Chapter Summaries

Calvados suspected that recent cases might be manipulated by someone behind the scenes and sought Jiang Xia’s contact information through Vodka. Vodka sent the business card but warned him that Jiang Xia was dangerous, while Calvados dismissed the warning and assumed the detective would be the one at risk.

• Calvados noticed similarities between two cases and wondered whether a mastermind had arranged them, but he could not find a clear connection.
• Calvados messaged Vodka to ask about the Jiang Xia business cards and requested Jiang Xia’s phone number.
• Vodka admitted he had taken the cards and questioned why Calvados wanted to contact Jiang Xia.
• Calvados said he wanted Jiang Xia’s help, while Vodka recalled that Calvados had once hated the detective.
• Vodka sent Calvados a photo of the business card and warned him not to expose his identity to Jiang Xia.
• Calvados insisted Jiang Xia was only an unarmed high school student and would be the one in danger if he learned too much.

Vodka warned Calvados against targeting Jiang Xia, but Calvados considered disguising a murder as suicide and questioned Vodka about strange rumors. After reviewing reports on Calvados’s recent cases, Vodka suspected Jiang Xia was manipulating him and decided to ignore his messages, while Calvados asked Logistics Officer to arrange a psychiatrist.

• Vodka advised Calvados that Jiang Xia was protected by powerful forces, but Calvados said he could disguise a killing as suicide or an accident.
• Calvados asked Vodka about rumors on The Forum involving unusual cases and accidents, but Vodka denied knowing anything.
• Vodka reviewed reports about Calvados’s recent murder cases and concluded Jiang Xia might be provoking Calvados over his fixation on Vermouth.
• Vodka decided to ignore future emails from Calvados, while Calvados messaged Logistics Officer to arrange counseling with a psychiatrist.

A Logistics supervisor suspected Calvados’s request for a psychiatrist might be connected to a dangerous rumor, while Calvados accepted the delay and went to sleep. Vermouth had secretly sent him a fabricated reply and planned to draw Uzo away by offering him an interesting destination.

• A Logistics subordinate asked his supervisor whether the Organization had any psychiatrists for Calvados, and the supervisor agreed to delay while he assessed whether the request was genuine.
• The supervisor worried about the growing number of accidents among Organization members and the rumored Death Stronghold.
• Calvados received a polite email saying no psychiatrist was available, and he assumed Tokyo’s high crime rate had left doctors in short supply.
• Calvados looked through his collection of Chris Vineyard photos and fell asleep.
• Vermouth, having removed her disguise, sent Calvados a fabricated email and planned to lure Uzo away with an appealing trip.

Jiang Xia discovered that Curacao would be attending a law firm retreat in Izu and decided to go there, while Mouri Ran arranged a family trip hoping to bring her parents closer. The group prepared to travel, with Jiang Xia hiding his real reason for going.

• A disguised Vermouth arranged for a fleeing office worker to drop documents revealing Curacao’s Izu retreat, and Jiang Xia found the information in his bag.
• Vermouth watched Jiang Xia discover the documents and reasoned that the obvious bait would draw him toward Curacao while diverting attention from Sherry and Calvados.
• At the Mouri Detective Agency, Mouri Ran persuaded Mouri Kogoro to join Jiang Xia’s trip to Izu using vacation vouchers she claimed to have won.
• Mouri Ran privately told Jiang Xia that she planned to reunite her parents by arranging a beach date for them in Izu.
• Jiang Xia told Mouri Ran that a mysterious client had sent him to Izu, concealing that he planned to seek out Curacao.

Jiang Xia arranged an Izu trip with Professor Agasa and the children after learning that someone was investigating Haibara Ai, while Mouri Ran and Mouri Kogoro planned to meet him there. Gin noticed Jiang Xia’s sudden trip and sent Vodka to Izu to investigate his reasons.

• At dinner, Mouri Ran told Mouri Kogoro and Conan that Jiang Xia had received a mysterious commission and that they would travel to meet him.
• Jiang Xia persuaded Professor Agasa to take the children on a trip, then privately warned Haibara Ai that someone was looking into her.
• Jiang Xia explained to Miyano Akemi that Vermouth might trace Haibara Ai to Professor Agasa, but that keeping an eye on the situation nearby would help control the risk.
• After arranging the trip, Jiang Xia notified Gin that he was leaving Tokyo for Izu.
• Gin checked Jiang Xia’s travel plans and Calvados’s schedule, then ordered Vodka to go to Izu and investigate why Uzo had gone there.

Vodka accepted Gin’s assignment to watch Uzo, while Vermouth waited until Jiang Xia had apparently left for Izu before trying to approach Conan. She discovered that the Mouri family had also gone to Izu and then went to investigate Professor Agasa, stopping at the neighboring Jiang Xia residence.

• Vodka reasoned that Gin had assigned him to monitor Uzo from a distance, a task suited to his past experience following Miss Yoko.
• Jiang Xia left for Izu, and Vermouth waited until fan-group posts convinced her that he had departed before setting out to meet Conan.
• Vermouth reached the Mouri Detective Agency and learned from the Cafe Poirot waitress that the Mouri family had traveled to Izu.
• Vermouth decided to investigate Professor Agasa’s home instead and, despite her unease at the neighboring Jiang Xia residence, rang its doorbell.

Vermouth arrived too late to find Professor Agasa and Haibara Ai, while Jiang Xia continued toward Izu and joined the same train as the Mouri family. Conan and Hattori Heiji worried that the Organization might be planning to target Jiang Xia outside Tokyo.

• Vermouth rang the doorbell at the Agasa Residence but learned from a mailman that Professor Agasa had already left on a trip.
• Vermouth gave up on entering the house and left, while a hidden Camera watched her go.
• Jiang Xia learned from Noah that Vermouth had visited his house, then went to look for the Mouri family on the train to Izu.
• Conan called Hattori Heiji and told him that he had seen Vodka at the station and feared the Organization was targeting Jiang Xia.
• Hattori Heiji considered whether Jiang Xia attracted trouble, then dismissed the idea and reasoned that the Organization might target Jiang Xia because of his exceptional abilities.

Conan nearly panicked when someone blocked the restroom door, but Jiang Xia appeared instead, and Conan later joined the others at their beach hotel. Mouri Ran searched for her mother, Kisaki Eri, without finding her, then dragged Mouri Kogoro away from sunbathing to eat.

• Conan called Hattori Heiji, who agreed to visit after finishing his assignment, then panicked when the restroom door would not open.
• Jiang Xia opened the restroom door, explained that he had good hearing, and accompanied Conan to meet Mouri Kogoro and Mouri Ran.
• Vodka rode a different train from Uzo and relaxed because he believed he would hear quickly if anything happened to the train ahead.
• Jiang Xia, Conan, Mouri Kogoro, and Mouri Ran arrived at their hotel and went to the beach, where Mouri Ran searched for Kisaki Eri.
• Mouri Ran turned up Mouri Kogoro's Walkman to get his attention and refused to let him carry it after he asked to keep listening to his song.

Mouri Kogoro and Kisaki Eri unexpectedly reunited at a café, where their bickering drew attention from their companions. Curacao arrived with other lawyers and froze when she recognized someone at the table.

• Mouri Kogoro spotted Kisaki Eri shopping with Attorney Saku and reacted with shock.
• Jiang Xia invited Kisaki Eri and her colleagues to join the group for food, and Mouri Ran scolded her parents over their relationship.
• Kisaki Eri explained that Saku was a colleague helping her choose a tie, but Mouri Kogoro's jabs sparked another argument.
• A short-haired woman praised Kisaki Eri as the "Legal Queen," while Mouri Ran complained to Jiang Xia about her parents' bickering.
• Curacao felt a sudden unease, then went to the café with two lawyers and froze when she saw someone familiar at the table.

Curacao ran into Jiang Xia at a café in Izu and struggled to hide her alarm while he joined her group. Vodka reported his theory that Jiang Xia had come for Curacao, and Gin ordered him to keep watch as Curacao remained wary under Conan’s gaze.

• Curacao tried to leave the café after recognizing Jiang Xia, but he called out to her and she returned with a smile.
• Curacao and her attorney colleagues sat at a table with Jiang Xia while Vodka watched them through a camera.
• Vodka speculated that Jiang Xia had come to Izu for Curacao and sent his guess to Gin.
• Gin considered whether Curacao’s location had been leaked or used as bait, destroyed Vodka’s email, and ordered him to keep watch and intervene as Mr. Yamada if needed.
• Curacao sat stiffly and wondered why Jiang Xia had appeared, while her colleagues praised Kisaki Eri as the Queen of the Legal World.

Curacao investigated the lawsuit over a factory planned near the organization’s research facility and sought to uncover Usui Ritsuko’s secret weapon before the final hearing. After realizing Uzo was nearby, she postponed any dangerous action and considered letting the factory win rather than risk acting under his nose.

• Kisaki Eri and Usui Ritsuko discussed the upcoming final hearing, where they would oppose each other in the factory pollution lawsuit.
• Curacao explained that the organization wanted the factory stopped because its traffic and pollution could expose the nearby research facility and its secret waste discharge.
• Curacao recalled that Usui Ritsuko had defeated the villagers’ lawyer at the second trial and might have a secret weapon against Kisaki Eri.
• Curacao had searched Usui Ritsuko’s phone and computer but found nothing that revealed how she could win the final hearing.
• Curacao noticed Uzo nearby and decided to delay action, accepting that the factory might win rather than attempt a murder in his presence.

Mouri Kogoro and Kisaki Eri exchanged teasing remarks before their colleagues helped them call a truce over dinner. Meanwhile, Curacao avoided the gathering and kept watch from the hotel lobby, unaware that Vodka was observing her and criticizing her reluctance to investigate the lawyers.

• Kisaki Eri and Mouri Kogoro traded jabs until Lawyer Saku revealed they had each secretly collected newspaper reports about the other's cases.
• Mouri Ran confirmed that her parents had both followed each other's work, and the group agreed to call a truce and have dinner together.
• At dinner, Conan asked why Lawyer Shirai was absent, and the chubby lawyer said she had stayed behind because she was unwell.
• Curacao chose a camera-covered spot in the hotel lobby where she could watch for danger and avoid being suspected if anything happened at dinner.
• Vodka watched Curacao from a screen as he ate seafood udon and remarked that she was too reluctant to investigate the lawyers' gathering.

Usui Ritsuko tried to undermine Kisaki Eri before their upcoming court battle by seducing Mouri Kogoro, but he passed out before she could take him to her room. She noticed Jiang Xia as Kogoro slumped over.

• Mouri Kogoro got drunk and flirted with Usui Ritsuko, prompting Kisaki Eri to leave the dining room.
• Mouri Ran caught Kisaki Eri in the corridor and learned that her mother had bought Mouri Kogoro a tie for their wedding anniversary.
• Kisaki Eri admitted she had considered forgiving Mouri Kogoro, but Mouri Ran took the wrapped tie, insisting she would deliver it.
• Usui Ritsuko revealed she planned to sleep with Mouri Kogoro and have Kisaki Eri catch them, hoping to distress her before the final hearing.
• Usui Ritsuko invited Mouri Kogoro to her room, but he toppled onto the table and fell asleep.
• Usui Ritsuko looked past Mouri Kogoro and noticed Jiang Xia.

Usui Ritsuko abandoned her plan to drug Mouri Kogoro and instead slipped powder into Jiang Xia’s juice while flirting with him. Jiang Xia drank it and collapsed, leaving her alone with him as Vodka watched in disbelief.

• Usui Ritsuko decided that Jiang Xia was a more appealing target than Mouri Kogoro and moved to sit beside him.
• Usui Ritsuko flirted with Jiang Xia and secretly mixed powder into his juice while asking about his relationship with Kisaki Eri.
• Vodka watched Usui Ritsuko drug Jiang Xia and recalled that Jiang Xia had rejected the cookies Vodka had made for him.
• Usui Ritsuko saw Jiang Xia drink the juice and collapse onto the table.
• Usui Ritsuko discovered that Mouri Kogoro had been escorted back to his room, leaving her alone with the unconscious Jiang Xia.

Curacao spotted a lawyer colleague taking Jiang Xia into a hotel elevator and suspected Uzo was setting a trap, but chose not to alert Rum. Meanwhile, Vodka hacked the hotel systems and discovered a hidden camera aimed at the room’s bed.

• Curacao saw a lawyer colleague bring Jiang Xia into the hotel through the Staff Passage and take him to an elevator.
• Curacao considered reporting the sighting to Rum but decided to stay quiet and remain in the lobby.
• Vodka accessed the hotel’s surveillance and found the room Jiang Xia and the woman had entered.
• Vodka discovered a networked hidden camera inside the room’s smoke alarm, pointed at the bed.

Mouri Ran tried to reconcile Kisaki Eri and Mouri Kogoro by bringing her mother a tie to give him, but Kogoro’s drunken dream about Usui Ritsuko enraged Eri. Eri left Kogoro passed out in his room and decided to take Conan to sleep with Jiang Xia.

• Kisaki Eri agreed to keep the tie, and Mouri Ran took her and Conan to buy local snacks while they waited for Mouri Kogoro’s dinner gathering to end.
• Mouri Ran and Kisaki Eri returned to find the dining room empty, then went to Kogoro’s hotel room with the tie.
• Mouri Ran opened the room and found Mouri Kogoro asleep and snoring from drinking too much.
• Kisaki Eri tried to wake Mouri Kogoro with the tie, but he grabbed her leg and mumbled about Usui Ritsuko in his dream.
• Kisaki Eri struck Mouri Kogoro on the forehead, left his room, and invited Conan to sleep with Jiang Xia.

Kisaki Eri and Conan became worried when Jiang Xia was missing and his phone stopped responding, so they began asking his colleagues where he had gone. They did not realize Usui Ritsuko had secretly brought Jiang Xia to her room and was hiding him.

• Kisaki Eri decided Conan should stay with Jiang Xia, but they found his room empty and Conan's call to him was declined.
• Kisaki Eri called Jiang Xia and found his phone switched off, prompting her to worry that something had happened to him.
• Mouri Ran suggested Jiang Xia might have gone out for a walk, but Kisaki Eri went to ask his colleagues where he had gone.
• Usui Ritsuko hid Jiang Xia under a blanket when Kisaki Eri rang her doorbell.
• Usui Ritsuko denied knowing where Jiang Xia was, and Kisaki Eri left to search elsewhere.

Usui Ritsuko repeatedly tried to get close to the unconscious Jiang Xia, but work and late-night visitors kept interrupting her. Vodka watched through a hidden camera and panicked when he remembered Gin had ordered him to intervene if necessary.

• After Kisaki Eri and Mouri Ran left, Usui Ritsuko admitted she had tricked Kisaki Eri and took Jiang Xia's coat from under the covers.
• Usui Ritsuko answered a hotel call from Hayashi Kenta, who discussed their joint defense work for an upcoming trial.
• After the call, Usui Ritsuko flirted with Jiang Xia and climbed onto the bed, but the doorbell rang again.
• Vodka watched Usui Ritsuko through a camera hidden in the smoke alarm and wondered whether Jiang Xia was pursuing a romance instead of a murder plot.
• Remembering Gin had told him to keep an eye on Jiang Xia and intervene if needed, Vodka panicked as Usui Ritsuko leaped onto the bed, then saw her stop and look toward the door.

Vodka watched Usui Ritsuko’s room through a hidden camera, while Kisaki Eri and the others searched the hotel for the missing Jiang Xia. They traced Jiang Xia to Usui’s room, where his phone began ringing behind the locked door.

• Vodka saw Usui Ritsuko return to her room unconscious and realized he had overread what was happening.
• Kisaki Eri questioned the hotel guests about Jiang Xia, but no one knew where he had gone.
• Conan noticed a waiter watching the group, and the waiter helped them ask the front desk for information.
• The front desk reported that a short-haired woman had left the dining room with Jiang Xia, leading Kisaki Eri to suspect Usui Ritsuko.
• Kisaki Eri found a do-not-disturb tag on Usui Ritsuko’s door and heard her phone ring unanswered inside.
• A lawyer called Jiang Xia, and his ringtone sounded from inside Usui Ritsuko’s room.

After Usui Ritsuko was found dead in a locked room, Jiang Xia woke beneath the bedcovers and became the obvious murder suspect. He denied killing her and urged everyone to preserve the scene and call the police, while Vodka watched through a hidden camera.

• Conan recognized Jiang Xia’s ringtone coming from Usui Ritsuko’s room, and Kisaki Eri used a Master Key to open the door, only to find the Door Chain latched.
• Saku broke the Door Chain, and the lawyers rushed inside to find Usui Ritsuko motionless on the floor; Kisaki Eri confirmed she had no pulse.
• Conan and Mouri Ran discovered Jiang Xia under the bedcovers, and he woke up confused about why everyone was in the room.
• The lawyers suspected Jiang Xia because he was alone with the strangled victim in the locked room, but he denied killing her and asked them to call the police and preserve the scene.
• Vodka watched the lawyers document the room through a camera above them.