Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia called Gin to ask whether the organization planned to silence Prosecutor Yoshino Yota, prompting Gin to forbid any action against him for at least half a year. Gin mistakenly believed Jiang Xia had already prepared to kill Yoshino, while Jiang Xia tried to explain that Yoshino had only been caught up in a case before Gin hung up.

• Gin saw Uzo calling and answered after considering that Uzo had recently shown more discipline and contributed funds to the organization.
• Jiang Xia asked Gin whether the organization had plans to silence Prosecutor Yoshino Yota.
• Gin told Jiang Xia to leave Yoshino alone, explaining that changes among people in Yoshino's position could endanger the organization's established connections.
• Gin ordered Jiang Xia not to touch Yoshino for at least half a year, and Jiang Xia agreed.
• Jiang Xia tried to clarify that he was not trying to kill Yoshino, but Gin hung up before he could finish.
• Vodka listened to Gin's call in the black Porsche as Gin reflected on Uzo's progress and returned to reviewing his materials.

Jiang Xia decoded Yamabe Koichi’s message and set out to find the kidnappers before they could assassinate Prosecutor Yoshino. While searching the area, he unexpectedly encountered Tora-mura Yuji and another Ghost Tiger Society member in their car and staged a crash that left him on their hood.

• Jiang Xia decoded Yamabe Koichi’s numbers as a reference to the Heisei Express and the planned 1 p.m. assassination of Prosecutor Yoshino on the 29th.
• Jiang Xia decided to hunt down the kidnappers himself so he could capture Tora-mura Yuji and prevent any of them from escaping.
• Jiang Xia searched the area around the shooting practice site and the Shinkansen sniping point for the kidnappers’ hideout.
• The next morning, Jiang Xia sensed two masses of Killing Intent in a car driven by men dressed like the kidnappers Conan had described.
• The driver swerved to avoid Jiang Xia’s Motorcycle, but Jiang Xia landed on the car’s hood, leaving Tora-mura Yuji worried that witnesses would identify them.

Okiya Subaru witnessed Tora-mura Yuji and his lackey abduct Jiang Xia after a staged motorcycle accident. He secretly tracked their vehicle, hoping to rescue Jiang Xia without involving the police, while Tora-mura Yuji began to recognize the supposedly dead rider.

• Tora-mura Yuji spotted a Security Monitor and ordered his lackey to load Jiang Xia and the motorcycle into their vehicle and dump them in a river.
• Okiya Subaru saw the abduction, considered calling 110, then decided against involving the police because he feared Uzo.
• Okiya Subaru placed a Transmitter and Listening Device on the vehicle and followed it, planning to retrieve Jiang Xia after the men dumped him.
• Tora-mura Yuji and his lackey noticed that the unconscious rider looked familiar as they drove toward the river.
• The lackey recognized Jiang Xia as the High School Detective he had seen on the news.

Tora-mura Yuji’s men brought Jiang Xia to an abandoned building to hold him with Masuo Eri and Yamabe Koichi as leverage for an assassination. Okiya Subaru tracked them to the hideout, while Jiang Xia waited for a chance to act and began preparing a puppet.

• Tora-mura Yuji changed his mind and ordered his men to take Jiang Xia back instead of dumping him, planning to use him to bargain with the police after the assassination.
• Okiya Subaru tracked the commercial vehicle to an abandoned office building and realized the armed men had brought Jiang Xia to a criminal hideout.
• The kidnappers separated Yamabe Koichi and the Ghost Tiger Society’s second-in-command, then placed Jiang Xia in Masuo Eri’s room under guard.
• Jiang Xia surveyed the hostages and kidnappers through his Ghost body and decided to wait rather than risk the other hostages’ safety.
• After nearly half an hour, Jiang Xia’s Shikigami gathered into puppet clay, and Cat Ghost Fetus plunged into it.

Jiang Xia used a cat puppet to free himself from captivity, then silently subdued the Man in Black guarding him. Meanwhile, the police searched possible sniper sites, and Conan continued investigating the coded message without finding a lead.

• Jiang Xia formed a White-Clawed Black Cat puppet and used its sharpened claws to cut through his bindings.
• Jiang Xia returned to his body, retrieved his Collapsible Baton, and considered using the cat puppet to build connections with people around Uzo.
• Jiang Xia approached the Man in Black from behind, knocked him down, and prepared to beat him for Killing Intent.
• The police assigned officers to stake out suspected sniper locations along the route near the riverside practice spot.
• Conan searched for suspicious activity while trying to decipher the numerical code, but found no clues and could not reach Jiang Xia.
• Yoshida Ayumi, Kojima Genta, and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko watched Conan speed away and speculated that he and Ai were protected because they were on Jiang Xia's side.

The Detective Boys spotted a suspicious man leaving an abandoned building and sneaked inside to investigate, hoping to prove themselves without help. As they searched for the kidnappers, Jiang Xia was caught off guard when the tied-up Masuo Eri reacted to his attack on a Man in Black.

• Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko spotted a Man in Black leaving the building, and the three children suspected the kidnappers were hiding inside.
• Yoshida Ayumi tried to call Conan, but Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko and Genta persuaded her to investigate without adults.
• The Detective Boys split up and secretly entered the building.
• Yoshida Ayumi found a crashed Motorcycle resembling Jiang Xia's and reported it over her Detective Badge.
• Haibara Ai heard the children mention the Motorcycle, but they switched off the Badge and decided to search for the kidnappers themselves.
• Jiang Xia prepared to strike a Man in Black again, then noticed the tied-up Masuo Eri moving in terror.

Jiang Xia freed Masuo Eri and sent her to get help while he stayed behind to deal with the kidnappers and rescue Yamabe Koichi. After Masuo left, Jiang Xia prepared to approach the other hostage, wary of being seen by him.

• Jiang Xia tied up the beaten kidnapper, freed Masuo Eri, and explained that he had come to rescue her and Yamabe Koichi.
• Jiang Xia directed Masuo to leave by the east stairs and contact the police, while claiming he would hide nearby and watch the kidnappers.
• Masuo Eri left the building, followed secretly by Eating Cat in its Black Cat with White Paws Persona.
• Jiang Xia considered how to send Yamabe Koichi away without letting him witness Jiang Xia knocking loose Killing Intent, then headed toward Koichi's room.

Jiang Xia freed Yamabe Koichi and sent him after Masuo Eri while staying behind to deal with the remaining kidnappers. The Detective Boys searched the abandoned building and concluded that the kidnappers were likely holding victims upstairs.

• Jiang Xia slipped into Yamabe Koichi’s room, knocked out the guard, and freed Yamabe Koichi.
• Jiang Xia told Yamabe Koichi to find Masuo Eri while he stayed behind to watch the kidnappers, and Yamabe Koichi hurried after her.
• Jiang Xia woke the bound guard, knocked out his Killing Intent, and headed toward the room where the last kidnapper was eating Chicken Rolls.
• The Detective Boys saw Masuo Eri fleeing downstairs and suspected she had been kidnapped by a human trafficking gang.
• The Detective Boys decided the hideout was probably on an upper floor and entered the corridor to search from the other side.

The Detective Boys reached the fourth floor and caught Jiang Xia subduing Tora-mura Yuji, the Ghost Tiger Society’s second-in-command, who had planned to assassinate a prosecutor and use Jiang Xia as a hostage. Jiang Xia mistook the children’s terrified reaction for excitement at their bold investigation and greeted them warmly.

• The Detective Boys heard footsteps and climbed upstairs to investigate as hostages fled and Jiang Xia fought the kidnappers.
• Tora-mura Yuji planned to have Yamabe Koichi shoot the prosecutor on the Heisei Express, then use Jiang Xia as a hostage to demand the release of the Ghost Tiger Society’s Big Brother.
• Jiang Xia surprised Tora-mura Yuji, kicked his gun away, and pinned him down after breaking his wrist.
• The Detective Boys saw Jiang Xia standing over the wailing Tora-mura Yuji and nervously promised they had seen nothing.
• Jiang Xia smiled at the children, pleased that they had made their way into the building.

Jiang Xia subdued Tora-mura Yuji, but the Detective Boys mistook his reassuring words and brutal fighting for a threat. A bald underling arrived with Yoshida Ayumi as a hostage, and Jiang Xia secretly revived Tora-mura Yuji’s fighting spirit while using him as a shield.

• Tora-mura Yuji pulled out a hidden Knife and tried to stab Jiang Xia, who kicked it away and beat him down.
• Jiang Xia tried to reassure the children that bad people would be punished, but the Detective Boys grew frightened and retreated into the corridor.
• A bald underling approached the children and took Yoshida Ayumi hostage while confronting Jiang Xia with a gun.
• Jiang Xia held the unconscious Tora-mura Yuji in front of himself as a shield, then secretly poked him until he regained consciousness and saw his underling holding Ayumi.

Jiang Xia rescued the Detective Boys from the Men in Black, but an unknown shooter intervened and wounded the last armed thug. After the police arrived, Jiang Xia spotted Okiya Subaru watching from nearby and explained his actions to Officer Sato.

• Jiang Xia considered the captured Men in Black a source of Killing Intent and prepared to approach the bald underling.
• A shooter fired through the window, hitting the bald underling’s arm, and Jiang Xia moved the Detective Boys to safety.
• Jiang Xia used a mirror and his Ghosts to search for the shooter, but Mist Tengu and Mermaid returned after the shooter had driven away.
• Jiang Xia recognized the shooter’s sake-scented Killing Intent as Gin’s, collected the remaining Killing Intent, and bandaged the injured underling.
• The police and an Ambulance arrived, and Jiang Xia spotted Okiya Subaru secretly watching the building from an alley.
• Jiang Xia told Officer Sato that he had followed the Men in Black after noticing they resembled the men Conan had described and appeared to carry Guns.

Jiang Xia explained the hostage rescue while Okiya Subaru quietly waited for the police to leave, then received a seal from the black cat. Jiang Xia, wearing Matsuda Jinpei’s persona, gave Okiya a delivery order and left him frozen at the sound of Uzo’s voice.

• Jiang Xia presented his account of the rescue, and the children stayed silent while the police focused on the distant sniper.
• Okiya Subaru watched Jiang Xia and the children leave, then waited in his car for the police to clear the road.
• The black cat brought Okiya a name seal engraved with “Tora-mura Yuji,” and he decided to keep it.
• Jiang Xia, disguised as Matsuda Jinpei, ordered Okiya to deliver the seal to Yamanaka Kentaro at Hirano Pharmacy before three-thirty.
• Okiya recognized the voice as Uzo’s and froze without turning around.

Jiang Xia freed himself from captivity with the White-Clawed Black Cat’s help and overpowered the man guarding him, despite the kidnappers believing he had been badly hurt in a car crash. Elsewhere, the police searched for the sniping site while Conan continued investigating without finding a lead.

• Jiang Xia used the cat puppet’s reinforced claws to cut his ropes, then returned to his body and retrieved his Collapsible Baton.
• Jiang Xia seized the black-clad guard from behind and knocked him to the floor, leaving the man terrified by his unexpected strength.
• The police searched several possible sniping locations and placed two officers at each suspected site.
• Conan continued checking locations for suspicious activity but found no clues and could not reach Jiang Xia by phone.
• Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko watched Conan speed past on his Skateboard and wondered why he and Ai were not afraid of Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia assigned Okiya Subaru to deliver Tora-mura Yuji’s Seal to the organization’s Goods Collector while he went to the police station. Okiya later learned that the Ghost Tiger Society had already been dismantled, leaving him to wonder whether Uzo had destroyed it just to get the Seal.

• Jiang Xia decided that Okiya Subaru would deliver the Seal in person because Jiang Xia had to go to the police station and could not use a conspicuous puppet.
• Okiya accepted the errand, and his cat, Little Black, jumped into Uzo’s arms.
• Uzo told Okiya that Little Black was his cat and instructed him to treat it well if it visited again.
• Okiya drove away with the Seal and began the organization’s errand after the police and ambulance left.
• The next day, Okiya read that the Ghost Tiger Society’s leader and core members had already been arrested, and wondered if Uzo had dismantled the organization for the Seal.

Okiya Subaru imagined Uzo’s reach extending everywhere and resolved to warn Akai and the FBI about him. Meanwhile, Gin realized Uzo had nearly used Yoshino Yota’s crackdown on the Ghost Tiger Society to assassinate the prosecutor, and Vodka summed up Uzo’s dangerous ingenuity.

• Okiya Subaru imagined a flight attendant acting for Uzo and killing him, then grew increasingly frightened by other possible plots.
• Okiya Subaru decided to contact Mr. Akai and warn him that the FBI needed to understand how dangerous Uzo was.
• Gin read the report about the Ghost Tiger Society and recalled that Uzo had asked him about Yoshino Yota.
• Gin investigated Yoshino Yota’s crackdown and learned it had begun when the prosecutor discovered smuggling evidence in a murdered man’s briefcase.
• Gin realized Uzo had nearly exploited the case to have Yoshino Yota assassinated, despite Gin’s routine task list giving Uzo no reason to approach important figures.
• Vodka remarked that Uzo could move the earth if given a fulcrum.

After his hostage incident, Jiang Xia resumed work at the Detective Agency and received an invitation from Vermouth, which he accepted to replenish his supply of killing intent and possibly seek her help with a mission. Vermouth grew suspicious of Jiang Xia’s sudden willingness to meet and wondered whether he was setting a trap.

• Gin concluded that Uzo’s missions for his underlings needed extra scrutiny because Uzo might turn a fragile situation dangerous.
• Jiang Xia returned to his ordinary commissions, and Amuro Tooru briefly checked on him and left health tea before slipping away.
• Jiang Xia handled concerned messages and clipped newspaper reports at the Detective Agency before receiving an email from Vermouth.
• Jiang Xia accepted Vermouth’s invitation to meet, hoping to collect her apple-flavored killing intent and possibly involve her in the mission against President Schindler.
• Vermouth was surprised by Jiang Xia’s reply and wondered whether he had noticed her feelings for Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran or was luring her into a trap.

Vermouth accepted Uzo’s invitation and disguised herself as a delinquent girl for their meeting in Shibahama Town. Jiang Xia recognized her immediately and joined her, leaving them to head off together.

• Vermouth agreed to meet Uzo that evening and prepared a disguise.
• Jiang Xia rode his replacement Motorcycle toward the meeting place, briefly noticing a car near an Apartment by Beika Middle School before continuing on.
• Vermouth evaded FBI surveillance and waited for Jiang Xia at a Square while pretending to play an arcade game.
• Jiang Xia spotted Vermouth at once, took over her game, and criticized her choice of appearance.
• Vermouth suggested their meeting might spark a scandalous newspaper headline, and Jiang Xia dismissed the idea before they set off together.

Jiang Xia accompanied Vermouth to a bar, hoping to use her disguise skills to get inside without being recognized as a High School Detective. Vermouth proposed meeting more often under the pretext of helping him, and Jiang Xia agreed to learn from her as they neared the bar.

• Jiang Xia asked Vermouth what new product the bar had launched and focused more on the bar than on their other conversation.
• Vermouth opened a bottle of paint to disguise Jiang Xia before they reached the bar.
• Jiang Xia asked Vermouth for a disguise that would not look too ugly, recalling his earlier failures at making disguises himself.
• Vermouth suggested that Jiang Xia come see her more often so she could practice disguising him and observe his psychological state.
• Jiang Xia agreed to do his best to learn from Vermouth and asked her to apply the disguise before the paint dried.

Jiang Xia abandoned his planned meeting with Vermouth to join Mouri Ran and Conan, and Vermouth went along with them. They ended up at a rooftop restaurant performance, where Vermouth reconsidered her suspicions about Jiang Xia while enjoying the outing.

• Vermouth nearly ruined Jiang Xia's makeup when Mouri Ran called out to him, then concealed the crooked stroke.
• Mouri Ran spotted Jiang Xia with Vermouth and stopped them before they entered a bar, worried he would agree to drink with her.
• Jiang Xia chose to spend the evening with Mouri Ran and Conan, and Vermouth accepted Mouri Ran's invitation to join them.
• Vermouth considered whether Jiang Xia had noticed her concern for Mouri Ran and Conan, then decided he might simply have little respect for the Organization or her.
• Mouri Ran, Conan, Jiang Xia, and Vermouth ate at a rooftop restaurant while watching its opening-day performance, and the lead singer announced “Everlasting Luv.”

Jiang Xia, Vermouth, Mouri Ran, and Conan watched Watanabe Yukiko and her band perform at a Rooftop Restaurant while trading cautious small talk. As the set changed, Jiang Xia turned his attention to the next song.

• Vermouth commented on Watanabe Yukiko’s lively singing, and Jiang Xia began to mention rumors about the singer before stopping himself.
• Mouri Ran recalled rumors that Watanabe Yukiko had trouble getting along with bands and hoped to ask the musicians for autographs after the show.
• Vermouth offered Jiang Xia some Draft Beer, but Mouri Ran refused for him because they were underage, while Jiang Xia quietly noted the restaurant’s private booths.
• Conan watched Vermouth warily, then relaxed after deciding she seemed to have no immediate harmful intentions.
• Conan and Mouri Ran went to get more snacks as Yusuke Nakamura took over as lead singer and announced a familiar classic song.
• Jiang Xia turned toward the stage when Yusuke Nakamura began the next performance.