In a certain port, a huge three-masted sailing ship was parked quietly on the shore.
It stands to reason that it is incredible to see this kind of three-masted sailing ship in modern times, which played a crucial role in the period of geographical discovery, not to mention that the characteristics of this ship are really unforgettable.
The wooden structure of the ship's hull was mostly decayed, exuding a gloomy and damp atmosphere, and the sails were all in tatters, with no sign of being able to raise the sails and set sail.
At sunset, if a passerby who doesn't know the truth sees this ship, he might be frightened to the point of having nightmares at night.
Generally speaking, this three-masted sailboat often appears in various horror movies, and people usually call it -
Ghost ship!
This is where the "bloody boat party" was held on the night of the full moon.
"Wow! So many monsters..."
"Yeah, werewolf, mummy, Frankenstein..."
Mouri Kogoro and Suzuki Sonoko stood in the check-in queue on the pier together, looking at the various partygoers dressed as monsters and saying that they were in awe.
"Wow! So excited..."
Suzuki Sonoko, who was dressed as a witch with a pointed magic hat on her head and a broom in her hand, was slightly red because of her excitement.
"Is this okay? The eldest lady of the Suzuki Consortium sneaks into a place like this..."
Mouri Kogoro, dressed as a vampire, looked at her teasingly.
"It doesn't matter! Unlike Xiaolan, I like monsters the most!"
While they were chatting, suddenly a hideous-looking zombie from behind pushed Mouri Kogoro's shoulder and made a "Woo-ga-Woo-ga" sound.
"Oh yes, we have to keep up with the team..."
Mouri Kogoro quickly realized this person's reminder and walked forward with Sonoko.
"Why didn't he speak..." Yuanzi was a little confused. It was obvious that the other party could just remind them directly.
"Because he's going to completely transform into the monster he plays."
A beautiful woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat said from the side.
"Wow! What a beautiful witch!" Mouri Kogoro's eyes lit up.
"Thank you for the compliment..." The woman reluctantly took off her hat, revealing the thin snake-like hair on her head.
"But, I am not a witch..."
"Medusa?!" Mouri Kogoro was slightly startled.
"I'll turn you into a stone -" the woman dressed as Medusa said with a smile.
"Next guest!"
While they were talking, the queue had already reached them unknowingly.
"Your invitation..."
Mouri Kogoro took out his invitation letter at this signing place and wrote his name on the party list.
"Oh! You are the famous detective Mr. Mouri Kogoro——"
The staff member with an ax embedded in his head looked at Mouri Kogoro excitedly.
"By the way... Is there really going to be a murder later? In addition to the invitation letter, you also sent me a letter warning of the crime..."
Mouri Kogoro leaned forward, holding the piece of paper and asked in a low voice.
The staff member picked up the letter and adjusted his glasses: "The invitation letter is indeed sent by us, but the letter paper and envelope are not ours..."
"ha?"
"But at the party, there will be a guessing game." The staff said to Kogoro Mori with a smile.
"Oh..." Mouri Kogoro was still full of doubts, and Sonoko grabbed his arm and pulled him onto the boat.
…
"The next guest——"
The staff looked at the two people walking together. One of them had his face and hands wrapped in bandages and looked quite similar to the previous mummy.
The other person's face was completely blank, with no hair, no facial features, and a layer of bandages on his hands.
"The faceless man..." the partygoer behind the two people said silently in his heart.
The two people handed their invitation letters to the staff and signed their names.
"Yuanhuaiyu... Kudo, Kudo Shinichi?!"
Another female staff member held the invitation and looked at the mummy with bright eyes.
"You, you are that...high school student detective..."
The staff member looked at the idol and asked, but the two people in front of her remained silent. After signing their names, they walked side by side onto the ghost ship.
…
"Hehehe...the monsters wandering in the underworld...welcome to my ghost ship, the Sea Ghost!"
As the sun sets, strange candles are lit on the ghost ship, and a man dressed as a captain is surrounded by candlesticks carved with skulls.
The man wears a pirate captain's hat with a skull face underneath. He opens his arms to welcome the partygoers.
"I am the helmsman of this ship, Captain Undead..."
"The banquet will start in an hour. Let's go find the comrades who share your fate first...seven people who have been awarded the same mark..."
Mouri Kogoro repeated: "Same engraving?"
"Tarot cards! Did uncle also get them when he got on the boat?" Yuanzi patiently explained to Uncle Maori, "People who got the same kind of cards must be in the same group, and then they play some kind of game..."
"Oh...just this goat card with XV written on it..."
Mouri Kogoro picked up the tarot card he received: "Then our team is the goat team?"
"This is not a goat..."
Medusa corrected him: "XV means Roman numeral 15, and the card is called [THE DEVIL], which means the devil..."
"Moreover, this should not be a simple group game, this party also functions as a movie talent show..."
"Draft?"
"You must have heard of it, right? The sequel [The Voyage of the Undead Captain] is released every year." The information Medusa has is obviously much more complete than these two people.
"Oh! You play that monster movie where a ghost ship full of monsters goes to play tricks on bad guys!" Speaking of this, Kogoro Mouri still had some impressions.
Yuanzi cheered up: "Then if my performance is good, I can also make a movie?"
"That's right... this party is the fourth draft this year... there will be movie staff sneaking in to review every party."
"I see..." Mouri Kogoro understood immediately, "Because there are so many people playing popular monsters, we can avoid duplication by grouping them together."
"And everyone is working very hard to express themselves, the werewolf barking at the moon, Frankenstein acting mechanically..." Medusa looked at the participants in the queue.
"Of course, the first thing we need to do now is to find the other people in the same group."
Not long after, under the organization of Medusa, the seven people who had obtained the Devil Card quickly gathered together.