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"I went underwater in the middle of the night last night to investigate the underwater palace. There is another small island to the east of Shenhai Island, called Laiqin Island. There is a small shrine on the island, and the two female pirates are enshrined in it."

"Behind the two female pirate statues there is a hole large enough for people to pass through. It was probably opened by the previous earthquake."

Chu Ming lowered his head and operated his phone for a while, then sent the photos he took to everyone: "After I went in, I passed through two corridors and came to this stone door. The door is very heavy. I tried to push it open, but it wouldn't open. There is a mechanism on the door, and pushing it rashly will only trigger the mechanism. I studied it and found that the groove left on the door should be the solution."

"I thought that since there are traps in place, the rumors about pirate treasures must be true. Besides us, the treasure hunters on the island who were attacked by sharks when we were diving yesterday afternoon should also be here for this. So it would be difficult for Lafitte to complete this mission alone. So I decided to temporarily recruit everyone to complete the mission together."

Lafitte carefully looked at the picture Chu Ming sent on his phone: "The shape of this groove seems a little familiar."

"Cohen and I went to visit the museum on the island this afternoon. The weapons left by the two female pirates in the museum are a bit similar..." Chianti looked at the groove and suddenly remembered. She pushed Cohen, "Is that right?"

Cohen nodded: "Yeah."

"Then, since Vermouth is familiar with stealing things, I'll leave this task to you." Chu Ming's eyes swept towards Vermouth.

"How come I am familiar with stealing things?" Vermouth felt that she was wronged. "I never do such a thing!"

"Yes~ You don't like stealing things, you just like to secretly send some recordings~" Chu Ming raised his chin and said sarcastically.

Vermouth was choked. She glanced at Gin with disbelief in her eyes. Gin actually exposed her?

When she sent the recording, she clearly told me not to expose her!

I thought Gin was very tight-lipped!

tui! It turns out that all men are unreliable!

Knowing Chu Ming's desire for revenge, Vermouth stopped talking. Okay, just steal things. How could it be difficult for her?

Seeing that Vermouth had stopped, Chu Ming snorted and continued, "Wait for Vermouth to steal the things and meet us at the beach. Gin, Lafitte and I will go into the water together. Chianti and Cohen, you stay in the hotel and keep an eye on the movements of all parties."

Seeing that no one had any objections, Chu Ming made the final decision: "Okay, we'll take action at 8 o'clock tonight."

Alas, he really paid too much for the boss. He was obviously planning to pass the task to Lafitte and enjoy himself, but for a prescription, he wrote the script and paid for the props!

So it shouldn't be a big deal if he usurps the throne in the future, right?

Chapter 568 Fake Corpse

At night, everyone stood on the beach, looking at Belmode who returned empty-handed. Chu Ming twitched his mouth: "So you went too late? The things were already taken away in advance?"

Vermouth brushed the hair scattered on her shoulders and said without any guilt: "You set the time for the action. When I went there, the things were gone."

Members of the organization are good at shirking responsibility, and Belmode's implication is that the failure of this mission was all due to Chu Ming's decision-making errors. It has nothing to do with her.

Chu Ming didn't take the blame at all: "When your mission failed, did you get any information about who took it first?"

Vermouth spread his hands and said, "I only know that the thief was shot and then ran away."

"..."

"Then we can only wait and see." Chu Ming sighed, "Well, let's stick to the original plan. Vermouth, you send us to Laiqin Island, and then patrol the sea. If there is any news, notify us immediately."

When they arrived at Laiqin Island, Chu Ming took the lead and walked towards the small shrine, followed closely by Gin and Lafitte.

In the dilapidated little shrine, Chu Ming found a place to sit down and pointed to the hole behind the two statues: "This is the entrance, but don't worry, we are the only ones who know this place, and most people will still go in from the bottom of the sea.

When Lafitte and I were diving near the underwater palace, there were sharks there. Now the thief is injured, and once he enters the sea, there will definitely be a smell of blood, so for the sake of his own life, he will not go treasure hunting tonight."

"Then why don't we come back tomorrow?" Lafitte frowned as he looked at the dirty little shrine.

"Because it will be easy to expose our whereabouts if we come here tomorrow." Gin answered coldly, not minding the dirt, and just found a place to sit on the ground.

"Yes, Lafitte saw that you don't have as much experience as Gin, which is not acceptable. In order to give you some training, I decided to give you the ten tasks I will receive next so that you can gain some experience."

Chu Ming had a selfless look on his face. Seeing Lafitte looking at him speechlessly, he quickly waved his hand at him: "Don't thank me, this is what I should do."

"...So what should we do now?" Not arguing with Granburch is probably engraved in the DNA of every member of the organization, so Lafitte decisively changed the subject.

After sending out ten more tasks unilaterally, Chu Ming hummed happily and took out a deck of cards from his pocket: "Let's play cards!"

"Isn't there anything more stylish?" Lafitte really didn't want to squat on the ground playing cards. It would ruin his custom-made handsome face.

Chu Ming rolled his eyes and reached out to pull Lafitte down: "It's good to have something to play with. How about Gin and I play cards while you stand at the entrance of the ancestral hall and look at the moon. That's more stylish."

Lafitte was unexpectedly dragged down and sat on the ground, splashing dust. He covered his aching tailbone and pulled out a scalpel in anger: "Granburch!"

"I'm here, don't shout so loudly." Chu Ming brushed off the dust that had rubbed against his body. "Come and play cards. I want to beat the two of you. Let's make a deal. We'll play cards all night. The loser will be given a ticket. The one with the most tickets on his face will guard the stone gate during the day, so that the other two can catch up on their sleep."

"Hehe, just wait and guard the door!" Lafitte put away the scalpel, his eyes full of fighting spirit and murderous intent.

……

When the first ray of morning light shone into the small ancestral hall through the gaps in the treetops, it also illuminated the faces of the three people in the hall.

Chu Ming's face was covered with pieces of paper so densely that his facial features were almost invisible, while Gin and Lafitte's faces were clean without even a speck of paper visible.

"I don't want to play anymore. Are you two cheating? Team up and beat me up?" Chu Ming used his hands to pull open the paper curtain on his face, furious.

All night, the whole night!

He never won a single game!

Japan's Monopoly is similar to China's Landlord. Lafitte had been fanning the flames last night, encouraging him to become a millionaire, and then joined forces with Gin to play cards to suppress him.

But his card playing got worse and worse last night. Chu Ming really suspected that Lafitte took advantage of the fact that his eyes were covered by the note and replaced all the cards.

Otherwise, how come he was only able to play one card at the very end, and basically had no chance to play again afterwards?

"Tsk tsk, Granburch, you can't afford to play, right?" Lafitte deliberately looked surprised, "If you can't afford to play, I can help you--"

"Yes, I can't afford it. Please help me." Chu Ming has always been thick-skinned. He just admits it. How can he save a piece of meat?

"...It's not that I can't carry you over with Gin." Lafitte forced a change of tone. Just kidding, he had finally tricked Granburch, how could he let him get away just because of his own nonsense.

"Tsk..." Chu Ming rolled his eyes, "I'll go, I'll notify you if someone comes."

Lafitte didn't mind the dirt on the floor at this moment. He leaned against the wall and waved lazily at Chu Ming: "Go ahead, Gin and I will take a nap first."

"You'd better turn a blind eye when you sleep." Chu Ming smiled sinisterly, "Be careful or I'll come back and kill you—"

Gin opened his dozing eyes and asked, "What are you doing back?"

"I came back to see if you kicked off the quilt when you were sleeping. Hehe... I'm just worried that you would catch a cold..." Chu Ming smiled embarrassedly and hurried into the cave. He still owed Gin a sparring match, and he couldn't let him catch the opportunity now.

Looking at the skeleton leaning against the stone door, Chu Ming walked over and sat next to him: "Brother, it must be lonely here alone, I'll sit with you."

After saying that, Chu Ming reached out and pulled up his collar to hide his face, then leaned against the stone door and closed his eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Ming suddenly heard footsteps coming this way. It sounded like there were three or four people. Chu Ming moved his hands in his pockets a few times and sent a message to Gin and Lafitte. He remained motionless, pretending to be no different from a real corpse.

"Ah——" Yuanzi let out a short cry of surprise, "There's a body!"

Xiaolan protected her behind her: "Don't be afraid, it's okay."

Chu Ming quietly opened his eyes and looked at the people coming in through the gap in his collar.

In addition to Xiaolan and Yuanzi, there were two bounty hunters they had met before. They were now staring at the stone gate with greedy and surprised eyes: "Yes, it's here, it's here!"

Chu Ming saw the man take out a familiar knife and gun from his backpack and walk to the door. He kicked the white bones beside him away with one foot. When the next kick flew towards him, he suddenly jumped up and snatched the things from the man's hands.

"Who are you!" The bounty hunter was shocked and angry. He never expected that he would be intercepted even when he was right in front of the treasure.

Chu Ming played with the gun and knife in his hands, and threatened with a hoarse voice: "You dare to disturb my eternal sleep!"

"what--"

"what--"

Yuanzi and Xiaolan shivered and hugged each other, and the high-pitched soprano almost blew the roof of the cave off.

Chapter 569 Is It Exciting?

The two bounty hunters also stepped back with vigilance, looking at each other, one of them even looked livid: "Matsumoto! Why don't you just open the door? Why did you kick the corpse for no reason? Now it's back to life, what do you say we should do!"

The man called Matsumoto tightly grasped the knife in his hand and forced himself to look at Chu Ming: "You are playing tricks! I want to see what kind of person you are!"

After saying that, he mustered up his courage, picked up a stone and threw it at Chu Ming.

Chu Ming jumped to avoid the stone, but felt that it was not very convenient to have his vision impaired, so he huddled in his collar and pupated for a few times, then suddenly stuck his head out: "You are the thing!"

"Ah——" Matsumoto screamed briefly. After seeing Ming's face clearly, his eyes were full of anger at being fooled. "It's you!"

He had met Chu Ming and others in a diving shop.

"Surprise~" Chu Ming tidied up his messy hair, "Is it exciting?"

“Baka!” Matsumoto pulled out a knife from his pocket and slashed directly at Chu Ming, while turning back to call out to his accomplices, “Izu, come on, what are you looking at!”

Looking at Matsumoto who rushed in front of him and then turned his head, Chu Ming kicked him away. At the same time, he dodged Izu's knife and reached out to hold his head and slammed it against the wall next to him.

When Gin and Lafitte rushed over, they saw two girls hugging each other in front of the gate with terrified faces. One of the bounty hunters was lying on the ground, his life or death unknown, and the other was pressed against the wall with Chu Ming holding his head.

"Are you trying to force a confession?" Lafitte complained.

"No, I'm doing a wall-bang." Chu Ming slowly loosened his hand and let the person in his hand slide down like a limp noodle.

?

Seeing Lafitte's puzzled look, Chu Ming kindly explained to him: "Bang his head against the wall repeatedly, which is called wall dong in short."

"...Stop the fancy stuff," Lafitte said speechlessly. He reached out and pulled the gun and knife out of Matsumoto's hands. "How do you use this?"

"Rumor has it that the two female pirates will fight back to back, so just put their weapons in the corresponding grooves on the door with their backs facing each other." Chu Ming squatted on the ground and rummaged through the backpacks of the two bounty hunters while giving remote commands.

"What are you doing?" Lafitte successfully opened the door according to Chu Ming's instructions. When he was about to turn around and invite Chu Ming in, he saw him squatting on the ground with his butt sticking up, fiddling with something.

Chu Ming stuffed the bounty hunter's cash, a gun, and some small tools he liked into his pockets, then stood up and said, "Robber on robbing robbing robbing, make some extra money."

Picking up the torch that fell on the ground, Chu Ming glanced at Xiaolan and Yuanzi beside him and asked, "Why are you staying with these two people?"

Xiaolan pursed her lips. She and Chu Ming's alias were just casual acquaintances. They had met a few times and exchanged a few simple words. She had no idea what his character was like.

However, treasure is something that anyone can find, and as long as it does not endanger the interests of others, such behavior is not to be blamed. Therefore, Xiaolan did not take the fact that Chu Ming and the others also had ideas about the treasure to heart. Instead, she thanked Chu Ming for saving them.

She was somewhat shocked by Chu Ming's brutality just now. She stepped forward half her body to block Yuanzi and thanked Chu Ming: "Mr. Songzhu, Yuanzi and I were kidnapped by them. Thank you for saving us, but we can't go back for the time being without oxygen cylinders, and we are not interested in the so-called treasure. I wonder if we can wait for rescue here..."

Chu Ming didn't comment. He smiled gently and said, "Of course, you can do as you please. I'll go in and take a look first."

He couldn't tell Xiaolan how they came from. After all, if he let them out now, Conan would have no worries and could call the police. It would be fun if they were trapped under the sea.

Moreover, Chu Ming could not share the oxygen cylinders he had just seized from the two enemies with them. After all, he had a big show to perform later. If the ship and the treasure exploded together, several people could not hold their breath at the bottom of the sea without oxygen cylinders.

He held up a torch and lit the braziers around him. In an instant, the flames spread along the grooves that had been prepared in advance, lighting up all the braziers in the cave. In an instant, the dark cave became bright.