Chapter Summaries

At the rooftop restaurant, Vermouth watched Jiang Xia focus on drummer Yusuke Nakamura and concluded he had chosen him as an unwitting actor in an upcoming murder case. She also began to suspect that Jiang Xia deliberately allowed Conan to encounter ordinary cases as puzzles, leaving her to wonder what would happen if Conan and Ran learned his true nature.

• Jiang Xia recognized Yusuke Nakamura from their earlier meeting at Nichiei TV, and Yusuke briefly froze before announcing his next song.
• Vermouth noticed Jiang Xia’s interest in Yusuke and suspected the drummer had been selected as a supporting actor in one of Jiang Xia’s murder dramas.
• Vermouth reasoned that Jiang Xia had accepted her invitation because the nearby rooftop restaurant offered a chance to watch a murder case unfold.
• Vermouth considered whether Ran and Conan’s presence at the restaurant was coincidence or part of Jiang Xia’s arrangement, and decided a murder case would soon happen there.
• Vermouth inferred that Jiang Xia might permit Conan to join ordinary cases as daily puzzles, then wondered what would happen if Conan and Ran discovered his true nature.

At a rooftop restaurant, Vermouth realized Uzo was watching Mouri Kogoro with the eager attention he gave a chosen actor. As Mouri headed home, Uzo inferred that his dead phone and timing had drawn him into an impending case, leaving Vermouth worried about what role he would play.

• Vermouth invited Jiang Xia to get snacks, then noticed Uzo watching someone from the rooftop terrace.
• Vermouth followed Uzo’s gaze and saw that he was watching Mouri Kogoro, who was walking with a drunk friend below.
• Mouri Kogoro’s friend left by taxi, while Mouri stayed behind and discovered that his phone had run out of battery.
• Mouri Kogoro gave up trying to check the time and staggered toward the station to go home.
• Jiang Xia recalled sensing killing intent near Mouri’s apartment and suspected Mouri would stumble into a case on his way home.
• Uzo remarked that Mouri had set off at that time with a dead phone, and Vermouth worried that he might become a victim or accomplice in Uzo’s plan.

Vermouth tried to steer Uzo away from harming Mouri Kogoro without revealing her attachment to Ran and Shinichi. When she asked to see how Uzo viewed the world behind his cases, he dismissed the process as mundane work and said people could overcome any difficulty.

• Vermouth worried that Uzo might kill Mouri Kogoro and tried to warn him that it could draw police attention.
• Uzo denied that his cases had anything to do with him and accused Vermouth of being unusually interested in Mouri Kogoro.
• Vermouth concealed her concern for Ran and Shinichi, fearing that Uzo would see her as a threat or focus on her.
• Vermouth claimed she was bored as an audience member and asked Uzo to show her the world behind the scenes.
• Jiang Xia replaced his juice with cola and told Vermouth that the work behind murder cases was mundane and that people could overcome any difficulty.

Vermouth tried to coax Uzo into revealing his plans for Mouri Kogoro, but he told her to figure them out herself. Meanwhile, Mouri Kogoro fell asleep on the Loop Line, and Jiang Xia secretly took Conan’s hash browns during the gathering.

• Vermouth hinted that she would attend Uzo’s future performances if he revealed what he planned for Mouri Kogoro, but Uzo refused and walked away.
• Mouri Kogoro boarded the train at Shibahama Station, fell asleep, and missed his stop at Beika Town.
• Children on the train tossed a piece of candy into the sleeping Mouri Kogoro’s mouth, but he barely reacted.
• Conan stayed at the Rooftop Restaurant with Mouri Ran, who watched the performances eagerly.
• Conan noticed that Jiang Xia had taken several Smiley Hash Browns from his plate.

At the Rooftop Restaurant, Jiang Xia shared snacks with Conan while Yusuke Nakamura approached him for an autograph. Nakamura then invited Ran to get a signed band poster, and Vermouth noticed something suspicious inside his guitar as Ran followed him away.

• Jiang Xia reached for Conan’s hash browns, found them gone, and Conan went to fetch more snacks for Jiang Xia and Ran.
• Vermouth noticed Yusuke Nakamura lingering in the shadows after his band’s performance and watching their table.
• Yusuke Nakamura approached Jiang Xia, recalled meeting him at Nichiei TV, and asked him to sign his guitar.
• Ran revealed that she liked Nakamura’s songs, and he invited her to get a signed band poster from his bag.
• Vermouth spotted something unusual fixed inside Nakamura’s guitar as Ran followed him away.

Vermouth worried that Uzo might be targeting Mouri Ran and decided to follow her after she left with Yusuke Nakamura. The chapter ended with Conan returning to the table and Jiang Xia telling him that Ran and Vermouth had gone to get the band’s autographs.

• Vermouth noticed a human finger inside the guitar and realized Mouri Ran had followed Yusuke Nakamura downstairs.
• Vermouth suspected Uzo might have deliberately arranged the encounter and be testing her unusual concern for Ran and Kudo Shinichi.
• Worried for Ran’s safety, Vermouth left the table to follow her, claiming she wanted a closer view of Uzo’s play.
• Jiang Xia casually warned Vermouth not to cause trouble, then let her leave.
• Conan returned with a platter of snacks and asked where Ran and Vermouth had gone, and Jiang Xia said they had gone to ask the band for autographs.

Yusuke Nakamura brought Mouri Ran to the performers’ lounge, where they discovered what appeared to be Watanabe Yukiko’s body beneath a blanket. Mouri Ran went to fetch Jiang Xia, leaving Yusuke alone at the scene as Vermouth watched from the corridor.

• Yusuke Nakamura led Mouri Ran to the B1 lounge while Vermouth followed and observed from a distance.
• Yusuke entered the dark lounge alone, then screamed after finding a blanket-covered figure on the floor.
• Mouri Ran entered and recognized Watanabe Yukiko’s Purple Starlight Glove beneath the blanket.
• Yusuke told Mouri Ran to get Jiang Xia, and she hurried to the elevator.
• As the elevator rose, Mouri Ran realized she should have called Jiang Xia and worried that Yusuke was alone with the apparent body.

Vermouth reflected on Uzo’s dangerous-looking but safe role for Mouri Ran, then worried about what he had planned for Mouri Kogoro. Still drunk and unaware of the danger, Kogoro accepted Sayuri Shimamura’s invitation to go for a drive, while Jiang Xia waited for Ran in Shibahama Town.

• Mouri Ran called the police from the elevator and went to tell Jiang Xia that a murder had occurred downstairs.
• Vermouth emerged from behind the curtain and concluded that Uzo had given Ran a safe role, though she wondered what he had planned for Mouri Kogoro.
• Mouri Kogoro woke on a train at Beika Station, got off, and stopped to admire the cherry blossoms near Beika Middle School.
• Sayuri Shimamura ran to her car with a bag, encountered the drunken Kogoro, and invited him to go for a joyride.
• Kogoro agreed and got into Sayuri’s car as Jiang Xia ate snacks and waited for Ran at the rooftop restaurant.

Jiang Xia and Conan investigated the death of Band member Yukiko in a lounge while Mouri Ran sensed that something about the scene did not add up. Elsewhere, Mouri Kogoro’s ride with Sayuri Shimamura took an unsettling turn when he felt something furry in the car.

• After Mouri Ran reported a death, Jiang Xia and Conan went with her to the lounge, where they found Yukiko dead beneath a blanket.
• Inspector Megure questioned Band captain Yusuke Nakamura, who contacted the three other members of the Band.
• Conan noticed green residue on Yukiko’s shoulder, and Jiang Xia identified it as possibly crayon before Sato Miwako carried Conan away from the scene.
• Vermouth realized Mouri Ran was thinking through the case and suspected that Jiang Xia had a plan, while Ran said something did not add up.
• Mouri Kogoro rode in Sayuri Shimamura’s car, dropped his pen, and felt something furry on the floor.

Sayuri Shimamura planned to use Mouri Kogoro as an alibi for a murder, but feared he might uncover her deception. At the Rooftop Restaurant, Inspector Megure questioned the Band members about Yukiko’s death, and Risako Tanaka accused Makoto Nishimoto and Shota Aoki.

• Mouri Kogoro found his pen beneath the car seat and noticed Sayuri Shimamura was dressed formally.
• Sayuri Shimamura lied that she had been working late and was now taking a drive with Mouri Kogoro, while considering silencing him if he became suspicious.
• Inspector Megure questioned the Band members about their whereabouts and their last encounters with Yukiko.
• Yusuke Nakamura said he had stayed with the restaurant staff after the concert, then returned for Jiang Xia’s autograph and later found Yukiko’s body with Mouri Ran.
• Risako Tanaka said Yukiko had run toward the stairs before the others went to the lounge, then accused Makoto Nishimoto and Shota Aoki of killing her.

Jiang Xia examined Yukiko’s body and followed the growing list of suspects as the Band members and Atsushi Kumano traded accusations. Kumano approached Jiang Xia about meeting the next day, and Jiang Xia said he could handle a commission before his afternoon plans, especially one involving personal safety.

• Makoto Nishimoto blamed Shota Aoki for Yukiko’s murder, and Risako Tanaka accused Shota of secretly meeting Yukiko.
• Shota admitted that he had waited for Yukiko and borrowed the lounge key again, explaining that they had both received secret invitations from Thomas Records.
• Jiang Xia examined a strange indentation on Yukiko’s lower leg, and Officer Chiba reported that Yukiko had taken the stairs rather than the elevator.
• Shota said Yukiko had followed Atsushi Kumano down the stairs to speak with him, and Kumano confirmed their conversation before leaving without her.
• Risako argued that Makoto had time to kill Yukiko, while Kumano asked Jiang Xia if he was free the next day.
• Jiang Xia said he had afternoon plans but could take Kumano’s commission first, especially if it involved personal safety.

Atsushi Kumano asked Jiang Xia to investigate a stalker threatening his friend, a member of the idol group Earth Ladies, and Jiang Xia agreed while planning to invite Vodka to meet the group. As the room’s attention stayed on the murder investigation, Vermouth told Mouri Ran that Jiang Xia had identified Yusuke Nakamura as the murderer.

• Atsushi Kumano told Jiang Xia that his friend was being harassed by a dangerous stalker and asked him to take the case.
• Jiang Xia suspected the commission involved Earth Ladies and considered inviting Vodka to their gathering with Kinoshita Yoko.
• Mouri Ran privately considered the band members’ motives and concluded their relationships were tangled.
• Vermouth asked Mouri Ran who she thought the murderer was, then claimed Jiang Xia had secretly named Yusuke Nakamura.

Ran wondered why Jiang Xia had seemingly told Miss Takenaka that Yusuke Nakamura was the killer, while Conan grew suspicious of Takenaka after noticing she had been unaccounted for. Jiang Xia and Conan headed to the basement together, and Vermouth watched them from the shadows.

• Ran speculated that Jiang Xia and Miss Takenaka might be romantically involved, but Vermouth gave her a detective-style explanation for suspecting Yusuke Nakamura.
• Conan questioned Takenaka’s whereabouts and raised her suspicion level after realizing she had been missing for part of the time.
• As the band members argued and Yusuke Nakamura tried to calm them, Conan slipped into the corridor to investigate.
• Conan found Jiang Xia waiting for the elevator to the basement, and Jiang Xia invited him to come along.
• Vermouth secretly watched Jiang Xia and Conan enter the elevator and thought Jiang Xia’s detective act concealed Conan’s unusual behavior.

Jiang Xia and Conan searched the eighth floor for clues about Yukiko’s death, and Jiang Xia confronted Yusuke Nakamura with evidence that he had moved her body in a bass drum case. The chapter ended with Jiang Xia explaining how the murderer used a mannequin’s missing hand to mislead witnesses.

• Vermouth decided that Uzo was better suited to protect Angel and Cool Guy, then considered how to help them if the organization discovered Cool Guy’s situation.
• Jiang Xia and Conan went to the eighth floor after learning the victim had not taken an elevator downstairs and might have been attacked there.
• Jiang Xia found a scuffed crayon drawing and a mannequin missing its left hand near the suspected crime scene.
• Yusuke Nakamura approached Jiang Xia for information, and Jiang Xia told him to turn himself in, drawing the officers’ attention.
• Jiang Xia said the victim’s calf had an indentation matching a protrusion inside the bass drum case and argued that Nakamura could have used the case to move her body.
• Jiang Xia linked green marks on the victim’s shoulder to the rubbed drawing and explained that the murderer had used the mannequin’s hand and Yukiko’s glove to create a false impression.

Jiang Xia explained how Yusuke Nakamura moved the body and planted a fake hand to stage the crime, and the police found the hand inside the Guitar. Faced with the evidence, Nakamura’s resistance broke, leaving the other Band members confronting the truth that their leader had killed one of them.

• Jiang Xia explained how the murderer carried the body in a Bass Drum case, used Ran as a witness, and later moved the body into the lounge.
• Jiang Xia clarified that Yusuke Nakamura had been the last person to borrow the lounge key, while Conan privately realized the danger of becoming famous as a detective.
• Conan pointed out that the model at the sporting goods store was missing her left hand and suggested Nakamura had borrowed it.
• Vermouth played the Guitar and deduced that Nakamura had hidden the fake hand inside its hollow body, and the officers found it there.
• Confronted with the evidence, Yusuke Nakamura fell silent as the other Band members asked why he had killed one of their own.

After Watanabe Yukiko admitted she had planned to leave the band, Yusuke Nakamura revealed that he had killed her and broke down after confessing. Jiang Xia left with Vermouth for a nighttime drive and spotted Mouri Kogoro chatting with an unfamiliar woman near Toto Beach Bridge.

• Yusuke Nakamura said he had caught Watanabe Yukiko meeting Atsushi Kumano and confronted her about leaving the band.
• Watanabe Yukiko mocked Yusuke Nakamura and called the band a stepping stone, and her words became her last.
• Yusuke Nakamura confessed to the assembled officers and collapsed in grief after they exposed his scheme.
• Sato Miwako asked Mouri Ran about Ms. Takenaka, and Mouri Ran guessed that she was Jiang Xia's assistant.
• Jiang Xia drove Vermouth toward Toto Beach Bridge, where they saw Mouri Kogoro talking and laughing with an unfamiliar woman.

Jiang Xia proposed a bet to Vermouth over whether Mouri Kogoro would survive the night, after recognizing that he was caught up in a dangerous case. Vermouth tried to assess how to protect him, worrying that Jiang Xia might not understand his importance to Ran, and the chapter left Mouri Kogoro in immediate danger.

• Vermouth noticed that Mouri Kogoro was distracted and suspected Jiang Xia had stopped nearby to watch a case unfold around him.
• Jiang Xia told Vermouth he had brought her to see Mouri Kogoro and challenged her to bet on whether Kogoro would survive the night.
• Vermouth regretted drawing Jiang Xia's interest to the case and considered how she might steer him away from harming Kogoro.
• Jiang Xia mused that Kogoro could fall asleep after drinking and never wake up, unsettling Vermouth with the threat hidden in his words.
• Vermouth reflected on Jiang Xia's past and worried that he might not understand the bond between Ran and her father, leaving Kogoro the most convenient target nearby.

Vermouth worried that Uzo might endanger Mouri Kogoro and tried to infer his intentions while they watched him with Sayuri Shimamura. She saw Sayuri secretly put a sleeping pill in a drink, while Jiang Xia remained focused on his phone, leaving Vermouth unsure what he planned.

• Vermouth feared Uzo might treat Mouri Kogoro as an expendable stranger and resolved to prevent a tragedy.
• Jiang Xia wagered that Mouri Kogoro would survive the night, asking Vermouth to help with the Schindler mission if he won.
• Vermouth bet that Mouri Kogoro would die, believing Jiang Xia might keep him alive to ensure she joined his mission.
• Sayuri Shimamura bought two drinks and secretly dropped a fast-acting sleeping pill into one bottle while Vermouth watched.
• Jiang Xia scrolled through his phone instead of watching Mouri Kogoro, and Vermouth remained uncertain about his motives.

Jiang Xia kept watch while Sayuri Shimamura weighed whether to kill Mouri Kogoro or use him to create an alibi, then took Vermouth to a café. He left their next plans to Vermouth, pointing out that she was an adult under her current identity.

• Jiang Xia monitored Sayuri Shimamura's shifting killing intent while Vermouth watched him, and Sayuri chose to let Mouri Kogoro live and use him for an alibi.
• Sayuri gave Mouri Kogoro a drink, and he fell asleep in the car before she woke him and continued driving with him.
• Jiang Xia took Vermouth by another route to a café near his home instead of following Sayuri and Mouri Kogoro.
• Vermouth waited for Jiang Xia to explain his plans, but he asked what she intended to do next.
• Jiang Xia told Vermouth to arrange the evening's itinerary because her current identity was over twenty and she should take responsibility as an adult.

Jiang Xia and Vermouth hurried to a newly discovered murder scene after Mouri Kogoro found a body in Sayuri Shimamura’s apartment. On the way, Vermouth covered for Jiang Xia, while Mouri Ran and Conan mistook her reference to drinks for ordinary beverages.

• Mouri Kogoro and Sayuri Shimamura returned to her apartment, where they found Kazumi dead in the living room.
• Vermouth realized that the police cars passing the café signaled the case Jiang Xia had been waiting for, but Jiang Xia ran out before she could speak.
• Jiang Xia and Vermouth joined Mouri Ran and Conan in Officer Chiba’s police car as they headed to the crime scene.
• Vermouth told Mouri Ran and Conan that she had taken Jiang Xia driving and then dragged him to a shop for drinks.
• Mouri Ran and Conan sniffed Jiang Xia, decided Vermouth meant soft drinks, and showed no further suspicion, leaving Vermouth puzzled by their lack of insight.