Chapter Summaries

During a camping trip, Vermouth suspected that Furuya Rei was a Public Security undercover agent planted inside the Organization and proposed using him to help destroy it. She and Lin Xinyi planned to learn more about Furuya, but for now Vermouth insisted they enjoy their outing together.

• Vermouth tried to lean on Lin Xinyi, but Haibara Ai wedged herself between them and stopped her.
• Vermouth explained that Furuya Rei's disguise and continued fieldwork suggested he might be undercover inside the Organization.
• Vermouth said Furuya's fingerprints on a glass could help them identify him and use his position to strike at the Organization.
• Lin Xinyi and Haibara Ai agreed that they first needed to learn Furuya's true identity, possibly through another meeting with him.
• Vermouth tricked Haibara Ai into moving, took the seat beside Lin Xinyi, then pulled Haibara into their embrace and declared they should enjoy the camping trip.

Lin Xinyi stayed at the campsite while Vermouth and Haibara Ai prepared food, and Professor Agasa took the Detective Boys into the woods to gather firewood. The women briefly clashed over cooking before working together again, but Haibara Ai ended the warm mood by pointing out that Professor Agasa might be younger than Vermouth.

• Lin Xinyi warned the Detective Boys to stay together and keep in radio contact, then asked Professor Agasa and Caesar to supervise them as they gathered firewood.
• Haibara Ai insisted on being head chef, but Vermouth teased her by setting the ingredients on a table she could not reach.
• Lin Xinyi moved a rock under the table and lifted Haibara Ai onto it so she could cook.
• Haibara Ai and Vermouth worked together to prepare the food while Lin Xinyi worried about the group in the woods.
• Haibara Ai revealed that Professor Agasa was fifty-two and suggested he might be younger than Vermouth.

Vermouth teased Haibara Ai and Lin Xinyi about her age until a gunshot interrupted them. Meanwhile, Conan and the others discovered a forbidden cave with a treasure marker, and Conan found fresh footprints suggesting several people had entered, possibly including a corpse.

• Vermouth pinched Haibara Ai’s cheeks after Haibara provoked her about her age, then washed vegetables while Lin Xinyi cautiously asked how old she was.
• Vermouth’s chili-covered hands had made Haibara Ai cry, and Lin Xinyi slapped himself as a gunshot rang out from the woods.
• Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta found a cave marked with a warning and an old monument referring to Tokugawa’s Secret Golden Treasure.
• Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta tried to enter the cave, but Caesar blocked them and barked toward its dark interior.
• Conan spotted fresh footprints in damp soil and deduced that at least two, possibly four, people had entered the cave, with one possibly a corpse.

Conan deduced that three men had carried a corpse into the cave, then led the Detective Boys and Professor Agasa away when Caesar sensed danger. The group escaped the bank robbers, but the Long-haired Man ordered his accomplices to shoot at them, leaving the children fleeing through the forest.

• Conan studied the cave footprints and deduced that two men had carried a heavy object while a third lit their way.
• Conan concluded that the object was a corpse, but Mitsuhiko pointed out that the victim might still be alive.
• Conan decided to retreat and tell Lin Xinyi, and Caesar barked a warning as danger approached.
• Conan led the Detective Boys and Professor Agasa out of the cave, then urged them to run toward the campsite as footsteps followed.
• The Long-haired Man and his two accomplices emerged from the cave and discovered the children escaping into the woods.
• The Long-haired Man ordered his accomplices to shoot, but the shot missed, and he drew his own gun as the group continued fleeing.

The Long-haired Man and his accomplices chased Conan and the others, intending to kill them before they could alert the police. At the campsite, they discovered Lin Xinyi and Vermouth had overwhelming strength and firepower, then considered retreating—until barking gave away their hiding place.

• The Long-haired Man persuaded Short-haired Fatty and Watermelon-head Skinny to pursue the witnesses and kill them to avoid exposure.
• The three robbers found Conan and the others at the campsite, where Lin Xinyi and Vermouth had joined them.
• Lin Xinyi casually tossed a massive rock, making the Long-haired Man doubt his assumption that the group would be easy to overpower.
• Vermouth produced several pistols and armed Lin Xinyi, Conan, and Haibara Ai, revealing that the group had more guns than the robbers.
• The Long-haired Man decided the robbers should retreat, but a breeze carried their scent and the dogs began barking.

Lin Xinyi and Vermouth drove three armed criminals into the woods, where Vermouth disarmed two with precise shots. As they pursued the fleeing men, the long-haired boss shot Short-haired Fatty for suggesting they surrender, leaving Lin Xinyi and Vermouth to find his body.

• Caesar alerted the group to criminals hiding in the woods, and Lin Xinyi hurled a rock to expose them.
• Vermouth shot Short-haired Fatty's gun apart and wounded Watermelon-head Skinny, prompting all three criminals to flee.
• Lin Xinyi, Vermouth, and Caesar pursued the criminals through the woods while Vermouth taught Lin Xinyi to use cover.
• Short-haired Fatty fell behind and suggested surrendering, but the long-haired boss ordered him killed.
• Lin Xinyi and Vermouth cautiously advanced and found Short-haired Fatty dead on the ground.

Watermelon-head Skinny and the long-haired boss fled through the mountains while Lin Xinyi and Vermouth pursued them. After finding Skinny dead, Lin Xinyi realized the boss was likely killing witnesses and destroying evidence to clear himself.

• Watermelon-head Skinny recognized that his bleeding wound was leaving a trail and worried the long-haired boss might kill him, but the boss claimed they had to fight their pursuers.
• The long-haired boss told Skinny he needed to borrow his life, then Lin Xinyi and Vermouth found Short-haired Fatty's body and continued following the blood trail.
• The long-haired boss used bullets heated in a fire to create false gunshots, but Vermouth saw through the trick and Lin Xinyi stamped out the burning jacket.
• Lin Xinyi and Vermouth found Watermelon-head Skinny dead behind a tree, and Vermouth noted that Caesar could still track the boss.
• Lin Xinyi concluded that the boss was eliminating witnesses and evidence to clear himself, rather than simply trying to escape.

Lin Xinyi and Vermouth examined the crime scene and realized the cautious boss had hidden his identity while trying to destroy evidence. After Vermouth and Caesar picked up his scent, Lin Xinyi spotted a clue and joined the pursuit.

• Lin Xinyi and Vermouth reasoned that the boss had stayed hidden, ordered others to kill, and tried to burn the bloodstained jacket to avoid leaving witnesses or evidence.
• Lin Xinyi explained that the jacket's burned cuffs and collar made it unlikely to yield usable skin cells, limiting its forensic value.
• Vermouth took Caesar to search for the boss's footprints while Lin Xinyi examined the scene and concluded the boss had strangled Watermelon-head Skinny after the victim was shot.
• Lin Xinyi found no killer's skin beneath the victim's fingernails, then examined the corpse to help reconstruct the victim's position at death.
• Vermouth returned with Caesar, who had picked up the boss's scent, and Lin Xinyi agreed to pursue him after finding a clue of his own.

Lin Xinyi and Vermouth followed Caesar to Okada Taichiro’s cottage, where they confronted him as the fugitive murderer. After police arrived, Lin Xinyi questioned Okada and got him to claim he had never visited the back mountain or seen the victims, then prepared to challenge that testimony with evidence.

• Caesar led Lin Xinyi and Vermouth along the mountain road to a cottage, where they found the long-haired man who had fled the crime scene.
• Vermouth accused the man of being the fugitive, and he stopped pretending to be an innocent villager but demanded evidence.
• After police arrived, Lin Xinyi formally questioned the man and learned his name was Okada Taichiro.
• Okada claimed he had stayed home, never visited the back mountain, and never seen the victims.
• Lin Xinyi told Okada he would find evidence proving he had been at the crime scene and asked how he would explain it.

Lin Xinyi reconstructed how Mr. Okada murdered Watermelon-head Skinny and confronted him with traces that could connect him to the scene. Mr. Okada denied the crime, but a cocklebur seed in his hair gave Lin Xinyi another way to prove where he had been.

• Mr. Okada tried to change his account of where he had been, but Lin Xinyi warned that his shifting testimony would hurt him in court.
• Lin Xinyi reconstructed how Mr. Okada disarmed Watermelon-head Skinny, strangled him, and fell beneath him when the victim briefly fought back.
• Lin Xinyi explained that cocklebur spines at the scene might hold Mr. Okada's DNA, and Mr. Okada refused to confess before seeing the test results.
• Lin Xinyi found a cocklebur seed tangled in Mr. Okada's hair and said its DNA could be compared with the plants at the crime scene.
• Mr. Okada argued that the seed might have come from near his home, and Lin Xinyi claimed he could prove its origin with plant DNA testing.

Lin Xinyi pressured the long-haired bank robber Okada into confessing by using cockleburs in his hair as evidence that he had lied about visiting the crime scene. Afterward, Haibara Ai agreed to investigate plant DNA for Lin’s casework, and Conan asked to try her still-experimental antidote so he could meet Ran as Kudo Shinichi.

• Lin Xinyi told Okada that the cocklebur in his hair could connect him to the crime scene and expose his false testimony, then pressured him to confess.
• Okada admitted the crime, accepted handcuffs, and was escorted away by the police.
• Lin Xinyi asked Haibara Ai whether plant DNA could identify cockleburs from the crime scene, and she explained the testing and research needed to support it in court.
• Haibara Ai agreed to conduct the plant DNA experiment while working on the antidote, and warned Lin Xinyi that he should understand the papers written in his name.
• Conan asked whether Haibara Ai’s trial-version antidote was ready for human testing, then admitted he wanted to take it so he could date Ran as Kudo Shinichi.

Conan wanted to take Haibara Ai’s antidote so he could return to Kudo Shinichi and play the knight opposite Ran in her class’s School Festival play. Vermouth revealed she had already been chosen for the role, leaving Conan to accept that the princess’s kiss would be hers.

• Ran and Conan rehearsed Sonoko’s play, but Ran stopped Conan when he tried to kiss her during the scene.
• Ran told Conan that Sonoko was looking for someone to replace her as the male lead, making Conan jealous and eager to grow up again.
• Conan explained his wish to Lin Xinyi and Haibara Ai, and Haibara agreed to let him try the antidote while warning its effects might be temporary.
• Vermouth warned Conan not to appear in the School Festival performance even if he returned to his adult form, and Conan agreed to stay low-profile.
• Vermouth said Sonoko had invited her to play the knight, claiming the princess’s kiss for herself.

At Teitan High School’s School Festival, Vermouth rehearsed the lead role with Mouri Ran while Conan watched, wishing he could perform as Kudo Shinichi. Seeing Ran’s disappointment, Vermouth offered to help Conan take the antidote and perform with her, promising to keep him safe.

• Suzuki Sonoko left Mouri Ran, Vermouth, and Conan alone to rehearse the play’s final scenes.
• Vermouth and Mouri Ran practiced their kissing scene while Conan watched jealously from the side.
• Conan and Mouri Ran admitted that it was a shame he could not play the Knight as Kudo Shinichi.
• Vermouth asked Conan whether he truly wanted to play the Knight and told him to take the antidote, promising she had a way to let him perform without regrets.

Conan took Haibara Ai’s antidote so he could perform with Mouri Ran, then Vermouth disguised him as herself. The chapter left Kudo Shinichi realizing he was expected to impersonate Miss Chris, complete with a bra and padding.

• Conan agreed to take the antidote after Vermouth offered to disguise him for the performance, and Mouri Ran covered him with a blanket before he swallowed it.
• Conan endured the antidote’s painful effects as Suzuki Sonoko approached the dressing room and mistook the sounds inside for something suspicious.
• Conan changed back into Kudo Shinichi and hid behind the sofa before Sonoko entered; Ran and Vermouth convinced her there was nobody else in the room.
• Kudo Shinichi asked Vermouth to disguise him for the performance, and she gave him a silver wig and instructed him to imitate her identity as Miss Chris.

Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi, disguised as Miss Chris, prepared to star together in Suzuki Sonoko’s School Festival play, while Sonoko anxiously waited for them to leave the dressing room. They finally appeared hand in hand, and Sonoko’s suspicions about Ran’s feelings left her worldview shaken.

• As the play’s start was delayed, Suzuki Sonoko went backstage to hurry Mouri Ran and Miss Chris, but fled after overhearing them discussing a bra and Ran saying Chris had taken her top off again.
• Kudo Shinichi struggled to dress as Miss Chris, with Mouri Ran and Vermouth helping him complete the disguise and Vermouth coaching his walk.
• Kudo Shinichi tried to back out of the performance, but Vermouth encouraged him and Mouri Ran to go onstage, and he took Ran’s hand.
• While waiting, Suzuki Sonoko gave an alumna a vague explanation for the delay and privately questioned whether Ran had feelings for Kudo Shinichi.
• Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi finally appeared in princess and knight costumes, holding hands, and Sonoko watched in growing disbelief.

At the Teitan High School School Festival, Kudo Shinichi performed as a knight opposite Mouri Ran, and their play nearly reached its climactic kiss before a scream announced a death. Shinichi chose to stay with Ran, but she went to investigate the corpse herself, leaving him onstage.

• Suzuki Sonoko grew flustered after watching Mouri Ran and Chris, then urged the leads to begin their delayed performance.
• Kudo Shinichi endured the audience's attention and Mouri Kogoro's enthusiastic praise before the play began.
• Sonoko noticed Chris's nervous acting but thought her feelings for Ran seemed genuine as the play approached its climax.
• Shinichi and Ran prepared to kiss when someone in the audience screamed that a person had died.
• Shinichi told Ran he would put her before any case and invited her to leave with him, but Ran jumped off the stage to investigate the death.

During a date at the Teitan High School School Festival, Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi investigated the poisoning death of doctor Kamata Kohei. They ruled out Mouri Kogoro’s suicide theory, and Kudo said he had figured out how Kamata could have finished the poisoned cola before dying.

• Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi joined forces to investigate Kamata Kohei’s death at the School Festival.
• Ran and Shinichi identified Potassium Cyanide poisoning and wondered how Kamata had managed to finish his cola before collapsing.
• Kogami Mai explained that Kamata, Noda Yumemi, Mitani Yota, and she had all graduated from Teitan High School and worked at Beika Hospital.
• Ninagawa Ayako revealed that she had switched Kamata’s iced coffee order to cola to make him speak with her about their broken engagement.
• Mouri Kogoro proposed that Kamata had poisoned himself, but Ran argued that investigators had found no container for the poison on his body.
• Kudo Shinichi told Mouri Ran that he had figured out how Kamata had consumed the poison.

Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran deduced that Kogami Mai had poisoned Mr. Kamata with cyanide hidden in ice cubes, but forensic testing found cyanide in her own drink as well. The unexpected result left their theory in doubt.

• Kudo Shinichi concluded that the killer had hidden Potassium Cyanide in ice cubes to make Mr. Kamata's death look like suicide.
• Mouri Ran reasoned that Kogami Mai was more suspicious than Ninagawa Ayako because she had bought the drinks and knew the victim's habits.
• Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran deduced that Kogami Mai must have hidden the poisoned ice cubes from her own drink and could still be carrying them.
• Lin Xinyi arrived with the Forensics Division and tested Kogami Mai's cup for Potassium Cyanide.
• Lin Xinyi reported that Kogami Mai's cup also contained Potassium Cyanide, undermining Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran's deduction.

Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi reconsidered the poisoning and decided to investigate how the poisoned cola reached Mr. Kamata, since another culprit could not be ruled out. Meanwhile, Suzuki Sonoko warned Lin Xinyi that Chris liked Ran, but Lin already knew Vermouth cherished Ran as family and tried to reassure Sonoko that their closeness was sisterly.

• Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi realized the poisoned ice cubes in Kogami Mai’s cup could support the possibility of another culprit, leaving Mai’s guilt unproven without evidence.
• Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi decided to investigate the poisoned cola’s path to Mr. Kamata and ran off to ask questions.
• Suzuki Sonoko asked Lin Xinyi whether he would be upset if Chris liked someone else, then told him that Chris liked Ran.
• Lin Xinyi explained that Chris already cared deeply for Ran and described their bond as sisterly, while Sonoko pitied his apparent misunderstanding.

Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran questioned Kogami Mai about the poisoned drinks, but she denied killing Mr. Kamata and described how the drinks had been left unattended. The chapter ended with Kogami challenging them to prove her guilt.

• Kudo Shinichi asked Kogami Mai whether she had kept the drinks with her from the time she bought them until she delivered them to Mr. Kamata.
• Kogami Mai acknowledged that she was the prime suspect but said she had no motive to kill Mr. Kamata, and her colleagues vouched for their friendship.
• Kogami Mai argued that Ninagawa Ayako was unlikely to have poisoned the drinks and revealed that she had left the tray unattended on a windowsill while she went to the restroom.
• Kudo Shinichi argued that Kogami Mai might have left the drinks there to create an opportunity for an imaginary culprit, but Kogami said she had simply needed the restroom.
• Kogami Mai insisted that suspicion alone could not convict her and challenged Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran to produce evidence.