Volume 42

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Volume 42
Information
Release date:	July 18, 2003
Chapters:	425-435
ISBN:	ISBN 4-09-126169-8
Publisher:	Shogakukan
English release date:	April 10, 2012
English ISBN:	ISBN 1-4215-3608-0
English Publisher:	Viz Media
Featured Detective & Keyhole
Joseph Rouletabille Jodie Starling
Aoyama's death & Conan side images

Volume 42 was released on July 18, 2003 in Japan.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Hiroshi Agasa

Ai Haibara

Sonoko Suzuki

Tomoaki Araide

Jodie Starling

Vermouth

Yukiko Kudo

Shuichi Akai

Heiji Hattori

Kazuha Toyama

Gin

Vodka

Ayumi Yoshida

Genta Kojima

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Miwako Sato

James Black

Professor

Shiho Miyano (photo)

Akemi Miyano (flashback)

Elena Miyano (background)

Takeshi Onimaru (cameo)

Makoto Kyogoku (cellphone puppet)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Wristwatch Flashlight

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Voice-Changing Face Mask

Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Microphone

Button Speaker

Criminal Tracking Glasses

Chapters

Bathroom Murder Case

File 425 - The Hidden Truth

With the poison's source still unknown, Inspector Megure and Takagi plan to expand their investigation beyond the house but are quickly stopped by an ostensible interjection from Agasa. Though initially startled, Agasa quickly adjusts to Conan's deduction which he presents using the Voice-Changing Bowtie.

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Dejima would naturally remove a used toilet paper roll from the room.

Based on the locations where poison residue were discovered (the right side of Dejima's pants, the opening of his belt, and his handkerchief) Agasa states that Dejima likely touched the poison in the bathroom. Megure counters that forensics found no traces of poison in the bathroom, but Agasa elaborates that the killer laced poison on an empty toilet paper roll. Dejima would've replaced the roll and carried the poisoned roll out of the bathroom to be discarded elsewhere. The process is as follows.

1. Dejima touches the poison laced roll while replacing it with a new one.
2. The portions of toilet paper which came in contact with Dejima's poisoned fingers would be flushed once he uses them.
3. He touches his belt and pants after using the bathroom.
4. He washes his hands removing poison from his fingers.
5. He retouches the poison-laced toilet paper roll with his left hand and opens the bathroom door with his right hand.

Agasa then proceeds to accuse Tetsuo Imai of consistently spiking Dejima's coffee with laxatives. Any laxative influence found in autopsy would also be attributed to Dejima's prescribed laxatives he used to treat his haemorrhoids. Additionally, the reason Imai presented cookies alongside his coffee was for the snacks to expedite bowel movements. Zaitsu questions how Imai could've predicted how he would've used the toilet, as if he had defecated, he would instead be poisoned. Agasa explains that Imai could determine whether Zaitsu used hard or soft flush by listening to the intensity of the flush; in the case of the former, Zaitsu could be given a wet towel to remove the poison.

Akemi helped quell Imai's resentment towards Dejima.

Takagi then finds the discarded toilet paper roll, prompting Megure to order the search for the poison container. Haibara steps forward and deduces Imai likely hid the poison container in the corner shelf of the kitchen as it would blend in with the poorly sanitized surroundings. Imai is shocked by Haibara's image as he is vividly reminded of Akemi. Soon after, an officer proves Haibara correct by finding a suspicious bag in the corner shelf of the kitchen. Knowing his fingerprints would be discovered on the bag, Imai admits to his crime and begins explaining his motives.
The Motive:
Imai states his desire to kill Dejima goes back two decades when Dejima sabotaged his attempts at branching off and becoming independent. While constructing a way to kill Dejima, the Miyano family had come to stay at the house. Akemi had approached Imai at his nadir, and through her bright attitude and positive outlook, she gave Imai hope to burry his rage. Years later, when Imai once again asked Dejima about independence, the latter replied he would allow it if only Imai had retained his abilities from twenty years ago. His anger reignited, Imai was once again momentarily calmed by Akemi when she briefly returned, promising him that she would soon visit again with her younger sister. But she never returned. With nothing to quell is murderous heart, Imai proceeded with his plan.

Vermouth calls in Calvados.

On the car ride home Haibara restlessly asks Conan if he had recovered Akemi's artifact. Conan replies that he has, explaining that after learning about Dejima's stipulations about being stingy toilet water, he deduced that Akemi had attached something to toilet's ballcock valve which had hampered the toilets functions and raised the water bill. The object attached to the valve at the time were likely the employee's tools. After hearing Imai was "tired," Akemi hiding the tools was her way of forcing him to take a break from work. Years later when Akemi returned to use the bathroom, she replaced the tools with a different object, which, Conan had successfully retrieved, revealing it to be a set of twenty cassette tapes. Conan suspects the tapes contain vital information about the Black Organization, causing Haibara to object to him listening to them as it would further endanger him. Conan stops the recording and hands the headphones to Haibara after realizing the tapes are instead a set of messages from her mother Elena. Conan concludes that Elena likely sensed her impending demise and thus recorded messages throughout the years for Shiho, eventually giving them to Akemi to pass on to her when she turned twenty. However, due to the organization's heavy security surrounding Shiho's research, Akemi had no choice but to hide the tapes in the house's toilet tank. If Akemi survived, she would've taken Shiho to the house to retrieve the tapes. Meanwhile, Haibara warmly smiles, rapt with comfort by her mother's voice, as Conan internally hopes she found solace knowing her mother was a true "angel."
At an airport, Vermouth is seen on the phone enlisting the help of a sniper, referring to them as Calvados.

People

Sohei Dejima
	Victim (poison) 54 years old President of design office

Ukihiko Zaitsu
	41 years old Designer

Tetsuo Imai
	52 years old Designer

Isamu Natsubori
	35 years old Designer

Major Events

• Vermouth is revealed to be eavesdropping on Agasa's house.
• Haibara obtains voice recordings of her mother.
• Vermouth calls in Calvados for help.

Convenience Store Case

File 426 - Goodbye Jodie

A little girl discovers her father's killer.

Jodie is resting at her desk in Teitan High School’s staff office, with her eyes closed. She recalls that many years ago, when she was still a little child, a stranger broke into her house on a rainy day. She (dressed completely in black) murdered a man, and proceeded to grab the pair of glasses that the man was clutching. At this moment, Jodie entered the same room, and asked innocently who the woman was. The woman put her index finger on her lips and was about to respond when Jodie’s recollection is abruptly terminated by a fellow staff member, who calls her name several times and asks in a caring manner if she is tired and if her students have been causing her headaches. Jodie answers in negative, saying that they are all good students; then she attributes her apparent tiredness to being saddened by the fact that she has to leave them.

Later, Jodie is seen telling her students about her impending resignation, much to their surprise and disappointment. After school, Ran and Sonoko catch up with Jodie to ask for a more detailed explanation of her sudden resignation (what she told the class was that there were “family issues” that she had to attend to). Jodie tells them that the “family issue” explanation is inaccurate and that the real reason behind her departure is that she has found a long-sought and very important treasure map. The girls, bewildered by these words, demand elaboration, but Jodie replies that the topic is a secret of hers, and that “a secret makes a woman woman.” Ran, knowing that Jodie does not intend to divulge information, switches the topic by saying that, regretfully, she has never taught Shinichi. Sonoko comments that there is nothing to regret about, as, in her opinion, a person who focuses so much on some boring case that he leaves “his wife” behind cannot appreciate the novel teaching methods of Jodie anyway. Ran puts up some mild objection about the usage of “wife”, and says with a reddened face that Shinichi will not come back before solving the case, as he is not someone who gives up easily and will try everything within his capabilities to finish what he has started. Sonoko, apparently noticing Ran’s blushing face, picks up where Ran leaves off and says in a fangirly manner “Oh! That is what I love about him, let’s kiss!”. This embarrasses Ran considerably, and she proceeds to downplay her previous comments by retorting that she just wanted to say that Shinichi is a stubborn and overly persistent person.

"A secret makes a woman woman."

At this point, Jodie comments that Conan seems to be a stubborn person as well. Ran mentions that he has been staying at Agasa’s lately because he wants to take care of Haibara, whom Conan believes is sick because of him, until she recovers completely. This comment gets Jodie thinking, while Sonoko changes the subject and proposes that they go to Jodie’s apartment for a farewell party. Jodie and Ran agree, and therefore they decide to first head to the convenience store where one of Ran and Sonoko’s friend (called Aya Nanakawa) currently works to buy drinks and desserts. Upon arrival at the store, they see a furious store manager shouting at Aya and threatening to replace her with someone else. Sonoko and Ran intervene and try to soothe an upset and crying Aya while the store manager reveals that he suspects Aya of being a thief. Sonoko is quick to come to the defense of her friend (and former classmate), and the manager explains that he was initially unwilling to believe that Aya was the culprit either, but a series of events, including that the loss of goods only happened on days when Aya was on watch, that surveillance cameras failed to reveal wrongdoing by any customer and that theft happened even when nobody but Aya came and left the store, forced him to come to his present conclusion. The store manager further reveals that a myriad of items have been stolen, including game softwares, CDs, DVDs, many types of beverages, box lunches (whose best before date was always near), bars of chocolate and so on.

As learning these is insufficient for Ran and Sonoko to prove Aya’s innocence, they turn to Aya to listen to her opinion. Aya tells them that she finds three customers suspicious: the first is likely a university student, and this person sometimes come to the store to read gaming magazines until the store closes at night, and usually buys fast food and instant noodles; the second is a very quiet office worker who never starts a quarrel even when being cut in line and usually buys things like toothbrushes, towels and batteries; and the third is an elderly woman who likes spending as little money as possible, often lectures the manager on how to save electricity and usually does not buy anything at all. Aya also says that all three suspects have in common that they frequently use the toilet of the store, which is located behind the storage area at the back of the store.

The store manager suspects Aya is the culprit.

Despite these new pieces of information, Sonoko and Ran are not able make progress, and they can do little more than continuing defending Aya ardently. The store manager, seeing that they are not convinced, reveals yet another reason why he believes what he believes. He recounts that exactly one month ago he rebuked Aya as well, and after that theft stopped for a long time. Just when he thought that Aya had learned that her misdemeanors were unacceptable, theft started again, and this time the loss of goods was much more than usual. With this said, he demands an apology from Aya, and again threatens to fire her, but she insists that she has done nothing wrong. Ran and Sonoko, knowing that the situation is spiraling downwards quickly, suggest consulting with Shinichi or Conan, but Jodie says that they should try having a go at the case before turning to others for help, because “he who you rely upon can disappear at any time”.

File 427 - Ran's Deduction

Ran recalls how Shinichi digests clues.

Ran and Sonoko thus start considering the case again. After reviewing all the information at hand and getting nowhere, Ran asks herself what Shinichi would do in this situation. She recalls that he once told her that when there is a case, it is almost certain that something deviating from the norm happens, and such deviations, however slight and apparently insignificant, are clues that can be found by careful observation and that form the cornerstone of a deduction. Ran thus asks Aya whether anything special happened on the days when she was on watch. Neither she nor the store manager can think of anything, but another employee points out that the store is exceptionally clean whenever Aya is on watch. He elaborates that after newly arrived goods are taken into the storage room during the night, Aya will make sure that the boxes are arranged orderly so that they do not block the way to the bathroom. The employee adds that nobody else, including the manager himself, bothers to do that; they usually just leave the boxes all around the place and expect the employee working on the second day’s morning shift to clean things up for them. The store manager grudgingly concedes that the employee’s account is true, but insists that Aya’s good habit does not excuse her and that he will call the police unless Ran and company can find the real culprit.

Ran thinks about Shinichi again at this moment. Conan, who is in Agasa’s house, reciprocates this feeling; it is as if the two were connected by telepathy. Conan does not think too much about Ran though, and he instead asks Agasa about the whereabouts of the still-feverish Haibara. Agasa says that Haibara is probably in the laboratory listening to the tapes that her mother left her. It turns out that Agasa is right: Haibara, with her eyes closed, and with an expression that clearly shows relish and inner peace, is presently listening to the recording that her mother prepared for her 18th birthday. In this recording, her mother asks what Shiho is doing in her life and tells her that as long as she does not regret her decisions, she will fully support Shiho. Haibara, thinking that the recording ends there, tries to press the stop button on the caset player, but her mother suddenly starts talking again. To Haibara's surprise, her mother begins to share the truth about something. Meanwhile, Jodie is seen recollecting the continuation of her past memory: the unknown woman was bending over to her, her index finger still close to her lips, and then huge flames engulfed the house and reduced it to ashes. This time she is interrupted by her two students, who notice that this is the first time that Jodie has taken off her glasses. Ran additionally notices that they appear very old; Jodie concurs, and adds they are the only trace that someone very important to her left in the earthly world.

Haibara listens to her mother's recordings.

Sonoko and Ran fail to grasp the depth of her words, and the store manager, who is unhappy that they are not buying anything, orders them out. It is already night and, as usual, people from the transportation company bring new goods to the store. They tell the employee at the cashier that they will take the new goods to the storage room, but the employee, seeing that there are a lot of customers queuing before the bathroom, tells them to come back later. Ran, having overheard this conversation, starts thinking, and asks Sonoko whether she knows of any quote by Sherlock Holmes resembling “eliminating the impossible things…”. Sonoko is clueless, but Jodie confidently and seriously replies that the quote that Ran is looking for is “whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” After hearing this, Ran seems to have come up with a deduction, but she is afraid that it might be wrong, which she believes will be damaging to Aya, who is already in a perilous situation. She thus remains indecisive and thinks of Shinichi yet again, believing that he knows what to do in such situations. The telepathic connection between the two again manifests itself and Conan, using the voice of Shinichi, calls her at that exact moment.

File 428 - The Unbelievable Conclusion

Conan calls in order to ask whether Ran has recently been to Shinichi’s house to clean (he suspects that someone has been entering his house); Ran says that she has not. Ran then tells Conan that Aya is in big trouble, and she repeats to him all the information available to her. Conan is able to immediately work out the real culprit, but before he is able to tell Ran, she interrupts and says feebly that she also has a deduction, and that she would like to share it with him. Conan agrees to hearing it; thus Ran starts telling him about it, with Sonoko and Jodie listening in attentively. Once she finishes, Conan bursts out in laughter, and tells her that it is a bit funny that even though she has a rather complete and consistent deduction, she still remains hesitant. Ran thinks that this is Shinichi’s way of telling her that the deduction is correct, but Conan replies that since detectives, like other people, are mere human beings with limits in their abilities, they are rarely 100% confident when making a deduction and almost always worry about having neglected some small but crucial detail. He proceeds to say that this element of unknown is what makes detectives twice as satisfied as other people when the deduction hits right at the target, and that in order to not deprive Ran of this sense of satisfaction he cannot tell her whether the deduction is correct, but encourages her to find out by herself by luring the culprit out.

Ran finds photos of Shinichi behind Jodie's mirror.

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Ran, inspired by Conan’s words, quickly comes up with a plan. She runs into the now-empty bathroom and screams “Fire in the store! Run! Otherwise you will be burnt to death!”. The store manager, confused and irate, storms to the bathroom, pounds the door heavily and threatens legal action. Ran comes out of the bathroom and signals him to stop talking, and the reason becomes clear very soon: loud noises are heard in the supposedly empty bathroom, the door is suddenly flung open violently, and a person rushes outside. Jodie stops this person (revealed to be the office worker) at the entrance to the storage room, and Ran says “it is indeed you” coldly. She forcefully declares the office worker to be the culprit, and, when the store manager says that he did not see this person despite having spent a whole night right outside the store watching, Ran reveals that the office worker has been living in the space above the bathroom ceiling. Jodie asks why this person would take game softwares and DVDs, and Ran says that when he sneaks out of the store with these, he can sell them for money, which will allow him to take baths, cut hair and make himself clean. He comes out of his refuge only when the store is packed with people so that nobody becomes suspicious. Similarly, when he needs to go into hiding again, by letting others cut in line leading to the bathroom, he is sure to be the last one entering it, thus again raising no suspicion. Furthermore, with the batteries bought, he can power a flashlight, which is needed for searching for food and other basic necessities in the lightless, closed store during the night. And finally, he steals only when Aya is on watch because only she clears the path out of the bathroom of boxes (and stealing a large amount each time will ensure that he does not starve despite Aya being on watch only a few times a week). Sonoko thinks that this last explanation is not entirely convincing: she argues that the office worker can simply push any blockage away. Ran has not considered this possibility, and is stunned by this remark, but fortunately Conan is there to prevent Ran’s deduction from falling apart. He explains on the phone that the office worker does not dare to move any obstructing box because he fears that the movements, however slight, will be noticed by store employees, who then will infer that something is wrong with the bathroom and proceed to expose him.

The store manager accepts all Ran’s previous explanations, but he has one question remaining: why was there a prolonged period of time when the office worker did not steal at all? Ran answers that the period that he is referring to was right after he reprimanded Aya, and that since the office worker is not a truly bad person and realized that his actions hurt someone innocent, he decided to stop for some time. Ran further says that another piece of evidence supporting the “not so bad thief” theory is that the box lunches stolen were invariably the ones whose best before date was near (this suggests that the office worker wanted to minimize the loss of the store).

The office worker emerges from his hiding spot.

The deduction is complete, and the office worker admits straightaway that he is the real thief. He kneels down to ask for pardon, and recounts that three months ago, he lost his job and was evicted from his apartment; just when he was extremely hungry, he walked into the store and ended up in the bathroom. It was night and the light was turned off (potentially because the employee on watch that day assumed that all customers had left). After adapting to the darkness, the office worker suddenly found himself surrounded by loads and loads of food, and, unable to resist the temptation, he started stealing in order to survive, and convinced himself that stealing such a small amount would not cause problems for the store. Upon hearing this, the store manager barks out, telling the office worker that contrary to his belief, the store has suffered terrible losses. He then insists on being compensated. When the office worker says that he does not have a single penny on him, the store manager, for the first time, brings out his merciful side, and tells him that he can compensate by working at his convenience store but with no salary for the first few months. The manager then comforts the office worker by saying that his troubles and feelings are relatable, as he was fired by his company as well before opening the store. The office worker cries in happiness, incredulous that whom he has inflicted huge damage on just saved him from misery and provided him with a path forward. Ran and Sonoko interrupt this warm moment and demand that both parties apologize immediately to Aya. They comply with this demand without any grudge.

With the case solved, Ran and Sonoko part with Aya, who is feeling better, and they and Jodie head to her apartment. When Ran is in the bathroom, she notices something hidden behind the mirror; upon closer inspection, she sees a few photos behind it, depicting her, Shinichi, Conan and a few other acquaintances of hers. Ran is puzzled by this.

People

Aya Nanakawa
	Ran and Sonoko's middle school classmate

Store manager
	Sunday Mart manager

Hori Wada
	Sunday Mart employee

Man
	Game maniac

Man
	Office worker

Old lady
	Old lady

Major Events

• Jodie recalls an incident in her past.
• Conan believes someone is surreptitiously entering the Kudo House.
• Ran discovers photographs of Shinichi, Conan, and Araide behind a mirror in Jodie's apartment.

Halloween Party Case

Characters introduced

Calvados
	Member of the Black Organization

File 429 - The Full Moon and the Trap at the Banquet

The Mouris receive a cryptic letter from "Vermouth."

Ran informs Kogoro about an off-season Halloween party invitation they received in the mail. The letter begins by taunting the detective before vividly describing a macabre party aboard a ship in a flowery prose. Annoyed, Kogoro asks who sent the letter. Ran is unsure but assumes the sender is a foreigner due to the letter being signed with the alphabet signature "Vermouth."

Conan stuns an unyielding Haibara.

Ran calls Agasa and asks if he knows anyone named Vermouth. The Professor replies that he does not before asking Ran if Kogoro intends on attending. She confirms, adding that Sonoko is in the process of testing various costume cosmetics on him. She clarifies that the party has a strict dress code: black suit or black dress with a costume depicting a monster of your choice. Agasa asks if she'll join her father but the girl erupts—clearly horrified by the thought of a monster party. Ran then asks if Shinichi has received an invitation. Seeing Conan motion a hush sign, Agasa lies about his ignorance and assures her that he'll send the letter her way if he finds one in his mail. Meanwhile, Conan peruses a copy of the same invitation letter presumably sent to Shinichi's address. Before ending the call, Ran asks Agasa to keep the event a secret from Conan as she ostensibly fears his impulsiveness, though internally, she thinks about her discovery behind Jodie's mirror. After the two hang up, a visibly sick Haibara asks Conan if he intends to attend the party. He says he will, intrigued by the sender's name, Vermouth, as it, like Gin and Vodka, is the name of an alcohol. Haibara states she is unaware of any Black Organization members with such a code name. Conan explains that "Vermouth" is the English name of the alcohol, while in Japanese, it's called "Berumot." Hearing the name, a jolt of fear and panic tears through Haibara (in the story, Haibara is only familiar with the Japanese pronunciation. In most English translations, no distinctions in pronounciation are made, and Vermouth's name remains as "Vermouth"). Conan interprets her reaction as confirmation that Vermouth is a member of the Black Organization, and states his intentions of attending. Haibara staunchly opposes the decision, pointing to the event as being a trap. Conan stuns her with his wristwatch, apologizing before stating that this is his only way forward. Meanwhile, Vermouth continues to listen-in on their conversation through the bugs she had previously placed. Hearing Conan's determination, she smiles.

Back at Agasa's house, Conan points out a crucial detail about the invitation letter. Alongside the salutation aimed at Shinichi, Conan is also named, implying the sender is aware of both his and Haibara's true identities. Shocked, Agasa questions why the organization has yet to move against them. Conan replies he doesn't know why, but has a rough idea. Conan's phone rings. The boy shushes Agasa before texting "OK" in heart symbols to an unknown recipient. Closing his phone, he turns to view his house from the window, noting that only mystery remains: the identity of the individual recently entering his house.

The Invisible Man signs in as Shinichi Kudo (工藤新一).

A black Porsche 356 A drives down a bridge, driven by Gin with Vodka beside him. The latter asks why he is being assigned to attend the Halloween party. Gin answers that it is to keep an eye on Vermouth, expressing annoyance towards her secretive nature. He then orders Vodka to ignore her favorable standing with the Boss and execute her if she steps out of line.
Conan investigates the Kudo house by comparing the electricity, gas, and water meters to their displays earlier in the day. He concludes that they have shifted, meaning someone has been entering the house. He daringly enters through the front door and into the dark corridors, armed with his flashlight and shoes. He cautiously enters through a room but fails to notice a silhouette holding a gun lurking behind the door.
A ragged and ghostly ship docks at a port as a wide range of foul and frightening monsters board. Kogoro, dressed as Count Dracula, and Sonoko, dressed as a witch, wait in the check-in line as they marvel at the authentic performances of their fellow party-goers. The two also meet a beautiful woman dressed as Medusa. Finally their turn to board, Kogoro jovially asks a worker if they're actually going to kill someone, but the workers replies with confusion. Kogoro shows the worker his invitation. The man confirms the invitation itself is authentic but is unfamiliar with the envelope and accompanying letter. However, he does inform the detective that the party will feature an activity surrounding a murder mystery. As Kogoro and Sonoko hastily embark, the next attendee shows his invitation to the workers, who, stand in awe of his identity. The attendee, dressed as The Invisible Man, signs his name in the guest book as "Shinichi Kudo."

File 430 - The Haunted Ship Painted with Blood

The sun begins to set as Haibara regains consciousness, finding herself in Agasa's basement. She hears the voices of Conan and Agasa from the room above; they appear to discuss play-testing a newly designed game. Knowing the voices are a ruse, she goes to check her desk drawer and finds its contents have slightly shifted, indicating Conan had purloined one of her prototype antidote pills.

The ghostly captain welcomes everyone aboard.

On the ship, the captain welcomes the guests aboard the "Sea Phantom" and directs each guest to match with seven others who share the same tarot card. Kogoro sees "XV" and a caricature of a goat on his card, but Medusa clarifies that it represents 15 and the Devil respectively. Medusa further explains that the party doubles as an audition for extras in the annual film Records of the Ghost Captain's Voyage (幽霊船長の航海記). She points to a howling Werewolf, a robotic Frankenstein's Monster, and a reticent Mummy as examples of party-goers attempting to impress judges and secure a spot in the film. The captain then announces that the Sea Phantom will momentarily set sail, exciting the crowd. In the lower decks, several workers excitedly talk about Shinichi Kudo's presence aboard the ship, remarking that the rumors of his death were false. Nearby, a Zombie listens to their conversation in silence. On deck, Kogoro and Sonoko find they are paired with Medusa, the Werewolf, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, and the Invisible Man.

The crowd finds the captain dangling in the wind.

At the Agasa residence, Haibara picks up a phone call from Doctor Araide. He asks about Haibara's cold and notifies her that he was able to arrange a proper check-up with a doctor friend of his. He says they are available tonight and offers to pick her up. Haibara accepts.
Back on the ship, Kogoro, Sonoko, Medusa, and the Invisible Man attempt to find their group members before the activity begins. They enter the ship's bathroom and find it a dim unpleasant environment filled with cobwebs and broken mirrors. They find Frankenstein's Monster vigorously washing his hands while murmuring about his inability to wash off the blood on his hands. Sonoko calls out for the Werewolf and the Mummy. They then hear the Werewolf howl from within a stall before bursting out and running off while checking his watch. Kogoro soon finds him sitting at the cocktail bar. He attempts to be friendly with the Werewolf, even ordering an identical drink: a Silver Bullet. Still, the Werewolf continues his cavalier attitude and walks off with his drink while seemingly looking for something—much to Kogoro's concern. The lights then shut off as the captain's voice echos through the ship's hull. He introduces the first activity as a witch hut aimed at finding a fraud within the ship, a human masquerading as a monster. He directs everyone to rush to the deck for a hint. As the party-goers arrive, they find the captain swaying upside-down on the shrouds. Kogoro notices a red liquid drip onto the floor in front of him which Medusa identifies as real blood. Suddenly, the captain's body falls from up-high and crashes onto the wooden deck, revealing he has been shot with a crossbow bolt piercing an XV Devil card.
At Agasa's house, Haibara hears the doorbell ring and opens the door. Her eyes widen in a mix of fear and shock upon seeing the figure on the other side.

File 431 - The Invisible Man Enters!

Jodie leads Haibara to her car as a confused Araide watches.

The Invisible Man climbs into the crow's nest.

Haibara attempts to shut the door, but is stopped. The visitor reveals herself to be Jodie, who claims that Araide's car had malfunctioned and is unable to pick her up; she has been sent in his stead. After some apprehension, Haibara allows Jodie to escort her into her car. As the pair drive off, Araide, driving a perfectly functioning vehicle, notices them leaving.
As the Sea Phantom slowly drifts atop the Pacific Ocean, its guests awkwardly stand around the captain's corpse. Medusa comments that the killer likely jettisoned his crossbow off deck, thus making it unrecoverable. Meanwhile, Kogoro removes the captain's mask and expresses familiarity with his face. Medusa says that he is Senzou Fukuura, a famous film producer tied to the Ghost Captain series. The event staff confirm that while Fukuura did not play the Ghost Captain role in the films, he would host the party audition each year as the character. Kogoro asks the staff the answer to the witch hut activity Fukuura was introducing, but they reply that only he knew the answer. Kogoro believes the culprit must be one of the staff members. He cites how every attendee was inside the ship at the time of the shooting, leaving only staff members on the deck capable of shooting the crossbow. He additionally deduces that the XV Devil card attached to the bolt must be an attempt to frame one of the attendees for the crime. However, the staff correct him by stating there were several guests on deck during the shooting, and that the tarot cards used were of custom design and irreplicable by the event staff. Taking this information into account, Medusa figures that the culprit is most likely one of seven members in the XV Devil group. With one hour until the ship reaches Yokohama harbor, Medusa suggests they return inside and collect their thoughts. As the party-goers file into the doors, the Invisible Man crouches to the ground, noticing a small circular mark on the wooden deck. He notices a trail of similar marks leading to the shrouds. Kogoro calls the Detective Agency to tell Ran about his delayed return. He gets no response.

Meanwhile, Jodie drives Haibara through the streets of town as the latter notices Araide tailing them in his car.

Shinichi Kudo reveals himself.

Back aboard the ship, Kogoro directs everyone in his group to show their tarot cards. Only the Mummy fails, believing he had dropped it somewhere. Kogoro suspects him, but he explains that he is an undercover staff member who was tasked with judging attendees' make-up. Other Mummys corroborate his explanation, adding that Fukuura had personally applied each Mummy's make-up and taping, and that he also gave each Mummy a unique instruction such as drinking a certain alcohol, only eating chicken, and wearing a red wig. The only common instruction given was to remain silent. Hearing the Mummys' words, the Invisible Man leaves the crowd and heads for the bathroom. Once there, he closely examines the room's contents. Back at the crowd, Kogoro asks where the Mummy went after he left the group. He responds that he accompanied Frankenstein's Monster and the Werewolf to the bathroom. Though the Monster confirms he entered with them, he does not recall seeing him leave. The Mummy frantically states that he likely went unnoticed since someone had destroyed the mirrors. Kogoro further asks him where the Mummy was at the time of the crime, to which he answers that he was with the Werewolf. The Werewolf denies his alibi. While the interrogation continues, the Invisible Man climbs the shrouds to reach the crow's nest where he discovers a frightened rooster and another small circular mark. As Kogoro begins to label the Mummy as the true culprit, the ship's speakers blare with a voice directing everyone to the deck. Kogoro leads the charge as guests pour out onto the moonlit floor. They look up to see the Invisible Man perched on the crow's nest. He proclaims the start of his deduction as Kogoro recognizes his voice and mannerisms. The Invisible Man slowly unravels his bandages—making visible a very familiar face.

File 432 - Shinichi Kudo Appears!?

Vodka is staggered to see Shinichi Kudo alive.

The Invisible Man reveals himself to be Shinichi Kudo, shocking the crowd. The Zombie, revealed to be a disguised Vodka, is seen dumbfounded by this revelation as he distinctly remembers Gin poisoning the boy with a APTX4869 pill.
Jodie continues to drive Haibara, who, turns to make a request. The girl coughs in the process.
Kogoro remains steadfast in his belief that the Mummy is the culprit and demands Shinichi explain himself. The boy coughs before apologizing for his apparent mild cold.

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File 432

Shinichi immediately begins by stating that the the Werewolf stole the Mummy's tarot card in the bathroom to frame him for the killing. Unconvinced, Kogoro beseeches the Mummy to answer if that is true. The Mummy is unsure. Shinichi elaborates that the Werewolf likely used a syringe to squirt chloroform into the Mummy's bathroom stall and waited for the Mummy to fall unconscious. He then climbed into his stall and stole the Mummy's card. Kogoro demands evidence, but Shinichi concedes that his theory is merely a guess as the syringe has probably been thrown overboard. Kogoro is still skeptical of the Werewolf's guilt as unlike the Mummy, he did not completely vanish. The Mummy exclaims that he was with the group as he left the bathroom. Shinichi asks Frankenstein's Monster to recount his actions in the bathroom. The Monster, as an active member of the horror community, managed to immediately identify the Mummy as a judge due to his constant messaging. He proceeded to follow the Mummy to the bathroom so he could act in-character for his consideration. However, he notes that the Werewolf had exited the stall that the Mummy had entered.

The Werewolf placed his mask on an unconscious Mummy.

Kogoro, now understanding, realizes that the Werewolf had placed his mask atop the unconscious Mummy's face and that the Werewolf he had interacted with prior to the shooting was actually the Mummy. Shinichi explains that the Mummy's extensive make-up and bandages had prevented him from realizing he wore a mask. Additionally, the Werewolf had broken the bathroom mirrors so as to not alert the Mummy about his new disguise. The two monster's near identical suits and gloves also worked to sell the effect.
Kogoro points out the impossibility that the Werewolf could guarantee that he would be paired with someone who both matches his clothing and is silent. The young detective disagrees, saying that the Werewolf had no specific target in mind and instead waited for anyone who satisfied his sartorial requirements to enter the bathroom. Kogoro further questions how the Mummy (disguised as the Werewolf) could have timed his exit from the stall in response to Sonoko's call if he was unconscious. Shinichi says he was woken by an alarm. Hearing this, Sonoko realizes that he must have been woken up by the Werewolf's howl, which was a pre-recorded sound built into the Werewolf's mask. Shinichi adds that the back of the mask likely contained a tracker and microphone which allowed the Werewolf to track his mask's whereabouts and listen for Sonoko's call. The Werewolf would activate the mask's howl to obfuscate the voice of anyone who attempted to refer to the Mummy as "the Werewolf." This strategy also explains why the Mummy claimed to be near the Werewolf after exiting the bathroom.
Finally, with his alibi made, the Werewolf was free to climb up to the deck and shoot the Captain with a crossbow. Shinichi finally states that once the crowd of party-goers spilled out onto the deck, the Werewolf melted into the chaos and used the opportunity to stealthy recollect his mask from the Mummy.

The Werewolf demands Shinichi present evidence. The detective accepts, stating there are two.

The Mummy was planned to be the Human amongst the Monsters.

First, the intended hint for the witch hunt was a rooster held by its tail. Seeing the hint, Medusa explains that a male rooster is called a "cock," and when combined with "tail," it spells "cocktail." Shinichi asks Kogoro what cocktail he drank. He responds he drank a Silver Bullet. The Mummy then exclaims that he too drank one as Fukuura had specifically directed him to do so. The Werewolf calls it a coincidence as he too drank a Silver Bullet. Shinichi questions the Werewolf on his choice of beverage, much to the Werewolf's annoyance. However, the wolf's annoyance slowly turns to shock as the realization hits him like a wave. Shinichi explains that the "Silver Bullet" is a famous artifact in horror described to be the only thing capable of killing a Werewolf. The Silver Bullet cocktail is additionally known as a drink which wards off evil. No horror fan attempting to sell the authenticity of their performance would order such a drink. Therefore, the captain most likely intended for the guests to interpret the clue as relating to the bar, and then flock to the bartender and ask him to divulge details about his servings. Whoever ordered the anti-monster drink, Silver Bullet, would be answer to the witch hunt. As proof, Medusa unravels the Mummy's bandages revealing "Human (人間)" written on his forehead (placed there when Fukuura did his make-up).
Second, successfully shooting someone with a crossbow in the dark is impossible. Thus, the Werewolf must have shot the captain from close range. Shinichi points to the series of circular marks approaching the shrouds and on the crow's nest and identifies it as an indent produced by a small piece of glass stuck to the bottom of the Werewolf's shoe. This piece of glass came from when the Werewolf shattered the bathroom mirrors. The police will surely match the shape of the glass shard to the marks on the floor, cementing the Werewolf as the true culprit of the crime.
As Kogoro goes to look at the Werewolf's shoes, he cries out and blames Vermouth, whom he calls the devil.

File 433
Kogoro interrogates the Werewolf about whether Vermouth directed him to assassinate the captain. The Werewolf clarifies that he committed the murder on personal grounds. He adds that he was shattered after Fukuura canceled his former series, the Butsumetsu Series, prematurely in order to make room for his new Ghost Captain films. After writing about his murderous desires on a murky internet forum, a user named Vermouth emerged and offered to provide him with weapons and a method. Although the Werewolf refused at first, he began receiving troubling photographs of his family members and records of his day-to-day activities. Vermouth also threatened to kill members of his family if he brought the harassment case to the police.

Jodie drives Haibara on the docks of a harbor beside several rows of shipping containers. She deftly performs a J-turn and stops before a pursuing Araide. The two adults exit their cars and inquire about the other. Araide questions Jodie's intentions with Haibara. Jodie replies that she was just taking her on a drive and that she has a considerable amount of free time, unlike him. She reminds Araide about the approaching court hearing about his father's murder, and that he must conceal the fact that his family helper, Hikaru Yasumoto, pulled the trigger. Jodie claims that Kogoro had told her the truth about the case. Confused, Araide retorts, stating that the culprit was not Hikaru but his mother-in-law, and that the cause of death was electrocution and not gunshot. Jodie smirks.

Vermouth revealed.

Jodie laughs, clarifying that the trigger she mentioned referred to a circuit breaker and not to a gun. She explains that in order not to hurt Hikaru with the truth about her unintentional involvement, the police and the culprit agreed to alter the case report. She then remarks that the case files he stole from the police headquarters made no mention of the true cause of death. Araide is stunned. He asks her who she is. "A secret makes a woman woman," she replies. Jodie says that those were the last words her enemy said to her, the enemy who killed her father. She then identifies Araide as a disguised Chris Vineyard, as Vermouth.

File 433 - The Truth Behind the Mask

Jodie recalls the continuation of her previous flashback. Jodie (the little girl) notices Vermouth (the woman in black) holding her father's glasses. The woman apologizes and returns the pair to Jodie, who notices her father's corpse and assumes he is asleep. Vermouth asks the little girl to stay by her father's side until he wakes up, to which Jodie happily accepts.

Jodie asks why Vermouth doesn't age.

In the present day, Jodie narrates her memory to Vermouth, adding that the latter proceeded to set fire to the house—destroying her father's FBI case files on the Black Organization. She reveals that her survival was due to her leaving the house to obtain orange juice, a drink she associated with properties that would help her father wake up. Vermouth expresses surprise in learning that Jodie was the little girl, saying that she attempted to find her after the authorities only recovered the remains of her parents. Jodie explains that her father's colleagues placed her in the Witness Protection Program where she'd eventually go on to become an FBI agent herself. She applauds Vermouth's unmatched ability in espionage before divulging details surrounding their operations against her. After observing an undisguised Chris Vineyard routinely visit Araide's clinic over a mild illness, they deduced that Vermouth would attempt to kill him and take his place in society. In response, the FBI staged an accident using Araide's family car—driving it off of a cliff and into the sea—right in front of a tailing Vermouth. Jodie further says that members of her team used oxygen tanks to escape the wreckage. Nevertheless, they succeeded in selling the idea that Araide and his entire family had drowned without anyone other than Vermouth as a witness. Just as the Bureau predicted, Vermouth assumed Araide's identity and began operating out of his clinic. Still unsure of her motives, Jodie had surreptitiously entered Vermouth's lair in the clinic and found a dartboard highlighting a girl with reddish brown hair in her late teenage years. Believing Vermouth to be hunting this girl, Jodie asks why she is certain that her target is Haibara, a significantly younger, albeit identical, elementary schooler. The agent further inquires about the two additional photographs attached to the dartboard depicting Conan and Ran labeled "Cool Guy" and "Angel" respectively. She wonders why Vermouth would not strike Haibara in the presence of Conan, and why Vermouth had gone so far as to risk her life to protect Conan from the bus hijackers. Vermouth remains silent as she listens to the events unfold aboard the Sea Phantom.

The crowd showers Shinichi with applause and adoration for swiftly solving the mystery. The boy shows humility, stating that he was able to infer the culprit's methods because he is employing the same trick.

The double reveal.

Jodie fires her gun and disarms Vermouth before ordering her to remain still. Jodie then asks a pivotal question: "Why don't you age?" The agent explains that Chris Vineyard first drew her attention when she publicly repeated her phrase "a secret makes a woman woman" at her mother, Sharon Vineyard's, funeral. After mustering up the courage, Jodie cross-examined a fingerprint left on the lens of her father's glasses with those of Chris Vineyard's, finding they were identical. However, confounding the investigation is the fact that Chris Vineyard appears too young to be the young adult woman who murdered Jodie's father twenty years ago. Lost, Jodie threw a wild pitch and compared Chris' fingerprints to a related individual: Sharon Vineyard. To Jodie's horror, she found that Chris and her mother were the same person. Vermouth keeps her silence, prompting Jodie to call for her associates to come forward and restrain the target. Suddenly, the agent is grazed by a speeding bullet, knocking her back and against her car. Vermouth smiles and walks forward while thanking Calvados for the strike. She reminds her sniper not to kill Jodie yet as she wishes to interrogate her. The agent weakly asks what had happened. Vermouth replies that she knew Jodie was trying to lure her to this location for a coordinated arrest so she arrived at the site two hours earlier disguised as Jodie to call off the operation. Vermouth reveals she had an ulterior motive behind lifting Kogoro Mouri's case files from the police headquarters. By stealing files relating to Kogoro, the FBI would attempt to uncover a link between Vermouth's motivations and Kogoro Mouri's activities, thus dispatching several agents to spy on his Detective Agency. By using his agency as a trap, Vermouth was able to gauge the FBI's numbers and collect addresses and contact information—allowing her to foresee aspects of Jodie's plan. Additionally, Vermouth had purposely placed photographs of Shiho in her lair so that the FBI would pounce on the lead and locate Haibara for her. Vermouth admits she was caught off guard by the purposeful discrepancy in Araide's case file and asks how the FBI was able to collect such deeply personal intelligence. Jodie says that she was given the information by Haibara during the car ride, and that if she used the information to successfully lure out Vermouth, she would gain her trust. Haibara blankly stares at Vermouth from behind the car window. She coughs.

Shinichi coughs. Sonoko and Kogoro ask for him to clarify what he meant by employing the same trick as the culprit. Shinichi begins to grasp at the his upper neck.

The real Haibara enters the picture.

Suddenly, a soccer ball bursts through the window and disarms Vermouth. The woman steps backward in surprise. Haibara exits the car and grasps at her upper neck and pulls her disguise off revealing herself to be Conan.
Shinichi's face flutters through the air as Heiji Hattori reveals himself to be the detective aboard the Sea Phantom. Kogoro and Sonoko are astonished by the perfect impersonation. Meanwhile, Medusa, revealed to be Yukiko, internally relishes over her work of art. Heiji had attached a Microphone to his finger which he used to quietly relay his deduction to Conan, who then used his Voice-Changing Face Mask in tandem with his Speaker to voice Shinichi for the crowd. Heiji states he has wrapped up his end and wishes Conan good luck.
Conan aims his Stun-gun Wristwatch at Vermouth and instructs her not to move so that she continues to block the sniper's shot. He aims to get both her and Jodie back into the car and to drive to a nearby police station. However, without warning, a wildcard emerges; the real Haibara, sporting a spare pair of Tracking Glasses, arrives on the scene.

Ran bursts out of Jodie's trunk and immediately protects Haibara.

File 434 - Rotten Apple

Gins responds to a call from Vodka who informs him about the bizarre spectacle he witnessed involving Shinichi Kudo. Gin says he does not remember the boy, stating that he chooses to forget those he has killed.

Still aboard the ship, Kogoro and Sonoko protest Heiji's second act of blatant identity theft. He laughs off his complaints while internally reflecting on how Conan asked him to attend the party to act as a red herring. Yukiko is revealed to have been the "intruder" in the Kudo house and had been anxiously monitoring Conan for some time. Heiji also comments on her skills as a make-up artist, likening her talent to that of Arsène Lupin. Finally, he thinks about the only wild factor Conan's plan: Haibara. The two boys failed to find the spare Tracking Glasses in Haibara's drawer, and were thus unable to confiscate the one tool she could use to reach Conan. Heiji considers that if he was in her position, he would not just stand by.

Shuichi Akai foils Vermouth's plan.

At the docks, Haibara stands before her huntress, Vermouth. Conan begs for her to run. Vermouth exploits the boy's lapse of concentration and flips the Stun-gun Wristwatch back at its user and fires a dart, knocking him unconscious. She then pulls a gun from her ankle holster and prepares to execute Sherry.
Meanwhile, Yukiko thinks about what Conan told her before the mission. He believes Vermouth refuses to harm him partly because of her connection with Yukiko. As Sharon Vineyard, she would be familiar with young Shinichi's face from the times Yukiko would show her his childhood photo albums. Therefore, she likely recognized Conan as Shinichi and chose to keep her friend's son away from harm. Yukiko hopes that is true.

Despite Vermouth ridiculing her seemingly suicidal decisions, Haibara remains unwavering. She states that even if Vermouth is captured, the Black Organization will never stop chasing her. She has come to end things. In exchange, she demands that Vermouth spare Conan and Jodie. Vermouth accepts the former's case but not the latter. The woman points her gun at the little girl and says "if you're going to resent someone, it should your parents who continued developing this foolish experiment." Suddenly, Jodie's car trunk bursts open and out pops Ran, who, immediately rushes towards Haibara. All parties struggle to comprehend why she is present. Jodie wonders if Ran had seen the photos behind her mirror. Calvados attempts to shoot Ran, but Vermouth yells at him to stop—firing several rounds towards her sniper to better send her message. Ran tackles Haibara to the ground and forms a protective barrier between Haibara and her aggressor. Ran stops her attempt to break free, pinning her to the ground to keep her safe. Ran's protective actions remind Haibara of her sister, Akemi. Vermouth shoots the ground around the pair, imploring Ran to move away. "Move it, Angel!" she screams while remembering the time Ran saved her from falling to her death in New York. Jodie takes the opportunity to shoot Vermouth in her dominant arm, robbing her of her ability to aim a gun. The two women hear the reloading of a Remington shotgun. Vermouth assumes Calvados is approaching with his signature weapon and directs him to execute Jodie. However, Shuichi Akai stands before her. He wields Calvados' weapons which he stole while incapacitating him. He taunts Vermouth before foiling a feeble attempt at retaliation by discharging a round of bullets into her stomach. Jodie urges Akai not to kill her. He assures her that judging by her movements, she is wearing bulletproof pads under her clothing. He also points out the open cuts forming on her skin as proof that "Chris Vineyard" is her true face. Vermouth dashes towards Jodie's car, using Conan as a shield. She quickly drives off while destroying the other car by shooting its gas tank, effectively stranding her adversaries. As the two FBI agents bicker about their predicament, a shot echoes from the direction of the intended prisoner. To Akai's surprise, Calvados carried an additional gun which he used to commit suicide. As the police draw near, Jodie notices that both Ran and Haibara have lost consciousness—still locked in their defensive embrace. Akai tells Jodie to spin the situation as a story about an off-duty FBI agent who foils an attempt at child-abduction (Ran and Haibara as the "victims," and Calvados as the "kidnapper,"). He then begins to walk away, adding that he is not yet ready to meet Haibara face-to-face.

Vermouth's critical gamble.

Vermouth drives the car into the woods where she receives a message from the Black Organization Boss, who, writes that they've given her too much freedom and directs her to return to them. Vermouth obliges, replying "OK." She then turns to Conan as she thinks about what to do about him. She notices something strange and cuts open his shirt, revealing a network of telemeters and recorders. Believing he tried to record her phone's sound, she tries to unplug the device, but is stopped when Conan reveals he is awake. He explains that if she pulls the plug, his heart will stop and the data he harvested on her text conversation with the Boss will go public. The boy explains that although telephone companies are required by law to keep user information confidential, with the proper clearance, the police can request specifics about a user's phone number and even identify addresses of a landline. In other words, by analyzing the sound recording of Vermouth entering the Boss' phone number, one can decipher their name and location. Finally, he tells her about his nearby friend who has his location and is eagerly waiting for a transmission. He gives her an ultimatum: let the audio recording be transmitted or take him directly to the Boss. After a moment of pause, Vermouth admits defeat and promises to stop hunting Sherry. She then taps a button on her phone releasing an incapacitating gas into the car. Conan is caught off guard, exclaiming that she too will lose consciousness. Vermouth agrees, saying this act is a gamble. If Conan wakes up first, he can arrest her and face the Boss with the help of the police. If Vermouth wakes up first, she implies she will destroy his evidence and take his life. Hearing the commotion over the speaker, Agasa panics and drives to find Conan. His dread is punctuated with a sudden gunshot.

Vermouth lies to Gin, protecting her Angel and Silver Bullet.

After a few moments, Gin is seen speeding in his car while on the phone with badly injured Vermouth. She calls him from a roadside phone booth and informs him that her plans were foiled by Akai. Gin confirms that one year ago, Vermouth had unsuccessfully attempted to lure out and eliminate Akai by assuming the identity of the New York serial killer. Vermouth says that the Boss considers Akai as a potential "Silver Bullet," an individual capable of singlehandedly shattering the entire Black Organization. Gin laughs at the idea, asserting that no such entity exists. Vermouth then asks for a pick up. Before obliging, Gin asks her, "Do you know the boy named Shinichi Kudo?" Vermouth pictures the time Shinichi and Ran saved her in New York and confidently lies, "no, I do not." Back in the forest, Agasa finally locates the car, finding Conan unharmed. The boy jolts awake and feels extreme annoyance at the sight of his destroyed recorder. Meanwhile, as Vermouth awaits her extraction, she thinks to herself, believing with great confidence that if anyone can become her long-awaited Silver Bullet, it's him.

People

Haunted Ghost Captain
	Victim (arrow shot) Movie producer of "The Ghost Captain" series Real name, Senzou Fukuura

Medusa
	Party participant in the Devil's card group

Invisible Man
	Party participant in the Devil's card group Signed in as Shinichi Kudo

Werewolf
	Party participant in the Devil's card group

Mummy
	Party participant in the Devil's card group

Frankenstein's Monster
	Party participant in the Devil's card group

Zombie
	Party participant

Major Events

• Vermouth invites both Kogoro and Shinichi to a Halloween party aboard a haunted ship.
  • Conan learns that Vermouth is aware of both his and Haibara's true identities.
  • He deduces that the party invitation is an attempt to lure Conan away from Haibara.
    • Conan sends Heiji to impersonate Shinichi and take his place at the party.
    • Yukiko is revealed to be the intruder in the Kudo House. She helps by designing her faction's disguises.
  • Vodka is sent undercover to monitor Vermouth and her involvement with the event.

• Conan disguises himself as Haibara and waits for Vermouth to come for him.
  • Jodie gets to Conan first and drives off, leading a pursuing Araide into a trap.

• Araide is revealed to be a disguised Vermouth.
  • • The FBI was suspicious of Vermouth's motives surrounding Araide so they faked his death, allowing Vermouth to freely masquerade as him.
  • Jodie reveals that Vermouth killed her father, an FBI agent investigating the Black Organization, twenty years ago.
    • Jodie had survived, entered the Witness Protection Program, and also became an FBI agent.
  • Jodie reveals that Sharon and Chris Vineyard are the same person, and asks why Vermouth does not age.

• Vermouth turns the tables with the help of Calvados and begins to pull the curtain back on her aims.
  • She knew the FBI was investigating her and so she purposefully let Jodie infiltrate her lair.
  • By feeding the Bureau information about her target, Shiho Miyano, she knew the FBI would open their own investigation into Shiho.
    • She then exploited their findings in order to locate Haibara.
  • She also stole Kogoro Mouri's case files from the police headquarters to lure FBI agents to his detective agency.
    • She used this trap to extract information from specific agents and learned details about the Bureau's operations against her.
    • Based on her findings, she knew about Jodie's plans for a coordinated arrest and thus sabotaged her operation in advance.

• Conan removes his disguise but is incapacitated by Vermouth after being distracted by Haibara's sudden appearance.
• Ran appears from Jodie's trunk (suspicious after finding photographs of Shinichi behind her teacher's mirror) and protects Haibara.
• Akai appears and dispatches both Vermouth and Calvados.
  • Calvados commits suicide. Vermouth escapes while holding Conan hostage.

• The Black Organization Boss reprimands Vermouth.
  • Conan uses a device to record audio of Vermouth's phone as she contacts the Boss.
  • Conan attempts to blackmail Vermouth but is stopped when Vermouth releases an incapacitating gas which knocks them both out.
    • Vermouth agrees to stop hunting Haibara.
• Vermouth wakes up first and destroys Conan's evidence.
  • Gin reveals that one year ago, Vermouth murdered the New York serial killer and took his place in an attempt to eliminate Akai.
  • Vermouth feigns ignorance about Shinichi to Gin, protecting the two people (Shinichi and Ran) who saved her life in New York.

Butt Mark Slasher Case

People

Hiroshi Enomoto
	21 years old Part-time sushi shop owner

Naokazu Fukuchi
	36 years old Car mechanic

Toshiaki Degawa
	43 years old Lock shop owner

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See also

• Manga
• Volume 41-50
• Detective Conan