Ming Ke: When the villain accidentally mixes into the protagonist group

"Why would I lie to you?" The frail woman looked at the man in the red fox mask with wet eyes.

Ooka Hongye whispered behind Mingyue, "She didn't blink, so she probably didn't lie. Let's help her. If we leave her here alone, she will die."

"Her legs seem to be broken, and she can't walk. Otherwise, she would have run to the second floor like those people." Mingyue tilted her head and looked at the frail woman lying on the ground, her eyes full of scrutiny, "If we take her with us, she will become a burden."

The frail woman on the ground let go of the hand that was holding the trouser leg of the man wearing the red fox mask, and struggled to crawl towards the two girls wearing rabbit masks, "Please, save me..."

Mingyue wanted to dodge, but unfortunately Ooka Hongye behind her restricted Mingyue's movements. However, Ooka Hongye seemed to be stimulated and stood still. The old butler quickly took action and pulled the two girls in front of him.

The frail woman's blood-stained hand stretched forward desperately, almost touching Ooka Momiji's dress.

The man in the red fox mask took action. He grabbed the woman's bloody wrist and looked up at Akai Shuichi who was wearing a black wolf mask. "I'll watch here. Please take a look around."

Akai Shuichi glanced at Mingyue, then left the team with a serious expression and checked the entire seventh floor.

The Augus cruise ship's low whistle sounded, but still no ship responded. The surrounding sea was pitch black, and the people on the cruise ship had lost their way.

On the seventh floor of the cruise ship, in a cabin with closed doors and windows, a fat man with a beard was smoking a cigar.

"Lady Lily, we will kill all those bastards who try to break in." The man with shifty eyes rubbed his hands excitedly.

The man with a slicked-back hair and a neat suit bent his waist to 90 degrees and said respectfully, "Sir, shall we head to the second deck now?"

A sweet voice rang out in the room: "Don't be anxious, this game has just begun. The important characters are often the last to appear, and I want to be the finale."

The shifty-looking man rubbed his hands and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Lady Lily will surely amaze everyone."

"Hehehe..." Sweet laughter filled the whole room.

The fat man with a beard looked at the blood-stained French window and at the dark night sky.

The cold sea breeze blew up waves, which hit the side of the ship and swallowed up lives.

Shuichi Akai found a wheelchair at a corner of the corridor on the seventh floor, as if someone had deliberately placed it there. He carefully checked it inside and out, but found nothing unusual. Thinking of the frail woman lying on the ground, Shuichi Akai finally decided to push the wheelchair back.

"How is it?" The man in the red fox mask looked at Black Wolf who was pushing the wheelchair back.

"I didn't see anyone else. Maybe they are dead, or they are hiding in their rooms and dare not come out."

The man in the red fox mask pointed at the wheelchair and asked, "Where did you find this?"

Akai Shuichi told the truth, but the man in the red fox mask first looked at the wheelchair and then at the frail woman leaning against the wall.

"Wheelchair! Great!" The frail woman tried to move towards the wheelchair little by little, but because of her unstable center of gravity, she almost fell to the ground again. Fortunately, the old butler Mononobe helped her.

"Slow down, let me help you." The old butler Mononobe helped the frail woman sit on the wheelchair.

The frail woman thanked the old butler softly, but she felt uneasy because of Mingyue's unreserved gaze.

Ooka Hongye was still hiding behind Mingyue. She looked curiously at the woman in the wheelchair and whispered in Mingyue's ear, "Little Moon, how do you think she survived?"

"Hmm?" Mingyue glanced at Ooka Hongye.

"Although he spoke in a low voice, I still heard him and Monobe say that there were no living people inside." Ooka Momiji turned to look at the man in the red fox mask, while the red fox was whispering something to the black wolf.

The woman in the wheelchair seemed to recall something. She lowered her head and said softly, "The group of people who suddenly appeared in the room attacked me. I pretended to be dead and escaped."

Mingyue tilted her head and looked at the woman in the wheelchair, "What's your name, sister?"

The woman lowered her eyes and carefully wiped the stains on her arm. Her fair skin, straight nose and deep eye sockets made her look unlike a Japanese. The woman slowly uttered a name: "Persephone."

"Not Japanese?" Ooka Momiji looked at the woman who called herself Persephone curiously.

Persephone looked up at Ooka Momiji and gave her a charming smile, "I am from Achaea."

Mingyue whispered the other person's name several times before uttering a word with some amusement: "Queen of the Underworld?"

"Well, some people call me that." Persephone didn't seem surprised that Mingyue said this word. She reached out and grasped the hand wheel rim, controlling the wheelchair into the room.

The man in the red fox mask and Akai Shuichi both noticed this scene, but they just watched tacitly and continued to discuss how to get to the ninth floor safely.

Ooka Hongye wanted to take a look inside the room, but the old butler covered her eyes.

"Miss, it's better if you don't look at it."

"Little Moon can see it, but I can't?" Ooka Hongye retorted stubbornly, but her voice sounded a little out of tune.

Persephone wanted to bend down and pick up the mask on the ground, but she couldn't reach it because of her physical disability.

Butler Monobe looked at Persephone and stretched out his arms with difficulty, wanting to help, but his hands were covering Miss Momiji's eyes, and the adult reminded him to protect Miss Momiji. Butler Monobe looked at the man in the red fox mask, feeling extremely uneasy in his heart. He wanted to take Miss Momiji away from this dangerous cruise ship.

"Sister, do you need help?"

Persephone was startled by Mingyue's voice and turned around to find that Mingyue had appeared behind her silently.

"Could you please help me pick up the mask? I can't reach it." Persephone pointed at the mask on the ground.

Mingyue squatted down, picked up the mask, turned it over, and a bloodstained black horse mask appeared in front of Mingyue. "Is this my sister's mask? It's very beautiful, a red and black horse."

Akai Shuuichi glanced at Mingyue who was handing a mask to a frail woman in the room, and calmly stated what he saw, "All elevators are stopped at the second floor."

"Well, this at least proves that she didn't lie." The man in the red fox mask glanced at the woman in the wheelchair. "What do you think about how to arrange for her?"

Akai Shuichi frowned slightly, "If everyone acts together, the target will be too big, why don't we act separately?"

The red fox masked man raised a key question: "How to group?"

Akai Shuichi looked at Mingyue who was pushing the wheelchair over and said, "I will be with them, you take your people."

Just as the man in the red fox mask was about to agree, Ooka Hongye spoke up, "No, I don't want to be separated from Xiaoyue." After that, he took Mingyue's arm again.

Now not only Shuichi Akai and the man with the red fox mask feel troubled, Mingyue also feels troubled.

Originally, the two teams could have gone their separate ways, but the core members of the two teams could not be separated. They were physically difficult to separate. The two girls wearing rabbit masks were always stuck together like conjoined twins.

"Why do we have to separate?" Ooka Momiji looked at the man with the red fox mask.

The man with the red fox mask sighed slightly and analyzed the pros and cons to Ooka Momiji.

"How about I take the elevator alone?" Persephone stroked the armrest of the wheelchair. "At least this way I won't be a burden to you. You've already helped me a lot."

Ooka Hongye shook her head like a rattle, "No, I don't want to take the elevator." She pointed at Akai Shuichi and said, "Let him push Persephone to take the elevator. Can't we just take the stairs?"

"If something happens, I won't be able to take care of three people by myself." The man in the red fox mask expressed his concerns.

"That's your business. Anyway, there's no way I can be separated from Little Moon."

Mingyue looked at Ooka Hongye and persuaded her, "We are only separated for a short while. We will meet again on the ninth floor."

However, the spoiled Ooka Hongye still disagreed.

Finally, the old butler stepped forward and said, "Let me help Persephone push the wheelchair. If anything really happens, I can also help Mr. Black Wolf."

The red fox masked man pondered for a moment and nodded, agreeing to this grouping. "Then we'll meet at the cafeteria on the ninth floor."

"I'll leave the child to you." Akai Shuichi looked at Mingyue.

Mingyue glared back with her half-moon eyes.

Ooka Hongye hugged Mingyue tightly and said with a smile: "I will always hold Xiaoyue like this, so don't worry."

Mingyue complained in her heart: There is no need to do this.

"Okay, you two must follow me closely." The man in the red fox mask looked at the two girls wearing rabbit masks.

Mingyue glanced at Akai Shuichi, who was following the old butler who was pulling the wheelchair towards the elevator.

"Little Moon, I noticed that you have been looking at Persephone." Ooka Hongye held Mingyue's arm, tilted her head, and looked curious.

The man in the red fox mask glanced at the two girls and continued to pay attention to the movements around him.

"It's nothing, really. I just think she's very lucky. Maybe she's got the right to eternal life, just like her name."

Ooka Hongye felt that Mingyue's words were full of meaning, but she couldn't figure out the deeper meaning. She just said thoughtfully: "I have read Greek mythology. Persephone was originally the goddess representing grain. After being forcibly taken to the underworld by Hades, the god of the underworld, she became the female ruler of the underworld."

Mingyue smiled and said nothing.

The three of them continued walking towards the central staircase.

And the other team.

Persephone sat in a wheelchair and let the old butler push her forward.

The old butler Mononobe looked at Akai Shuichi and said, "Mr. Kuroro, as the young lady's butler, I have always hoped that the young lady could have a friend of the same age. She is too lonely. Besides old butlers like us, there are only some maids busy with housework around her. There are very few people of the same age who can talk to the young lady."

Akai Shuichi glanced at the chattering old butler and said, "Don't you have any friends?"

"Alas..." The old butler sighed. Since there was a stranger present who didn't know the situation, there were many things he couldn't say.

Shuichi Akai looked at the jumping numbers and waited for the elevator to arrive.

When the number turned to 7, the elevator door slowly opened. There was no one in the elevator room, and there was no smell of any strange smell.

Shuichi Akai was the first to enter the elevator room, and after a careful inspection, he allowed the old butler Mononobe to push the wheelchair into the elevator. Shuichi Akai stood outside the elevator door, looked around, and saw no suspicious people, so he slipped in at the moment when the elevator door was about to close.

The elevator goes up.

Several people looked at the numbers jumping on the display, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on their palms, which felt a little sticky.

Everyone was staring at the elevator door nervously, no one knew what they would see when the elevator door opened on the ninth floor.

On the other side, the man in the red fox mask brought two girls to the central staircase.

This staircase connects all the decks, and each step is inlaid with Swarovski crystals that sparkle with charming brilliance, reflecting the colorful light emitted by the crystal lamp. Walking on it is like walking on the starry sky. But if there were no spots of blood on the ground, everything would still be beautiful.

After going up a few more steps, there was more and more blood on the ground.

The man in the red fox mask looked at the messy bloody footprints on the ground and looked around vigilantly.

After they walked cautiously up a distance, they saw a human figure leaning crookedly against the wall at the corner.

The pupils of the man in the red fox mask suddenly shrank. He took a few quick steps and came in front of the man. He put his hand in front of his nose. His heart skipped a beat. He touched for his pulse again, only to find that the man's arm seemed to have been torn off violently.

The man leaning against the wall slowly fell to the ground because he lost his support. The wall behind him was already stained red with blood.

Ooka Hongye hid behind Mingyue in fear and closed her eyes.

Mingyue looked at the man in the red fox mask who was unwilling to stand up from the corpse for a long time, so she asked, "Do you know this person?"

The man in the red fox mask suddenly heard Mingyue's voice. His heart skipped a beat. He put down the cold broken arm, slowly stood up, and pondered over his words.

"Don't be quick to deny it. You didn't act like you were looking at an insignificant person just now." Mingyue looked at the man in the red fox mask calmly, "The dead are dead. Let's go to the ninth floor and meet them early." After that, Mingyue grabbed Ooka Hongye's wrist and pulled Ooka Hongye to walk in front.

The man in the red fox mask glanced at his subordinates who were full of energy just a few hours ago, pursed his lips into a straight line, and followed the two girls with heavy steps.

At this moment, he did not allow himself to show any sadness, because the battle was still going on. On this road, there would always be people who would take the lead, and they would also continue to move forward.

The rest of the journey was dull and no one spoke until hurried footsteps were heard coming from the stairs ahead.

The man in the red fox mask quickly took a few steps forward and protected the two girls behind him.

Just as the man in the red fox mask was ready for battle, Shuichi Akai, wearing a black wolf mask, appeared in front of everyone.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. I came down to find you because I was worried." Akai Shuichi spoke first.

The red fox masked man relaxed a little, "What's going on up there?"

"It's peaceful." Akai Shuichi glanced at Mingyue, and the granddaughter of the former prime minister was still clinging to Mingyue, feeling quite helpless, so she turned around and led the way.

The man with the red fox mask motioned the two girls to go first, and he walked alone at the end.

The four of them walked up the sparkling crystal staircase to the ninth floor, where the air was filled with the enticing aroma of food. Burly men wearing blank masks stood around. There were quite a few people sitting in the buffet restaurant, some of whom were dozing off in their crooked seats.

When the old butler Mononobe, who was originally restless at the stairs, saw Ooka Momiji, he rushed over excitedly, "Miss!"

"Okay, Mononobe, I will treat this trip as training before becoming the queen."

Mingyue Banyue looked at Ooka Hongye and did not comment on her childish remarks. However, seeing that her face was not as pale as before, she thought that she must have seen so many deaths that her heart had gradually become numb.

Zhuo Zi stepped in high heels and walked in front of the crowd, "Are you here for a midnight snack?"

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