Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia collected Killing Intent at the fire scene while the police sent him and the children home. The next morning, Conan suspected reporter Ryusei Ryuichi had staged Nakai’s fiery death for revenge, while Amuro Tooru wondered whether Uzo had been tormenting Calvados over his feelings for Vermouth.

• Calvados accused Amuro Tooru of liking Vermouth and cursed him over the lost pistol and burned chocolate, while Amuro Tooru questioned why Calvados thought that.
• Jiang Xia offered the Snow Woman Killing Intent in exchange for a Contract, but she refused.
• The police persuaded Jiang Xia to leave the fire scene with Conan and Haibara Ai, and Amuro Tooru slipped away.
• Conan showed Jiang Xia newspapers filled with Ryusei Ryuichi’s photographs of Nakai falling to his death in the fire, and Mori Atsushi suggested the photos signaled revenge.
• Jiang Xia agreed to attend an interview with Conan, while Ryusei Ryuichi claimed he had merely been lucky enough to capture the scene.
• Amuro Tooru suspected Uzo was behind Calvados’s troubles and concluded that Uzo was probably teasing him over his feelings for Vermouth.

Jiang Xia and Conan investigated whether reporter Nakai’s death and the fire were really an accident, while Amuro Tooru suspected Vermouth was behind Calvados’s return to Tokyo. Finding quicklime on an overpass where Ryusei Ryuichi had taken photographs, Jiang Xia requested the original image of Nakai’s fall, leaving the group poised to examine it for proof.

• Amuro Tooru reasoned that Vermouth was likely responsible for Calvados staying in Tokyo.
• Ryusei Ryuichi told reporters that Nakai had fallen accidentally and that he had arrived too late to help.
• Officer Yuminaga explained that Nakai’s head injury and the fire could have resulted from accidents, but Jiang Xia said the clues were insufficient and returned to inspect the scene.
• Jiang Xia, Conan, and Haibara Ai checked the overpass opposite the burned building and found quicklime on its railing.
• Jiang Xia recalled Ryusei’s earlier reaction to white powder and suspected the quicklime was a secret Ryusei had killed to hide.
• Jiang Xia asked Mori Atsushi to obtain the original photograph of Nakai jumping from the building, and Haibara Ai began examining it when it arrived.

Jiang Xia and Haibara Ai examined a fire photograph and discovered clues reflected in a mirror, while Jiang Xia accepted an invitation to appear on Reporter Ryusei’s television program. At the TV Station, Conan found a speeding ticket in Ryusei Ryuichi’s pocket dated the night of the fire, and Ryusei explained how he had received it.

• Haibara Ai enlarged the mirror in the fire photograph and revealed a kitchen counter, a covered water tank, and a burned wristwatch.
• Professor Agasa mentioned Reporter Ryusei’s upcoming television program, and Jiang Xia learned he had been invited as its special guest.
• Conan suspected Ryusei had invited Jiang Xia to provoke him, but Jiang Xia explained that the Production Team wanted to capitalize on the fire coverage.
• Jiang Xia arrived at the TV Station and declined the producer’s proposal to turn the program into a long-running show.
• Conan picked up a speeding ticket that fell from Ryusei Ryuichi’s pocket and noticed it was dated the night of the fire.
• Ryusei Ryuichi explained that he had been caught speeding while distracted on his way to Senior Nakai’s house.

Jiang Xia exposed Ryusei Ryuichi as the arsonist who killed reporter Nakai during a live broadcast, after Conan learned that traffic-camera footage could provide evidence. Ryusei tried to dismiss the accusation as a joke, but Jiang Xia told him to sit and listen as the cameras kept rolling.

• Conan told Jiang Xia that surveillance footage of Ryusei Ryuichi speeding could prove his guilt, and Jiang Xia revealed he had already obtained a traffic-violation photo and arranged for a Traffic Division witness.
• The live broadcast began with Ryusei hosting and introducing Jiang Xia as the program’s first guest.
• Jiang Xia proposed solving a new case and accused Ryusei of setting the fire that killed Nakai.
• Ryusei stammered, then tried to pass the accusation off as a joke and warned Jiang Xia about making such claims on live television.
• Jiang Xia told Ryusei to sit down and listen while the director and staff continued filming.

Jiang Xia exposed reporter Ryusei Ryuichi as the arsonist who killed Mr. Nakai, explaining his Quicklime method and revealing photographic clues that tied him to the crime. Ryusei tried to dismiss the accusations, but Jiang Xia presented evidence linking the fire to his one-of-a-kind gold watch.

• Jiang Xia explained that Ryusei could reach Mr. Nakai's home from the overpass in under three minutes and had staged the fire before pretending to photograph it.
• Jiang Xia identified Ryusei's usual arson method: Quicklime reacting with water in a tank to ignite flammable newspaper, and said Mr. Nakai had discovered his secret.
• Ryusei challenged Jiang Xia to prove his claims without the destroyed ignition device, but Jiang Xia showed a photograph whose mirror reflected Mr. Nakai's water tank and its slightly opened faucet.
• Jiang Xia revealed that a scorched watch in the photograph matched the unique gold watch Ryusei had received, and explained that Ryusei had removed it while preparing the ignition device.

Jiang Xia and Miyamoto Yumi exposed Ryusei Ryuichi as the arsonist who killed Mr. Nakai, using traffic-camera photos and evidence Nakai had sent. Ryusei was arrested, while the television crew celebrated the broadcast’s high ratings.

• Ryusei tried to explain away the watch found at the fire scene by claiming a colleague had stolen it.
• Jiang Xia invited Miyamoto Yumi to present a traffic-camera photo showing Ryusei’s car near Nakai’s home shortly before the fire.
• Miyamoto revealed an enlarged image showing Ryusei wearing the distinctive gold watch minutes before the fire, and Jiang Xia said Nakai’s evidence had arrived in his mailbox.
• Ryusei panicked and collapsed as the evidence exposed his guilt, and Investigation Division 1 officers took him away.
• The producer told Ryusei that the broadcast had made him famous, while Miyamoto celebrated solving the case.

After Jiang Xia and Miyamoto Yumi discussed police work, Vodka watched Ryusei Ryuichi’s arrest and posted an analysis of his crimes to the Passerby Mutual Aid Association. The news drew reactions from Organization members, and Vermouth realized the fire scene was at Calvados’s residence, leaving her worried that he had been targeted by Uzo.

• Jiang Xia asked Miyamoto Yumi why she did not transfer to criminal investigations, and she said the workload would exhaust her.
• Vodka finished watching Ryusei Ryuichi’s arrest, searched his past arsons in the Database, and wrote an analysis report for the Passerby Mutual Aid Association.
• Curacao reluctantly read Vodka’s report and felt relieved that she would not commit the kind of crimes Ryusei had committed.
• Chianti mocked Vodka for turning a variety show into a report, while Vodka defended the information it contained.
• Gin recognized Ryusei as a reporter who had once tried to investigate Uzo and remarked that he had not escaped Uzo’s grudge.
• Vermouth saw the fire-scene news, recognized the address as Calvados’s residence, and worried that Calvados had been targeted.

Calvados learned that Ryusei Ryuichi had been exposed as the arsonist behind the fire that destroyed his home, then received a sympathetic message from Vermouth and decided to find a new safe house. The next morning, Jiang Xia discovered the Snow Woman had chilled his water and wanted to investigate a haunted rental, so he planned to call Conan to look into it.

• Calvados watched the news reveal that Ryusei Ryuichi had committed arson and took comfort in seeing the reporter disgraced.
• Calvados received a sympathetic message from Vermouth and decided to ask the Organization’s logistics officers for a secluded new safe house.
• Jiang Xia found the Snow Woman soaking in his kettle and realized she had tried to make him a cold drink.
• The Snow Woman showed Jiang Xia a newspaper advertisement for a cheap haunted apartment, hoping to find other supernatural creatures.
• Jiang Xia checked the apartment’s details and decided to call Conan to investigate suspicious Snow Woman legends.

Ran recovered from a sudden fever while Sonoko tried to reassure her that no ghost was watching her. Meanwhile, Calvados questioned the shabby Safe House chosen by the Organization, whose logistics staff had adopted new standards for hiding agents.

• Ran feared that a ghost had followed her home, but Sonoko found Conan and the Eating Cat outside her bedroom and brought the cat inside to reassure her.
• Sonoko scolded Conan for eavesdropping and showed Ran the cat as proof that nothing supernatural was lurking outside.
• Calvados called the logistics officer to complain that his new Safe House looked decrepit and unsafe.
• The logistics officers recalled choosing the apartment under new Safe House standards because its eccentric tenants and nearly blind landlord would draw attention away from Calvados.
• The logistics officer explained that the apartment's frequent tenant turnover and suspicious residents made it less likely that neighbors or police would notice Calvados.

Logistics Officer helped Calvados choose a shabby apartment, while each misunderstood the other's advice about shifting danger and inviting Vermouth over. At Araide Clinic, Vermouth examined Mouri Ran and wondered whether Uzo had caused the ghost she claimed to see.

• Logistics Officer described the apartment's escape routes and suggested Calvados could redirect suspicion toward other tenants, but Calvados concluded that Tokyo was simply full of crime and bad luck.
• Calvados decided to use the shabby apartment as an excuse to ask Vermouth to help him find a new home and then invite her over in thanks.
• Calvados asked the landlord to rent a room, and the landlord told him to choose one before leaving to visit a doctor.
• Mouri Kogoro brought Mouri Ran to Araide Clinic because she had a fever and claimed there was a ghost in their house, while Conan watched Dr. Araide warily.
• Vermouth examined Mouri Ran, found her healthy, and wondered whether Uzo had made something that caused Ran to see a ghost.

Conan learned from Mr. Otonashi that a vengeful young woman's ghost haunted his apartment, where an unsolved murder had taken place. Intrigued by the possible connection to Jiang Xia's research, Conan decided to investigate, and Mouri Kogoro agreed to take Mouri Ran along to prove that ghosts were not real.

• Conan asked why Dr. Araide's house was so quiet, and Vermouth explained that the doctor planned to move to Aomori after his grandmother and Akari had already left.
• Mouri Ran admitted she was frightened by the shadows in the old house, while Mouri Kogoro insisted that ghosts did not exist.
• Mr. Otonashi arrived and claimed that a young woman's ghost haunted his apartment after her killer escaped justice.
• Conan grew interested in the unsolved murder and chose to inspect the apartment before telling Jiang Xia about it.
• Mr. Otonashi invited the group to his apartment, and Mouri Kogoro decided to bring Mouri Ran so she could see that the haunting was a prank.

Vermouth followed Mouri Kogoro and the others to the apartment Calvados had recently moved into, suspecting Uzo had arranged the coincidence. After the landlord described several gruesome ghost stories, Jiang Xia arrived, leaving Mouri Ran hoping he would take her home while the group remained inside.

• Vermouth recognized the apartment address as Calvados's new home and decided to follow the group to investigate while maintaining her cover.
• Mouri Kogoro and Mouri Ran arrived at the apartment, where the landlord told them about a burned woman's corpse found in the park and a half-built structure on an old cemetery.
• Calvados overheard the ghost stories from upstairs, wondered why Logistics Officer had placed him in such a run-down home, and resumed cleaning.
• Mouri Ran asked to leave after seeing the building's gloomy interior, but Mouri Kogoro and Conan went inside to investigate.
• Jiang Xia showed up at the entrance, and Mouri Ran grabbed his arm and asked him to come home with her, but he pointed out that they were already there.

Mouri Ran decided to stay at the haunted apartment with Jiang Xia after Conan urged her to help uncover the mystery. As several eccentric tenants discussed the ghost, the landlord revealed that another new tenant had arrived that afternoon, prompting Jiang Xia to ask to meet him.

• Conan encouraged Mouri Ran to stay while he and Jiang Xia investigated the haunting, and Ran chose to remain after imagining ghosts on her future walks home.
• Mouri Kogoro insisted the ghost was probably a person in disguise, as Mr. Banchō came downstairs and hinted that the haunting might become exciting that night.
• Mr. Yotsuya emerged from his room and said he hoped the ghost would appear, while the landlord explained that Yotsuya made a ghost documentary.
• Mr. Botan came downstairs to complain about noise interfering with his thesis, and the landlord said Botan had never seen a ghost and did not believe in them.
• Calvados considered whether to join the others downstairs but decided against it, then heard the landlord mention a new tenant who had arrived that afternoon.
• Jiang Xia asked whether they could meet the new tenant.

Calvados reluctantly registered at the apartment while Jiang Xia and the others investigated reports of a ghost in the landlord’s room. As they waited for nightfall, Calvados prepared his room for a guest, then noticed the mahjong sounds next door had abruptly stopped.

• The old landlord called for the unregistered Calvados to come downstairs, and Calvados emerged to fill out a registration form after hearing the others worry he had fainted from fear.
• Mouri Ran and Conan recognized Calvados as Mr. Yamaguchi, and Conan silently suspected he was an organization lackey.
• The landlord described the apartment’s ghost sightings, and Mouri Kogoro persuaded Mouri Ran to stay until eight to see whether the ghost appeared.
• Mouri Kogoro, Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, Conan, and the landlord began playing mahjong while Calvados cleaned Room 6 for his expected guest.
• Calvados realized the mahjong sounds next door had suddenly stopped.

Calvados encountered a burned woman’s ghost emerging from an old television and fled, while Mouri Ran saw what seemed to be the same ghost in Room 5. The others woke to find only static on the screen, and Conan noticed the suspicious Mr. Yamaguchi standing pale-faced in the corridor.

• After cleaning the room, Calvados approached its CRT television, which switched on and showed a burned woman warning him to get out.
• A strange white hand reached from the television and grabbed Calvados, who kicked the set over and ran from the room.
• Two hours earlier, Mouri Ran woke in Room 5 to see the same ghost on the television and screamed, waking Jiang Xia, Mouri Kogoro, and Conan.
• Mouri Ran insisted she had seen a ghost, but it had disappeared by the time the others looked at the television.
• Mouri Kogoro opened the door and found Mr. Yamaguchi staring at his wrist in the corridor, while Conan checked it and saw nothing unusual.

Mouri Kogoro and Calvados encountered bloody toilet water and a mysterious hand in the water tank, while the other tenants dismissed their claims. The disturbances culminated in a glowing, grinning figure appearing outside a second-floor window.

• After Mouri Kogoro flushed the toilet and saw the water turn bloody, Calvados rushed into the bathroom to investigate.
• Calvados found a pale hand in the water tank, but it vanished before he could show the graduate student.
• The graduate student accused Mouri Kogoro of passing blood and dismissed Calvados's account of the hand.
• The tenants spotted a glowing figure with a terrifying grin outside the corridor window, startling Mouri Kogoro and Mouri Ran while the shut-in tenant celebrated its arrival.

Jiang Xia and the tenants discussed the ghost outside the window and learned about Taguchi Rui, a young woman murdered four years earlier. Calvados’s certainty that the apparition was impossible began to crumble, though the chapter ended with him mistaking a moth for a ghostly hand.

• The Puppeteer opened the window to inspect the glowing figure, but it vanished, and Calvados found no way for anyone to have stood on the bare wall.
• The landlord identified the ghost as Taguchi Rui and said she had been burned to death in the park four years earlier.
• Jiang Xia questioned the tenants and learned that a witness had seen two men burning something, while a police sketch depicted one suspect with a scar on his right cheek.
• The Puppeteer warned Calvados that Room 6 was the Apartment’s most haunted room, leaving Calvados furious that Logistics had placed him there.
• Mouri Ran screamed at Calvados’s arm, and he slapped away a large moth, prompting the tenants to tease him for being afraid of bugs.

Mouri Kogoro and Jiang Xia investigated the Apartment’s supposed haunting, while Calvados reported seeing a burned woman emerge from his television. Conan began to suspect the organization was using the Ghost stories to hide something.

• Conan provoked Mouri Kogoro into staying to investigate the Ghost, and Calvados followed, hoping to use the Detective to identify the culprit.
• At the landlord’s room, Mouri Kogoro dismissed the window figure and bloody toilet water as ordinary effects of the environment.
• Ran described seeing a burned woman appear on the television, and Calvados revealed that a hand and face had seemed to emerge from his screen too.
• Jiang Xia noted that no Ghost-related program had aired, while Mouri Kogoro suggested someone had played a prerecorded Videotape.
• Conan noticed there was no Videotape beneath the television and grew suspicious of Calvados and the organization’s purpose in the Apartment.

Jiang Xia and the others investigated reports of Ghost Fire in the abandoned building across the street, where they learned that Calvados’s new room was considered haunted. The Snow Woman resisted Jiang Xia and Noah’s attempt to persuade her to make a Contract, insisting she first wanted to learn about her past.

• Mouri Ran defended Yamaguchi, and Jiang Xia asked Calvados whether his gunshot wound had healed.
• Jiang Xia asked the old landlord where the Ghost Fire appeared, and the landlord described its changing colors in the abandoned building.
• The group visited the otaku in Room 2, who confirmed seeing the Ghost Fire and said it could be seen from his senior’s former room, now occupied by Calvados.
• Conan recognized the otaku’s 8-centimeter projector, while Jiang Xia asked whether his collection included material about the Snow Woman.
• The otaku felt a chill and excitedly declared that a Ghost had blown on his neck; the Snow Woman resisted Jiang Xia and Noah’s proposal that she sign a Contract.

Jiang Xia and the others visited the ghost-loving tenants and questioned the graduate student about the abandoned building. Jiang Xia gathered clues about the reported ghost fire, while moths kept startling Mouri Ran and flocking to Calvados.

• Mouri Ran nearly screamed at Jiang Xia’s collection of ghostly books, and the otaku told the group that Banchō’s room was even more like a haunted house.
• The Puppeteer showed the group his fluorescent-painted dolls, and Mouri Ran screamed and clutched Mouri Kogoro’s arm when they glowed in the dark.
• Conan opened the Puppeteer’s window and let moths into the room; the Puppeteer told the group to leave and suggested they visit the graduate student in Room 1.
• Mouri Kogoro asked Jiang Xia whether he had figured anything out, and Jiang Xia proposed questioning the graduate student for more clues.
• The graduate student complained that the abandoned building blocked his sunlight and said he had chosen his room because his grandmother believed its feng shui was good.
• Mouri Ran spotted two moths on Calvados, and Jiang Xia laughed as they circled back and landed on him again.