Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia used Matsuda Jinpei's puppet to hunt Watanuki Tatsuzo's men in the dark forest and subdued Yamada Ken, who was searching for a buried corpse. A camper later discovered a dead body on the mountain and alerted the police, while Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru stayed at the inn to watch Watanuki Tatsuzo's reaction.

• Jiang Xia followed the tourist trails and found Yamada Ken searching for a corpse after receiving Watanuki Tatsuzo's instructions.
• Yamada Ken heard Jiang Xia ask if he was looking for a corpse, reached for his knife, and was quickly knocked down and pinned.
• Jiang Xia took Yamada Ken's belt and tested it as a weapon for the Matsuda Jinpei puppet.
• A camper tripped over a dead body on Maple Leaf Mountain, then fled and called the police.
• Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia waited in the Akagi Inn lobby, keeping up appearances while watching for Watanuki Tatsuzo's reaction.

Amuro Tooru watched the police arrive as Jiang Xia secretly finished gathering Killing Intent in the mountain forest and returned to the inn. Jiang Xia joined the investigation of the assistant director’s murder, where he found a planner bearing a bloody fingerprint.

• Amuro Tooru saw Mouri Kogoro, Conan, Vermouth disguised as Suzuki Sonoko, and other acquaintances gather at the inn after the police arrived.
• Vermouth found Jiang Xia apparently asleep in the lobby, while Amuro Tooru wondered how he could have fallen asleep so easily.
• Jiang Xia used the Matsuda puppet in the maple forest to strip Killing Intent from its final source, then returned his consciousness to his main body.
• Jiang Xia woke at the inn, heard that campers had found a corpse, and went with the others to the filming location.
• Jiang Xia found the assistant director dead beneath a tree and picked up a planner bearing a bloody fingerprint on its April 1 page.

Conan mistook blood on Jiang Xia’s hand for evidence of a possible crime, but Amuro Tooru explained it had transferred from a bloodstained Notebook. The Notebook offered a possible clue to the murder, and Yamamura Misao arrived at the scene, furious to find Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru there again.

• Conan saw blood on Jiang Xia’s palm and briefly suspected that Jiang Xia might be involved in the murder.
• Suzuki Sonoko wiped and disinfected Jiang Xia’s hand, and Amuro Tooru explained that the blood had come from the Notebook.
• A police officer took the Notebook as evidence, while Jiang Xia pointed out where he had found it and suggested the bloodstained page might contain a dying message.
• Conan recalled that the victim’s assistant director had shown them the Notebook earlier, with “Hozumi” written on its back.
• Yamamura Misao arrived, recognized Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru, and scolded them for having abandoned him at a previous case.

After the assistant director was murdered, Yamamura Misao investigated the mysterious guest who had arranged to meet him, with Jiang Xia and Conan helping narrow the suspects through Akagi Inn’s check-in records. The police focused on three early-arriving guests, including Watanuki Tatsuzo, who remained confident that his old buried corpse would not be found.

• Yamamura Misao questioned Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru, then ordered officers to search Akagi Inn and identify the victim after learning the assistant director had arranged to meet a guest there.
• Conan recalled that the victim’s uncle said the guest had arrived in the morning and suggested checking the inn’s guest register.
• The police found three guests who had checked in during the morning, while Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru were also noted for paying to check in before regular hours.
• The police focused their attention on the three early-arriving guests, including Watanuki Tatsuzo, who had come early to prevent the discovery of a corpse he had hidden five years before.
• Watanuki Tatsuzo stayed calm after the assistant director’s body was found, believing there was no evidence against him and that his old burial site remained difficult to find.

Yamamura Misao's investigation stalled, but Conan and Amuro Tooru independently recognized the meaning of the clue in the victim's notebook. As Conan went to bait Watanuki Tatsuzo into revealing evidence, Vermouth intercepted and drugged him.

• Mouri Kogoro speculated that the victim had written Hozumi in pronunciation because the guest might have struggled with kanji, and Mouri Ran defended Amuro Tooru.
• Yamamura Misao's subordinate reported that no one named Hozumi appeared on the cast list, but the list's final entry read Hozumi Hajime.
• Conan and Amuro Tooru realized the significance of the notebook clue, while Amuro planned to use Jiang Xia to help Watanuki Tatsuzo find the remains.
• Conan decided to go up the mountain and bait Watanuki Tatsuzo into exposing the evidence, and Xiao Bai alerted Jiang Xia to his departure.
• Vermouth followed Conan, caught him from behind, and pressed a drug-soaked handkerchief over his nose and mouth.

Vermouth drugged Conan and carried him away, while Jiang Xia noticed her Killing Intent had grown denser. After Vermouth called Mouri Ran pretending to be Sonoko, Ran realized Conan had disappeared.

• Conan recognized that the disguised Sonoko was likely the mysterious woman who had impersonated a teacher, but the anesthetic took effect before he could act.
• Vermouth carried the unconscious Conan away from Bourbon and decided to keep him from appearing near him until her mission ended.
• Jiang Xia observed that Vermouth's Killing Intent had become denser, then took it from the Mermaid to examine it.
• Vermouth called Mouri Ran in Suzuki Sonoko's voice and claimed she had found Conan asleep and carried him back to the room.
• Mouri Ran realized Conan was missing and looked around in alarm.

Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru left the inn to investigate a clue while Watanuki Tatsuzo secretly followed them, fearing they would uncover his crimes. They reached a maple tree with an old red handkerchief tied to a branch.

• Mouri Ran returned to the room after telling Mouri Kogoro and Jiang Xia that she was going back to check on Suzuki Sonoko.
• Yamamura Misao released the three suspects for the night and asked them to come to the Police Station the next day to give Statements.
• Watanuki Tatsuzo watched Jiang Xia and saw him leave the inn with Amuro Tooru, then followed them into the mountains.
• Amuro Tooru warned Jiang Xia that Watanuki Tatsuzo was a dangerous criminal whose main concern was a body he had hidden years earlier.
• Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru stopped at a maple tree where an old red handkerchief hung from a branch.

Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru uncovered the buried skeleton and defeated Watanuki Tatsuzo’s assistant when he attacked them. Watanuki emerged to confront the detectives, while Jiang Xia searched the area and recalled that he had mistakenly knocked out the organization’s Peripheral Members before setting up their recording equipment.

• Jiang Xia uncovered the buried skeleton and pointed out the steel nails in its collarbone while Amuro Tooru explained that they could help identify the victim.
• Watanuki Tatsuzo’s assistant attacked Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru with a scimitar, but Amuro disarmed him and Jiang Xia knocked him unconscious.
• Amuro threw the scimitar into a nearby tree, prompting Watanuki to step out from behind it and address the detectives.
• Jiang Xia scanned the area and recalled that he had accidentally knocked out the organization’s Peripheral Members while sweeping the mountain with the Matsuda-brand Puppet.
• Jiang Xia had installed recording equipment for the Peripheral Members after recognizing their phone and realizing he had beaten up friendly forces.

Jiang Xia exposed how Watanuki Tatsuzo’s victim had identified him and confronted him over the bones buried beneath them. Watanuki summoned his subordinates, but the first to arrive collapsed with a warning that they had encountered a pervert.

• Jiang Xia explained that Hozumi Hajime had written the rare surname reading “April 1” in his Notebook to point to Watanuki Tatsuzo, and suggested Hozumi had discovered the buried bones.
• Watanuki argued that the dying message was not evidence and taunted Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru, while waiting for his subordinates to arrive.
• Watanuki revealed that he had summoned his men to help dispose of the bodies and snapped his fingers to call them forward.
• A burly subordinate leader wearing Fluorite pendants emerged, then collapsed at Watanuki’s feet with a bruised face and warned them that they had encountered a pervert.

Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia found Watanuki Tatsuzo’s men and the organization’s Peripheral Members unconscious in the forest, with unexplained whip-like marks on their skin. Amuro subdued Watanuki and discovered that the recording equipment had been hidden in a tree and was still running.

• Amuro Tooru suspected the Peripheral Members had beaten Watanuki Tatsuzo’s underlings, while Jiang Xia concealed his role in the strange injuries.
• Watanuki Tatsuzo fled, but Amuro Tooru caught him and knocked him unconscious with a hand chop.
• Amuro Tooru recognized an unconscious Peripheral Member nearby and wondered why both sides’ men had been attacked.
• Jiang Xia found more unconscious people in the bushes, and Amuro Tooru confirmed they included Peripheral Members and Watanuki Tatsuzo’s underlings.
• Amuro Tooru found the video equipment among the fallen men, realized the recording equipment was missing, and discovered it still operating in a tree.

Amuro Tooru investigated who had installed the recording device and completed the organization’s task with Jiang Xia. As their trip ended, Amuro noticed Jiang Xia seemed disappointed and sent him back to his room without promising another outing.

• Amuro Tooru wondered whether Matsuda Jinpei, or the man calling himself Kurosawa Sa, had installed the recording device, but decided he lacked evidence.
• Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia left the mountain, and Amuro emailed nearby organization members to clean up the scene.
• The organization’s Peripheral Members carried away the unconscious men and corpses before Amuro Tooru and Jiang Xia returned to the inn.
• Amuro Tooru processed the recording and sent it to the person in charge, completing his intelligence task.
• Amuro Tooru noticed Jiang Xia looking dejected at the end of their trip, but changed the subject and sent him back to his room.

Amuro followed Vermouth’s departure from Akagi Inn, suspecting she was tracking the mysterious attacker, and left the inn to investigate. The next morning, a police officer told Jiang Xia that Watanuki Tatsuzo had gone missing and asked whether he had seen him.

• Amuro learned that the unconscious Peripheral Members had never installed the recording equipment found at the scene.
• Amuro watched Vermouth drive away and speculated that she had left to pursue the mysterious person.
• Amuro packed up and secretly drove away from Akagi Inn to follow Vermouth, leaving Jiang Xia behind.
• The next morning, a police officer showed Jiang Xia a photograph of Watanuki Tatsuzo and asked whether he had seen the missing witness.

After Conan tipped off the police about Watanuki Tatsuzo, the suspect disappeared before they could find him. Conan questioned Jiang Xia about why he had not solved the case, then returned his attention to the mystery surrounding Amuro Tooru and checked whether Jiang Xia had a listening device.

• A police officer told Jiang Xia that Watanuki Tatsuzo had vanished after an anonymous caller identified him as a likely murderer.
• Conan emerged from behind a flowerpot, still groggy from the drug Vermouth had used to knock him out.
• Conan recalled waking to find that the disguised Suzuki Sonoko had left, then anonymously warned Yamamura Misao that Watanuki Tatsuzo was the killer.
• Conan asked Jiang Xia why he had not solved the case, and Jiang Xia explained that the bloody mark beside “April 1” was not enough to prove guilt.
• Conan suspected Amuro Tooru was affecting Jiang Xia’s usual approach and asked whether Jiang Xia had any listening devices on him.

Jiang Xia tried to reassure Conan about Amuro Tooru while keeping his work with his boss secret. When he went to find Amuro Tooru, he discovered that Amuro had checked out before dawn without telling him.

• Jiang Xia searched himself after Conan mentioned Listening Devices, leading Conan to suspect that Amuro Tooru planted them on his employees.
• Conan asked Jiang Xia what he and Amuro Tooru had been doing, but Jiang Xia told him not to ask.
• Jiang Xia went to Amuro Tooru's room, where a cleaner told him the guest had already checked out.
• Jiang Xia and Conan went to the front desk, and the receptionist said Amuro Tooru had left at dawn to handle something urgent.

Jiang Xia learned that Amuro Tooru had left and received his ordinary luggage and a short message ending their assignment. Conan followed Jiang Xia back to his room, but the bag offered no clues about Amuro’s disappearance, leaving Conan baffled.

• The receptionist gave Jiang Xia a travel bag from Amuro Tooru, and Jiang Xia found only clothes, necessities, and cash inside.
• Amuro Tooru messaged Jiang Xia that he had other matters to handle and that the assignment was over, leaving Jiang Xia to act freely.
• Jiang Xia suspected Amuro had slipped away while the Mermaid was following Vermouth, and regretted not arranging for a Ghost to watch him.
• Conan followed Jiang Xia and asked why his luggage had been with Amuro, but Jiang Xia gave a perfunctory answer.
• Conan inspected the bag in Jiang Xia’s room and found only ordinary belongings and 100,000 Yen, leaving him unable to understand why Amuro had left.

After Amuro Tooru left Gunma, Conan wondered whether Jiang Xia had been investigating him, while Amuro returned to Tokyo and concluded that Jiang Xia was probably not Uzo. Amuro ended the observation mission and ordered his agents to stop watching Jiang Xia, though their gathered intelligence still needed review.

• Conan suspected Jiang Xia was disappointed by Amuro Tooru's departure because he had uncovered Amuro's secrets, but decided Jiang Xia might simply miss his companion.
• Amuro Tooru returned to Tokyo after failing to learn why Vermouth had appeared around him or how she was connected to the mysterious Matsuda lookalike.
• Amuro sorted through his intelligence and mission reports, then had his car inspected for anything hidden inside it.
• Amuro met Kazami Yuuya and confirmed that the observation mission was over, ordering him to call back everyone watching Jiang Xia.
• Amuro reasoned that the cases and suspicious coincidences around Jiang Xia had been explained, and concluded Jiang Xia was probably not Uzo or an organization undercover agent.

After reviewing footage of Jiang Xia acting strangely while waking at inns, Amuro Tooru worried that he might be experiencing hallucinations and decided to arrange medical help. The chapter ended with Amuro assigning Kazami Yuuya to find suitable doctors for Jiang Xia.

• Amuro Tooru felt relieved after confirming Jiang Xia was not an Organization member, while Kazami Yuuya reflected on the exhausting investigation.
• Kazami Yuuya told Amuro Tooru that footage showed some of Jiang Xia’s behavior had seemed strange when Amuro could not monitor him.
• Amuro watched clips of Jiang Xia reaching toward empty air, especially while groggy after waking, and considered possible visual hallucinations.
• Amuro recalled Jiang Xia’s former psychiatrist and grew concerned that his employee might be hiding mental health symptoms.
• Amuro told Kazami Yuuya to arrange an eye examination and find suitable doctors to assess and treat Jiang Xia.

Kazami Yuuya accepted Amuro Tooru’s request to find Jiang Xia a carefully screened doctor, while Jiang Xia returned to Beika Town without encountering any cases. Elsewhere, Gin learned that the contest between intelligence agents had ended without deaths, and he considered what the outcome meant for Uzo and the Organization.

• Amuro Tooru warned Kazami Yuuya to find Jiang Xia a doctor with a good personality and no dangerous connections, leaving Kazami struggling with the assignment.
• Jiang Xia rode back to Beika Town with Mouri Kogoro and released his Ghosts to search for useful auras, but the trip passed without incident.
• Jiang Xia gave Conan a disappointed look before leaving, and Conan wondered whether he had missed an important hint.
• Vodka saw Gin read an email, and Gin told him the intelligence agents’ contest had ended without deaths, possibly because Vermouth intervened.
• Gin felt relieved that the Organization would avoid trouble but thought the outcome could help Uzo better understand the Organization’s strength.

Gin arranged a new meeting with Jiang Xia after Bourbon’s failed attempt to investigate him, while preparing an assassination operation against Ishihara. At Jiang Xia’s home, Jiang Xia prepared to introduce Matsuda Jinpei’s puppet as a second Uzo to Gin.

• Gin received Jiang Xia’s message arranging a new meeting and replied while tracking Ishihara with Vodka.
• Gin and Vodka spotted Ishihara arriving alone, and Gin prepared to silence him while collecting the money.
• Jiang Xia secured his home and found Matsuda Jinpei’s puppet waiting near the door.
• Jiang Xia gave Matsuda Jinpei a Blood Bag and prepared to take him to meet Gin as the Uzo Double.

Jiang Xia prepared Matsuda Jinpei to pose as Fake Uzo, hoping to conceal his own identity while communicating with the organization. As Matsuda hid a Blood Bag inside his puppet body to make it seem human, Jiang Xia considered what he might do if the organization rejected the plan.

• Jiang Xia decided to use Matsuda Jinpei as a Double so investigators searching for Uzo would be led to a false identity.
• Jiang Xia considered that the organization might refuse to recognize Fake Uzo or might assign Jiang Xia an unfamiliar subordinate instead.
• Jiang Xia gave Matsuda a Blood Bag to hide in his puppet body so it could appear to bleed if shot.
• Matsuda Jinpei reluctantly pushed the Blood Bag into his mouth, and Jiang Xia helped position it inside the puppet’s head.
• Jiang Xia imagined capturing Gin and Vodka if they discovered Matsuda was a puppet, but decided the risks could disrupt his peaceful life.