Chapter Summaries

Conan followed Tequila after witnessing him exchange luggage storage tags with Nakajima, but Jiang Xia intercepted and anesthetized Conan before he could investigate further. Jiang Xia hid him in an unused room on the second floor, leaving Tequila to continue toward the restroom with Nakajima’s bag.

• Conan saw Tequila and Nakajima exchange luggage storage tags and suspected a secret deal.
• Jiang Xia noticed Conan pursuing Tequila and used a puppet to disguise himself as a sick child.
• Conan stopped to help the child after Tequila continued down the corridor.
• The disguised Jiang Xia jabbed Conan with a needle, then used more anesthetic to knock him out.
• Jiang Xia carried Conan to an unused room on the second floor and returned to his original body.

Jiang Xia warned Gin that Tequila’s briefcase contained a bomb, but the explosion killed Tequila. Gin ordered Jiang Xia to retrieve the missing transaction documents, giving him a reason to meet Gin in person.

• Jiang Xia overheard Tequila reveal his codename, Vodka’s, and Gin’s, then emailed Gin that Tequila’s briefcase contents were suspicious.
• Jiang Xia explained that a switched luggage tag had put Nakajima’s bomb-filled briefcase in the hands of a man who looked like Vodka.
• The briefcase exploded in the restroom, and Gin left with Vodka after realizing Tequila might be in danger.
• Jiang Xia told Gin that Tequila had died, and Gin instructed him to recover the missing documents and identify the other party in the transaction.
• Jiang Xia used Xiao Bai’s puppet to steal and hide two briefcases, then rejoined Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko and went to the explosion scene to speak with the police.

After an explosion at Mantendo, Jiang Xia helped search for the missing Conan while Inspector Megure investigated a threatening letter. Once Conan was found, Jiang Xia left to meet Gin and deliver the organization’s materials.

• Inspector Megure arrived at the ruins, and Jiang Xia alerted him that Conan was missing.
• The Mantendo president gave Inspector Megure a threatening letter demanding that the game launch be canceled.
• Police officers joined the search, and they found Conan unconscious and asleep on the second floor.
• Jiang Xia said he had to meet a client and parted ways with Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko.
• Xiao Bai explained how to gather Gin’s killing intent, while Miyano Akemi hid in Jiang Xia’s pocket and Mist Tengu took notes.
• Jiang Xia retrieved his hidden briefcase, got into Gin and Vodka’s Porsche, and drove away with them.

Jiang Xia rode with Gin after recovering the briefcase and money, then helped Gin track down and kill the bomber while his Ghosts gathered Gin’s Killing Intent. Gin considered Jiang Xia’s usefulness and left him with the impression that he might be promoted to a full member.

• Gin let Jiang Xia remain in the car and questioned him about what had happened at the explosion site.
• At a red light, Jiang Xia identified the driver who had planted the bomb, and Gin ordered Vodka to follow him.
• Gin shot the bomber on a deserted road, then assigned other Peripheral Members to dispose of the body and silence the trade contact.
• Mist Tengu chased the speeding Porsche to bring Jiang Xia the bomber’s Shikigami, while Miyano Akemi and Xiao Bai helped gather Gin’s Killing Intent.
• After Jiang Xia left with his Ghosts and gathered Killing Intent, Gin lamented another death and considered making Jiang Xia a full member.

Jiang Xia returned to the Detective Agency after leaving Gin’s car, while Conan woke at home after being drugged and became alarmed when he learned Jiang Xia had left the venue. Conan feared Jiang Xia had encountered the Men in Black and been shrunk, and rushed out to look for him.

• Jiang Xia returned to the Detective Agency and resumed his usual work.
• Conan woke at home after a chaotic nightmare and wondered whether the strange child who drugged him was also a fake child.
• Conan returned to the venue and learned from Sato Miwako that Jiang Xia had left without solving the bomb case because there were no useful clues.
• Sato Miwako told Conan that Jiang Xia had gone out with two girls, then left in a hurry to handle other business.
• Conan recalled Kudo Shinichi’s similar departure before he became Edogawa Conan, and feared Jiang Xia might have been shrunk by the Men in Black.
• Conan rushed out to search for Jiang Xia, imagining him injured and facing the organization’s armed members.

Conan suspected Jiang Xia had gone after a Black Organization member and searched for him with Professor Agasa. Haibara Ai confirmed Jiang Xia was safe through a dinner message, and Conan later found that Jiang Xia had simply been busy with a client.

• Conan called Professor Agasa when he couldn't reach Jiang Xia and told him about the suspected Black Organization member and his fear that Jiang Xia had followed the men.
• Haibara Ai listened in, worried Jiang Xia might be in danger, and repeatedly checked her phone for a reply to her dinner message.
• Jiang Xia replied that he wanted sweet curry rice with few vegetables, and Haibara Ai decided not to tell Professor Agasa that she had contacted him.
• Professor Agasa and Conan went looking for Jiang Xia after finding him absent from home, while Haibara Ai messaged Jiang Xia to warn him.
• Jiang Xia finished seeing off a client who had discovered her husband's affair with her best friend, then met Professor Agasa and Conan outside his shop.
• Conan realized Jiang Xia had been occupied with his detective work and sighed over having spent the afternoon worrying unnecessarily.

Jiang Xia let Conan and Professor Agasa keep the Black Organization secret by accepting their explanation that Agasa's invention had shrunk Conan. A few days later, Gin sent Jiang Xia a cryptic meeting summons, and Jiang Xia went to Haido City Hotel at night.

• Conan worried that Jiang Xia might know about APTX4869, but Jiang Xia said he thought Professor Agasa's invention had caused Conan to shrink.
• Professor Agasa confirmed the cover story, and Conan and Agasa decided not to tell Jiang Xia about the Black Organization.
• Jiang Xia suspected Gin's attitude had changed after Gin stopped making him clean up a killing.
• A few days later, Gin sent Jiang Xia an email containing only a time and place for a meeting.
• Jiang Xia went to Haido City Hotel at night to meet Gin.

Jiang Xia received an Organization assignment to assassinate Ikemura Isao as a test for formal membership, but he planned to let Ikemura Kimie carry out the murder and claim the mission afterward. The next day, while Jiang Xia went to collect merchandise, Hattori Heiji arrived at the Amuro Detective Agency to meet the detective who had replaced Kudo Shinichi in the public eye.

• Jiang Xia was turned away from the Organization’s bar for lacking identification, then entered with Gin and Vodka.
• Gin assigned Jiang Xia to kill Ikemura Isao before the next election and said success would make him a formal Organization member.
• Jiang Xia recognized Ikemura Isao as a future victim and remembered that his wife, Ikemura Kimie, had recently visited his agency.
• Jiang Xia accepted the assignment and secretly planned to watch Ikemura Kimie so he could take credit for her crime.
• Jiang Xia went to collect Kinoshita Yoko merchandise, while Hattori Heiji arrived at the Amuro Detective Agency seeking to meet him.

Hattori Heiji visited Jiang Xia’s Detective Agency hoping to challenge the famous detective, but Amuro Tooru dismissed his theory that Kudo Shinichi secretly guided Jiang Xia. He left with no answers and decided to investigate Kudo’s girlfriend instead.

• Hattori Heiji found Jiang Xia’s Detective Agency closed and asked Amuro Tooru when Jiang Xia was available.
• Hattori Heiji suggested that Kudo Shinichi might be hiding at the agency and secretly helping Jiang Xia solve cases.
• Amuro Tooru rejected the theory, teased Hattori Heiji about his dark complexion, and told him not to bother the agency again.
• Hattori Heiji reconsidered his suspicions but remained determined to discover how Jiang Xia solved cases so quickly.
• Hattori Heiji set off to look for Kudo Shinichi’s girlfriend as another lead.

Jiang Xia joined Mouri Kogoro’s agency and prevented Conan from drinking Lao Bai Gan, which would have temporarily turned him back into Kudo Shinichi. Ikemura Kimie arrived to ask the detectives to investigate her son’s girlfriend, and she recognized Jiang Xia when Hattori Heiji invited him along to her home.

• Jiang Xia ran into Conan, who had a cold, and entered the Mouri Detective Agency with him.
• Hattori Heiji arrived looking for Kudo Shinichi and offered Conan Lao Bai Gan as a cold remedy.
• Jiang Xia poured out the liquor to prevent Conan from transforming into Kudo Shinichi while the Organization watched Ikemura Isao.
• Ikemura Kimie came to hire Mouri Kogoro to investigate her son’s girlfriend and invited the group to her home.
• Hattori Heiji called Jiang Xia along, and Ikemura Kimie recognized him as a detective she had met before.

Ikemura Kimie brought Jiang Xia and the others to the Ikemura Estate while concealing her plan to murder her husband, and worried that Jiang Xia might see through her. The group reached the study room, where her husband was waiting.

• Ikemura Kimie recalled choosing Mouri Kogoro instead of Jiang Xia for her planned murder after fearing Jiang Xia's sharp observations.
• Jiang Xia invited Hattori Heiji to move to Tokyo, leaving Hattori puzzled about his intentions.
• Conan and Mouri Ran joined the crowded car, while Ikemura Kimie welcomed the extra passengers as cover and hoped Hattori would distract Jiang Xia.
• Ikemura Kimie drove the group to the estate, where they encountered members of her household before reaching the study room on the second floor.

Jiang Xia solved the locked-room murder of Ikemura Isao and exposed his wife, Ikemura Kimie, as the killer. Hattori Heiji witnessed Jiang Xia’s extraordinary deduction and concluded that Kudo might have disappeared to escape being outclassed by him.

• Ikemura Kimie used a Poison Needle hidden in her keychain to kill her sleeping husband while the visitors were distracted.
• Hattori Heiji and Conan examined the scene, and Hattori wondered why Conan was wearing earmuffs.
• Jiang Xia identified Ikemura Kimie as the killer and explained how she used the needle and staged the locked-room scene.
• Inspector Megure’s officers found a needle-shaped groove in Kimie’s keychain, confirming Jiang Xia’s deduction, and Conan removed his earmuffs.
• Hattori Heiji accepted Jiang Xia’s reputation and reasoned that Kudo might have fled because solving cases beside Jiang Xia was too discouraging.
• Hattori Heiji felt relieved that he lived in Osaka and would rarely encounter Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia explained how he had indirectly led Ikemura Kimie toward killing Ikemura Isao, prompting Gin to question whether Jiang Xia had carried out the assassination. Hattori Heiji grew wary of Jiang Xia’s interest in him and began suspecting Conan was Kudo Shinichi.

• Jiang Xia warned Hattori Heiji not to avoid him and encouraged him to visit Tokyo, making Heiji fear he had become Jiang Xia’s next rival.
• Hattori Heiji noticed Conan’s earmuffs and sympathetic expression, then wondered whether Conan was actually Kudo Shinichi.
• Gin learned from Chianti that Ikemura Isao had been murdered in a case Jiang Xia solved, and summoned Jiang Xia to a sushi restaurant.
• Gin asked whether Jiang Xia had killed Ikemura Isao, and Jiang Xia said he had not done it himself.
• Jiang Xia explained that he had hinted to Ikemura Kimie that Ikemura Isao might have ruined her former husband Yamashiro Kenji, then planted murder-case clippings that inspired Kimie’s method.
• Vodka questioned whether Kimie’s use of a method from the clippings could really be a coincidence.

After Jiang Xia passed the Organization's assessment, Gin kept him under surveillance while deciding whether he was a dangerous killer or a potential colleague. The Boss eventually granted Jiang Xia the codename Ouzo, and the watching snipers disappeared.

• Jiang Xia convinced Gin and Vodka that his involvement in Ikemura Kimie's murder had been a coincidence, and Gin ordered him to remain in Tokyo.
• Gin argued that Jiang Xia might be creating murders and solving them to build his Detective reputation, then had Chianti and Korn watch him.
• Jiang Xia told Haibara Ai not to visit him and continued his routine while checking whether the snipers were still watching.
• The Boss emailed Jiang Xia to say he had passed the Organization's assessment and gave him the codename Ouzo.
• Jiang Xia learned that Ouzo was a Greek spirit, then discovered that Chianti and Korn had stopped watching him.

After learning the danger had passed, Jiang Xia tried to bring Haibara Ai a bottle of Lao Bai Gan using Xiao Bai’s puppet. Haibara Ai confiscated the liquor, but Jiang Xia found it in a cupboard before he left.

• Jiang Xia confirmed the snipers had left and told Haibara Ai she could leave the basement again.
• Jiang Xia struggled to choose a puppet to buy Lao Bai Gan, then used Miyano Akemi’s puppet to purchase it and switched to Xiao Bai afterward.
• Xiao Bai visited Professor Agasa’s house late at night and handed Haibara Ai the bottle while climbing through the window.
• Haibara Ai mistook the strong liquor as something Xiao Bai should not have and hid it in a cupboard.
• Jiang Xia noticed the bottle was missing, searched the cupboard, and found his Lao Bai Gan.

Jiang Xia asked Haibara Ai to develop a Temporary Antidote and then entered a Sherlock Holmes Tour contest, expecting the event to be dangerous. After receiving an invitation, he went looking for Conan, but learning that Haibara had started school reminded him of a case, so he headed for the station to investigate.

• Jiang Xia gave Haibara Ai Lao Bai Gan and asked her to secretly develop a Temporary Antidote for APTX4869, with any progress to be handed only to Anonymous.
• Haibara Ai accepted the liquor, and Jiang Xia left; she took the bottle to the basement to work on the antidote.
• Jiang Xia memorized The Complete Sherlock Holmes, mailed in his quiz answers, and received an invitation to the Sherlock Holmes Tour.
• Jiang Xia went to the Mouri Detective Agency to find Conan, but Mouri Kogoro told him Conan was at school and might visit Professor Agasa afterward.
• At Professor's House, Jiang Xia learned from Professor Agasa that Haibara Ai had gone to school, remembered a case, and left to investigate.
• Jiang Xia messaged Haibara Ai and called Inspector Megure, but got no response, so he headed to the station himself.

Haibara Ai tried to reveal her identity to Conan, but his questions led her to suspect that Xiao Bai had been involved in his past encounters. Jiang Xia learned the counterfeit-money kidnappers had already been arrested, then received a new mission from Gin.

• Haibara Ai asked Conan whether he knew about APTX4869 and began explaining the drug’s effects.
• Conan mistook Haibara Ai for an accomplice of the scarf-wearing child and questioned her about the explosion, the Man in Black, and being knocked out with anesthesia.
• Haibara Ai realized Conan’s stories sounded like Xiao Bai’s exploits, avoided revealing anything about the Anonymous Organization, and walked away from Conan.
• Jiang Xia headed toward the counterfeit-money gang’s hideout but learned from Inspector Megure that the kidnappers had been arrested and the hideout had been found.
• Jiang Xia started home, then received Gin’s email ordering him to plan a locked-room setup for a mission at the provided address.

Jiang Xia encountered a future murder suspect while waiting for Gin, then learned that the mission was to recover the organization’s files from Professor Hirota Masami and stage his death as an accident or suicide. He hesitated to call ahead because he did not want his voice recorded, leaving the team’s preparations unresolved.

• Jiang Xia spotted Shiro Kura Yo, whose dense Killing Intent reminded him of a man who would later kill his professor, and accepted his autograph before Gin arrived.
• Jiang Xia burned Shiro Kura Yo’s autograph in the Black Porsche’s ashtray after joining Gin and Vodka.
• Vodka explained that Miyano Akemi had accidentally returned organization files to her professor, Hirota Masami, and that they needed to retrieve them and silence him without arousing suspicion.
• Gin instructed Jiang Xia to call the Hirota household in advance under a false pretense, but Jiang Xia objected because an answering machine might record his voice.

Gin, Vodka, and Jiang Xia went to Professor Hirota’s home, where they discovered Shiro Kura Yo had already murdered Hirota Masami over a photo that could expose his plastic surgery. Gin suspected Jiang Xia had known about the murder in advance and confronted him at gunpoint.

• Gin let Vodka pose as an insurance salesman and arrange a visit with Professor Hirota.
• Vodka spotted a Toyota behind them and led Gin and Jiang Xia on a chase, but the supposed tracker disappeared in a dead-end alley.
• The group saw Shiro Kura Yo leaving Hirota Masami’s house with a bag of Disks, unaware that they were watching him.
• Shiro Kura Yo had murdered Hirota Masami with a Vase after mistaking a letter about his old ID photo for a threat, then searched the house for Disks and wiped himself clean.
• Jiang Xia noticed a fresh Shikigami on Shiro Kura Yo and prepared to get out, but Gin aimed his gun at Jiang Xia and questioned whether he had known about the murder.

Gin and Vodka confronted Shiro Kura Yo after he killed Professor Hirota, while Jiang Xia secretly helped with the encounter. When Jiang Xia spotted Professor Agasa’s car approaching, he decided to stage an accident to keep it from reaching the bridge.

• Gin lowered his gun after Jiang Xia explained his methods, and Gin accepted that Jiang Xia’s actions would not cause trouble for the organization.
• Gin ordered Vodka to bring over Shiro Kura Yo, who was approaching with a bag of Disks taken from Professor Hirota’s home.
• Jiang Xia threw Shiro Kura Yo into a concealed area, where Gin began questioning him as Jiang Xia and Vodka examined the Disks.
• Jiang Xia remembered that Conan, Haibara Ai, and Professor Agasa might come looking for the Disks, so he sent out a Mist Tengu puppet to watch the roads.
• Jiang Xia spotted Professor Agasa’s Beetle heading toward the bridge and decided to fake an accident to stop it.