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

"Advancement game?" Kogoro Mouri finally noticed the content of the broadcast. There was a noisy crowd around him. Ross was helping him pack up the chips, and it seemed that they were preparing to leave.

Ross, in a good mood, looked at Maori Kogoro and said, "You are lucky. You have earned so much in just a few rounds. But we also have to consider the issue of the letter brand."

"Mr. Elephant and Ms. Elephant, don't you want to play a few more rounds?" The dealer stopped Kogoro Mouri who was about to pack up and leave. He would not allow anyone to win so much money in the area under his jurisdiction and leave as if nothing had happened.

Maori Kogoro looked at the dealer and said, "I'm sorry, I miss my daughter so much that I don't feel like playing any more."

The dealer glanced at Ross, who was holding all the chips in his arms beside Maori Kogoro, and thought to himself: If they are a couple, why is one frowning and the other smiling? Thinking of the instructions that came from the headset not long ago, the dealer decided not to let them leave here.

However, Kogoro Mori was lost in his memories with a thoughtful look on his face.

After the welcome reception, he and Ross returned to the room together. When he confirmed that the other party's target was the Kashmir Star, Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the target was not achieved and he was still useful, Xiaolan and Eri would definitely be safe.

But how should the so-called game winner win? What kind of game is it? Is it related to the entertainment facilities on the second floor that have not yet been opened?

Question after question popped up in Kogoro Mori's mind, making him feel anxious. Feeling dizzy, he walked into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and let the cold water rush from head to toe, trying to calm himself down in this way.

Just after Kogoro Mouri thought for a long time, he walked out of the bathroom and was ready to have a good talk with the kidnapper in order to get some information from him.

However, Ross was seen kicking the man off the cruise ship.

Kogoro Mouri, forgetting that he was afraid of heights, ran over and wanted to save the person who was about to fall into the sea. However, his outstretched hand was a step too late. He lay on the fence and looked down, and the sounds of fighting could be heard all around him.

Kogoro Maori saw more than one person waving their hands on the sea, and the next second they were all swept into the sea by the waves.

The terrifying height made Kogoro Maori's thighs tremble and his legs go weak, and finally he collapsed on the balcony. All he could hear were screams, sounds of fighting, and the crashing waves.

The biting sea breeze brings a chilly fear.

"Has the game started?" This was the first sentence Kogoro Mouri said after being dragged back into the room.

Ross locked the balcony door and glanced at Maori Kogoro. "Maybe. I'm not sure about the rules, but the current situation seems intense."

goodong...

Maori Kogoro swallowed and said, "You killed him?"

"He was looking for death." Rose didn't think there was anything wrong with kicking the intruder into the sea. After all, she was a killer, and taking other people's lives was her ability.

"You!" Maori Kogoro gritted his teeth and swallowed all the words he wanted to say. After knowing that the other party was a ruthless killer, he must not provoke the other party, otherwise, once Xiaolan and Eri were implicated...

Kogoro Maori didn't dare to think any further.

Ross sneered, as if he had guessed the meaning behind the angry "you". "You've also seen that I'm not the only one who killed people on this cruise ship. Even the organizer killed people."

Maori Kogoro breathed heavily, lowered his head, and clenched his fists. "So the games here are all risky, and you might even have to risk your life?"

"That ticket is yours, how would I know?" Ross stood in front of the French window, watching the cold sea swallow up fresh lives one after another. "Speaking of which, what exactly is that woman up to? She invited your family to this cruise ship, and your daughter seemed to be looking forward to it?"

Kogoro Maori's eyes widened instantly and he looked at Ross with some horror.

"Come to think of it, you should thank me, otherwise your wife and daughter would be here. Could they survive on this ship?" Ross smiled brightly.

However, Maori Kogoro felt a chill down his spine. Before this, he had never doubted the woman who gave them the tickets. At this moment, Maori Kogoro twisted his neck stiffly and looked at the 100 million yen piled up on the coffee table.

Ross walked over to sit next to Maori Kogoro and said, "If you hadn't suddenly appeared, we would have gotten the gem long ago, and you and your wife and daughter wouldn't have suffered this disaster. But after all, you are their savior, but they treated you like this. Why don't you join us? If you join us, you can get as much money as you want."

Kogoro Mori was so confused that he couldn't make an accurate judgment for a moment.

"Maybe I will die on this cruise ship." Kogoro Mori murmured.

"Huh?" Ross looked at Maori Kogoro, who lowered his head, in confusion. He felt that this private detective who was looking for cats and dogs seemed to be frightened by the scene in front of him. "Don't worry, cooperate with us. At least you are safe now."

Maori Kogoro looked up at Ross and said calmly and seriously, "I want to hear my daughter's voice, otherwise...otherwise I will not cooperate with you."

"I suspect that all the phones here are tapped. You know what to say and what not to say." Ross continued to hit Kogoro Mouri.

Kogoro Mori nodded solemnly.

Afterwards, the two of them went to the third floor. Contrary to what Naoko had said, there was no long queue of people making phone calls. The entire captain's room was empty, with only a few satellite phones placed on the desk by the window.

Perhaps this also confirms what Ross said, that these calls were all wiretapped, and perhaps there were miniature cameras installed in this room.

Maori Kogoro picked up a satellite phone at random, frowned, and thought about who he should call? After all, the killer next to him was not so easy to talk to. In order to avoid exposing his identity and purpose, the chance of using the satellite phone to contact the outside world next time was very slim.

Moreover, Maori Kogoro had no idea what the game was about to start. He took a deep breath but hesitated to dial the number. He wondered whether he should call Megure Jusan as planned, or call Maori Ran's cell phone number to check on Xiaolan and Eri.

"Did you forget our daughter's phone number?" Ross looked at Maori Kogoro, "How about I help you dial it?"

"No!" Kogoro Mouri felt that his reaction was a bit excessive, and quickly made amends, "I just forgot it for a moment, and now I remember it." After that, he pressed a series of numbers at a very fast speed, his heart beating violently in his chest.

Answer the phone! Answer it quickly! Maori Kogoro was in a complicated mood. After all, he couldn't be sure of the real time at this moment. If the call was not answered, Ross would definitely suspect him.

Although Kogoro Mori confirmed that Ross had no channels to contact his accomplices, he could not rule out the possibility that Ross also used a satellite phone to contact his companions.

If she had discussed the code word with another companion at the beginning, even if the phone was tapped, it would be useless and Xiaolan and Eri would still be in danger.

And why did Chime Naoko invite their family to this cruise ship? What kind of conspiracy was hidden here? Maori Kogoro didn't understand, and now he just hoped that the call could be connected quickly.

Ross glanced at the satellite phone in Kogoro Maori's hand and thought to himself: Could Snake have fallen asleep? I had already reminded him when we got on the boat.

In an abandoned warehouse near Tokyo Port, Snake, who had an inverted "L" mustache, held Ran Mouri's cell phone in his hand, closed his eyes, and waited for the phone to ring.

Maori Kogoro was extremely nervous, his palms were full of sweat, but fortunately the call was finally connected. Before the other party could speak, Maori Kogoro took the initiative, "Xiaolan! Xiaolan, are you okay?"

Ross glanced at Kogoro Mori but didn't disturb him. After all, Kogoro Mori's reaction at this moment was within their plan, and Snake on the other end of the phone would handle it well.

"You..." Maori Kogoro's emotions gradually stabilized, and he earnestly instructed: "The cold medicine at home is in the ninth compartment of the first medicine box. If it's not there, go to the fifth drawer of the first cabinet on the right side of my room. Your mother bought a lot of things before, and there must be medicine in the ninth compartment of the first medicine box."

Kogoro Maori's words caught Ross's attention.

"I'll have a word with my daughter."

Kogoro Maori waved his hand and was not prepared to hand the phone to Ross.

Ross felt that Kogoro Mori was increasingly strange and warned him with his eyes.

"Your mother wants to talk to you." Kogoro Mouri pretended to hand the phone to Ross, but actually secretly pressed the hang-up button.

By the time the satellite phone reached Ross's hand, there was no sound in the receiver.

Ross looked at the satellite phone in his hand, frowned slightly, and warned in a low voice, "Don't play any tricks."

"Do you think I dare?" Maori Kogoro looked at Ross calmly, took the satellite phone back from him, and quickly deleted the previous call records. "I don't know who will use this satellite phone next, but in order to protect our daughter, it's safer to delete it."

Rose did not stop Kogoro Mouri's behavior. After all, in her plan, she just wanted Kogoro Mouri to hear his daughter's voice.

At this time, the cruise ship's broadcast sounded.

"Let's go to the second floor and take a look." Ross heard the footsteps rushing down the stairs. "Maybe the entertainment facilities on the second floor are related to games."

Maori Kogoro nodded, put the satellite phone on the table, and followed Ross to the second deck. From an angle that Ross couldn't see, Maori Kogoro clenched his fists, praying that Enomoto Azusa could understand what he said.

Please! You must understand!

At the Poirot Cafe downstairs from the Maori Detective Agency.

The bell at the door rang twice, "Please take care! Welcome back next time." Enomoto Azusa saw off the last guest, began to clean up the dishes, and prepared to go off work. He thought that the Mori family should be on a cruise ship at this time. It was said to be a luxury cruise ship. I wonder what they would eat on the cruise ship?

Just as Azusa Enomoto was daydreaming, the phone rang.

Azusa Enomoto quickly wiped her hands and looked at the unfamiliar number displayed on the phone. She wondered if a customer had left something behind, so she picked up the receiver. But before she could say anything, she heard the anxious voice of Kogoro Mouri from the other end.

"Mr. Mori, this is the Poirot Café." Azusa Enomoto asked in confusion.

However, what Kogoro Mori said next made Azusa Enomoto even more confused.

Is Miss Xiaolan sick? Didn't she go on the cruise ship? What is the ninth compartment of the first medicine box and the fifth drawer of the first cabinet? Is she supposed to go up and take care of Miss Xiaolan?

Azusa Enomoto's brows knitted into a knot, "Mr. Maori, do you want me to go up and see Miss Maori?"

However, Kogoro Mouri said, "Your mother wants to talk to you," and then hung up the phone. Enomoto Azusa's intuition told him that Kogoro Mouri must have encountered something.

I couldn't help but recall the scene of Kogoro Mori looking for someone everywhere that day, and I heard that Miss Mori had been attacked and almost died, combined with the phone call just now.

A bold guess emerged in Enomoto Azusa's mind. Without even taking off her apron, she quickly ran out of the Poirot Cafe and rushed to the Mori Detective Agency on the second floor.

I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened it.

Azusa Enomoto took out his cell phone and called the police.

"Mr. Elephant? Mr. Elephant?" The dealer's voice brought Kogoro Mouri back to his senses.

Ross pushed Maori Kogoro and said dissatisfiedly: "What were you thinking about just now? Hurry up and place your bets. You are almost losing everything."

Only now did Kogoro Maori see the pitifully few chips in front of him, and his eyes widened.

"Don't look at me like that. Who knows why I'm so unlucky? But I know a lot about game promotion." Ross glanced at Maori Kogoro and found that Maori Kogoro looked absent-minded. "Honey, haven't you heard your daughter's voice? Hurry up and win a few games so that we can buy a beautiful dress for your daughter."

Maori Kogoro casually placed a bet, "How do I advance in the game?"

Ross was a little dissatisfied with Maori Kogoro's state, "Don't be distracted."

"Ah."

"There are only 26 places to advance, including the A and M just given out. The rest of the letters will be given out in the future or obtained through games." Ross told the dealer all the information he had just gotten out of him. "You'd better take it seriously and don't make any mistakes."

Kogoro Maori piled the chips he had just won in front of himself, breathed a sigh of relief, and thought: It seems that the other party didn't notice anything wrong with the phone call. Everything is just as he expected.

Since the phone was tapped, the kidnapper on the other end of the phone would definitely not make a sound. Since Ross agreed to let him make this call, it meant that they had already colluded, and he would at most hear Xiaolan's voice.

In order to prevent Xiaolan from revealing some unfavorable information, the call time would definitely not be very long, so it is reasonable to hang up the phone suddenly.

Maori Kogoro's random bet won the prize again...

In the buffet restaurant on the ninth floor of the cruise ship.

When the three bottles of whiskey arrived, they saw Mingyue had already been surrounded by a crowd, and Zhuozi was standing next to Mingyue.

Mingyue waved the name tag with the letter M in her hand and said, "Whoever wins me can get this from me. But if you lose, you have to give me all your wealth."

"Girl, you are so arrogant!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Tell me the rules of the game!"

“This name tag must be mine!”

The people around Mingyue shouted...

----------------

Next chapter preview: The battle for the alphabetical brand begins!