Chapter Summaries

Jinbo Daixiong claimed that a mysterious psycho had forced him to kill, but the police’s questions left him looking for a chance to escape. After knocking out two officers in the restroom, he was ambushed by the same mysterious person, while Kazami Yuuya rushed in to investigate.

• Jinbo Daixiong told the police that a psycho had threatened his family and offered him fifty million yen to cooperate in a Murder Game.
• Conan questioned Jinbo Daixiong about the psycho’s identity, but Jinbo claimed he had never seen the person and only heard his voice.
• Jinbo asked to use the restroom, then knocked out the two officers escorting him and prepared to escape through a window.
• The mysterious person pulled a cleaning bag over Jinbo’s head and confronted him about claiming he had been forced to kill.
• Kazami Yuuya heard a crash inside the restroom and pushed open the door to investigate.

Jiang Xia’s warning brought Jinbo Daixiong into a clash with Kazami Yuuya, who subdued him and escaped before the other officers arrived. At the inn’s front desk, a disguised woman found Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru’s names in the registry book.

• Kazami Yuuya entered the restroom, saw the unconscious officers and Jinbo Daixiong, then spotted Jiang Xia jumping out the window.
• Jinbo Daixiong attacked Kazami Yuuya from behind, but Kazami dodged and quickly subdued him.
• Matsuda Jinpei watched in Ghost Fetus form, then messaged Jiang Xia and returned to Mark Space with the shikigami.
• Kazami Yuuya knocked Jinbo Daixiong unconscious, left him for the arriving police, and fled in disguise.
• A pockmarked woman arrived at the front desk, asked about the inn’s commotion, and noticed Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru’s names in the registry book.

Vermouth learned that Jiang Xia had been caught up in a staged murder and hurried to investigate what had happened. Meanwhile, Jiang Xia confronted Jinbo Daixiong with a theory about an older body and its altered evidence, but Jinbo insisted that a mysterious pervert really existed.

• Vermouth checked into the hotel under a false name and learned that someone had staged a murder in Jiang Xia’s room using a hidden camera and a so-called Murder Game.
• Vermouth recalled Uzo’s connection to Conan and suspected that other organization members had imitated Uzo to test him, so she decided to investigate.
• Jinbo Daixiong woke in the reception room after police brought him back, and the officers’ view of him had worsened after he assaulted them.
• Jiang Xia suggested that Jinbo had transferred a receipt and related items from a suicide victim found a year earlier to the Man in Red to disguise the time of death.
• Jinbo admitted attacking the police but insisted that the pervert who had threatened him really existed.

Jinbo Daixiong described the mysterious man to the police, while Amuro Tooru realized the description fit Kazami Yuuya in disguise. An email from Kazami then revealed that Kurosawa had been at the inn and escaped, leaving Amuro Tooru wondering which man with that surname he had encountered.

• Jinbo Daixiong urged the police to find the mysterious man, and Yamamura Misao dismissed his account with an elaborate theory about a nameless hero.
• A criminal police officer asked Jinbo Daixiong to describe the mysterious man, and Jinbo recalled a tall man with a high hairline, buzz cut, glasses, and a full beard.
• Amuro Tooru recognized the description as Kazami Yuuya wearing a fake beard, while Conan suspiciously tried to inspect Amuro Tooru's hairline.
• Amuro Tooru checked Kazami Yuuya's email after Mouri Ran stopped Conan from peeking at his phone.
• Kazami Yuuya reported that Kurosawa escaped through a window after he knocked out Jinbo Daixiong, and Amuro Tooru wondered whether Kurosawa was Gin or Matsuda Jinpei.

Amuro Tooru wondered whether Kurosawa and Matsuda were the same person and suspected that Matsuda’s appearance might be connected to him. Meanwhile, Vermouth investigated Jinbo Daixiong’s account and considered whether the incident was a test involving Uzo or Bourbon.

• Amuro Tooru connected the mysterious person’s behavior to Matsuda and wondered whether Kurosawa was Matsuda in another persona.
• Amuro Tooru sensed a possible Organization member nearby, decided to warn Kazami, and planned to change disguises.
• Jiang Xia noticed Vermouth’s Killing Intent outside the room and sent the Matsuda Ghost to collect it.
• The police searched the hotel for the mysterious person while Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru gave statements; Jiang Xia sensed a large mass of Killing Intent heading toward Jinbo Daixiong’s room.
• Vermouth, disguised as a police officer, concluded that the mysterious person was not Uzo and considered whether Jinbo Daixiong was an ordinary outlaw or a test tool sent by Bourbon.

Vermouth killed Jinbo Daixiong while disguised as a police officer, and Jiang Xia collected three Shikigami released by the man’s death. As Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru left for their mission, Amuro received word that Jinbo Daixiong had died suddenly.

• Vermouth decided to kill Jinbo Daixiong discreetly rather than risk exposing Uzo to an organizational investigation.
• After giving his statement, Jiang Xia saw Vermouth pass in a police disguise and found a fresh Shikigami that he could not contract with.
• Matsuda Jinpei returned carrying three Shikigami freed by Jinbo Daixiong’s death, and Jiang Xia took them for himself.
• Jiang Xia reassured Matsuda Jinpei that the mysterious person would not be easily linked to them, then distracted the Ghost with Shikigami and Alcohol-flavored Killing Intent.
• Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru left the hotel for the mission site, and Amuro received a message reporting Jinbo Daixiong’s unexplained sudden death.

After Jinbo Daixiong was found dead, Amuro Tooru’s suspicions and killing intent unsettled Jiang Xia, while Conan began investigating Amuro’s connection to suspicious cases. Meanwhile, Vermouth told Gin she was in Gunma watching Uzo and Bourbon begin their assignment.

• The Gunma police discovered Jinbo Daixiong had died, and Jiang Xia realized the suspicious timing could connect his death to Kurosawa Sa.
• Matsuda Jinpei seized Amuro Tooru’s drifting killing intent while contemplating his afterlife, and Jiang Xia noticed his boss was shaken.
• Conan called Professor Agasa to investigate whether Amuro’s cases involved instigation, Murder Games, mysterious people, or suspicious accidental deaths.
• Haibara Ai overheard Conan’s investigation and decided to obstruct it and dispose of Professor Agasa’s notes to protect him from the organization.
• Gin asked Vermouth to retrieve information from the Metropolitan Police Department by the following week.
• Vermouth told Gin she was in Gunma watching Uzo and Bourbon, who appeared ready to begin handling their assignment.

Vermouth considered whether to visit Jiang Xia and concluded that she should avoid being used in Uzo’s conflict with Bourbon, while Gin worried about the trouble their interactions could cause. The story left Gin unable to warn Uzo because Bourbon had taken his phone, and uncertain how Vermouth’s arrival might change the situation.

• Gin warned Vermouth that Bourbon had been repeatedly targeted by police and that local officials were preparing for his arrest.
• Vermouth insisted she might visit, but Gin cautioned that Uzo could use her as a weapon against Bourbon.
• Gin asked whether Vermouth wanted to kill Bourbon, prompting her to reconsider her suspicions and insist she would not act unless Bourbon betrayed the organization or harmed people she valued.
• Vermouth recalled that Uzo’s murder schemes had ended with both victims and killers dead, and decided that confronting Bourbon was not worth the risk.
• After Vermouth ended the call, Gin tried to message Uzo but remembered that Bourbon had taken Uzo’s phone.
• Gin wondered whether Vermouth would calm the conflict or make it worse, and speculated about Uzo’s wary yet seemingly receptive attitude toward her.

Gin worried that Rum might recruit Uzo before Bourbon did and decided to prepare for it. Meanwhile, Amuro drove Jiang Xia to investigate a hijacking and information leak, and Jiang Xia considered whether to obtain a gun through his Uzo identity.

• Gin reviewed the Peripheral Members database and worried Rum might give Jiang Xia a Codename and take Uzo from Bourbon.
• Amuro bought another car after his previous one was damaged and reassured Jiang Xia about the flat tire.
• Amuro told Jiang Xia that they were investigating a hijacked ship and a police tip that had nearly exposed the person in charge.
• Jiang Xia considered getting a gun through Fake Uzo and thought about learning more gun techniques from Amuro.
• Amuro gave Jiang Xia a phone containing the mission information and explained that local members would investigate while they supervised and confirmed the findings.

Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru investigated suspects connected to Epimetheus before arriving at the Akagi Inn, while Vermouth impersonated Mouri Ran to lure Suzuki Sonoko toward a Two-Mix concert. Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Ran, and their companions were also traveling to meet Sonoko.

• Jiang Xia read the profiles of three suspects, and Amuro Tooru identified Watanuki Tatsuzo as the likeliest suspect because of his suspected ties to Epimetheus.
• Amuro Tooru explained that one other suspect was likely a smokescreen and that the third, a member of The Organization, was already being interrogated.
• Amuro Tooru recalled his dead childhood friend and felt Killing Intent, while Jiang Xia quickly seemed to recover his mood.
• Amuro Tooru drove Jiang Xia to the Akagi Inn without a flat tire, and they arrived just after noon.
• Vermouth reviewed the mission details, called Suzuki Sonoko while imitating Mouri Ran, and claimed she had won tickets to a Two-Mix concert.
• Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Ran, and their companions drove toward their arranged meeting with Suzuki Sonoko to visit a filming location from Winter Night Maple Red.

Vermouth disguised herself as Suzuki Sonoko and joined Mouri Ran’s group on their way to the Akagi Inn, where Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru were investigating Watanuki Tatsuzo. Amuro had just decided he no longer needed to keep Jiang Xia isolated when Ran recognized him at the inn.

• Vermouth revealed that the real Suzuki Sonoko had gone to a concert and that she had disguised herself to join Mouri Ran’s group.
• Vermouth planned to use the outing to blend in with the Mouri group and explain away any unusual attention Uzo showed them.
• Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru watched Watanuki Tatsuzo at the Akagi Inn as he searched the area and appeared to wait for someone.
• Amuro dismissed his Public Security subordinates and contacted local Organization Peripheral Members to watch the inn.
• Mouri Ran entered the inn and called out to Jiang Xia, and Amuro decided he no longer needed to keep Jiang Xia apart from his acquaintances.

Amuro Tooru joined Jiang Xia and the Mouri group on a mountain outing while investigating an anomaly connected to a Nisankai executive. Vermouth, disguised as Suzuki Sonoko, enjoyed spending time close to Jiang Xia until he pulled away from her.

• Mouri Ran invited Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru to join the group’s trip up the mountain, and Amuro agreed.
• Vermouth, disguised as Suzuki Sonoko, watched Amuro suspiciously and then pushed Jiang Xia out of the inn.
• Amuro decided to follow the group while hoping their outing might lead him to Watanuki Tatsuzo’s target.
• Vermouth linked arms with Jiang Xia and noticed that her Apple-Scented Killing Intent was decreasing as they walked.
• Vermouth squeezed Jiang Xia’s arm, but he carefully pulled away and moved aside, leaving her wondering whether he had recognized her or simply disliked the contact.

Vermouth realized Jiang Xia had seen through her disguise as Suzuki Sonoko, while Amuro Tooru interpreted Jiang Xia’s signal as confirmation that she was Vermouth. Amuro reconsidered the death of Jinbo Daixiong and felt relieved that Kurosawa Sa might not have been the killer.

• Vermouth noticed that Mouri Ran and Conan reacted differently to her behavior, then concluded Jiang Xia had recognized her when he deliberately moved away from her.
• Jiang Xia secretly gave Amuro Tooru a V sign, prompting Amuro to infer that the disguised Suzuki Sonoko was Vermouth.
• Amuro connected Vermouth’s presence near Toshigami Forest to the mysterious Organization aura he had sensed at the inn.
• Amuro reasoned that Vermouth might have killed Jinbo Daixiong, which could explain why Matsuda had been near the inn and why earlier clues had seemed contradictory.
• Amuro wondered whether the missing Ksitigarbha statue was connected to Jinbo Daixiong’s death and felt reassured that Kurosawa Sa might not have killed him.

Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru visited Maple Leaf Mountain with Mouri Kogoro and the others, while Vermouth’s presence stirred up tension. Amuro noticed an old red handkerchief at the drama’s filming location and became suspicious of its connection to Watanuki Tatsuzo.

• Jiang Xia sensed killing intent from both Vermouth and Amuro Tooru, while Matsuda Jinpei clung to Amuro and plucked at his killing intent.
• Mouri Kogoro asked Amuro whether he had come to Maple Leaf Mountain because of Winter Maple Red, then tried to arrange a photo with Kinoshita Yoko.
• Amuro remembered that Kazami Yuuya was a fan of Kinoshita Yoko and decided to warn him to avoid Vermouth.
• Amuro excused himself from the group and returned to inspect a red handkerchief tied to a tree branch.
• Amuro noticed that the faded handkerchief and branch showed signs of having been there for years, despite the drama having been filmed less than a year earlier, and recalled events important to Watanuki Tatsuzo.

Amuro Tooru discovered a skeleton buried beneath the tree marked with an old handkerchief and secretly contacted the Organization’s Gunma branch. At the filming location, Jiang Xia and the others met assistant director Hozumi, who asked them to leave a message for a guest at Akagi Inn.

• Amuro Tooru found a skeleton buried beneath the old handkerchief tree, covered it back up, and messaged his assigned Peripheral Members.
• Jiang Xia, Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Ran, and Suzuki Sonoko reached the maple tree from Winter Maple Red and saw it covered in red handkerchiefs.
• Hozumi explained that he had recommended Maple Leaf Mountain as a filming location and that the drama’s screenwriter had been inspired by an old handkerchief there.
• Hozumi told the group that he had found the guest’s requested tree but had lost the guest’s phone number.
• Jiang Xia agreed to help Hozumi by leaving a message in the guestbook at Akagi Inn, asking the guest to meet him beneath the filming-location tree.

Vermouth watched Jiang Xia act helpfully and wondered whether he was setting someone up for another murder, while Jiang Xia met Amuro Tooru at the inn. Amuro sent Jiang Xia his findings about a skeleton in the maple grove and suspected that Watanuki Tatsuzo had murdered his old rival, Omori Yuichi, years earlier.

• Jiang Xia agreed to help Suzuki Sonoko, and Vermouth recalled that his helpful gestures often preceded trouble for the people he approached.
• Vermouth rejoined Mouri Ran and the others, and the group left the Viewfinder Tree before returning to the inn near dusk.
• Jiang Xia handed the assistant director’s message to Mouri Ran and went to meet Amuro Tooru, whose killing intent toward Vermouth gave Jiang Xia a faint trace of Apple Flavor.
• Amuro Tooru messaged Jiang Xia that he had found a skeleton with a steel nail in its collarbone in the maple grove.
• Amuro Tooru connected the skeleton to Omori Yuichi’s disappearance five years earlier and suspected Watanuki Tatsuzo had murdered him and hidden his body on the mountain.

Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru discussed their suspicions about Watanuki Tatsuzo, Epimetheus, and Omori Yuichi’s death, then began watching Watanuki while waiting for evidence. Meanwhile, Mouri Ran and “Suzuki Sonoko” found the inn’s guestbook and arranged to meet someone at the filming location.

• Amuro Tooru messaged Jiang Xia his theory that Watanuki Tatsuzo planned to move Omori Yuichi’s remains and that Epimetheus’s Slack had used the incident to pressure him.
• Jiang Xia asked how Watanuki could dispose of the body, and Amuro explained why the location and circumstances made the options difficult.
• Amuro told Jiang Xia to take turns watching Watanuki while Nisankai personnel searched for footage to compare with the remains.
• Jiang Xia ate the desserts Amuro had ordered for him while keeping watch in the inn lobby.
• Mouri Ran and “Suzuki Sonoko” found the guestbook and arranged to meet someone beneath a tree at the filming location.

Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko left a message in the inn’s Guestbook that led Watanuki Tatsuzo to believe he had received news about the red handkerchief and the buried remains. Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru followed him to the mountain filming site, where Watanuki met the assistant director, Hozumi.

• Mouri Ran wrote a Guestbook message at Suzuki Sonoko’s direction, and Watanuki Tatsuzo later read it as the news he had been waiting for.
• Watanuki changed clothes and headed toward the Deep Forest, intending to inspect his rival’s remains before his subordinates could find them.
• Jiang Xia told Amuro Tooru about the staff member they had encountered, and the two followed Watanuki through the mountain.
• Amuro Tooru realized Watanuki was heading to the agreed meeting place rather than the burial tree, and they reached the filming location beneath the maple tree hung with red handkerchiefs.
• Hozumi spotted Watanuki approaching and waved to greet him.

Hozumi tried to use what he thought was a secret about the maple tree to demand more money from Watanuki Tatsuzo, who killed him before he could finish. Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia watched from hiding, and Jiang Xia realized Watanuki still did not know the tree’s exact location.

• Hozumi saw Amuro Tooru’s Organization Peripheral Members hiding near the tree and suspected that the groups were searching for buried treasure.
• Hozumi told Watanuki Tatsuzo he had found the tree, then tried to use what he had seen to pressure him for more money.
• Watanuki Tatsuzo stabbed Hozumi with a Knife, leaving him to die among the leaves.
• Amuro Tooru watched Watanuki kill Hozumi and, despite wanting to help, maintained his Bourbon persona in front of the others.
• Watanuki searched the surrounding trees for disturbed soil but failed to find the location, then returned toward the inn.
• After Watanuki left, Amuro Tooru checked Hozumi while Jiang Xia noticed a fresh Shikigami following the murderer and observed that Watanuki had not learned the exact location.

Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru returned to the inn after Hozumi’s murder and learned Watanuki Tatsuzo planned a midnight search to find the burial site and dispose of the body. As the wait dragged on, Jiang Xia decided to collect Killing Intent from the criminals on the mountain and sent Matsuda Jinpei out.

• Amuro Tooru reasoned that Watanuki Tatsuzo had mistaken Hozumi for someone who had found the bones and would struggle to locate the burial site among the trees.
• Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru returned to the inn, where Amuro learned Watanuki Tatsuzo was resting before gathering his underlings for a midnight search and body disposal.
• Amuro Tooru mentioned seeing faded red handkerchiefs on trees, and a young man nearby relayed the information to Watanuki Tatsuzo by email.
• With Watanuki Tatsuzo not yet acting, Jiang Xia decided to seek Killing Intent among the underlings and Organization Peripheral Members on the mountain.
• Jiang Xia sent his Shikigami outside and formed Matsuda Jinpei’s physical body.