People in Detective Conan are going crazy over the comments section.

"Dingle bell! Dingle bell!"

"Hello, this is Professor Agasa's house. May I ask who this is?"

The call was answered, and the first to speak was Ai Haibara, whose voice was muffled and who was wearing a mask. However, she looked rather unwell at the moment.

"Sorry to bother you so late, I'm Dr. Shinichi. Is the doctor here?"

While talking on the phone, Ai Haibara turned off the recording. "The professor isn't here. I think he and Edogawa-kun have probably run off somewhere."

I was wondering what the weird phone ringtone was, but it turned out to be background noise.

【No, wouldn't background music make it even stranger?】

【Wait, babi?】

[I don't think Dr. Araide is a good person. No, I should say, is this really Dr. Araide?]

【Haibara - Danger!】

"So, is there something you need from the doctor?"

"Oh, actually, I called to see you." As he spoke, he took out a report. "Because you mentioned last time that your cold hasn't gotten better, I thought it would be better for you to go to a well-equipped hospital for a check-up."

"So I asked a doctor I know, but he has to go on a business trip and is only free tonight, which is why I called so urgently. Is it convenient for me to pick you up now?"

They didn't even ask if I was coming; instead, they just told me to come pick me up now—they acted first and asked without consulting me first…

After a moment of silence, Ai Haibara slowly spoke: "I don't really care. Although I'm not happy that you made the decision on your own, it's quite boring to be home alone."

The moment Ai Haibara uttered those words, the hunters hidden in the darkness began to bare their fangs, one after another.

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"So, you're going to find the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mr. Werewolf, right?"

When they arrived at the restroom, Sonoko and Mori ran into Akemi and Asakawa Yu, who were also using the restroom. Through their conversation, they learned that they were looking for someone.

Asakawa Yu pointed into the toilet, "If it's the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ayami and I think we just saw him walk into the toilet."

“Yes, I saw it too.” Akemi nodded.

"I see." Mori pouted, then walked towards the restroom, asking as he went, "By the way, aren't you two supposed to go over there to meet up? The party seems to be starting soon."

To everyone's surprise, Asakawa Yu shook her head and said nonchalantly, "It's okay. The people in our team all seem to have rather aloof personalities. I don't think anything will happen even if we're not here."

"I see. It seems we've all had a tough time." Mori looked at them with a sense of shared misery, clearly harboring some resentment towards these oddballs.

So, having nothing else to do, Asakawa Yu and Akemi joined the search for the Clock Tower hunchback and his companions, and headed towards the restroom together.

As soon as they entered, they saw the Hunchback of Notre Dame, whom they had been searching for, bent over the sink, repeatedly washing his hands while muttering, "Can't wash it off..."

"The blood on my hands... I can't wash it off!"

Seeing this, Mori was speechless. "I said, why is he still acting even in the toilet?"

At that moment, the other person they were looking for, Mr. Werewolf, also hurriedly ran out of the toilet. After looking around for a while, he immediately rushed out again, leaving the group completely bewildered.

"What are you doing?"

Having found it, the group returned to the original bar and, after searching for a while, spotted the werewolf.

"Hello, I'd like a drink like this gentleman's," Mori said to the bartender as soon as he sat down.

"So you'd like a 'Silver Bullet' too?"

"Excuse me, could you please bring me a White Lady?"

Unlike the others, Asakawa Yu and Akemi simply sat quietly at the front of the table without ordering any drinks.

Seeing that everyone else was chatting or whispering, Akemi couldn't help but lean close to Asakawa Yu's ear and ask, "Boss, have you noticed anything strange?"

Asakawa Yu shook her head, her gaze casually sweeping over the guests, and replied indifferently, "No, but the party hasn't started yet, let's wait and see."

Akemi hummed in agreement, but the worry on her face remained. She clenched her fists and placed them in front of her chest in prayer: Ai…

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the ship's lights went out abruptly, and the captain's voice came through again.

"Listen up, all you demons and monsters! I have some good news to share. The dishes for the banquet have been decided. From what I've observed, it seems that a human with no magical powers and an extremely ugly appearance has infiltrated this party."

"Now, I ask you all to join forces with the other six comrades who share the same fate to find this foolish human. We want to eat his flesh and rip out his internal organs..."

Upon hearing that they needed to find the thugs, Mori immediately clenched his fist excitedly, "Alright, if we're going to find the thugs, then it's my turn, Kogoro Mori, to step up!"

[So cringeworthy...]

Haha, you're just being awkward, aren't you?

[Another food connoisseur.]

“But not all seven of us in our group have arrived yet,” Sonoko reminded her from the side.

Mori said it was alright, and that they would automatically come to meet them later, so Sonoko didn't need to worry.

But at this moment, Sonoko really wanted to say, even so, aren't you being a bit too carefree? You know, besides you, Asakawa and the others are still on the ship...

The captain then said that if they wanted a hint, they should leave the deck and look for him.

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone rushed outside, afraid of being a step behind, including Mori.

Asakawa Yu and the others followed leisurely behind, standing out from the others who rushed out in a panic.

But when Asakawa Yu and the others arrived on the deck, they found everyone standing there in a daze, even Mori was staring wide-eyed.

"What happened, Uncle Mori?"

As Asakawa Yu asked the question, she looked up at the direction everyone was looking.

The next second, his eyes widened suddenly, because there was no different from the ghost captain they had seen before. The only difference was that he was now upside down on the net with one foot tangled in it, teetering on the verge of falling.

"tick~tick~"

Just when Mori thought the captain was joking, a drop of liquid fell on his face. When he wiped it with his hand, he realized that it was real blood.

The next second, the ghost captain's body fell from the sky and crashed heavily onto the deck.

“This is real blood!” Miss Medusa shouted.

Upon witnessing this scene, the crew members on board immediately became agitated, screaming incessantly...