The scalper girl looked at the chip with the letter "M" engraved on it and hesitated for a second before raising three fingers. "I want three."

"Okay." Mingyue smiled and took out two more chips, placing the three chips in her palm. However, when the scalper girl reached out to take them, Mingyue closed her five fingers and said, "There is something we need to discuss in advance."

"What's the matter?" The yellow cow girl looked at the gray rabbit warily.

"You and the other two should give me all your chips together. That's fair." Mingyue curled her lips slightly and continued, "Don't say you don't have any chips. I saw the three of you exchanging chips."

The scalper girl lowered her eyes slightly, as if she was thinking about something.

Mingyue stared at the scalper mask and continued, "You asked me for three chips, so you plan to share them with them, right? Give me theirs first, and then you can use the two chips I gave you to exchange with them. You will still have 17 chips in your hand."

"I'm not calculating this. The leader said the chips are very important."

"You don't want to exchange one for my three?" Mingyue chuckled, crossing her arms over her chest, pretending that it didn't matter whether she exchanged or not. "If that's the case, I don't think anyone would be willing to exchange with you."

The scalper girl frowned and thought again and again, as if there were two little people debating fiercely in her heart.

Seeing this, Mingyue stopped urging her, but instead hummed the melody from the radio out of boredom.

The passionate drum beats and piano sounds brought the music to a climax. The scalper girl looked up at the gray rabbit and took out three chips from her arms, each engraved with the letters F, G and V.

Mingyue spread out her palms and the two completed the exchange.

At this time, the passionate music gradually became soft, and then the third whistle came from the radio.

"Oh no, we're running out of time!" The scalper girl put away the chips with an M on them and looked at the gray rabbit anxiously, "Do you know where there's a chair?"

Mingyue glanced at the chair that was brought over by the scalper girl.

"It's not this one." The scalper girl clenched her fists and asked tentatively, "You should know, right?"

"How could I know? If I knew, I should be sitting on a chair and waiting for this round to end instead of wandering around here." Mingyue shrugged. "However, I have seen sisters in black robes carrying chairs passing by me several times. I guess you must have found a lot of them."

The scalper girl pursed her lips, thought for a long time, and whispered: "There are many with the same number, we don't know which ones are correct, so we moved them all to the leader."

"It seems like someone is confusing the public." Mingyue held her chin in her hand, wondering whether this was done by Hu Lili, the bearded man, or a trick thought up by those undercover agents.

"You know how to tell the real from the fake, right?!" The scalper girl looked at the gray rabbit with anticipation in her eyes.

Mingyue looked at the half-erased number on the chair again. "I can tell that this one is fake at a glance. As for the others, I have never seen them, so I don't know."

The yellow-scalper girl stamped her feet nervously, took the gray rabbit's hand and ran away, rhythmic music surrounding their ears.

"Where are we going?" Mingyue asked as she ran, "Are you taking me to where you hid the chairs?"

The yellow scalper girl suddenly stopped, a trace of struggle flashed in her eyes, "Can I trust you?"

Mingyue tilted her head and said with a smile: "Come to think of it, it should be you who don't trust me."

The scalper girl pursed her lips into a straight line, then quickly looked around and noticed that many gamblers were secretly looking at her. Feelings of nervousness and uneasiness surged in her heart, and a voice in her mind kept reminding her - she must never take the gray rabbit to the place where they hid the chairs.

The melodious piano sound echoes in my ears, and the inaudible lyrics seem to have magical power, inspiring endless imagination.

"Let's go find a chair." The scalper girl stammered and forced a stiff smile. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was not sincere.

"Don't run too fast. Check the chair carefully if you see one." Mingyue restrained her smile, pretended to be dissatisfied, twisted her wrist, pouted and continued, "And you hurt me."

Hearing this, the scalper girl immediately loosened her hand, and seeing the redness and swelling on the gray rabbit's wrist, she muttered softly, "So delicate", and then looked away.

Mingyue rubbed her wrist, glanced at the bookstore beside her, and pointed, "I was so tired from running just now, let's go sit there for a while."

"Time..." The scalper girl was about to refuse, but she saw the gray rabbit with his arms folded across his chest, looking very angry, so she swallowed back the words she had not finished.

Mingyue saw that she had successfully stopped the other person from talking, so she turned her head to look at the bookstore and continued in a low voice, "It shouldn't be difficult for you to move a chair."

The scalper girl suddenly realized what Gray Rabbit meant, her heart pounding, and she glanced at the rattan chairs, her brows slightly furrowed, because she didn't see the numbers that should appear on the chairs. She was about to open her mouth to ask, but saw Gray Rabbit had already walked to a chair.

"You won't come over? Then I'll--"

"Right away!" The yellow cow girl ran to the gray rabbit in two steps, looked at the two similar rattan chairs in front of the gray rabbit, and asked in a low voice, "Are these two?"

Mingyue glanced at the gamblers watching and said softly, "They seem to be targeting us."

The yellow scalper girl looked the gray rabbit up and down, gritted her teeth, and said, "You sit on the chair, I should be able to carry it and run."

"Carry this one and follow me." Mingyue kicked the rattan chair in front of her with her toes.

"Are you sure?" The scalper girl still looked skeptical.

"If you don't believe me, forget it." Mingyue turned around and prepared to leave. "I'll give it to you. I'll look for another one."

"It's not that I don't believe you, I just think you have other intentions."

"You're right, I do have other intentions." Mingyue looked at the scalper girl, "I want to eat the same candy you eat."

The scalper girl looked slightly startled, "That candy is very expensive."

Mingyue took out a black card and handed it to the scalper girl, "Is one million yen enough?" Seeing that the other party was still hesitant, she added, "I don't want more, just one to try."

"Actually, that one doesn't taste good." The scalper girl's voice was as thin as a mosquito.

"The more you say that, the more curious I am." Mingyue's lips curled slightly, and seeing the scalper girl's inner hesitation, she stuffed the black card directly into her hand, "You should be able to get one for me, and I can also help you find a chair."

"It's a deal?"

"of course."

As Mingyue's voice fell, the scalper girl picked up the chair. Mingyue ran out of the bookstore, and the scalper girl followed closely behind. At this time, the melodious piano sound gradually became passionate, and the dense drum beats overlapped with the footsteps.

Minutes passed by, and the fourth whistle sounded.

On the other side of the cruise ship, Scotland found Bourbon in a private room of a shop.

"Why are you here?" Bourbon was very surprised. He looked behind Hiro, but couldn't find Mingyue. He felt uneasy. "Where is she?"

Scotland locked the door, glanced at the evil puppeteer who was writing numbers on the back of the chair with a marker, and said calmly, "I took the initiative to separate from her."

The two people who were in sync looked at each other, and their mood became extremely heavy at the same time. Now was not a good time to discuss.

Tuk-tuk-tuk...

A clear knock on the door echoed in the private room.

"Who?" Scotland held the door handle cautiously...

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