The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

After nodding to Yukiko Kudo, and with her cover, Yuya Aragaki quietly left the ghost ship's cabin according to their pre-arranged plan.

However, unlike the original plan, due to Kogoro Mouri's Grim Reaper nature, Yuu Aragaki will have to put on an extra deduction performance this time.

Goodness, this is an extra job...

Aragaki Yu also silently added a stroke to his heart—

You have to pay more!

……

After confirming through his earpiece that Shinichi Kudo had appeared at the Halloween party on the ghost ship, Dr. Araide wore a strange smile.

Then, he crushed the earphone clipped to his ear and threw it out the window.

At this point, the listening equipment has completed its entire mission.

Now, the real show is about to begin.

Thinking of this, his eyes sharpened, and he slammed on the gas pedal, speeding towards Ms. Judy's car ahead.

As for Jodie and Ai Haibara in the car in front, they had naturally noticed the car that had been following them from a distance long ago.

That's why she drove to this sparsely populated dock!

"Humph."

Suddenly, Judy's expression became quite interesting, as if she had thought of something.

……

Of course, Judy wasn't the only one whose facial expressions became incredibly varied.

On the ghost ship, Vodka, disguised as a zombie butler, was also filled with countless "mmp"s in his heart.

What exactly is going on?

Because Vermouth suddenly threw a Halloween party in her own name.

Gin was worried that this woman might be up to something, so he specially sent his subordinate Vodka to the ghost ship where the party was being held to investigate.

As a result, Vermouth didn't find it, but he unexpectedly encountered a murder case on the ghost ship.

Even more crucially, the one who solved this murder case was none other than the detective kid Shinichi Kudo, who should have died long ago, who appeared on the ship.

Could something have gone wrong back then?

Just as Vodka was secretly reporting this amazing discovery to his older brother.

The Shinichi Kudo standing on the mast suddenly transformed into Yuu Aragaki.

This unexpected turn of events left Vodka completely baffled.

Even Gin, on the other end of the phone, subconsciously narrowed his eyes and remained silent for a while after listening to Vodka's "live broadcast."

Vermouth...

Aragaki Yu……

How did these two guys suddenly get together?

at the same time.

On the other side, on the dock.

Jodie and Vermouth, whose identities have been revealed, have entered a critical phase of their confrontation.

"..."

"So you're that little girl!" Vermouth finally recognized Jodie. "I searched for you for a long time because we only found your parents' remains in the ruins."

Perhaps because she was reminded of what had happened back then, Vermouth's lips curled up slightly.

For some unknown reason, the little girl whom he hadn't been able to bring himself to kill actually escaped from the fire he had set.

“Thanks to my father’s protection.” Judy snapped out of her reverie and smiled at Vermouth, but the smile was chilling. “He used the witness protection system to properly conceal my identity.”

"You must be feeling really bored, right?" Vermouth suddenly chuckled, tossing her hair and releasing the air sac hidden in her clothes, revealing her impressive figure.

"Leaving one's hometown and having to live under an assumed name is really too hard."

Seeing Judy leaning against the hood of the car with her arms crossed, she continued Judy's story, "Then, you took over your father's will and began investigating my identity, FBI investigator Judy Sterling."

It seems that Vermouth is not entirely unaware of Jodie's true identity.

Judy wasn't surprised that the other party knew her full name, even though it should be a top-secret FBI file. "You truly deserve to be called the Thousand-Faced Witch Vermouth. Anyone with your disguise skills could easily infiltrate any place and steal information."

"But you did manage to spot that I was disguised as Dr. Araichi, which shows you have some skill!" Vermouth remarked to Judy.

"Of course I know. Chris doesn't have any serious illness. Why would a big star deliberately hide her identity and go to Araide Hospital with a bare face? Isn't her purpose to pretend to be Dr. Araide and take his place?"

Upon hearing this, Vermouth finally understood one of the things that had puzzled her at the time: "So, the accident where Dr. Araide's family got into Dr. Araide's car and crashed through the guardrail into the sea was also orchestrated by you FBI agents?"

"Yes."

Now that the two sides have already fallen out, there's no point in hiding these things anymore. "This is all to make you believe that Dr. Araide died in an accident, so that you can properly portray the role of Dr. Araide, right?"

"Haha~"

At this point, Vermouth couldn't help but chuckle twice. She wondered why, after she disguised herself as Dr. Araide and went to Teitan High School, this new English teacher had been constantly bothering her.

It turns out that from the very beginning, he had already fallen into a carefully woven trap by the FBI.

Really...

Interesting!

Chapter 626 The Confrontation Between Red and Black

Sure enough, those who talk too much never end well.

Just as Judy preemptively shot the pistol out of Vermouth's hand and pressed her on why her appearance hadn't changed at all over the years...

Hidden in the shadows, sniper Calvados struck Judy, who thought victory was assured.

In just a moment, the standoff between the two was reversed.

"Thanks, Calvados!"

Vermouth smiled slightly at the top of the containers not far away.

At the same time, Ai Haibara, who had been in the car the whole time, felt a sense of foreboding the moment she heard the gunshot.

Sure enough, after noticing Judy fall and lean against the side of the car, her eyes narrowed.

"But don't kill her yet, because I still have some questions for this woman."

Vermouth walked to the seriously injured Judy's side, slowly bent down and picked up the pistol that had fallen to the ground.

Judy glanced at Vermouth, who had walked up to her and was looking down at her, and gasped for breath because of her own wounds. "H-How could this be..."

She couldn't understand why Vermouth's accomplices would be lurking in this place.

"You thought that because your companion is in trouble here, you can lure me into your trap?" Vermouth chuckled, moving closer to Judy's face. "Too bad you don't know that I was already here two hours ago, impersonating you, and even speaking in your voice—"

"This is it tonight, come back tomorrow!"

After mimicking Judy's tone, Vermouth reverted to her original voice, "Did you notice that there was another reason why I stole all the case files related to Detective Mouri?"

"If I steal all these documents, the police won't be able to guess what kind of statement I need."

At this point, Vermouth squatted down and looked at Judy. "Later, I returned all these case files to the police so that the Japanese police would think that my main purpose in staying in Japan was inseparable from the Mori detective. In that case, they would deploy a large number of police officers to monitor the detective agency, including your FBI agents."

"Thanks to you, I easily obtained your information, including the number of people, your accommodation address, and your contact information, as well as your plan to lure me into this trap."

Sure enough, ginger is still spicy.

Judy opened her eyes with some pain, staring incredulously at Vermouth. "So you knew all along that we had broken into your room before?"

“That’s right, I was just pretending not to know!” Vermouth leaned closer to Jodie, then looked at Ai Haibara in the car. “I only let you find that photo because I thought you might help me find this girl.”

“However, I didn’t expect you to surprise me so much.” At this point, Vermouth’s face showed an expression of great interest. “I never thought that the girl from twenty years ago was you.”

"..."

Just as Vermouth was preparing to send Jodie off on her final journey.

Ai Haibara's expression changed drastically as she stepped out of the car.

Not only Vermouth, but even Jodie looked at Ai Haibara with an extremely surprised expression, "Cool boy!?"

The moment she stepped out of the car, Ai Haibara, just like Vermouth had done before, slowly tore off her disguise, revealing Conan's face. "Excuse me, I'm Conan Edogawa, a detective!"

At this moment, Vermouth, realizing that things had developed in a way that was beyond her expectations, widened her eyes and even her breathing became heavy.

Her heart was in turmoil. "This... how is this possible! If Shinichi Kudo is here, then who is that person on the ghost ship?!"

"Ms. Judy, hurry up! Get in the car first!" However, Conan, who was completely unaware of Vermouth's thoughts, had already pulled out his wristwatch-shaped tranquilizer gun and aimed it at his "godmother," putting on a show of maternal love and filial piety.

However, after struggling for a moment, Ms. Judy collapsed back down, clutching her wounds.

Clearly, the gunshot wound had hit a vital spot.

"Ms. Judy! Are you alright?" Conan asked, looking somewhat anxious.

As for Vermouth, a smile appeared on her face. Although the situation had changed, everything was still under her control.