Chapter Summaries

Curacao reported the Izu case to Rum, who took Uzo’s restraint toward her as proof that his Honey Trap plan was working. Curacao received Rum’s instruction to keep it up, leaving her dismayed by the prospect of continuing the assignment.

• Curacao worried that Uzo might know about the Passerby Mutual Aid Association, then reassured herself that he had probably only set a trap for whoever was watching him.
• Vodka settled into a temporary safe residence, read the news about the hotel surveillance incident, and protested that he had not installed the camera.
• Curacao reviewed the case, attached photos of the dead lawyer, and sent her findings and assignment report to Rum as evidence of what happened when someone used a Honey Trap on Uzo.
• Rum read Curacao’s report and concluded that Uzo’s continued help to Curacao proved his Honey Trap plan was working.
• Curacao anxiously opened Rum’s reply and saw that he had told her to keep up the good work.

Curacao left for Okinawa to get away from Uzo, while Gin considered Vodka’s report and ordered him to keep watching. The next morning, Mouri Kogoro arrived at breakfast and asked where Ritsuko was, prompting strange looks from the others.

• Curacao packed her luggage, avoided possible tails, and flew to Okinawa.
• Gin concluded that Uzo had anticipated Vodka’s surveillance and used it to set a trap, then replied, “Keep watching.”
• Vodka was dismayed by Gin’s brief response but decided to continue monitoring Uzo remotely from a safehouse.
• Mouri Kogoro woke late, went to the dining room, and asked where Ritsuko was, drawing strange looks from Jiang Xia and the lawyers.

After learning that Ritsuko had been murdered, Mouri Kogoro was approached alongside Jiang Xia by a TV director seeking replacements for a detective program in Okinawa. Jiang Xia agreed to appear, though the director was stunned by how easily he accepted.

• Mouri Kogoro learned from Conan that Ritsuko had died, while Inspector Yokomizo explained that he had come to thank Jiang Xia for helping him the previous night.
• Kisaki Eri left, and Taketomi Masao introduced himself to Mouri Kogoro and Jiang Xia as a program director for Kyushu TV Drama.
• Taketomi Masao invited Jiang Xia and Mouri Kogoro to join Great Detective Showdown on Ryugu Island in Okinawa because the program's original detectives were stranded after a bridge collapsed.
• Jiang Xia accepted the invitation and asked when filming would begin, leaving Taketomi Masao astonished.

Jiang Xia agreed to join the director’s program and arranged to surprise Hattori Heiji, while Conan decided not to warn Hattori. At the station in Izu, Hattori met Suzuki Sonoko, who had arrived to protect Jiang Xia after hearing about his recent danger.

• The director told Jiang Xia that Hattori Heiji would be a guest, and Jiang Xia revealed they were close friends and offered to pick him up without telling him.
• Conan chose not to warn Hattori because he thought staying together would help them watch for danger from the Black Organization.
• Hattori met Suzuki Sonoko at the station, and she teased him about his conspicuous appearance before agreeing not to reveal she had seen him.
• Sonoko said she had rushed to Izu after hearing from Ran about Jiang Xia’s dangerous experience and intended to protect him from further trouble.
• Hattori reminded Sonoko not to tell Jiang Xia that he had come to Izu, and someone greeted them.

Hattori Heiji joined Jiang Xia and the others for a television detective program after Taketomi Masao provoked him, while Mouri Kogoro agreed after hearing the show would offer fine wine. At the beach, Hattori tried to lure Jiang Xia onto a boat, suspicious of how fully dressed he remained.

• Suzuki Sonoko greeted Jiang Xia at the station, and Hattori Heiji grabbed Conan for supposedly revealing his arrival.
• Taketomi Masao invited Hattori Heiji to join a detective program, and Hattori accepted after Taketomi taunted him about being afraid to compete with Jiang Xia.
• Mouri Ran told Mouri Kogoro that Kisaki Eri had left with lawyers, and the dejected Kogoro mentioned their wedding anniversary.
• Taketomi Masao invited Mouri Kogoro to the program by praising his cases and promising rare fine wine, and Kogoro agreed.
• At the beach, Suzuki Sonoko invited Jiang Xia to swim, but he offered to take pictures instead.
• Hattori Heiji brought over a small boat, put Conan inside, and suggested Jiang Xia take a ride because his covered-up beachwear seemed suspicious.

Conan and Hattori Heiji wondered why Jiang Xia never went shirtless, but a confrontation between two lifeguards and Aramaki Yoshikazu drew their attention to a planned meeting at the Queen Hotel. The group chose to eat there and overheard the red-vested lifeguard insist they only meant to teach Aramaki the seaside rules.

• Hattori Heiji speculated that Jiang Xia might be hiding an underground tattoo, but Conan argued the Black Organization was targeting Jiang Xia because he had not joined them.
• The red-vested lifeguard reprimanded Hattori Heiji for using a boat near tourists, while Blue Vest calmed him and put the boat away.
• Aramaki Yoshikazu insulted the lifeguards, and Blue Vest confirmed their meeting with him at Dongfeng Pavilion in the Queen Hotel at eight that night.
• Suzuki Sonoko suggested the group eat at the Queen Hotel, and Mouri Ran wondered if they could help break up a fight.
• At dinner, the red-vested lifeguard approached Hattori Heiji, mistook his hand calluses for fishing-related marks, and said his phone had been malfunctioning since it got wet.
• The red-vested lifeguard heard Suzuki Sonoko mention an argument and insisted that he and the others only planned to teach Aramaki the seaside rules.

At a seaside restaurant, Jiang Xia’s group heard local fishermen explain their conflict with Aramaki, while Vodka opened a betting pool as Curacao watched the surveillance feed and tried to predict the coming poisoning. The dinner gathering continued, with Curacao expecting Aramaki to collapse soon.

• A fisherman in a red vest accused Aramaki of using trawl nets and aquaculture to ruin the local ecosystem and cost fishermen their livelihoods.
• A man in a blue vest joined the group and said laws against Aramaki existed in theory but were not enforced.
• The red-vested fisherman said Shinji was visiting his father's grave because several of their fathers shared the same death anniversary, and Hattori Heiji asked whether they had died in a fishing-boat accident.
• Vodka opened a betting pool in the Passerby Mutual Aid Association, hoping it would distract Uzo and reveal whether the association had been exposed.
• Curacao watched Vodka's surveillance footage from her hotel in Okinawa and predicted that Aramaki would soon clutch his throat and collapse.

Hattori Heiji and the others learned that three fishermen’s fathers had died at sea, while a fisherman accused Aramaki Yoshikazu of sinking their boats. As the fishermen waited for Aramaki, his strange phone call left them wondering whether he was out night fishing or in trouble.

• Blue Vest explained that their fathers had died in a storm eight years earlier, and Suzuki Sonoko tried to comfort the fishermen.
• A dark-skinned fisherman named Nezu Shinji accused Aramaki Yoshikazu of deliberately sinking their fathers’ boats with his pirate ship.
• Chianti identified the three fishermen as suspects, while Curacao began analyzing the possible poisoning from an assassin’s perspective.
• The three fishermen reunited over drinks and realized Aramaki had not arrived for their appointment.
• Nezu Shinji called Aramaki, heard what sounded like waves, and the call disconnected; the fishermen suspected he was night fishing despite the high tide.

Members of the Passerby Mutual Aid Association debated whether Aramaki Yoshikazu was already dead and placed bets on the killer among three fishermen. Vodka reopened the betting to add an “Other” option, but Chianti, Korn, and Curacao chose different suspects based on their own reasoning.

• Korn wondered whether Aramaki Yoshikazu was already dead, while Curacao deleted the research she had prepared about him.
• Chianti argued that someone must have answered Aramaki’s phone, and Vodka added an “Other” option to the killer betting pool.
• Chianti bet on the chubby blue-vested fisherman because he was unusually pale, while Korn chose the red-vested fisherman because he had spoken more with Uzo.
• Curacao voted for the big fisherman who arrived last, reasoning that he looked best, had time to intercept Aramaki, and had been the one whose call connected.

Curacao bet on the dark-skinned fisherman being the killer while the detectives learned that Aramaki Yoshikazu had been found dead on the beach. Jiang Xia arrived as Inspector Yokomizo began questioning the three fishermen who had discovered the body.

• Curacao wagered two Uzo Coins on her suspicion that the dark-skinned fisherman was the killer.
• The three fishermen left the Queen Hotel after Aramaki Yoshikazu failed to meet them, while Mouri Kogoro talked Suzuki Sonoko out of following them.
• Jiang Xia heard approaching police sirens, and Hattori Heiji led the group to the beach, where they found Aramaki Yoshikazu's body tangled in a fishing net.
• The Organization cadres wondered why Curacao was absent and Vodka searched for surveillance footage of the beach.
• Inspector Yokomizo identified the three fishermen as the first to discover the body and began questioning them as Jiang Xia listened.

Three fishermen described finding Aramaki’s body, while Inspector Yokomizo investigated them as suspects. Conan’s slip about the cause of death drew attention, but the police misread his comment and sent the body for an autopsy.

• The fishermen said they had gone looking for Aramaki after he missed their meeting and found him wrapped in a fishing net near shore.
• Inspector Yokomizo accused the fishermen of possibly killing Aramaki, but Suzuki Sonoko confirmed they had recently been at a restaurant.
• Hattori Heiji pointed out that each fisherman had time unaccounted for before reaching the restaurant, and the men gave their arrival times: 7:10, eight, and 8:40.
• A police officer spotted Conan beside the corpse, and Conan remarked that Aramaki had drowned despite the wounds and fishing net.
• Inspector Yokomizo speculated that the net had restrained Aramaki and that the killer might be strong, then ordered the body sent for an autopsy.

Jiang Xia agreed to join a television program filming in Izu and learned that Hattori Heiji was also invited. As Hattori arrived with Suzuki Sonoko, Sonoko prepared to protect Jiang Xia from another supposed crisis, while Hattori tried to keep his arrival secret.

• Jiang Xia agreed to film the program and asked the director to meet Hattori Heiji without revealing that he was there.
• Conan decided not to warn Hattori about Jiang Xia's presence, reasoning that it would be safer for everyone to stay together.
• Hattori Heiji arrived at the station with Suzuki Sonoko and told her not to mention that he had come to Jiang Xia.
• Sonoko explained that she had rushed to Izu after hearing about Jiang Xia's dangerous experience and intended to prevent another crisis.
• Hattori reminded Sonoko to keep his arrival secret just as they reached the station entrance and greeted someone.

Inspector Yokomizo questioned the three fishermen about Arai’s death and examined the victim’s phone records. The unanswered calls and the final call answered at 8:41 p.m. left Conan and Heiji focused on a key mystery.

• Inspector Yokomizo challenged the fishermen’s alibis and questioned how they had found Arai’s body so quickly.
• The fishermen explained that they called Arai several times after he failed to arrive, and that the calls went unanswered until Nezu Shinji’s call.
• A junior officer found Arai’s waterlogged phone in the fishing net, and Inspector Yokomizo checked its call records.
• The records showed Yoshizawa Yuta called at 7:02 p.m., Shimojo called at 7:47, 8:03, and 8:18 p.m., and Nezu Shinji made the only answered call at 8:41 p.m.
• Conan and Heiji wondered why only Nezu Shinji’s call had been answered.

Hattori Heiji and Conan considered the contradictions in the phone call evidence before a drifting boat washed ashore and revealed clues linking it to the victim. Inspector Yokomizo proposed that the murderer had drowned Mr. Aramaki from the boat, but Conan pointed out that the victim’s many wounds did not fit that theory.

• Hattori Heiji and Conan independently questioned how the murderer could have used the phone call to establish an alibi, while Jiang Xia nearly revealed his own deduction before Hattori covered his mouth.
• Inspector Yokomizo ordered officers to retrieve a boat spotted drifting at sea, and the Dark-skinned Fisherman recalled that his father’s boat had washed ashore with a hole eight years earlier.
• Curacao suspected that the Dark-skinned Fisherman’s unresolved grief might make him a murder suspect, but worried that Uzo could be using the obvious motive as a misdirection.
• The officers brought the boat ashore, where Inspector Yokomizo found an empty liquor bottle, a sandal, and a purple button matching the victim’s clothes.
• Inspector Yokomizo theorized that the murderer had gotten Mr. Aramaki drunk, tied him in a fishing net, and pushed him into the sea, but Conan objected that the victim’s many wounds did not fit that method.

Jiang Xia withheld the murderer’s identity until the evidence was complete, while Suzuki Sonoko offered her own theory about Mr. Aramaki’s death. Inspector Yokomizo pointed out the flaws in her explanation, and the case remained unsolved.

• Inspector Yokomizo looked to Jiang Xia for help, but Hattori Heiji pulled him away to reconstruct the crime scene.
• Jiang Xia told Hattori Heiji that he had identified the murderer but would not reveal the answer without complete evidence.
• Suzuki Sonoko said the murderer was likely one of the three fishermen and proposed that Mr. Aramaki had been left on shore for the tide to drown him.
• Inspector Yokomizo explained that the tide would not rise enough to drown Mr. Aramaki if he could move, and that sleeping pills would show up in an autopsy.
• Suzuki Sonoko suggested that the murderer might have stayed to hold Mr. Aramaki underwater, leaving Inspector Yokomizo speechless.

Jiang Xia explained how the fishermen’s apparent phone-call alibi could have been created by Aramaki’s corpse, and the autopsy invalidated all three men’s alibis. He began outlining a murder trick involving a shallow pit in the tide zone, leaving the method unfinished.

• Suzuki Sonoko’s deduction prompted Hattori Heiji, Conan, and several onlookers to realize more about the case, while Chianti and Vodka discussed the Suzuki Conglomerate.
• The fishermen tried to leave, but Inspector Yokomizo stopped them because the police had not ruled them out as suspects.
• Jiang Xia explained that waves could have pushed Aramaki’s corpse ashore and caused his phone to answer a call when a button pressed against a shell.
• Inspector Yokomizo received the autopsy results and declared all three fishermen’s alibis invalid, making them official suspects.
• Jiang Xia said the murderer had gotten Aramaki drunk, wrapped him in a fishing net, and buried him in a shallow pit in the high-tide zone before placing something on top of him.

Jiang Xia explained how the rising tide and a small boat were used to drown Aramaki, then accused Shimojo Noboru of arranging the murder. Shimojo tried to defend himself as the clues pointed toward his involvement.

• Inspector Yokomizo asked the fishermen where the heavy object that had pinned Aramaki had gone, and Jiang Xia explained that the rising tide had lifted the small boat away.
• Jiang Xia described how Shimojo Noboru had wrapped Aramaki in a fishing net, trapped him in a sand pit beneath the boat, and gone to the dining room to establish an alibi.
• Jiang Xia said Shimojo had planted Aramaki’s belongings in the Cabin to make it look as if the victim had been sitting in the boat.
• Shimojo denied being the killer, but Jiang Xia noted that Shimojo had taken the boat earlier and knew the order of the victim’s phone calls.
• Jiang Xia exposed that Shimojo could have learned the call order by seeing Yoshizawa call Aramaki, while Shimojo insisted he had merely guessed.

Jiang Xia, Hattori Heiji, and Conan exposed Shimojo Noboru as Aramaki’s murderer by showing that he knew the victim’s time of death. Shimojo confessed and revealed that Aramaki had murdered his father and other fishermen eight years earlier.

• Shimojo Noboru demanded evidence and claimed he had been beside Hattori Heiji and Conan when Aramaki died.
• Hattori Heiji and Conan denied remembering Shimojo, prompting him to insist that Aramaki had died around eight that night.
• Inspector Yokomizo pointed out that the police had only given a broad time-of-death range, and Jiang Xia explained that the seawater made a precise estimate impossible for anyone but the murderer.
• Shimojo Noboru collapsed as Jiang Xia explained that his fixation on the time of death had revealed his guilt.
• Shimojo Noboru confessed and told his companions that Aramaki had murdered their fathers’ fellow fishermen eight years earlier.

Red Vest revealed that Aramaki had caused the storm-at-sea deaths and likely murdered a crewman who could expose him, prompting Inspector Yokomizo to reopen related disappearances. As the police took Red Vest away, Vodka inferred that Uzo had staged a brutal revenge, while Curacao discovered she had lost most of her Uzo Coin.

• Red Vest told the fishermen that Aramaki had rammed his boat into Red Vest’s father’s boat during a storm, then abandoned the people thrown into the sea.
• Red Vest said a crewman had confessed the truth but vanished before he could be taken to the police, and Aramaki had taunted him about committing a perfect crime.
• Inspector Yokomizo sent Red Vest to the Police Station and promised to reinvestigate disappearances connected to Aramaki.
• Vodka watched the police car leave and concluded that Uzo had arranged a grisly revenge to demonstrate a real perfect crime.
• Curacao saw that her Uzo Coin had fallen to four and closed the program after consoling herself that she had at least avoided betting more.

Vermouth waited for Jiang Xia and Conan to return to Tokyo, but they instead traveled to Okinawa with Hattori Heiji and a television crew. The group heard about a corpse on nearby Jincheng Island, setting up the next investigation.

• Curacao confirmed that Uzo was still in Izu, then went to sleep in her Okinawa hotel.
• Vermouth disguised herself as Dr. Araide and checked Jiang Xia’s movements, only to learn that another case was delaying his return to Tokyo.
• Jiang Xia, Conan, and Hattori Heiji traveled from Izu to Okinawa, where Hattori and Conan discussed the danger posed by the Organization.
• The program director introduced the upcoming show and told the detectives about a dried corpse found on Jincheng Island and the island’s declining tourism.