ヽ(〃〃)~
Under Jiang Xia and Mouri Kogoro's watchful eyes, the curtain on the stage across from the Bar Counter slowly rose.
At the center of the Curtain, accompanied by an eerie chuckle, a middle-aged man in a sailor's cap emerged from a beam of light.
"Demons and monsters wandering the road to the Underworld, unable to decide..." He suddenly raised his head, revealing a skeleton face with a handlebar mustache. "Welcome aboard my Sea Ghost! I am this ship's captain, Gao De!"
Clap clap clap!
A round of supportive applause rose from below the stage.
Amid the wave-like response, the Ghost Captain continued with satisfaction, "There is still an hour before the Evening Banquet begins. During that time, please find the companions bound to your fate—find the other six companions bearing the same mark as you!"
"The same mark?" Mouri Kogoro's head started to ache as soon as he heard such deliberately mysterious phrasing.
There was nobody else around anyway, so there was no need to worry about maintaining a Detective's image. He simply scratched his head and, like his former superior Inspector Megure, turned to the person beside him. "What does that mean?"
Jiang Xia raised a hand, showing the long, narrow card in it. "Didn't the staff give us Tarot Cards like this when we boarded? The 'same mark' probably means cards with the same face."
"This?" Mouri Kogoro had not paid any attention to the card at all. He had thought it was a little promotional card handed out by the organizers. If he had come across a trash can along the way, he would probably have tossed it out without a second thought.
And now...
Mouri Kogoro searched through all his pockets before finally finding it.
When he pulled it out, he saw a black goat