The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Kogoro Mouri, who had been leering at the woman, was so startled when he saw the woman in black remove her hat and reveal her hair that he jumped up from the spot.

Then, she instinctively pointed at the black-clad woman's full head of "snake hair" and exclaimed in trembling voice, "It's...it's Medusa!"

Mr. Zombie, who had been silently following Medusa, sighed softly upon seeing this scene.

He knew this would happen...

……

That's right, it was after they arrived at the party that they noticed Kogoro Mouri, Yukiko Kudo, and Yu Aragaki.

After all, compared to other people's outfits.

Kogoro Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki's outfits were indeed quite "perfunctory".

Aside from donning a vampire butler's outfit, Kogoro Mouri at least managed to get pointed ears and dentures.

Sonoko, on the other hand, simply changed into a sexy black witch outfit, without making any significant changes to her makeup.

He was truly an outlier among the diverse and hideous "monsters" around him.

I'm going to turn you to stone!

Yukiko Kudo was extremely pleased with the success of her prank, and playfully winked at Kogoro Mouri.

Looking at her, it was as if she wasn't worried at all that the other party would see through her identity.

However, at least she didn't forget to change some aspects of her voice.

Otherwise, given her unconventional personality, she would probably have been recognized by Kogoro Mouri sooner or later.

Startled, Kogoro Mouri blinked and opened his mouth as if to say something.

The party reporting staff urged them, "Next guest, please show your invitation as soon as possible."

"Ah, here it comes, here it comes!"

At this point, Kogoro Mouri didn't have time to say anything more and hurriedly ran towards the press office.

The staff at the press office seemed quite surprised when they saw the name on the invitation.

Kogoro Mouri almost lost himself in the praise and burst into laughter.

Putting everything else aside, Sonoko, who was standing next to him, rolled her eyes helplessly, feeling a little ashamed of herself for coming with Kogoro Mouri.

Chapter 621 Precise Positioning

Twenty minutes later.

Everyone had already checked in at the registration desk and boarded the ghost ship that served as the venue for the Halloween party.

Following behind Yukiko Kudo, Yuu Aragaki also generously signed his name "Shinichi Kudo" in the sign-in book.

However, because they deliberately lagged behind in the line, few people, except for the staff at the press office, paid attention to the famous "high school detective" who had come to the Halloween party.

"I didn't expect the organizers to have the ability to set up such a stylish ship." In the hall of the ghost ship, Aragaki Yu leaned against the bar counter, looking around at the layout with great interest.

However, while he was looking around, he could only occasionally blow a few breaths on the talisman stuck to his forehead.

He's starting to regret dressing up as a zombie.

Putting aside the fact that hopping and skipping around while walking is tiring, the talisman blocking my eyes is an eyesore and constantly obstructs my vision.

The dilapidated lanterns hanging on the bulkhead of the ghost ship emitted a faint and flickering light, casting distorted shadows on the walls, while the surrounding wooden planks were covered with dark green seaweed decorations.

In the lobby, there are several deliberately distressed tables and chairs casually placed, and even the bar counter that Aragaki Yu is leaning against, which is in the style of the last century, is quite unique.

"Thank you."

After politely accepting the cocktail from the monster waiter, Yukiko Kudo smiled and looked at Yuu Aragaki, saying, "Of course, this is the ghost ship from the movie 'The Ghost Captain's Voyage.' I think the production company probably lent this ghost ship to the organizer of this party to promote their movie."

"The ghost captain?" Yuu Aragaki looked at Yukiko Kudo with some confusion.

He had heard of pirate captains, but what was this ghost captain?

"What? You didn't know?!" Yukiko Kudo looked up, staring at Yuu Aragaki with a strange expression. "This is a..."

"The Ghost Captain's Voyage!?" Before Yukiko Kudo could explain, Sonoko, who happened to notice the commotion, exclaimed softly as she leaned closer, "You mean that movie that's released every summer? It's said that if someone does something bad, a ghost ship full of all sorts of monsters will come after them!"

“That’s right.” Yukiko Kudo wasn’t annoyed by Sonoko’s sudden interruption. Instead, she turned to the side and winked and smiled at her.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri also came over with Sonoko. "So it's Miss Medusa and Mr. Zombie from earlier. What a coincidence."

"Hello." Yukiko Kudo greeted Kogoro Mouri with a smile.

Yuu Aragaki, who was sitting to the side, did not say anything, but simply nodded slightly to Kogoro Mouri.

"But there are so many people here!"

Just as Kogoro Mouri sat down on the bar stool, looked around, and sighed, all the lights around him were suddenly turned off.

"Ok?"

Just as Kogoro Mouri was expressing his doubts, all the candles in the hall lit up at the same time, illuminating the ghost ship's hall.

This scene drew gasps from everyone in the hall.

"Looks like the party's about to start!" As Sonoko looked on expectantly, the main door at the front of the hall slowly opened.

"All demons and monsters wandering aimlessly in the underworld, welcome to the ghost ship, the Ghost of the Sea, tonight!"

"I am the ghost captain who pilots this ship—Captain Gao De!"

Amidst a sinister welcome, the ghost captain slowly appeared before the crowd.

After his self-introduction, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but take a second look at this ghost captain.

You can tell from the other person's name that they must be a very skilled boatman; no wonder they were able to pinpoint those who did bad things so accurately.

As expected of Gaode Maps.

Precise positioning!

"There's still an hour before the banquet begins." Seeing that everyone's attention was now focused on him, the ghost captain on the stage continued, "First, please find your comrades who share your fate, and find the other six companions who possess the same mark as you!"

"The same imprint?" Kogoro Mouri tilted his head in confusion.

Having never participated in a similar event before, Kogoro Mouri was somewhat confused by the ghost captain's words.

“It’s a tarot card!” Sonoko knew a bit about them, so she quietly reminded her, “Didn’t you take some with you when you boarded the ship?”

"Maybe he wants to group the people with the same card together so they can play some games together later!" Sonoko guessed the Ghost Captain's purpose while pulling out her tarot cards from behind her back.

"Oh~"

Kogoro Mouri nodded as if he suddenly understood, and at the same time took out his tarot cards from his pocket. "You mean this card that says XV and has a goat image? Then we're all members of Team Goat!"

Hearing what Kogoro Mouri and Sonoko were saying, Aragaki Yu glanced at the cards in their hands.

Although I felt somewhat helpless about the "goat team" that Kogoro Mouri mentioned.

However, it seems that I and Yukiko Kudo were indeed assigned to the same team as them.

"That's not a goat!"

Yukiko Kudo, standing to the side, held up the same tarot cards in her hand and waved them in front of Kogoro Mouri and Sonoko with great interest.

Sonoko and Kogoro Mouri also turned to look at this Medusa lady with whom they had such a strong connection, somewhat surprised.

“The XV stands for the Roman numeral for fifteen,” Yukiko Kudo explained, pointing to the tarot card. “As for the card name, it’s THE DEVIL, which means the Devil card.”

"Oh, I see!" Kogoro Mouri replied somewhat awkwardly.

"And then..." Yukiko Kudo seemed to get interested at this point. She crossed her legs, took a sip of her cocktail to clear her throat amidst Yu Aragaki's eye roll, and continued, "And the reason for dividing the guests into groups is not just because of playing some games."

"Hmm?" Sonoko tilted her head in confusion when she saw the other person suddenly looking at her.

Yukiko Kudo leaned close to Yui's ear and whispered, "This party is actually an audition for the movie!"

"Really!"

Upon hearing this, Sonoko's eyes immediately lit up.

Yuya Aragaki also couldn't quite understand Sonoko's behavior.

As a wealthy heiress, she could easily invest in making movies herself, but instead, she's so interested in auditions for supporting roles with ordinary-looking characters.

Is this just the perverse sense of humor of the wealthy?

It's really enviable.

Chapter 622 Eavesdropping

While Aragaki Yu was watching Kudo Yukiko, Mouri Kogoro, and Sonoko chatting.

Under the ghost captain's command, accompanied by a low and eerie horn sound, the ghost ship's anchor slowly rose, and the iron chains scraped against the hull, emitting a sharp and piercing sound that cut through the silent night sky, giving people a chilling feeling.

The tattered sails fluttered in the night wind, like the cries of countless wronged souls.

The ship moved slowly, its bow cleaving through the dark sea, the spray it created shimmering with an eerie phosphorescence, like flowing blood.

The ghost ship, carrying numerous "demons and monsters," silently departed from the dock and sailed into the unknown depths of darkness under the illumination of a full moon in the night sky.

In the ship's main hall, the monsters finally found their companions by following the tarot cards in their hands.