The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

That's why she was able to use this method to pick up the little girl named Ai Haibara ahead of time.

Haibara Ai:"……"

I don't know what she suddenly thought of, but the wariness in her eyes gradually disappeared.

Then, she slowly released her grip on the doorknob, unlocked the door, and welcomed Ms. Judy into the house.

After realizing that the little girl in front of her believed what she said, Jodie outside the door finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the house with Ai Haibara with a smile.

However, she failed to notice the glint of shrewdness that flashed in the little girl's eyes as she turned around.

……

Ten minutes later, Ai Haibara followed Jodie out of Professor Agasa's house.

After confirming that the gate was locked, Ai Haibara climbed into Jodie's car without hesitation.

Inside the house, the two little ones peered out the window, watching Judy's car drive away into the distance.

Of course, there was another silver vehicle following far behind them.

"Big Sister, should we follow them?" Looking at the car that had already driven away, Yuki-onna hesitated and looked at Yoto-hime beside her.

Why follow them?

Yaodaoji nonchalantly withdrew her gaze and turned back into the living room.

"But didn't the Onmyoji tell us to protect the little girl living here?" Yuki-onna weakly reminded her.

Hearing Yuki-onna's words, Yoto-hime rolled her eyes at her, then pointed towards the bedroom and explained, "Master told us to protect the one who's sleeping inside, not the one who just ran out!"

"Oh……"

Upon hearing this, the Snow Woman looked towards the bedroom and nodded, seemingly understanding.

Following the Snow Woman's gaze, one can see that in the bedroom, Ai Haibara, who had just gone out with Jodie, is now peacefully asleep on the bed.

However, Yuki-onna and Yoto-hime were not surprised at all.

After all, they had witnessed firsthand how a little boy was transformed into a little girl in the hands of a woman named Yukiko Kudo.

After making sure the little girl their master had asked them to protect was fast asleep, the Snow Woman wandered aimlessly around the living room.

Her eyes lit up as she passed the refrigerator in the corner.

As for Yaodaoji, she was sitting in front of the television with a hesitant expression.

She was also struggling internally as she looked at the game console in the cabinet below the TV.

If I remember correctly, the little boy who dressed up as a little girl mentioned that the old man here designed a very interesting video game.

And right now there's only a sleeping little girl in the room...

I really want to play!

Chapter 624 The Tragedy of the Ghost Captain

Meanwhile, at the party on the ghost ship.

Looking at the corpse lying on the deck, Aragaki Yu subconsciously glanced at Mouri Kogoro, who was examining the body.

Sure enough, how could a bunch of fake demons and monsters possibly subdue a real Grim Reaper?

It turns out that ten minutes earlier, the people on the deck, who had been drawn to the event by the banquet organizer, the ghost captain, through the loudspeaker, found the ghost captain hanging upside down from the mast ropes, motionless.

Just as everyone was marveling at the ghost captain's superb acting skills, the ghost captain suddenly fell from the mast.

He crashed hard onto the deck, and what shocked everyone even more was that a crossbow bolt that had pierced through a tarot card was stuck in the ghost captain's chest.

And that tarot card was exactly the same "Devil" card as the ones held by Aragaki Yu and the others.

"It seems he was pierced through the heart with a crossbow arrow, and a Devil card was deliberately left nearby." Kogoro Mouri said, handing the borrowed camera to Sonoko and asking her to take pictures of the scene, while analyzing the ghost captain's body.

"Could it be that the murderer meant the demon took him to the ghost world?" Yukiko Kudo, dressed as Medusa, wondered from the side.

"Humph~"

In response, Kogoro Mouri scoffed and said sarcastically, "I think even without anyone to guide him, he could cross the Bridge of Helplessness in no time, since he almost died on the spot."

That's right, the ghost captain's cause of death was not falling from the mast.

Instead, he died from a crossbow bolt piercing his heart when his feet were entangled in the hemp rope of the mast and he was hanging upside down.

So, the most important thing now is to find the murder weapon that killed the ghost captain.

Yukiko Kudo naturally thought of this as well.

However, after looking around, she said with some regret, "Yes, it's a pity that this is the vast ocean. I think the crossbow used by the murderer was probably thrown into the sea long ago. It's impossible to find it."

"Yeah, it's pretty tricky."

Kogoro Mouri shared Medusa's viewpoint, and thus subconsciously frowned.

After confirming that Sonoko had taken photos of the scene, Kogoro Mouri squatted down and slowly removed the mask from the Ghost Captain's face. "Alright, now let me see who you really are."

The next moment, the ghost captain's face was revealed to everyone.

"This face seems familiar."

"He seems to be that film producer who often appears on television."

"So it was him!" Just as everyone thought he looked familiar, Yukiko Kudo revealed his identity in one sentence, "I think his name is Chizo Fukuura. Before filming the Ghost Captain series, he created The Thirteen Days of Nirvana, which is how he gained attention in the film industry."

Upon hearing this, Aragaki Yu glanced at Kudo Yukiko a couple more times. As expected of a top Japanese actress at the time, she was very knowledgeable about these matters.

"Does that mean the producer will also play the ghost captain in the movie?" Kogoro Mouri looked at the staff who had come over after hearing the news with a puzzled expression.

Upon hearing this, the staff quickly shook their heads and explained, "Ah, no, in the movie, it will be played by a real actor. Mr. Fupu is so fond of the character of the ghost captain that he plays the ghost captain at the Halloween party on this ghost ship every year."

“And every year he tells everyone the party theme and hints in a similar way at this place,” another staff member added.

"Are you referring to the problem Mr. Fukuura mentioned, where a human has infiltrated the monsters on this ship?" Kogoro Mouri asked doubtfully.

As the staff nodded, Yukiko Kudo, who was standing nearby, picked up the ghost captain's mask that Kogoro Mouri had casually placed on the ground.

She then immediately noticed a small microphone attached to the inside of the mask. "I think he used this microphone to speak directly to everyone!"

Yukiko Kudo gently tapped the microphone, and sure enough, the tapping sound came from the broadcast system on the ghost ship.

"So what's the answer to that question?" Kogoro Mouri continued to ask.

"Since the questions and hints are all decided by Mr. Fupu alone, we have no idea what the answers are?" After exchanging glances, the staff members shook their heads.

"In conclusion..."

Knowing that there was no way to get more clues from the staff, Kogoro Mouri straightened his collar and said, "There's only one thing we can be sure of now: the culprit is one of your staff members!"

Amidst the puzzled and surprised expressions of the crowd, he confidently deduced, "The reasons are as follows..."

"..."

Aragaki Yu nodded in satisfaction.

Very good. With Kogoro Mouri's help, many suspects have been eliminated.

After the staff refuted the evidence presented by Kogoro Mouri, Yukiko Kudo narrowed down the suspects to several customers, including herself and Yu Aragaki, who had received the "Devil" tarot card.

Of course, if we exclude Aragaki Yuuki, himself, Mouri Kogoro, and the Suzuki family's daughter, then the only suspects left are the mummy, the werewolf, and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

After learning that the ghost ship would not dock for about an hour, everyone decided to return to their cabins to wait.

After all, if you stay on the deck all the time, the sea breeze at night would probably freeze you to death.

As for Kogoro Mouri, he was worried that he would be home late tonight and cause Ran any concern, so he stayed on the deck to make a phone call to her.

However, for some reason, no one answered either the office's phone or Xiaolan's cell phone.

Looking at the time on his phone, Kogoro Mouri guessed that Ran was probably taking a shower at this time, so he wasn't too worried and put his phone away and returned to his cabin.

There was nothing I could do but call Xiaolan again later.

Of course, Kogoro Mouri wasn't the only one who didn't return to the cabin immediately.

Aragaki Yu, disguised as a zombie, also lingered on the deck for a short while when no one was looking.

Only after Senhime, who had returned from who-knows-where, whispered something in his ear did he thoughtfully return to his cabin.

Chapter 625 More money is needed

Not long after returning to his cabin, Yuu Aragaki learned that the mummy whose head had been secretly covered by the werewolf had ordered a cocktail called "Silver Bullet" at the bar.

In fact, this was precisely the hint given by the ghost captain.

Because no demon or monster would specifically order a cocktail meant to ward off evil spirits.

Therefore, it is easy to deduce from this that the mummy was the "human" that the ghost captain had deliberately arranged for him to be at this party.

However, the werewolf would not know this.

Combined with the crucial clue that Senhime found above the mast on the deck—

To prevent the mummy from noticing that he was wearing a werewolf mask in the bathroom mirror, the werewolf deliberately broke the mirror. However, the shards of glass from the broken mirror got stuck in the werewolf's shoes, and eventually left marks on the wooden planks when he killed the ghost captain atop the mast.

After piecing together all the details, Yuya Aragaki immediately confirmed the werewolf's identity as the murderer.