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

"Where is Persephone?" Ooka Momiji looked around.

Zhuo Zi said calmly, "Ms. Black Horse was sent to the doctor because of her injuries. Please don't worry, Miss Pink Rabbit. The Augus cruise ship is equipped with excellent doctors and advanced medical equipment."

When Ooka Hongye heard the word "doctor", her body stiffened unconsciously. It seemed that she still hadn't completely come out of the haze before.

"Let's find a seat by the window and have something to eat." Mingyue suggested, "It would be best if we could see the sunrise."

Ooka Hongye nodded in agreement, "I have never seen the sunrise on a ship."

The man with the red fox mask and Akai Shuichi both knew that Mingyue chose to sit by the window not because she wanted to watch the sunrise, but because she wanted to infer the time by observing the changing scenery outside the window. After all, they had been sailing on the sea for so long and might have crossed several time zones. By observing the changing scenery outside the window and the clock hanging on the wall, they could roughly guess where they were.

Under the leadership of Zhuo Zi, Mingyue and a few others sat down at a dining table by the window. It was still pitch black outside the window.

The cold sea breeze blew up huge waves, which hit the side of the ship, and the glass windows on the second deck were splashed with sea water.

In front of the service desk on the second floor, Bourbon, wearing a Siamese cat mask, brought the bracelet close to the machine. Scotland looked around vigilantly. Unlike other floors, here there were flashing vibrant lights, the sound of rock music, a faint fragrance in the air, and bunny girls carrying drinks walking through the crowd.

"You two are VIPs holding golden tickets. We will give you chips worth 100 million yen." The bunny girl at the service counter took out a box of chips and handed it to Bourbon, saying respectfully, "I wish you two a happy game. If you run out of chips, you can come to me. If you need anything, you can tell us and we will serve you wholeheartedly."

Bourbon took the chips, exchanged glances with Scotland, found a place with few people sitting near the roulette wheel, and watched the dealer wearing a blank mask throw out a small ivory ball. The ball spun rapidly in the rotating roulette wheel, hit the number border, bounced up, and jumped from one number grid to another.

The gamblers around were placing their bets one after another, and dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on the small white ball on the roulette wheel in front of the dealer. No one cared whether the waves outside the window had hit the glass window.

In the buffet restaurant on the ninth floor of the cruise ship, the melodious piano music made Ooka Hongye feel a little sleepy.

Zhuozi and the old butler brought freshly cut fruit plates and various desserts and cakes.

"What did you find on the central staircase?" Akai Shuichi looked at Mingyue with a cold face.

Mingyue picked up a cake and stuffed it into her mouth, mumbling, "It tastes good. We encountered a body at the corner of the stairs near the eighth floor and checked it out."

"Corpse?!" The old butler Mononobe looked at Ooka Momiji worriedly.

"If you want to be a queen, you must remain calm in the face of any situation." Although Ooka Momiji said this, her trembling hands betrayed her.

Mingyue glanced at Akai Shuichi and said, "You probably want to go to the second deck."

Shuichi Akai didn't say anything, but Mingyue did guess what he was thinking.

"Go if you want to, it's safe here. Am I right, the person in charge is Zhuozi?" Mingyue looked at Zhuozi who was wearing a gray mask.

Zhuo Zi nodded and said, "The food on the cruise ship is very precious. All restaurants prohibit violence, so it is safe here."

Akai Shuichi's pupils suddenly shrank. Mingyue really knew! His previous speculations were all correct! Akai Shuichi had many doubts in his mind. If it were normal, he would definitely find ways to get some information from Mingyue.

But there were not only the cruise ship manager but also people from the Ooka family. He had no chance to question Mingyue. It seemed that he could only rely on himself to find out the answers to those questions. The fastest and most convenient routes had been blocked.

"Promise me that you won't leave here until I come back." Akai Shuichi bent down, his dark green eyes meeting Mingyue's eyes.

Mingyue snorted somewhat dissatisfiedly. She just wanted to get Akai Shuichi away so that she could act more conveniently.

Shuichi Akai wants to find Scotland and let Scotland keep an eye on Mingyue so that he can investigate the matter of arms.

"Hey, Mr. Kurolang, don't be so blunt when speaking. It will make the other person uncomfortable." The old butler Monobe looked at the interaction between Kurolang and Gray Rabbit and gave some kind advice.

In the eyes of the old butler Mononobe, Black Wolf and Gray Rabbit both care about each other, but their interaction seems awkward no matter how you look at it.

It was rare for Akai Shuichi and Mingyue to look at the old butler Mononobe at the same time.

Mingyue picked up the small cake on the table and said unhappily, "Let's go quickly, or I'll regret it in a moment."

However, Akai Shuichi was in a good mood and reached out to rub Mingyue's little head.

"You won't grow tall if you touch your head!" Mingyue slapped Akai Shuichi's hand away, her cheeks puffed up with anger.

"I'll leave her in your care." After saying this, Shuichi Akai quickly walked towards the central staircase.

Mingyue watched Akai Shuichi disappear, stuffed the small cake in her hand into her mouth and chewed it hard.

Zhuo Zi stood aside, watching the interaction between the two and remembering it in her heart. She accidentally saw the man in the red fox mask and found that he was looking at Miss Gray Rabbit without blinking.

"It's so boring." Ooka Momiji poked the apple slices on the plate with a fruit fork, "The karuta was left in the room, otherwise I could have taught Karuta-chan."

The man in the red fox mask sat down opposite the two bunny ladies and pulled out a box of unopened playing cards from his inside pocket. "Let's play a game to kill time."

Mingyue swallowed the cake in her mouth and looked at the red fox masked man in front of her. After taking care of one, there was another to take care of. Mingyue was thinking about how to get away from the Ooka family.

"What game?" Ooka Hongye looked at the playing cards in the red fox mask man's hand. "Games that can only see the back and then guess the suit on the front are not fun at all."

The man with the red fox mask tore off the plastic cover of the playing cards, poured the cards out of the box, took out the JOKER card, and found that there was only one JOKER card. After a careful search, he found that there was a misprinted card. This was a double-back card, with only two sides having the pattern on the back of the card.

Mingyue picked up the two cards that the man in the red fox mask had put aside.

Ooka Hongye came closer to Mingyue and said, "It's actually a defective product."

"Although it is a printing error, it will not affect the game, and we generally don't use these two cards." The man with the red fox mask placed the poker card in his hand face up on the dining table.

Ooka Momiji looked at the cards on the table and asked in confusion, "Could it be possible that poker can also be played using Karuta's method?"

"Then let me tell you the rules of the game first." The man in the red fox mask looked at Mingyue.

However, Zhuo Zi, who was standing aside, came over and said, "Mr. Red Fox, does the game need a host?"

The red fox masked man was slightly stunned, not understanding what Zhuozi meant, but he still politely rejected the other party, "It's not a formal game, just to kill time."

Mingyue glanced at Zhuozi.

Zhuo Zi bowed slightly and stepped aside.

The man in the red fox mask continued to explain the rules of the game, "First, all the playing cards are face up like the karuta cards. When you can see all the cards, you must first decide the order of first and second hands, and then take five cards in order."

Ooka Hongye looked at the fifty-two playing cards neatly arranged on the table and said thoughtfully, "The player who goes first has a great advantage that way."

"The first player will start exchanging cards. It is up to the player to decide whether to exchange cards or not, and it is also up to the player to decide how many cards to exchange." The red fox masked man paused for a few seconds and continued, "However, the exchanged cards are considered discarded, and the discarded cards cannot be returned to the hand again. When both players do not exchange cards, the winner is determined by comparing the size of the cards."

Mingyue looked at the poker cards in front of her thoughtfully, wondering what the red fox masked man in front of her wanted to do? Was he just here to kill time with the two ladies?

"The quality of a card depends only on its shape and number; the pattern and color have nothing to do with it." The man in the red fox mask added a rule.

"I guess the number of times we change cards in this game won't be very many." Mingyue expressed her thoughts.

The man in the red fox mask nodded slightly, "Of course, after all, there are only a few big cards."

"So the initial card selection and the subsequent card replacement are very important. After all, the discarded cards cannot be used again." Mingyue looked at the man in the red fox mask, trying to see his subtle expressions under the mask. Unfortunately, this guy is very similar to Akai Shuichi, both of them have expressionless faces.

The man in the red fox mask also looked directly at Mingyue, "Yes."

"If all the cards are exposed, wouldn't it be easy to draw?"

"If the cards are evenly matched, how about I lose? Miss Gray Rabbit, do you want to try?"

Mingyue shrugged. "I've never played poker before. I don't know every type of card."

Ooka Momiji reached out and picked up five cards of the same suit, A, K, Q, J, and 10, from the laid out playing cards. "The hand pattern is very simple. Generally, there are ten types of hand patterns. The one I have is a royal flush. And then, this is..."

(As shown, please take a look if you are not clear, I will not add too many words.) (Source see watermark) Ooka Momiji spread several types of cards on the table and introduced them to Mingyue one by one.

The man in the red fox mask looked at Mingyue and said, "It shouldn't be that difficult."

Mingyue nodded. "Although it seems a bit complicated, I can still understand it."

"If I win this game, can Miss Gray Rabbit answer a question for me?"

"Just one?" Mingyue blinked, a little confused. This guy made it so complicated just to ask a question?

The man in the red fox mask nodded very seriously, "Yes, just one."

Mingyue guessed what question the other party would ask, but no matter what the other party wanted to ask, she had a way to answer it, so she replied, "Okay."

"How do we determine who goes first?" Ooka Momiji looked at the man with the fox mask.

The man in the red fox mask took out a dice from his pocket and said, "Then guess the odd or even number to decide which one goes first."

"Let me roll the dice!" Ooka Hongye put the dice in her palm and looked at Mingyue. "Little Moon, do you choose an odd number or an even number?"

Mingyue held her chin up and thought for a moment, went over the rules of the game in her mind, raised her lips slightly, and looked at the man in the red fox mask, "Mr. Red Fox, you choose first."

The man in the red fox mask chuckled, confirming that the gray rabbit lady in front of him and his own lady were completely different types of people.

Ooka Hongye was a little confused, "Don't we have to decide who goes first and who goes second?"

"Since this is Miss Gray Rabbit's first time playing poker, let her go first." The man with the red fox mask stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Ooka Hongye threw the dice on the table. After the dice rolled a few times on the table, the number on it was the largest number, six. "I'm so lucky. I threw it randomly and it was the largest number."

Mingyue just smiled and looked down at the playing cards spread out on the table.

Ooka Hongye leaned close to Mingyue's ear and whispered, "Little Moon, there is a sure-fire way to win this game. As long as we take away all the Aces, then no matter how he combines his cards, they will be smaller than ours. Because Aces are the biggest cards of all."

"Is that so?" Mingyue looked at Ooka Hongye.

Ooka Hongye hugged Mingyue's arm, pointed at the four aces and said, "You have to believe me! We are the first to play, and we have to get all the biggest cards. Even if we don't change the cards later, we will definitely win."

Mingyue took 4 Aces thoughtfully. As for the fifth card, Mingyue was not sure yet.

The man with the red fox mask did not rush and waited quietly for Mingyue to take the cards.

However, Mingyue was waiting for an opportunity.

"Xiaoyue, what are you thinking about? Apart from the ACE, the biggest card is the King of Spades." Ooka Hongye pointed at the playing cards on the table. "Although I don't like the spade suit, spades are bigger than other suits."

The man in the red fox mask looked at Ooka Momiji and said, "Miss, please don't judge for others. Also, this game doesn't depend on the suit."

"This is Xiaoyue's first time playing, so of course I have to give her some advice."

Mingyue stretched out her hand towards the King of Spades and spread out the five cards in front of her. "I've chosen. It's your turn, Mr. Red Fox."

The man in the red fox mask felt something was wrong, but he still took four 10s and a K as planned. "Now it's time to change cards, Miss Gray Rabbit, do you want to change cards?"

"Oh, looks like I lost." Mingyue leaned lazily on the soft back of the chair and looked at the man in the red fox mask with a smile.

"Eh? Our cards are obviously bigger than his." Ooka Hongye looked at the two people's cards, looking confused.

The man in the red fox mask took a deep breath, thinking that the girl in the gray rabbit mask had seen through him completely, and he was secretly happy because the girl had just got four aces. So what should he do now? As expected at the beginning?

"I give up changing the cards." Mingyue stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Mr. Red Fox, do you want to change the cards?"

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