Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia exposed Lawyer Tatsumi for murdering his wife and moving her body from a hotel to his home. He also revealed that Tatsumi had used a forged letter to lure Hirose Shunzo to the scene and frame him.

• Hirose Shunzo showed Sato Miwako the printed letter signed by Kazumi and explained that he had gone to her home but received no answer.
• Lawyer Tatsumi suggested Hirose had forged the letter, and Jiang Xia pointed out that Tatsumi could have forged it to frame someone else.
• Jiang Xia revealed that Mrs. Tatsumi had called her husband from a hotel room beside his, where Tatsumi had arranged for her to wait.
• Jiang Xia explained that Tatsumi strangled his wife in the hotel room, hid her body in a dry-cleaning bag, and moved it through a laundry pipe to his vehicle.
• Jiang Xia said Tatsumi later placed the body in his bathtub and had used the letter to lure Hirose to the scene.

Jiang Xia exposed Lawyer Tatsumi’s murder of his wife using a distinctive alarm-clock melody recorded during her phone call. Lawyer Tatsumi confessed, and the police moved to search for the bag used to transport the body.

• Lawyer Tatsumi denied killing his wife and argued that the evidence was circumstantial.
• Jiang Xia had Officer Takagi play the hotel phone recording, which captured the alarm clock ringing while Mrs. Tatsumi spoke with Hashimoto Maya.
• Jiang Xia played a clearer recording of the neighboring room’s alarm and explained that its missing note matched the melody in the phone recording, placing Mrs. Tatsumi next to Lawyer Tatsumi’s office.
• Jiang Xia said he had seen Lawyer Tatsumi arrive at the garage shortly before discovering the body and suggested the dry-cleaning bag used to carry it was still nearby.
• Inspector Megure sent officers to search, and Lawyer Tatsumi fell to his knees and confessed to killing his wife.

Lawyer Tatsumi confessed that he murdered his wife Kazumi because she demanded 200 million yen in divorce alimony and planned to use it to support another man. After Tatsumi was taken away, Curacao survived a frightening night without incident, though Mrs. Tatsumi mistook a noise in her room for a possible attack.

• Lawyer Tatsumi explained that Kazumi had threatened to expose his questionable earnings unless he paid her 200 million yen, and Jiang Xia described how he had arranged the murder.
• The police escorted Lawyer Tatsumi away, while Mrs. Tatsumi contacted relatives and friends to help him.
• Sato Miwako complained that the police station would be busy, and Jiang Xia told Curacao to rest and have a good dream, alarming her.
• Jiang Xia handed out Business Cards to local residents before hitching a ride back to the hotel.
• The next morning, Mrs. Tatsumi heard a thump in Curacao's room and nearly called 110, but Curacao opened the door and said she had fallen.
• Mrs. Tatsumi saw Curacao's dark circles and guessed that she had had a nightmare.

Curacao woke from a nightmare about chasing Uzo, then joined the group for breakfast, where Tatsumi Seimaru complained about their crime-filled Tokyo trip. After Suzuki Sonoko contacted Jiang Xia, he suggested taking the clients out of town for a couple of days.

• Curacao dreamed she was a policewoman chasing Uzo, but she fell from a cliff and woke after rolling out of bed.
• Curacao avoided Jiang Xia at breakfast, while Hashimoto Maya worried she had been planting bombs and reviewed the hotel’s escape routes.
• Jiang Xia asked where the group wanted to go, and Tatsumi Seimaru complained that every Tokyo outing had involved a murder case.
• Mrs. Tatsumi asked Jiang Xia for a recommendation, but an email from Suzuki Sonoko interrupted him.
• Jiang Xia realized it was the weekend, replied to Suzuki Sonoko, and proposed taking the clients out of town for a couple of days.

Jiang Xia and the Tatsumi group agreed to travel with Suzuki Sonoko, Mouri Ran, and Conan to Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki. As the train headed out of Tokyo, Irish boarded separately, convinced he could use the trip to pursue his revenge against Gin and Uzo.

• Jiang Xia invited the Tatsumi group to visit Huis Ten Bosch, and Tatsumi Seimaru decided they would leave that day.
• The five Tatsumi travelers met Suzuki Sonoko, Mouri Ran, and Conan at the Shinkansen station, while Hashimoto Maya worried that Uzo had set a trap in Nagasaki.
• Irish boarded the same train in another carriage and reflected on the Organization's frequent travel missions and his plans to get revenge on Gin and Uzo.
• Jiang Xia asked why Suzuki Sonoko had chosen Huis Ten Bosch, and she explained that she was attending a family friend's wedding on her parents' behalf.
• Tatsumi Seimaru offered to pay for anything Mouri Ran wanted to do, prompting Conan to turn around in surprise.

Jiang Xia and his companions introduced themselves aboard the Shinkansen, where Suzuki Sonoko shared rumors about the Oga family wedding they were traveling to attend. Their conversation was interrupted by a friendly tanned young man sharing his tea with Conan, and the group began chatting with him.

• Jiang Xia introduced his classmates, Curacao, and Hashimoto Maya to Mrs. Tatsumi and Tatsumi Seimaru, while Conan tried to remember where he had seen Curacao before.
• Hashimoto Maya grew suspicious of Curacao and worried that Jiang Xia might be testing her, while Curacao wondered how Jiang Xia recognized her despite her different makeup.
• Mrs. Tatsumi asked whether the group would be attending the wedding too, and Suzuki Sonoko said there might be hidden circumstances behind it.
• Suzuki Sonoko explained that the Oga family's old madam and other relatives disapproved of groom Oga Shinya's choice of bride.
• Conan and a tanned young man both ordered the last can of Oolong Tea, then the man split it with Conan, and the two groups began chatting.

Jiang Xia and the others met Oga Shinya and his fiancée, Katori Akane, at Huis Ten Bosch, where they joined the couple’s family for lunch ahead of the wedding. Oga’s Grandmother voiced worries about the Oga Group’s succession, leaving the family’s tensions unresolved.

• After arriving at Huis Ten Bosch, Jiang Xia’s group ran into Takahashi Junichi again and invited him to sightsee with them.
• Suzuki Sonoko introduced her classmates to Oga Shinya and Katori Akane, whose attention fixed on the dark-skinned man accompanying the group.
• The dark-skinned man left to explore on his own, and the others toured the park by boat with Oga Shinya and Katori Akane.
• Oga Shinya brought the group to lunch with his family, where Oga’s Older Sister remarked that Katori Akane had no wedding guests of her own.
• Oga’s Grandmother lamented that the Oga Family lacked a suitable heir to inherit the Oga Group, unsettling her son and grandson.

Jiang Xia and the others explored Huis Ten Bosch, where they reunited with Takahashi Junichi and joined Grandmother Oga’s glassware tour. Irish spotted Hashimoto Maya and Jiang Xia and planned to approach his confidant after a transaction, while the group gathered for dinner on the eve of Oga Shinya’s wedding.

• Suzuki Sonoko, Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, and their companions spent the afternoon exploring Huis Ten Bosch before visiting the Museum of Art.
• Jiang Xia and the others ran into Takahashi Junichi at the museum and went inside with him.
• Takahashi Junichi spoke about glassmaking, and Grandmother Oga invited him to dinner at her family’s Glass Workshop hotel.
• Grandmother Oga led the group to the Tower, where she admired the view and described the people below as adorable little ants.
• Irish spotted Hashimoto Maya and Jiang Xia at the Tower and decided to meet Hashimoto Maya after completing his transaction.
• Grandmother Oga hosted dinner, and Oga’s Father invited the guests to attend Oga Shinya’s wedding the next day.

At the Oga Family dinner before Oga Shinya and Akane’s wedding, arguments over Akane’s place in the family culminated in a dispute over an heirloom ring. The guests left with the wedding still set for the next day, while Suzuki Sonoko explained why the family had ultimately accepted the marriage.

• Oga's Uncle tried to provoke Takahashi Junichi and privately resented Grandmother Oga’s plans for the Conglomerate inheritance.
• Oga's Mother gave Akane the Oga Family heirloom ruby ring, but Grandmother Oga questioned whether Akane should wear it before being accepted as a daughter-in-law.
• Oga Shinya slammed the table and demanded to know whether Grandmother Oga was refusing to acknowledge Akane as his wife, so she relented and let Akane wear the ring.
• After dinner, Oga Shinya left with Akane to comfort her, while the remaining guests recovered from the tense gathering.
• Suzuki Sonoko told Mouri Ran that Oga Shinya had threatened to leave the family if they would not let him marry Miss Katori, forcing them to compromise rather than lose their only grandson.

Hashimoto Maya mistook Irish’s note and a passing room-service cart for an attempt on his life, then learned Irish did not know about his transfer to Uzo. Uzo told him to meet Irish and deliver popular cocktails to Jiang Xia, leaving Hashimoto Maya anxious about how long the transfer could stay secret.

• Hashimoto Maya found Irish’s note asking to meet the next day and feared his former superior had come to kill him.
• When a cart stopped outside Jiang Xia’s room, Jiang Xia opened the door and received the juice he had ordered instead of a cocktail.
• Hashimoto Maya sent Uzo a report, and Uzo replied that he should meet Irish and bring best-selling cocktails to the room next door.
• Hashimoto Maya realized Irish had mistaken his presence near Jiang Xia and still did not know about the transfer, but worried that future contact would make him look like a traitor.
• Hashimoto Maya noticed Uzo’s instruction to leave drinks next door and realized it meant delivering them to Jiang Xia.

Hashimoto Maya delivered cocktails to Jiang Xia on Uzo's orders, while Conan mistook the delivery for a conspiracy and followed Jiang Xia into his room. The chapter ended with Conan sampling a drink and remaining suspicious of Hashimoto Maya's motives.

• Hashimoto Maya delivered six cocktails to Jiang Xia's door and returned to his room, where he wondered who would gather evidence of Jiang Xia drinking.
• Conan spotted Hashimoto Maya leaving the package and hurried outside to expose what he thought was a plot, but Jiang Xia took the bag inside before he could act.
• Conan rang Jiang Xia's doorbell, and Jiang Xia carried him into the room before he could alert anyone else.
• Hashimoto Maya assumed Conan had entered to photograph evidence and returned to his own room, worrying about whether to visit Irish and how to avoid being killed.
• Conan inspected the package and found freshly mixed cocktails, while Jiang Xia claimed Hashimoto Maya had emailed him about bringing them as a kind gesture.
• Conan drank some of the cocktail but stayed wary of Hashimoto Maya's intentions.

Jiang Xia and his companions visited Katori Akane as she prepared for her wedding, where Oga Shinya and the Glass Artisan Takahashi joined them. The bride’s tense familiarity with Takahashi drew Conan’s attention, and Oga’s Older Sister arrived to send the lovestruck groom back to his lounge.

• Jiang Xia noticed Hashimoto Maya’s heavy dark circles, while Curacao grew wary that he might have been arranging something for Uzo overnight.
• Suzuki Sonoko led Jiang Xia’s group to Katori Akane’s otherwise empty preparation room to support the bride.
• Conan told Jiang Xia that Katori Akane and Takahashi had seemed unusually familiar and had argued privately at the fireworks festival.
• Oga Shinya and Takahashi arrived, and Shinya stared at Katori Akane while awkwardly praising her wedding appearance.
• Oga’s Older Sister entered and ordered Shinya to return to his lounge before the wedding began.

During Katori Akane’s wedding preparations, a blackout led to a brief scuffle before the Oga Family heirloom Ring disappeared. Grandmother Oga blamed Katori and canceled the wedding, while the groom pointed out that the family had many spare Rings.

• The lights went out, and Curacao and Hashimoto Maya mistook each other for attackers while Jiang Xia joined their fight; Conan restored the lights by stepping on the floor switch.
• Grandmother Oga suffered heart palpitations and left the lounge with her family, while Mouri Ran prepared to call an ambulance.
• Mouri Ran noticed the heirloom Ring was missing, and Jiang Xia found a photograph of Katori Akane beneath its box.
• Katori Akane told the Oga Family the Ring had vanished, and Grandmother Oga canceled the wedding until it was found.
• The groom objected that the Oga Family had several boxes of spare Rings in its warehouse.

Jiang Xia was asked to investigate the Oga Family heirloom ring after it vanished before Oga Shinya's wedding. As the search began, Oga Shinya revealed that his grandmother had narrowly survived two recent accidents, suggesting the missing ring was not the family's only misfortune.

• Grandmother Oga blamed Oga Shinya's engagement for the family's misfortunes and accused his fiancée of bringing bad luck.
• Oga Shinya suspected his older sister of stealing the ring, while Suzuki Sonoko showed a photograph that pointed to a family member as the culprit.
• Grandmother Oga agreed to let everyone search the family's rooms but insisted the wedding would not happen unless the ring was found.
• Oga Shinya asked Jiang Xia to find the ring, and Jiang Xia agreed to investigate.
• Jiang Xia asked Oga Shinya about the family's recent misfortunes, and Oga Shinya described a brake failure and a falling boulder that had nearly killed Grandmother Oga.

After Katori disappeared before her wedding, Jiang Xia and the others searched for her and found a shoe that raised suspicions of a kidnapping. The Oga family argued over the disappearance and the wedding’s fate, while Katori remained missing.

• Mouri Ran reported that Katori had vanished from the lounge and changed out of her wedding dress, and Oga Shinya could not reach her by phone.
• Suzuki Sonoko suspected that a former lover had taken Katori and the Ring, while the Glass Artisan joined the search.
• Conan noticed a clue near an exhibition hall, and Jiang Xia received a photo of Katori’s white shoe near the windmill.
• Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, and Suzuki Sonoko found the shoe at the Windmill Cabin and brought it back, where Oga's Older Sister and Grandmother Oga speculated that Katori had eloped.
• Oga's Uncle argued that the wedding should be canceled, but Grandmother Oga decided to wait until that afternoon before making a decision.

Jiang Xia and the others investigated Katori Akane’s disappearance and checked the Oga Family’s alibis, learning of her father’s bitter history with the family. At the Crystal Dream Theater, they discovered that Takahashi Junichi’s clock photo had been angled to make his 2:05 alibi look like 1:05.

• A waitress recalled seeing Katori Akane enter the Windmill Cabin alone around one in the afternoon, and the Oga Family and Takahashi Junichi gave their alibis.
• Takahashi Junichi showed Jiang Xia a photo of the Crystal Dream Theater’s flowerbed clock as proof, while Oga’s Uncle revealed that Katori’s father had died by suicide in a workshop seized over a debt.
• Conan and the others checked the Oga Family’s alibis and found witnesses for each of them, leading Jiang Xia to suspect Takahashi Junichi as well as Shinya.
• Jiang Xia took the group to the Crystal Dream Theater, where they compared Takahashi Junichi’s photo with the flowerbed clock.
• Jiang Xia and the others realized Takahashi Junichi had photographed the clock from an angle that made the actual time of 2:05 look like 1:05.

Jiang Xia and the detectives found Katori Akane in the Clock Tower and learned that Takahashi had taken Grandmother Oga to the Hot Air Balloon. Meanwhile, Hashimoto Maya met Irish aboard the balloon, unaware that Takahashi was bringing Grandmother Oga there too.

• Hashimoto Maya spotted Grandmother Oga talking with the dark-skinned Takahashi, then hurried to meet Irish at the Hot Air Balloon.
• Takahashi invited Grandmother Oga to ride the Hot Air Balloon, which he saw as high enough to send someone to Heaven.
• Conan noticed that one of the Clock Tower's five bells had not rung, leading the searchers to find Katori Akane tied beneath a cloth.
• Katori Akane warned that Takahashi intended to kill Grandmother Oga, and Suzuki Sonoko called the Groom to learn that they were heading to the Hot Air Balloon.
• Hashimoto Maya boarded the Hot Air Balloon and found Irish waiting for him.

Takahashi Junichi sent Irish, Hashimoto Maya, and Grandmother Oga aloft in a hot air balloon with a bomb attached beneath its basket. When the passengers heard its beeping, Irish and Hashimoto began searching for it while Hashimoto tried to alert Uzo.

• Hashimoto Maya worried about whether to warn Irish about what he had overheard, while Irish told him to remove his hat and sunglasses.
• Grandmother Oga boarded the balloon despite Irish's objection, while Takahashi Junichi stayed behind, claiming he was afraid of heights.
• Takahashi Junichi revealed he had planted a time bomb beneath the balloon's basket and took out its remote control.
• Irish heard an increasingly urgent beeping, and he and Hashimoto began searching the balloon for the source.
• Hashimoto secretly tried to email Uzo, fearing the bomb was an attack tied to Uzo's grudges.

Irish, Hashimoto Maya, and Grandmother Oga survived a bomb threat on a Hot Air Balloon after Irish threw the bomb away, but Conan’s attempt to help nearly sent Irish falling. Irish caught a rope and survived, while Jiang Xia arrived and Irish reconsidered his suspicions about him.

• Hashimoto Maya received a message saying a hero was coming, then saw Conan approaching on a Skateboard and feared he would not be rescued.
• Irish identified a bomb beneath the basket, took Hashimoto Maya’s backpack, and threw it at the dark-skinned man holding the Remote Control, knocking him out.
• When the bomb kept beeping, Irish found it taped beneath the basket and threw it away, but a gust of wind made the Hot Air Balloon sway.
• Conan kicked a soccer ball toward Irish, who dodged it and slipped from Hashimoto Maya’s grip.
• Irish caught a loose rope and grabbed the Hot Air Balloon’s anchor rope, while Jiang Xia ran toward him and the staff pulled the Balloon back.
• Irish thought Jiang Xia had rushed to help selflessly and decided his earlier suspicion that Jiang Xia was connected to Uzo had been mistaken.

Jiang Xia explained the bomb on the hot air balloon after Hashimoto Maya and Irish landed safely, while Irish suspected that Uzo had engineered the trap. The police secured the bomb site and asked Jiang Xia to explain why the bomber had planted it.

• Curacao watched the balloon land and wondered why Irish had come to Nagasaki with Uzo pursuing him.
• Grandmother Oga and Hashimoto Maya climbed down, while park staff confronted Hashimoto Maya and Irish for their dangerous stunts.
• Jiang Xia told the staff that the men had dismantled a bomb, prompting them to cordon off the area and call the police.
• Police specialists found that the bomb could only be detonated manually and explained that Hashimoto Maya and Irish had overreacted without knowing the danger.
• Irish suspected Uzo had used Hashimoto Maya to set a trap, then resolved to avoid making the same mistakes next time.
• Police asked Jiang Xia to explain why the bomber had planted a bomb on the hot air balloon.