Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xia and Sato Miwako waited at the Hokkaido police station while officers investigated the case and Tokyo sent help. Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo were released after the real culprit turned herself in, and Fuwa Narumi led them to meet her.

• Jiang Xia escorted Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo to the police station, where he found no sign of an attempted attack on them.
• Jiang Xia shared snacks and coffee with Sato Miwako, then asked her to have the Tokyo police discreetly investigate something at the hotel.
• Jiang Xia sent Ghosts to watch over Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo while they waited in the interrogation room.
• Fuwa Narumi arrived and released Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo, explaining that the real culprit had turned herself in.
• Fuwa Narumi led the suspects to meet the culprit, and Hashimoto Maya learned that the killer was a woman.

Superintendent Fuwa identified Fumizuki Karen as the apparent killer, but Jiang Xia suspected the confession and suicide were part of a cover-up. He told reporters that the real killer had forced a false culprit to die, setting off a media frenzy.

• Superintendent Fuwa read Fumizuki Karen's will, which confessed to poisoning Bandai, killing Nishikawa, and framing Hashimoto.
• Superintendent Fuwa revealed a hidden passage between Rooms 315 and 316 and said Fumizuki Karen had used it to create the locked-room illusion.
• Jiang Xia questioned why Fumizuki Karen had killed herself and secretly examined the strange Shikigami emerging from her back.
• A police officer reported that DNA and blood beneath the victim's fingernails matched Fumizuki Karen, convincing the others that she was guilty.
• Jiang Xia told reporters that the dead woman was a false culprit controlled by the real killer, and Fuwa Narumi angrily challenged him.

Jiang Xia arranged for the remaining scenes of Murderer in the Mirror to be performed as part of his investigation, after Matsumoto Kiyonaga took command of the case from Fuwa Narumi. As the play began, Inozuka Saburo and Hashimoto Maya spiraled into suspicions about Uzo’s identity.

• Jiang Xia proposed staging the play’s solution segment at the inn, but Fuwa Narumi tried to stop him and have the reporters removed.
• Matsumoto Kiyonaga arrived with authorization from Hokkaido, took command of the case, and ordered Fuwa Narumi to step aside.
• Matsumoto Sayuri arrived with her father and thanked Jiang Xia for helping her in a previous case, while crediting Inspector Megure for arranging their involvement.
• Jiang Xia asked the actors to perform the remaining scenes of Murderer in the Mirror so the murderer would reveal themself, and Matsumoto Kiyonaga ordered them to comply.
• As the play began, Inozuka Saburo and Hashimoto Maya exchanged increasingly elaborate suspicions about whether Jiang Xia or a model was Uzo.

Jiang Xia staged a reenactment of the troupe’s murder to investigate the crime, assigning the remaining cast and police to fill the missing roles. The performance turned dangerous when Hashimoto Maya took up a real sword and attacked Fuwa Narumi under the influence of a mysterious man watching from the doorway.

• Jiang Xia assigned Inozuka Saburo, Hashimoto Maya, and Fuwa Narumi the vacant roles and ordered the actors to reenact the murder.
• The actors began performing the scripted scene in which Fumizuki Karen confessed to poisoning the wine.
• Hashimoto Maya picked up a real sword instead of the retractable prop and noticed a black-suited man watching from the doorway.
• The mysterious man gestured for Hashimoto Maya to continue, and Hashimoto Maya thrust the sword at Fuwa Narumi.
• Fuwa Narumi dodged the blade, struck Hashimoto Maya’s arm with her elbow, and chopped down on his wrist.

Jiang Xia exposed Superintendent Fuwa as the killer behind the theater troupe’s murders and explained how she poisoned the troupe leader through both wine and a sword. Fuwa’s motive for killing Kurosawa was traced to the videotape that captured her incriminating note in the troupe leader’s script.

• Jiang Xia accused Fuwa Narumi of replacing the prop sword with a poisoned real one, and Fuwa defended herself by claiming she had instinctively dodged it.
• Jiang Xia explained that Hashimoto Maya’s sudden attempt to use the sword may have been prompted by seeing Fuwa’s expression after she killed his companion, and Matsumoto Kiyonaga let the incident pass because nobody was hurt.
• Jiang Xia said recordings of the earlier performance showed the sword’s reflective ornament, but Fuwa denied that it proved she had used the weapon.
• Jiang Xia revealed that Fuwa had written a note in the troupe leader’s script instructing her to choose the middle glass, which contained poison.
• Jiang Xia explained that Kurosawa filmed the note during rehearsal, making his videotape evidence Fuwa had to destroy by killing him.

Jiang Xia exposed Superintendent Fuwa Narumi as the murderer who had staged the sealed-room attack, then revealed that she was actually Fumizuki Karen’s identical twin sister, Kitami Renko. Fuwa fell silent after Jiang Xia explained that DNA from the crime scene matched Karen’s because the twins shared identical DNA.

• Fuwa Narumi argued that the sealed-room setup meant only Fumizuki Karen or Hashimoto Maya could have committed the murder.
• Jiang Xia explained that the red-lit room mistaken for Room 315 was actually Fuwa’s Room 314, and Inozuka Saburo demonstrated how a red filter could change its light.
• Jiang Xia accused Fuwa of entering Karen’s room, using the Secret Passage to attack Mr. Kurosawa, stealing the Videotape, and later staging the red-room sighting to frame Miss Hana.
• Fuwa insisted Karen was the murderer because her DNA had been found beneath the victim’s fingernails, but Jiang Xia said identical twins could share DNA.
• Jiang Xia identified Fuwa as Kitami Renko, Karen’s twin sister, and revealed that police DNA testing and their shared spoon-holding habit supported his conclusion.

Fuwa Narumi confessed to killing the screenwriter and explained how she had stolen the identity of the real Fuwa Narumi after escaping an abusive life. She revealed that she had targeted Bandai and Nishikawa for their role in the drug trade, then left the reason she killed Hana unexplained as she began describing their past.

• Fuwa Narumi admitted that she had used Fumizuki Karen’s voice to lure the screenwriter to the lake and kill him.
• Matsumoto Kiyonaga identified Fuwa Narumi as the wanted Kitami Renko, twin sister of the actress Fumizuki Karen, whose real name was Kitami Hanae.
• Fuwa Narumi recounted killing an abusive drug dealer, finding the real Fuwa Narumi’s suicide note and identification, and assuming her identity before entering Todai.
• Fuwa Narumi said she had traced the Red-Bearded Santa Claus’s death to Bandai and Nishikawa, then planned revenge after they recognized her as Kitami Renko and tried to involve her in drug dealing.
• The Ghost Actress asked why Fuwa Narumi had killed Hana, and Fuwa Narumi replied that she had sought Hana out when she was helpless after her first murder.

Fuwa Narumi revealed how she abandoned her identity after killing a man and resented her twin sister, only to learn that Hanae had secretly built her acting career around their childhood promise. The case was solved, while Conan remained suspicious of Hashimoto Maya and Jiang Xia continued trying to understand the strange Liangpi Shikigami.

• Fuwa Narumi recounted fleeing after a murder, rejecting Hanae's advice to surrender, and becoming a scarred person under a new identity.
• Matsumoto Kiyonaga explained that Fumizuki Karen had worked secretly as a designer and planned to retire after the performance to fulfill her childhood promise to Fuwa Narumi.
• Fuwa Narumi collapsed in tears after learning that Fumizuki Karen's stage name combined the names of the twins.
• Suzuki Sonoko and Conan discussed the case, and Conan wondered about Hashimoto Maya, Okiya, and the mysterious figure called That Lord.
• Jiang Xia experimented with the Liangpi Shikigami, discovered that it could eat Killing Intent, and decided to keep it until he learned how to use it.

Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo spent a sleepless night speculating about the mysterious figure behind the cases, while Hashimoto feared that everyone who targeted Jiang Xia had died. The next morning, Jiang Xia mistook Hashimoto’s despair for a sign that Rum had not yet transferred him and considered seeking Rum out himself.

• Hashimoto Maya recalled how Inozuka Taro, Inozuka Jiro, and Kurosawa Kazuma had all died after targeting Jiang Xia, then wondered if Jiang Xia and Uzo were the same person.
• Hashimoto Maya speculated that Torimaru Naoko and the curly-haired man in black might be partners, but Inozuka Saburo pointed out that two people would be even more frightening than one.
• At dawn, Jiang Xia noticed Hashimoto Maya’s haggard appearance and asked whether someone had threatened him.
• Hashimoto Maya suspected that Curacao and Uzo were working together and told Jiang Xia he might never see him again.
• Jiang Xia blamed Rum’s delay for Hashimoto’s distress and planned to look for Rum in sushi restaurants or use Noah to track him down.

Jiang Xia invited Hashimoto Maya to return to Tokyo with him, and Hashimoto Maya accepted, believing the Detective would keep him safe. Gin and Vodka saw a photo of them together, and Vodka then received another unsettling email from Uzo about Inozuka Saburo and a partner named Kurosawa.

• Jiang Xia offered to take Hashimoto Maya back to Tokyo, and Hashimoto Maya eagerly accepted his invitation.
• A distant camera captured Hashimoto Maya clasping Jiang Xia's hand, and reporters later published the photo online.
• Vodka recognized Hashimoto Maya in the photo, while Gin concluded that Uzo had completely controlled him.
• Gin suspected that Curacao had been cooperating with Uzo and silently marked her as someone to watch.
• Vodka received another email from Uzo containing a corpse photo and a story about Inozuka Saburo and his partner, Kurosawa.

Vodka received a message from Uzo implying that Inozuka Saburo’s failure to warn Kurosawa had caused Kurosawa’s death, then panicked when Gin received a separate message about Saburo. Vodka deleted his email and tried to defend himself, but Gin demanded to hear what it said, leaving Vodka to recite Uzo’s accusations.

• Uzo emailed Vodka that Inozuka Saburo had failed to warn Kurosawa, leading to Kurosawa’s death, and blamed the pair’s failure as partners.
• Vodka deleted the email to keep Gin from seeing it, but Gin’s phone buzzed with a separate message from Uzo.
• Gin showed Vodka a photograph of Saburo grieving over his idol, along with Uzo’s remarks about Saburo’s hobby and his future under Uzo’s command.
• Vodka suspected Uzo wanted to break Saburo’s spirit and then realized he had just concealed information from Gin himself.
• Gin gave Vodka a chance to explain, and Vodka recited Uzo’s email almost word for word.

Gin realized Uzo had manipulated events from afar, while Jiang Xia looked forward to collecting more Killing Intent from Gin and Vodka. In a Safe House, Curacao tried to relax with a movie and then an obscure game, only to find the final boss dressed like someone from the Black Organization.

• Gin understood that Uzo had set him up from afar, and Vodka suspected Uzo had somehow changed Gin's personality.
• On the way back to Tokyo, Jiang Xia regretted that Gin and Vodka rarely answered his emails and hoped their next encounter would yield Killing Intent.
• Curacao tried to enjoy a day off by watching a mystery film, but spoilers she had read ruined the movie for her.
• Curacao chose a rare combat game and played as a Criminal, fighting through its levels to reach the final boss.
• The final boss arrived on a Motorcycle, drew a Collapsible Baton, and appeared in Black Organization attire, leaving Curacao staring in surprise.

Curacao played a fighting game with a boss modeled after Jiang Xia, but discovered that he could not be defeated and the game ended with her character losing. After finding that the game was unwinnable on the Criminal route, she decided to try the Reckless Detective route instead.

• Curacao recognized the boss as a character based on Uzo and eagerly attacked him in the game.
• When Jiang Xia’s health fell to half, a helicopter delivered a high school girl who kissed him and restored his health to full.
• Curacao repeatedly tried to defeat Jiang Xia, but her own health ran out and the game told her not to commit crimes because justice always prevailed.
• Frustrated, Curacao searched a private forum and learned that the game could not be won on the Criminal route, despite its fans’ enthusiasm for Jiang Xia.
• Curacao decided to try the Reckless Detective route in hopes of seeing Jiang Xia suffer setbacks.

Curacao unlocked the hidden Detective route after repeatedly completing the “turning over a new leaf” achievement, then started the new game. She discovered that the player character was the high school girl who had healed the Detective, leaving Curacao worried about what the route would make her do.

• Curacao found that the Detective route required earning the “turning over a new leaf” achievement ten times on the Criminal route.
• Curacao followed the guide’s demanding steps and endured the healing scene ten times before unlocking the route.
• Curacao entered the Detective game and found that the character customization feature was unavailable.
• Curacao saw the character’s reflection and recognized the player-controlled high school girl as the Healer from the earlier scenes.

Curacao played the game intending to make the Detective suffer, but Jiang Xia repeatedly rescued the heroine and triggered increasingly mortifying romantic scenes. After beating the masked attacker, she chose to avoid Jiang Xia again, though the game still hinted they would meet again.

• Curacao hesitated during the masked man's attack and lost the battle, triggering a scene in which Jiang Xia rescued the heroine and pinned her against a wall with a romantic confession.
• Curacao quit the game in horror and restarted, determined to defeat the masked man before Jiang Xia could appear.
• Curacao cleared the fight, confirmed Jiang Xia was not nearby, and then found him injured after he saved a classmate from the fleeing attacker.
• Curacao chose to send Jiang Xia to the infirmary rather than take him home, but the game showed him watching her leave sorrowfully.

Curacao played through a detective route by rejecting Jiang Xia at every opportunity, then sabotaged a warehouse mission hoping they would both die. Jiang Xia rescued her and was healed by a forced kiss, leaving Curacao horrified as she quit the game.

• Curacao rejected Jiang Xia throughout the game and solved a case, only to encounter him again and collect numerous images of his disappointed face.
• Curacao and Jiang Xia split up near a warehouse, with Jiang Xia confronting the criminal while Curacao handled support tasks.
• Curacao deliberately failed the support minigames, causing the criminal to detonate bombs and collapse the warehouse around them.
• Jiang Xia shoved Curacao into a safe corner and was injured by debris while protecting her.
• Curacao’s character kissed Jiang Xia in a forced scene, restoring his health, and Curacao frantically exited the game.

Curacao replayed the game in search of a normal ending, but discovered that the Detective route always pulled her back into a relationship with Jiang Xia. After investigating the game’s creators and deciding against distancing herself from everything linked to the Suzuki Conglomerate, she received another email from Uzo requesting Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo.

• Curacao carefully replayed the game, but her efforts to avoid the slacker route led to her character being kidnapped and rescued by the Detective in the same familiar sequence.
• Curacao smashed the controller into the screen and concluded that the Detective route offered no way to part from Jiang Xia.
• Curacao investigated the game’s development and found that a technical team under the Suzuki Conglomerate had made it.
• Curacao considered avoiding anything connected to the Suzuki Company, but gave up after realizing how much of her life would have to change.
• Curacao received an email from Uzo requesting Hashimoto Maya and Inozuka Saburo.

Curacao fielded Uzo’s demands about Hashimoto Maya while considering whether she could redirect his attention toward Vodka. On the train, Jiang Xia continued pursuing his plans as Hashimoto Maya feared that Uzo was orchestrating the cases around him.

• Curacao received Rum’s message about a new mission, then told Uzo she would ask her superiors about Hashimoto Maya and asked him not to contact her until she heard back.
• Curacao guessed that Uzo wanted Inozuka Saburo because he resembled Vodka and considered using Vodka to distract Uzo from herself.
• Jiang Xia read Curacao’s reply, concluded that Rum was blocking the transfer, and asked Noah whether it had found him.
• Suzuki Sonoko wondered whether Jiang Xia’s knack for finding cases came from good or bad luck, and Conan explained that they could turn misfortune into good fortune before she bonked him.
• Hashimoto Maya suspected Uzo deliberately arranged cases around Jiang Xia and performed a small ritual to calm himself, leaving Conan puzzled.

While hiding in a Tokyo Safe House before their plastic surgery, Torimaru Naoko learned rumors about a master manipulator and began to suspect that her own murder case had been orchestrated by someone else. She shared her frightening theory with Takamori Masumi, who was left unsettled and confused.

• Takamori Masumi complained about having no work or responsibilities while Torimaru Naoko read alarming news in their Safe House.
• Torimaru Naoko recalled that a mysterious woman from the organization had questioned them and seemed both curious about and wary of them.
• Torimaru Naoko used the plastic surgeon's enthusiasm for creating artificial twins to coax information about a powerful manipulator from him.
• After hearing a distorted account of a murder, Torimaru Naoko wondered whether someone had manipulated her ex-boyfriend into finding and extorting her.
• Torimaru Naoko connected suspicious details from her case and concluded that she, like Takamori Masumi, might have been controlled by someone behind the scenes.
• Takamori Masumi listened to Torimaru Naoko's theory and reacted with confusion and fear.

Takamori Masumi dismissed Torimaru Naoko’s suspicion that an unseen mastermind had manipulated them, trusting Jiang Xia to uncover the truth if evidence existed. After reading reports about the Hokkaido “Red-Bearded Santa Claus” case, Torimaru noticed several unsettling parallels and suggested the case was a warning from the person behind their own predicament.

• Takamori Masumi told Torimaru Naoko to stop dwelling on a possible mastermind and said she could hire Jiang Xia to investigate later.
• Torimaru Naoko showed Takamori Masumi reports about the Hokkaido “Red-Bearded Santa Claus” case and asked what she made of it.
• Takamori Masumi focused on Jiang Xia’s success and the danger posed by a Superintendent who was a serial killer.
• Torimaru Naoko pointed out that the case involved Hashimoto Maya, their pursuer, a pair of twins, and a Fashion Designer, echoing details of their own situation.
• Torimaru Naoko told Takamori Masumi that the case might be a hint and warning from the person manipulating them.