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Noel received a letter, an invitation to a Halloween party addressed to Sora Natsukawa, but addressed to Noel.
/Noel, come and play, it will be fun./
Noel clearly felt that he was being perfunctory after hearing these few simple words. He turned the envelope over and looked at the name of his teacher's wine and the wax seal with a V on it. He sighed and turned to Morobushi Jingguang and asked:
"Xiao Guang, do you want to go to the Halloween party?"
"Halloween? Isn't it October 31st?" Morobushi Jingguang was reading the latest issue of the comics and was a little confused when he was suddenly asked this question.
"It's out of chronological order," Noel said as he took out an invitation from the letter. "According to the information I found, it's a large-scale audition for a movie. It should be very interesting."
"You seem quite interested," Zhufu Jingguang chuckled, "What's the reason?"
"Okay," Noel waved his hand, "It has something to do with Bermode, but it's nothing."
The original murder at the party has been confirmed not to happen, so it's a good idea to take Xiaoguang around. As for what's going to happen next, the important red-black showdown in the main storyline...it really has nothing to do with Noel.
After all, think about the important characters in this scene. As the villain, Vermouth already knows Conan's identity. Others, including FBI agent Officer Judy, Shuichi Akai who will protect the detective whether he agrees or not, and Calvados who should have been present but is now in the Public Security Prison, will not pose a life-threatening threat to the detective. As for whether Vermouth will find another sniper to assist, before coming here, Noel had already determined that the organization's decent snipers were all busy, and there would be no better ones, let alone those who could beat Shuichi Akai.
As for Ai, since Miyano Akemi is alive, her self-destructive mentality is not that serious. In this case, she still has Conan, Xiaolan, and Akai Shuichi to protect her, so nothing should go wrong. She probably also guessed that Vermouth sent her this Halloween party invitation to get rid of her, after all, the organization was rumored to have a relationship with Shirley...
So what is the status of their reports now?
Noel rubbed his temples, feeling relaxed for once. The current situation was much better than in the original novel, so there was nothing to worry about. He could just accept Bermode's invitation and pretend to trust him...
"Since you said so, it wouldn't be bad to go out for a walk." Morofushi Jingguang was more in favor of it. After all, except for carrying out missions as Grappa, Noel as Natsukawa Sora basically never goes out. This makes him a little worried. He doesn't want Noel to think that going out means carrying out missions.
"Then we..."
"Ding Dong—" A knock on the door interrupted Noel's words, and a cheerful female voice shouted outside:
"Brother Kong, are you there?"
When she opened the door, Suzuki Sonoko, with a bright smile on her face, was holding Xiaolan's hand and waving to greet her, "Brother Kong, do you still remember me?"
"It's Suzuki..."
"Just call me Garden!"
The two girls' visit was a little unexpected to Noel, but when they explained their purpose, Noel did not know whether to laugh or cry.
It turned out that after confirming that there was no limit to the number of family members that Kogoro Mori could bring with him on the Halloween invitation, Sonoko, who had originally decided to go with him, suddenly had the idea of "since I can bring others, why not a handsome guy?", and the Natsukawa brothers, who she had met a few times, were naturally on Miss Sonoko's list.
"Xiao Guang, are you going? It will be super fun!" Sonoko looked at Morofuku Jingguang who was sitting quietly on the sofa, her eyes already shining. His cat-like blue-purple eyes were particularly eye-catching on his delicate and gentle facial features. The mature temperament paradoxically appeared on a young boy and was full of unique charm. He didn't have to wait until he grew up to do this, it was super great now!
Of course, the decadent and pessimistic Kong Ge also praised it very much, but a woman's sixth sense told her long ago that if she could deal with the smaller one, she wouldn't have to worry about the larger one, so she must bring these two brothers with her to the garden today!
"Thank you for the invitation, but..."
"If there is anything inconvenient, I can help."
"Xiao Guang means that we already have an invitation letter and were going to go anyway." Noel took the invitation letter out of the envelope and shook it, saying, "So do you want to go together?"
"Of course!" Suzuki Sonoko's face was full of joy when she heard that, "But I didn't expect that Kong Ge also received it, what a coincidence." Suihu looked at Xiaolan who was a little absent-minded beside her and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Shinichi didn't receive it, but Kong Ge received it instead."
"This is an invitation letter from a senior I know." Noel put the invitation letter back into the envelope and then asked with a smile, "What a coincidence indeed."
"Great! I'll take care of the makeup."
"Then I'm looking forward to it."
"Sister Xiaolan isn't going?"
"I don't need it."
"Hahaha, Xiaolan is afraid of these things!"
———
"Ahhh, that's right!" Suzuki Sonoko, who was dressed as a witch, looked at Noel who had changed his clothes. She excitedly clenched her fists and folded them in front of her chest, her eyes sparkling with stars.
At this time, Noel gave up his usual casual dress style and wore a black suit as requested by the organizer. However, to fit the role, the leather collar and chain were entangled around his neck, and the black gloves revealed his fingers with black nails. There were spots of blood on the white shirt under the open collar, but the most eye-catching thing was naturally the black wolf ears that blended with the hair color and the big furry tail behind him, which showed his identity at this Halloween party: a werewolf.
"I didn't expect it to be so suitable!" Yuan Zisi was not stingy with her praise, and said in a light tone:
"I originally wanted Kong Ge to dress up as a vampire, after all, Kong Ge's melancholy temperament is very vampire-like, but it turned out that some contrast would be better, so I chose a werewolf. I didn't expect it to be so suitable. The wild Kong Ge is also great."
Before she could finish, Xiaoguang came out of the fitting room, wearing a suitable retro-cut stand-collar suit with pointed teeth. At Yuanzi's strong suggestion, he used some hair gel to comb his hair up, which perfectly highlighted his mature aura.
"Xiao Guang, this is too good to be true. Can I take a picture?" After Xiao Guang nodded in agreement, Suzuki Sonoko quickly took out her phone and took a lot of pictures, muttering, "That's right, it feels like a vampire noble who was frozen in childhood but lived for a long time. Xiao Guang raised his head slightly. Yes, it's this feeling of contempt for humans!!"
Sonoko was so absorbed in taking photos that she didn't notice that Hikaru and Noel were stiff for a moment. She just felt that she would bring these two super happy and impressive people to the party, until Kogoro Maori behind her said with an unhappy look on his face:
"Hey, there's me too!"
"Uncle, you are handsome too!" Yuanzi said perfunctorily while taking pictures, and then immediately turned back and shouted:
"Can I take a photo with you, Brother Kong? Don't worry, I won't send it out!"
Maori Kogoro, who had just been perfunctorily treated, looked unhappy. At this time, he also dressed up as a vampire. Strictly speaking, he was also a very handsome uncle, but obviously lacked in attractiveness. However, recalling his daughter's encouragement before going out in the morning, Maori Kogoro was full of confidence again, and by the way, he did not forget to complain to Suzuki Sonoko beside him:
"Why did you turn them into vampires and werewolves? Aren't they natural enemies?"
"I originally wanted to draw a vampire brother, but don't you think Kong is a vampire?"
"That's true." Kogoro Mori nodded in understanding. He had known this guy for a while, but he stayed at home so much that he had rarely met him.
But the combination of werewolves and vampires is indeed a bit strange.
After all, the boy is not short in height, but when he stands next to a man who is over 1.80 meters tall, the difference is too big. It feels like the werewolf will kill the vampire next to him at any time. It seems that there is a bit of asymmetry in power.
But before he could finish his words, the werewolf suddenly squatted down and asked the vampire beside him in a serious tone: "Xiao Guang, can I carry you and walk with you~"
At this moment, Maoli, Sonoko and the others seemed to have a vision of a big dog, and felt that the tail behind them was about to wag.
How could they be worried about werewolves killing vampires? It's the other way around. Brother Kong, you really are a brother control! ! ! Sonoko kept taking pictures while screaming in her heart. She was in an abnormal state of excitement.
Noel finally realized what she had missed. She had been with Hikaru for so long, but she had never tried to dress up! Ahhh, this is so cute!
"No." Zhu Fu Jingguang immediately refused.
"Really?" Noel said as he leaned forward, but Zhu Fu Jingguang dodged him nimbly. He then said helplessly, "Brother, let's go quickly."
———
This Halloween party was unusually grand. Monsters of all shapes and sizes gathered together, making the cruise ship seem like a fantasy alien space. After some twists and turns, the four finally stopped at the bar making cocktails.
"Look at the bartender over there, he's so handsome!" Suzuki Sonoko's eyes kept moving around and she soon pointed to a place.
"Hello, what can I do for you?"
The bartender in a black suit was shaking the cocktail glass in his hand gracefully and rhythmically. His dark skin had a gray aura in the shadows, and his purple-gray eyes were mysterious. However, he had a layer of brilliant warm golden hair, as if emitting the fragrance of honey, tempting people to come and get to know him, and the fangs at the corners of his mouth quietly exuded a sense of threat. The complex aura mixed together made him particularly charming, which naturally did not escape Sonoko's eyes.
但這不是重點，重點是......透你為什麽在這裏啊！
諾爾的表情開始麻木，而另一邊自然也不可能感受不到園子明顯至極的目光，笑着對這邊點點頭，眼神掃過諾爾跟諸伏景光，睫毛微微垂下遮住了複雜的情緒。
“這位美麗的小姐，要來杯酒嗎？”調酒師問少女。
“不，不用了，我還沒有成年。”園子對自己的目光有些不好意思，聲音一時間有些卡住。
“那這位......”調酒師轉頭看向神情麻木的狼人，輕聲問道：“要來杯什麽？”
“我不用了。”諾爾立刻回絕道，生怕自己一但同意就會收到一杯Silver Bullet(銀子彈)。
“可我記得你已經成年了吧，夏川先生。”調酒師聞言笑着道，聽上去頗為熟稔友好。
諾爾擡頭，卻看到那張滿是笑意的臉上，灰紫色的眼睛閃過一道冷意，宛如千年的極冰般滿是殺意。
果然......認出來了啊。