Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 1755: Boarding the ship to contact Xiao Ai

At night, at Yokohama Port, a huge cruise ship was docked at the port. As if to match the atmosphere of "Halloween" and "Ghost Ship", the cruise ship looked completely old from the outside, and the decorative sails on it also looked completely worn out.

Although we know that these sails are decorations that do not affect sailing at all, the fact that they can be done to this extent shows that the organizers of this party do not take this party lightly.

Therefore, at about 9:00 p.m., according to the time written on the party invitation, a group of people wearing all kinds of makeup, looking like all kinds of monsters and ghosts, or fantasy characters, appeared in front of the "ghost ship" docked at the port one after another.

"Wow! Yes, yes!

"Werewolves, Frankensteins, mummies... they're all monsters!"

Mixed in with the crowd, Kogoro Mouri, who was dressed as Count Dracula, looked around at the people present who were wearing makeup, and couldn't help but exclaimed at the variety of makeup that appeared here.

In this regard, Sonoko, who came with Maori Kogoro, dressed up like a witch, wearing a black dress and a large pointed hat, and was very happy with the atmosphere here.

“I’m really excited!”

——I didn’t expect that there would be such a novel party in this kind of occasion. I really came to the right place!

As Sonoko was thinking this, Maori Kogoro beside her couldn't help but wonder:

"But, is it okay? The eldest daughter of the Suzuki Group is among these people..."

"It's okay, it's okay! I'm different from Xiaolan. I like this!"

Sonoko said this while laughing.

  In this regard, looking at Sonoko's outfit, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but feel depressed:

"But Miss, what kind of monster are you?"

——It still looks the same as before, not turning into an ugly monster...

"How rude, I am..."

"It's obvious that she's a witch, and she's holding a broomstick."

Just as Sonoko was about to explain, a lady behind the two of them came up and said:

It seemed that this lady was out of tune with the people present. She had a normal female face and wore a fisherman's hat. Her skin color was a little gray and creepy. However, compared with the other people present, she was still much prettier.

Therefore, Maori Kogoro could not help but respond to the other party's conversation:

"Wow... this is such a beautiful witch..."

Thus, in response to Maori Kogoro's praise, the lady chuckled and said "thank you" in response. Then she reached out to take off her hat, revealing the densely decorated snake-like things on her head that replaced her hair.

"I'm not a witch!"

With a ferocious expression, Kogoro Mouri was frightened.

"Medusa!"

In an instant, Maori Kogoro recognized the original person in the other person's outfit, and the contrast between before and after made him feel scared -

"Haha, let me turn you into stone!"

Ms. Medusa said with a teasing smile. ——"Hey, please... pay attention, it's your turn."

At this moment, a slightly ethereal female voice came from behind the crowd. Looking back, they saw a person covered in white cloth with a face painted on it. He looked like a person disguised as a ghost. She said this to Kogoro Mouri and others.

"Hey!"

  For a moment, hearing this somewhat creepy voice, Maori Kogoro looked at the ghost lady behind him and couldn't help but said:

"Ms. Ghost, there's no need for you to be so creepy when you talk!"

"hehe."

  In response to this, Ms. Medusa on the side couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh:

"This is because you are too devoted to your monster costume!"

As they were saying this, Maori Kogoro and the others noticed the queue for boarding. Now that there was no one in front of them and it was their turn to board, they knew why this ghost lady was talking to them. So, seeing that she was so devoted to playing the ghost, they couldn't help but want to talk to her more, so they went forward and went to the registration office in front of the boarding gate to register for boarding.

"Oh! This is the famous detective Maori Kogoro!"

When the registration staff saw the name on the invitation card that Kogoro Mori took out, he couldn't help but say with surprise.

"Ah, I've been found out..."

In response to this, Kogoro Maori spoke a little embarrassedly, and then was invited by the staff to write down his name.

  So, Maori Kogoro signed his name in the registration book, and then asked the staff curiously:

"But...are they really going to kill us?"

  As he said this, Maori Kogoro showed the letter that came with the invitation. The staff was puzzled and said:

"We wrote the invitation, but we didn't know there was such a letter... But there was a game of guessing the prisoner in the queue..."

So, after receiving such an ambiguous answer, Kogoro Mori was pulled by Sonoko to get on the boat as quickly as possible.

Then, following behind Kogoro Mouri was Ms. Medusa and Ms. Ghost, followed by a character wearing a pumpkin lantern and a black hooded cloak, and then a character with a yellow talisman-like thing stuck on his forehead. His skin was painted bluish, and he was completely dressed as a zombie. After handing the invitation to the staff, he wrote the name "Akechi Takato" on it. However, perhaps because Akechi Takato was not as famous as Kogoro Mouri, he did not attract any attention.

  Then, after a few more people passed by, a man with bandages all over his body and wearing a hat came forward, handed over the invitation, and signed his name "Kudo Shinichi". As a staff member, I saw the name on the invitation and couldn't help but say in surprise:

"You, you can't be that... high school detective!"

……

At the same time, at Yokohama Port, before the ghost ship began to board, back in Tokyo, in Beika-cho—

Xiao Ai came out of a large supermarket, carrying a bunch of food in her hands. When she was about to go home, a car drove up from the side of the road and stopped at the sidewalk where Xiao Ai was walking. The driver rolled down the window and greeted Xiao Ai:

"Hi! Girl! Are you buying groceries?"

The one with the strange accent was Teacher Judy. She saw Ai buying groceries and coming home, and seemed to come to chat with her.

In this regard, after seeing that it was Teacher Judy, Xiao Ai couldn't help but stop and looked at the English teacher who was chatting with her like this, frowning seriously -

"Hmm? Don't you recognize me? I remember... we met at the school festival and on that bus?"

So, Teacher Judy looked at Xiao Ai's reaction and said this to herself. Then, seeing that Xiao Ai did not seem to leave directly in disgust, Teacher Judy put one hand on the window sill of the car, leaned out, and said to Xiao Ai meaningfully:

"Come to think of it, are you going back like this? Where's your parents? How about... I give you a ride? It just so happens... I have something I want to ask you..."

(End of this chapter)