Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia followed Akai Shuichi’s trail after Akai was kidnapped, while pretending to search for clues and involving Conan in the investigation. Elsewhere, Vodka waited alone for a transaction and went to check an approaching car, unaware of who might be nearby.

• Akai Shuichi disappeared after Jiang Xia returned to the bus terminal, and a driver reported that kidnappers had taken him.
• Jiang Xia collected a clump of killing intent at the kidnapping site and followed Akai Shuichi using his ghost.
• Conan called Jiang Xia, learned about the kidnapping, and insisted on joining the search.
• Vodka waited alone for a minor transaction while Gin was away, wary that Uzo might take advantage of the situation.
• When a sedan approached, Vodka took his briefcase and went out pretending to be a passerby so he could check the situation.

Vodka realized a kidnapping was unfolding near his meeting place and later suspected Uzo was targeting him after hearing Conan call for Jiang Xia. Meanwhile, Gin left a psychiatrist’s villa convinced the Boss had arranged for him to be assessed before Uzo.

• Vodka watched a man in white carry a hostage into the Ryujin Economic Research Institute, then hurried to his meeting and alerted nearby Peripheral Members.
• The kidnappers brought Akai Shuichi to their office, where Shitara Jukichi recognized that the hostage looked different from the man he had seen the previous day.
• Conan spotted Jiang Xia nearby, and Vodka overheard him calling Jiang Xia’s name from an alley.
• Vodka concluded Uzo was nearby and might be coming for him, then emailed Gin for help after worrying that even a Peripheral Member might turn against him.
• Gin left the psychiatrist’s villa believing the Boss had arranged the assessment for him before having doctors treat Uzo, and he glared back at the clinic.

Gin warned Jiang Xia not to interfere with Vodka’s mission, while Jiang Xia and Conan investigated a suspected kidnapping at the Ryujin Economic Research Institute. Jiang Xia left Conan to handle the hostages and went to find Vodka, planning to escort him back to his car.

• Gin left Doctor’s clinic, then read Vodka’s frantic email and mistook it for a last will and testament.
• Jiang Xia and Conan went to the Ryujin Economic Research Institute after learning it appeared in the missing ledger’s records, and Conan spotted a suspicious black car outside.
• Jiang Xia recognized the car as one used by Gin and Vodka, then received Gin’s warning not to interfere with Vodka’s mission.
• Gin told Jiang Xia to ensure Vodka could reach the car and leave safely, and Jiang Xia realized Vodka was nearby.
• Jiang Xia told Conan that accomplices were approaching, left him to investigate the hostages, and went off to find Vodka.

Akai Shuichi subdued the kidnappers and bluffed that a hidden figure was unhappy with their work, while Conan mistook him for a dangerous cleaner sent by a mastermind. Elsewhere, Jiang Xia caught up with Vodka and claimed Gin had ordered him to escort Vodka to his car, leaving Vodka to accept his help reluctantly.

• Akai Shuichi knocked down the kidnapper leader and his underlings, then bluffed that an unseen person was dissatisfied with their performance.
• Shitara Jukichi insisted he had given the Disk to Mr. Tanaka, not Akai Shuichi, confusing the kidnapper leader about Akai's identity.
• Conan overheard Akai's bluff and concluded that Akai was a cleaner sent by a mastermind to silence everyone in the room.
• Jiang Xia appeared in the alley where Vodka was waiting for Gin's instructions and said he had come to help.
• Jiang Xia told Vodka that Gin had ordered him to escort Vodka to his car, and Vodka reluctantly agreed.

Conan rigged Vodka’s car to a warehouse hoist, sending it crashing through the second-floor window where Akai Shuichi was questioning kidnappers. Akai Shuichi was swallowed by the debris, while the chapter left his fate unclear.

• Jiang Xia led Vodka to his car, and Vodka cautiously checked it before getting inside.
• Conan mistook Vodka’s car for a getaway vehicle and attached slings to it, then activated the warehouse hoist.
• Vodka realized the car was being lifted but stayed too frightened of Uzo to react in time.
• Akai Shuichi questioned the kidnappers and wondered why Uzo had used them against him.
• Conan sent Vodka’s suspended car crashing through the office window, burying Akai Shuichi in shattered glass and dust.

Akai Shuichi escaped the car crash and fought off Conan, who mistook him for a criminal, before carrying the unconscious old man and Conan out of the building. Jiang Xia saw Akai Shuichi emerge and recognized him, while mistaking his alias for Green Light.

• Akai Shuichi's disguise was scraped away in the crash, and he grabbed the unconscious old man to leave the building.
• Conan kicked a powered soccer ball at Akai Shuichi, but he dodged it and the ball struck Vodka, sending him tumbling from the second floor.
• Akai Shuichi charged at Conan and disarmed him, then carried him and the old man out of the building.
• Jiang Xia checked on Vodka, who complained that Jiang Xia had treated him as a tool, before Vodka left with his briefcase.
• Jiang Xia went upstairs and found Akai Shuichi carrying Conan and the old man, then asked where Mr. Green Light was.

Akai Shuichi escaped after Jiang Xia helped him and Conan escape, while Jiang Xia used the incident to pique Conan’s curiosity and planned to send Akai a bill. Gin received Jiang Xia’s email about Vodka’s role in the operation against Akai Shuichi and questioned Vodka about his supposed contribution.

• Akai Shuichi leaped through a window and escaped, and Jiang Xia dodged Conan’s questions about how he knew him.
• Jiang Xia learned that the Ryujin Economic Research Institute’s president and operatives had kidnapped Shitara Jukichi, who had stolen files about Beika Construction Company’s bribery schemes.
• Jiang Xia planned to bill Akai Shuichi for the investigation and discreetly inform the boss about the incident.
• Vodka escaped to Gin’s car after dismissing a subordinate who might have encountered Uzo, while Gin assessed his battered condition.
• Gin received and read Jiang Xia’s email, then asked Vodka whether he had made an outstanding contribution to the operation against Akai Shuichi.

Vodka recounted how Uzo had used his car to attack Akai Shuichi, while Gin questioned Uzo about failing to report Akai’s whereabouts. Uzo claimed he had arranged the encounter to give Vodka a chance to earn merit, but Akai escaped and Uzo’s role was exposed.

• Vodka realized he had rammed his car into Akai Shuichi and decided to describe the incident to Gin as a pursuit he had joined with Uzo.
• Vodka told Gin that he had seen Akai taken hostage, then Uzo’s elementary-school subordinate had hoisted Vodka’s car into a second-floor room where it charged at Akai.
• Gin inferred that Vodka had been inside the car and grew irritated that Vodka had not recognized Akai or fired at him during the crash.
• Gin called Jiang Xia and demanded to know why he had not reported Akai’s whereabouts.
• Jiang Xia said he had staged an accidental encounter, sent Vodka into the fray without warning him, and arranged for a junior subordinate to attack Akai, who escaped the ambush.

After Gin refused Jiang Xia’s request for a gun, Jiang Xia reported encountering Akai Shuichi to Amuro Tooru. Amuro rushed to the Detective Agency, heard Jiang Xia’s account, and asked him to send detailed emails in the future instead of relying on unanswered calls.

• Gin dropped his questioning of Jiang Xia and warned him to report any new leads on Akai Shuichi, while deciding not to let him carry a gun.
• Vodka silently wondered why Gin had let Jiang Xia off so lightly and hoped Gin would punish him next time.
• Jiang Xia finished his report and emailed Amuro Tooru that he had encountered Akai Shuichi during the job.
• Amuro Tooru hurried to the Detective Agency and asked Jiang Xia what had happened.
• Jiang Xia described how Akai Shuichi had come to the agency disguised as a client, and Amuro suspected Akai was investigating him.
• Amuro Tooru admitted Jiang Xia had tried to contact him, then asked Jiang Xia to email him clear details when he needed help.

Amuro Tooru discovered Akai Shuichi had not paid Jiang Xia’s commission and sent him a huge bill, while Akai wondered what Jiang Xia knew about Bourbon. At a restaurant the next day, Hashimoto Maya spotted Vodka and then heard Conan ask about a strange uncle, making him fear Uzo’s associates were nearby.

• Amuro Tooru copied Akai Shuichi’s contact information, filled out a bill for the unpaid commission, and left to investigate.
• Akai Shuichi received the bill, realized it included Jiang Xia’s taxi fare, and wondered whether Jiang Xia had guessed Bourbon’s identity.
• James agreed that Akai Shuichi could use the reimbursement quota, despite worrying about the team’s growing expenses.
• Hashimoto Maya read reports about Jiang Xia’s recent cases and worried that Uzo was warning him to finish building Sea Heart Theater.
• Hashimoto Maya spotted Vodka near the restaurant, then heard Conan ask about a strange uncle and decided to leave at once.

Hashimoto Maya received Uzo’s order to keep an eye on Conan and the Detective Boys, while Torimaru Naoko spotted him and warned Jiang Xia. Conan and his classmates then discussed Mori Rintaro’s request for help investigating an unusual employee at his family’s restaurant.

• Hashimoto Maya received Uzo’s email ordering him to stay near Conan and the other children, and he decided to observe them from the shadows.
• Torimaru Naoko spotted Hashimoto Maya near the restaurant, mistook his presence for a threat to Jiang Xia, and sent Jiang Xia a warning.
• Torimaru Naoko left the market with Takamori Masumi, who worried that someone might have recognized them as wanted fugitives.
• Conan continued discussing the Detective Boys’ activities with his classmates after sneezing and dismissing it as a lingering cold.
• Mori Rintaro told the Detective Boys that Kamekura Yuji had started working at his family’s restaurant without permission, asking only for room and board as repayment for a favor to Mori Rintaro’s late grandfather.

Mori Rintaro asked the Detective Boys to investigate his suspicions about Uncle Kamekura, who had joined his family’s restaurant and helped make it successful. As Rintaro described Kamekura’s unexplained work in a locked room, Hashimoto Maya recognized a resemblance to a case from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

• Mori Rintaro told Conan and Hashimoto Maya that he suspected Uncle Kamekura, who had been living and working at his family’s restaurant.
• Conan asked what Kamekura had done, and Rintaro said he doubted Kamekura’s claim that his late grandfather had once helped him.
• Kojima Genta, Yoshida Ayumi, and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko agreed to question Rintaro, who explained that Kamekura had taught his parents to cook and paid to renovate the restaurant.
• Rintaro said the restaurant had become busy after Kamekura’s help, but Kojima Genta suspected Kamekura wanted to steal its earnings.
• Rintaro pointed out a notice on a door saying Kamekura was developing new menu items and said Kamekura spent all day shut away in the room.
• Hashimoto Maya compared Kamekura’s behavior to the setup of The Red-Headed League from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Hashimoto Maya suspected Uzo’s theater project was meant to cast a real-life Irene Adler, while the Detective Boys tried to investigate a supposed underground tunnel. Jiang Xia revealed he had tipped them off about Hashimoto, then joined the group after receiving an anonymous email about the restaurant.

• Hashimoto Maya connected Uzo’s plans for the Sea Heart Theater to Sherlock Holmes’s Irene Adler and imagined the theater’s future stage.
• Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko recognized the supposed crime as a copy of “The Red-Headed League,” but Conan rejected the idea.
• The Detective Boys listened for digging beneath the street, found no noise, and then grabbed Hashimoto Maya, whom they had spotted on Jiang Xia’s message.
• Hashimoto Maya asked how the children had found him, and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko said Jiang Xia had sent them a message.
• Jiang Xia arrived and said an anonymous email had told him something interesting would happen at the restaurant.

Jiang Xia and Conan investigated whether Kamekura Yuji was secretly digging a tunnel, then learned that a nearby jewelry store had lost gems worth 300 million yen five years earlier. The chapter ended with Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko claiming he had figured everything out.

• Jiang Xia questioned Hashimoto Maya, then asked Conan what had happened, while the Detective Boys hesitated to investigate under his watch.
• Conan examined Kamekura Yuji’s callused hand and told the group about it, prompting Jiang Xia to suggest checking for a nearby vault.
• Jiang Xia and the children searched the street, found a jewelry store, and heard its owner describe the strict security installed after a major theft.
• The jewelry store owner said the stolen gems had been worth 300 million yen and that the crime had happened about five years earlier.
• Conan ruled out his theory that the thief had hidden the gems nearby, but Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko announced that he had solved the mystery.

Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko guessed that Kamekura Yuji had hidden stolen jewels beneath Mori Rintaro’s house, and the Detective Boys set out to catch him. After the children’s bluff prompted Kamekura to rush his plan, they watched him dig up a bag of gems.

• Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko claimed Kamekura Yuji had stolen jewels five years earlier and hidden them beneath Mori Rintaro’s house, while Conan challenged his reasoning about the statute of limitations.
• The Detective Boys decided to set a trap, and Yoshida Ayumi told Kamekura that they knew his secret before the children walked away.
• Kamekura gave Mori Rintaro’s family hot spring trip tickets, and they left the restaurant, leaving him alone.
• Jiang Xia and the others returned to the restaurant and watched through Kamekura’s door as he dug beneath the Tatami and pulled out a bag of gems.

The Detective Boys caught Kamekura Yuji digging up stolen jewelry, and he confessed to the theft and explained how he had hidden the gems. Conan learned that Kamekura’s plan was undone by his impatience and ignorance of the law, while Hashimoto Maya suspected Jiang Xia had taught Conan.

• The Detective Boys confronted Kamekura Yuji with a recording of him digging up the gems, and he surrendered without resisting.
• Conan identified Kamekura as the thief who had stolen jewelry worth five hundred million yen five years earlier, and Kamekura admitted it.
• Kamekura explained that he had buried the jewelry beneath a house under construction, then spent five years working as a restaurant apprentice while waiting for the criminal statute of limitations to expire.
• Conan pointed out that the civil statute of limitations was twenty years and criticized Kamekura for acting without checking the law or considering that the children might be bluffing.
• Kamekura admitted that he had never thought to send the family travel vouchers to get them out of the house, and Hashimoto Maya wondered whether Uzo had trained Conan.

Inspector Megure’s team mistook Jiang Xia’s theft report for a murder case before arresting Kamekura Yuji and recovering the stolen jewelry. Meanwhile, Vodka listened in through a hidden device, but Jiang Xia returned and seemed to identify him, leaving Gin to take over the headphones.

• Inspector Megure arrived expecting a murder scene, but Jiang Xia clarified that Kamekura Yuji’s case involved theft.
• Hashimoto Maya noticed that the recovered jewelry looked fake and chose not to investigate it himself.
• The police arrested Kamekura Yuji and took the stolen goods and witnesses to the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Vodka reported to Gin that Kamekura Yuji had been arrested and warned that involving Uzo could complicate their search for what they had lost.
• Jiang Xia returned to Kamekura Yuji’s bedroom, found the Listening Device, and called out Vodka’s name.
• Vodka panicked and removed his headphones, so Gin picked them up and listened himself.

Gin decided to let Uzo handle the jewelry robbery case without revealing his and Vodka’s presence, while Vodka investigated suspects connected to the organization’s stolen materials and funds. The next day, Conan told Jiang Xia that the jewel thief arrested the previous day had been released.

• Gin removed his earpiece and told Vodka to let Uzo act freely, contacting him only if his script interfered with the mission.
• Vodka learned that a visiting cadre’s disk and funds had vanished from a hotel safe, and Gin had joined the effort to recover them.
• Vodka investigated a mystery novelist, her husband, and her assistant, suspecting they might be habitual thieves and noting their interest in jewel thief Kamekura Yuji.
• Vodka hoped Uzo would dispose of the suspects and recover the stolen goods without involving him.
• The next day, Conan joined Jiang Xia at Professor Agasa’s house and said Kamekura Yuji had been released.

After Kamekura Yuji was released, Conan suspected his apparent stupidity concealed a deeper scheme, while Yuji met his former accomplice to demand the gems stolen five years earlier. Yuji became wary when the accomplice offered to handle another 200 million yen in jewelry.

• Conan told Jiang Xia that the jewelry Yuji had dug up was fake and that Yuji had been released because there was not enough evidence to charge him.
• Conan said he planned to investigate Yuji, and Jiang Xia privately wondered why Conan was so fascinated by his criminal methods.
• Yuji met a former accomplice in a Tokyo alley and accused him of replacing the buried gems with fakes.
• Yuji explained that he had spent money renovating the restaurant to lure his accomplices into revealing where the gems had gone.
• The accomplice claimed the gems had been moved for safekeeping and proposed selling them alongside another 200 million yen in jewelry.
• Yuji grew suspicious when the accomplice offered to handle the additional jewelry.

Kamekura Yuji negotiated with his former accomplice over the stolen jewels, while both men secretly planned to betray the other at their exchange. Elsewhere, Haibara Ai, Professor Agasa, and Jiang Xia decided to use their surplus groceries for a camping barbecue, with Jiang Xia offering to borrow tents from Amuro Tooru.

• Kamekura Yuji offered to exchange the remaining jewels for 100 million yen, and he and the middle-aged man reached an agreement.
• Kamekura Yuji planned for all three former accomplices to attend the exchange so he could prepare for a possible betrayal.
• The middle-aged man told an associate they would reclaim the treasure in two days and planned to overpower Kamekura Yuji.
• Haibara Ai worried that her excess groceries would go to waste, and Professor Agasa suggested they have a camping barbecue.
• Jiang Xia offered to borrow camping tents from Amuro Tooru for the outing.