Chapter Summaries

Gin warned Vermouth to stop pursuing Uzo, while Vermouth worried that Bourbon might uncover Uzo’s secret and resolved to track them down. Meanwhile, Amuro Tooru drove Jiang Xia through a foggy forest, where Jiang Xia’s Ghosts detected a shikigami and killing intent at a mansion ahead.

• Gin told Vermouth not to provoke Uzo or approach him if he wanted to be left alone.
• Vermouth suspected that Jiang Xia knew Kudo Shinichi had survived APTX4869 and worried Bourbon might be testing him during their mission.
• Vermouth threw a dart into a photograph of Amuro Tooru and the Detective Boys, then decided she needed to find Bourbon and Jiang Xia.
• Amuro Tooru drove Jiang Xia along a misty mountain road in the Deep Forest of Hyogo Prefecture.
• Jiang Xia’s Ghosts detected a shikigami and killing intent in a Deep Mountain Mansion ahead.

Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia stopped after their car’s tire burst, only to discover that the spare tire had also been clawed through. Amuro’s hidden camera was destroyed before it could identify the creature, leaving him to investigate the strange damage as they remained stranded in the misty woods.

• Amuro Tooru pulled over after the car’s tire burst, and he and Jiang Xia got out to inspect it.
• Amuro Tooru found a suspiciously smooth cut on the tire and discovered that the spare tire was punctured too.
• Amuro Tooru watched a recording from his hidden infrared camera and saw the image go black when the device was destroyed.
• Amuro Tooru concealed the broken camera before Jiang Xia arrived, and Jiang Xia noticed claw marks on the spare tire.
• Amuro Tooru found no reports of a creature following them and began considering what could have left the claw marks.

Amuro Tooru rejected the idea of entering a nearby mansion after their tires went flat, while Jiang Xia planned to keep him near it long enough to investigate its potential for producing a Ghost Fetus. Jiang Xia sent a puppet controlled by Spider Lady into the woods and prepared to use her newly awakened skill.

• Amuro Tooru ruled out Jiang Xia as the cause of the flat tires and secretly arranged for Kazami Yuuya and other Public Security personnel to come rescue them.
• Amuro Tooru refused Jiang Xia's suggestion to spend the night at the nearby Western-style Mansion, claiming the flat tire and the mansion's location were suspicious.
• Mist Tengu told Jiang Xia that Amuro Tooru had arranged for Public Security passersby to find them, so Jiang Xia considered making Kazami Yuuya disappear to delay their departure.
• Amuro Tooru returned to the car to observe the mansion, and Jiang Xia pretended to sleep while sending his Shikigami into the woods.
• Jiang Xia formed a puppet with Spider Lady and transferred his consciousness into it, preparing to use her skill, "Heaven Q&A."

Jiang Xia used Heaven Q&A to set up an encounter with Kazami Yuuya, hoping to make him disappear temporarily and keep Amuro Tooru nearby. Kazami hit the disguised Jiang Xia with his car, took him aboard, and grew suspicious when Jiang Xia asked whether Heaven existed.

• Jiang Xia planned to use Heaven Q&A on Kazami Yuuya, with a safe disappearance as the desired result.
• Kazami Yuuya drove through the misty forest while checking Amuro Tooru's location on a transmitter.
• Jiang Xia, dressed in a white kimono and bamboo hat, crossed in front of Kazami's car and was knocked down.
• Kazami Yuuya helped Jiang Xia into the car and continued driving while asking about his circumstances.
• Jiang Xia asked Kazami Yuuya whether Heaven existed, and Kazami answered, “Maybe,” while watching him warily.

Jiang Xia used the Woman in White puppet to persuade Kazami Yuuya to accompany her, triggering a disappearance effect that sent their car into a collapsed road. Kazami survived but lost consciousness, and Jiang Xia found the vehicle’s tracking and communication devices destroyed before bundling him in spare clothes and leaving them trapped beneath fallen trees.

• The Woman in White invited Kazami Yuuya to visit a place with her, and he agreed after suspecting she was a scammer.
• Jiang Xia realized Kazami’s agreement had triggered the disappearance condition, but the car suddenly plunged into a collapsed section of road.
• The car bounced safely to the bottom of the pit, where Kazami Yuuya passed out after the airbag struck him.
• Jiang Xia checked Kazami for injuries and found that the car’s tracking device and communication equipment had been smashed.
• Jiang Xia turned off the engine, wrapped Kazami in spare clothes, and saw that fallen trees had blocked the car doors.

Jiang Xia concealed Kazami Yuuya’s disappearance while Amuro Tooru waited for help and decided to seek shelter at a nearby Mansion. When they knocked, they found Vodka among a gathering of hooded people, leaving Amuro Tooru facing a dangerous surprise.

• Jiang Xia used Spider Lady’s puppet to bury Kazami Yuuya’s car more convincingly, then returned to his main body.
• Amuro Tooru received an email saying Kazami had lost contact after picking up a passerby and getting into an accident, and he warned his subordinates to stay together and beware of strangers.
• Amuro Tooru decided that he and Jiang Xia should ask to stay at the nearby Mansion while waiting for his subordinates.
• Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia approached the Mansion and knocked on its door.
• Amuro Tooru recognized Vodka among the hooded people who answered, but saw no sign of Gin.

Amuro Tooru suspected the mountain mansion was tied to an organization, while Vodka recognized Jiang Xia as Uzo at an idol gathering. Vodka decided to collect his poster and leave before he could get caught in Uzo and Bourbon’s deadly rivalry.

• Amuro Tooru wondered whether the mansion was an organization base and whether Kazami had been captured.
• Vodka recognized Amuro Tooru and worried that his colleague’s arrival would disrupt his rare vacation.
• A black-robed attendee greeted Jiang Xia, and Vodka realized that Uzo was there with Bourbon.
• Vodka recalled Gin’s remark about Bourbon and concluded that Uzo might be plotting to kill him.
• Vodka touched the drugged pastries he was carrying and planned to leave after the ceremony with his limited-edition poster.
• Amuro Tooru noticed another person greet Jiang Xia but did not see Vodka’s reaction.

Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru entered a gathering of black-robed people at a mansion, where they learned the group was holding a séance connected to a television drama. The gathering’s leader said they intended to summon the soul of Yahara Akira, the drama’s deceased original lead actress.

• Jiang Xia recognized Vodka at the mansion and noticed him touch a mysterious round object beneath his robe.
• Hiroshi Yachikawa greeted Jiang Xia, while Amuro Tooru wondered whether the black-robed gathering involved the Organization.
• Reiki Hirasaka led the group and invited Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru into the living room.
• Hiroshi Yachikawa introduced Reiki Hirasaka as the author of Dark Magic Girl and Utakura Akiko as its debut actress.
• Amuro Tooru asked whether the robes were for celebrating the drama’s broadcast, and Reiki Hirasaka revealed they were for a séance to summon Yahara Akira’s soul.

Jiang Xia, Amuro Tooru, and Vodka gathered with Kira’s fans, and Jiang Xia explained that the idol had vanished after a car crash a year earlier. As Amuro learned how closely the attendees had known Kira, he began to suspect the gathering could be connected to a murder.

• Jiang Xia told Amuro that Kira, formerly a popular cosplay model, had disappeared after driving into a lake, though her body was never recovered.
• Amuro noticed Vodka’s Kira figurine, and Vodka admitted he was a fan while trying to hide his enthusiasm.
• Hiroshi Yachikawa introduced Vodka as a senior adviser to Kira’s Fan Club and described his figurine work.
• Hiroshi introduced photographer Mifune, cosplayer Izumi, and fan-club head Kazuo Hounoki, all of whom had close ties to Kira.
• Amuro recalled the circumstances of Kira’s disappearance and suspected that one of her fans might have murdered her.

Reiki Hirasaka explained the supposed curse surrounding Kira’s fans and invited Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru to join a nine-person seance. Vodka silently worried that the Meditation Room might inspire Uzo to expand his plans, but the group agreed to go.

• Reiki Hirasaka told Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru that Kira’s former fans had suffered accidents and that Zenan had been murdered after writing “Kira” in blood.
• Reiki Hirasaka claimed Kira’s lingering spirit was harming people and said a seance could find her and dispel her obsession.
• Hiroshi Yachikawa encouraged Jiang Xia to trust Reiki Hirasaka’s supernatural abilities, while the Mermaid tried and failed to get Reiki Hirasaka’s attention.
• Reiki Hirasaka invited Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru to join the seance because two of his nine fans had not shown up.
• Vodka considered warning them about the Meditation Room but stayed silent, fearing Uzo’s suspicion and hoping to avoid becoming a target.
• The others accepted the invitation and prepared to go to the Meditation Room.

Amuro Tooru joined Reiki Hirasaka’s seance with Jiang Xia and the others, while Vodka tried to avoid sitting near Uzo. Vodka left the room suspecting that Bourbon’s interference with Uzo’s murder schemes had made Bourbon Uzo’s primary target.

• Amuro Tooru accepted Reiki Hirasaka’s invitation to attend the seance, and Jiang Xia went with the group.
• Reiki Hirasaka unlocked the Meditation Room, lit candles, and warned everyone to hold their neighbors’ hands throughout the ritual.
• Vodka accidentally sat beside Uzo, then reconsidered how dangerous it would have been to treat him casually before learning his true nature.
• Bourbon whispered that Vodka was eyeing his subordinate, giving Vodka an excuse to move away from Uzo.
• Vodka imagined Bourbon disrupting Uzo’s murder plans and concluded that a few such incidents could explain Uzo’s grudge against Bourbon.

Jiang Xia, Amuro Tooru, and Vodka joined Reiki Hirasaka’s seance, which produced frightening noises and a voice claiming to be Kira. After the room went quiet, Vodka smelled gunpowder, and Bourbon began investigating the suspicious scene.

• Reiki Hirasaka led the black-robed attendees in a seance to summon Yahara Akira.
• The room filled with eerie moans and rattling sounds, candles burst, and a voice threatened revenge in Kira’s name.
• Izumi Maho and other fans recognized the voice as Kira’s, and the attendees turned on the lights.
• Vodka smelled gunpowder and worried that the disturbance might be part of Uzo’s plan.
• Bourbon noticed something abnormal in the Meditation Room and began investigating.

Jiang Xia exposed the mechanisms behind the supposed haunting at Reiki Hirasaka’s Seance gathering and accused Hirasaka of staging the incidents. Hirasaka admitted to a small test, then postponed the formal ritual until 5:54 a.m., leaving Vodka wary of acting alone.

• Amuro Tooru found explosives inside a shattered candle, while Jiang Xia uncovered a loudspeaker, recording equipment, a motor, and cables used to make ornaments fall.
• Jiang Xia accused Reiki Hirasaka of remotely activating the tricks and altering the Seance ritual to make the group suspect a Ghost.
• Reiki Hirasaka produced a remote control and claimed the incident was a small test, but Kazuo Hounoki revealed that the recording they had prepared was different.
• Reiki Hirasaka said the formal Seance would begin at 5:54 a.m. and told everyone to gather in the hall at 5:30.
• Vodka abandoned his plan to leave with the signed poster and decided to stay with the group until Uzo gave him instructions.

Reiki Hirasaka and Kazuo Hounoki suspected Izumi Maho had altered the Seance recording, but planned to finish the ritual and mislead Jiang Xia before confronting her. In the dining room, Jiang Xia heard a rumor that Kira had died at the Mansion, and Izumi Maho reacted with violent fear.

• Reiki Hirasaka locked the Meditation Room after the guests left and later told Kazuo Hounoki he had not switched the recording.
• Reiki Hirasaka and Kazuo Hounoki recalled how they had covered up Kira’s death and suspected Izumi Maho, the fifth person at the gathering, had tampered with the ritual.
• Reiki Hirasaka stopped Kazuo Hounoki from confronting Izumi Maho and decided they would finish the ritual and fool Jiang Xia first.
• Photographer Mifune discussed the gathering where Kira had last been seen, and Jiang Xia suggested its attendees could be targets of the killer.
• Hiroshi Yachikawa repeated a rumor that Reiki Hirasaka had hidden Kira’s body in the Mansion, and Izumi Maho shook violently at the claim.

Amuro Tooru focused on the danger facing the missing Kazami Yuuya and arranged a search while reconsidering whether Jiang Xia was connected to Uzo. As he returned to the corridor, Amuro grew uneasy that Jiang Xia had gone back to his room without waiting for him.

• Hiroshi Yachikawa ended dinner and told everyone to return to their rooms before gathering again after five the next morning.
• Amuro Tooru read his subordinates’ report that a road had collapsed in heavy mist and suspected Kazami Yuuya might have driven into it.
• Amuro Tooru called his subordinates, assessed the scene footage, and marked possible places for them to search for Kazami Yuuya.
• Amuro Tooru concluded that Jiang Xia was more likely to have a Case Magnet Constitution than to be Uzo, while wondering why Vodka and Gin seemed interested in him.
• Amuro Tooru found the corridor empty and grew uneasy when he realized Jiang Xia had returned to his room without waiting for him.

Jiang Xia decided to approach Vodka while Amuro Tooru was distracted by Kazami Yuuya’s disappearance, hoping to learn why Vodka’s attitude had changed and to provoke some Killing Intent. When Amuro went to check Jiang Xia’s room, he found it empty.

• Jiang Xia noticed Vodka’s wary reaction and decided it would be a good opportunity to draw out his Killing Intent.
• Jiang Xia suspected Vodka had gained some kind of backing since their last meeting in Tottori Prefecture and decided to talk with him.
• Jiang Xia planned to let Amuro Tooru find him with Vodka, making Vodka a convenient scapegoat and possibly rekindling Amuro’s suspicions.
• Amuro Tooru went to Jiang Xia’s guest room and found the door unlocked and the room empty.

Jiang Xia followed Vodka into his room and stopped him from drawing his gun, while Vodka tried to conceal his fear and figure out Uzo’s intentions. Vodka offered Jiang Xia an anesthetic pastry, hoping to knock him out and escape before he could be pulled into a plan involving Bourbon.

• Vodka sensed Uzo watching him, hurried to his guest room, and felt briefly relieved after closing the door.
• Jiang Xia slipped into Vodka’s room, locked the door, and blocked Vodka from reaching his gun after sabotaging it with Puppet Clay.
• Jiang Xia greeted Vodka and said he had missed him, while Vodka warned that Gin disapproved of his lax behavior.
• Vodka noticed Jiang Xia watching the bag of pastries at his waist and offered him one, hoping the anesthetic would let him escape.
• Vodka suspected Jiang Xia planned to use him against Bourbon and decided he needed to get away.

Jiang Xia foiled Vodka’s attempt to drug him, knocking Vodka unconscious with the doctored cookie instead. Before leaving Vodka’s house, Jiang Xia and the Ghosts discovered that Vodka’s Killing Intent smelled like vanilla ice cream, but Jiang Xia decided to wait to consume it.

• Vodka offered Jiang Xia a doctored cookie, but Jiang Xia forced Vodka to eat it first, and the anesthetic quickly knocked Vodka unconscious.
• Jiang Xia checked that Vodka was alive and concluded the cookie contained an anesthetic or sleeping pills rather than poison.
• Spider Lady cut a sample of Vodka’s Killing Intent as it emerged, and Jiang Xia discovered that it smelled like vanilla ice cream.
• The Ghosts eagerly urged Jiang Xia to light the Killing Intent with Ghost Mint, but he decided to wait until he had left Vodka’s house.

Jiang Xia used Vodka’s quick recovery from the anesthetic to set up a confrontation when Amuro Tooru came looking for him. The chapter ended with Amuro disarming Vodka after Vodka drew his gun.

• Vodka began waking from the shortened anesthetic, while Jiang Xia considered how to handle him and the approaching visitor.
• Matsuda Jinpei reported that Amuro Tooru had come to find Jiang Xia.
• Jiang Xia silenced Vodka, gave him a packet of pastries, and threatened him into playing along before lying down on the carpet.
• Amuro Tooru entered, saw Jiang Xia on the floor and Vodka holding the suspicious box, then locked the door behind him.
• Vodka drew his gun, and Amuro Tooru shot it out of his hand.

Amuro Tooru found Jiang Xia unconscious and caught Vodka beside him with a bag of anesthetic biscuits. Vodka claimed he had incapacitated Jiang Xia to help someone avenge Kira, and Amuro demanded that Vodka prove the biscuits were harmless by eating them.

• Vodka raised his hands as Amuro Tooru found Jiang Xia alive but unconscious and suspected he had been drugged.
• Amuro accused Vodka of attacking his subordinate, and Vodka said he had used harmless anesthetic biscuits to keep Jiang Xia from interfering with Kira's revenge.
• Vodka explained that he believed Kira had been murdered and that the altered cassette tape suggested someone planned to resurrect and avenge her that night.
• Amuro considered Vodka's explanation and questioned whether the biscuits were truly harmless.
• Amuro tossed the bag of biscuits to Vodka and ordered him to eat them all as proof.