Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia and the Detective Boys traced the killing intent to Room 605, where they confronted a suspicious woman who appeared to be an intruder. The woman shut and locked the door before Jiang Xia could question her, leaving them outside.

• Jiang Xia and Conan ruled out Shima Asuka and continued searching the apartment building for the couple whose names fit the clues.
• On the sixth floor, Jiang Xia sensed the killing intent in Room 605 and led the others back to it.
• Jiang Xia asked Haibara Ai to knock because he suspected the person inside might not open the door for him.
• A woman opened Room 605 with the door chain on, and Conan pointed out that her shoes did not match the shoes in the entryway.
• Jiang Xia stopped Conan from using his anesthetic watch, then the woman slammed the door and locked it from inside.

Jiang Xia captured Hasegawa Ikuyo after she kidnapped Misato Uehara and uncovered her plan to kill Akihiko Uehara. Just as he headed out for a movie with the children, Conan called to say Ayumi had witnessed a suspect in a serial arson case, canceling their plans.

• Jiang Xia kicked down Room 605’s door, frightened Hasegawa Ikuyo, and had Conan incapacitate her with an Anesthetic Needle.
• The children found Misato Uehara tied up in the storage room, and Jiang Xia collected Hasegawa Ikuyo’s killing intent while waiting for the police.
• Hasegawa Ikuyo confessed that she had planned to poison Akihiko Uehara with cupcakes, but kidnapped Misato when Akihiko was away.
• Jiang Xia arranged to see a movie with the children and later traveled to Shinagawa Ward for their outing.
• Conan called Jiang Xia and explained that Ayumi had witnessed a possible culprit near the fifth scene in a serial arson case, so the children were going to investigate instead of seeing a movie.

After Conan canceled the Detective Boys’ movie plans, Jiang Xia called Sato Miwako to ask about her case and learned about an eighteen-year-old unsolved murder. At the station, one of the old men connected to the case recognized Jiang Xia and gave off killing intent.

• Conan canceled the movie outing and offered to take Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko instead, then suggested Jiang Xia contact Sato Miwako about a difficult case.
• Jiang Xia called Sato Miwako, who explained that she was investigating an arsonist with the Detective Boys and had also discussed her father’s unsolved case with his old classmates.
• Jiang Xia recognized the case as the Shousirou Case, whose statute of limitations had expired three years earlier.
• Four old men got off a Subway train, and one of them recognized Jiang Xia as a Detective and revealed killing intent.

Jiang Xia provoked Kano Shuji into revealing his guilt over the Shousirou Case while guiding Sato Miwako toward clues about her father's death. The chapter left Kano alarmed that the case's statute of limitations might not have expired because he had spent three years abroad.

• Jiang Xia overheard Kano Shuji's killing intent and recounted details of the Shousirou Case during a phone call with Sato Miwako.
• Kano Shuji recognized that Jiang Xia was describing the robbery he had committed and recalled that Sato Masayoshi had identified him before being struck by a truck.
• Jiang Xia suggested that Sato Masayoshi's dying words had been a plea for the criminal to surrender and that the criminal must have been close to him.
• Sato Miwako realized her father may have concealed the killer's identity to give someone close to him a chance to surrender.
• Jiang Xia suggested the killer might have spent more than three years abroad, and Kano Shuji stiffened because he had studied in Italy for three years.

Jiang Xia subdued the fleeing arson suspect at Shinagawa Station, while Takagi Wataru stopped him from striking the suspect further. Afterward, Sato Miwako remembered that Conan had told Jiang Xia about her father.

• Sato Miwako told Jiang Xia that a man had been found dead near the fourth arson scene and warned him that the suspect had fled into Shinagawa Station.
• Jiang Xia spotted the trench-coated suspect rushing toward him and evaded the man’s attempt to seize him as a hostage.
• Jiang Xia swept the suspect to the ground and stepped on him, but Takagi Wataru intervened before he could draw his Collapsible Baton.
• Jiang Xia told Sato Miwako that he had caught the suspect and was unharmed, and Sato ended the call after hearing Takagi nearby.
• Sato Miwako asked Conan whether he had told Jiang Xia about her father.

Jiang Xia helped police catch a subway pickpocket while the real arsonist remained at large, and Takagi independently found a clue to the Shousirou Case. The chapter left Takagi recognizing Kano beside Jiang Xia as the person linked to the clue.

• Sato Miwako realized Jiang Xia had likely investigated the Shousirou Case because it involved her father and recalled footage that might help identify the culprit.
• Jiang Xia handed an unconscious subway pickpocket to the police, while the real arsonist remained at large.
• Takagi decided to investigate the Shousirou Case himself before asking Jiang Xia for help.
• Takagi connected the notebook clue “Kan-O” to the surname Kano and spotted Kano standing beside Jiang Xia.

Takagi and Sato Miwako realized Kano Shuji might be the culprit behind the Shousirou Case, but Jiang Xia had already left the station with him. Sato ordered Takagi to find them and stop them before Kano could escape legal punishment.

• Takagi saw Kano Shuji collapse beside Jiang Xia and suspected that something was wrong.
• Kano Shuji pretended to be frail and persuaded Jiang Xia to escort him somewhere quiet until midnight, when he believed he would escape punishment.
• Takagi hurried back to the platform but found that Jiang Xia and Kano Shuji had disappeared, then called Sato Miwako.
• Sato told Takagi that Kano Shuji was likely the Shousirou Case culprit, citing matching footage and a photograph, and ordered him to find and stop them.

Sato Miwako and Conan suspected Kano Shuji had followed Jiang Xia after overhearing his theory about the Shousirou Case, so Sato reported a possible kidnapping and sent police to search. Jiang Xia had taken Kano Shuji to an abandoned warehouse, where he stopped him from escaping; elsewhere, Minamoto Kurenai found Koizumi Akako examining a new Magic Array.

• Takagi Wataru estimated Kano Shuji had arrived at the station around the time Jiang Xia discussed the Shousirou Case, and Sato Miwako realized Kano might have overheard the conversation.
• Conan speculated that Kano Shuji might have attacked Jiang Xia and been beaten to death, prompting Sato to report a possible kidnapping and dispatch police to search nearby.
• Takagi Wataru called Jiang Xia and reflected that Sato Miwako had likely solved the Shousirou Case herself, then decided to find Jiang Xia and Kano Shuji.
• In an abandoned warehouse in Shinagawa 6-chome, Jiang Xia stopped Kano Shuji from escaping with a Collapsible Baton and confronted him.
• Minamoto Kurenai entered a Detached House and warned Koizumi Akako not to damage the new Magic Array she was studying.

Minamoto Kurenai used soil from the Magic Array that had once imprisoned Kid to trace the Wizard controlling the Mist Tengu. The blurry image showed a young man standing over someone motionless in an old house, but the location remained unclear as Minamoto Kurenai prepared to continue investigating.

• Koizumi Akako complained about her cramped home and her drained magical artifacts while Minamoto Kurenai said they had finally found a lead.
• Minamoto Kurenai explained that the Mist Tengu was likely a puppet, since it left behind no blood or other remains when struck.
• Minamoto Kurenai used soil from the array that had imprisoned Kid to activate a tracking spell on a Crystal Ball.
• The spell revealed a blurry image of a young man holding a staff in an old house, with a motionless person lying at his feet.
• Koizumi Akako considered calling the police but decided to leave the matter to Minamoto Kurenai because the image gave no usable location.
• As the image froze, Minamoto Kurenai beckoned to a servant waiting in the corner.

Minamoto Kurenai used a Magic Potion to sharpen her divination of Jiang Xia, but he noticed the observation and struck back through the magical connection. Koizumi Akako discovered that Minamoto Kurenai's Magic Source had vanished, while Jiang Xia reacted to a surge of magic power.

• Minamoto Kurenai used the Magic Potion to clarify her view of the Evil Wizard, who appeared to look directly at her through the One-way Glass.
• Jiang Xia covered himself with clay after his Ghosts sensed an approaching presence, then noticed a powerful surge of magic power in front of him.
• Black Tentacles covered the One-way Glass, and one followed the connection across dozens of kilometers to stab Minamoto Kurenai in the left eye.
• The Magic Array and Crystal Ball shattered, and Koizumi Akako realized Minamoto Kurenai's Magic Source had disappeared.
• Jiang Xia sensed the surge of magic power, prepared to take some of it, and then his eyes turned crimson.

Jiang Xia escaped the strange influence in the warehouse, secured the witch-like Energy Core, and subdued Kano Shuji before calling the police. He left the crystal sealed in Mark Space while the police and an ambulance arrived.

• Jiang Xia resisted the invisible Tentacles by burning Ghost Mint, which made the Energy Core fall and the strange influence disappear.
• Jiang Xia put the crystal in Mark Space rather than leave it where the witches could find it.
• Kano Shuji woke up and reached for a wooden stick, so Jiang Xia knocked him unconscious again.
• Jiang Xia called Inspector Megure and reported that Kano Shuji had attacked him at the abandoned warehouse.
• Police cars arrived at the warehouse with an ambulance among them.

Jiang Xia helped the police identify an arsonist while they were investigating Kano Shuji’s hidden fortune and the Shousirou case. The arsonist fled toward Beido Town, and Sato Miwako and Jiang Xia pursued him.

• Jiang Xia told Inspector Megure that Kano Shuji had tried to attack him with a metal kettle, and the police confirmed Kano was alive.
• Conan and Haibara Ai questioned Jiang Xia about his willingness to become a criminal’s target, while he insisted he wanted to protect others.
• The Mermaid sensed killing intent, and Jiang Xia spotted a suspicious man in a trench coat near the alley.
• Jiang Xia alerted Shiratori, and Ayumi identified the man as the arsonist she had seen before.
• The arsonist fled by car, and Sato Miwako took Jiang Xia along as they chased him toward Beido Town.

Jiang Xia and Sato Miwako pursued an arsonist until a Ghost Fetus identified as Matsuda Jinpei appeared and pointed out the fugitive’s direction. Jiang Xia left Sato to continue the chase and offered Matsuda a Contract before they went after the arsonist.

• Sato Miwako lost track of the arsonist’s route at an intersection in Beido Town, while Jiang Xia sensed a Ghost Fetus nearby.
• Matsuda Jinpei drifted into the car and pointed in the direction the arsonist had fled.
• Jiang Xia recognized Matsuda Jinpei and got out of Sato Miwako’s car, telling her to keep going straight.
• Jiang Xia led Matsuda Jinpei to a secluded corner and asked whether he wanted to sign a Contract.

Jiang Xia persuaded Matsuda Jinpei to sign a Contract by promising to bring the arsonist and the bomber who had killed Matsuda and Hagiwara Kenji to justice. After Matsuda gained a Pattern Seal and joined Jiang Xia, they headed after the arsonist, where Matsuda’s newly awakened skill appeared likely to be useful.

• Jiang Xia offered Matsuda Ghost Mint and promised that the arsonist and the bomber who killed Matsuda and Hagiwara Kenji would pay for their crimes.
• Matsuda agreed to Jiang Xia’s Contract, and Jiang Xia sealed it with a drop of blood that formed a Pattern Seal on Matsuda’s tongue.
• Matsuda smoked the Ghost Mint, and Jiang Xia declared that Matsuda was Uzo too.
• Jiang Xia left the alley and followed the Mist Tengu’s aura toward the arsonist after learning that a new situation had arisen.
• At the arsonist’s location, Jiang Xia realized that Matsuda’s newly awakened skill might soon come in handy.

Jiang Xia arrived at a police standoff and recognized the hostage, Nagai Tatsuya, as a dangerous stalker carrying tools for a planned crime. As Jiang Xia anticipated that Nagai might soon be free, the arsonist’s Killing Intent surged and he reached for a bomb.

• Matsuda Jinpei discovered that his new skill could adjust the timing of explosions by about three seconds.
• Police used surveillance and roadblocks to corner the arsonist, who grabbed Nagai Tatsuya as a hostage when he could not escape.
• Jiang Xia reached the front of the police line, and Mist Tengu returned to him and met Matsuda Jinpei.
• Jiang Xia recognized Nagai Tatsuya from his Killing Intent and Shikigami, then had Mist Tengu inspect his bag and found crime tools inside.
• The arsonist glanced toward the canal and reached into his shoulder bag to grip a fuse bomb as his Killing Intent swelled.

Jiang Xia used Matsuda Jinpei’s skill through a puppet to detonate the Arsonist’s bomb before the criminal could carry out his escape plan. Amid the explosion, Jiang Xia considered the rare possibility that a Spirit Medium could create a Monster by personally killing someone.

• Jiang Xia formed a puppet with Matsuda Jinpei and possessed it so Matsuda could use his skill to control the timing of an explosion.
• The Arsonist planned to throw a bomb at the police and spectators to create chaos, then escape through the canal.
• As the Arsonist pulled the fuse and silently counted, Jiang Xia snapped his fingers and triggered the bomb prematurely.
• The explosion engulfed the canal-side crowd, and Jiang Xia reflected on the uncertain odds of a Spirit Medium creating a Monster by killing someone.

Jiang Xia collected the Shikigami and Killing Intent left by the explosion, then returned to the guardroom before Officer Sato recognized his puppet as Matsuda. The chapter then recounted how Matsuda Jinpei faced a bomber’s deadly choice at the Beido Town Shopping Mall ferris wheel.

• The arsonist’s death produced no Ghost Fetus, while four Shikigami detached from the dead and the Mermaid caught them.
• Spider Lady stabbed and collected the Killing Intent that floated away from the arsonist and Nagai Tatsuya.
• Jiang Xia caught Nishitani Saori as she stumbled, secretly took her Killing Intent, and left for the guardroom.
• Officer Sato opened the guardroom door and called out Matsuda, prompting Jiang Xia to dismiss the puppet quickly.
• Seven years after Hagiwara Kenji died, Matsuda Jinpei pursued the bomber and was eventually transferred to the Major Crimes Unit, where he worked with Sato Miwako.
• At the ferris wheel, the bomber forced Matsuda to choose between dismantling his bomb and learning the location of another bomb threatening civilians.

After a riverbank bomb exploded, Sato Miwako mistook a departing figure for the long-dead Matsuda Jinpei, while Jiang Xia returned to his body and considered what to do next. The police found suspicious tools and a USB drive among the hostage’s belongings, and Jiang Xia threw the drive away before Inspector Megure decided whether to examine it.

• Sato Miwako chased a familiar-looking man to an empty guard room and concluded she had imagined seeing Matsuda Jinpei.
• Jiang Xia returned to his body, collected the gathered Killing Intent and Shikigami, and decided to visit where Hagiwara Kenji had died.
• Jiang Xia sent Miyano Akemi and Mist Tengu to comfort Matsuda Jinpei as he struggled with the punishment of the criminals.
• Takagi Wataru and Sato Miwako found suspicious tools in the hostage’s bag, and Jiang Xia pointed out a USB Flash Drive.
• Jiang Xia put on gloves, picked up the USB Flash Drive, and tossed it into an open space while Inspector Megure was still hesitating.

Jiang Xia brought the suspicious USB drive to the police, where its contents revealed that Nishitani Saori was being stalked by an arsonist who had murdered before. Back home, he offered Matsuda Jinpei a disinfectant-flavored Ghost Mint, but Matsuda recoiled, leaving Jiang Xia to consider making the ghosts decide who had to consume it.

• Sato Miwako tackled Jiang Xia and the others after mistaking his tossed USB flash drive for a bomb, and Jiang Xia handed it to Inspector Megure to investigate.
• The police found that the encrypted USB drive could not be opened at the scene, so Inspector Megure took it back to the Police Station with the other evidence.
• Jiang Xia visited Hagiwara Kenji's death site but found no New Ghost Fetus, then went to the Metropolitan Police Department to give a statement about the USB drive.
• Takagi Wataru showed Jiang Xia the drive's photo albums, which documented earlier stalking victims who had been murdered and Nishitani Saori, whose album ended with murder tools.
• Jiang Xia offered Matsuda Jinpei a disinfectant-flavored Ghost Mint, but Matsuda coughed and fled, so Jiang Xia considered having the ghosts play rock-paper-scissors to determine who would eat it.

Jiang Xia created a new Persona modeled on Matsuda Jinpei and prepared an adult identity for it as Uzo’s Double. He settled on the name Kurosawa Sa and left the new Persona ready to use.

• Matsuda Jinpei smoked ordinary cigarettes with the Ghosts until he had eaten and drunk his fill.
• Jiang Xia made a new Persona from Matsuda Jinpei and transferred his consciousness into it.
• Jiang Xia inspected the Persona’s appearance and confirmed he could speak without revealing the Pattern Seal on his tongue.
• Jiang Xia retrieved the prepared Certificates from his safe and examined the Black Market identity.
• Jiang Xia chose the name Kurosawa Sa for his new Persona, intending it to serve as Uzo’s Double and take the blame.