Chapter Summaries

After Ye Caisan’s daughter revealed why she had boarded the ship, Samezaki Shimaji rushed to search for the thief, but Room 1 was empty. Hattori Heiji and Conan investigated a suspicious neighboring room and found Jiang Xia, who joined their search as Heiji explained why the ship’s passengers seemed connected to Ye Caisan.

• Ye Caisan’s daughter told Hattori Heiji that she had boarded the ship after seeing Ko Dagawa’s newspaper advertisement, while Samezaki Shimaji rushed to find Ye Caisan on the twentieth anniversary of the 400 Million Bank Heist.
• Samezaki Shimaji, Hattori Heiji, Conan, and the waiter found Room 1 empty, and Samezaki ran off to search the ship.
• Hattori Heiji and Conan suspected the silent occupant of Room 2 and knocked, only to find Jiang Xia inside.
• Jiang Xia explained that he had come after seeing the newspaper advertisement, then joined Hattori Heiji and Conan in searching for the wanted criminal.
• Hattori Heiji told Jiang Xia that the passengers’ widespread knowledge of Ye Caisan made them seem suspicious.

Jiang Xia joined the passengers’ card game while watching the people aboard the ship and their killing intent. After midnight, he followed Ebina Minoru to interfere with the bomb in his room, but a sudden gunshot sent Ebina running off before the plan could unfold.

• Jiang Xia accompanied Hattori Heiji and Conan to check Anonymous’s room, then returned with them to the dining room.
• Isogai Nagisa invited the passengers to play cards and spoke eerily about the sea and corpses, while Jiang Xia recognized that she had no killing intent.
• Jiang Xia won most of the card game, leaving Hattori Heiji to wonder whether he had counted cards or was simply exceptionally lucky.
• After midnight, Jiang Xia followed Ebina Minoru and sent shikigami into his room to form an Anonymous puppet that would take the bomb case in front of him.
• A loud bang on the deck startled Ebina Minoru, who sprinted toward the sound; the puppet opened the door, found the corridor empty, and closed it again.

After an explosion on the ship revealed a charred body, Jiang Xia hoped to avoid investigating while Conan and Hattori Heiji searched for clues. Ebina Minoru concluded Ye Caisan was aboard and prepared for mutual destruction, but a woman in a black dress stole his bomb and threw it into the sea.

• Jiang Xia, Conan, Hattori Heiji, and Samezaki Shimaji found a burning flag and a threatening message on the deck, while Kujirai Sadao reacted as if Ye Caisan had returned.
• A second explosion destroyed an emergency escape ladder and left a charred body that the passengers identified by its watch as Kanie Hisashi’s.
• As the passengers checked alibis, Jiang Xia stayed behind while Conan and Hattori Heiji went to search for evidence.
• Ebina Minoru returned to his room, saw his bomb, and decided the signs proved Ye Caisan and his accomplices were aboard.
• A woman in a black dress took Ebina Minoru’s bomb, led him to the deck, and hurled it into the sea.

Jiang Xia confronted Ebina Minoru with the truth about the remaining robbers aboard the ship, while Hattori Heiji discovered Kanie Hisashi’s body and was nearly attacked by Kujirai Sadao. Jiang Xia stopped Kujirai and disarmed him, leaving him in custody as Hattori and Jiang Xia began piecing together the murders.

• Jiang Xia told Ebina Minoru that Ye Caisan was dead and the other three gang members were aboard the ship, then left Ebina to decide what to do.
• Hattori Heiji found Kanie Hisashi dead and tied to a rope ladder outside the ship.
• Kujirai Sadao tried to attack Hattori Heiji with a steel pipe, but Jiang Xia warned Hattori and struck Kujirai with a Collapsible Baton.
• Hattori Heiji reported finding Kanie Hisashi’s body, and Jiang Xia knocked a gun and dagger out of Kujirai Sadao’s hands.
• Kujirai Sadao claimed he had carried the iron rod for protection and denied killing anyone, but Jiang Xia began questioning him with his baton raised.

Jiang Xia uncovered more of the twenty-year-old robbery case, but Ebina Minoru killed Kujirai Sadao and confessed to killing Kanie Hisashi. After spotting news that Vermouth was coming to Japan, Jiang Xia prepared for her arrival by warning the Parent Ghosts to cling to him around her or anyone in disguise.

• Jiang Xia beat Kujirai Sadao until he admitted he had been one of the robbers and had killed an accomplice, but denied killing Kanie Hisashi.
• Ebina Minoru stabbed Kujirai Sadao and confessed that he had killed Kanie Hisashi, whose death had driven him to hunt down the robbers.
• The group pieced together the events behind Furukawa Dai's prize quiz incident, and Jiang Xia left the Police Station with new Shikigami and Killing Intent.
• Jiang Xia read that Chris Vineyard was taking a break from acting and realized Vermouth was about to come to Japan, potentially bringing danger and disruption.
• Jiang Xia showed the Parent Ghosts Vermouth's photo and told them to cling to him if they saw her or anyone whose face was disguised.

Jiang Xia considered how to handle Vermouth, hoping to make her a friendly source of Killing Intent while keeping her alive. After Gin arranged a meeting at Haido City Building, Jiang Xia concealed his appearance and waited at the north entrance, wary that Conan might see him with the Organization.

• Jiang Xia decided that befriending Vermouth was preferable to threatening her through Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi, though he considered collecting her ghost if she became a threat.
• After waiting several days without encountering Vermouth, Jiang Xia received Gin's message arranging a meeting at Haido City Building for 11:30 a.m. two days later.
• Suzuki Sonoko invited Jiang Xia to a TWO-MIX concert on the same day, but he told her he had a commission and chose to meet Gin first.
• Jiang Xia disguised himself to avoid being recognized by Conan and arrived early at the north entrance of Haido City Building, where he waited in the shade.

Miyahara Satoshi’s gang abducted Jiang Xia by mistake while trying to silence a TWO-MIX singer who had overheard evidence of a past crime. Gin, Vodka, and Vermouth realized Jiang Xia was in the getaway vehicle and followed it, while Jiang Xia took control of the kidnappers’ car and ordered them to Yamahira Town.

• Miyahara Satoshi sent his accomplices to kidnap the TWO-MIX singer and recover a demo tape that could expose his crime.
• Jiang Xia sensed the kidnappers closing in but stayed by the tree, and the gang mistakenly seized him.
• Gin ordered Vodka to follow the getaway vehicle after Vermouth identified Jiang Xia as its hostage.
• Miyahara Satoshi found the wrong bag and realized his underlings might have grabbed the wrong person.
• Jiang Xia knocked out Underling Number Two, took his gun, and ordered Miyahara Satoshi to drive to Yamahira Town.

Jiang Xia hijacked the kidnappers’ car and took them to a secluded part of Yamahira Town so he could beat them and draw out their killing intent. Gin and Vermouth arrived after observing him, and Jiang Xia’s attention shifted to Vermouth’s appealing killing intent.

• Miyahara Satoshi tried to reach for his hidden gun, but Jiang Xia struck him with the gunstock and took the weapon.
• Jiang Xia forced Yamada Satoru to drive to Yamahira Town and ordered him to obey traffic laws so he could not attract the police.
• Jiang Xia dragged the three kidnappers into an empty corner and beat them, while Gin and Vermouth watched from a distant building.
• Gin concluded that Jiang Xia had been kidnapped simply because he wanted to beat people up, then went to meet him with Vermouth and Korn.
• Miyahara Satoshi’s killing intent grew as he remained determined to escape and kill his targets, until Gin called out to Jiang Xia.
• Jiang Xia greeted Gin and noticed Vermouth’s fruit-scented killing intent, while the Mermaid and Miyano Akemi floated over to her.

Jiang Xia dealt with the kidnappers and collected their Killing Intent while Gin confiscated his guns and executed the three men. Vermouth met Jiang Xia and reconsidered her suspicions about his connection to Kudo Shinichi’s supposed death and Mouri Ran.

• The Parent Ghosts hugged Jiang Xia when they saw Vermouth, while Gin questioned Jiang Xia about beating the kidnappers.
• Jiang Xia claimed he had acted in self-defense after the kidnappers took him by mistake, and Gin decided to leave before anyone investigated the noise.
• Gin took both guns from Jiang Xia and ordered him into the car.
• Gin shot the three kidnappers, and Jiang Xia collected Miyahara Satoshi’s Killing Intent as the new Shikigami clung to their corpses.
• Vermouth watched Jiang Xia and reflected that meeting him had calmed the Killing Intent she had felt over his ties to Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi.

Vermouth decided that Uzo threatened her Angel and Cool Guy, while Gin reconsidered leaving Jiang Xia alone with her after noticing her hostility. The group arrived at a sushi restaurant instead of the bar, forcing Vermouth to postpone her plan to get Uzo drunk and kill him.

• Vermouth concluded that Uzo was a threat to Mouri Ran and the possibly surviving Cool Guy, and resolved to eliminate him if possible.
• Gin questioned Vermouth's retirement announcement, and Vermouth suggested that Sherry was a clearer target than the FBI agents hidden among them.
• Vermouth's Killing Intent toward Jiang Xia increased as she thought about Sherry, and Gin recognized that her hostility might stem from Sherry's past care for him.
• Gin decided it was not cautious to leave Jiang Xia with Vermouth, and the group drove to the Haido City Hotel.
• Vermouth discovered that Gin had taken them to a sushi restaurant rather than the bar, so she postponed her plan to get Uzo drunk and silence him.

Gin showed Jiang Xia and Vermouth the dossier for the organization’s plan to silence politician Shigehiko Nomiguchi and discussed a discreet assassination approach. Gin told Jiang Xia to stay in Tokyo, then mentioned Ryoko Naito, leaving Jiang Xia wondering how she connected to the target.

• Gin decided to let Uzo and Vermouth work together in practice before addressing Uzo’s psychological issues.
• Gin presented Jiang Xia and Vermouth with the dossier on Shigehiko Nomiguchi and asked Jiang Xia for a plan to kill him without attracting media or police attention.
• Jiang Xia proposed using an accident at one of Nomiguchi’s public appearances, and Gin began refining the operation.
• Gin told Jiang Xia not to leave Tokyo for the next few days, and Jiang Xia asked whether he would take part in the assassination.
• Gin mentioned that Ryoko Naito regularly visited Jiang Xia’s Detective Agency, prompting Jiang Xia to wonder if she was connected to Nomiguchi.

Jiang Xia learned that Ryoko Naito was Director Sakamaki’s daughter and agreed to attend the memorial service if invited. After Gin and Vodka left, Vermouth approached him in his English teacher’s disguise and lured him toward a bar for a private conversation.

• Jiang Xia told Gin and Vodka what he knew about Ryoko Naito, and Gin revealed that her maiden name was Sakamaki.
• Jiang Xia connected Ryoko to Director Sakamaki’s memorial service, and Gin told him not to avoid an invitation.
• Jiang Xia bought tea leaves, then Vermouth approached him in his English teacher’s disguise and asked him to go to a bar.
• Vermouth claimed she would assess Jiang Xia’s condition and find him a suitable psychiatrist, while planning to drug him and extract information.
• Jiang Xia agreed to go with Vermouth, and she linked arms with him and brushed his face twice as they headed for the elevator.

Jiang Xia accompanied Vermouth to Heigesen Bar, where she tried to get him drunk while he kept the alcohol from affecting him with Puppet Clay. As the drinks continued, the Parent Ghosts’ influence weakened Vermouth’s hostility toward him, and Jiang Xia noticed the change.

• Vermouth disguised Jiang Xia as an adult so he could enter Heigesen Bar with her.
• Vermouth ordered herself a White Russian and Jiang Xia cola, then served him colorful cocktails intended to get him drunk.
• Jiang Xia drank the cocktails without becoming intoxicated because Puppet Clay kept the alcohol from reaching his stomach wall.
• Jiang Xia noticed that the Parent Ghosts’ influence had reduced Vermouth’s hostility toward him.

At a drinking party, Vermouth tried to draw information from Jiang Xia about Kudo Shinichi while weighing whether to kill him. Jiang Xia played along with her probing and confidently claimed Kudo was dead.

• Vermouth considered killing Jiang Xia but decided to question him first about Kudo Shinichi.
• Jiang Xia pretended to be drunk and chose to keep Vermouth alive for the value of her killing intent and disguise skills.
• Vermouth asked Jiang Xia why people had once said he was possessed by Kudo Shinichi’s vengeful spirit.
• Vermouth suggested that Kudo might have survived Gin’s experimental poison, using Gin as a way to disguise her real line of questioning.
• Jiang Xia dismissed Vermouth’s theories and asserted that Kudo was already dead.

Vermouth tried to learn what Jiang Xia knew about Kudo Shinichi, but he avoided answering by falling asleep and left the bar. She followed him to a hotel, stole his phones, and Jiang Xia revealed he had taken care not to leave dangerous information on them.

• Vermouth suspected that Kudo Shinichi was still alive and that Jiang Xia was concealing it from her.
• When Vermouth pressed Jiang Xia for evidence about Kudo Shinichi, he pretended to fall asleep, then left the bar after she tried to take him away.
• Jiang Xia booked a hotel room, and Vermouth followed him into the elevator, claiming she wanted to rest with him.
• Vermouth tripped into Jiang Xia outside his room and stole both of his phones while he continued inside.
• Jiang Xia vomited up the alcohol and decided that his phones contained no sensitive information that could expose Haibara Ai.

Vermouth secretly unlocked Jiang Xia’s phones and examined his contacts and messages, then called Mouri Ran while imitating Kudo Shinichi’s voice. Ran’s reaction convinced Vermouth that Shinichi was alive and that Jiang Xia and Ran knew it, while call records involving Edogawa Conan left her suspicious.

• Vermouth entered the tool room, unlocked Jiang Xia’s two phones, and found Mouri Ran and Edogawa Conan among his contacts.
• Vermouth read Mouri Ran’s message inviting Jiang Xia to the concert and browsed their emails, learning how much he had helped her.
• Vermouth considered whether Jiang Xia might be jealous of Kudo Shinichi but recalled that he had shown no hostility when Kudo was mentioned.
• Vermouth called Mouri Ran and imitated Kudo Shinichi’s voice, prompting Ran to ask if he had finished a case and returned to Tokyo.
• Vermouth concluded from Ran’s delighted but ordinary reaction that Kudo Shinichi was alive and that Ran and Jiang Xia knew it.
• Vermouth examined Jiang Xia’s call records linking an unlabeled number to Edogawa Conan and grew suspicious.

Vermouth called Kudo Shinichi's number using Jiang Xia's phone and realized that Conan was the shrunken Cool Guy, whom Jiang Xia had been protecting. After imagining that Jiang Xia might kill Conan and Ran to cover up the secret, Vermouth turned the elevator around and headed back to kill Jiang Xia while he was drunk.

• Vermouth called Conan using Jiang Xia's phone, and Conan answered as Kudo Shinichi.
• Vermouth recognized Conan's child voice and deduced that APTX4869 had shrunk him, then used Ran's voice to test him.
• Conan recognized that the caller was imitating Ran and messaged Sonoko for information, prompting Vermouth to hang up.
• Vermouth concluded that Jiang Xia had concealed Conan's survival from the organization and considered investigating Jiang Xia more closely.
• Vermouth imagined Jiang Xia might kill Conan and Ran to protect himself, then turned the elevator back toward Jiang Xia's room to kill him.

Jiang Xia’s Aura left Vermouth conflicted about whether he threatened Kudo Shinichi, so she decided to restrain him while she investigated his intentions. Meanwhile, Conan learned that someone had used Jiang Xia’s phone to impersonate Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran, and he asked Professor Agasa whether any Voice Changers had been sold.

• After Vermouth left, Jiang Xia woke up and learned from the Ghosts that she had returned with a large amount of Killing Intent.
• Vermouth entered Jiang Xia’s room intending to poison him, but reconsidered her suspicions and wondered whether he might help protect Kudo Shinichi.
• Vermouth decided to keep Jiang Xia from harming Kudo Shinichi while she investigated his change in attitude, then went to fetch restraints.
• Conan called Kudo Yukiko and Suzuki Sonoko, learned that someone had used Jiang Xia’s phone to impersonate Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran, and set out to check on Jiang Xia.
• Conan called Professor Agasa and asked whether he had recently sold any Voice Changers.

Conan worried that someone had imitated Ran’s voice and targeted Jiang Xia, while Professor Agasa and Haibara Ai discussed Vermouth’s voice-mimicking abilities. Amuro Tooru heard Conan’s account, suspected Vermouth was involved, and set out to handle the matter.

• Professor Agasa explained that he had given Jiang Xia a Bowtie Voice Changer, but Jiang Xia had found it ineffective.
• Haibara Ai warned Conan that Vermouth could imitate voices, and Conan considered whether Ran had uncovered his identity with Jiang Xia’s help.
• Conan realized Jiang Xia had taken a case and began searching his contacts for the detective agency’s boss, but Amuro Tooru approached him.
• Conan told Amuro Tooru about the suspicious calls while concealing anything related to Kudo Shinichi.
• Amuro Tooru suspected Vermouth might be targeting Jiang Xia because of his connection to Sherry, then left to investigate.
• Amuro Tooru called Jiang Xia, got no answer, and dialed another number.

Amuro Tooru called Gin after Jiang Xia disappeared, suspecting Vermouth had taken him. Vermouth tried to restrain Jiang Xia, but he overpowered and handcuffed her to the bed, leaving her trapped as he considered what to do next.

• Amuro Tooru told Gin that Jiang Xia had gone missing and accused Vermouth of taking him.
• Gin dismissed Amuro's request for Vermouth's contact information, then emailed her to warn her to stay within limits.
• Vermouth returned to Jiang Xia's room with handcuffs and tried to cuff him, but found him awake.
• Vermouth attacked Jiang Xia with a stun gun, but he disarmed and overpowered her, then cuffed her to the bedframe.
• Jiang Xia tied a towel around Vermouth's hand, kicked the urinal away, and asked if she had heard of Drunken Fist.
• Vermouth struggled to free herself while Jiang Xia turned toward her shoulder bag.