Stay away from Conan.

"Hey? Kudo Shinichi?"

On the ghost ship in Yokohama Port, after all the guests had boarded and packed up their belongings at the registration desk and returned to the ship, one of the staff members who had received "Kudo Shinichi" on board could not help but brag to the other staff members about the role she had seen played by Kudo Shinichi -

"Is that high school detective also on this ship?"

In response to this, the other staff members heard her say this and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Yeah! The rumors that he was dead were all false! This is great, I like him so much!"

"And then? What's his makeup?"

After listening to the staff member's explanation, other staff members also asked questions out of curiosity.

  So, the staff member smiled and boasted:

"Looks like a mummy wrapped in bandages, right?"

"Mummy Detective?"

Just like that, while these staff members were talking, a slightly fat person with green skin from makeup and a bullet wound on his forehead passed by them. He looked like another zombie, or a zombie. He heard what the staff members had just said, and he was a little suspicious.

Kudo Shinichi? This name seems familiar...

……

The perspective returns to Tokyo, Beika Town——

At Judy's meaningful invitation, Ai stood on the side of the road and looked at her solemnly. After hesitating for a while, she seemed to have made some decision and agreed to Judy's proposal. Then, she got into Judy's car with the pile of ingredients she had just bought from the supermarket.

And so, this scene, which happened directly on the street, would naturally be seen by other people nearby—

For example, Tomoaki Shinide, who was also driving past here, was originally heading to Beika-cho 2-chome for some purpose.

When he was driving past here, he didn't pay attention to the situation on the roadside, but because the red light at the intersection made him stop temporarily, he couldn't help but casually observe the surrounding road conditions, and as a result, he saw this scene happening on the roadside.

So, seeing Ai getting into Teacher Judy's car and driving in a direction that should not be heading to Beika-cho 2-chome, Tomoaki Shinide was a little confused. So after the red light turned green, Tomoaki Shinide drove his car in the direction where Teacher Judy was going and followed her...

……

"Oh, oh, oh! All you cursed monsters wandering in the netherworld, welcome to my ghost ship, the Phantom of the Sea! I am the ghost captain at the helm of this ship, Captain Jin!"

When all the guests were on board, the walkway connecting the ship's deck and the dock was folded up, and at this moment a voice was heard through a loudspeaker that could be heard by the entire ship.

  Just like that, everyone who heard this sound could not help but notice that at this moment in the center of the largest cabin hall of the ship, a ghost captain wearing a pirate hat, a skull face, and a beard mask appeared in front of everyone. He was dressed in full pirate attire and began to explain the rules of the party:

"There is still one hour before the banquet begins. First, please search for your companions who share the same fate as you, the seven people who have been granted the same seal!"

"Same seal?"

  In this regard, listening to the ghost captain's explanation, Maori Kogoro looked puzzled, while Sonoko on the side seemed to understand and said:

"It's the tarot cards! Didn't the uncle get them when he got on board? People with the same cards must form a group to play a game or something, right?"

As she said this, Sonoko showed the tarot card in her hand.

"Ah, this... is a goat card with 'XV' written on it."

Maori Kogoro looked at the cards in his hand and said:

"So we're the Goats?"

"It's not a goat!"

Hearing this, Sonoko couldn't help but feel depressed. At the same time, the lady Medusa who heard this also came forward to talk to him. She also showed the same cards as Maori Kogoro and the others, and said:

"'XV' is actually the Roman numeral for fifteen, and the name of this card is 'THE DEVIL', which means the devil!"

“Ah, so that’s how it is…”

Kogoro Maori said somewhat embarrassedly.

  Then, I heard Ms. Medusa continue to say:

"Besides, the divisions are not just for playing games. This party also doubles as a preview! It's the movie "The Voyage Diary of a Ghost Captain" that is shown every year..."

"So, if you perform well, you can be in the movie?"

After hearing this, Sonoko quickly understood the situation and said with great surprise:

So, after simply understanding the truth of this party, I only heard the captain shouting:

"Cross the four oceans and let those foolish and arrogant humans know our strength!"

After shouting these words in such an inflammatory tone, all the guests present raised their hands and shouted in agreement—

"Hey? This ship... is really going to go out to sea!"

At this moment, Maori Kogoro realized this and said in a panic -

I thought it was just a party on a boat, but I didn’t expect it to be a party held on the sea!

Just like that, after feeling that the ship had really set sail, the guests present began to look for people holding the same card as themselves.

At this time, as the holders of the "Devil" card, Maori Kogoro, Sonoko and Ms. Medusa:

"So, since the three of us got the 'Devil' card, can we assume that the people who lined up together when boarding the ship got the same card?"

So, among the three people who have been confirmed to be holders of the same card, Sonoko analyzed this at this moment.

"It's very likely... But do you remember who was standing next to us at the time?"

At this moment, Kogoro Mori was a little troubled.

"Isn't there? That Miss Ghost!"

  Sonoko was impressed and said:

"Ask her and she'll know who else it is."'

As she said this, Sonoko began to look around, trying to find the ghost lady whose entire body was covered in white cloth.

Then, I saw the ghost lady at this moment, in a corner of the cabin hall, talking with two other people.

One of them was a man wearing a pumpkin on his head and a black hooded cloak, and the other was the zombie with a talisman on his forehead.

At this moment, the three of them were showing the cards in their hands, as if to indicate their respective identities in the party to see if they could team up together.

Then, when the zombie saw that the "Star" card in his hand was inconsistent with the "Lover" cards in the hands of the two people in front of him, he seemed to know that he could not team up with them, so the zombie planned to leave.

However, just as they were leaving, the zombie seemed to whisper something to the Pumpkin Man as he passed by him, and then he saw the Pumpkin Man with a pumpkin head nod. So the zombie looked at the slightly fat zombie of another style hiding in the crowd, and then noticed that Yuanzi was looking at them, so he turned around and left, looking for other "Star" card holders in the crowd... (End of this chapter)