Chapter 16

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| **Chapter 16** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | A Devil-like Woman |
| Japanese title: | 悪魔のような女   (Akuma no yō na Onna) |
| Original release: | May 4th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #20/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") |
| Pages: | 20 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 13: [The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case](/wiki/The_Strange_Person_Hunt_Murder_Case "The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case")   Episode 128: [The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case](/wiki/The_Black_Organization:_One_Billion_Yen_Robbery_Case "The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | A Devilish Woman |
| English release: | November 3rd, 2004 |
**A Devil-like Woman (悪魔のような女 ,*Akuma no yō na Onna*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the sixteenth chapter of the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. It was written by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"), drawn by him and his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants") and first released in [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") #20/1994 on May 4th, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 2](/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") on July 18th, 1994. It was released in English by Viz Manga on November 3, 2004 under the name **A Devilish Woman**.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 See also](#See_also)
* [5 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Devil-like_Woman&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Devil-like_Woman&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | [Masami Hirota](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano "Akemi Miyano") | |
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|  | * Victim (gunshot) * 25 years old * Masami's real identity * Black Organization member |
- | [Unnamed woman (appears in silhouette)](/wiki/Shiho_Miyano "Shiho Miyano") | |
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|  | * Akemi's sister * Member of the Black Organization |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Devil-like_Woman&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Masami Hirota](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano "Akemi Miyano")
[Kenzo Hirota (background)](/wiki/Volume_2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery "Volume 2")
[Akira Hirota (corpse/background](/wiki/Volume_2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery "Volume 2")
[Detective](/wiki/Volume_2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery "Volume 2")
[Man in Black A](/wiki/Gin "Gin")
[Man in Black B](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Devil-like_Woman&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
* [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo")
* Unknown ward
+ Tenju City Hotel
- Unnamed wharf
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Devil-like_Woman&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot")]
Conan concludes from the above evidence that Kenzo, Akira, and Masami are the 10 billion yen bank robbers; after Akira killed Kenzo, Masami must have killed Akira and then left with the money. Confirming that Akira's death was recent, Conan remembers the woman on the elevator, who had the right number of similarly shaped cases and looked similar to Masami. Conan races in pursuit, followed by Ran, who gets them a taxi to follow Masami's taxi from the hotel to the docks. As they go, Conan mentally berates himself for not having realized that Masami's oddly grown-up look indicated a rushed disguise, and Kenzo's shock was at being found by the partners he'd back-stabbed. Ran and Conan lose Masami at the docks, but continue looking desperately.
Meanwhile, Masami meets with Gin and Vodka, who call her Akemi Miyano. She asks why the "sleeping pills" she'd been given to dose Akira with apparently killed him, to which Gin replies that such is their way and then asks where the money is. Akemi refuses to reveal the location without them giving up her sister, since she'd done the job on the condition that the two of them could leave after. Gin answers that her sister, as a "top brain" in the organization, is too indispensable to have ever considered giving up. Akemi refuses Gin offer of one last chance to reveal the money cache.
Conan and Ran catch up to Akemi just as she falls from being shot, with the only evidence that anyone else had been present is the gun on the ground nearby. Ran goes to call the ambulance and the police and guide them back to the scene, leaving Conan trying to save Akemi until he silently realizes from the sheer amount of blood on his hands that it's too late. As a result, when Akemi recognizes him and asks how he knew where she was, he tells her the truth of the transmitter and his deduction. He answers her shocked inquiry about his identity with the truth of Shinichi Kudo, as well, and she tells him about how the organization behind her death wears black, like crows. With her last words, she tells Conan where to find the money and begs him to retrieve it before the organization can get it. She dies just as Ran returns with help. Only her fingerprints are found on the gun, and after the money is recovered the police conclude that she killed herself from the guilt of her apparent crimes. Conan is the only one who knows otherwise, and he swears to someday pull the men in black out of the darkness.