Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia explained how Denzan Juzo had staged the murder in the restroom and revealed that evidence remained on the suspect. Denzan had unknowingly tried to destroy a supposed bloodstain, while the police prepared to confirm the remaining clues.

• Two officers moved to handcuff Denzan Juzo, but Kisaki Eri and Officer Sato stopped them until the evidence was confirmed.
• Mouri Ran called Jiang Xia to check on him, and he reassured her that everyone was safe despite the murder.
• Jiang Xia sat beside Denzan Juzo and watched the new Shikigami clinging to the killer's leg.
• Denzan Juzo mistook a spot on his pants for blood and burned it with a cigarette, believing he had erased evidence.
• After the police collected evidence, Jiang Xia explained that the killer had stabbed the victim, thrown him into the stall, and pulled the knife out with a rope.
• Jiang Xia said evidence of the murder was still on Denzan Juzo, who responded with a smug smile.

Jiang Xia exposed Denzan Juzo as the murderer and collected the Shikigami after Officer Sato subdued him. After the case, Suzuki Sonoko reconsidered her date with a playboy, and Conan confronted the man over his predatory advice.

• Jiang Xia identified the blood evidence on Denzan Juzo's bandaged fingers, prompting Denzan Juzo to attack him.
• Officer Sato stopped Denzan Juzo with a German Suplex, and the police arrested him.
• Miyano Akemi, Xiao Bai, and Mist Tengu brought the released Shikigami to Jiang Xia, who collected it as a New Ghost.
• Jiang Xia left to give his statement with Kisaki Eri and Conan after the murder case halted business at the store.
• Suzuki Sonoko considered abandoning her date with a playboy after seeing Jiang Xia, while Jiang Xia appeared eager to join them and brought Conan along.
• Conan challenged the playboy about his claim that women would fall for men who pushed them down.

Jiang Xia failed to provoke the slapped playboy into revealing any killing intent, then returned to the Detective Agency and later visited Professor Agasa’s house. There, the newly arrived Sherry settled in under the name Haibara Ai, still wary of the danger surrounding her.

• Conan exposed the playboy’s remarks, and Jiang Xia pulled him aside before Suzuki Sonoko slapped the man and left.
• The playboy felt Jiang Xia watching him and hurried away, while Jiang Xia regretted that he showed no killing intent.
• Jiang Xia returned to the Detective Agency, where Miyano Akemi anxiously wanted to visit her little sister, but he decided to wait until they got home.
• Jiang Xia broke an electric soldering iron to create an excuse to visit Professor Agasa and brought him a box of instant noodles.
• Haibara Ai stayed with Professor Agasa, believing he was not Anonymous’s accomplice but fearing Anonymous’s threat against anyone she contacted.
• Professor Agasa and Sherry agreed that she would use the name Haibara Ai.

Haibara Ai panicked when Jiang Xia arrived at Professor Agasa’s house, fearing he would recognize her as Sherry and expose her to the Black Organization. Jiang Xia treated her like a child and left without questioning her identity, while Haibara realized she was living between his house and Kudo Shinichi’s.

• Haibara Ai hid from Jiang Xia at Professor Agasa’s house, afraid he would identify her as Sherry and reveal her location to the Black Organization.
• Jiang Xia picked Haibara up and tossed her playfully before asking Professor Agasa who she was.
• Professor Agasa introduced Haibara as a friend’s child and withheld the truth, and Jiang Xia left without pressing him.
• Haibara realized Jiang Xia lived across the street and Kudo Shinichi’s house stood on the other side, leaving her alarmed by Anonymous’s choice of lodging.
• Jiang Xia returned home, rolled boxes of Ghost Mint, and later welcomed Miyano Akemi back after she had spent time with her younger sister.

Haibara Ai cooked a large dinner at Professor Agasa’s house and arranged to share it with Jiang Xia, but she was alarmed when Agasa revealed that Shinichi had also become a child. The chapter left Ai shaken by the revelation.

• Haibara Ai inspected her new neighbors’ homes and worried about keeping her identity secret from Jiang Xia.
• Haibara Ai prepared a large dinner at Professor Agasa’s house after dismissing the instant noodles Jiang Xia had brought.
• Haibara Ai suggested using the instant noodles as her dinner, prompting Professor Agasa to propose sharing the feast with Jiang Xia.
• Haibara Ai packed food for Jiang Xia and told Professor Agasa not to reveal that she had cooked it or discuss people turning into children.
• Professor Agasa mentioned that Shinichi had become a child, and Haibara Ai dropped her chopsticks and turned pale.

Haibara Ai came to Jiang Xia, convinced he knew her identity, and asked him to keep her secret. After Jiang Xia assured her he had no mission to take her back and wanted to keep work separate from his ordinary life, Haibara Ai left with Professor Agasa, asking him not to tell Kudo Shinichi about her yet.

• Haibara Ai arrived at Jiang Xia's house and asked him not to reveal that she was there.
• Jiang Xia agreed to keep her secret if she pretended they had just met, then told her he had no mission to take her back and wanted to avoid discussing the Organization.
• Haibara Ai felt guilty as she remembered Jiang Xia helping her before, but she stopped herself when Professor Agasa arrived with her lunch box.
• Haibara Ai told Professor Agasa that Jiang Xia's acceptance of her research had excited her, then left with him.
• Haibara Ai asked Professor Agasa not to tell Kudo Shinichi about her because she wanted to meet him herself.

Haibara Ai arranged to keep Conan from suspecting Jiang Xia’s identity, while Jiang Xia experimented with feeding his ghosts. Miyano Akemi proved able to eat the resulting ghost food, leaving Jiang Xia eager to test it on the others.

• Haibara Ai persuaded Professor Agasa to keep her plan to scare Conan secret and avoid discussing her when he contacted him.
• Haibara Ai ate more than usual at Professor Agasa’s house, and he credited Jiang Xia with helping her feel better.
• At home, Jiang Xia noticed Miyano Akemi and two other ghosts staring hungrily at Haibara Ai’s cooking.
• Jiang Xia burned food with incense, newspaper, and Ghost Mint to create an offering for the ghosts.
• Miyano Akemi ate some of the offering, collapsed, and appeared more energetic afterward.
• Jiang Xia dipped his chopsticks into the offering and turned toward the frightened Mist Tengu and Xiao Bai.

Jiang Xia discovered a way to make ghost food edible and asked Haibara Ai to cook extra portions for him in exchange for anything she wanted. Haibara refused payment because she felt indebted to him for saving her, and Jiang Xia left after securing a steady supply of meals.

• Jiang Xia found that Ghost Mint could be pressure-cooked with food in a seasoning sachet to make it more palatable for Miyano Akemi.
• Jiang Xia returned the lunchbox to Professor Agasa's house and asked Haibara Ai to make extra food for him in the future.
• Jiang Xia offered to get Haibara anything she wanted in exchange, expecting her to ask for a branded bag.
• Haibara told Jiang Xia he had already saved her and that she owed him nothing, then declined to ask for anything because she felt guilty spending his money.
• Jiang Xia patted Haibara's head, picked Miyano Akemi off it, and left.

Jiang Xia accepted Suzuki Sonoko’s invitation to help protect the Dark Star from Phantom Thief Kid, hoping the pearl might contain an Energy Core. After finding no energy in the museum, he saw Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Conan enter.

• Jiang Xia read that Phantom Thief Kid had targeted the Suzuki family’s Dark Star and received Suzuki Sonoko’s excited invitation to help catch him.
• Jiang Xia accepted Sonoko’s invitation, partly to maintain his reputation for always agreeing to go out.
• The day before the heist, Jiang Xia arrived at the Beika Museum, where Chairman Suzuki was displaying the Dark Star.
• Jiang Xia inspected the pearl and the museum but sensed no Energy Core, leaving him disappointed.
• Jiang Xia turned to find Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Conan entering through the museum’s main doors.

Jiang Xia quickly solved Kaito Kid’s calling-card riddle, revealing that Kid would appear on Haido City Hotel’s rooftop after midnight. He decided not to alert the police to the predicted appearance, though he filed a report before leaving, while Conan considered going to meet Kid.

• Conan tried to solve Kid’s calling-card riddle and lost a 1,200-yen bet after Jiang Xia stayed silent at first.
• Conan challenged Jiang Xia to solve the riddle, but Jiang Xia immediately deduced that Kid would appear on Haido City Hotel’s rooftop after midnight, no later than 4:30 a.m.
• Jiang Xia explained that the card was an April Fools’ message and that Kid would likely only observe, so there was no need to go or warn the police.
• Conan remained curious about Kid, and Jiang Xia encouraged him to visit the rooftop during the predicted time.
• Jiang Xia filed a report with the police before leaving.

Jiang Xia attended the Suzuki Conglomerate’s anniversary party aboard the Queen Elizabeth, where he collected business cards while Kid infiltrated the ship and stole opportunities to disguise himself. The chapter ended with Kid posing as Mouri Ran and drawing Jiang Xia’s suspicious attention.

• After Kid’s second calling card announced a plan to steal the Dark Star on April 19, Suzuki Sonoko invited Jiang Xia to the anniversary party aboard the Queen Elizabeth.
• Jiang Xia collected a thick stack of business cards from guests, recognizing several names as possible future cases, while Conan considered whether Jiang Xia might be Kid in disguise.
• Mrs. Suzuki distributed imitation Dark Stars to the guests and challenged Kid to steal the real pearl, but Jiang Xia lost interest and went looking for more business cards.
• Kid impersonated Chairman Suzuki and gave a speech, then escaped during the confusion, knocked Mouri Ran unconscious, and disguised himself as her.
• When Kid, still posing as Mouri Ran, approached Jiang Xia to test him, Jiang Xia looked up and scrutinized him suspiciously.

Kid stole Dark Star from the banquet hall and escaped by Hang Glider, but a winged humanoid caught up with him and demanded the Pearl. Jiang Xia had discovered that Dark Star held a fresh Energy Core and sent the creature after Kid.

• Kid suspected Jiang Xia had seen through his disguise, then noticed Conan watching him strangely.
• Conan fired an Anesthetic Needle at Kid, who released Smoke Bombs and grabbed Dark Star amid the confusion.
• Jiang Xia sensed an Energy Core in the Pearl and sent Shikigami to form a tall humanoid figure.
• Kid escaped the ship on his Hang Glider and headed toward Jii Konosuke's boat.
• A winged humanoid landed on Kid's Hang Glider, seized his wrist, and demanded Dark Star.

Kid lost the Dark Stardust to Mist Tengu, who flew away with it, while Kid became fascinated by his wings and asked Jii to help make a pair. Jiang Xia absorbed the Energy Core from the Pearl and returned to the deck, where Conan spotted it.

• Mist Tengu rejected Kid's fake Black Pearl, took the hidden Dark Star, and flew away as Kid headed back to Jii's motorboat.
• Kid asked Jii whether he had seen Mist Tengu's wings, then proposed making a white pair of hang gliders.
• Jii agreed to ask a friend about making the wings and planned to check his newspaper clippings for a familiar image.
• Jiang Xia used the Mist Tengu Puppet to snatch the Pearl, absorbed its Energy Core, and switched to Xiao Bai's Puppet when police approached.
• Conan slipped into the police group and asked Jiang Xia what he was holding.

Jiang Xia helped the police find the real Mouri Ran while secretly recovering the Dark Star’s Energy Core and escaping the yacht unnoticed. Later, on his way to a Kinoshita Yoko concert, he sensed a Shikigami at a restaurant and spotted Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Ran, and Conan inside.

• Jiang Xia gave Conan the lead that the disguised Kid had told him to meet her in the Lifeboat, prompting Conan and the officers to rush there.
• Jiang Xia dispersed his puppet amid the commotion, recovered the Energy Core, and used it to strengthen his Ghosts and Shikigami.
• Jiang Xia left the yacht and avoided the search-and-rescue effort for a missing child.
• Jiang Xia later headed toward a Kinoshita Yoko concert, but his Ghosts detected a Shikigami near a restaurant.
• Jiang Xia saw Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Ran, and Conan inside the restaurant, along with a short-haired woman whose ankle-bound Shikigami caught his attention.

Jiang Xia joined Mouri Kogoro and the others on their way to Kinoshita Yoko’s concert after Mouri Kogoro obtained an extra ticket from Aoshima Michiyo. The group learned that Aoshima’s sister and her fiancé had not arrived, and Aoshima froze when she realized Jiang Xia and Mouri Kogoro were detectives.

• Jiang Xia joined Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Ran, and Conan at the shop, where Mouri Kogoro was fretting over a lost concert ticket.
• Aoshima Michiyo offered Mouri Kogoro her extra ticket in exchange for driving her and her sister to the concert.
• Mouri Kogoro brought Jiang Xia along, and Mouri Ran insisted there was room for him in the car.
• Aoshima Michiyo told the group that her sister Mina and Mina’s fiancé had failed to show up for their planned trip to the concert.
• Mouri Kogoro bragged that Jiang Xia knew Kinoshita Yoko, and Aoshima Michiyo froze when she realized the group included detectives.

Aoshima Michiyo brought Mouri Kogoro, Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, and Conan to her home so they would discover her sister Mina’s staged locked-room death. Jiang Xia exposed the fake seal on the bathroom door, and after Mina’s body was revealed, Mouri Ran and Conan stopped him from looking inside.

• Aoshima Michiyo took the keychain from Jiang Xia and tried to hide her nerves about having two detectives among the witnesses to her plan.
• Aoshima Michiyo led Mouri Kogoro, Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, and Conan into the Aoshima House, then went to look for Mina.
• Aoshima Michiyo called for Mina at the bathroom door and pretended it was sealed from the inside.
• Jiang Xia moved Aoshima Michiyo aside, opened the door easily, and pointed out that the tape only created a fake locked room.
• The group saw Mina’s body in the bathtub, but Mouri Ran knocked Jiang Xia into the hall and told him not to look.
• Conan told Jiang Xia to leave the case to them, prompting Mouri Ran to question why Conan was speaking that way.

Jiang Xia exposed Aoshima Michiyo’s murder of her younger sister and the evidence she used to disguise it as suicide, while Conan filled in the remaining details. The case delayed their concert outing, and Mouri Kogoro arrived halfway through the event.

• Mouri Ran questioned Conan about how he knew Jiang Xia’s past, and Conan blamed Professor Agasa for telling him while drunk.
• Jiang Xia pointed out that blood had obscured a mark on Yoko’s headband and linked it to a stain above the peephole, prompting Aoshima Michiyo to try to destroy the evidence.
• Mouri Kogoro restrained Aoshima Michiyo and confirmed the evidence on her headband, while Conan resolved to carry his Soundproof Earmuffs whenever he went out with Jiang Xia.
• Conan deduced that Aoshima Michiyo had used tape and her sister’s fingerprints to stage a locked bathroom, though Jiang Xia had already opened the door during his investigation.
• Inspector Megure arrived and arrested Aoshima Michiyo, and Officer Sato checked her for injuries before the group resumed their outing.
• Mouri Kogoro reached the concert halfway through and lamented missing the first half, while Jiang Xia offered to give him merchandise later.

Jiang Xia recognized Tequila at a Mantendo game presentation and joined Suzuki Sonoko, Mouri Ran, and Conan to keep an eye on the organization member without arousing suspicion. At the venue, he tried Sonoko’s oddly styled Phantom Thief game and studied its black-clad detective protagonist.

• Jiang Xia bought two extra sets of Kinoshita Yoko’s albums, one for Xiao Bai and one to use as bait for Mouri Kogoro.
• Jiang Xia spotted Tequila outside the Beika Grand Hotel and recalled that Tequila was destined to die in an explosion that day.
• Jiang Xia ran into Suzuki Sonoko, Mouri Ran, and Conan, then followed them into Mantendo’s presentation to blend in while watching Tequila.
• At the baggage storage area, three Mantendo employees cut in line, and Mouri Ran received claim ticket number 100.
• Jiang Xia joined the others at Sonoko’s pink Phantom Thief game and examined its black-clad detective protagonist.

Jiang Xia played a game modeled on him at Suzuki Sonoko’s suggestion, while Sonoko grew increasingly embarrassed by its romantic scenes. She pulled him away before he could continue, and the group later encountered the Corporate Slave Trio again.

• Jiang Xia praised the game’s combat and speculated that its strange style came from Suzuki Sonoko’s suggestions.
• Suzuki Sonoko stopped a staff member from revealing how the game generated its protagonist and claimed the appearances would be updated later.
• Jiang Xia defeated the Phantom Thief, triggering a scene in which the gem turned into Suzuki Sonoko and kissed his character.
• Suzuki Sonoko remembered that later levels contained even more elaborate scenes and dragged Jiang Xia away from the machine.
• Jiang Xia and the others tried more games before running into the Corporate Slave Trio again.

Jiang Xia, Mouri Ran, and Nakajima tested their strength on a boxing machine, while an honest-looking colleague secretly swapped Nakajima’s luggage tags to set him up to take a bomb. The machine broke after Mouri Ran and Jiang Xia both scored its maximum, leaving Conan to reconsider how strong Jiang Xia was and decide against buying barbells to restrain him.

• The honest-looking man swapped his luggage storage tag with Nakajima’s while Nakajima celebrated setting a boxing machine record, intending to send him a briefcase containing a bomb.
• Nakajima invited Mouri Ran to try the machine, and she scored 400 after imagining she was punching Kudo Shinichi.
• Jiang Xia tested his strength by imagining the machine as a Killing Intent dispenser, scored 400, and caused it to break.
• Nakajima blamed the malfunction on his earlier punch, and Jiang Xia agreed that the machine had been meant for amateurs.
• Conan realized Jiang Xia was as strong as Mouri Ran, recalled that Jiang Xia had never seriously injured anyone he beat, and decided he could return the barbells he had ordered.