Spitz Feier

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**Spitz Feier** (シュピッツ・ファイア, *Shupittsu Faia*) is the tracking instructor at BLUE and the world's best tracker.

## Physical description

Spitz has short lavender hair and either matching violet or blue eyes. His hair is parted to the side; two streaks in the front are slightly longer than the rest. When Spitz was a teenager, he had shorter hair.

To work, Spitz wears a black suit with matching tie. Casually, he always dons a light jacket over a shirt. Spitz owns multiple jackets with spitz emblems on them.

## Personality and traits

Spitz is a very cheerful person and commonly seen with a smile on his face. He has a very distinctive laugh: "Hee hee" (ヒヒ, *Hihi*). It is often shortened to "Hee," and, on one occasion, extended to "Hee hee hee hoo." Totomaru once identified Spitz by his laugh only.

Spitz gets quickly moved by others, even to tears. He is also a bit superstitious and believes in fortunetelling. Though he can be naive at times, as exemplified by his trust in the Fortuneteller Prince, Spitz, as a BLUE instructor, knows to be on guard and wary in more "dire" situations. Further, Spitz is rather hard-working and determined as well as adaptive.

Moreover, his brother once noted that Spitz relies on others too much, but possesses the ability to draw people's affection.

## Biography

### History

Eleven years ago when Spitz was still in high school, he accompanied his older brother Shepherd to Yada Village during summer vacation; his brother was an anthropologist and often visited the village for research. One night, Shepherd mysteriously vanished there after they had spent the day asking the villagers about the Yadagami legend. Their family immediately filed a missing persons report with the police, and the villagers helped to look for Shepherd, but their efforts were in vain.

In the following years, Spitz often re-visited the village to search for Shepherd. He would usually stay in the mayor's hut then.

Because his deductive ability is not very good, Spitz eventually began to hone his tracking skills to become an instructor at BLUE and find a detective capable of solving the mystery behind his brother's disappearance. Five years ago when the Bloody Field Trip Case happened, Spitz still attended college. He eventually established himself as the world's best tracker and became BLUE's tracking instructor.

### Benizome Hot Springs Murder Case

The vice principal gathers Spitz, Aimee Emmerich, and several other staff members, i.a. John Grizzly, Hirsch, and Fin Fennec, to inform them that Ron has apparently resumed his detective work although he is no longer licensed to investigate any cases after he was expelled five years ago. Aimee orders that Ron should be investigated to confirm the rumor. Spitz volunteers and is sent to Japan.

In Tokyo, Spitz trails Ron. When he sees him win a trip to the Benizome Hot Springs, Spitz secures a temporary job at the hot springs for that weekend. Spitz greets "Kamoo Nanban" and Totomaru Isshiki upon their arrival at the annex and thanks Toto for his "service." Though his "deduction" that he is a police officer amazes Toto, it leaves Ron unimpressed; not only is it a faulty deduction (Spitz stated he knew from the state of Toto's shoes, but reporters also run in dress shoes), it is more likely that Spitz simply checked the registration. This confirms to Spitz that "Kamoo" is indeed Ron Kamonohashi. Afterward, Spitz checks them in and informs them that dinner will be served at seven in the Crimson Room.

At 10 p.m., Spitz is in the lounge with Ron, Toto, and the other guests. He observes Amamiya heading to bed early, Sachiko going to the women's bath, and the others playing the *Game of Life* together until 2 a.m.

The next morning, a staff member discovers a corpse in the women's bath: It is Sachiko. Suspicion immediately falls on Amamiya because she is the only one without an alibi, but Ron declares that she cannot be the culprit. His words delight Spitz because he hopes to see Ron engage in detective work now. However, his delight switches to annoyance and confusion when Ron insists that Toto will prove it and that "Toto" already deduced that the murder was modelled after the Benizome legend. Amamiya does not know it and, thus, could not have committed the crime.

Michiyo testifies that she saw mist rising from the river after dinner, and Ron discovers the lost ping-pong ball in a dam created from leaves, branches, and a rain gutter. He and Toto also find a bathmat.

Later, when Ron and Totomaru are discussing the case in their room, Spitz spies on them with a stethoscope. Ron notices Spitz though and punches against the wall, causing Spitz to fall back with ringing ears. Shortly afterward, Toto gathers everyone in the women's bath to solve the case: Sachiko was killed by her husband. He redirected the river's cold water into the women's bath, placed a bathmat over the bath's entrance, and put red leaves in the water. When Sachiko entered the bath, she tripped because of the mat and fell into the water; the sudden temperature change made her die of a heat shock. To set everything up, the husband switched the banners to the baths which is why Amamiya walked into the men's bath by accident.

When the husband confesses to the crime and that he cheated on Sachiko with Michiyo. While everyone is focused on them, Spitz drags Ron away to the nearby woods. There, he ties Ron up and hangs him from a tree. When Totomaru arrives, Spitz reveals that he is a BLUE instructor and was sent to find out whether Ron is engaging in any detective work. However, he assures Ron that he will lighten his punishment if he admits everything, but Ron sees through his ruse and the true reason why Spitz sought him out: He needs his help.

Spitz admits that he needs his help locating his missing brother. Ron declines as he does not trust him, but Toto vouches for Spitz. Touched by his effort, Spitz says he will do his best to gain their trust before he swings away.

### Hand Collector Killer Case

On Ron's request, Spitz tracks down the Hand Collector Killer and finds his apartment. From there, he calls Toto to inform him that the killer is a 48-year-old part-time worker named Minoru Mushanokoji who stored the hands of his three victims in his refrigerator. Ron thanks him and ends the call.

### Yadagami-sama Murders Case

One day, Spitz shadows Totomaru on his way home from work. After Toto spots him, they head to Ron's now partially furnished apartment. When Toto notes that Spitz looks rather crestfallen today, Ron reveals that he agreed to help Spitz but only if he steals BLUE's file on the Bloody Field Trip Case. This angers Toto, and he scolds Ron for pressuring Spitz into committing a crime. After all, they should help Spitz without demanding anything simply because he is their friend. Toto's words move Spitz, and he accepts Ron's condition. Immediately afterward, they travel to Yada Village in the Yamanashi Prefecture.

On the way, Spitz imparts that his brother Shepherd was an anthropologist; he vanished eleven years ago when he took Spitz to Yada Village for research. They also discover a waterfall and spot a a woman standing by a shrine. A moment later, a villager throws an axe and nearly hits Toto. After the man apologizes, Spitz, Ron, and Totomaru continue their journey.

At Yada Village, the mayor and various villagers protest against a surveyor who wants to evict the entire village to build a dam. The villagers claim that this will anger Yadagami-sama, the god protecting their village. After the surveyor leaves, the mayor invites Spitz, Ron, and Totomaru to stay at his house. He guides them there, and when they arrive, they meet the woman from the waterfall who turns out to be the mayor's granddaughter Mii.

Later, Spitz, Toto, and Ron have dinner in their room. Spitz gives them more information on Shepherd's disappearance: After questioning the villagers all day about the Yadagami legend, he and Shepherd went to bed. The next morning, his brother was gone, and although everyone, including the police, thoroughly searched the village, Shepherd could not be located.

At some point, Toto looks out of the window and sees a gigantic snake wrapped around the surveyor who is staying in the mayor's hut on the other side of the river. Immediately, he, Ron, and Spitz hurry to the hut where they only hear a bang and find neither a snake nor the surveyor inside. The following morning, the surveyor is discovered strangled in the waterfall basin outside Yada Village.

After the local police arrive, they, Spitz, Ron, and Toto inspect the crime scene. The surveyor, apparently, did not die from strangulation; he died when he hit his head falling into the basin. Then, the mayor and Mii come, and the mayor claims that Yadagami-sama killed the surveyor. Ron asks Mii what she was doing by the waterfall yesterday, and Mii explains that she was making an offering to Yadagami-sama.

Thereafter, Spitz, Totomaru, and Ron walk to the hut and meet Muroi on the way. He tells them that Yadagami-sama is a living legend as there are still reports about its "power of disappearance." For example, the god made machinery vanish 15 years ago, and Shepherd disappeared as well. Muroi also reports that he once fell asleep in the mountains, only to wake up at its foot. When Ron inquires about his whereabouts yesterday, he testifies that he was at the Yadagami Shrine to see the objects there, but it was closed.

When they arrive at the hut, the police officer tells Spitz, Ron, and Toto that they have found nothing suspicious except for a bottle of brown sugar which Ron recognizes as the one he lost yesterday. Disheartened, Spitz goes to the window; and as he remembers his brother, Spitz spots a white snake in the river. However, when Toto and Ron look outside, they see nothing. Considering the "snake" Spitz saw and the fact that the stain the brown sugar bottle left is not where the bottle currently is, Ron solves the case.

They then gather everyone by the waterfall, and Totomaru explains what happened: The mayor strangled the surveyor with a rope from the shrine and threw him into the basin. He placed a picture of a snake curled around a man in the hut and attached it to a tatami mat. It was held up upright with a string; one end was tied to a rock that was dangled out of the window, the other pinched in the front door's frame. When Spitz, Ron, and Totomaru arrived and opened the door, the mat fell, made a "bam" sound, and Yadagami-sama "vanished." The rock and the string tumbled into the river, and Spitz later assumed the string was a snake.

The picture is a scroll from the shrine; to hide its absence, the shrine was closed yesterday. The location of the brown sugar bottle and its stain did not match because the mayor lifted the mat to retrieve the scroll. Because this trick required witnesses to work, only the mayor could be the culprit: After all, he assigned Toto, Spitz, and Ron to that specific room.

As soon as the mayor confesses, Ron pressures him to fall into his death. However, when Toto tries to save the mayor, the ground gives up under them. Toto can hold onto a rock, and Spitz, Mii, and Ron pull him and the mayor up with a rope a mysterious person tossed them.

Following the mayor's arrest, Spitz and the others return to the mayor's house. There, they encounter Shepherd who has been hiding at Yada Village all along after becoming the target of a "certain" organization. Now, because the mayor killed the surveyor to protect him, Shepherd does not want to hide anymore, as he cannot live at the expense of others' happiness. To Spitz's dismay, his brother, thus, asks Toto to arrest him. Spitz tries to change his mind—in vain. Toto and Ron then leave Spitz alone with Shepherd and Mii, and Spitz thanks them in his mind as he watches them go.

Back in England, Spitz breaks into the classified document storage room at BLUE. However, Aimee already figured out his plan and catches him there. Because Spitz is indebted to Ron, he is prepared to face the consequences for his actions. To his surprise, Aimee does not punish him; instead, she requests him to deliver a message to Ron.

When Spitz meets up with Ron and Totomaru in Tokyo later, he gives Ron Aimee's message which turns out to be addressed to them all—Ron, Toto, and Spitz: The lead Ron is searching for has been deleted from both the police's and BLUE's records; it concerned a bit of blood that belonged neither to Ron nor to any of the victims. And since Aimee learned about the Island Observatory Murder Case, she is sure that the Bloody Field Trip was orchestrated by the M. Family; they also gave Ron his Kill on Sight ability alongside his "96"-scar. Aimee adds that while she wants to help Ron, she cannot because there is an M. Family spy at BLUE.

After finishing Aimee's message, Ron declares that he will best the M. Family.

### Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Case

When Winter Moriarty, diguised as the third hacker, runs away, Toto loses him. Spitz—who followed the hacker with the bug he planted on Toto and Toto's GPS—manages to catch him though. After Ron joins them, Winter tells them that he and the other hackers were hired by someone named "Marry Ito." That person masterminded the cryptocurrency theft and is now killing the hackers he employed. "Marry Ito" then calls the hacker: If he wants to live, he has to bring the cold wallet with the stolen cryptocurrency to the Delta Hotel at 11 a.m. If he calls the police, their deal will end and he will die.

Spitz accompanies Ron, Totomaru, and the "third hacker" to the hotel and stays outside the building, watching out for anyone suspicious. After wrapping up the hotel investigation, Spitz leaves Ron and Toto to check out the scramble crossing again where the culprit killed Hibino.

Later, when Ron and Totomaru confront Winter, Spitz listens to their conversation. Because of that, he can save the real third hacker and Amamiya while pretending to be an employee of Kamonohashi Sweets.

After everything is over, Spitz, Toto, and Ron discuss the case in Ron's apartment. Spitz tells them that he intercepted the final transmission and heard that someone called them "Winter." Ron muses if "Winter" is a codename and guesses that whoever called them, the one they called "brother," is the M. Family's leader. Ron becomes even more determined to take him down.

### Plateau Auberge Serial Murders Case

When BLUE receives a set of coordinates from an anonymous tipster, Spitz is sent out on a helicopter because he was closest to the location. Upon his arrival, he sees the Auberge Reunion on fire and manages to save Ron and Toto from the dining hall on time. Spitz then brings them, Mia Costa, Shusuke Sakai, and Karen Lily to safety.

### Fortuneteller Prince Murder Case

Spitz meets up with Toto and Ron at Pot Coffee to inform them that he was unable to uncover anything about the M. Family mole at BLUE. Hearing this, Ron decides that he has no other choice but to go to BLUE himself to hunt the spy. After Spitz and Toto remind him that he cannot go there as he was expelled, Ron calms down and takes their orders.

Although Spitz orders a cola and a coffee, Ron gives him a brown sugar drink, having deduced that Spitz only wanted a brown drink. Spitz admits this and tells Ron and Toto about the Fortuneteller Prince and his Mega-Boost Fortunetelling; he ordered brown drinks because his Mega-Boost items for today included "brown drinks." He also bought three tickets to a signing of the Prince's new book and invites Toto and Ron to come with him.

On the day of the signing, Spitz, Toto, and Ron go to the venue, an inn, and wait for their number to be called. Totomaru is called first, and when he returns, Ron says that the Prince is using a trick to make his accurate guesses. However, before Ron can explain what he means, a group of fans discover Lost Koala's corpse in the garden.

Toto contacts Amamiya and inspects the body with the others. The Prince joins them, expressing his sadness over losing a devoted fan and his willingness to help with the investigation.

The police arrive, and an officer reveals the result of Lost Koala's autopsy: She died of strangulation about two hours ago, just before the start of the invite-only party. Witnesses saw Lost Koala arrive early and leave her seat right before the signing. Ron adds that it looks like Lost Koala was strangled with a belt-shaped cord, but such an item was not found anywhere. It might have been flushed down the toilet, and the police will later check the surveillance cameras.

Toto tells an officer to make sure nobody leaves the venue, and after the officer leaves, the Fortuneteller Prince approaches Toto, Ron, and Spitz again. Ron tells him about "Toto's" suspicion from earlier: The Prince knew Toto was a police officer because he quickly searched his name, hiding his phone behind a fan, after Toto gave his name at the signing. Ron also points out the Prince's suspicious certainty that Lost Koala was murdered; the Prince replies that he knows she would have never committed suicide.

After the Prince leaves, Totomaru asks Ron if he is suspecting the Fortuneteller Prince. Ron confirms this which shocks Spitz, but he recovers within three seconds. They then head to the Fortuneteller Prince's room to search for the murder weapon.

There, they note that the heater does not work because its remote has no batteries. The Prince then arrives and tells them that he believes in Mega-Boost Fortunetelling "more than anyone" as he was once in a horrible plane crash and thinks he only survived because he had his lucky item with him. He, thus, claims that Lost Koala died because she did not have her lucky charm with her.

Ron continues inspecting the room and finds out that it has access to the courtyard, making it easy for someone to move a corpse to the garden. And if the culprit wore a kimono, they could have easily repaired it, in case it was slightly damaged during the transport. Knowing that Ron and the others suspect him, the Prince reminds them that he is friends with politicians: If they have no evidence to prove his guilt, he will tell his friends how he was harassed by the police.

Later, when Toto ponders out loud about the case and mentions the murder weapon, Spitz's eyes fall on the Mega-Boost ribbon around Toto's wrist. Spitz says he may have found the murder weapon but notes that it is too short to strangle anyone with. Ron asks him to repeat himself because he was eating the chocolate buns and did not hear him while chewing. Toto scolds Ron for eating too many sticky buns as his throat will dry out. When he hears that, Ron figures out where the murder weapon is.

While the Fortuneteller Prince is doing a live broadcast from the inn, Spitz, Ron, and Toto search his room, wearing overalls and animal heads to hide their faces from the Prince's audience. When the Prince notices them, they explain that they only want to check whether the murder weapon is underneath a cushion or elsewhere. The Fortuneteller Prince allows them to search; meanwhile, his live broadcast continues.

The Prince muses that, if he were the culprit, the murder weapon would be his Mega-Boost ribbon; however, they were all handed over to the forensics team already who analyzed them and found nothing. He then uses this opportunity to advertise his ribbons to his audience before he notes the room's surprisingly high temperature. After all, it is currently very cold in Tokyo. He then reaches for a cup of tea, and Totomaru confronts him about his choice, asking him why he neither chose the coffee (his Mega-Boost item is "brown drinks" after all) nor decided to use the AC to lower the temperature.

The Fortuneteller Prince can make an excuse for why he did not pick the coffee (the heat dulled his judgment) but before he can make another for ignoring the AC, Totomaru exposes his true reasons: The Prince killed Lost Koala with one of the Mega-Boost ribbons. He removed the batteries from the remote, wrapped the ribbon around it, and submerged the batteries in the coffee bottle, effectively hiding the murder weapon. Ron then reveals that they already gave the coffee bottle to forensics: The bottle on the Prince's table is a fake filled with brown sugar.

Defeated, the Prince confesses to murdering Lost Koala; she wanted to defame his Mega-Boost Fortunetelling, and he could not allow that. He asks why it even matters that he was only using a trick as long as his "fortunetelling" made people happy. Toto then informs him that forensics found no conclusive evidence on the ribbon; they, therefore, had to make him admit to his crime during his live broadcast as he could not contradict his own fortunetelling in this situation. They also surrounded the room with heaters to make him thirsty. The Prince is subsequently arrested.

### Missing Cabbage Case

Spitz was invited by Ron to Toto's hot pot birthday party. However, because Chicory Monki and Mofu Usaki could not find Chinese cabbage anywhere, Ron calls Spitz and asks him to search a bit farther away for it.

Spitz later joins Ron, Toto, Chicory, Mofu, Amamiya, and Omito Kawasemi at the Maison du Kamonohashi and thanks them for waiting. He then announces, to everyone's shock, that while he has the drinks, he was in 15 shops and none of them had any Chinese cabbage. Suspicious of the situation and not wanting to forgo cabbage, Ron, Amamiya, Mofu, Chicory, and Kawasemi get ready to investigate this case. Spitz and Toto, however, think they are exaggerating.

After everyone agrees to Ron's plan to solve the mystery of the missing cabbage for Toto's birthday, they realize that they all know him by different names: Amamiya knows him as "Kamoo," Chicory as "Kamokyu," Kawasemi as "Kamosemi," and Mofu as "Kamonohashi." Ron explains that he sometimes does not feel like using his real name; Toto then thinks of a suitable nickname. They readily accept this explanation and decide to keep calling Ron by the name they know him.

They then review the facts, and Chicory says that cabbages have not been trending anywhere, but she found out that a greengrocer reported having seen a man in disguise buying all the cabbages. With that in mind, Mofu, Toto, Kawasemi, Amamiya, and Ron each make a guess. However, they are all dismissed.

Mofu thinks the culprit may need so much cabbage because they keep ruining them out of clumsiness (dismissed because no one is as clumsy as Mofu). Totomaru believes a Korean chef he knows may be the culprit as he always covers his face and may need that much cabbage for kimchi (dismissed because no one can make so much kimchi). Kawasemi theorizes that the robber on the news hid the jewels in a cabbage truck and later had to buy out all Chinese cabbages to retrieve the stolen goods (dismissed because the thief was caught and cabbages are cut up before they are displayed). Amamiya suggests that the culprit may be a farmer who wants to "erase" Chinese cabbage from the market to force shoppers to buy something else as a substitute, e.g. lettuce (dismissed because the farmer would not make any profit like that).

Ron says he also thinks the culprit may be a farmer: He may have gotten into a fight with his son who poured pesticides over the cabbages in his anger. The father then delivered the cabbages without knowing any better, and the son had to rush to buy out all the Chinese cabbages so that the reputation of his family business would not be jeopardized because of his anger-fuelled action.

Everyone is satisfied with Ron's theory. However, he insists that he is only an amateur and that Toto will solve the mystery. Stressed because everyone is awaiting his deduction, Toto reaches for a drink in Spitz's shopping bag and discovers multiple receipts which all show that Spitz has purchased dozens of cabbages in various supermarkets. Caught, Spitz confesses that he bought up all the cabbages because he despises Chinese cabbage which shocks everyone.

Thereafter, everyone wishes Toto a happy birthday, and Ron brings the nabe hot pot to the table. The pitch-black brown-sugar-syrup-based hot pot garners many unnerved looks. Ron innocently says they agreed on *hatchō miso* in the end and wonders where the brown sugar came from. He suggests searching for the culprit, but Toto replies that they already know who it is. Ron praises him for the quick deduction, and Toto tells him to shut up.

### Invitation From Mylo and Bloody Field Trip Case

Ron asks Spitz to speak to Aimee to find out whether she has discovered anything new regarding the Bloody Field Trip Case. However, Spitz can only relay that Aimee has not gotten any new information.

Later that day, Spitz meets up with Ron to Toto at the Maison du Kamonohashi and is shocked to learn that Winter Moriarty apparently gave Ron the original file for the Bloody Field Trip Case. He checks the file and sees that everything seems to be there. Still, Toto wonders whether it is genuine, and Ron replies that it most likely is as Winter plays fair. Having read the file, Ron tells Toto and Spitz what happened five years ago:

Elmer Stingray did transfer to BLUE three days before the Bloody Field Trip though Ron did not register him, and Hirsch was indeed on holiday when the incident occurred. By the time Elmer transferred, Ron had been chosen for the joint investigation with Scotland Yard and already located the murderers' hideout. Ron then received a locked room mystery from Fin Fennec, and after he got a pack of brown sugar syrup from Shachi, Ron spent the next three days in an underground room pondering about his homework; he even fell asleep from exhaustion at some point.

Ron handed in his homework and immediately headed to the hideout, an abandoned factory. He arrived at 4 p.m. and although he initially wanted to wait for the police to come, a child's cry drew him inside the hideout. This was a trap though, and the criminals were waiting for Ron. While he fought them, he blacked out and woke up when he heard Big Ben chime at 5 p.m. Scotland Yard then found him surrounded by corpses and holding the murder weapon.

Fin was put in charge of the investigation because the incident was a locked room mystery. She determined that only Ron could have entered or left the factory during the time of the crime. Hirsch autopsied the bodies and stated that all criminals died when Ron was unconscious; the bodies also had not been moved. Their evaluations led to Ron's conviction. Additionally, the mysterious third party's blood was found on Ron's vest.

Considering all that, Ron has four theories: Fin might have lied that it was a locked-room scenario. Hirsch might have falsified the estimated time of death; he could have killed the murderers elsewhere and later brought them to the factory. Shachi might have mixed some hallucinogen into the brown sugar he gave Ron; the drug made Ron do things while he was unconscious. Lastly, Elmer disguised himself as a police officer to get access to the case file; he could have, thus, tampered with it and made it worse.

With the new information and his theories, Ron now feels ready to go on the cruise and find the informant.

### Tragic Cruise Serial Murders Case

As agreed with Ron, Spitz boards the *Precious Dolphin* disguised as a waiter. During the welcoming party in the Precious Hall, Spitz goes around, handing out drinks, and eventually approaches Ron and Totomaru. While he is with them, Elmer joins them, and Spitz offers him a drink. Unfortunately, Spitz is identified as a stowaway and escorted off the ship not long afterward.

A few days later, Ron gets his hands on a satellite phone and calls Spitz to ask him for the results of the DNA test. During Spitz's brief time on the ship, he offered each suspect a glass; they all accepted and returned the glasses to him. Spitz could take the glasses with him to compare the DNA on the glasses with the DNA of the third-party blood on Ron's vest: It is Elmer's. Ron thanks Spitz and ends the call.

Following the events aboard the *Precious Dolphin*, Spitz travels to England to report everything to BLUE. On the day Ron is discharged from the hospital, Spitz returns to Japan and immediately heads to the Maison du Kamonohashi to tell Ron the good news that the World Detective Alliance overturned Ron's punishment, meaning he can now take his test to get a detective license. Overjoyed, Ron collapses to the Floor of Sloth.

### Ron Kamonohashi's Homecoming Case

Sometime later, when Ron can speak again, Spitz accompanies him and Totomaru to London so that Ron can receive his diploma. On the way to BLUE, Toto impresses Ron with his English skills by conversing fluently with the taxi driver. He explains that he asked Spitz and Kawasemi to teach him after the Plateau Auberge Serial Murders Case; Spitz is pleased about his pupil's great progress.

At BLUE, they meet Aimee in her office. She gives Ron his graduation certificate and congratulates him before she asks if he could substitute for an instructor who went missing. Ron declines and, to Totomaru's horror, suggests that Totomaru takes his place instead; he himself will be Totomaru's assistant. Toto and Aimee, albeit reluctantly, accept.

Toto's first lecture does not go well; not only do most students ignore him, but also a monkey jumps on him. Afterward, Spitz and Ron inform him that this is normal for new instructors at BLUE. Spitz also tells Ron and Totomaru about the students. The way he talks about them prompts Totomaru to note that Spitz "feels like a proper teacher," and Ron adds that Spitz seems "beloved like a mascot." They then part ways as Spitz has to prepare for his next class.

### Cryptid Serial Murders Case

While sitting in a café, Spitz reads that five of the missing detectives were found dead. Just as he wonders what is going on, Winter approaches him to inquire about Ron's and Toto's whereabouts. They want to ask if they know anything about a strange video that was sent to the World Detective Alliance, as Winter thinks it is linked to the murder of their brother. However, Ron and Toto are unavailable.

Later that day, Spitz and Winter—disguised as BLUE's vice principal—head to where the latest victim was found; Winter identifies him as Kenneth See, a BLUE instructor. Spitz is relieved that Winter does not seem to be the culprit as Kenneth died about three hours ago, and Winter was with Spitz then. Hearing his suspicions, Winter swears that the M. Family is not behind the murders and confirms that Mylo is indeed dead and not pulling strings from the shadows because he would have never acted like the person in the video. Further, because Winter is the only one still alive out of Mylo's siblings, the culprit might target them next.

Spitz then tells Winter that he still cannot reach Ron as he wanted to go to the theater and likely turned his phone off. Winter, however, informs Spitz that all theaters are closed today due to a strike. Alarmed, Spitz and Winter head to BLUE and find the drawbridge raised, an indicator that the emergency isolation system is running. Because Spitz also cannot contact Aimee, he checks in with the World Detective Alliance next.

Not long afterward, the police arrive and arrest the culprit, Billie—a circumstance that shocks Spitz. Ron and Totomaru then join him and Winter, and they head to the secret passageway beneath the school together. There, they discover the room from where the person in the pajamas filmed their video to the Alliance and a copy of the *Guardian of the Citadel*. When Winter sees it, they realize that Billie is, in fact, their sister Alice who they believed to be dead.

After they regroup elsewhere, Winter tells Spitz and the others about their sister. Two days later, Spitz and Toto accompany Ron to the World Detective Alliance's headquarters and wait for him while he speaks to some agents about the Cryptid Serial Murders Case and Alice. When Ron is done, Spitz inquires what he will do now. As the Alliance prohibited him from helping to catch Alice, Ron and Toto will return to Japan. Before they depart, they want to bid goodbye to Alissa Beaumont, Hutter Horn, Night Bran Jr., and Marsh Leipley. Spitz goes with them, and later does some business with Ron in the staff room.

## Skills and abilities

* **Tracking ability:** Spitz worked hard to become the world's best tracker. He can track people quickly and accurately; ordinary police investigators are no match for him.
* **Deductive ability:** By Spitz's own account, his deductive reasoning skills are not particularly good.

## Etymology

* "Spitz" means "sharp, pointed, spiky" in German.
	+ Spitz is also a type of domestic dog; some spitz breeds are used as hunting dogs.
	+ He wears a spitz dog mask in the Fortuneteller Prince Murder Case. Spitzes also feature in some of his clothing.
* His surname "Feier" means "party, celebration" in German.

## Trivia

* General
* Anime

* During the Yadagami-sama Murders Case, Spitz lies that Ron is his "hobby buddy," and they collect rare wrapping paper together. It is unknown whether Spitz actually collects wrapping paper.

* Spitz despises Chinese cabbage.
* He attended college in a country other than England.
* He is well-liked among the BLUE students. Ron remarks that he is "beloved like a mascot."
* Since the Plateau Auberge Serial Murders Case, Spitz has been teaching Toto English, together with Omito Kawasemi.

### Out of Universe

* His surname is also spelled "Fire" in some official merchandise and fansubs.

- In the anime, Spitz has violet eyes.

## References and notes

1. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 46, page 5
2. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 46, page 6
3. ↑ Character Visual Release: Spitz — Official Ron Kamonohashi TV on Twitter
4. ↑ "Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective Anime Reveals 2nd Teaser Visual, More Cast" — Anime News Network
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 52, page 4
6. ↑ File:Chapter 18.png
7. ↑ File:Chapter 58.png
8. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 19, page 16
9. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, page 11
10. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 58, page 16
11. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 96, page 14
12. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, page 2
13. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, page 30
14. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, page 10
15. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, page 29
16. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, pages 9-10
17. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 19, page 13
18. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 46, pages 5-6
19. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 47, pages 8-11
20. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 108, pages 3-5
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, page 27
22. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, page 11
23. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, page 2
24. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 19, page 6
25. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 27, page 12
26. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 47, page 4
27. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 19, page 16
28. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, pages 11-12
29. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, page 20
30. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, page 15
31. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, page 18
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 74, page 14
33. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, pages 2-5
34. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, page 7
35. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, pages 9-11
36. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, pages 21-31
37. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, pages 3-8
38. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, pages 11-12
39. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, pages 14-30
40. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, pages 10-12
41. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 18, pages 2-25
42. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 19, pages 3-18
43. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 20, pages 3-24
44. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, pages 2-13
45. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 24, pages 3-8
46. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 25, page 4
47. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, pages 17-18
48. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 27, page 12
49. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, pages 13-16
50. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 45, pages 19-20
51. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 46, pages 2-6
52. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 46, pages 14-20
53. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 47, pages 3-18
54. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 48, pages 4-18
55. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 58, page 13
56. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 58, pages 16-18
57. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 59, pages 2-19
58. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, page 8
59. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, pages 13-16
60. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 74, pages 2-17
61. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 75, pages 2-21
62. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 76, pages 15-19
63. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 77, pages 2-4
64. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 77, pages 7-8
65. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 85, pages 11-13
66. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 96, pages 14-18
67. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, pages 6-13
68. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, pages 18-29
69. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, pages 2-7
70. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 103, pages 2-6
71. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 108, pages 2-6
72. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 112, pages 2-5
73. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 114, pages 2-15
74. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 115, pages 2-4
75. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, page 8
76. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, pages 3-8
77. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, page 13
78. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, page 17
79. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, page 13
80. ↑ Wikipedia:Spitz
81. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 48, pages 4-6
82. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 19, page 6
83. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 59, page 18
84. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, page 7
85. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, page 9
86. ↑ Cafe Collaboration Petit: Announcement — BANDAI NAMCO Cross Store Tokyo on Twitter
87. ↑ File:CCP Drinks and goods.png
88. ↑ New Mochocho goods: Announcement — Vivit (Think Innovation Corporation) on Twitter

1. ↑ Spitz was still in high school eleven years ago. As high schoolers are roughly between 14 to 18, Spitz is likely somewhere between 25 and 29 years old, possibly even 30. (Chapter 18, page 12)