Kunikida is being held for a murder that Rampo is certain he didn't commit. Meanwhile, Poe is determined to solve a murder mystery that has had the police stumped. Rampo has some thoughts on that situation, too.

The last page of the manuscript received by Poe appears to have been a photocopy. Rampo seems to know why, but there are still more mysteries surrounding the death of the author.

The Detective Agency receives an urgent request from the government to investigate a series murders perpetrated by the same culprit.

The Detective Agency is framed for the brutal murder of several government officials. Its members are on the run from the Military Police.

The president of the Detective Agency is arrested, and Kunikida is missing after having blown himself up with a grenade. Meanwhile, Atsushi and Kyouka are on the run, looking for a way to defeat the true mastermind: Fyodor.

Port Mafia boss Mori wants Yosano to join them in exchange for assisting the Detective Agency through their crisis. Yosano reveals why she would rather not.

Tanizaki, Miyazawa and Yosano head to the site where Yosano is scheduled to be handed off to the Port Mafia.

Atsushi and Kyoka help Mushitaro escape. However, they get surrounded by the Bureau, led by Ango Sakaguchi.

Suspecting that Lucy is cooperating with the terrorist organization known as the Armed Detective Agency, Jouno and Tetchou pay a visit to the cafe at where she works, in hopes of tracking down Atsushi and Kyouka.

Teruko goes head-to-head with Sigma. Tachihara rethinks the Agency’s innocence after re-infiltrating the Port Mafia.