Chapter Summaries

After both Amuro Tooru's car and Professor Agasa's Beetle suffered flat tires, Amuro Tooru called for a tow truck. As the children approached a nearby RV, its owners emerged from the woods, and Amuro Tooru grew wary of their seemingly harmonious group.

• Amuro Tooru found that his spare tire had a deep crack, leaving him without a replacement.
• Amuro Tooru discovered that Professor Agasa's Beetle had a cut tire too, and Professor Agasa admitted he had brought no spare.
• Amuro Tooru called for a tow truck while the children drifted toward the RV and admired it.
• A blond man named Reiji accused Kojima Genta of trying to kick the RV, but the children denied touching it.
• A short-haired woman and a long-haired woman named Haruka emerged; Haruka allowed the children to touch the RV gently.
• Amuro Tooru watched the three newcomers exchange teasing remarks and felt uneasy about them.

Amuro Tooru and the others joined Tendo Haruka and her university friends for a riverside barbecue after a car accident left them stranded. As they ate, the group introduced their Outdoor Life Club and explained that Haruka funded their outings.

• Amuro Tooru found that a parked motorhome blocked the road near two wrecked cars and asked its owner, Tendo Haruka, to lend it to him.
• Haruka refused because the motorhome belonged to her uncle, then invited Amuro and the others to camp while they waited for a tow truck.
• The group accepted an invitation from Haruka and Taimei to share their riverside barbecue.
• Jiang Xia asked about the campers’ club, and Taimei explained that Haruka provided most of its funding.

Amuro Tooru joined Jiang Xia and the others at a mountain campsite, where everyone ate, relaxed, and prepared for dinner. When Amuro learned that his arranged tow truck had also suffered a flat tire, he abandoned the pickup plan and left his subordinate to return on his own.

• The group finished a large lunch, then split up to set up camp, take photos, and gather firewood.
• Jiang Xia, Conan, and Hanai Takuto began competing to catch fish while the college students raced bicycles.
• Yoshida Ayumi recognized the short-haired woman's belt as one worn by Miss Yoko, and the woman proudly explained where it came from.
• Professor Agasa offered to have his group prepare dinner, and the yellow-haired man and the short-haired woman accepted.
• Amuro Tooru called his subordinate and learned that the disguised tow truck had run over something at a blind corner and gotten a flat tire.
• Amuro Tooru told the subordinate not to send another vehicle, while Kazami Yuuya guessed that Amuro had sympathized with him.

Amuro Tooru helped Jiang Xia and the Detective Boys prepare curry while he continued wondering whether his car accident had been deliberate. When Taimei went missing, Hanai Takuto and the others proposed taking everyone in Haruka’s RV to search a scenic spot on the mountain.

• Amuro Tooru accepted that his tow truck was delayed and questioned Professor Agasa about the collision, but Agasa explained that he had been distracted while driving.
• Amuro Tooru cooked a pot of curry, which the children praised as delicious.
• Jiang Xia and the others noticed that Taimei was missing along with her bicycle, and Hanai Takuto suggested she might have gone to a scenic spot near the summit.
• The blond-haired man proposed that everyone ride in Haruka’s RV to look for Taimei.

Tendo Haruka’s group and Amuro Tooru rode an RV up the mountain to watch fireworks, but the driver suddenly swerved after thinking he had hit something. Amuro found only a broken wooden stake, though the driver’s odd claim that he expected to hit Taimei left the group with a new mystery.

• The group boarded the RV to head up the mountain, and Amuro Tooru followed because he was uneasy about Jiang Xia being alone.
• The RV’s sunroof opened so Jiang Xia and Yoshida Ayumi could watch the fireworks, but the mountain soon blocked their view.
• The driver abruptly braked after spotting something on the road, throwing the passengers around the RV.
• Amuro Tooru went outside and found a broken wooden stake instead of a person.
• The driver said he had feared hitting Taimei, then wondered aloud why the wooden stake had been moving.

The group reached the mountaintop to watch fireworks, where Jiang Xia’s fever became a concern. As Conan investigated the missing fence, the College Students realized Taimei was missing.

• Hanai Takuto explained that the fallen fence likely came loose from the summit, and the group continued up the mountain.
• The group reached the clearing and watched the fireworks as Tendo Haruka and Hanai Takuto passed their secret viewing spot on to the Detective Boys.
• Yoshida Ayumi and Conan noticed Jiang Xia seemed ill, and Amuro Tooru insisted he had a fever.
• Jiang Xia agreed to rest in the camper instead of leaving the fireworks, while Amuro Tooru and Conan watched the surroundings.
• Conan found a gap in the summit fence and realized it might be where the fallen section had broken off.
• Fukuura, Tendo Haruka, and Hanai Takuto wondered where Taimei had gone.

Conan and Amuro Tooru grew suspicious when they found fresh bicycle tracks beside a broken railing, and the group later discovered Shirafuji Taimei dead on the mountain road. Officer Takagi identified her as the victim, leaving the group facing a fatal fall that Amuro Tooru had feared.

• Conan noticed fresh bicycle tracks beside the broken railing, and the college students speculated that Taimei might have gone over the edge before dismissing the possibility.
• Jiang Xia suggested that everyone head down the mountain, and the group drove back in silence while Taimei remained missing.
• Conan questioned whether Taimei often acted alone, and Tendo Haruka said she was competitive and had ridden to the summit ahead of them the previous year.
• Reiji abruptly braked when he saw a figure in the headlights, and Amuro Tooru confirmed that the bloodied Shirafuji Taimei was dead.
• Officer Takagi arrived and reported that the victim was twenty-two-year-old college student Shirafuji Taimei.

Jiang Xia and the police investigated Taimei’s body after it was found on a mountain road, where the College Students’ account suggested she had fallen from the platform above. The group went up to inspect the scene, while Conan noticed a strange knot on Taimei’s belt.

• Officer Takagi estimated that Taimei had died from a violent blow to the head, and Jiang Xia noted that the clean road suggested it was not the primary scene of her death.
• Professor Agasa explained that he and the children had passed the road after six without seeing Taimei, despite the estimated time of death being between five and six.
• The College Students said Taimei had not been on the road when they drove up after seven, but they had seen a fallen wooden railing section that they mistook for a stake.
• The College Students suspected Taimei had ridden a bicycle up the mountain, crashed through the railing, and fallen to the road below.
• Conan noticed a dead knot tied in one of the decorative cords on Taimei’s belt before Jiang Xia led him and the others up to the platform.

Jiang Xia exposed Inspector Megure’s seemingly convincing reconstruction of Taimei’s accident as a story deliberately fabricated by the murderer. He pointed out flaws in the evidence, leaving the police to question how the bicycle and the clues at the scene had been arranged.

• Officer Sato and Inspector Megure examined the broken fence and found bicycle tracks leading toward the place where Taimei had fallen.
• Officer Takagi found Taimei’s bicycle caught in bushes below the guardrail, and the College Students confirmed it was the bicycle they had brought.
• Inspector Megure deduced that Taimei had crashed through the fence, landed in the bushes, and later fallen onto the road, but Jiang Xia said this was the sequence the murderer wanted them to believe.
• Jiang Xia explained that Taimei knew the mountain road well and would not plausibly have crashed through the railing.
• Jiang Xia noted that there were no impact marks on the road to support the claim that Taimei had fallen from the mountaintop.

Inspector Megure and the officers questioned the three college students about their alibis, driving skills, and the RV after concluding the killer likely knew the victim and their plans. Megure then accused Reiji of meeting and killing the victim before transporting her body and bicycle up the mountain, though the chapter left the accusation unconfirmed.

• Takagi concluded that the killer likely knew the victim and was among the people on the mountain, and Sato asked the three students for their alibis.
• Hanai Takuto said he had gone fishing alone, while Reiji could not clearly recall what he had done; Ayumi and Mitsuhiko speculated about his story.
• Hanai identified Reiji as an experienced driver, but Reiji revealed that he, Hanai, and Tendo Haruka could all drive.
• Sato suggested the killer had used the RV to carry the victim's body from the campsite to the place where it was found.
• Megure accused Reiji of meeting the victim after five, killing her, and staging the body, bicycle, and tracks on the mountain.

Officer Megure questioned the RV driver’s account of how the body had been discovered, while Jiang Xia pointed out that the passengers would have noticed any major detour. Conan connected the brief view of the fireworks to the crime scene, found a bloodstained picnic blanket, and was stopped by Amuro Tooru before he could touch it.

• Officer Megure proposed that the driver had thrown the bicycle down the mountain and staged the discovery of the body, but the driver argued that avoiding the body would have forced the RV to make a noticeable turn.
• Hanai Takuto recalled that the passengers had stood through the sunroof to watch the fireworks, and Officer Sato scolded Jiang Xia for looking out on a mountain road.
• Jiang Xia noted that the RV was parked at the spot where the fireworks could be seen, prompting Conan to realize something and run off with his wristwatch flashlight.
• Conan found a green picnic blanket smeared with fresh blood by the railing and recognized it as important evidence.
• Amuro Tooru caught up with Conan and warned him not to tamper with the blanket.

Conan found a bloodstained tablecloth tied to the three college students, but he could not determine which of them was the murderer. Jiang Xia revealed that the victim had rested on the vehicle’s roof after death and directed the police to search there, leaving the suspects on edge.

• Conan told Amuro Tooru that he had found the tablecloth after following Jiang Xia’s hint, then showed the bloodstained evidence to the police.
• Hanai Takuto identified the tablecloth as an old spare, while Conan realized that any of the three college students could have carried out the murder.
• The Detective Boys secretly debated which suspect seemed most likely, while the three college students pressed Inspector Megure to let them leave.
• Jiang Xia told the suspects that only two of them would leave soon and instructed the police to search the vehicle’s roof for traces.
• Jiang Xia revealed that Miss Taimei had rested on the vehicle’s roof after her death.

Jiang Xia explained how the murderer killed Miss Taimei on the RV’s roof and used the sunroof and a knotted belt cord to conceal her body until it fell onto the road. The clues pointed to the moment the sunroof was opened during the drive, and Inspector Megure turned his attention to the blond-haired man.

• Jiang Xia showed that blood from Miss Taimei’s fatal head wound had remained in a gap on the RV’s sunroof.
• The blond-haired man denied making the body fall by braking, while Yoshida Ayumi and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko recalled the short cords on the victim’s belt.
• Jiang Xia explained that the murderer had left the sunroof slightly open, then trapped a knotted belt cord in the window when closing it to secure the body on the roof.
• Jiang Xia deduced that opening the sunroof, rather than braking, had caused the body to fall onto the road.
• Inspector Megure recalled that the blond-haired man had opened the sunroof to watch the fireworks, though Tendo Haruka and the others had asked him to do so.
• Inspector Megure hesitated over the suspects, then looked toward the blond-haired man.

Jiang Xia explained how the murderer used the bloodied Plastic Mat to make the victim slide from the RV roof, but lost his voice before revealing the culprit’s mistake. Conan secretly took over the deduction, and Yoshida Ayumi noticed a flaw in Tendo Haruka’s Belt.

• Jiang Xia explained that the murderer used the Plastic Mat to reduce friction and catch the wind, causing the body to fly from the RV when the sunroof opened and the belt came loose.
• Jiang Xia’s voice went hoarse before he could reveal the murderer’s flaw, and Amuro Tooru stayed silent to see whether the suspected Uzo would appear.
• Conan hid behind the sofa and used the Bowtie Voice Changer to continue Jiang Xia’s deduction.
• At Conan’s request, the three suspects stood in the RV, and Yoshida Ayumi noticed that Tendo Haruka’s Belt seemed to be missing a hole.

Jiang Xia exposed Tendo Haruka as the killer after a campsite photo showed her belt had been threaded correctly before she changed into different clothes. Tendo confessed that she had killed Shirafuji Taimei after hearing her mock her humble background, leaving the reason for the murder revealed.

• Yoshida Ayumi noticed that Tendo Haruka's belt was threaded incorrectly, and Officer Sato connected the clothing flaw to Jiang Xia's earlier deduction.
• Jiang Xia showed a campsite photo proving Tendo Haruka had worn the same pants with her belt threaded properly earlier that day.
• Officer Sato and Conan deduced that Tendo Haruka had changed out of bloodstained clothes after killing Shirafuji Taimei and hidden them in the mountains.
• Tendo Haruka confessed that she had pretended to be wealthy to make friends and explained that she killed Shirafuji Taimei after overhearing her ridicule her poverty.
• Shirafuji Taimei had told two club members that Tendo Haruka lived in a shabby apartment and was not a real young lady.

Tendo Haruka explained that she had killed Shirafuji Taimei and planned to frame Reiji after learning that her supposed friends had exploited her. After the case was resolved, Amuro Tooru became curious about Conan’s voice-changing device, while Haibara Ai returned to Jiang Xia’s home, still wary of being watched.

• Tendo Haruka admitted that she killed Shirafuji Taimei and intended to blame Reiji for the crime.
• Conan hid the Bowtie Voice Changer from Amuro Tooru, who noticed his suspicious behavior and wondered about his abilities.
• The police brought everyone and the corpse safely back to Tokyo after the case was solved.
• Amuro Tooru wondered whether Conan had helped Jiang Xia solve the case and told himself that Kazami had failed to investigate Conan’s unusual background.
• Mouri Ran brought Haibara Ai back to Jiang Xia’s home and told Jiang Xia that Ai seemed frightened and watchful.
• Conan decided to stay with Professor Agasa so he and Jiang Xia could go to the Police Station to give their statements the next day.

Haibara Ai’s cold worsened into a fever, so Jiang Xia, Conan, and Professor Agasa took her to a clinic in Haido. After learning she would have to wait two hours, they planned to pass the time at the department store while Haibara fell asleep in the car.

• The day after insisting that her cold was minor, Haibara Ai developed a cough and fever.
• Conan wondered whether Haibara’s anxiety and warnings about keeping his identity hidden meant the Men in Black were active again.
• Jiang Xia and Professor Agasa persuaded Haibara to see a doctor, and the four left for a Sunday clinic inside the Toto Department Store.
• The clinic gave them an appointment about two hours later, so Jiang Xia suggested browsing the department store and trying its popular restaurants.
• Haibara wondered why her cold was worse than Jiang Xia’s before falling asleep in the car.

Jiang Xia, Haibara Ai, Conan, and Professor Agasa arrived at Haido Department Store and encountered four Porsche enthusiasts gathering before a golf outing. Haibara Ai, frightened by a green Porsche 356A resembling Gin’s car, retreated to the Yellow Beetle while the others went to browse.

• Haibara Ai woke in the parking lot and froze when she spotted a Porsche 356A that reminded her of Gin’s car.
• Conan reassured Haibara Ai that the Porsche was dark green rather than Gin’s black car, and noticed three other Porsches parked nearby.
• A Silver Porsche 911 arrived, completing a row of four cars, and its driver explained that the owners were friends who played golf together.
• The Porsche owners said they traveled together because Banba often got drunk during golf, and they planned to shop while he sobered up.
• Haibara Ai declined to browse the mall and curled up inside the Yellow Beetle while Jiang Xia, Conan, and Professor Agasa went on.

Haibara Ai stayed behind in the car while Conan, Professor Agasa, and Jiang Xia went upstairs to buy egg porridge. In the long queue, they encountered the Porsche owners and then Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Jodie, who had come for the same food.

• Conan persuaded Professor Agasa not to make Haibara Ai leave the car, and the three went upstairs without her.
• Haibara Ai found the Black Cat with White Paws hiding under the passenger seat and kept it with her in the car.
• Professor Agasa suggested buying egg porridge, and Jiang Xia led the group to Taruya Pavilion's long queue.
• Conan recognized the Porsche owners ahead of them, and the silver Porsche's driver left to look for his phone.
• Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Jodie joined the queue behind Jiang Xia, and Sonoko explained that they had come to buy egg porridge for the sick Conan and Haibara Ai.

A live television interview at Taruya Pavilion draws attention to Jiang Xia and Conan, while Akai Shuichi spots them on the broadcast and heads for Toto Department Store. The chapter ends with Jiang Xia telling the host that his group will leave and return on a less crowded day.

• Jodie asked about Haibara Ai, and Conan covered for her by saying she was home sick.
• Kato Tomomi began a live report from the long line at Taruya Pavilion and chose Jiang Xia's group for an interview.
• Akai Shuichi saw Conan and Jiang Xia on television and turned his car toward Toto Department Store.
• Conan told the host they were giving up on Egg Porridge and returning home, worried that the broadcast might attract danger.
• Jiang Xia told Kato Tomomi they would leave and come back on a weekday when the restaurant was less crowded.