Chapter Summaries

Conan realized the murderer was among the hunters, but reconsidered after learning that a hunter and a little bear had been found dead. As the group continued through the forest, he saw a chance to investigate Miss Shirai, whom he suspected might be connected to the Black Organization.

• Conan explained to Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko that the murderer had joined their group to keep Jiang Xia and Haibara from meeting them.
• Yoshida Ayumi found a cluster of Mushrooms, and Curacao suspected they were a message from Uzo.
• Conan recognized the Mushrooms as Jiang Xia and Haibara's signal, but dismissed them and said the two were having fun.
• Conan prepared to stun one of the hunters, but Kojima Genta and Yoshida Ayumi blocked him and challenged his accusation.
• Conan learned that a hunter and a little bear had been found dead, lowered his Stun-Gun Wristwatch, and reconsidered who the murderer was.
• Conan noticed Miss Shirai ahead and considered using the opportunity to investigate whether she was connected to the Black Organization.

Conan’s attempt to hit Curacao with an anesthetic needle failed when she stumbled into Jiang Xia and Haibara Ai, bringing them out of hiding. Jiang Xia then used Conan’s mushrooms to reveal that one of the three hunters had killed someone, and the group began to suspect Mr. Genyu.

• Conan aimed his wristwatch at Curacao and fired an anesthetic needle, but she stumbled into the bushes before it could hit her.
• Curacao decided that staying near Jiang Xia might be safer than avoiding him and focused on watching what he did.
• Jiang Xia emerged with Haibara Ai and explained that Conan’s mushrooms represented the children, adults, and three hunters.
• Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran inferred that the poisonous Tengu Mushroom represented the hunter carrying his rifle on his right shoulder, Mr. Genyu.
• Mr. Genyu denied killing anyone, while Jiang Xia noted that the culprit might destroy the mushrooms if he understood their meaning.

Jiang Xia identified Saiga as the hunter who shot the missing client, but a gigantic Black Bear called Jubei interrupted the confrontation. As the group faced the bear, Saiga tried to coax it back into the forest and noticed the black object Jiang Xia was holding.

• Mitsuhiko connected the matsutake clue to the murderer, and Conan claimed Jiang Xia had taught him the method.
• Jiang Xia accused Saiga of shooting the hunter and said the victim was Tachibana’s missing client.
• A gigantic Black Bear burst from the bushes, and its paw knocked the Long-haired Hunter’s rifle away before Jiang Xia caught it with its barrel bent.
• Saiga warned the group not to run from the bear, then called it Jubei and tried to persuade it to return to the forest.
• Jubei growled toward Jiang Xia, and Saiga noticed a black object tucked beside the rifle in Jiang Xia’s arm.

Jiang Xia returned the bear cub to Jubei, and Haibara Ai realized that Mr. Saiga had fired to drive the group away from danger rather than silence them. Mr. Saiga then explained how Jubei had saved his life twenty years earlier.

• The Old Hunter urged Jiang Xia to return the cub, and Jiang Xia set it down so it could reunite with Jubei.
• Haibara Ai inferred that Mr. Saiga had shot to scare the group away from Jubei, while Suzuki Sonoko questioned why he had used a gun.
• The Long-haired Hunter and Lawyer Tachibana challenged Mr. Saiga for killing another hunter and asked about Jubei's injured eye.
• Mr. Saiga said Jubei had blinded one eye while saving him after he fell from a cliff during a bear hunt twenty years earlier.
• Mr. Saiga recalled that Jubei licked his wounds and lay beside him as he waited to die.

The Old Hunter revealed that he had protected Jubei, a bear that once saved his life, and killed a hunter who tried to lure it out by killing its cub. After the group left the Hunting Zone, Haibara Ai sensed a powerful Organization aura from Miss Shirai and recalled a reassuring voice telling her not to fear the lawyer.

• The Old Hunter explained that Jubei had kept him warm when he was stranded in the frozen wilderness, and he later drove the bear away from hunters to protect it.
• The Old Hunter admitted that he had spread frightening stories about Jubei, then explained that he shot a hunter who had killed one of Jubei's cubs and used its body as bait.
• Lawyer Tachibana declared that he would take the case against the Old Hunter, who accepted the prospect of legal punishment without trying to flee.
• The group met the police and left the Hunting Zone, while Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko looked away from the dead cub and Jiang Xia reflected on children and bears becoming Ghosts.
• Haibara Ai sensed a strong Organization aura around the female lawyer and struggled to control her fear as she remembered a voice reassuring her about Miss Shirai.

After the hunting trip, Curacao recoiled from Haibara Ai’s imitation of Conan’s smile, while Mouri Ran worried that Saiga might face a harsh sentence. Lawyer Tachibana invited Jiang Xia and the others to his villa, and Jiang Xia accepted despite Conan’s suspicions.

• Haibara Ai followed Jiang Xia’s advice and smiled like Conan, frightening Curacao into moving farther away from the group.
• Mouri Ran looked up Lawyer Tachibana and worried that his reputation and connections could lead to Saiga being sentenced to death.
• Lawyer Tachibana greeted Jiang Xia, gave him a business card, and invited the group to relax at his villa.
• Jiang Xia accepted the invitation, while the Detective Boys silently urged Professor Agasa not to go.
• Conan warned Jiang Xia that Tachibana seemed suspicious and asked whether Jiang Xia’s recent misdeeds had been caught on camera.

After Lawyer Tachibana moved his group to Jiang Xia’s hotel, Curacao decided she could not leave without risking Rum’s anger and considered reporting Jiang Xia’s gun to Rum. Jiang Xia then surprised her on the observation deck by appearing behind her with a gun, while she wondered whether he had planned the encounter.

• Jiang Xia told Conan that keeping Lawyer Tachibana occupied with the case would prevent him from pursuing other matters, and Suzuki Sonoko supported the plan.
• Curacao spotted Jiang Xia and the others watching from the woods and felt increasingly unnerved by how difficult he was to escape.
• Lawyer Tachibana brought his group to Jiang Xia’s hotel so they could travel together to his suburban villa the next morning, forcing Curacao to move with them.
• Curacao decided she could not abandon Tachibana and considered reporting Jiang Xia’s illegal gun possession to Rum, but worried Rum might order her to confront him.
• Jiang Xia appeared behind Curacao on the observation deck and pressed a cold object against her head, prompting her to ask if he had planned it.

Jiang Xia confronted Curacao, then turned their tense encounter into a conversation about why he had been staying near her. Curacao tried to reduce her fear of him, but Jiang Xia claimed the organization was excluding him by leaving him without partners or proper assignments.

• Jiang Xia withdrew his apparent gun, revealing it to be gift-wrapping paper folded into a pistol, and tossed it toward Curacao.
• Curacao struggled to control her fear and killing intent, then decided to speak with Jiang Xia to prevent herself from making a serious mistake.
• Curacao asked why Jiang Xia had been following her, but he insisted that she had been disrupting his peaceful detective life.
• Curacao argued that Jiang Xia had no reason to spend time with her and tried to persuade him to leave her alone.
• Jiang Xia claimed he felt bullied because other organization members had partners and tasks while he was left alone as a detective.

Lawyer Tachibana secretly planned to use a criminal’s death to sue a detective and damage Jiang Xia’s reputation, while Curacao overheard and worried about the trouble his scheme would cause. The next morning, Tachibana left the inn alive and well as everyone headed back to Tokyo.

• Lawyer Tachibana told his secretary he planned to befriend the injured criminal’s family and secretly target Jiang Xia with a lawsuit and damaging recordings.
• Curacao and Jiang Xia overheard the plan, and Curacao silently cursed Tachibana for plotting against Jiang Xia.
• Tachibana asked his secretary to use Shirai to help lower Jiang Xia’s guard, prompting Curacao to hurry away under an excuse.
• Jiang Xia returned to his room, and the next morning the group left the inn for Tokyo with Tachibana alive in the front passenger seat.

Jiang Xia and the others arrived at Lawyer Tachibana’s villa, where he entertained them while Curacao waited for the murder she expected to happen. The evening’s gathering was interrupted when Miss Sugimura arrived with another threatening letter for Tachibana.

• Professor Agasa took the three children back toward Tokyo, while Haibara Ai stayed with Jiang Xia and worried that Tachibana planned to target him.
• Lawyer Tachibana welcomed Jiang Xia and the others to his villa, where they toured the grounds, went fishing, and shared lavish seafood meals.
• Tachibana’s wife, Tachibana Yuka, joined dinner and said she had come because Jiang Xia was her idol.
• Miss Sugimura arrived at the villa and told Tachibana she had received another threatening letter, which she placed on the table.

Lawyer Tachibana received a threatening envelope signed “T.K.” and argued privately with his accountant and secretary about the law firm’s finances. Conan overheard their tense exchanges, but Jiang Xia pulled him away before he could hear the accountant’s conversation; the chapter ended with a slap inside the study.

• Lawyer Tachibana received an envelope marked with a black X and signed “T.K.” from accountant Sugimura, then invited her to dinner with Jiang Xia.
• Suzuki Sonoko sensed that Lawyer Tachibana was acting strangely around Jiang Xia, while Haibara Ai dismissed Sonoko’s wild guess about his motives.
• Conan and Jiang Xia overheard Lawyer Tachibana accuse Sugimura of mishandling firm funds, and Sugimura warned him about his wife and T.K.
• Jiang Xia pulled Conan away from the study door as Sugimura left, but Conan returned to eavesdrop on Lawyer Tachibana berating his secretary, Sakuraba.
• Sakuraba accused Lawyer Tachibana of keeping him too busy with personal errands to study for the bar exam, and Tachibana slapped him.

Conan spent a sleepless night thinking of how to find evidence of another crime by Lawyer Tachibana. The next morning, Tachibana remained alive and sent his secretaries to occupy the students while he went fishing, leaving Curacao frustrated that the expected killing had not happened.

• Conan decided he needed to find evidence of another crime to keep Lawyer Tachibana too busy for further schemes, but could not work out how to proceed.
• Suzuki Sonoko warned Jiang Xia about the dangerous fake fans, while Curacao listened and hoped Uzo's stage would begin soon.
• Lawyer Tachibana invited the students to breakfast, then asked Sakuraba and Shirai to take them around while he went fishing.
• Conan noticed Lawyer Tachibana and his male secretary acting cordially despite their argument the previous day, and Curacao silently wished the lawyer would not return.
• John barked during breakfast, and the old maid and the male secretary suggested he was impatient for his walk or excited by a vehicle.

Curacao was forced to guide the guests around the area after the male secretary left for Tokyo, and she discovered a Listening Device hidden in her bag. She suspected Lawyer Tachibana had planted it to monitor her and Jiang Xia, while the group set out for a walk with John.

• The male secretary left Curacao to show the guests around, and Mouri Ran offered to walk John with them.
• Curacao found a Listening Device in a hidden compartment of her bag and suspected it had been planted by an amateur.
• Curacao recalled Lawyer Tachibana telling her he wanted to offer legal aid to people Jiang Xia encountered.
• Curacao reasoned that Lawyer Tachibana had likely arranged for someone to place the Listening Device in her bag.

Curacao realized Lawyer Tachibana had planted a Listening Device in her bag to record Jiang Xia’s alleged illegal acts, and she warned Jiang Xia by email. Meanwhile, the group took John outside, where the dog remained frightened by unseen presences, and Curacao waited anxiously for Jiang Xia’s response.

• Curacao recalled Lawyer Tachibana’s warning about Jiang Xia’s conduct and concluded that he had arranged for her bag to be bugged.
• Jiang Xia noticed Curacao’s intense Killing Intent, while Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko misread her behavior and Sonoko stepped between her and Jiang Xia.
• Mouri Ran led John outside with the others, but the dog stayed listless and seemed frightened of unseen things.
• Curacao emailed Jiang Xia to tell him there was a Listening Device in her bag.
• Curacao’s phone vibrated as she waited to see how Jiang Xia would react.

Curacao accompanied Jiang Xia and the others while they walked John along the coast, growing increasingly wary of Uzo's influence and the dangers she imagined might follow. After John chased a person in a passing boat, the group decided to end the walk and head back, leaving Curacao suspicious despite her relief.

• Curacao received Uzo's email and tried to explain it away when Uzo spoke aloud, drawing suspicious looks from Conan and Suzuki Sonoko.
• Curacao's rising killing intent sent the Ghosts away, and John happily resumed his walk.
• John spotted a person in a passing boat and pulled Mouri Ran toward the shore as the others followed.
• Conan guessed that John recognized the person aboard the boat, and Curacao dismissed the idea that he was simply chasing the boat.
• When Suzuki Sonoko suggested renting a boat, Curacao hinted that they had walked long enough, and Mouri Ran agreed to head back.
• Jiang Xia moved closer to the tense Curacao as the group ended the walk.

Conan and the others spotted a half-submerged boat near Lawyer Tachibana’s villa, and police recovered Tachibana’s corpse from the water. Conan grew suspicious of Curacao when he noticed her smiling at the body.

• Conan questioned Curacao’s stamina after she kept pace with Ran in heels, but Sonoko interrupted his thoughts by hitting him.
• A male secretary learned that no damaging information about Jiang Xia had been extracted and resigned himself to the failure.
• Curacao noticed a strange boat offshore, and the old maid suspected it belonged to Lawyer Tachibana.
• Jiang Xia urged the old maid to call the police, and officers later recovered Tachibana’s corpse from the sunken boat.
• The old maid identified the body as Tachibana’s, while Conan noticed Curacao’s eerie smile and suspected she might be connected to his death.

After Lawyer Tachibana’s body was recovered from the water, Conan suspected the Black Organization was involved, while Haibara feared it might have acted to protect Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia questioned why Tachibana had gone fishing without his life jacket, and a witness’s timely arrival suggested the death might not have been an accident.

• Curacao regretted laughing beside the corpse, while Conan and Haibara separately suspected that Tachibana’s death might be connected to the Organization and Jiang Xia.
• Conan resolved to investigate the death without revealing his identity, and he grew suspicious when Curacao watched Jiang Xia.
• Jiang Xia asked Officer Inoki whether Tachibana had been wearing a life jacket when he was pulled from the water, and the officers said he had not.
• Mouri Ran recalled that Tachibana had worn a life jacket when he left to fish, and Jiang Xia noted that the weather gave him little reason to remove it.
• A man in a baseball cap said he had warned Tachibana about the incoming tide, prompting Officer Inoki to admire Jiang Xia’s deduction while Curacao questioned the witness’s convenient appearance.

Officer Inoki investigated the suspicious red-capped boat thief after learning he had argued with Lawyer Tachibana, then brought Jiang Xia the forensic report. The report found sleeping pills in Tachibana’s body, leaving suicide as a possibility, but Conan insisted the lawyer had planned to return with a big fish.

• Inuyama told Officer Inoki that a man in a red baseball cap had stolen his boat, and Jiang Xia and Sonoko recalled seeing the man near the cape.
• The old maid said the red-capped man had visited Tachibana two months earlier and argued fiercely with him, so Inoki ordered the police to search for the stolen boat.
• Jiang Xia gave Inoki his business card, and the group returned to Tachibana’s villa while the police searched for clues.
• That night, Inoki brought Jiang Xia the forensic report, which showed Tachibana had taken sleeping pills and had no injuries indicating that they were forced on him.
• A fellow officer said Tachibana might have taken the pills and jumped into the water to commit suicide, but Conan insisted Tachibana had planned to catch a big fish for them.

After Jiang Xia and the officers concluded Lawyer Tachibana’s death might have been murder, they investigated who could have put Sleeping Pills in his lunch. The maid’s account left several people with the opportunity, and the chapter ended with Officer Inoki questioning Secretary Sakuraba about his late return.

• Jiang Xia asked whether the officers had found the man wearing a red hat, and Officer Inoki said no one had seen him near the place where the boat sank.
• Officer Inoki questioned Mrs. Yae about Tachibana’s bento and learned she had made the Sandwiches, but had left the kitchen and given the food to Secretary Sakuraba to deliver.
• Mrs. Yae explained that the ingredients might have been handled by others and that several people had access to the food, so the officers could not identify the killer by focusing on the cook.
• Curacao watched the horse-faced officer closely and decided she would investigate him and add him to her priority watch list.
• Secretary Sakuraba returned, and Officer Inoki asked why he had come back so late after learning that Tachibana had died.

After Lawyer Tachibana’s death was revealed to be suspicious, Jiang Xia and the police investigated threatening letters and a diary entry hinting that the lawyer had helped criminals escape punishment. The investigation continued downstairs with a colleague from Tachibana’s agency, while the red-hat suspect and the missing accountant remained unaccounted for.

• Secretary Sakuraba explained that he had stayed at Tachibana’s Detective Agency after news of the lawyer’s death caused an uproar, and Officer Inoki said investigators suspected sleeping pills had been placed in Tachibana’s bento.
• Suzuki Sonoko suggested that the red-hat suspect might have drugged Tachibana with shared snacks before pushing him into the water, and Officer Inoki said the police were already searching for him.
• Jiang Xia asked about a letter Tachibana had received, and Secretary Sakuraba revealed that it demanded 3 million yen to keep Tachibana’s reputation from being ruined.
• The Horse-Faced Police Officer found Tachibana’s diary, which described a criminal who had been acquitted and later used the case to threaten him; Sakuraba said he could not identify which of Tachibana’s many former clients had sent the letter.
• Mouri Ran reported that a colleague from Tachibana’s agency had arrived, and Jiang Xia went downstairs to question him.
• The visiting lawyer said Tachibana’s wife was at her parents’ home and that the agency’s accountant, Miss Sugimura, was off for the weekend and could not be reached.