Chapter Summaries

Minamoto Kurenai explained why Koizumi Akako’s Love Chocolate spell had gone wrong and tried to divine the Mist Tengu’s location, but her search failed. She directed Koizumi Akako to investigate Kaito Kuroba, who later evaded her net only to land in a Magic Array.

• Minamoto Kurenai told Koizumi Akako that her spell likely failed because of her unstable Magic Power and warned her that Love Chocolate was forbidden, ordering her to write a ten-thousand-word self-criticism.
• Koizumi Akako feared the Mist Tengu might interpret her spell as a desire to eat her, while Minamoto Kurenai promised to help capture the yokai.
• Minamoto Kurenai’s divination failed to locate the Mist Tengu, so she told Koizumi Akako to find Kaito Kuroba and consider whether he was connected to the yokai.
• After school, Koizumi Akako ambushed Kid in an alley by throwing a magical net at him.
• Kid dodged the net with a fishing line and landed in a Magic Array.

Minamoto Kurenai captured Kaito Kuroba and used a Magic Array and divination to confirm his connection to the Mist Tengu. She tortured him for information about how to contact the monster, and Kaito finally said they usually spoke by telephone.

• Minamoto Kurenai deduced that her captive was Kid rather than the Mist Tengu and took him to a castle.
• She placed Kaito in a Magic Array, whose pain became unbearable without the Mist Tengu absorbing its Magic Power.
• Minamoto Kurenai used Kaito's hair and a Crystal Ball to see visions of Kid meeting the Mist Tengu.
• She demanded to know how Kaito contacted the monster and intensified the Magic Array when he stayed silent.
• Kaito finally admitted that he and the Mist Tengu usually contacted each other by telephone.

Minamoto Kurenai tortured Kid for information about the Mist Tengu, then planned to lure the creature out with a forged calling card. Later, Jiang Xia went shopping with Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Conan, and the group headed to Beika Art Theater after Ran won tickets to a play.

• Minamoto Kurenai tried to get Kid to give her the Mist Tengu's phone number, but Kid told her to call the police and taunted her.
• Minamoto Kurenai used magic to torture Kid, then ordered a servant to forge one of his calling cards and publish it in a newspaper as bait.
• Jiang Xia accompanied Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko on a long shopping trip for materials for their school festival play, while Conan came along too.
• Mouri Ran won four VIP tickets to Blood Color Garden, and Suzuki Sonoko suggested they visit the theater that evening.
• Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Conan went to Beika Art Theater, where Jiang Xia heard a familiar name behind him.

Jiang Xia learned that Kid planned to steal a familiar gem that night and decided to investigate while also pursuing a theater murder opportunity. Meanwhile, Minamoto Kurenai completed a Magic Array and ordered Kid thrown into it.

• Conan borrowed a newspaper from a young woman and found Kid's heist announced for that night.
• Jiang Xia recognized the target gem as one Slack had previously stolen and suspected something was wrong.
• Jiang Xia decided to use a puppet to investigate Kid while staying at the theater to pursue the Killing Intent there.
• Minamoto Kurenai completed a Magic Array in an Old Castle and had her servant place the exhausted Kid inside it.

Minamoto Kurenai transformed into Kid and explained that she had only pretended to stab him, then prepared to use a disguise plan with Koizumi Akako to catch the Mist Tengu. As Kid lost consciousness, the two witches exchanged appearances, while the play was about to begin at Beika Art Theater.

• Minamoto Kurenai pressed her Magic Staff to Kid’s heart as Koizumi Akako entered and questioned her about killing him.
• Minamoto Kurenai stabbed Kid, then revealed there was no blood and transformed herself into Kid using the Magic Staff.
• Minamoto Kurenai warned Akako that killing people was against the law and said they needed to catch the Mist Tengu before anyone learned about the yokai.
• Kid tried to erase the Magic Array restraining him but could not move, and Minamoto Kurenai noticed his attempt.
• Minamoto Kurenai checked Akako’s magic-enhancing clothes, then transferred her appearance to Akako, who became Kid.
• Kid watched the exchange before losing consciousness, while the audience gathered at Beika Art Theater for the play.

Jiang Xia pursued a figure disguised as Kid, hoping to capture her and learn where the real Kid was hiding. He discovered Koizumi Akako was luring him into a Magic Array, but the array’s Magic Power vanished before it could trap him, and he caught up with her instead.

• Jiang Xia sent Shikigami toward the figure posing as Kid and weakened his Mist Tengu puppet to release more of them.
• Jiang Xia recognized that the figure’s Magic Power suggested she was Koizumi Akako, and she fled after noticing him.
• Koizumi Akako followed Minamoto Kurenai’s plan and led Jiang Xia toward a hidden Magic Array.
• The Magic Array activated around Jiang Xia, but its Magic Power was drained away in seconds.
• Jiang Xia chased down Koizumi Akako and slammed her against the rooftop tower wall.

Jiang Xia confronted Koizumi Akako after revealing her disguise and draining the Magic Power she had used to pose as Kid. A sniper then fired at him, and he flew toward the shooter while leaving Akako behind.

• Jiang Xia pinned down the disguised Kid and discovered that the person beneath the disguise was Koizumi Akako.
• Koizumi Akako asked whether Mist Tengu had chased her because the Love Chocolate worked or because he wanted her Magic Power.
• Jiang Xia noticed Akako had been completely drained of Magic Power and asked whether Kid was with her.
• Koizumi Akako began offering to take Jiang Xia back with her, but he shoved her aside and took flight as a sniper bullet grazed him.
• Jiang Xia dodged another bullet and flew toward the shooter, leaving the stunned Koizumi Akako behind.

Jiang Xia followed the magical trace left by Koizumi Akako’s disguise instead of searching the crowd for the sniper. At the Square, Minamoto Kurenai explained her trap to Koizumi and began considering other ways to capture the Mist Tengu.

• Jiang Xia repaired his damaged puppet and flew after the magical trace that had been connected to Koizumi Akako.
• Minamoto Kurenai left the sealed-off area and waited at the arranged meeting place in the Square.
• Koizumi Akako confronted Minamoto Kurenai about the Magic Array and the Sniper Rifle, and Minamoto admitted she had withheld the plan to test whether the Mist Tengu could absorb Magic Power.
• Koizumi Akako realized the Mist Tengu had drained the Magic Power from the array and from her, and she lamented that he had left without even a feather.
• Minamoto Kurenai concluded that firearms could hurt the Mist Tengu but set physical capture aside for now, then asked her armed servant whether he had obtained it.

Jiang Xia found Kid trapped in a magic array at a castle in the forest and accidentally drained the magic power Kid had been gathering, causing him to collapse. While Jiang Xia searched the castle for more magic power and a possible hidden magician, Minamoto Kurenai realized the evidence from the Mist Tengu’s wound was missing, and the play continued at Beika Art Theater.

• Minamoto Kurenai’s servant reported that he had failed to find any blood or scraps from the Mist Tengu, and Minamoto Kurenai reacted with alarm.
• Kid gradually recovered enough strength to move a finger and began trying to disrupt the magic array holding him down.
• Jiang Xia followed a faint magical connection to a forest castle, where his Ghosts and Shikigami began collecting magic power.
• Jiang Xia touched Kid’s fingers and absorbed the magic power he had gathered, leaving Kid unconscious after the magic array’s restraints vanished.
• Jiang Xia checked that Kid was stable, moved him to a sofa, and searched the castle for more magical tools and a possible hidden magician.
• At Beika Art Theater, the play’s leads sat at a round table as their story approached a lovers’ suicide and the mistaken use of fake poison.

At the theater, actress Oide Shoko died during a staged lovers’ suicide, and Conan began investigating the apparent murder. Amuro Tooru came to observe Jiang Xia’s case-solving, but found him unresponsive and startled Miyano Akemi instead.

• During the play, Oide Shoko remained motionless after the other actors rose, and staff called emergency services and the police.
• Conan rushed to the stage, while the audience was evacuated and questioned by police.
• Amuro Tooru heard that Jiang Xia was at the theater and went there to watch how he solved the case.
• With Jiang Xia’s body unable to respond, Miyano Akemi and Xiao Bai stayed beside him as Conan examined the crime scene.
• Amuro Tooru approached Jiang Xia and patted his shoulder, startling Miyano Akemi.

During a theater murder investigation, Jiang Xia remained motionless while Miyano Akemi and Xiao Bai waited for instructions, leaving Conan and Amuro Tooru to interpret his behavior. Amuro grew more suspicious that Jiang Xia might be Uzo, while Conan decided Jiang Xia needed medical help.

• Miyano Akemi and Xiao Bai noticed Amuro Tooru and messaged Jiang Xia instead of taking control of his body.
• Conan found Jiang Xia sitting motionless and approached Amuro Tooru, who asked why Jiang Xia had no leads on the case.
• Conan told Amuro Tooru that Jiang Xia sometimes spaced out around disturbing scenes and considered finding him a doctor.
• Amuro Tooru suspected Jiang Xia's stillness might stem from trauma over witnessing his parents' deaths in a car accident.
• Amuro Tooru recalled that Jiang Xia's psychiatrist, Kazato Kyosuke, had been imprisoned after Jiang Xia caught him assaulting a police officer, deepening Amuro's suspicion that Jiang Xia was Uzo.

Amuro Tooru and Conan joined the investigation into Oide Shoko’s poisoning while Jiang Xia remained mysteriously unresponsive. After Miyano Akemi moved Jiang Xia’s body toward the stage at his instruction, Amuro heard something crack near the ceiling above the steps, leaving the source unclear.

• Amuro Tooru decided to stop watching Jiang Xia and investigate the suspects, while Conan led him toward the stage.
• Miyano Akemi and Xiao Bai received Jiang Xia’s message to move his body closer to the crime scene and resume idling.
• The suspects argued over who could have poisoned Oide Shoko with cyanide, and Tateoka Jun was implicated because he had delivered the water and had a history with her.
• Miyano Akemi guided Jiang Xia’s body around the steps and onto the stage, while Conan warned him that Amuro Tooru was nearby.
• Amuro Tooru heard a crack from a corner of the ceiling above the stage steps and looked up for its source.

Mouri Ran saved Jiang Xia from a falling railing after Tateoka Jun confessed to tampering with the curtain, while Amuro Tooru continued to weigh his suspicions about Jiang Xia and Conan. Elsewhere, Jiang Xia left the witch’s castle carrying the exhausted Kid and urged him to learn magic, prompting Kid to question how he knew about it.

• Tateoka Jun confessed that he had tampered with the curtain, and the heavy railing above Jiang Xia immediately fell.
• Mouri Ran kicked the railing aside and saved Jiang Xia, while Amuro Tooru noticed Conan’s electrified shoe and reconsidered his suspicions about Jiang Xia.
• Miyano Akemi, controlling Jiang Xia’s real body, stayed beside the crime scene as Amuro Tooru brought him a stool and the crew condemned Tateoka Jun.
• Jiang Xia drained magic power from objects in the witch’s castle, then returned to the room where Kid had been recovering.
• Jiang Xia picked up Kid and flew toward the city, advising him to learn magic; Kid asked whether Jiang Xia would teach him and began to suspect something was amiss.

Kid discussed learning Magic with Mist Tengu, who brought him to a hospital after their flight. Jiang Xia returned to his main body at Beika Art Theater and surveyed the dangerous scene there.

• Kid realized Mist Tengu had urged him to learn Magic and considered asking his mother and Grandpa Jii for help.
• Kid told Mist Tengu that his father had supposedly died in an explosion eight years earlier, and Mist Tengu suggested he might still be alive.
• Kid speculated that a Magicians Association might exist and warned Mist Tengu not to charge into it recklessly.
• Mist Tengu dropped Kid outside a hospital duty room and flew away, leaving Kid to greet a startled female doctor.
• Jiang Xia returned to his main body at Beika Art Theater and saw that a fallen curtain railing had smashed a deep pit into the stage.

Jiang Xia solved the stage poisoning case after Conan handed it over, exposing the manager’s fishing-line method. He returned to waiting for an Invitation Letter and began watching the forest and Furuta High School for Koizumi Akako or her aunt, but neither appeared.

• Jiang Xia caught Conan preparing to solve the case and identified the fishing-line poisoning method before Conan could speak.
• Conan noticed Amuro Tooru watching, reconsidered whether he was connected to the Anonymous Organization, and asked Jiang Xia to solve the case instead.
• Jiang Xia told Inspector Megure that the manager had strangulation marks on her hand and likely still had the fishing line.
• Officer Takagi spotted the twisted line suspending a star decoration, and Jiang Xia explained how the manager had lowered poison into Oide Shoko’s cup and accidentally tangled the line.
• The manager confessed after the broken fishing line and the piece in her pocket exposed her, and Jiang Xia learned she had killed Oide Shoko over a past romantic dispute.
• Jiang Xia began searching for Koizumi Akako’s aunt at the forest and Furuta High School, but found the Castle empty and Koizumi Akako absent from school.

Jiang Xia spent his idle days visiting Kid to collect magic power and looking for ways to find a case. He called Haibara Ai to ask where the Detective Boys were, hoping to make good on his promise to take them to a movie, unaware that the children had specifically told her not to tell him their plans.

• Jiang Xia continued visiting Kid to collect small amounts of magic power, and Jii Konosuke gave the Mist Tengu a phone after mistaking its visits for a possible threat to the neighborhood.
• Jiang Xia tried to find a reason to travel by asking Mouri Kogoro about his plans, but Mouri Kogoro planned to stay home studying Kinoshita Yoko's merchandise.
• Jiang Xia found no new outings or work through Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, Gin, Vodka, Vermouth, or Amuro Tooru.
• Jiang Xia decided to invite the Detective Boys to a movie to fulfill his earlier promise and called Haibara Ai to ask what they were doing.
• Haibara Ai remembered that the Detective Boys usually warned her and Conan not to tell Jiang Xia about their group activities.

Haibara Ai sent Jiang Xia to Otomo Mall, where he encountered Conan and the Detective Boys playing a game of guessing dinners from discarded receipts. One receipt listed suspicious tools from a nearby shop, leaving Conan wondering what its purchaser intended to do.

• Haibara Ai asked Jiang Xia to buy seafood at Otomo Mall, and he agreed.
• Conan, Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko played a game guessing meals from discarded receipts.
• Jiang Xia arrived and took a stack of receipts, startling the three children into apologizing for invading customers’ privacy.
• Jiang Xia read a receipt listing a raincoat, gloves, hemp rope, large black plastic bags, and a cleaver.
• Conan checked the receipt and saw that it came from a tool shop, then wondered what the purchaser planned to do with the items.

Conan and Jiang Xia investigated suspicious receipts that suggested someone might use poison and a cleaver to commit a crime, then followed a receipt to Utopia Beika Park. There, a metal hook fell near the Detective Boys, and Genta noticed a shadow behind him just before touching it.

• Ayumi recognized cupcake ingredients on one receipt, while Mitsuhiko found a pharmacy purchase of Cronie, which Conan explained was a toxic, odorless poison that could paralyze people.
• Conan connected the poison, cleaver, and raincoat on the receipts to a possible murder and urged Jiang Xia to find the shopper.
• The group checked nearby shops, found no useful information, and headed to the Convenience Store at Utopia Beika Park; Jiang Xia called Haibara Ai and asked her to meet them for the groceries.
• Haibara Ai met Jiang Xia and the Detective Boys near an intersection and invited the children to her home for cookies after their investigation.
• A series of metallic sounds drew the group’s attention to an S-shaped hook on the ground, and Genta backed away when he noticed a shadow behind him.

Jiang Xia and the Detective Boys investigated an SOS signal made from a wedding ring and two hooks, then traced it to a likely hostage in Room 205. They headed there to check whether Asuka was still alive.

• Haibara Ai found a wedding ring engraved “M to A” and lipstick stains on the handkerchief, suggesting a woman had sent the SOS signal.
• Jiang Xia decided to enter the apartment building, reasoning that the kidnapper had probably seen the signal but was unlikely to kill the hostage immediately.
• Conan identified Room 205 as the window from which the ring had been thrown.
• The group matched the ring’s initials to the mailbox for Shima Masakazu and Shima Asuka, then set out for Room 205.

Jiang Xia and the children investigated the suspicious wedding ring and confronted the residents of Room 205, only to discover that Shima Asuka was alive and a fan of Jiang Xia. Haibara Ai suspected the couple might still have brought a hostage into the apartment.

• Jiang Xia led the children up to the second floor after identifying Shima Asuka and Shima Masakazu as the couple whose names matched the ring.
• Conan overheard Shima Asuka and Shima Masakazu discussing killing and cleaning up as they left Room 205, alarming the children.
• Jiang Xia approached the couple and asked whether they had killed someone, while Haibara Ai prepared to help him.
• Shima Asuka explained that they had been talking about crushing bugs, then recognized Jiang Xia and asked him for an autograph.
• Shima Asuka showed the children her driver's license, confirming she was alive, while Shima Masakazu pulled her away.
• Haibara Ai wondered whether the couple were kidnappers who had brought another hostage into Room 205.