Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia investigated the Takeda Family’s suspicious deaths while Takeda Shinichi privately asked him to conceal the killer’s identity. After refusing, Jiang Xia watched the family’s tensions deepen and learned that the twins suspected Robert of killing Misa because of a mistranslated message.

• Jiang Xia suspected that one of the Takeda mother and daughter might not have died by suicide and focused on catching the Ghost to learn its origin.
• Takeda Shinichi asked Jiang Xia to investigate Negishi’s supposed suicide and keep any discovery of the family murderer secret, while secretly planning to kill Jiang Xia and his companions if necessary.
• Jiang Xia refused to conceal the truth from the police, provoking Takeda Shinichi’s Killing Intent; Takeda then hid the house’s telephone line.
• Takeda Yoko offered to show Jiang Xia around, but her twin daughters recognized Robert and called him a murderer before asking Jiang Xia if he had come to catch him.
• Jiang Xia realized the twins blamed Robert for Misa’s death because they had misunderstood his written message, though the Ghost Fetus made Misa’s supposed suicide seem uncertain.

Jiang Xia investigated the Storage Room, heard Takeda Yoko’s tale of Lord Spider, and learned how the deaths were linked to the former Spider Temple site. He captured a fast-moving Ghost and identified her as Takeda Misa, whose painful past began after Takeda Shinichi revealed she was not his biological daughter.

• Jiang Xia changed his mind and followed Takeda Yoko to the Storage Room, where he saw several fast-moving Ghosts vanish.
• Takeda Yoko told Jiang Xia, Hattori Heiji, and Toyama Kazuha the legend of Lord Spider and explained that Takeda Shinichi had replaced Spider Temple with a warehouse.
• Takeda Yoko connected the deaths of Misa, Kinuyo, and Negishi Akio to spiderwebs or fishing line, but the group left for dinner before Hattori Heiji could question Jiang Xia.
• Jiang Xia ate the meal after his Ghosts reported that the food had not been tampered with, then slipped away to inspect the captured Ghost.
• Jiang Xia identified the Ghost as Takeda Misa and learned that Takeda Shinichi had revealed she was not his biological daughter, after which he shoved her into a pillar and disfigured her.

Takeda Misa’s ghost contracted with Jiang Xia, asking him to discover why Robert had told her to die. While Jiang Xia left with Robert and Toyama Kazuha, Robert prepared to kill Takeda Shinichi, and Hattori Heiji stayed behind to investigate.

• Jiang Xia learned how Takeda Shinichi had killed Takeda Misa and how her death had been mistaken for suicide.
• Takeda Misa chose to learn why Robert had cruelly rejected her, and Jiang Xia made a temporary Contract with her.
• Takeda Misa transformed into Spider Lady when Jiang Xia suggested Robert might have toyed with her, then calmed down and stayed with him.
• Takeda Shinichi left dinner to return to his work, and Robert borrowed the car keys to visit Misa’s grave with Toyama Kazuha.
• Jiang Xia joined Robert and Toyama Kazuha, while Hattori Heiji stayed behind, suspecting Robert and resolving to solve Negishi Akio’s murder.
• Robert prepared his hanging device at the Puppet Warehouse and fired BB pellets at its window, with Takeda Shinichi inside.

Gin and Vodka watched Jiang Xia’s trap kill Takeda Shinichi, then Gin sent the organization’s men to retrieve Takeda’s list and drug-filled puppets. Jiang Xia drove Robert and Toyama Kazuha to Misa’s grave, where they found human remains and unexpectedly encountered the Detective Boys and Professor Agasa.

• Jiang Xia’s trap caught Takeda Shinichi with a rope and left him hanging among fishing lines, while Gin and Vodka watched from the Observation Tower.
• Gin judged that Jiang Xia’s murder plan had worked and ordered the Tottori Branch’s Logistics Officers to take Takeda’s list and drug-filled puppets.
• Vodka worried about Jiang Xia’s methods and considered copying Gin’s high-collared outfit for protection.
• Jiang Xia searched for Gin and Vodka as Robert drove him and Toyama Kazuha to the cemetery where Misa was buried.
• Toyama Kazuha slipped near a hill and discovered a skull, prompting a scream that brought Professor Agasa and the Detective Boys running.
• Haibara Ai suspected the scattered bones might be connected to Jiang Xia’s mission, then concluded that the discovery was likely a coincidence.

Jiang Xia and his companions discovered human remains near the mountain observation point and returned to the inn to investigate who had arranged the guests’ invitations. Meanwhile, Hattori Heiji found Takeda Shinichi murdered in Spider Mansion, and the chapter ended with Jiang Xia suspecting that either Nonomiya Etsuko or Mr. Amado had planned the gathering.

• Jiang Xia found human bones, a ring engraved “ETSUKO to ASAO,” and a cigarette-pack message beneath a stone near the observation point.
• Haibara Ai explained that Kono Asao had disappeared about a year earlier after arguing with Nonomiya Etsuko, and Jiang Xia agreed to call the police despite the lack of phone service nearby.
• Mr. Amado encountered the group and fled after seeing the remains, so Jiang Xia and the others headed to his inn to use its phone.
• Takeda Yuzo reported that Takeda Shinichi was missing, and Hattori Heiji led the family to the locked warehouse, where they found Shinichi’s hanging corpse.
• At the inn, Haibara Ai told Jiang Xia about Mr. Amado’s connection to Kawano, and Jiang Xia suspected that either Nonomiya Etsuko or Amado had sent the invitations.
• Jiang Xia discovered that the inn’s phone was not connected to a telephone line, while Amado explained that he had gathered those present when Kawano disappeared in hopes of exposing the killer.

Jiang Xia kept the guests from leaving the mountain inn after their truck was sabotaged, while everyone tried to solve Kawano’s dying message. Haibara spotted Nonomiya Etsuko in the woods and discovered that several guests had vanished from the inn, leaving the group unsure where they had gone.

• Mikami Heihachi returned after finding that every car tire had been deflated, and Robert, Futagawa Hajime, and Mikami tried to leave in Robert’s truck.
• Robert found that something blocked the truck’s keyhole, and Jiang Xia let him believe the mastermind had sabotaged it while secretly withdrawing his Puppet Clay.
• The guests stayed at the inn for the night and arranged matches to study Kawano’s dying message; Jiang Xia pretended to be sleepy while Haibara urged him to rest.
• Haibara noticed Futagawa Hajime’s room was empty and saw Nonomiya Etsuko walking through the woods, then hurried back to tell Jiang Xia.
• Jiang Xia and the others found that Futagawa Hajime, Nonomiya Etsuko, Amado, and Mikami Heihachi had all disappeared from the inn.

Jiang Xia discovered that the Editor-in-Chief had killed Futagawa Hajime, while Haibara Ai worried about the remaining suspects and the missing telephone line. Jiang Xia then exposed inn owner Amado as the person who had hidden it.

• Jiang Xia, Haibara Ai, and Toyama Kazuha found Futagawa Hajime dead beneath the cliff, and Jiang Xia saw the Editor-in-Chief flee from above.
• Haibara Ai noticed a cigarette-pack message in Futagawa Hajime’s hand, while Professor Agasa found a phone containing a confession attributed to Futagawa Hajime.
• Jiang Xia returned to the inn and prepared to confront the three suspects as Haibara Ai worried that there might be multiple killers.
• Jiang Xia told Haibara Ai to pretend to have appendicitis to make the person hiding the telephone line reveal it, but admitted he had another method.
• Jiang Xia pinned down Amado and pulled the missing telephone line from his pocket.

Jiang Xia called the police, exposed Mikami Heihachi as the killer of Kawano and Futagawa, and provoked him into confessing. After Mikami tried to pull a rifle from his bag, Jiang Xia disarmed and beat him while Robert feared his own crimes might be discovered; when Hattori Heiji arrived with the police, a figure on the floor grabbed his leg.

• Jiang Xia restrained Boss Amado, called the police, and explained that Boss Amado had invited the guests after finding Kawano’s remains and dying messages.
• Jiang Xia identified Mikami Heihachi as the killer by explaining how Kawano and Futagawa’s dying messages pointed to him and how his binoculars could conceal the murder weapon.
• Mikami Heihachi confessed to killing Kawano and Futagawa, and Nonomiya Etsuko realized her past argument with Kawano had stemmed from a misunderstanding about his comet discovery.
• Mikami Heihachi assembled a rifle from the contents of his bag, but Jiang Xia struck his wrist, disarmed him, and beat him as Haibara Ai kicked the gun beneath a sofa.
• Robert worried that Jiang Xia might discover he was also a murderer, and Hattori Heiji arrived with the police before a figure on the floor grabbed his leg.

Jiang Xia and Hattori Heiji left the inn after Mikami Heihachi confessed, then continued to Spider Mansion to investigate another murder. On the way, Hattori learned that Takeda Misa may have misread Robert’s word “shine” as “shi ne,” while Jiang Xia secretly worried that Gin and Vodka had abandoned him.

• Hattori Heiji handed Mikami Heihachi over to the police, and officers found a bent Rifle beneath the sofa after a child pointed it out.
• Jiang Xia joined Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha in a police car headed for Spider Mansion, where Hattori said he had deduced why Takeda Misa hanged herself three years earlier.
• Hattori Heiji explained that Robert had written “shine” to describe Misa, but she may have read its Romanized pronunciation as “shi ne”; Jiang Xia urged him not to present the uncertain theory to the police.
• Jiang Xia smoked a Ghost Mint cigarette to replenish Spider Lady’s Killing Intent, then pretended to sleep while Hattori Heiji prepared to solve the Spider Mansion case.
• Toyama Kazuha stopped Hattori Heiji from waking Jiang Xia, and Hattori reflected on how often detectives seemed to encounter murder cases.
• At the Takeda Family residence, Jiang Xia searched a dark corner for suspicious Men in Black but found no sign of them and worried that Gin and Vodka had left him behind.

After the police failed to find the drugs and customer list at the Takeda Family home, Jiang Xia left for the pier to await Gin and Vodka. He signed a Contract with Spider Lady, learned her dangerous new skill, and formed a new Persona whose first test ended with a faint tearing sound.

• Jiang Xia learned that the police had found hollow but empty puppets and no customer list, then left the investigation to the officers.
• Jiang Xia rode down the mountain with Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, then traveled to an inn near the designated pier after receiving Gin's coded email.
• Jiang Xia signed a Contract with Spider Lady, whose Pattern Seal appeared on her forehead and whose skill could make a target disappear, grant her spider legs, or trigger suicidal behavior.
• Jiang Xia formed a new Persona from Spider Lady and Puppet Clay, creating a white-kimono figure with a bamboo hat and veil.
• Jiang Xia tested the Persona at the inn window, sensed its body, and heard fabric tearing from its back.

Jiang Xia tested his new Spider Persona, discovered a Shikigami-rich moneylender and a planned electrocution on the Kaiyuan, and decided to travel with Gin so he could collect the spirits. The next morning, Gin questioned why Jiang Xia had not solved the Spider Mansion case, then gave him a box of snacks.

• Jiang Xia tested the Spider Persona's wall-crawling ability and found that it consumed killing intent.
• Jiang Xia entered Kawai Kazuyuki's room, recognized his planned fishing-boat electrocution of Yamazaki Tsuneo, and found Yamazaki covered in seven Shikigami.
• Jiang Xia decided to take the Kaiyuan with Gin rather than the organization's boat so he could collect the Shikigami during the case.
• Gin and Vodka arrived at Jiang Xia's inn room the next morning, and Gin questioned him about the Spider Mansion case being solved by another Detective.
• Jiang Xia explained that hiding his connection to the drug-trafficking route mattered more than solving the case, and Gin accepted the explanation before handing him a box of snacks.

Gin warned Jiang Xia that Takeda Shinichi had sent him cyanide-laced pastries, then suspected him of sabotaging their boat after it sank. Gin confronted Jiang Xia with a gun, and Jiang Xia stopped denying the accusation as Spider Lady gathered the surrounding killing intent.

• Gin stopped Jiang Xia from eating pastries and revealed that Takeda Shinichi had poisoned them with potassium cyanide as a gift for him.
• Vodka carried the pastries away, believing Jiang Xia might be vulnerable to anesthetic-laced food.
• Gin found their boat sunk at the pier and, after checking the records of two passengers boarding a neighboring vessel, suspected that Jiang Xia had sabotaged it to set up a case.
• Gin and Vodka confronted Jiang Xia in his room, where Gin accused him of damaging the boat and Jiang Xia quietly stopped arguing.
• Spider Lady gathered the killing intent around Gin into a cluster while Jiang Xia looked down.

Jiang Xia agreed to travel to Moon Shadow Island by another boat after Gin accused him of creating serious risks by sinking the Organization’s transport. Gin suspected Jiang Xia might be cooperating with the Organization’s enemies and warned him that such suspicions would have consequences.

• Xiao Bai tried to harvest Spider Lady’s killing intent, and Spider Lady plucked it from the cluster and set it aside.
• Gin realized Jiang Xia’s remorseful expressions were rehearsed and suspected that his promises to behave were insincere.
• Gin considered Jiang Xia’s destruction of the Organization’s transport a serious security risk but held back from acting without evidence and before the mission was complete.
• Jiang Xia proposed taking the Kaiyuan to the main island and transferring to a boat for Moon Shadow Island.
• Vodka accused Jiang Xia of planning the sinking, but Gin silenced him and warned Jiang Xia that the sea would be an ideal place for the Organization’s enemies to capture them.

Gin forced Jiang Xia to wear a concealed surveillance necklace that he claimed contained a bomb, then sent him to board the Kaiyuan. Jiang Xia secretly insulated himself from its electric shock as Vodka began monitoring the camera footage and wondered what would happen if someone triggered the device by mistake.

• Jiang Xia denied tailoring scripts for Gin, and Gin handed him a concealed camera and listening device disguised as a necklace.
• Gin claimed the necklace held explosives and threatened Jiang Xia if he or anyone around him acted suspiciously while boarding the Kaiyuan.
• Jiang Xia provoked Gin by offering to take the ship first, then put on the necklace after Gin urged him to proceed.
• After leaving the inn, Jiang Xia slipped Puppet Clay between the necklace and his skin to protect himself from its electric current.
• Vodka opened the camera footage on his laptop and asked Gin what would happen if someone else accidentally triggered the necklace's switch.

Gin tested Vodka’s attitude toward Uzo with a fake bomb story, then explained that Uzo’s destructive behavior had earned him the Electric Shock Necklace. Gin considered escalating the punishment but wondered whether he was overreacting, given that The Boss seemed to value Uzo.

• Gin told Vodka the Necklace’s bomb was fake and secretly put the Electric Shock Switch away in his Briefcase.
• Vodka considered how to restrain Uzo with Anesthetic Pastries, while Gin used the conversation to assess Vodka’s hostility toward him.
• Vodka asked whether Uzo planned to join other factions in arresting Gin, and Gin said Uzo had no reason to contact official organizations.
• Gin explained that Uzo’s escalating behavior, including sinking an organization ship, justified the Necklace as restraint and punishment.
• Gin considered punishing Uzo more harshly if he repeated such behavior, but doubted The Boss would approve because he appreciated Uzo’s methods.
• Gin wondered whether The Boss’s regard for Uzo meant he had overreacted.

Gin reconsidered Uzo’s actions and decided to report them to That Lord rather than punish him out of personal anger. After hearing that the Captain’s Daughter seemed nervous around Uzo, Gin and Vodka boarded the Kaiyuan, where Jiang Xia had already arrived and was beginning to suspect the ship looked familiar.

• Gin reasoned that Uzo might have treated the sunken yacht as a prop for his Death Drama and decided to leave any punishment to That Lord.
• Vodka told Gin that the Captain’s Daughter acted strangely around Uzo, and Gin saw her nervous behavior on the camera feed.
• Gin ordered Vodka to bring the luggage and boarded the Kaiyuan, choosing it over waiting for another organization ship.
• Gin thought about the accidents troubling the organization in Tokyo and hurried to return there as soon as possible.
• Jiang Xia boarded the Kaiyuan with a supplementary ticket, chose an empty room, and recognized that the ship resembled one a salesman had once offered to the Detective Agency.
• Jiang Xia heard footsteps approaching him on deck.

Jiang Xia explained why he had allowed the Captain's Daughter to photograph him and how he planned to conceal the Necklace afterward. Gin accepted his precautions, while Vodka mistakenly believed Jiang Xia had read his private thoughts.

• The Captain's Daughter asked Jiang Xia for an autograph and a photo, and he discreetly shifted the Camera before posing with her.
• Gin and Vodka arrived in Jiang Xia's room, and Jiang Xia concluded that Gin's earlier accusation about Uzo joining outside forces had been deliberate troublemaking.
• Gin used his fingerprint to remove the Necklace and approved of Vodka for not touching the bomb remote's switch.
• Gin warned that the photo might reveal the Necklace, and Jiang Xia explained his plan to keep the photo private and later cover his neck with a scarf or turtleneck.
• Vodka connected Jiang Xia's clothing plan to his own secret wish to wear neck protection and feared Jiang Xia had read his mind.

Jiang Xia explained how he had prepared the necklace and photo to provide cover if anyone linked him to the Organization, while Gin concluded that Uzo had laid a clever false trail. Gin gave Jiang Xia the necklace and agreed to set it to unlock with his fingerprint, leaving Jiang Xia considering using it to capture Akai Shuichi.

• Vodka realized that the Organization's ship had likely been sunk by Uzo, but remembered Gin's warning and kept quiet.
• Gin inferred that Uzo had planted the necklace and photo as a safeguard to make any future investigator suspect the Organization was threatening Jiang Xia.
• Jiang Xia assured Gin that the Captain's Daughter would keep their photo private and explained that he had turned the necklace's camera aside before they took it.
• Gin gave Jiang Xia the necklace and said he would unlock it after handling matters in Tokyo.
• Jiang Xia asked Gin to set the necklace to unlock with his fingerprint and considered using it to capture Akai Shuichi.

Jiang Xia received the Necklace and its remote from Gin, then hinted that he knew there was no bomb inside. Gin later weighed the risks of Uzo betraying the Organization and decided to report the yacht while requesting a higher security clearance for him.

• Gin registered Jiang Xia's fingerprint on the Necklace and gave him its remote.
• Jiang Xia asked Gin to remove the Necklace's bomb, and Gin realized Jiang Xia had seen through the ruse because the device contained only an electric shock mechanism.
• Vodka suggested that Uzo might sell them out, but Gin argued that Uzo had too much to lose if his identity were exposed.
• Gin considered whether Uzo could target him and concluded that Vodka was the likeliest danger, while Bourbon was already under close scrutiny.
• Gin planned to report the sunken yacht to the Boss and request that Uzo's security clearance be raised.

Jiang Xia watched as Kawai Kazuyuki electrocuted Yamazaki Tsuneo on the fishing deck, then examined the dead man after Umihara Sayuri discovered them. As Jiang Xia collected the seven Shikigami that fell from Yamazaki, he began investigating the apparent accident.

• Gin reflected on the differences between Uzo and Vodka and planned to deal with Akai Shuichi after returning to Tokyo.
• Kawai Kazuyuki and Yamazaki Tsuneo ate dinner, and Kawai showed Yamazaki a new Fishing Rod before they went night fishing.
• Kawai exposed an electric wire, rigged a blade and fishing line, and maneuvered Yamazaki into touching the wire while a bucket of seawater spilled around them.
• Kawai pretended to be unconscious beside Yamazaki, while Umihara Sayuri found both men and screamed for help.
• Jiang Xia arrived, collected the seven Shikigami that fell from Yamazaki, checked the men, and began examining Yamazaki's corpse.