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

"If you join us, I will tell you how to win." Ross leaned close to the cat girl's ear and whispered, "There is only one spot left now. If you don't agree, I will find someone else. You should think carefully."

"No." The tabby cat girl took Ross's arm and said, "I will definitely join you, but you must tell me the winning method clearly. I don't want to be fooled. If your winning method is fake, no matter whether I stay or leave, you are not allowed to threaten me."

Ross rolled his eyes and warned, "I can tell you the winning method, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else."

"Okay, no problem, I promise. If I tell anyone, I'll be a puppy. Woof!" The tabby cat girl seemed to be in a good mood and imitated a dog's bark.

"I'm speaking seriously to you."

"Got it, woof~" The tabby cat girl still had a playful look on her face.

Ross looked at the tabby cat girl a few more times and finally decided to take her to Mouri Kogoro. After all, she didn't dare to deal with the other people. Those people looked like they were not easy to deal with. If she offended them, the consequences would be serious.

If she were somewhere else, Rose would definitely not have so many concerns, but at this moment she was on a cruise ship with nowhere to escape. All around her was the sea. She only hated that humans did not have wings or gills to breathe underwater.

"Hey, isn't this the fool who wanted to catch a fish?" The tabby cat girl looked up and down at Kogoro Mouri.

Maori Kogoro cleared his throat and glanced at Ross.

Rose knew that this was a signal from Kogoro Mori, asking her to come forward to resolve the issue to avoid unnecessary suspicion. "Sister, if you want to know the sure-fire way to win, you must first tell us your real name and sign this agreement." Rose took out a handwritten agreement.

"Ah? You didn't say that at the beginning." The tabby cat girl finished reading the handwritten terms on the paper and looked at Maori Kogoro and Ross with doubt. "Are you so sure that you can get the letter tag? The agreement actually says that after obtaining the tag, you will initiate a forced game against those who don't follow the agreement!"

"We have a sure way to win!" Ross said firmly, "Sister, what's your name?"

The tabby cat girl rolled her eyes quickly a few times, looked at the others, and asked, "Have you all signed?"

The few people looked at each other and nodded slightly to show their affirmation.

"Okay, I'll sign it, too." The tabby cat girl said, and then she wrote the words "Fukunaga Yuji" on the paper and handed the agreement to Ross. "Is that all? Can we talk about the winning formula now?"

After exchanging glances with Ross, Kogoro Mouri told Ross the sure-fire way to win.

"That is to say, in the first round, four of us eight will be left, and in the second round, two will be left. In the final round, one person will get the letter name tag, and then transfer the letter name tag to you." The tabby cat girl Fukunaga Yuji summarized the winning formula and rolled his eyes. "So this is still a game of luck. The lucky person will be the last one left."

Maori Kogoro glanced at Ross beside him and began to doubt the people Ross had found. He thought that if he couldn't get the letter name tag, what would happen to Xiaolan and Eri? They would be killed by these evil people.

But if there is something wrong with the people Ross is looking for, then their goal cannot be achieved, so these people can probably still be trusted. Maori Kogoro advised himself in his heart, but the feeling of uneasiness was like a maggot attached to his bones, filling his heart, lingering and unable to be suppressed.

At this time, the cruise ship's broadcast sounded again: "Congratulations to Miss Parrot for winning the letter 'Q'."

"It's not even halfway through the six hours of the first round of voting. How did these people win?" Ross frowned.

"Maybe we're lucky. The results came out right after the first round of voting." The tabby cat girl looked around and found that someone seemed to be watching their every move, so she suggested, "We can't stand together. If others find out that we're forming a team, they might follow suit. We don't know what the result will be. Besides, we'd better communicate with them more and know more people's choices."

Maori Kogoro nodded slightly, wondering how others would vote. This was important, but would they tell the truth?

"Besides, we will be on the cruise ship for a long time. You have letter name tags. After this game, I don't know if we will be targeted by others because of our team." The tabby cat girl put her hands on her hips, "I don't want to die on this cruise ship."

Ross thought what the tabby cat girl said made sense. "Then let's split up. In the first round, as agreed, the four of you will vote YES and the four of us will vote NO. If you betray the team, we will directly target you."

"If you are worried about this, let's go vote now." The tabby cat girl glanced at Ross and said, "If we start voting, they probably won't be able to hold back." Then she prepared to go vote.

The remaining five are also prepared to vote as agreed.

But Maori Kogoro stopped everyone. After thinking carefully, he said, "We can't vote too concentratedly. Let's vote for YES and NO first."

"I'll vote first." The tabby cat girl shook the ballot with YES printed on it. "I won't come back after I vote. We'll discuss the next ballot after the second round of questions."

Rose nodded.

Two written ballots were cast into an empty ballot box.

The tabby cat girl walked up to the strong man wearing a black goat mask and whispered something.

In the ballot box in Room 9 was a thick stack of ballots. The host on the stage was counting the votes. The people in the audience who already knew the results suppressed their anxiety and waited for the host to announce the final winner.

Rye glanced at Scotland beside him, "Did you expect this situation?"

"I originally thought that only one of us could win." Scotland quickly glanced around and lowered his voice, "This was probably arranged by Gray Rabbit. I asked a few people, and they told me that the evil puppeteer said that as long as the person wearing the wolf mask gets the letter name tag, the person in the same room with the wolf mask can get back the property they once lost."

Lei's dark green eyes swept over the crowd, "There are a few people here who have not participated in the Gray Rabbit's game, and the evil puppet master is not here."

Scotland blinked his raised phoenix eyes, "Maybe someone was coerced. I guess Gray Rabbit also arranged for the puppet master to do other things."

"Hmm." Lei hummed a single note.

"Gray Rabbit knew about these games from the beginning?" Scotland tried to get information out of Lei.

"It's hard to say. She didn't tell me anything." Lei looked out the window. "The fight outside isn't over yet."

Scotland frowned slightly, somewhat worried about Mingyue's situation, but turned the topic to Bourbon, "I wonder how the Siamese cat is doing."

Lei thought about the rumors in the organization and lowered his voice and said, "Have you been too close to him recently?"

Scotland's mind exploded sharply. He didn't know what the member of the organization beside him was referring to, but he still answered calmly: "He is my employer now."

"Oh." Lei was not surprised by this answer, but seeing that the test failed, Lei was not going to say anything else. He was just waiting for the result of this game.

After a long time, the host announced: "Mr. Black Wolf and Mr. Gray Wolf are the winners of Room 9 and receive the letter R and the letter S respectively."

The radio then carried the message throughout the ship.

The rest of the people in Room 9 breathed a sigh of relief.

Some people were whispering, "She will keep her promise."

"Countless people have approached her to make deals. If she didn't keep her promise, she would have been torn into pieces long ago."

"I just didn't expect that the businessman would be so young."

"I heard that the underworld princess also made a deal with her."

A curious person asked: "What deal?"

"Rumor has it……"

When they heard the word "deal", Scotland and Lei both pricked up their ears, but the next second the host on the stage spoke.

"Please Mr. Black Wolf and Mr. Gray Wolf leave the venue first. Since all the people in Room 8 except one person have given up, this room will have a new winner, who will receive the letter T. The game will still be decided by the minority. If there are two winners, one will be eliminated using Indian Poker."

The crowd went wild.

However, Scotland and Lei were asked to leave the room by a burly man wearing a blank mask.

As soon as the two wolves walked out of Room 9, they saw people everywhere on the deck. Most of them were walking hurriedly with serious expressions, as if they were searching for something.

"Excuse me, what happened?" Scotland stopped a man.

The man looked unhappy. "Reward! Don't you know?! Find the Gray Rabbit. The organizer of the cruise will give 100 million to anyone who finds the Gray Rabbit. The eldest daughter of the Karen family has also issued a reward. I don't have time to talk to you. Anyway, if you find the Gray Rabbit, you will get money."

Scotland and Lei felt something was wrong after hearing this. They looked at the gradually darkening sky and frowned.

A tall woman wearing a parrot mask stopped Scotland and Rye, "I know you two are anxious right now, but my eldest lady wants to see you."

Lei narrowed his dark green eyes, "Ms. Lion?"

"That's right. Please follow me." The tall woman made a gesture of invitation and walked in front of the two men.

Lei put his hands in his trouser pockets and followed the tall woman through the bustling crowd.

Scotland followed closely behind, and the wet, salty, and cold sea breeze messed up his thoughts.

As the sky grew darker, the cruise ship seemed to slow down and its huge searchlight illuminated the surrounding sea.

Different from the hustle and bustle on the deck, in Room 1 on the lowest floor of the cruise ship, many people were whispering.

Bourbon glanced calmly at the black horse woman sitting in a wheelchair in the distance, then lowered his voice and talked in detail about the plan with the woman wearing an armadillo mask in front of him.

The woman in the armadillo mask thought for a moment and replied, "Okay, I promise you. After the matter is done, you must fulfill your promise."

"Gray Wolf is my companion. Even if you don't believe me, you have to believe him." Bourbon curled the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a charming smile.

The armadillo-masked woman's heart skipped a beat, her ears turned slightly red, and she looked away. "Okay, I believe you."

"Don't tell anyone about our agreement."

"Yeah." The woman in the armadillo mask nodded, glanced at the Siamese cat in front of her, twisted her fingers, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito's hum: "The game is over... Come to my room when you are free..."

Bourbon still smiled gently and watched the armadillo-masked woman leave with a blushing face.

The young lady wearing a giraffe mask walked up to Bourbon and said faintly, "Sir, are you teaming up with that woman?"

"No, she just wants me to go to her room after the game." Bourbon answered calmly.

Humph, pretty boy! Scoundrel! Scumbag! The giraffe girl cursed the charming man in her heart. She kept a straight face and suppressed her voice. She said calmly, "Mr. Logic Cat, do you want to join us? We have a sure-fire way to win."

Logic Cat?! Bourbon's purple-gray eyes were full of surprise, but he still smiled as he looked at the giraffe girl in front of him.

The giraffe girl didn't seem to realize there was anything wrong with what she said. "What's wrong? Don't you believe we have a sure-fire way to win? As long as you agree to join us, I can tell you."

"Can a team win this game? Isn't it easier to win alone with luck?" Bourbon seemed to have a puzzled expression on his face.

The giraffe girl shook her head. "That's not the case. We have a sure-fire way to win."

Bourbon looked sincere, "Even if it's a sure win, at most only two people can win this game."

"Join our team. As long as you get the letter name tag, someone will be willing to pay you a large sum of money. This is an opportunity to make a lot of money. After all, there are only the elimination rounds left. If you want to make money, this is the only chance."

Bourbon nodded thoughtfully, "That sounds very exciting."

"So are you willing to join?"

“Instead of relying on fleeting luck, it is better to seize the benefits that are in front of you.”

"I knew you would say that!" The giraffe girl spoke a little louder, attracting the attention of several people around her.

The giraffe girl quickly pulled Poppen to the corner of the room and whispered in a low voice, "There are 59 of us in this room. We can finish this game in four rounds at most. We only need to form teams of 4 people and if we vote evenly, someone will definitely win."

Bourbon nodded thoughtfully, "What I care about is how much money can I get?"

"Don't worry about this." The giraffe girl pointed to a number.

Bourbon had a very excited expression.

The giraffe girl smiled brightly.

The six-hour voting time seemed long, but it actually passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, it was already pitch black outside the window.

The cruise ship's broadcast sounded several more times, and some people had already received letter name tags.

The vote count in Room 1 was about to end. After the host emptied the ballot box, he said to everyone, "29 participants have advanced to the next round. The eliminated participants can leave the room."

"I thought we could eliminate the factor that might affect us in the first round." The dark horse woman in the wheelchair muttered softly, but Bourbon beside her heard it clearly.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of voting was about to begin, and the host randomly selected a participant to come on stage to ask questions.

However, the people in the audience gathered in groups of three or five, testing each other.

"Mr. Siamese Cat, do you think that free man who is unwilling to cooperate with us will have the luck to advance this round?"

Bourbon glanced at the dark horse woman in the wheelchair and said, "According to the agreement, we will choose NO this time."

"Yes." The black horse woman raised her lips slightly, "You must discuss it with those people. Don't make any mistakes, otherwise the winning method will be ineffective."

"You too." After saying this, Bourbon turned and walked towards the crowd. He shared the joy of advancing with everyone with a smile on his face, and carefully arranged the vote for everyone.

In Room 1, which had a completely different atmosphere from Room 7, the host announced that 14 people chose YES and 16 people chose NO.

Kogoro Mouri, Ross, and the tabby cat girl advanced.

But such similar ticket types made Kogoro Mori feel uneasy.

An orange-red sun is about to fall into the sea, and the brilliant red glow dyes the sea water crimson.

In a cabin.

A pair of thin and withered hands stroked the crow coin.

"Dad!" Qiejian Daqi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, "We can't find Gray Rabbit anywhere on the cruise ship. She won't..."

Shi Shen frowned, "Master, we will definitely find Miss Gray Rabbit."

"Naoko."

Naoko Beeper didn't know why her father-in-law suddenly called her, so she quickly responded.

"That matter should be dealt with. Find a reason to kill the woman who hurt you before. As for the private detective who saved you, let him go. A bigger storm is coming."

Naoko Bee glanced uneasily at Kirima Dakuni on the wheelchair, and said softly, "I'll arrange it," and prepared to leave.

"Sir, there is a notice!" Daliang walked quickly over with a black envelope in his hand.

Sitting in a wheelchair, Qi Jiandaqi took the envelope nervously, opened it and checked it. The content of the letter made him even more anxious. "Dad, someone wants to steal the Kashmir Star. The name of the signature is Crow the Thief."

"Phantom Thief Crow?" The hands stroking the coins stopped.

"Dad, who exactly is the Phantom Thief Crow? He must be trying to take advantage of the chaos right now to steal the gems."

The man stroking the coin remained silent. Shi Shen, who was standing nearby, lowered his eyes and slowly explained, "We only know that this person is very mysterious, and his target has always been gems."

"The Star of Kashmir has been targeted? But how is he going to steal it? Even if he steals it, he won't be able to escape from this cruise ship. As long as we conduct a thorough search, we will be able to find his trace." Beehive Naoko felt a little uneasy.

Kirima looked at Fengming Naoko and said, "We have already started a comprehensive search, but we have not been able to find any trace of the gray rabbit so far."

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