"Hehehe..."
"All the demons and ghosts wandering in the underworld... welcome to my ghost ship - the Sea Ghost..."
Accompanied by waves of hoarse male voices, a skeletal man wearing a pirate hat slowly rose from the stage.
"I am the helmsman of this ship, Ghost Captain Gothe!!"
The ferocious-looking captain looked at everyone with their hands open: "The formal banquet will start in an hour...
The first thing you have to do is to find comrades who share your destiny...
The person whose name was given the same imprint..."
"Same engraving?" Mouri Kogoro said with some doubts after hearing the captain's words.
"It's Tarot cards, uncle!" Yuanzi held up a card and said with a smile, "It must be some kind of game where people with the same cards are divided into groups and play together. It's a common technique at parties."
"Oh...it's this goat card with XV written on it..." Kogoro Mori looked at the tarot card in his hand and looked at Sonoko and said, "Then our team is the goat team?"
"This is not a goat..."
Medusa, whom she had met before, came over holding the same carrot card and explained with a smile: "XV means 15, and the card name is "THEDEVIL", which means devil..."
While talking about Medusa, he looked around and smiled: "And this is not a separate game group..."
"Oh? How do you say this?" Yuanzi asked with interest when he heard this: "Is there any hidden secret?"
Medusa smiled when she heard this and replied: "Actually, this party has another purpose, and that is the function of a movie talent show."
"Eh? Talent show?" Yuanzi was a little surprised when he heard this, "You mean you will select actors from this group of people?"
"That's right, you should have heard of it, "The Adventures of Captain Undead" has a sequel every year, that's it..."
"Oh...you mean that ghost movie where a ghost ship pulls a ship of monsters to punish the bad guys, right?"
Mouri Kogoro showed a boring expression, while Sonoko was just the opposite. After hearing the other party's words, he looked full of enthusiasm, "Doesn't that mean that if my performance is noticed, then I can also participate in the filming of the movie?" Me?"
"That's right, this party is the fourth time this year..."
Medusa explained: "Not all of these monsters are guests, there are also movie staff mixed in, examining each actor."
"No wonder they have to be divided into groups..." Mouri Kogoro said clearly: "There are also monsters with high popularity and low popularity. After being grouped, we can avoid the repetition of too many unfavorable factors for highly popular monsters..."
"Besides that, everyone is also working hard."
Medusa stretched out her hand and motioned the two of them to look around, and then they saw it.
The werewolf who keeps roaring at the full moon, Franklin who keeps moving mechanically as if in a mime, and the mummy who keeps silent no matter what others say or do...
All kinds of monsters and ghosts seem to have really appeared from the movie, doing behaviors that match their "settings".
"Even if they are chosen to make a movie, at most they are just supporting characters standing beside the protagonist."
Medusa explained the pros and cons in a calm tone: "But even so, this is still a lot of makeup expenses. If they, fans of horror movies, do their own makeup, they can save a lot of money.
Not only that, if you use the "ghost ship" used in the filming of the movie to hold a party, you can also build momentum for the promotion of the movie..."
Just when Medusa was still educating Kogoro Mori and Sonoko on the benefits behind the party, suddenly the voice of the ghost captain came again in the hall.
"Everyone! The departure time has come, let us sail across the seven seas and let those stupid but arrogant humans taste the fear that our monsters bring to them!"
"Roar!!"
The dancing demons roared at the top of their lungs, and they all mixed together into a huge roar.
Soon the ship set sail, and Mouri Kogoro, Sonoko, and Medusa, three people with the same tarot cards, found the remaining companions with the same patterns.
The werewolf, Franklin, and two mummies...
"There are two mummies, let's call you Mummy No. 1 and Mummy No. 2."
Tangze looked at the man wearing the hat and smiled: "No problem, number two?"
However, the other party waggled his finger to deny the title of Mouri Kogoro, then stretched out his hand to shake Sonoko's hand, and then after the bandage spread out, he discovered that there was no hand underneath.
"It turns out to be a transparent man." Mouri Kogoro suddenly said, and the transparent man smiled back.
"Well, detective, what should we do next?" Medusa looked at Mouri Kogoro and asked with a smile.
"Well, since it's a game to find the prisoner, there must be clues on the ship."
Mouri Kogoro touched his chin and said: "Let's first look for things we suspect on the ship, and then discuss them together.
But don’t go too far, I think there are still many people who haven’t found their companions yet, which may also be an advantage.”
Since there was no warning, everyone had no objection to what Mouri Kogoro said, and everyone gathered together and began to move aimlessly in the cabin.
On the dark sea, a gloomy ghost ship slowly moved forward, as if it was traveling in the endless night sky.
The hanging full moon exudes a brightness that is different from that in the past tonight. It sheds silver light from the distant sky and shines all over the world.
….
Unlike the silent sea, in the brightly lit mansion, the doorbell kept ringing at this moment.
"Ding dong—ding dong—ding dong—"
A slightly urgent bell rang from outside the door, urging Hui Yuan inside the house.
"I'm coming..."
Haiyuan walked towards the door while wearing a thick cotton jacket.
"Kacha..."
The door opened, revealing the figure outside. The next moment, a look of fear appeared on Haiyuan's face. Her pupils were so intense that they almost shrank into needle shapes. She subconsciously wanted to close the door.
"Bang!"
When she was about to close the door with both hands, one hand blocked the small space of the door.
How could she with the strength of a primary school student resist the strength of an adult? The door was pushed open by the owner of the hand.
But fortunately, there is an anti-theft chain hanging on the door to block people outside.
"Oh! sorry!"
Judy's bright smile appeared in the open space between the anti-theft chain and the door. She squatted outside the door and looked at Haiyuan at eye level. She looked at her and smiled apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I accidentally scared you...
Dr. Shinde and I both work at Tedan High School. I am an English teacher. Dr. Shinde's car broke down halfway, so he asked me to pick you up on his behalf.
I wonder if I can remove this door chain?"
"……."
Haiyuan was silent for a moment, then took off the chain and followed Judy to the car outside the door.
Only the new doctor who came a step late was left, looking at the scene in front of him with some surprise in the car.
This chapter has been completed!