Chapter Summaries

Officer Takagi and Jiang Xia investigated the rebar incident and discovered that the injured man, Manaka Daijiro, had carried rope, gloves, and a note suggesting he intended to die. Manaka woke with amnesia, leaving the group unsure whether restoring his memory might bring back his suicidal intent.

• An FBI agent reported that Jiang Xia suspected Michael, and James ordered the agents to keep watching Jiang Xia without blaming him.
• Mouri Ran gave Officer Takagi the injured man's travel bag, and he found Hemp Rope, gloves, a wallet, and an unsealed note saying the writer had had enough of living.
• Officer Takagi identified the man as twenty-seven-year-old Manaka Daijiro, and the group wondered whether he had planned to hang himself.
• A nurse told the group that Manaka had awakened, and he failed to recognize his own name before crying out that he could remember nothing.
• Shitara Renki and Officer Takagi worried that Manaka might resume his suicide attempt if treatment restored the memory of his plan.

Jiang Xia and the others investigated why Manaka Daijiro might have wanted to kill himself by visiting his apartment, where they learned that he was a struggling painter in debt. Two blond debt collectors arrived and left after hearing that Manaka had only been injured in an accident, leaving the group to consider his financial troubles.

• Suzuki Sonoko, Mouri Ran, and Shitara Renki agreed to find out why Manaka Daijiro wanted to die and try to help him.
• Conan questioned whether Manaka had actually intended suicide, since he had been heading toward a residential district.
• Jiang Xia and the others went to Manaka Daijiro's apartment while Officer Takagi stayed at the hospital to watch over him.
• The landlady showed them Manaka's realistic paintings and explained that he worked slowly, sold few paintings, and could not afford his rent.
• Two blond debt collectors demanded repayment of two million yen, then left after Jiang Xia told them Manaka had broken his leg in an accident.
• The landlady told Jiang Xia that Manaka was constantly in debt and the collectors visited every day.

Conan and the others learned that Manaka Daijiro was deeply in debt and had no help from his wealthy uncle, then investigated his apparent amnesia. Conan concluded that Manaka was faking his memory loss and planned to kill someone.

• The landlady told the group that Manaka Daijiro was an orphan in debt whose wealthy uncle had refused to lend him money.
• Suzuki Sonoko guessed that Manaka had planned to stage his suicide at his uncle's mansion to force him to lend the money, and Jiang Xia suggested returning to the hospital to check.
• Conan spoke with Manaka in the hospital and noticed that he accepted being called a painter despite supposedly having forgotten his identity.
• Conan concluded that Manaka was pretending to have amnesia not to die by suicide, but to kill someone.