Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia and Vermouth arrived at Sayuri Shimamura’s apartment, where Kazumi had been murdered, and began investigating the apparent burglary. Sayuri’s account gave her an alibi, and Sato Miwako turned to Mouri Kogoro to confirm their evening together.

• Vermouth wondered how Jiang Xia’s instincts could miss Uzo’s true nature and reflected on how convincingly he concealed it.
• Jiang Xia and Vermouth arrived at the crime scene and found Mouri Kogoro comforting the distraught Sayuri Shimamura.
• Jiang Xia asked Takagi Wataru for the case details, and Takagi explained that Kazumi had likely died around nine after a burglar entered through an unlocked French window.
• Sayuri told Sato Miwako that she had returned home around eight, found Kazumi asleep, then gone for a joyride with Mouri Kogoro until close to midnight.
• Sato Miwako recognized that Sayuri’s account provided an alibi and asked Mouri to describe their evening together.

At a murder scene, Mouri Kogoro and Sayuri Shimamura described their movements, while Jiang Xia quietly considered the case and Sayuri’s suspicious alibi. Jiang Xia then staged an apparent bout of drowsiness and sent Vermouth a message, leaving her wary of what he was planning.

• Mouri Kogoro told Sato Miwako that he had met Sayuri Shimamura after returning to Beika, then spent the evening with her before accompanying her to her company.
• Sayuri Shimamura explained that she had stopped at her company to collect documents while anxiously watching Jiang Xia.
• Mouri Ran questioned Mouri Kogoro about spending an hour and a half with Sayuri, and he dismissed her concerns.
• Jiang Xia considered Sayuri’s Killing Intent and the Shikigami attached to her, then decided to use the case to show Vermouth something and make her uneasy.
• Jiang Xia pretended to grow sleepy and walked toward a sofa, then smiled at Vermouth as a message arrived on her phone.

Jiang Xia told Conan that he had seen Mouri Kogoro and Sayuri Shimamura near Toto Beach Bridge and described details that cast doubt on their timeline. Vermouth realized Uzo might be steering suspicion toward her as the mastermind behind the case.

• Vermouth received an email from Uzo asking whether she wanted to experience a mastermind’s perspective.
• Conan asked Jiang Xia about the observation he had seemed hesitant to share earlier.
• Jiang Xia said he had seen people resembling Mouri Kogoro and Sayuri Shimamura near Toto Beach Bridge around ten o’clock, and noted that they did not appear to have been there for the full hour and a half Mouri claimed.
• Jiang Xia explained that Miss Takenaka had stopped him from getting out of the car, and Conan grew suspicious of her connection to the case.
• Vermouth inferred that Uzo might be framing her as the mastermind and crushed her cigarette in her hand.

Conan tried to get information from Jiang Xia, but Jiang Xia fell asleep at the crime scene. Mouri Kogoro realized Sayuri Shimamura’s alibi was false and confronted her, leaving her stunned.

• Conan questioned Jiang Xia, then turned to Mouri Kogoro for clues about the night.
• Conan and Mouri Kogoro noticed Jiang Xia had fallen asleep and could not be woken.
• Mouri Kogoro saw Sayuri Shimamura watching them anxiously and began reconsidering what had happened that night.
• Sayuri Shimamura felt relieved that Jiang Xia was asleep and believed the police would blame an unknown robber.
• Mouri Kogoro told Sayuri Shimamura to turn herself in, explaining that the candy in his mouth showed he had ridden the train longer than he remembered.
• Mouri Kogoro concluded he had met Sayuri Shimamura at nine o’clock, the time of the crime, rather than at eight.

Mouri Kogoro deduced that Sayuri Shimamura had drugged him and manipulated the car clock to create an alibi, while Vermouth interpreted Jiang Xia’s behavior as cover for Conan. The police brought in the courier who had delivered a package to the victim, and Vermouth recognized his conspicuous blond hair.

• Mouri Kogoro explained how Sayuri Shimamura had drugged his drink and altered the car clock to make his naps appear reversed.
• Conan realized Mouri Kogoro had solved the case, while Vermouth credited Jiang Xia’s hints with guiding the deduction and saw them as cover for Conan.
• Vermouth reflected that Jiang Xia’s schemes could protect his companions, though they also made her identities and acquaintances seem suspicious.
• Police officers focused on Sayuri Shimamura and Mouri Kogoro as key witnesses after noticing Sayuri’s unnatural expression.
• A young officer brought in the part-time courier who had delivered the package addressed to Sayuri Shimamura, and Vermouth paused when she saw his blond hair.

Amuro Tooru’s courier testimony helped Mouri Kogoro expose Sayuri Shimamura’s murder of Kazumi. Sayuri gave up resisting and confessed that Kazumi had blackmailed her over prohibited goods.

• Amuro Tooru arrived at the murder scene and told Inspector Megure he had delivered a parcel to Sayuri Shimamura around eight thirty.
• Amuro recalled that the pen used to sign for the parcel was missing from the scene and described how he had checked its nearly empty refill.
• Mouri Kogoro produced the pen and deduced that Sayuri had picked it up after stabbing Kazumi, undermining her alibi.
• Sayuri realized the pen’s fingerprints implicated her and stopped resisting the police.
• Sayuri confessed that Kazumi had been demanding a cut after discovering her company’s prohibited imports and threatening its financing.

Amuro Tooru suspected that Miss Takenaka was Vermouth and realized she had likely tried to drug and abduct Jiang Xia before the burglary and murder case interrupted her plan. Conan also grew suspicious of Amuro and Miss Takenaka, concluding that she had attempted to kidnap Jiang Xia and deciding to ask Inspector Megure to investigate.

• Amuro Tooru recognized Miss Takenaka's suspicious manner and guessed that she was Vermouth.
• Amuro Tooru confronted Vermouth and inferred that she had tried to drug Jiang Xia and take him away.
• Vermouth ignored Amuro Tooru's accusation and remained in a foul mood over her disrupted plans.
• Conan watched Amuro Tooru and Vermouth, found their behavior suspicious, and concluded that Miss Takenaka had attempted to kidnap Jiang Xia.
• Conan decided to ask Inspector Megure to investigate Miss Takenaka after the case ended.

After the case ended, Jiang Xia invented a story about Miss Takenaka to reassure the Mouri family and went home. Once alone, he used Uzo’s phone to ask Gin to lend him Vodka for a task the next afternoon.

• Conan suspected Miss Takenaka was dangerous because she knew Amuro Tooru and planned to question Jiang Xia once he woke up.
• Jiang Xia pretended to wake before Ran and Kogoro could carry him from the sofa, then counted the High-Grade Killing Intent harvested from Vermouth and Amuro.
• Jiang Xia told Ran, Kogoro, and Conan that Miss Takenaka was a paranoid, rebellious heiress who had run away from home, and Kogoro warned him about female molesters.
• Jiang Xia told Conan he needed to sleep off the sleeping pills, then waited until the Mouri family left before taking out Uzo’s phone.
• Jiang Xia emailed Gin to ask if Vodka could help with a task involving Schindler the following afternoon, promising to return him unharmed.

Jiang Xia tried to arrange for Vodka to accompany him to an Earth Ladies gathering, using a mission as an excuse and asking Gin and Vermouth for help. After returning home, he realized Eating Cat could transform into a leopard and decided to try riding it.

• Jiang Xia messaged Gin to request Vodka's help and emailed Vermouth about joining the mission.
• Jiang Xia considered inviting Amuro Tooru to the gathering but decided it was too risky because Amuro might notice Vodka's poor acting.
• Jiang Xia returned home late and prepared to take his Motorcycle out for a ride.
• Jiang Xia saw Eating Cat playing with Mermaid and remembered that Eating Cat could use Gigantification to become a leopard.
• Jiang Xia hid from outside view, set Eating Cat down, and told it to transform, but the cat only rolled over.

Jiang Xia tested his enlarged black leopard puppet by riding it through Beido Town, then headed toward Beika City Hall to scout the venue for his assignment to assassinate Thomas Schindler. When he spotted searchlights and helicopters ahead, he recognized signs of a familiar case and redirected the leopard between buildings.

• Jiang Xia examined the enlarged Eating Cat’s leopard form and persuaded it to let him ride it.
• Jiang Xia rode the leopard around Beido Town and decided to scout Beika City Hall, where Thomas Schindler’s game launch event would take place.
• Jiang Xia considered the assassination assignment from Gin and guided the leopard toward the venue.
• Jiang Xia spotted searchlights and helicopters ahead, searched the news, and told the leopard to switch from rooftop running to moving between buildings.

Jiang Xia collided in midair with a black-clad thief and realized he was Kid, who used Magic Power to cushion their fall. After they landed safely, Jiang Xia considered Kid’s dwindling Magic Power and decided to let him keep some for future trouble.

• Jiang Xia found a rising live broadcast advertising a showdown between Kid and the Great Detective returning from London.
• Jiang Xia and the Black Panther collided with a black-clad figure swinging between buildings, and all three fell toward the ground.
• Jiang Xia sensed Magic Power from the stranger and recognized him as Kid despite his resemblance to Kudo Shinichi.
• Kid used Magic Power to slow their fall, and they crashed into a shed at a relatively safe speed.
• Jiang Xia realized Kid had spent more than half his Magic Power and considered whether the Phantom Thief needed to save it for future work.

Jiang Xia wondered whether Kuroba Toichi could provide him with a richer source of Magic Power, while Kid crashed into Jiang Xia and was surrounded by police. Kid disguised himself as Kudo Shinichi and successfully fooled Inspector Nakamori, who ordered the two supposed high school detectives to go home.

• Jiang Xia considered asking Kuroba Toichi about Magic Power after realizing it could strengthen his Ghosts.
• Kid recovered his tool bag after crashing into Jiang Xia and tried to work out what he had hit.
• Inspector Nakamori led police to the crash site and found Jiang Xia and Kid on the collapsed shed.
• Kid styled his hair to resemble Kudo Shinichi and pretended to be the famous detective.
• Nakamori recognized Jiang Xia, mistook Kid for Kudo Shinichi, and told both of them to go home and study.

Kid impersonated Kudo Shinichi after falling onto a carport with Jiang Xia, who recognized him but played along. Inspector Nakamori chased the false lead, leaving Kid and Jiang Xia behind.

• Kid convinced Inspector Nakamori that he was Kudo Shinichi and claimed he had been pursuing a suspicious person.
• Kid recognized Jiang Xia and realized Jiang Xia knew he was impersonating Kudo Shinichi.
• Kid considered knocking Jiang Xia out or escaping with Smoke Bombs, but Jiang Xia began backing up his story to the police.
• Jiang Xia told Inspector Nakamori that the suspicious person had fled northwest, and Nakamori led the officers in pursuit.
• Jiang Xia brushed himself off, planned to compensate the carport's owner, and intended to exchange Business Cards.

Jiang Xia let Kid escape and explained that Mist Tengu had called him a good person, leaving Kid stunned by the Detective’s apparent awareness of the monster. Jiang Xia then summoned a black leopard, which ran over but stopped shyly several steps away.

• Kid disguised himself as Kudo Shinichi and asked Jiang Xia why he had helped him evade the police.
• Jiang Xia told Kid he had no interest in catching Phantom Thieves and warned him not to use Kudo Shinichi’s face again.
• Kid asked whether Jiang Xia had helped him because of a previous favor, and Jiang Xia said Mist Tengu had vouched for him.
• Jiang Xia gestured to indicate Mist Tengu, leaving Kid shocked that he seemed to know the monster.
• Jiang Xia claimed animals liked him and beckoned a black leopard, which approached before stopping several steps away.

Kid watched Jiang Xia calm the Black Panther and realized the animal might be a monster, then deduced that Jiang Xia had met and befriended the Mist Tengu in its true form. He also reconsidered the Mist Tengu’s earlier decision to protect Jiang Xia from Jii, suspecting it had acted because it distrusted Jii.

• Jiang Xia stopped the Black Panther from biting Kid and soothed it with pets.
• Kid concluded that Jiang Xia’s quick intervention showed he was a righteous person, despite the leopard’s frightening behavior.
• Kid reconsidered Jiang Xia’s claim that animals liked him and wondered whether the Black Panther was a monster.
• Kid inferred that Jiang Xia had spoken with the Mist Tengu in its normal form because it had understood and judged Kid’s character.
• Kid recalled that the Mist Tengu had sent Jiang Xia to a safe toll station instead of handing him over to Jii, and suspected it considered Jii unreliable.

Jiang Xia sent his White-Clawed Black Cat Persona to the exhibition hall to scout the security around Kid’s planned theft. The cat was spotted by Nakamori Ginzo and the live broadcast crew as Kid’s announced arrival drew near.

• After Kid left, Jiang Xia planned to visit the theft scene and gather Energy Cores and Killing Intent from the guards.
• Jiang Xia chose Eating Cat as his Persona, avoiding the Mist Tengu and the other identities that could appear on camera.
• Jiang Xia entered a nearby café and sent the White-Clawed Black Cat toward the exhibition hall.
• Nakamori Ginzo prepared dense security around the Statue of the Goddess and its jeweled Bracelet, while a television reporter broadcast the operation.
• The reporter, the camera operator, and Nakamori Ginzo noticed the White-Clawed Black Cat moving along the hall wall.

Jiang Xia hid in a ventilation duct at the exhibition hall, watching Inspector Nakamori, Saguru Hakuba, and the police prepare for Phantom Thief Kid. Finding the wait dull and no one with Killing Intent, he decided to test the people from the Second Investigation Division.

• After Inspector Nakamori ordered the cat caught, Jiang Xia controlled his cat Persona into a ventilation duct and hid there.
• Hakuba and his hawk Watson noticed the cat, but Hakuba restrained Watson and returned his attention to Phantom Thief Kid.
• A reporter interviewed Hakuba while he discreetly went about his preparations, and Nakamori listened to police reports confirming that the building had no abnormalities.
• Jiang Xia found the wait for Kid’s announced theft boring and saw no sign that Nakamori had Killing Intent.
• Jiang Xia decided to test the potential of the people from the Second Investigation Division.

Jiang Xia used the Cat persona to provoke Inspector Nakamori and the police, then left to seek better sources of Killing Intent. Saguru Hakuba ignored the cat and monitored the police reports, where he noticed something suspicious as the scene settled.

• Jiang Xia jumped onto Inspector Nakamori and taunted him, prompting the police to rush in and accidentally pin Nakamori down.
• Jiang Xia slipped through the officers, left Cat Paw Prints on them, and tested the security guards for Killing Intent, but found them unresponsive.
• Jiang Xia abandoned the police and security guards, then escaped through a ventilation duct.
• Saguru Hakuba restrained Watson from chasing the cat and decided that Kid remained the priority.
• Saguru Hakuba picked up Inspector Nakamori's fallen earpiece and Memo during the commotion and listened to the security reports.
• Saguru Hakuba noticed something in the reports just as the police officers disentangled themselves.

Saguru Hakuba suspected Kid would target the exhibition hall downstairs and obtained its blueprint, while Jiang Xia followed him there in his cat Persona. Kid entered the ducts beneath the exhibition hall and removed the iron cover separating him from it.

• Saguru Hakuba asked Inspector Nakamori about the defenses downstairs, but Nakamori dismissed the possibility that Kid would attack there.
• Saguru Hakuba obtained a blueprint of the downstairs exhibition hall and studied its layout and wiring.
• Jiang Xia slipped through the building in his cat Persona and spotted Saguru Hakuba carrying a toolbox and heading downstairs alone.
• Jiang Xia followed Saguru Hakuba to see what he planned to do.
• Kid entered the ducts beneath the target exhibition hall and removed the iron plate over its opening.

Phantom Thief Kid infiltrated the exhibition hall, but Saguru Hakuba trapped him and released hypnotic gas. As both raced for the only gas mask, Jiang Xia prepared to interfere, while Inspector Nakamori learned that someone had entered the hall below.

• Kid avoided the detection beams by climbing to the ceiling with a grappling gun, where he spotted a cat watching him.
• Saguru Hakuba confronted Kid and released hypnotic gas throughout the exhibition hall, planning to capture him after the gas took effect.
• Kid knocked the gas mask from Hakuba’s hand with a playing card, and both lunged toward it as the gas spread.
• Jiang Xia, disguised as a black cat, decided to join the struggle over the mask.
• A subordinate alerted Inspector Nakamori that someone had infiltrated the exhibition hall below, and Hakuba calculated that he was closer to the mask than Kid.