Chapter Summaries

Mouri Kogoro and Inspector Megure investigated a gift box left in the piano room while Aso Narumi helped examine the severed hand and Conan studied a sheet-music code. In the storage room, Kurumi warned Narumi to be careful around Conan and gave her a listening device so Kurumi could monitor the investigation remotely.

• Mouri Kogoro found two unconscious officers by the open back door, and Aso Narumi confirmed they had only been knocked out.
• Inspector Megure and Mouri Kogoro opened the gift box and found a severed hand, sheet music, and a cassette tape.
• Aso Narumi examined the hand and concluded it had been cut with a very sharp weapon and came from the same person as the previous hand.
• Mouri Ran played the score, and Conan persuaded Inspector Megure to let him inspect it as a possible code.
• Aso Narumi left to find a tape recorder, met Kurumi in the storage room, and reported that Conan was working on the code.
• Kurumi warned Aso Narumi not to underestimate Conan and gave her a listening device to transmit sounds back to Kurumi.

Aso Narumi planted Kurumi’s listening device on Kuroiwa while the police investigated Kawashima’s confession and the threat against the remaining conspirators. After leaving the piano room, Narumi searched the warehouse for Kurumi but was confronted by Conan.

• Aso Narumi took Kurumi’s tiny listening device and returned to the piano room with the recorder.
• The recording revealed that Kawashima, Kuroiwa, Kameyama, and Nishimoto had murdered Aso Keiji’s family after he refused to help them sell White Powder.
• Conan decoded the score’s message, “You’re next!”, and Inspector Megure summoned Kuroiwa and Nishimoto to the piano room.
• The police questioned two officers who had been knocked unconscious, while Conan and Mouri Kogoro puzzled over how the attacker had reached them unnoticed.
• Aso Narumi left the piano room after secretly attaching Kurumi’s bug to Kuroiwa’s clothes, then went to the warehouse to look for Kurumi.
• Conan surprised Aso Narumi in the warehouse, and she calmly asked why he was not with the others.

Conan questioned Aso Narumi about Tokisaki Kurumi but learned nothing that changed his suspicion that Kurumi might still be on the island. Meanwhile, Kurumi listened as Kuroiwa and Nishimoto confessed to their crimes, then chose Nishimoto as her next target while the police unknowingly guarded her intended bait.

• Conan asked Aso Narumi where Tokisaki Kurumi had gone and where she lived, but Narumi said Kurumi had left for Tokyo and had given her no address.
• Narumi found Kurumi's note saying she would return that night, then locked the clinic's windows before leaving to buy food for them both.
• Kurumi listened from the Community Center as Kuroiwa and Nishimoto confessed to joining forces to murder the Aso family and traffic White Powder.
• Kuroiwa and Nishimoto blamed Kawashima and objected when Mouri Kogoro proposed using them as bait, prompting Kurumi to decide to turn them against each other and target Nishimoto next.
• Inspector Megure had Kuroiwa and Nishimoto guarded in a second-floor room at the Community Center while Kurumi ate dinner with Aso Narumi at the clinic.

Kurumi caught Conan breaking into Narumi’s clinic, overwhelmed him with King Crimson, and warned him to stay out of her affairs while suggesting they might cooperate. Upstairs, Narumi panicked at the confrontation and grabbed a kitchen knife before rushing downstairs to threaten Conan.

• Kurumi told Narumi that Kuroiwa and Nishimoto would be forced to turn against each other, though neither would survive.
• Conan secretly entered Narumi’s clinic after suspecting that she and Kurumi were connected to the island’s crimes.
• Kurumi exposed Conan as Kudo Shinichi and dodged his anesthetic needle before pinning him to the floor with King Crimson.
• Conan accused Kurumi of being responsible for his predicament, but Kurumi said Gin and Vodka had turned him into a child and proposed that they might cooperate.
• Kurumi warned Conan to stop interfering in her affairs, and Narumi grabbed a kitchen knife and hurried downstairs after hearing their confrontation.

Kurumi confronted Conan about her plan to kill Kuroiwa and Nishimoto in revenge, then bargained for his silence by offering information about the Black Organization. After revealing that Kawashima was dead, Kurumi took a call from Vermouth and learned she would escort a special researcher to a laboratory in Tokyo, likely Haibara Ai.

• Kurumi admitted to Conan that she and Aso Narumi were responsible for the kidnapping and planned killings, and defended revenge against those who had escaped justice.
• Kurumi threatened Conan not to interfere and offered information about “that night” if he let her plan proceed.
• Conan agreed not to tell Uncle Mouri or Inspector Megure about Kurumi before nightfall the next day, provided she did not act before then, and asked whether Kawashima was alive.
• Kurumi told Conan that Kawashima was dead, then agreed to his terms and urged him to sit down and talk.
• Vermouth called Kurumi and ordered her to escort a special person from Tokyo Airport to a laboratory the morning after tomorrow, with Gin and Vodka joining the mission.
• Kurumi guessed that the person arriving in Tokyo was Haibara Ai, an indispensable talent for the organization's drug research.

Kurumi told Vermouth that Gin had drugged Kudo Shinichi, who had shrunk into Edogawa Conan, then spoke with Conan and Aso Narumi about Narumi’s revenge and Kurumi’s past actions against drug dealers. The chapter ended with Kurumi beginning to tell Conan about the organization while keeping Narumi beside her.

• Kurumi agreed to go to Japan and told Vermouth that Gin had used APTX-4869 on Kudo Shinichi, who was now living as Edogawa Conan.
• After the call, Kurumi felt jealous of Vermouth’s concern for Conan and resolved to take care of him in her own way.
• Conan questioned Aso Narumi about the warning sent to Mouri Kogoro’s agency, and Narumi admitted that she had sent it while preparing for revenge.
• Narumi explained that Kurumi had once killed organization members who sold White Powder and was later targeted for assassination, changing Conan’s view of her.
• Kurumi returned and began describing Gin and Vodka to Conan, while Aso Narumi asked whether she should leave and Kurumi held her hand.

Kurumi warned Conan about Gin and Vodka, then revealed to Aso Narumi that Conan was actually Kudo Shinichi, shrunk by APTX-4869. The chapter ended with Narumi bathing while Kurumi waited in the bedroom, reading a medical book.

• Kurumi warned Conan that Vodka was less dangerous than Gin, whose caution and ruthlessness made him especially deadly.
• Conan left the clinic after agreeing to Kurumi’s terms, and Kurumi told Aso Narumi that he was Kudo Shinichi, shrunk by APTX-4869.
• Aso Narumi was astonished by the drug and expressed interest in studying it, while Kurumi offered to get her some.
• Kurumi undressed and bathed, and Aso Narumi prepared the bathroom and later folded Kurumi’s clothes.
• Aso Narumi found Kurumi’s lingerie in the laundry basket and secretly inhaled its scent before spending several dozen minutes alone in the bathroom.
• Kurumi waited in the bedroom and read a medical book while Aso Narumi bathed.

Kurumi and Aso Narumi grew closer after Narumi kissed Kurumi, while Conan learned that the police planned to secretly transfer Kuroiwa and Nishimoto. The next morning, Kurumi infiltrated the Community Center to reach the prisoners, where she discovered Mouri Kogoro and Inspector Megure were guarding them.

• Narumi kissed Kurumi while she pretended to sleep, and Kurumi turned the kiss into an intimate encounter between them.
• Conan learned from Mouri Ran that Mouri Kogoro and Inspector Megure planned to transfer Kuroiwa and Nishimoto to Tokyo that night, and he thought Kurumi's plans had been thwarted.
• Kurumi left the exhausted Narumi asleep and went to the Community Center the next morning to check on Kuroiwa and Nishimoto.
• Kurumi avoided the officers outside, used King Crimson to enter through a second-floor window, and knocked out police officers as she made her way through the building.
• Kurumi sent King Crimson through the target room's door and saw Mouri Kogoro and Inspector Megure guarding the sleeping Kuroiwa and Nishimoto.

Kurumi learned that the police had moved Kuroiwa and Nishimoto from Moon Shadow Island to Tokyo, thwarting her plan to kill them. Determined to continue her revenge, she returned to Tokyo and prepared to attack during their transfer to prison.

• Kurumi discovered that the police had replaced Kuroiwa and Nishimoto with decoys and left the Community Center without harming Mouri or Megure.
• Mouri and Megure woke up, realized the protected suspects were missing, and investigated how the culprit had reached them.
• Kurumi told Aso Narumi that the operation had failed, and Narumi comforted her as Kurumi vowed not to give up.
• Kurumi learned from an informant that Kuroiwa and Nishimoto had been transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
• Kurumi decided to attack the prison transport and opened a hidden weapons compartment in her home.

Kurumi ambushed the police van transporting Kuroiwa and Nishimoto, killed both men, and escaped after destroying her car. She told Aso Narumi what she had done, while the chapter ended by noting the uproar at the Metropolitan Police Department and introducing Sherry’s arrival.

• Kurumi prepared a concealed P90 and disguised herself before following the van carrying Kuroiwa and Nishimoto.
• Kurumi used King Crimson to shoot out the van’s rear tires, causing it to overturn as the officers tried to fight back.
• Kurumi tore open the wrecked van and shot Kuroiwa and Nishimoto, leaving the unconscious officers unharmed.
• Kurumi burned the getaway car and called Aso Narumi to report that the two men were dead.
• Aso Narumi reacted with shock to Kurumi’s account, and the Metropolitan Police Department was thrown into an uproar over the attack.

Kurumi completed her assignment to escort Miyano Shiho to the Organization’s Tokyo research facility, then returned to her usual life. Aso Narumi arrived in Tokyo with her luggage to live with Kurumi, and Kurumi brought her home.

• After learning that Kurumi had killed Kuroiwa and Nishimoto, Conan confronted Aso Narumi, who argued that Kurumi had acted because the criminals had returned to Tokyo.
• Kurumi checked her points, then went to Tokyo Airport and met Miyano Shiho, also known as Sherry, along with the man assigned to escort her.
• Kurumi tested the escort by throwing her car keys at him, then had him drive her and Miyano Shiho to the Organization’s Tokyo research facility.
• Kurumi left Miyano Shiho at the laboratory and returned home, while Miyano Shiho questioned why Kurumi did not plan to stay and supervise her.
• Aso Narumi called Kurumi after arriving in Tokyo with a backpack and two suitcases, and Kurumi drove to the dock to pick her up.
• Kurumi loaded Narumi’s belongings into her car and brought her to Kurumi’s large two-story house.

Kurumi hosted Aso Narumi at home, then delayed Gin’s summons while spending time with her. At the Daigoku Building bar, she provoked Gin before he confronted her about the public killing that had drawn police attention.

• Kurumi welcomed Narumi to her house and prepared tea while Gin called and ordered her to meet him at the Daigoku Building in an hour.
• Narumi recognized Kurumi’s disguise in the televised report about the attack, and Kurumi reassured her that the police had not identified her.
• Kurumi and Narumi became intimate, and Kurumi left for Gin’s meeting three hours after he had called.
• Gin waited at the Black Organization’s bar with Vodka, who complained about Kurumi’s lateness and praised Gin’s drinking tolerance.
• Kurumi arrived, teased Gin and Vodka about her oolong tea, and ignored Gin’s anger over her delay.
• Gin asked Kurumi why she had caused such a commotion by killing the two men, and Kurumi replied that she knew the organization was supposed to keep a low profile.

Kurumi confronted Gin over the organization’s many undercover agents, then accepted a mission to monitor Miyano Akemi and kill her if she tried to defect. After returning home, Kurumi found Narumi cooking in only an apron.

• Vodka brought Kurumi a low-alcohol drink, and Gin questioned her about openly attacking a police vehicle and killing two criminals.
• Kurumi warned Gin about the organization’s numerous moles and dismissed their danger to her, prompting Gin to aim his gun at her.
• Kurumi summoned King Crimson, and Gin backed down before the two could fight.
• Gin assigned Kurumi to monitor Miyano Akemi until she completed an organization mission, ordering Kurumi to kill her if she showed signs of defection.
• Kurumi agreed to the mission for one million yen and received Akemi’s photo and contact details from Gin.
• Kurumi returned home and found Narumi cooking naked beneath an apron.

Kurumi met Miyano Akemi to discuss the one-billion-yen robbery Gin had promised would free Akemi and her sister from the organization. Akemi explained her desperation and suspected Kurumi had been sent to assess her plan, but Kurumi pointed out that the organization had little reason to honor the deal.

• Kurumi spent the evening with Narumi, then called Miyano Akemi and arranged to meet at ONIBUS Coffee Shop.
• Miyano Akemi worried that Bloody Mary might be watching her, but agreed to meet her the next morning.
• Akemi arrived at the coffee shop and found Kurumi waiting in a private room; Kurumi offered her coffee and urged her to relax.
• Kurumi questioned whether Akemi could complete the one-billion-yen assignment and warned that Miyano Shiho was worth more to the organization than the money.
• Akemi insisted Gin had promised that success would let her and Shiho leave, and asked whether Kurumi had come to judge the feasibility of her plan.
• Kurumi acknowledged that she was there to assess the situation and noted that Akemi's former boyfriend had been a traitor, giving the organization reason to distrust her.

Kurumi discovered a murder in the coffee shop restroom just as Conan arrived, putting her secret meeting with Miyano Akemi at risk. Kurumi warned Akemi to leave, while Conan confirmed the murder and asked a waiter to call the police.

• Kurumi learned that the organization had set Miyano Akemi an almost impossible one-billion-yen mission as a pretext to kill her, then asked whether Akemi wanted to live or die.
• Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko brought Conan to the ONIBUS coffee shop, where Kurumi was meeting Akemi in a private room.
• Kurumi found a murdered woman in the women's restroom and left without reporting the body, but she ran into Conan outside.
• Kurumi told Conan about the murder, and he hurried into the restroom to investigate while she messaged Akemi to leave immediately.
• Akemi quietly left the coffee shop, and Conan asked a waiter to call the police.

After Conan discovered a body in a café restroom, Kurumi joined Ran and Sonoko while Inspector Megure questioned everyone who had used the restroom. The police tested the suspects against the killer’s escape route, leaving the investigation focused on the two men who could potentially climb over the stall partition.

• Conan found a murdered woman in the last stall of the café’s women’s restroom and alerted the staff, who called the police and kept the customers inside.
• Kurumi approached Ran and Sonoko, and Ran dragged Conan away from the crime scene after finding him investigating inside the restroom.
• Inspector Megure arrived and questioned Conan, who explained that he had entered the wrong restroom and noticed blood coming from the last stall.
• Police identified Kurumi, Kō Yūichi, and Denyama Jūzō as the people who had visited a restroom during the relevant half hour, and Kurumi tripped Conan as they walked to the scene.
• Inspector Megure explained that the killer had escaped by climbing over the stall partition; Kurumi and Denyama were excused from attempting the climb, while Kō Yūichi remained to be tested.

Kurumi deduced that Denyama had strangled the victim and staged the locked-stall scene, then exposed him by examining the dagger. After Denyama attacked her, Kurumi knocked him down and the police arrested him, while Conan grew more wary of her strength and connection to the Organization.

• Kurumi told Conan that the victim might have been strangled before the dagger was used to disguise the murder as a robbery.
• Kurumi examined the dagger and noticed blood patterns suggesting the killer had wrapped part of it before stabbing the victim and left it in place while staging the locked stall.
• Kurumi watched Denyama’s reaction and called on the murderer to confess, causing Denyama to panic and charge at her.
• Kurumi dodged Denyama and knocked him down with a knee strike, and Megure’s officers restrained and arrested him.
• Kurumi returned to Mouri Ran and Sonoko, while Conan praised her clue and privately worried that the Organization was more dangerous than he had thought.

Kurumi tricked Conan into believing the Organization was planning a major operation and lured him to wait all night at the docks, where no meeting took place. The next morning, she went to Conan’s school to see his reaction, while the chapter ended with her sneezing.

• Sonoko asked whether Kurumi attended Teitan High School, and Kurumi said she had stopped attending school but kept up with her studies.
• Kurumi discovered Conan’s listening device and fed him fabricated details about the Organization, Kars-sama, and a meeting at the docks with Jotaro, Joseph, and Jonathan.
• Kurumi returned home, removed and crushed Conan’s bug with King Crimson, and spent the evening with Narumi.
• Conan lost track of Ran and Sonoko while listening to Kurumi, then endured Ran’s angry questioning after she found him.
• Conan waited through the cold night at the Tokyo docks for Kurumi’s supposed meeting, while Kurumi stayed home with Narumi.
• The next morning, Kurumi went to Conan’s elementary school to watch for him, then sneezed.

Kurumi taught Conan a lesson for planting a bug on her, then visited Miyano Shiho to reveal that the organization planned to kill Miyano Akemi regardless of whether she obtained one billion yen. Kurumi promised to protect Akemi but admitted she had no specific plan.

• Conan arrived at school sick after Kurumi tricked him into waiting all night, and Kurumi admitted she had done it to retaliate for his bug.
• Kurumi warned Conan to be more careful around the organization, but he rejected her and walked away.
• Kurumi visited Miyano Shiho's laboratory and used a jammer to block the room's surveillance before telling her about Akemi's deal with the organization.
• Kurumi explained that the organization would kill Akemi whether or not she completed the one-billion-yen job, and said she did not want that to happen.
• Kurumi told Shiho that she had killed three codename members and severely injured Gin when the organization tried to eliminate her.
• Kurumi said she would keep Akemi safe but had no specific plan, leaving Shiho doubtful of her approach.

Kurumi told Miyano Shiho that she planned to fake Miyano Akemi’s death to help her escape the Organization, while Shiho agreed to pretend she knew nothing. Later, Kurumi invited Aso Narumi shopping and assured her she could drive despite being sixteen, revealing a license that she admitted was fake.

• Kurumi warned Miyano Shiho that the Organization was targeting Miyano Akemi and explained that Rum had set her up to kill Akemi or face accusations of betrayal.
• Kurumi proposed faking Akemi’s death so she could escape the Organization’s surveillance, and Miyano Shiho agreed to cooperate by acting unaware.
• Kurumi reassured Miyano Shiho that she had ways to handle the Organization if the plan failed.
• Kurumi invited Aso Narumi to shop for clothes, and Narumi agreed after Kurumi insisted on treating her.
• When Narumi questioned whether sixteen-year-old Kurumi could legally drive, Kurumi showed her a license listing her as eighteen and admitted it was fake.