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

"It seems you still know the whereabouts of the other chairs." Lei said confidently.

The cobra woman's smile faded. "You don't think the chair is anywhere near here."

Lei looked around and tried to open the closed door nearby, but it was all in vain.

As the last note fell, the cobra woman held her stomach and laughed out loud, "Congratulations on becoming a passerby."

"You are a passerby." Lei listened to the prompt on the radio and looked at the Cobra woman.

The cobra woman raised her hand to wipe away the tears of laughter, "You don't think I'm lying to you, do you?"

Lei's originally stern face turned icy, especially when he heard the broadcast informing him that there were now three passers-by.

"I'm not lying to you, but I know who the passersby are."

"Who?"

"Baboon." The cobra woman met the black wolf's dark green eyes. "Last round, I saw him guarding the monkey."

Lei narrowed his eyes slightly, "Maybe he gave the bracelet to someone else like you did?"

"If that's the case, the person sitting on the chair should be a baboon, not that fat monkey." The cobra woman held her chin and said thoughtfully, "Because I heard the monkey ask the baboon to protect him and not leave even a step. And I also saw the bracelet on the baboon's left wrist, so he must be a passerby."

"Then you should be the other one."

The cobra woman raised her index finger and shook it gently. "No, no, no, I'm sure I'm not."

"Who is the other one?" Lei paid attention to every subtle movement and expression of the Cobra woman. Perhaps what she said was true, or perhaps she disguised herself too well and Lei failed to see any clues.

"You ask me, so do I have to tell you?" The cobra woman put her hands on her hips. "Besides, you're just a stranger now. I don't think anyone would be willing to trade chips with you. Telling you won't do any good."

Lei pulled a stack of chips from his trouser pocket. "Is this enough?"

The cobra woman shrugged and said, "It's too little, not sincere." Then she turned and walked towards Room 4.

Lei narrowed his eyes and reached into his trouser pocket, but touched the cigarette with the hidden message. Thinking of the burnt raccoon mask he saw at the fire scene, he turned and walked towards the bathroom.

The cobra woman, who had been keeping an eye on the situation behind her, frowned slightly as she heard Black Wolf's footsteps fading away. Unwilling to give up, she turned back at the fork in the road, only to find that Black Wolf had already disappeared. This was clearly the only way to Room 4, so why would he go there instead of this way? He wasn't going to get sick, so he went to the bathroom.

In a narrow cubicle in the bathroom, Shuichi Akai took out the cigarette with the message hidden in it, took out the note from the cigarette and unfolded it. After seeing the string of small words on it, he frowned.

Shuichi Akai recognized every character on the note, but he was unable to decipher these neatly arranged letters and numbers. It seemed like a cipher. If he wanted to know the meaning, he had to know how to decipher it.

Shuichi Akai tried to crack it using the fence cipher and the Caesar cipher, but the numbers in the letters became an obstacle.

Time ticked by, and the announcement signaled the voting was about to begin. Akai Shuichi stuffed the note back into his cigarette and returned it to its case. His heart was heavy and complicated, as if a thick fog had enveloped him.

At the same time, on the corridor near Room 4, Bearded Lily blocked the Frog Leader's way.

"Is there anything I can do for you, young man?" The Frog Leader looked up and down at the fat man in front of him, trying to figure out the other's intention.

Bearded Lily's uniquely sweet voice echoed through the corridor, "Of course I want to discuss a collaboration with you."

"What kind of cooperation?" The Frog Leader suppressed the discomfort surging in his heart and smiled friendly. "The chairs that were deleted earlier weren't yours, were they? If that's the case, you'll be out of chairs soon."

"So, you must have found quite a few chairs." Bearded Lily paused for a few seconds before continuing, "You can't always be unlucky, so the chairs removed this time must be yours."

The smile on the Frog Cult Leader's face froze. "Little Monkey, you speak so confidently. Could it be that..."

"Do you think they'll cooperate with me?" Bearded Lily lowered her voice. "They'll just try to eliminate me."

"Why choose me?" The Frog Leader and Bearded Lily looked at each other.

Lily, the bearded man, grinned. "I have three votes, and you have four. If we work together, we can control who will make the decisions. Wouldn't it be us who decides which chair to remove?"

The Frog Leader lowered his eyes and thought carefully, not daring to easily agree to the fat man in front of him.

"What are you worried about?" Bearded Lily stepped forward, her gaze fixed on the frog mask as if to pierce through it. "You know, the key to this round of the game lies in the decision-maker and the chips. If you're worried about being eliminated, we can trade chips. As long as we control the decision-maker, winning the next game will be easy."

"If we cooperate, does that mean I need to tell you all the chair numbers?" The Frog Leader looked up at the bearded Lily, a sharp glint hidden in his old eyes. "You won't leak any secrets, will you? For example, to protect your own chair from being deleted, you'll tell others about my chairs, or something like that?"

"I am going to vote for you and let you be the one in charge in this round. As for the deleted chair number, it might as well be number 5, where the lion will be sitting." Bearded Lily looked at the Frog Leader with interest.

"I don't want to do anything that would offend the mafia." The Frog Leader folded his hands over his chest and turned to look at the boundless sea outside the window.

The clouds in the sky gradually gathered together, casting dark shadows on the sea, and the cruise ship moved forward in the shadows.

Mingyue and the yellow-scalper girl Chun stepped into room 4 together. Not many participants had rushed back at this time. Most of them gathered around Mafia Karen, apparently discussing the location of the hidden chairs, or which chair to delete in this round.

Suddenly, the parrot girl hurried in and tried to get closer to Mafia Karen, but was stopped by the elk housekeeper.

"What's the matter? Why are you so flustered?" The elk housekeeper looked at the parrot girl, only to see her raise her hand to wipe the sweat off her face. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No." The parrot girl took a few deep breaths and looked around. Noticing that many people were looking at her, she adjusted her breathing rhythm and looked at the elk housekeeper. "Is the raccoon not back yet?"

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