui, and arranged to speak with Goto, leaving the truth behind her accusation unresolved.

• Shiraishi listened to Goto Megumi’s unclear recorded testimony and discussed with Hideo Eri how it had pressured Nurse Ooma to withdraw from testifying.
• Shiraishi and Hideo Eri met Nurse Ooma at Toito Hospital, where Doctor Daimon objected to the repeated interruptions to Ooma’s work.
• Shiraishi reassured Ooma and confirmed that she had seen Shirai in the corridor too late for him to have attacked Goto and escaped unseen.
• Shiraishi went to the neurology ward and questioned Doctor Wakui about Goto’s accusation and her earlier argument with Shirai.
• Shiraishi insisted on speaking with Goto in an hour and said he would coordinate with her attending physician.

Shiraishi used his influence at Toito Hospital to question Goto Megumi while Hideo Eri investigated the pharmaceutical group and hospital surveillance. Goto identified Shirai as her attacker, but Shiraishi and Kurozawa doubted that her answer was clear, leaving the significance of the MRI results unresolved.

• Shiraishi urged Hideo Eri to investigate the pharmaceutical group after learning Goto Megumi had suspected Shirai of corruption connected to Etou.
• An hour later, Yane Takefumi and Ozaki Maiko tried to stop Shiraishi from seeing Goto, but Director Kurozawa allowed him into the ward.
• Shiraishi sent Hideo Eri to review surveillance footage in the Security Section while he took Yane and Ozaki to the Brain MRI Room.
• During questioning in the MRI machine, Goto described her attacker and named Shirai, prompting Yane to call it clear testimony.
• Shiraishi rejected Yane's conclusion while studying the fMRI image, and Kurozawa's initial excitement turned to disappointment.

Shiraishi used fMRI results and hospital surveillance footage to challenge Doctor Goto’s identification of her attacker and expose Doctor Wakui’s suspicious role in her assault. Wakui began confessing after Shiraishi revealed that he had also been secretly pursuing Dean Hiruma’s daughter.

• Shiraishi explained that Doctor Goto’s brain scan showed no long-term memory activity, suggesting someone had recently prompted her to name the attacker.
• Shiraishi questioned Doctor Wakui’s access to Doctor Goto, and Kurosawa said Wakui had helped with her rehabilitation.
• Shiraishi connected Goto’s attack to her suspicions about doctors taking pharmaceutical bribes, while Kurosawa refused outside police assistance.
• Hideo Eri revealed that surveillance footage showed Wakui leaving the stairwell without being recorded entering it, and Wakui panicked.
• Hideo Eri raised Wakui’s engagement to Doctor Goto, and Shiraishi exposed his secret pursuit of Dean Hiruma’s daughter, prompting Wakui to erupt in anger.

Shiraishi exposed Waku as the person who had concealed Goto’s suspicions, then learned that former Judge Sakurai had disappeared after Shiraishi gave him two blades. On Sunday, Shiraishi, Ayako, and Gaoyue met for lunch, but their reunion with the Mori family was interrupted when they discovered a murder scene at the restaurant.

• Shiraishi revealed Waku’s deception, and Megure took Waku into custody as Prosecutor Yane criticized the investigation.
• Megure privately asked Shiraishi about the katana and short sword he had given former Judge Sakurai, who had gone missing after packing his belongings.
• Hideo Eri thanked Shiraishi for helping solve the attack on Doctor Goto, and Shiraishi credited Eri for bringing the case to him.
• Ayako joined Shiraishi and Gaoyue for lunch at their old school-day curry shop, where they unexpectedly met the Mori family.
• Shiraishi and the others found police tape and officers outside the restaurant, where a male corpse had been discovered.

Shiraishi joined Megure’s investigation into the murder of curry-shop owner Imai, whose missing cane may have been the murder weapon. Suspicion fell on the shop’s employee Kishikawa, and Conan found a recently hidden cane by the Sai River.

• Shiraishi recognized the murdered Imai as a former favorite of his and agreed to help Megure investigate.
• Kishikawa arrived at the cordoned shop, where Megure revealed that Imai had been murdered and questioned him about the missing cane and surveillance footage.
• Kishikawa identified a woman who had reserved a table, while Shiraishi recognized Imai’s son in the footage and Megure questioned Kishikawa’s late arrival.
• Shiraishi told Megure that a suspicious man Takagi had chased was probably connected to a local group, and Takagi went to bring him back.
• Shiraishi noticed that the curry’s proportions seemed wrong, while Conan spotted mud on Kishikawa’s shoes and suspected he had gone to the river.
• Conan went to the Sai River and found a new-looking cane hidden in the grass along the embankment.

Megure and Shiraishi investigated Imai Nobuo’s murder as new clues pointed toward several suspects, including his waiter, his son, a restaurant customer, and Shimamoto Ken. The chapter ended with Shimamoto admitting he had beaten Imai Yasuhiko after catching him trying to break into his home.

• Sato found Imai Nobuo’s bankbook, revealing that he had withdrawn eight million yen two days before his death, while Tomi matched criminal fingerprints at the restaurant to Kishikawa Kyouya.
• Megure questioned Kishikawa, who explained that he had accidentally killed a homeowner during a burglary as a teenager and later got his restaurant job through the Probation Officer’s office.
• Sato brought in Imai Yasuhiko and Ms. Matsubara; Yasuhiko asked about his father’s inheritance and gave a suspicious explanation for his facial injuries, while Shiraishi grew wary of Matsubara.
• Takagi returned with Shimamoto Ken and Imai Nobuo’s cane, which Kishikawa identified as the victim’s; Shiraishi questioned Shimamoto about leaving the area.
• Sato revealed that Yasuhiko had sought a seven-million-yen wage advance because of debts, and Shimamoto admitted he had beaten Yasuhiko after catching him trying to break into his home.

Megure and the others questioned Imai Yasuhiko and Kishikawa about Boss Imai’s missing money and murder. Takagi realized the unopened vegetable juice showed the curry had been prepared after the murder by someone who did not know how to use it, and Mori suspected Kishikawa had staged the scene to protect Imai.

• Imai apologized to Shimamoto for trying to steal from him, and Shimamoto accused Kishikawa of helping Imai escape.
• Imai admitted he had tried to take his father’s eight million but returned it after Kishikawa caught him; Megure noted the money was still missing.
• Megure confronted Kishikawa with his fingerprints on Boss Imai’s cane and riverbank mud on his shoes, while Conan and Ran connected Kishikawa to a cooking school and the vegetable juice.
• Takagi explained that vegetable juice should be added at the start of stewing, then noticed the bottle was unopened and concluded the curry had been prepared after Boss Imai’s death.
• Megure inferred that the murderer had not known the juice’s use, and Mori accused Kishikawa of staging the scene to protect Imai Yasuhiko and suggested Imai was the killer.

Shiraishi exposed Matsubara as the likely murderer after she refused to provide a genetic sample, and Shimamoto’s assault on her gave the police a fresh blood sample to compare with traces found in the kitchen. Matsubara’s reaction and Shiraishi’s accusations left her under suspicion, while the case remained poised for confirmation by forensic evidence.

• Shiraishi pointed out that Imai could not have taken the missing eight million yen, and Matsubara admitted that Imai had given the money to her voluntarily.
• Matsubara revealed that she had once been married as Hijikata and identified Kishikawa as the man who had killed her husband ten years earlier.
• Mori suggested that Imai might have killed his father, but Shiraishi redirected attention to why the murderer had cooked curry and Megure ordered the kitchen tools tested for blood.
• Matsubara refused to provide a genetic sample and tried to leave, but Shimamoto struck her, causing her to bleed near the restaurant entrance.
• Megure arranged to compare Matsubara’s blood with any human blood found on the kitchen tools, and Shiraishi accused her of using threats to obtain money from Imai and of being connected to a fraud ring.

Matsubara confessed to murdering Boss Imai and was exposed as having helped orchestrate Kishikawa’s case ten years earlier. After Kishikawa and Young Imai reunited over the curry shop, Komure and Amaki found a child’s birthday drawing in an abandoned factory and began investigating the girl who made it.

• Matsubara admitted she killed Boss Imai to silence him, took the money, and concealed her blood by putting the beef into the curry pot.
• Shiraishi revealed that Matsubara had spread rumors ten years earlier to lure Kishikawa into the break-in that led to a murder, and the police escorted her away.
• Kishikawa explained that Boss Imai had changed the curry recipe hoping Young Imai would return, and Young Imai asked Kishikawa to keep the shop running with him.
• Shiraishi teased Conan about failing to recognize people after ten years, while Ran noticed how much Conan resembled Shinichi as a child.
• Komure and Amaki found a child’s birthday drawing in an abandoned factory and used the name Kanda Hinata to begin searching for her.
• Komure and Amaki found the Detective Boys at Beika Park and approached them for help locating Kanda Hinata.

Detectives Zilian and Amaki investigated why Kanda Hinata’s drawing had been found in an abandoned factory, uncovering inconsistencies in the family’s account and Hinata’s recent absence from school. Their inquiries drew a complaint from Minister Odagiri, and Chief Shiraishi summoned the detectives to reprimand them for investigating without a case.

• Zilian and Amaki returned Hinata’s drawing and noticed that Mrs. Kanda’s explanation of when Hinata drew it did not fit the calendar.
• Amaki asked the Detective Boys about Hinata’s absences, and they learned she had missed most of the previous week; Teacher Kobayashi said she had delivered homework but only seen Hinata’s father.
• Zilian and Amaki visited President Kanda Shino at Kanda Trading Company, but she refused to discuss the drawing or her daughter’s illness further.
• Minister Odagiri called Shiraishi to complain about the two detectives’ investigations, and Shiraishi confirmed they were on leave and had no case.
• Shiraishi summoned Zilian and Amaki, telling them that he and Odagiri would be grateful if they rested more.

After being reprimanded for investigating without a case, Zilian and Amaki uncovered a possible link between Kanda Hinata’s disappearance and a security breach involving Capital Security Company. They brought Kuroki and Kanzaki to the abandoned factory to collect evidence before deciding whether to report their suspicions.

• Shiraishi reprimanded Zilian and Amaki for questioning Mrs. Kanda without an active case and ordered them to end their leave and reflect on their actions.
• Zilian and Amaki searched police personnel files and discovered that Mrs. Kanda’s father, Kawaguchi Kensaku, was a retired Superintendent General who had become president of Capital Security Company.
• Zilian and Amaki learned that Capital Security Company had provided security for the classic car exhibition and suspected Kawaguchi might have concealed a kidnapping and leaked event security information.
• Zilian and Amaki decided to investigate the possible breach before formally involving Shiraishi, and Amaki called Kuroki and Kanzaki for help.
• Zilian and Amaki met Kuroki and Kanzaki at the abandoned factory, where the group prepared to collect samples.

Amaki and Narcissist Father investigated a suspected kidnapping tied to Kawaguchi Kensaku, then visited Capital Security Company and drew Kawaguchi's anger by raising questions about his family and a possible security leak. The chapter left Numata confronting Shiraishi at Beika Police Station after mistaking Kazami's visit for a Public Security matter, while Kazami worried that Numata had discovered his secret fandom.

• Amaki and Narcissist Father returned to the abandoned factory, where the caretaker said the new U-lock was not his and did not seem to have been there originally.
• Amaki and Narcissist Father visited Kawaguchi Kensaku at Capital Security Company, suggested his family might have been involved in a kidnapping, and noticed that his son-in-law was nearly cropped out of a family photograph.
• Kawaguchi ordered his secretary Numata to visit Shiraishi Kuro, while Amaki asked Narcissist Father to consult his father, Kogure Yōzō, about Kawaguchi.
• Numata arrived at Beika Police Station and insisted on seeing Shiraishi, believing he had grounds to pressure the chief over the detectives' conduct.
• Kazami left Shiraishi's office carrying Ono Yoko's signed CD, and Numata and Kazami exchanged wary glances as each misread the other's concerns.

Shiraishi met with Kawaguchi after Secretary Numata discovered Kazami at the station and suspected Shiraishi had Public Security backing. Meanwhile, Amaki and Narcissus learned more about Kawaguchi’s strained relationship with his son-in-law, and the chapter ended with unexpected fingerprint comparison results.

• Numata invited Shiraishi to dinner on Kawaguchi’s behalf after seeing Kazami at the station, then reported his suspicions to Kawaguchi.
• Amaki and Narcissus visited Narcissus’s apartment, where Komure discussed his past with Kawaguchi and revealed how Kawaguchi’s daughter’s marriage had strained their family relationship.
• At dinner, Shiraishi challenged Kawaguchi’s objections to the detectives’ inquiries and suggested Public Security might investigate him, prompting Kawaguchi to agree to an investigation while warning Shiraishi not to involve his family.
• Kawaguchi explained that his daughter had married an unemployed traveler after becoming pregnant, while Komure told Amaki that Kawaguchi had reluctantly accepted the marriage.
• Kuroki and Kanzaki called Shiraishi and Narcissus with the fingerprint comparison results, which differed from their expectations.

Amaki and Narcissus discovered that Fumiko, not Hinata, had been kidnapped before, and persuaded the family to cooperate with their investigation. When Hinata was kidnapped again and the ransom demand repeated, Kanda Shino went to the abandoned factory, where Amaki challenged him over how he knew its location.

• Fingerprint evidence revealed that Fumiko had been held in the abandoned factory, and Kawaguchi admitted that kidnappers had demanded sixty million yen for her release.
• Kawaguchi explained that he had concealed Fumiko’s kidnapping to protect his security company, while Shiraishi continued to question his account and possible motives.
• Munakata told Amaki and Narcissus to find the culprit before he would approve the case filing, so they returned to the Kanda home and persuaded Fumiko to help for Hinata’s sake.
• A car abducted Hinata after school, and the kidnappers called Kanda Shino demanding sixty million yen at the same location as before.
• Kanda Shino rushed to the abandoned factory and found Fumiko with Amaki and Narcissus, who pointed out that he could not have known where it was from what they had told him.
• Shiraishi received a call from Conan, who had noticed the unmarked police car involved in Hinata’s abduction.