"Even the bathroom is dressed like this...... The organizers have made a lot of money. ”

Mori Kogoro, who searched for the last two missing teammates and found the toilet all the way, looked at the cobwebs, dust, and even the mirror in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

In pursuit of the atmosphere of the Halloween party, this cruise ship is simply going out of its way to dress up.

The entire façade of the ship is decorated and painted with wood, and even a mast with tattered sails is planted in the center of the ship, and even the lights, which are most likely to reveal the modern atmosphere, have been made a bright green to match the decoration.

From a distance, the whole ship looks like it's really a ghost ship sailing on the sea.

"And it's for men and women......" Sonoko Suzuki pulled down her skirt vigilantly, "What if someone wants to change clothes in the bathroom?" ”

The people on the boat were all very professional, professional to the point of inexplicability, the special effects makeup was realistic one by one, and the blood holes on the faces of some of the guests who played zombies made Suzuki Sonoko tremble.

This was not the lively masquerade atmosphere she expected.

On the contrary, she pursued a beautiful appearance, but she was a little out of place with a broom and a hat in addition to a playful black dress.

"It's not going to happen. And anyway, everyone is a monster now, so it doesn't matter if it's male or female, right? Medusa, who was on the same team as the two of them, shook her head, and the head of the snake with teeth and claws shook with it, looking weird.

"So, it's so vague and scary, it's just a preview of a movie." Mori Kogoro, who felt that he was purely deceived into getting on the ship, hugged his arms.

He thought it would be something more exciting, at least it would be a gathering of mystery fans or something......

The producer of a movie actually called him an incompetent detective in a letter, which is really excessive!

"It's a very popular series with movie fans, and now the boats are all fans of this film, be careful, Mr. Vampire." Medusa bent her eyes.

Thinking of some cases about fans that he had experienced, Mori Kogoro instinctively looked left and right, and was relieved to see that there was no one else for the time being.

Fans or something.,It's a creature that doesn't work when it's fanatical......

Sonoko Suzuki looked left and right, raised his finger and pointed to the two people who came out of the bathroom: "Eh, look over there, it's Franconia and Mr. Werewolf......"

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"Sorry to scare you, didn't you? I'm Judy, a colleague of the new doctor, and I'm an English teacher at Teidan High School. There's a problem with the new doctor's car, let me pick you up and take you to the hospital. If so, can I turn on the anti-hotlink? ”

The car turned a corner and was about to enter the 2-chome, when Belmode heard a bugging signal that had been quiet for a while, and a faint voice came from the other end.

A smiling young female voice.

The FBI guys, like her, are listening and monitoring Miyano Shiho's movements.

This shows that they have also discovered the true whereabouts of the missing Kudo Shinichi......

It's really troublesome, but fortunately, it is absolutely impossible for the organization to hear the truth from Shuichi Akai, otherwise it would be too difficult to cover up the child's traces again.

Not surprised by Judy's appearance, she stepped on the accelerator lightly and chased after the taillights of the car in front of her.

The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the back hand she arranged is already waiting for them at the destination.

It's hard to say who the real prey is.

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The familiar docks, the familiar moonlight, and even the location are so familiar.

This pier seems destined to be inseparable from the entanglement of fate.

But it just happened that it saved him the trouble of getting acquainted with the terrain again.

Tang Ze stood on a high crane tower and looked down at the container terminal with only a few street lights lit up.

In contrast to the silent and dreary night in front of him was the cacophony of sound in his headphones.

"I'm sorry to bother me so late, I'm new...... What about Dr. Asasa? ”

"No, it looks like I'm going out with Edogawa."

"Eh, you're that high school student detective Shinichi Kudo?"

"Hmm."

"What is this card for, a team of seven, are we a goat team?"

"No, it's a tarot card...... You've got a demon card in your hand, this one, Mr. Vampire. ”

"Actually, I'm looking for you, your cold seems to be very serious, your brother Tang Ze is very worried about you, please contact the pediatrician I know......"

"Ding-dong, ding-dong—"

Voices from all directions reached Tang Ze's ears, and he deftly jumped onto the steel bar at the top of the tower, found a suitable position, and crouched down.

In the cluster of containers below, two people coming from different directions slowly converged towards Tang Ze's feet.

At the same time, the two voices reached Tang Ze's ears almost simultaneously.

"I've arrived at the appointed place, Kumail."

"Ah Zhao, is you already in place?"

Adjusting the position of the headset, Tang Ze hooked the corners of his mouth.

"Hmm. Tonight, please advise. ”

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"Your silver bullet."

Mori Kogoro chased after his teammates, who were not talking at all and didn't socialize at all, to the bar, and heard the bartender handing something to the werewolf sitting at the table.

A clear, slightly bubbling glass of wine was pushed onto the table, gently swaying in the light.

The silver-glowing cocktail was shiny and eye-catching, and before he could smell the wine, Mori Kogoro couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Cocktail......" touched his neck, and Mori Kogoro sneakily approached the werewolf who was holding a wine glass but wasn't drinking, and patted him on the shoulder, "Dude, can anyone order the wine here?" ”

This wasn't what he planned to do when he went to the meeting, but Suzuki Sonoko was the only one who came with him today, and those few imps who were staring at people urgently were not there, so it was a good time to steal a drink.

He was very eager to try, but when he saw him approaching, the werewolf just picked up the glass without saying a word, and left the table, letting out a wolf howl as he went.

"Hey, hey! Ah, gone. Mori Kogoro sat down and muttered, "It's so strange tonight's ball." ”

"He's just following the setting to mean that werewolves can't speak, right?" Medusa, who followed a few steps behind, also sat at the bar and raised her hand, "A glass of white lady, thank you." ”

Maori Kogoro shook his head incomprehensibly, turned his head to see the bartender dressed as a skull, smacked his lips, and decided to deal with the gluttonous worm that was hooked just now: "Then give me a drink of the same bar as the person just now." ”

"Silver bullets, huh?" The bartender behind the bar confirmed.

"That's not going to work, Mr. Vampire. If it fits your premise, shouldn't you order a Bloody Mary or something? Medusa, who was waiting for the bartender to mix, teased.

"Is there such a request?" The confused Maori Kogoro looked confused.

Everyone was so happy and seemed to be having a good time, that he wanted to wonder if everyone knew anything and just didn't tell him.

"You can't drink without that." Suzuki Sonoko leaned over and added faintly, "I'll tell Xiaolan when I get back." ”

"You, tell me if you tell ......" Maori Kogoro stiffened, and quickly stiffened his neck, "Xiaolan will agree to drink a little once in a while." ”

"I think your deposit certificate and credit card were confiscated by Xiaolan, so don't worry about it." Sonoko Suzuki snorted.

While the two were still wrestling, a hoarse voice came from the loudspeaker in the center of the venue.

"Listen, monsters, there's good news for you. The dishes for tonight's banquet have been decided! ”

Before a few people could react, all the guys in different costumes in the audience became agitated.

"In the midst of tonight's gathering in the Demon Realm, a human who is neither ugly nor magical has mixed in. He doesn't know anything about what he's done! The seven of them join forces to find this stupid fellow, rip out his intestines, eat his flesh, and drink the last drop of his blood......

"The key to finding this man is in my hands, and if you want to get a reward, you have to go to the deck - well! Ahh

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A container terminal is an open area, and its main entrances and exits are located on both sides of the diagonal.

Calvados, who received Belmode's order to enter the dock area, and Shuichi Akai, who had come to cover Judy, happened to enter from one side to the other, and with the help of the shadow of the stacking of containers, slowly approached Karazawa's feet.

Relying on his ability-aided vision, Tang Ze did not use any observation equipment, and quietly watched the two figures move between the aisles of containers below.

His fingers rested on the grip, but his fingertips twitched a few different buttons.

His microphone channel, with the flick of his fingertips, jumped back and forth between several communications.

"Brother Xiuyi, Miss Judy is still 4.3 kilometers away from her current location."

"Noah, classmate Lan is dialing the police? You block her signal a little, and the police station on this side of the dock is a little slower. ”

"You're in range of communications, Belmode, and inform you of your location."

He kept talking, but his eyes were always on the scope, slowly adjusting the angle according to the direction of the wind.

In his view, the minimap in the upper right has been marked with two new units.

One is a green spot of light that belongs to Shuichi Akai, while the other naturally belongs to ......

Hattori's voice came along with a noisy background sound.

"Something happened to Kudo, and the organizer of the party was killed."

"What's the situation?"

"It's not clear, but looking at the scene, it should be a homicide, and I'll do an investigation first. If you need to come forward to explain and analyze the case later......"

"Well, I understand."

“…… Do you think it will have something to do with them? ”

"Is it just to use a human life to create other movements to delay my footsteps? Indeed, like something they can do. ”

"Hmph, they're really happy too early, and it's still unknown who the real prey is."

Listening to Hattori's confident words, Tang Ze's crosshair moved to Calvados' position.

Through the moonlight and the light under the crane, a thin face enters the scope of the camera.

Separated by a distance of tens of meters, Tang Ze stared at this unfamiliar face and carefully recorded his facial features.

He looked to be about thirty years old, with a face that could barely be called handsome, thin, his cheeks sunken inward, and his cheekbones protruding slightly.

The temperament is a little gloomy, but walking on the street will not attract anyone's attention, and in all aspects, he is not a special guy.

Calvados, a character who didn't even have a face in the original work, is a very marginal character.

So even with the advantage of spoilers, Tang Ze tried his best to find the information of this guy in advance.

It was this inconspicuous guy who, with the help of the power of the organization, easily destroyed Tang Ze's past life.

The reason why he did this was not to fight for any interests, and he had never had old grudges with Tang Ze and his wife, and he was not even trying to get promoted in any organization.

He is just obsessed with a beautiful woman, trying to please the other party, and the tragic experience of Tang Ze's family is just a small decoration that he wants to set on jewelry and dedicate to his sweetheart.

Tang Ze stared at this face, still maintaining a steady rest, and the front sight locked on the other party's face, motionless.

The bright headlights approached the other side of the coast, and two cars, one in front and one behind, approached at high speed in the direction of the crane.

In Tang Ze's headphones, Conan's voice changed and was calm and confident.

"I'm afraid you're wrong, Detective Maori. The truth is still buried in the dark. It's a shame that you've found out the key to this incident. ”

The wheels rubbed against the ground, emitting a series of high-pitched whistling whistles that traveled kilometers to the ship kilometers away through the microphones of the voice changers, through the radio waves of communication, and through the headsets in the captain's mask.

"Hiss......" Thinking it was just a sharp buzzer caused by an airwave infection, Mori Kogoro covered his ears and looked up at the lookout on the mast.

The young man in formal clothes was already standing there, quietly waiting for the arrival of the spectators.

Standing in the moonlight, Hattori Heiji threw away the hat on his head and ripped off the bandage around his neck.

"Well, it's time to solve the puzzle. Under this moonlight, illuminate the darkness. ”

The two cars that stopped facing each other turned on their high beams, and a few dazzling spots of light shone a bright light and shadow on the shore.

The drivers on both sides opened their doors and stood on the side of the car and looked at each other.

The driver's seat of the vehicles from different origins is on the left and the other on the right, and when they are so face-to-face, it really looks like a mirror image.

Glancing at the masked child in the car, Judy hooked the corners of her mouth and closed the door.

"What's the matter, new doctor? Followed me all the way so late, is there anything wrong? ”

Belmode, who also closed the car door with his backhand, frowned, did not show the slightest flaw, and asked anxiously: "I should ask this sentence!" Why did you suddenly come and take this child, and what are you going to do to her? ”

She spent a lot of effort to disrupt the FBI's operations, and even risked taking advantage of the organization's channels to release fake rumors to direct the attention of those who followed her to the party on the cruise ship......

Unexpectedly, they were one step ahead and seized the opportunity for her to eavesdrop on Shirley.

But it didn't matter, everything was still in her plan.

Not only did she draw the attention of other FBI agents in advance, but she had already arranged for manpower.

Even if there are guys who react to the scene...... There were two people, and those people had already fallen in an unknown corner.

"No, no, don't get me wrong, I just took her out to blow the wind and relax. After all, I've left my job, and it's very laid-back, very different from you......"

The directiveness of this sentence was too obvious, and Belmode pretended to frown his brow even tighter, and continued to stall for time: "What do you mean, Teacher Judy? ”

Calvados and Kumel must have noticed the commotion, and all she needed now was to give them a few more minutes to find their own shooting angles.

"After all, your father suddenly had an accident, and you have to be in charge of the school and the new clinic, so there should be no time to care about the children, right?" Judy curled her eyes and smiled widely.

As she spoke, she kept an eye on the sound in her headphones.

Tang Ze's undulating, extraordinarily cold voice came out: "Pay attention to concealment, Miss Judy." Calvados is approaching you, and you are about to come into his range. Stay safe. ”

“…… What are you talking about. My father was temporarily away from home due to a change in his marriage, and the new clinic is still his property. ”

"Haha, a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts...... You've had a day where you missed, and it's funny. ”

"What's wrong?"

"You only took the files related to the Maori detective, and after careful screening, you found a new Tomoaki in his connections, who could easily approach him...... But what you may not know is that since the Monster of the Heart Bandit has been active, some cases that are not involved in criminal offenses, or are difficult to characterize because of the 'suspension of crime', have been transferred by the criminal police to another department for special filing ......"

Belmode was stunned, and slowly put away the pretended dazed look on his face.

Judy pretended to smile and bent over, holding the door with one hand, lowering her body slightly, so that her vital position was covered by the height of the car as much as possible.

Specially modified special vehicles, which can withstand the attack of many special ammunition at medium and close ranges, it is unlikely that Calvados will be waiting for her here with a bazooka.

"The father of the new Izumi received a notice letter from the Monster of the Heart, and within a few days moved out of the new monk's house, giving up control of the clinic by default and giving it to his son, in order to express his guilt. Looks like you didn't do your best when you played the new Tomoaki? ”

Belmode exhaled, completely reverting to his expressionless appearance.

"Actually, we've noticed you since the incident with Thomas Sindora. At the request of the embassy, Thomas Sindora was escorted to the consulate after the press conference, but disappeared mysteriously that night, and at the request of the embassy, we investigated the entire guest list for that day...... At that time, you probably decided to change your identity to enter the venue on the spur of the moment. ”

Leaning back on the car, Judy stared at the suave and false face, as if she had seen through it the face that appeared in every nightmare she had.

"Who made you decide to give up your old identity and not be able to appear in front of the camera at will, Chris Wynyard."

(End of chapter)