Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue accompanied Kogoro Mouri and the others to Osaka as the police prepared to catch Kaito Kid at Tenshu-kaku. After Kogoro interpreted the final riddle as pointing to three o’clock, Conan suspected the answer was wrong, though he ruled out three in the morning.

• Conan criticized Xu Yue for encouraging Kaito Kid, and Xu Yue joked that the phantom thief was fun to have around.
• The Metropolitan Police Department joined forces with the Osaka Police Headquarters and determined that Kaito Kid would target Tenshu-kaku on August 23, though the precise time remained unknown.
• Xu Yue traveled to Osaka with Kogoro Mouri, Haibara, and Miyano Akemi, where Suzuki Sonoko introduced them to several people interested in the Egg of Memories.
• Shiro Suzuki showed the Egg of Memories and its clockwork figures to the visitors, while Inspector Chaki Shintaro explained that the police had not solved the time clue.
• Miyano Akemi suggested that the twelfth Japanese character might indicate four o’clock, but Kogoro Mouri interpreted the clue as the twelfth English letter, L, pointing to three o’clock.
• Conan found Kogoro’s interpretation plausible but suspected it was not the real answer and ruled out three in the morning.

Xu Yue let Nakamori’s plan to protect the gem with a decoy proceed while a White Dove secretly observed the meeting. As the group headed out in Osaka, Heiji reunited with Ran and Conan, while Utsunomiya Taro prepared Reincarnators to infiltrate the police guard at Tenshu-kaku as another group planned a small terrorist attack.

• Ginzō Nakamori proposed hiding the genuine gem and using a fake as bait, and Shiro Suzuki approved his plan.
• A White Dove carrying an electronic device watched the meeting, and Xu Yue silently acknowledged it.
• Suzuki Sonoko took Ran, Miyano Akemi, Haibara, and Xu Yue sightseeing, where Heiji Hattori and Toyama Kazuha joined them.
• Heiji Hattori nearly exposed Conan by calling him Kudo Shinichi, and Conan then approached Xu Yue after Haibara threatened to expose him too.
• Utsunomiya Taro brought Zheng Lan Banner Lord, Eunuch Ling, and Eunuch Wang into the police operation guarding Tenshu-kaku.
• Hattori Kogoro led the Reincarnators who planned to stage a small terrorist attack in Osaka.

Hattori Kogoro’s group prepared to attack Osaka’s substation and create a blackout, while Xu Yue deciphered Kaito Kid’s schedule and sent Conan toward Tsutenkaku. Kaito Kid’s small bomb triggered the explosives at the substation, leaving Hattori Kogoro caught in the blast and facing a choice to pay an A-Rank Plot Point to survive.

• Hattori Kogoro rallied his group to attack the substation and cause a blackout that would help Kaito Kid.
• Xu Yue deduced that Kaito Kid would appear at 7:20 and pointed Conan toward Tsutenkaku’s weather equipment.
• Utsunomiya Taro told Zheng Lan Banner Lord and the others that he had arranged for Hattori Kogoro’s group to attack the substation so they could help free them afterward.
• Hattori Kogoro’s group planted a large quantity of explosives at the substation and prepared to evacuate.
• Kaito Kid detonated his bombs near the substation, setting off the explosives and engulfing Hattori Kogoro in a blast.
• A space notification offered Hattori Kogoro a chance to escape the flames by paying one A-Rank Plot Point within thirty seconds.

After a coordinated blackout, Utsunomiya Taro deduced where the real Egg of Memories was being kept and led his allies there. Zheng Lan Banner Lord spotted Kaito Kid approaching, and the group believed they were about to capture him.

• An explosion destroyed a substation, plunging Osaka Castle and much of the city into darkness and causing widespread confusion.
• Conan realized the blackout likely resulted from Kaito Kid's plan and hurried toward Tsutenkaku to stop him.
• Utsunomiya Taro revealed that he had ordered the substation explosion and explained his interpretation of the predicted time.
• Utsunomiya Taro concluded the Egg of Memories was not at Tenshu-kaku and used the blackout to identify a nearby building with a backup generator.
• Utsunomiya Taro redirected the group toward the building, and Zheng Lan Banner Lord spotted Kaito Kid gliding toward it.
• The four allies expected to capture Kaito Kid, believing they could remove their restrictions if necessary.

Utsunomiya Taro and three Veteran Intruders rushed to help Ginzō Nakamori capture Kaito Kid, but the apparent success turned into a trap when Kaito Kid recognized them and ensnared the three with his hypnotic pupils. The chapter leaves Utsunomiya Taro’s role in the ambush unclear as the others fall into illusions.

• Utsunomiya Taro and Zheng Lan Banner Lord climbed into the sixth-floor warehouse, where Ginzō Nakamori accidentally shot Zheng Lan Banner Lord before learning they had come to warn him about Kaito Kid.
• Utsunomiya Taro told Ginzō Nakamori that Kaito Kid would arrive at seven twenty, and the group heard him land on the rooftop.
• Kaito Kid threw a flashbang through the window, blinding and disorienting everyone in the room.
• Utsunomiya Taro urged the others to lift their restrictions, and three Veteran Intruders used their mental power to locate Kaito Kid as he took the Egg of Memories.
• Eunuch Ling bound Kaito Kid with threads, but Kaito Kid revealed that he knew they were Veteran Intruders and trapped the three with his hypnotic pupils.
• The three realized that Utsunomiya Taro’s mental power had not joined theirs before they fell into endless illusions.

Xu Yue incapacitated the warehouse guards with sleeping gas, letting the Egg of Memories disappear while the group woke with blurred memories. When Officer Nakamori grew suspicious of the three disguised intruders, the Space demanded an A-Rank Plot Point to earn his trust and offered them a loan.

• Xu Yue restored the warehouse and used sleeping-gas grenades to knock out the guards and Utsunomiya Taro.
• Heiji Hattori, Conan, and Officer Sato entered the warehouse, where Conan found Ginzō Nakamori and the others unconscious.
• Xu Yue woke the group, and Utsunomiya Taro identified the sleeping-gas grenade as a Space item that caused unconsciousness and short-term memory loss.
• Utsunomiya Taro, the Zheng Lan Banner Lord, and the third man realized Kaito Kid had escaped with the Egg of Memories and blamed their hesitation.
• Conan questioned Ginzō Nakamori about the four unfamiliar men, prompting Nakamori to suspect them and the Space to demand an A-Rank Plot Point for his trust.
• Utsunomiya Taro explained the Space's loan offer, and the three men paid the required points.

After Kaito Kid was shot and fell into the sea, Xu Yue recovered the Egg of Memories and confronted the Reincarnators waiting at the docks. He disabled them with precise gunfire, and Hattori Kogoro chose to surrender rather than risk the cost of fighting back.

• Hattori Kogoro and his companions waited at the docks for Kaito Kid, but a hidden shooter hit the real Kaito Kid and sent him plunging into the sea.
• Xu Yue, Conan, and Heiji Hattori arrived, and Xu Yue picked up the Egg of Memories while the shooter escaped.
• Hattori Kogoro decided against lifting the restrictions to search the sea, and Xu Yue aimed his pistol at the Reincarnators.
• The Reincarnators tried to draw their weapons, but Xu Yue shot their weapon hands before they could fire.
• Hattori Kogoro's group tried to escape by partially lifting their restrictions, but Xu Yue shot them in the legs.
• Hattori Kogoro decided to let the police arrest them rather than risk a costly fight.

After recovering the Egg of Memories, Xu Yue uncovered a hidden image that pointed to a castle belonging to Natsumi Kosaka’s family and suggested another Egg might be there. The group agreed to visit the castle, while Kangawa Ryu secretly photographed Xu Yue aboard the cruise ship.

• Xu Yue returned the Egg of Memories to Shiro Suzuki, and the group noted that Kaito Kid had vanished after falling into the sea.
• Conan, Heiji Hattori, Xu Yue, and the others boarded the Suzuki family cruise ship, where Shiro Suzuki examined an old parchment brought by Natsumi Kosaka and Sawabe.
• Xu Yue noticed that the parchment showed only part of the Egg of Memories and proposed that a matching Egg might exist.
• Xu Yue removed the Egg’s small mirror and used it to project an image of a castle, which Natsumi identified as one her great-grandfather had left behind.
• Natsumi agreed to invite the guests to visit the castle, and Ran planned to bring Kogoro Mouri and Conan.
• Kangawa Ryu photographed Xu Yue in a bath towel without permission, and Xu Yue dismissed Miyano Akemi’s complaint.

Kangawa Ryu was murdered aboard the cruise ship, and Xu Yue linked the crime to the international treasure thief Scorpian. Ura Shiran realized the police had named her as the culprit even though she had not killed Kangawa.

• Nishino Masato found Kangawa Ryu dead in his room, and Xu Yue determined that Kangawa had been shot through the eye and that the room had been ransacked.
• Kogoro Mouri noticed that Kangawa's Romanov ring was missing, and police later found Nishino's fountain pen at the scene and the ring beneath his mattress.
• Xu Yue argued that Nishino was being framed, citing his feather allergy and Kangawa's apparent plan to implicate him.
• Xu Yue connected the shooting to the earlier attack on Kaito Kid and identified Scorpian as the likely murderer.
• Ura Shiran realized that Xu Yue had accused her of the murder, though she insisted to herself that she had not killed Kangawa.

At Natsumi’s castle, Utsunomiya Taro’s group of Reincarnators searched the visitors for Kaito Kid, convinced he had arrived in disguise. Two of them caught Kan Kenichi opening a safe and mistook him for Kaito Kid.

• After the cruise ship docked in Tokyo, Natsumi brought Kogoro Mouri and the others to her castle, where they met disabled volunteers and police officers.
• Utsunomiya Taro told the Reincarnators that Kaito Kid was among the visitors and urged them to identify him before attacking.
• When Kan Kenichi left the group, two Reincarnators followed him into the collection room and watched him search portraits for a safe.
• After Kan Kenichi opened the safe and revealed gold and jewelry, the two Reincarnators tackled him and accused him of being Kaito Kid.

The group wrongly accused Kan Kenichi of being Kaito Kid, then divided up the remaining suspects for surveillance. At the study, Xu Yue and Conan uncovered a hidden entrance beneath the floor, which opened after Silov entered the password Xu Yue suggested.

• Two Reincarnators pinned Kan Kenichi down and accused him of being Kaito Kid, but Butler Sawabe's anti-theft devices and Kan Kenichi's unchanged face proved they had caught the wrong person.
• The Reincarnators paid more A-Rank Plot Points to remove suspicion, and Officer Shiratori confiscated Kan Kenichi's burglary tools.
• Utsunomiya Taro proposed dividing the group to watch the remaining suspects and suggested a simultaneous takedown if they found no clues.
• Xu Yue noticed that the study floor sounded hollow and followed Kogoro Mouri's cigarette smoke to a concealed floorboard, while Conan found a hidden keypad.
• After several guesses failed, Xu Yue suggested "The Last Wizard of the Century," and Silov entered it in Cyrillic, opening the hidden entrance.

Xu Yue and the others discovered a hidden burial chamber and learned the truth about Natsumi's great-grandmother while recovering the Egg of Memories. When a red dot appeared on Xu Yue, Hollow Noodle and another Reincarnator attacked Ura Shiran, suspecting she was Kaito Kid, and Xu Yue took custody of her to verify her identity.

• Xu Yue led the group through a hidden entrance and opened the mural-covered door with a flashlight.
• Kogoro Mouri and Shiratori opened a coffin, revealing a mummified corpse and an empty Egg of Memories.
• Shiratori produced the Suzuki Group's Egg of Memories, and Xu Yue joined the two eggs to project photographs revealing that Natsumi's great-grandmother was Princess Maria.
• Haibara spotted a red dot on Xu Yue, and Hollow Noodle and another Reincarnator pinned Ura Shiran beside a fallen gun, accusing her of being Kaito Kid.
• Xu Yue handcuffed Ura Shiran and carried out a personal verification, while Kogoro Mouri angered Ran and was kicked away.

Xu Yue identified Ura Shiran as Scorpian and kept the Egg of Memories, while the Reincarnators launched a mass search for Kaito Kid. They captured Kaito Kuroba instead of Kudo Shinichi, then turned to Officer Sato for answers before Hattori Kogoro encountered a mysterious Reincarnator who seemed to know him.

• Xu Yue questioned Ura Shiran and established that she was Scorpian, then proposed keeping the Egg of Memories until President Suzuki could arrange a transfer to Miss Natsumi.
• Utsunomiya Taro led the Reincarnators in demanding that everyone be investigated, and they used their powers to immobilize the crowd and expose Officer Shiratori as Kaito Kid.
• Zheng Lan Banner Lord hypnotized Kaito Kid, who revealed that his name was Kaito Kuroba rather than Kudo Shinichi.
• Utsunomiya Taro suggested that Officer Sato knew Kudo Shinichi's identity, and Hattori Kogoro hurried to seize the informant.
• Hattori Kogoro found the smiling man holding an unconscious Reincarnator, heard him call himself Hattori Sword Saint, and began crying as he realized he had forgotten their previous mission.

Xu Yue used a battle among the Reincarnators to drain their resources, then sent the Sino-Japanese Alliance back to the outside world while leaving Utsunomiya Taro behind. The group completed the Main Mission and returned when the century bell rang.

• The Reincarnators mistook Hattori Kogoro and Officer Sato's fight for a clash with a powerful enemy and joined in, while an invisible influence made them forget the Punishment Space's restrictions.
• Xu Yue restored the cliffs and castle, revealed himself to the Reincarnators, and told them their losses would not kill them before sending the Sino-Japanese Alliance away.
• Xu Yue identified the unconscious Conan as Kudo Shinichi, and Utsunomiya Taro accepted his situation after learning he had earned rewards.
• Utsunomiya Taro cleared himself of suspicion, and the Reincarnators completed the Main Mission by solving the case and identifying the missing disabled volunteers as the suspects.
• Xu Yue led the Reincarnators through the Main Mission until the century bell rang and they returned.

After spending most of his earnings on upgrades, Xu Yue received an Intruder Promotion Mission set in the world of Overlord. Meanwhile, news spread that powerful Reincarnators had been devastated by a Punishment mission, and Bruce dismissed their misfortune as foolishness.

• Xu Yue digested the gains from his Limiter breakthrough and determined that his Truth-Seeking Orbs could capture two Infinity Stones.
• Xu Yue received an Intruder Promotion Mission and identified its setting as the world of Overlord, where the Nine Realms faced demonic creatures.
• Reincarnators learned that several powerful figures had left a Punishment mission stripped of possessions and burdened with enormous Plot Point debts.
• Yi Kuang revoked his indebted heir's status, while Kenji Dohihara was expelled by his legion and could not find anyone willing to lend him money.
• Bruce heard the news at his market stall, called the debtors foolish, and then haggled a customer into buying his materials.

Xu Yue joined Beiyang’s celebration over the Sino-Japanese Alliance’s misfortune and revealed that his Promotion Mission was “War of Nations Warriors.” Yuan Keding offered to help him complete it in exchange for his help with Princess Shirley, but a young eunuch interrupted them with news that the Emperor would receive the French envoy ahead of schedule.

• Beiyang’s elites celebrated the Sino-Japanese Alliance’s setback and welcomed Xu Yue as a rising Beiyang prodigy.
• Xu Yue told Yuan Keding and the others that his Promotion Mission was “War of Nations Warriors.”
• Yuan Keding explained the mission’s difficulty and privately offered Xu Yue help in exchange for his help pursuing Princess Shirley.
• Xu Yue rejected Yuan Keding’s proposal openly, saying Princess Shirley’s benefits seemed greater than those of the Promotion Mission.
• A young eunuch announced that the Emperor would receive the French envoy early and summoned the group to accompany them.

The Beiyang youths were summoned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, where Guang Jing revealed that France had proposed an alliance through marriage and that he intended to marry personally. His announcement left both Beiyang and Qing Court officials stunned.

• Yuan Keding accepted the emperor's summons after consulting Yuan Shikai.
• Xu Yue sensed the Forbidden City's national-fortune array and studied its power as the group entered the palace.
• The Beiyang youths found the Qing Court's rising stars waiting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, while Zaizhen was absent.
• Guang Jing entered the hall with overwhelming majesty, then eased the officials' pressure with a gentle address.
• Guang Jing announced France's marriage alliance proposal and declared that he would personally undertake the marriage, leaving both sides displeased.

Guang Jing revealed that he had seized control of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and planned to force through the Political Marriage, then tried to recruit Xu Yue. Xu Yue refused and remained unbowed by Guang Jing’s pressure, while Guang Jing declared himself untouchable within the hall; Xu Yue answered by bringing out a strange object resembling an Ostrich Egg.

• Guang Jing announced that he would personally handle the Political Marriage and used his home-ground authority to press the gathered talents toward their knees.
• Guang Jing recognized Xu Yue and offered to pay his Beiyang contract penalties if he joined the Qing Court.
• Xu Yue casually rejected Guang Jing’s offer and challenged whether the Emperor dared to openly attack them.
• Yuan Keding rebuked Xu Yue, but Guang Jing’s pressure forced Yuan Keding and the others to their knees.
• Guang Jing declared that his people controlled the hall and that no one could stop him there, but Xu Yue produced an object resembling an Ostrich Egg and denied his claim.

Xu Yue confronted Guang Jing in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, killed him despite his imperial power and national fortune, and erased the hall from existence and memory. At the boundary between life and death, Xu Yue discovered he could endure death and chose to return through his connection to the Life Casket.

• Guang Jing used Mouth of Heaven's Decree to try to kill Xu Yue, but the attack backfired and wounded Guang Jing.
• Guang Jing's eunuchs formed a legion formation, but Xu Yue split its black serpent and killed them before demanding that Guang Jing submit or die.
• Guang Jing invoked Heaven's mandate and drew power from China's national fortune, but Xu Yue pierced the golden pillar and shattered him.
• Xu Yue preserved some national fortune in the Egg of Memories, then erased the Hall of Supreme Harmony and everyone inside it in a burst of white light.
• Three powerful figures arrived and found that the hall was vanishing from their memories and from historical records.
• Xu Yue awakened in the gray realm between life and death, realized death was not final for him, and followed his connection to the Life Casket.

Xu Yue returned to Beiyang after using death to escape the imperial capital and recovered memories explaining his plan. The Army learned that Zai Tian and Guang Jing had died alongside the young talents, and Chen Yao promised full compensation for their losses.

• Xu Yue activated the Ostrich Egg, recalled that he had used death to escape trouble in the capital, and reflected on the ninety-percent strength restriction and his plans for Ainz Ooal Gown's world.
• Chen Yao told Xu Yue that the promising talents sent to the imperial capital had died and that the Army would compensate them.
• Tang Baochao told Xu Yue that he could not remember what happened after the group completed a space mission in the capital.
• Chen Yao received an urgent telegram and revealed that Zai Tian and many Qing Court talents had died, while Guang Jing had also been taken down.
• Chen Yao announced that the Army would fully compensate the returned talents for their losses.