Conan's grammatical investigator

Minase Harumi's ghostly screams can't attract anyone's attention, after all, she is the real "ghost".

Unlike Mao Lilan, her magic resistance is very high. As long as you don't feel malicious towards her, you won't think "demons and ghosts" are scary.

On the contrary, it seems to be extra excited and exciting when encountering similar people.

When Minase Harumi floated out of his body, the decoy puppet "Qin Jibo" will maintain the previous movements like a sculpture, and it will be difficult for people to detect abnormalities with the appearance of the king in yellow.

On the stage, Captain Ghost explained the rules of the game for this party.

"There is still an hour before the dinner party officially starts, and I want to play a game..."

"Everyone, please look around for comrades with the same fate. There are a total of six people who have the same engraving as you."

"Dear monsters and ghosts, the ghost ship has set sail, we will cross the cursed seven seas, and let those stupid and arrogant humans know how powerful we monsters and ghosts are!"

Everyone raised their fists high: "Oh!"

Minase Harumi also raised his fist: "Yeah!"

After introducing the rules, the people below started to act.

Mori Kogoro, who was sitting at the bar, didn't understand the rules of the game, but fortunately he understood after Suzuki Sonoko's explanation.

When boarding the ghost ship, the staff distributed a tarot card to everyone, and it was enough to find people with the same tarot card to get together.

Mori Kogoro took out his own tarot cards. Since he and Sonoko boarded the ship together, the cards were naturally the same, both of which were a black goat marked "XV".

"Looking at the appearance of this card, then we are members of the goat team?" Mori Kogoro, who knew nothing about occult knowledge, guessed.

At this time, Ms. Medusa, who had accosted Kogoro Mori while queuing, came over to accost him again, and said faintly, "That's not a goat."

"XV means 15 in Roman characters, and the name of this card is The Devil, which is the devil card..."

Mori Kogoro was stunned for a moment, the guess in his heart was quite different from the real situation.

Ms. Medusa introduced the two of them again: "This card is not only to divide the guests into different groups for the game, but also to select actors for a movie..."

"Movie?" Suzuki Sonoko was puzzled.

"Hmm." Ms. Medusa revealed the inside information of the entertainment industry to the two, "You should know that there is a movie called "The Voyage of Ghost Captain" that is released every summer, right?"

Mori Kogoro looked a bit contemptuous, and said, "It's the series of movies where the ghost ship full of all kinds of monsters will find him as long as someone does something bad, right?"

Although I don't watch this kind of movie, I have heard of it occasionally, but for the "old antique" Mori Kogoro, the theme of this movie is too false.

Ghost ships can take on bad guys, so what else do cops and detectives do?
For a young girl like Sonoko Suzuki, the dream-chasing entertainment industry is the most attractive.

"Then if I behave well, I can also act in a movie!"

Ms. Medusa nodded affirmatively, walked to the chair next to the garden and sat down, "Yes, this is the fourth time that such a party is held this year. Every year, the film staff will mix with the guests to carefully observe everyone and divide them into different groups. Don't make it easier to observe and record..."

"Everyone is trying to show themselves as much as possible, such as the werewolf who kept roaring at the moon, and the mummy who greeted others in silence..."

Mori Kogoro and Sonoko scanned the venue following Ms. Medusa's introduction, and indeed saw that many people had already entered the state of performance.

Moreover, the exquisite makeup of these guests is much better than that of amateurs like them. There are Frankenstein and zombies with western science fiction elements, as well as bullhead and horse faces and zombies with traditional oriental culture.

It's just that because the organizers require a uniform black dress, monsters from different fields are mixed together, so it doesn't seem so disobedient.

But in this dark crowd, there is only one existence that is unique and eye-catching.

It was a tall body dressed in ragged yellow clothes. The pale mask under the hood turned from time to time, but most of the time it maintained a sculpture-like posture.

Most of the "monsters" here are taciturn, but the performance of this "monster" is obviously the best.

Whenever someone touched his shoulder and asked about the tarot cards, the monster in yellow slowly shook his head as if he was unresponsive.

What's more frightening is that sometimes the layers of ragged yellow clothes will be blown by something inadvertently, producing an automatic effect without wind, which will startle the other "monsters" around.

And he wears a glass ball living spider necklace around his neck, and he is also the only person in the entire venue who uses living props to dress himself up.

Kogoro Mori looked at the yellow-clothed monster over there, and because he was so eye-catching that he couldn't ignore its existence, and it was indeed a monster image he didn't recognize, he asked the "novice guide" Ms. Medusa.

"What is that yellow monster? Why is he the only one in yellow when everyone else is wearing black?"

Mori Kogoro's second sentence was a bit annoyed, after all, the guy's clothes itself enjoyed the privilege.

Ms. Medusa followed Mori Kogoro's line of sight, and also noticed the yellow figure, and explained.

"Not many Japanese people know this image, but it is very popular in the United States."

"This is the image in the classic play "The King in Yellow" by the Broadway Ghost Theater in New York. Although it is said to be a king, it is actually an indescribable supernatural existence."

"Yellow clothes are bound to his identity, and may also be the body of that supernatural power, so this character must wear yellow clothes when appearing on the scene, so he is also called the 'King of Yellow Clothes'..."

Ms. Medusa makes Mori Kogoro suddenly enlightened, but she herself is caught in the memory.

The premiere of "The King in Yellow" is also Sharon's debut show.

The performance that night caused a great sensation, especially the impact of the second act, which eclipsed all other Broadway performances that night, so it was also called "Black Wednesday".

Sharon, who played the role of Queen Casiluda, quickly became popular because of this, and later married the actor who played the king in yellow.

Last year, Sharon specially invited herself and her son and daughter-in-law to watch the performance of "The King in Yellow", but she did not expect such a thing to happen.

Afterwards, she asked Sharon if she had foreseen the murder.

Sharon replied in the affirmative and said that she met the angel in her life and thanked her for bringing her son and daughter-in-law to New York.

Yukiko originally thought that this pure friendship would last until the next generation of the two, until yesterday Conan found herself hiding in Kudo's mansion where she lived secretly, and told the recent situation of the black organization.

After the Cupeto Hotel incident, the whereabouts of the two people are unknown.

Michael is Hui Yuan's brother-in-law, let alone, the other is Sharon's daughter, Chris Wynyard.

If it is Sharon's daughter, she may have seen photos of Kudo Shinichi when she was a child somewhere, so she can identify Conan as Kudo Shinichi.

You Xizi, who likes to show off her baby, of course showed Sharon the photos of Xin when she was a child, but she didn't expect that she, a mother, cheated her son invisibly.

So this time I came to the party with makeup to try my best to make up for it.

Of course, because she is not very good at intellectual reasoning, Yukiko also brought an excellent teammate this time.

"The king in yellow seems to have rejected the team formation of many people, let's go and have a look."

"Maybe we just happen to be in the same team..."

As she spoke, Ms. Medusa showed the demon card in her hand to Mao Yuan and the two, proving that the three of them were in a team.

……

"May I ask who has the Death card?"

"Fool! Is anyone a fool?"

Medusa, the African vampire, and the witch passed through the ordinary people who shouted out their cards and reduced the authenticity of their characters, and came to the king in yellow, showing their demon cards.

Before this, the king in yellow was suspected by other guests to be a staff member with a special identity because of his eye-catching clothes, so he had come to test him many times.

However, the king in yellow rejected them with a slight shake of his head, looking very proud, which fit his status.

As the demon cards of the three were revealed, the king in yellow turned his head to look at them, and the pale mask finally nodded gracefully.

Yuanzi said: "In this way, there are four of us, and we will form a group with only three."

"No, it should be two."

Ms. Medusa pointed to the man in bandages who wandered around the banquet hall and looked around, "I saw it just now, and that man is also a demon card."

After a while, the last two people also came to strike up a conversation and showed their demon cards. The roles of the two cosplayers were werewolf and mummy respectively.

When it was time to assemble, the wandering bandage man also came back.

The seven stood in a circle, and confirmed the Tarot cards in each other's hands, making sure that there were no omissions.

"Great, now the seven of us are all here, first let's confirm the names of a few of you..."

Mori Kogoro, who didn't want to act, took the initiative to take up the task of organizing, and introduced: "I am a vampire, and the one next to me is Medusa, followed by the werewolf, the mummy, and the king in yellow..."

Introduced to the Bandage Man, Mori Kogoro got stuck.

Because the costume of the bandage man is also very similar to that of a mummy, but with an extra pair of sunglasses, he looks like a mysterious strange guest.

"How about calling you Mummy No. 2? It should be fine, right?"

The bandaged man raised his index finger and shook it left and right, then stretched out his right hand, motioning for Witch Sonoko to shake his hand.

Yuanzi thought that the other party was trying to take advantage of the opportunity, so she gave her a contemptuous look, but still reached out her hand.

But as soon as the palm was held, the bandage on that part suddenly fell apart, and the palm could not be seen inside, only air.

The performance of this show is very outstanding, and it also shows that his identity is not a mummy, but an invisible man.

Sonoko: "Wow!"

Minase Harumi: "Wow~"

The excited Minase Harumi subconsciously waved his palm, and the ghost's body touched the outer layer of the yellow clothes, causing the ragged yellow clothes to flutter.

Although Minase Harumi can only pass through objects under normal circumstances, when the mood fluctuates, the power of the ghost seems to increase, and it can still cause a slight impact.

The mummy next to it is the staff of the film team. Seeing the amazing performance of the invisible man, I couldn't help being surprised.

He reached out to touch the phone in his pocket, and was about to report the excellent performance of the invisible man to the higher-ups, when the king in yellow shook his yellow robe next to him.

He turned his head and saw that the layers of rags were strangely windless and automatic.

What the hell...

The mummy was stunned for a moment, but she still came to her senses and guessed that there might be some small device hidden under the yellow clothes to create such an effect.

The actors that this film is looking for are all supporting roles on the ghost ship, in order to allow these people to voluntarily show their modeling and acting skills, and to save money for the film.

If there are folk gods who can make such precise props, of course they must be absorbed, maybe they can save a fortune on props.

Therefore, the mummy decisively edited the names of the two in the phone message.

Invisible Man, excellent!

The King in Yellow is excellent!

……

Seven people gathered, and it seemed that it would be some time before the party game officially started, and the few people dispersed again.

Mori Kogoro, Sonoko, Bandage Man, Medusa, and the King in Yellow, a total of five people are at the bar.

Four of them were sitting in front of the bar, only the king in yellow was still standing by the side like a sculpture, leaning against the pillar, motionless.

"That guy really worked so hard to be able to act in a movie, he didn't even sit down."

Mori Kogoro looked at the king in yellow, narrowed his half-moon eyes, and complained lightly.

"Uncle, don't let others hear~"

Yuanzi persuaded with some worry, then turned to look at the other people at the bar, and said, "The mummy and the werewolf don't seem to be here, where are they going?"

Ms. Medusa put down the cocktail glass in her hand, and suggested: "Otherwise, let's look for it. I think the party time is almost here."

The other three accepted Medusa's proposal, and the four stood up together. Mori Kogoro walked up to the king in yellow in front of the pillar and asked.

"We're going to find two other people, do you want to go together?"

However, the king in yellow didn't make any answer, he didn't even nod and shake his head, the mask looked ahead intently.

This made Mori Kogoro a little annoyed. Although it was to enter the role, there must be a limit to being arrogant.

Anyway, I am also a famous detective!

"Hey, I said you're almost done, should you say something?"

Mori Kogoro's tone was a bit displeased, but the king in yellow was still unmoved, as if no one was talking to him, and the face under the pale mask was still focused on the front.

"Hey!"

Such a supercilious and arrogant attitude made Kogoro Mori just about to explode when the king in yellow suddenly spoke again.

"No, go."

The gloomy two words and the concise answer directly stunned Mori Kogoro, who was about to touch the body of the king in yellow.

Ms. Medusa also came up to smooth things over with a smile, "Since you don't want to go, just stay here, we will go back..."

Mori Kogoro was pulled away, but he still looked back at the king in yellow who was standing there in displeasure.

What a weirdo.

I don't know what kind of person will be down there...

……

At the same time, Qin Zhibo in the Ford van was driving while listening to the movement on the boat.

Under his dispatch, Minase Harumeng had "spirited out of his body" and floated around the ship to check for any abnormalities.

Without the humanoid Gundam driver, the decoy doll naturally becomes alone in a hang-up state.

But fortunately, the microphone on my side can monitor the movement on the ghost ship, which can dissuade other people who want to approach.

Qin Zhibo didn't need to be too careful to distinguish that angry voice, but he knew it was the idiot Moori Kogoro.

According to Minase Harumi, the group of seven happened to include Mao Yuan, whom they met before boarding the boat, as well as Kudo Shinichi and Akechi Fumyo.

But Minase Harumeng also said that based on her "feeling" for Conan, this "Kudo Shinichi" is not that Conan.