Chapter 3432 3444 [Full Moon Boat Sets Off]
"Next guest!"
A few meters ahead.
The staff at the registration desk waited for a long time but no one came, so they had to greet us.
Kogoro Mouri and Jiang Xia stopped chatting and walked forward and handed the invitation to the staff member who was holding a kitchen knife above his head.
"Kogoro Mori...and Jiang Xia?" The staff member's eyes lit up and he looked up at the two guests. The kitchen knife embedded in his head shook noticeably.
After a moment, realizing his unprofessional behavior, he quickly cleared his throat and pushed out a registration book. "I didn't expect a famous detective to participate in this event this year. Come, please sign here."
Maori Kogoro quickly finished writing, then recalled the contents of the invitation letter and asked quietly, "Will there really be a murder on this ship tonight?"
The staff member looked bewildered: "Murder?"
Kogoro Mouri looked at him for a moment and saw that he did not seem to be pretending, so he reached into his inner pocket and fumbled out the letter that was sent together with the invitation.
"Look." He pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to the staff. "Although it's written in a roundabout way, the implication is that a murder will happen on the ship tonight, right?"
"This..." The staff member took the letter with confusion and curiosity, unfolded it and looked at it, then shook his head:
"The invitation you just showed me was indeed distributed by us to the guests, but the letter paper and the envelope were not made by us."
Nearby, another staff member thought of something and said, "Could this be a prank by your friend? We're actually having a 'Guess the Murderer' event on board tonight."
As she spoke, she looked at Jiang Xia and suddenly thought of another possibility: "Or..."
Or was the organizer worried that sending only one invitation wouldn't attract a famous detective, so he deliberately added an extra page of letter paper? - Given the organizer's bad taste, he could definitely do such a thing.
Across the table, Jiang Xia waited for a moment but received no further response, so he politely asked, "Or what?"
"Nothing!" The staff member waved his hands quickly. "Anyway, since you're here, please put those details aside and enjoy the party tonight!"
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Okay."
After he and Maori Kogoro left, the bandaged man and Medusa who were behind them came over.
The bandaged man glanced in the direction Jiang Xia left, touched his chin, and seemed to be thinking: "..." It was just like what Kudo said, if the other party didn't want to say, Jiang Xia wouldn't ask... Is this guy a detective? He actually managed his curiosity so well.
"Of course, there's another possibility. That's because he already knows everything I didn't ask..."
This thought suddenly flashed through his mind, but was quickly dismissed by Hattori Heiji, who shook his head. "How is this possible? If this were true, wouldn't the truth about Kudo shrinking have been exposed long ago?"
"...I think I'm overthinking it."
An Osaka detective took a deep breath and came to this conclusion uncertainly.
…
"Please sign here."
Hattori Heiji was lost in thought when a shout came from the front. The staff member pushed the registration book in front of him and sighed quietly: "..." The queue ahead was obviously smooth, but since a while ago, why did these customers not move unless they shouted?
Could it be that he was too immersed in the role and was playing the role of a monster who was a little unfamiliar with human society?
As he thought about it, he took the invitation handed to him by the bandaged man in front of him and glanced down at the name on it. The staff member looked shocked: "Kudo Shinichi!"
Wasn't it said that this once very active famous detective had been killed? How come he suddenly appeared again?
Could it be that the cruise ship full of ghosts attracted...
No, no, no, it's impossible! There are no ghosts in the world - and if you think about it carefully, the news reports are just "suspected". In none of the reports did the body of Kudo Shinichi appear.
"I can't believe you're still..." The staff member was halfway through his sentence when he realized belatedly that his words were a bit offensive. He quickly swallowed the word "still alive" and changed the subject, saying, "You still have time to participate in this kind of event. I wish you a happy evening!"
The bandaged man across from them came to his senses, nodded, and gestured to them to silence them: "Can you please not tell anyone else about my presence here tonight?"
The two staff members nodded quickly: "Of course."
…
As the guests gradually arrived, the deck quickly became crowded with people, various monsters came and went, and with the dim lights, it seemed as if people were glimpsing a corner of hell.
After waiting for a while, the staff folded up the gangway and the skeleton ship set sail.
"Oh! There is a bar after all." Kogoro Mouri walked around the boat for a while and quickly found a bar.
He happily took Jiang Xia to sit over, and when Jiang Xia was about to order a drink, he said to the bartender, "Give him an orange juice and show me the drink menu."
Jiang Xia: “…”
The bartender nodded, quickly poured a glass of orange soda, and garnished the rim of the glass with a cut crabapple.
Jiang Xia took a look at it, drank it in two gulps, and put down the cup: "Give me the Coke."
The bartender then brought another Coke.
The dark brown liquid in the goblet glowed blood red under the dim light. Jiang Xia took a look at the new drink, picked it up with reluctant satisfaction, and slowly drank it, matching his Grim Reaper attire.
Vodka, who was hiding in the corner and peeping: "..."
"Why is he drinking so much again!" An organization cadre watched this scene with regret, gritting his teeth. "If I had known this would happen, I should have thrown some sleeping pills into the orange juice and Coke. Once Wuzo fell asleep, the ship would definitely be much safer. But now..."
Now Uzo was sitting at the bar, looking like he was going to stay there forever. With that guy's clairvoyant observation skills, Vodka wouldn't even be happy to leave this corner and get close to it, let alone sneak into the bar to place sleeping pills.
"Forget it. An attack will create flaws. If someone catches me putting drugs in the barrel and calls the police to arrest me, I won't be able to defend myself." Vodka took a deep breath and comforted himself:
"For now, let's be conservative and deal with Uzo the same way we did before—be a good guy and stay the same."
Thinking of this, Vodka quietly shrank back just like when he stuck his head out just now, only occasionally glancing at the reflection so that he could always keep the source of danger in his sight.
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