Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia examined Okiya Subaru’s suspicious résumé and wondered whether he was Akai Shuichi or a real person who had given up his identity. Gin then outlined measures to conceal Jiang Xia’s past in the Organization and explained a wave of reports accusing Detectives of links to violent groups.

• Jiang Xia skimmed Okiya Subaru’s file and decided to investigate him and the neighboring Kudo Residence after leaving the car.
• Jiang Xia considered whether Akai Shuichi had taken over Okiya Subaru’s identity, and suspected Okiya Subaru might instead have voluntarily surrendered it.
• Gin told Jiang Xia that his history in the Organization could expose him, then emailed him instructions to claim he had only investigated suspicious people while solving cases.
• Jiang Xia opened Gin’s collection of reports alleging that Great Detectives colluded with violent groups.
• Gin explained that the media would expand its coverage of suspected corrupt Detectives and that informants who exposed them would face retaliation.

Jiang Xia considered how the organization’s cover story could explain his connection to Uzo, while Gin assigned him a new assassination mission. The target was Thomas Schindler, and Jiang Xia recognized that the invitation Gin had given him was for a game launch event connected to Schindler’s company.

• Jiang Xia reasoned that the organization’s influence and the lack of reliable evidence would discourage people from exposing him.
• Gin told Jiang Xia to learn about the organization and gave him a mission file and an invitation to a game launch event.
• Gin ordered Jiang Xia to kill Thomas Schindler in an accident within fifteen days without exposing their involvement.
• Jiang Xia identified Schindler as the chairman of a powerful American IT company and recalled that he had adopted the Japanese-born genius Hiroki Sawada.

Jiang Xia learned why the Organization had targeted Thomas Schindler and discussed plans with Gin to kill him during his upcoming trip to Japan. Jiang Xia secretly hoped Schindler would survive long enough to reach Tokyo, where the holographic game launch might give him a chance to collect ghosts.

• The chapter recounted how Hiroki Sawada discovered that Schindler descended from Jack the Ripper, sensed Schindler's murderous intent, completed Noah's Ark, and died by suicide.
• Gin explained that Schindler had become uncooperative and held dangerous information about the Organization, making him a target during his Japan trip.
• Jiang Xia agreed to seek an opportunity to approach Schindler at the game launch, while Gin warned him about Schindler's security and said the Organization might intercept his plane.
• Jiang Xia imagined an unlikely aerial attack and privately hoped Schindler would survive to reach Tokyo so he could attend the launch and collect ghosts.
• Jiang Xia read that Schindler had arranged for the Organization's information to be released if he were attacked, and had given the same authority to a confidant.

Gin assigned Jiang Xia to assassinate Schindler while making the death appear unrelated to the Organization, and Jiang Xia considered abducting the target if needed. Gin reassured him that the rare game badge would not expose his connection to the Organization.

• Schindler kept the information he held about the Organization secret and wanted to end their cooperation because he feared its strength.
• Gin chose Jiang Xia for the difficult, discreet assassination and considered sending someone reliable to support him.
• Jiang Xia studied Schindler’s photo and said the target looked vicious enough to put on a convincing show.
• Jiang Xia planned how Matsuda Jinpei and the other puppets could abduct Schindler and deliver him to the Organization.
• Jiang Xia worried that wearing the rare game badge might reveal his identity, but Gin explained its source and said it had no distinguishing marks.

Jiang Xia avoided using the invitation and badge Gin had given him, while Gin explained the risks of illegal guns and showed him a disguised weapon. The chapter ended with Gin urging Jiang Xia to buy a car, which Jiang Xia refused because he preferred riding with others.

• Jiang Xia decided to avoid using Gin's invitation letter and badge and planned to find another way into the venue.
• Jiang Xia asked Gin whether carrying so many guns affected his movements, and Gin explained that unlicensed weapons led to Peripheral Members being eliminated by the Organization.
• Gin demonstrated a weaponized Steel Pen that could fire a tethered, poison-ready nib and collect biological samples, then gave it to Jiang Xia.
• Gin told Jiang Xia he would send the Steel Pen's manual after the car arrived.
• Gin told Jiang Xia to buy a car with the Organization's money, but Jiang Xia refused because he did not like driving.

Jiang Xia tested the organization’s newly acquired Steel Pen and discovered its attack, injection, sample-collection, and grappling functions. He left Matsuda Jinpei to repair the damaged trees and examine the device after they returned.

• Gin suspected Jiang Xia still had trauma from witnessing a car accident and decided to ask Vermouth about treatment and the game launch event.
• Jiang Xia tested the Steel Pen on a discarded tree and found its attack setting could drive a powerful hooked tip into the trunk.
• Jiang Xia rotated the pen to discover its injection mode, then tested its remaining functions with a Ghost keeping watch.
• Jiang Xia found the Steel Pen also collected samples and fired a grappling claw, while two of its settings did nothing.
• Jiang Xia let Matsuda Jinpei take the Steel Pen apart later and ordered him to repair the gouged trees, so Matsuda extended his spider legs and began working.

Jiang Xia considered how to use his new Steel Pen and the subordinates Gin had assigned him, while postponing contact with Okiya Subaru. As Jiang Xia slipped toward the empty Kudo Residence to check for new residents, Haibara Ai spotted Matsuda Jinpei’s puppet and mistook its aura for The Organization’s.

• Jiang Xia rode home with the Steel Pen and decided he could carry it without raising suspicion.
• Jiang Xia reviewed his new subordinates and postponed contacting Okiya Subaru until he could learn whether he was Akai Shuichi or the real Okiya Subaru.
• Jiang Xia asked Gin for routine missions, then possessed Matsuda Jinpei’s puppet and headed toward the Kudo Residence to check whether anyone had moved in.
• Haibara Ai sensed someone outside Professor Agasa’s house, saw a black-clad figure, and panicked when its aura seemed like The Organization’s.

Haibara Ai spotted a black-clad Organization member near her home and hid, unsure whether to warn Jiang Xia or Anonymous. The next morning, Jiang Xia received several independent assignments from Gin that would let him observe his new underlings.

• Haibara Ai recognized an Organization member outside and hurried indoors, but deleted the message she had started to send Jiang Xia.
• Haibara Ai hid in a Wardrobe, considered warning Anonymous, and clutched the Anesthetic tube Anonymous had given her for reassurance.
• Jiang Xia inspected Kudo Shinichi's empty house using a puppet and saw Haibara Ai fall back onto her balcony while passing Professor Agasa's house.
• Jiang Xia speculated that his puppet carried the Organization's aura and hoped it would provoke sharp reactions before he fell asleep.
• The next morning, Jiang Xia received several assignments from Gin that he could complete independently to observe his new underlings.

Jiang Xia reassured Haibara Ai that the suspicious man she had seen was his colleague, who knew she was Sherry but would not report her to the organization. He warned her to avoid the man unless she needed help, then Haibara hid behind Jiang Xia when a noise came from the gate.

• Jiang Xia saw Haibara Ai playing house in Professor Agasa's yard and realized she was waiting to speak with him.
• Haibara Ai told Jiang Xia that she had seen a suspicious man nearby whose presence resembled his.
• Jiang Xia said the man was his colleague and might know Haibara Ai was Sherry, but had no intention of reporting them.
• Jiang Xia advised Haibara Ai to keep her distance from the man, but to seek him out if she faced danger while Jiang Xia was absent.
• A metallic clack sounded near the gate, and Haibara Ai tensed and hid her face behind Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia and Haibara Ai discovered that it was Valentine's Day and dealt with the chocolates left at his door. Conan came by with a serious request about Ran's handmade chocolate, which turned out to be intended for a mixer.

• A former Burger House coworker left a gift at Jiang Xia's mailbox and fled before he could speak to her.
• Haibara Ai found the gift box and realized it was Valentine's Day, while Jiang Xia noticed the many chocolates left at his doorstep.
• Haibara Ai helped Jiang Xia carry the chocolates inside, and they put up a sign showing where future gifts should be left.
• Conan arrived and asked Jiang Xia if he was free, then explained that Ran had made chocolate for a Valentine's Day mixer rather than for Kudo Shinichi.
• Haibara Ai asked Conan what happened next.

Jiang Xia agreed to help Conan keep Mouri Ran safe at a mixer, and Conan devised a way for them to get invited. Meanwhile, Jiang Xia sent Matsuda Jinpei in the puppet known as Cito or Kurosawa Sa to a remote road so he could stage an encounter with his supposed persona, Uzo.

• Conan warned Jiang Xia that Wakamatsu Toshihide had a bad reputation and might harass Ran at the mixer.
• Haibara Ai dismissed the concern, went home to sleep, and silently decided to punish Conan for interrupting her conversation with Jiang Xia.
• Conan proposed that Jiang Xia bring him to the mixer organizer’s house under the pretense that Conan had slipped into the yard, giving them a chance to be invited inside.
• Jiang Xia fueled his motorcycle and directed the Shikigami and Matsuda Jinpei to gather in the Cito or Kurosawa Sa puppet.
• Matsuda Jinpei rode a motorcycle to a camera-free stretch near Beika General Hospital after Jiang Xia instructed him to let Jiang Xia hit him there.

Jiang Xia and Conan collided with Kurosawa Sa while riding to the mixer, and Conan took charge as Jiang Xia appeared to be dazed by the accident. Kurosawa Sa quickly sat up and stopped Conan from opening his Briefcase, while someone bumped Conan just as he began calling for help.

• Jiang Xia and Conan rode toward the mixer, and Jiang Xia struck Kurosawa Sa when he stepped out from behind a parked car.
• Conan blamed himself for distracting Jiang Xia and hurried to check Kurosawa Sa, while Jiang Xia silently stood nearby.
• Conan reached for Kurosawa Sa’s neck, but Kurosawa Sa woke and blocked his hand.
• Kurosawa Sa gestured for Conan to retrieve his Briefcase, and Conan noticed it was unusually heavy and wanted to inspect it.
• Kurosawa Sa warned Conan against being too curious, then sat up as Conan began calling Emergency Number 119.
• Someone bumped Conan from behind and cut off his explanation about car-accident injuries.

Conan and Jiang Xia arranged to leave after the man in black entered a hotel, then continued to the mixer. Conan climbed into the Minagawa grounds while Jiang Xia sensed multiple sources of Killing Intent inside the house.

• After hanging up Conan's emergency call, Kurosawa Sa asked Jiang Xia to take him to a hotel instead of a hospital, and Jiang Xia helped him onto the Motorcycle.
• When Kurosawa Sa did not return, Conan suggested leaving their contact information with the gatekeeper and going on; Jiang Xia agreed.
• Jiang Xia revealed that Matsuda Jinpei had used a puppet to enter the hotel and discarded the bag and Mu Jins afterward.
• Jiang Xia rode slowly toward the mixer, and Conan kept quiet about the accident and the suspicious man in black.
• At the Minagawa grounds, Conan climbed over the railing and told Jiang Xia to knock once he was in position.
• Jiang Xia sensed multiple sources of Killing Intent inside the house.

Jiang Xia joined Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Conan at a gathering hosted by Minagawa Katsuhiko, where he found plenty of killing intent among the guests. As Ran quietly endured Wakamatsu Toshihide’s irritating advances, Sonoko overheard Minagawa speaking with his childhood friend Sekiya Kaori in the corridor.

• Jiang Xia met Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko outside the courtyard after Conan was found wandering behind the house.
• Mrs. Minagawa invited Jiang Xia and the others into the gathering, where Jiang Xia noticed the many guests and their killing intent.
• Conan pointed out that Wakamatsu Toshihide kept staring at Ran, while Minagawa Katsuhiko drunkenly insulted Naomichi.
• Wakamatsu Toshihide flirted with Ran and dismissed her karate as too barbaric, prompting her to crack her porcelain cup while keeping a polite smile.
• Sonoko went into the corridor with handmade chocolate intended for Minagawa and overheard him talking with his childhood friend Sekiya Kaori.

At a matchmaking gathering, Jiang Xia listened to Xiao Bai’s gossip while watching Wakamatsu Toshihide creep toward Mouri Ran. He redirected Wakamatsu’s advances onto Conan, who was left reeling after Wakamatsu kissed him.

• Sekiya Kaori offered Minagawa Katsuhiko chocolates, but he rejected them and said they should remain ordinary friends, prompting her to suspect he liked Yoshimi.
• Xiao Bai returned to Jiang Xia after eavesdropping on Minagawa Katsuhiko and Sekiya Kaori, while Suzuki Sonoko ate the chocolate she had meant to give away.
• Jiang Xia shared his chocolate with Minagawa Katsuhiko’s younger brother after the boy asked for some.
• Wakamatsu Toshihide secretly edged his hand toward Mouri Ran, and Jiang Xia noticed him while Conan pointed out the danger.
• Jiang Xia grabbed Conan’s hand and put it in Wakamatsu Toshihide’s reach before Wakamatsu could touch Mouri Ran.
• Wakamatsu Toshihide grabbed Conan, kissed him on the face, and left Conan horrified.

At the Minagawa gathering, Conan and Wakamatsu Toshihide accidentally kissed after Conan discovered he had left his shoe gadget behind, while Jiang Xia watched the mounting tensions. After sensing a distant source of Killing Intent, Jiang Xia slipped away to investigate, leaving Mouri Ran at the gathering.

• Conan and Wakamatsu Toshihide realized they had kissed each other, and Jiang Xia comforted Conan by framing his ordeal as a sacrifice for Mouri Ran.
• Minagawa's mother took chocolate from Minagawa's Younger Brother, while Sekiya Kaori rejected the glasses-wearing man's sympathy and left him increasingly angry.
• Wakamatsu Toshihide lost an arm-wrestling match to Minagawa Katsuhiko, then attacked him after Minagawa insulted him.
• Matsuda Jinpei sensed something far away, and Jiang Xia left the gathering to investigate the possible source of Killing Intent.
• Mouri Ran noticed Jiang Xia's message and considered leaving, but stayed until Mrs. Minagawa brought tea and dessert to calm the fighting men.

Jiang Xia detected a car carrying strong killing intent, tagged it with a tracker, and returned to the gathering after Mouri Ran reported that Minagawa Katsuhiko had collapsed. The group found Minagawa dead in the yard, and Mouri Ran called the police and contacted Jiang Xia about the suspected poisoning.

• Jiang Xia spotted a masked driver in a Toyota and followed the car after secretly attaching a tracker to it.
• Mouri Ran messaged Jiang Xia that Minagawa Katsuhiko had collapsed and Conan suspected poisoning.
• Minagawa Katsuhiko went into the yard to smoke, and Watanabe Yoshimi followed him with a box of chocolates.
• Watanabe Yoshimi screamed when she found Minagawa lying dead beside a bitten chocolate bar.
• Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko called for help, and Mouri Ran notified the police and sent Jiang Xia the details.

Jiang Xia questioned the apparent confession in Minagawa Katsuhiko’s poisoning and redirected the investigation toward Mrs. Minagawa. The police moved to stop her as she hurriedly washed cups, leaving her suspicious behavior under scrutiny.

• The autopsy showed that Minagawa Katsuhiko had died from pesticide poisoning, and the chocolate Watanabe Yoshimi gave him tested positive for poison.
• A police officer reported poison in the cigarettes, prompting Sekiya Kaori to accuse the bespectacled man who had handed Minagawa a cigarette.
• The bespectacled man confessed to poisoning the cigarette filters, but Jiang Xia pointed out that Minagawa had removed the filter before smoking, so it could not have killed him.
• Jiang Xia noticed Mrs. Minagawa washing cups while the police investigated and pointed her out to Inspector Megure.
• Mrs. Minagawa hurried to wash the remaining cups, and Inspector Megure ordered the police to stop her.

After Mrs. Minagawa confessed to poisoning her husband, Jiang Xia left with Mouri Ran and Conan, who encountered Wakamatsu Toshihide at a train platform. Ran drove him off after he took her chocolate, then vented her frustration over Shinichi by repeatedly bending a metal signpost, leaving Conan afraid of what she might do if she learned his secret.

• The police identified pesticide in the Minagawa family's dishes and its antidote in the homemade cakes, and Mrs. Minagawa confessed to poisoning her husband and switching the chocolates.
• Inspector Megure remembered too late to recommend Jiang Xia to Sato Miwako, who was handling another case, and Jiang Xia left with his classmates.
• Jiang Xia accompanied Mouri Ran and Conan to the train platform while Ran complained about Shinichi's long absence.
• Wakamatsu Toshihide arrived and snatched Ran's chocolate, but Ran punched a metal signpost and frightened him into fleeing.
• Jiang Xia caught the dropped chocolate as Ran repeatedly struck the signpost, and Conan asked Jiang Xia to stop her if his identity was ever exposed.

After Mouri Ran left, Conan accepted the chocolate Jiang Xia had caught, but Haibara Ai suddenly appeared and revealed that the Detective Boys had asked her for help. The children arrived and cautiously greeted Jiang Xia, who asked what had happened.

• Mouri Ran boarded the train home, leaving Conan and Jiang Xia at the station.
• Jiang Xia gave Conan the chocolate, and Conan accepted it eagerly.
• Haibara Ai appeared and explained that the children had called for her help.
• Kojima Genta, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko, and Yoshida Ayumi arrived, froze when they saw Jiang Xia, and then greeted him politely.
• Jiang Xia asked the three children why they seemed flustered.