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"..."Everyone sat in their seats with stiff faces. Oh my god, it turns out that this is just the boss teasing the child. Are we also a part of your play?
Gin silently picked up the wine glass in front of him and started drinking by himself. From the looks of it, the boss completely ignored them. No one knew how Granburch won the boss's favor.
In the next round, it was Granburch who blatantly cheated in front of everyone and became the king.
Gin raised his glass and took a sip, watching everyone drinking boredly. He just happened to hear Granburch say, "Number 7, give me your seat, and you can retire and enjoy your life."
"Cough cough cough——" Everyone coughed inexplicably in unison, and Gin's hand holding the wine glass was shaking slightly, because No. 7——
——It’s the BOSS.
Gin forced himself to steady his trembling hands. This Granburch really dared to speak. What did the boss value about him?
Even the boss was choked by Granburch's sudden words. He paused for a long time, and then everyone heard a slight rustling sound over there.
Gin watched as the number 7 behind the boss's portrait and the number 3 behind his portrait slowly changed positions, and then he heard the boss say: "Gin, I accept the loss. In this case, Granburch will be the leader of the action team from now on."
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The scene suddenly became quiet. Looking at Granburch and the BOSS who did not hide their cheating behavior, everyone's faces were full of indescribable expressions, and their eyes fell on Gin with a little sympathy.
Miserable, too miserable. Ever since Granburch started to challenge the BOSS from time to time, it seems that they are the ones who are unlucky...
Feeling everyone's eyes on him, Gin leaned back on the seat silently. He was indeed part of the play between these two people...
What kind of life is Gin living in this world?
[I didn’t find time to update today QAQ so I can only take out the previous extra drafts and push them up QAQ
From now on, this extra chapter is almost over. It is a spoof extra chapter and has nothing to do with the main story. My little cuties, just watch it for fun~]
Chapter 572 It’s all fake
The moment the bullet collided with the top of the cave, a spark splashed out, quickly igniting the gas on the top of the cave. Looking at the moment the fire was coming, Gin turned over and jumped into the cabin, closing the door with his backhand.
The water poured down in an instant, knocked over the mast of the ship, and poured into the cabin through the gaps. The entire cabin was full of water, and the huge sailboat trembled and shook in the water, slowly floating towards the surface.
The moment the water came in, Chu Ming swam towards the warehouse. When he came in, he placed underwater micro-bombs at several locations on the ship. After all, he didn't intend to let this ship land successfully, because these so-called treasures were all fake. If someone secretly hid a piece of it in their pocket after landing, wouldn't that be a disaster...
So, taking advantage of the explosion on the top of the cave and the pressure of water pouring in, Chu Ming pressed the switch of the bomb. These miniature bombs were specially prepared by Chu Ming. The explosion sound was not loud and the range was not very wide, but this ship was three hundred years old. Even if the power of the bomb was small, it was enough to blow it away.
The slight explosion was not obvious in the turbulent sea. Everyone just felt that the boat could not withstand the pressure due to the violent shaking, and the bottom of the boat exploded directly.
Chu Ming looked at Conan and Xiaolan who were looking at each other beautifully in the water and sharing a miniature oxygen stick, and ignored them. After all, everyone would die in the sea except these two protagonists.
Carrying an oxygen tank, Chu Ming found Gin and Lafitte floating sideways next to a large wooden board. He used the system to sense the location of Vermouth and motioned for the two to follow him.
This place is not far from the sea surface and the pressure is not great. They successfully found Vermouth who had been waiting on the sea surface in an airship as soon as the storm stopped. At this time, she was looking at the bottom of the sea anxiously, with a worried look on her face, and no one knew what she was thinking. She was so focused that she didn't react until Chu Ming and others climbed onto the boat.
"How did you get up here?" Vermouth was a little surprised. "Didn't they say that the undersea earthquake was blocked?"
"If it's blocked, just find another way out." Lafitte smiled and looked at Vermouth. "I didn't expect you to care about us more than you look. You looked at the bottom of the sea so worriedly. Do you think we've had an accident?"
Chu Ming rolled his eyes quietly and said, "Don't say it, really don't say it." He dared to bet all his points that none of the worry in Vermouth's eyes just now was for Lafitte. After all, in Vermouth's eyes, what was there to worry about a few old perverts? She was only worried about her dear angel.
Sure enough, the next second, Vermouth spoke with a smile: "Of course, you three are the backbone of the organization. If you are all trapped, I will definitely find someone to rescue you. I heard that a girl was also kidnapped by two bounty hunters. Did you see her?"
"I saw him and killed him. After all, we can't let others know that we found the treasure." Chu Ming was murderous and deliberately did something bad.
Vermouth could hardly hold back the smile on her face: "Solved? How did you solve it?"
"How else can I solve it? Of course -" Chu Ming raised his palm and made a snapping gesture, "Those two bounty hunters fell before they could even survive a single blow in my hands."
“What—huh? Bounty hunter?” Vermouth’s face had turned pale, but when she heard the second half of the sentence, her heart felt like it was on a roller coaster and then fell back down, “You—”
"Huh? What's wrong with me?" Chu Ming asked knowingly, "Sister is also interested in those two people? Oh, you should have told me earlier, or I would have brought them back to you."
Vermouth glared at Chu Ming secretly. This boy knew who she wanted to ask about, yet he was still joking with her.
Since Gin is still here, Vermouth can't keep staring at him and asking questions. She can just chat with him casually. If she asks too many questions, with Gin's keen sense, he will definitely realize that something is wrong, and then it will put Xiaolan in danger.
"Where is the treasure? We need to send someone over..." Vermouth couldn't help but ask when she remembered the message she had received before asking the organization to send a ship as soon as possible.
"Have you notified them?" Chu Ming turned and looked at her.
"Not yet. I'm sending a message to the nearby base now." Vermouth said as she took out her cell phone.
Chu Ming quickly stopped him: "Don't send it, the treasure is flying away."
While driving the motorboat, Lafitte asked, "What happened underwater? I seemed to hear an explosion."
At that time, he saw Chu Ming's figure swimming towards the warehouse like a fish. Thinking of the treasures in the warehouse, he also wanted to go over to see if he could help. Unexpectedly, a wave came over and blew him away, and he almost hit the mast.
As he grabbed the door frame to stabilize his body and looked at the wood that was almost deformed in the water, he suddenly heard a slight explosion coming from the direction of the warehouse.
Chu Ming looked at Lafitte in surprise. He didn't expect that Lafitte could still hear the faint explosion in that situation. It turned out that there were no easy people in the organization.
"When the water rushed in, I went to the warehouse. I wanted to see if I could save something, but when I got to the shelf, I found that the boxes inside had exploded. In my hurry, I only had time to grab the most valuable thing from the shelf. After all, I couldn't come here in vain. The rest of the things are probably swept away. It's no use calling for a boat, so I'll go back to the island and pick up Chianti and the others to go back together..."
As Chu Ming spoke, he took out a small box from his arms. Even after three hundred years, the patterns on the light red wooden box were still clear. The box did not look decayed at all and indeed looked priceless at first glance.
Gin took the box and looked at it carefully. The box was seamless, without any gaps on the top and bottom. However, when he shook the box gently, he could hear the sound of something being shaken inside. When he knocked on the wooden box, he could also feel that the box was indeed empty.
"It looks a bit like a Chinese trap box." Gin examined it carefully for a while, frowning a little, "Let the people at the research institute take a look when we get back."
"It's something from China three hundred years ago. It can't be cheap stuff in such a tightly sealed box. I have good taste." Chu Ming raised his eyebrows proudly. "It's agreed that the people in the research institute can study it, but the thing is mine. This is the spoils I got at the critical moment of life and death."
"..." Lafitte rolled his eyes unabashedly, "You look like you've never seen the world. I see that the luster of those jewels is dull. Even after being in the cave for many years, they still feel soft to the touch. I guess most of them are fake, and the same goes for artworks. Many of them are copies. If I hadn't seen that the gold just now was real, I would have doubted whether this treasure was real..."
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Chapter 573 So sour
Although he was shocked, Chu Ming did not show it on his face. Anyway, the things had sunk to the bottom of the sea, so he was not afraid of being exposed. He simply rolled his eyes and said, "You are like the fox who says the grapes are sour because he can't eat them."
Lafitte was furious: "Are you doubting my vision? After all, I used to come from a big family. I have seen more antiques than you have eaten salt!"
"Tsk, I eat less salt because I have a light taste."
Chu Ming didn't believe it. Gin had clearly told him before that although Lafitte came from a big family, it was a branch of the family and was unable to make ends meet...
Lafitte ignored Chu Ming and gave control of the motorboat to Vermouth. He took the box from Gin's hand and studied it carefully.
He was quite familiar with this kind of delicate mechanisms, and was currently pushing and pulling the box over and over to see if he could find the hidden mechanism.
Chu Ming was speechless and took out a sharp knife from his pocket: "What are you researching? Let me handle this kind of thing. I promise to take it apart clearly for you."
Lafitte dodged Chu Ming's outstretched hand and said, "Can you not be so rude? This kind of antique mechanism box that has never appeared before is almost priceless in the market. Others would want to worship it, but you want to open it, right?"
Chu Ming put away his knife. This was not an antique box at all. It was just an ordinary mechanism box that he found in the system and made it look old with potion...
Didn’t Lafitte boast of his excellent vision and that he had seen more antiques than salt?
I knew this guy was just bragging.
When the motorboat reached the shore, Chianti and Cohen were already waiting there. Chu Ming looked back at the sea and vaguely saw the big ship they had just seen when they floated to the surface: "No one has got the treasure. It is still sinking in the sea. The cost of salvaging it is too high. The police will be back soon. Let's go."
Gin had no objection, and the few of them turned around and left, which made Conan, who arrived by boat a quarter of an hour later, a little annoyed. With the help of his glasses, he saw several members of the organization gathered here, but when their boat docked, those figures had disappeared.
He had already guessed that these members of the organization came to Shenhai Island for the legendary treasure of the two female pirates, but because of the sudden earthquake, they were unable to take the treasure away, and they didn't even have time to kill them.
But this time there was no gain at all.
Conan took out a wet handkerchief from his side. He carefully opened the tightly wrapped handkerchief, revealing the watch inside.
This is the watch he just handed to Gin. He saw with his own eyes that Gin was not wearing gloves and took the watch with his bare hands. Gin's fingerprints must be left on it!
He had wrapped the watch tightly. Although it had been soaked in sea water for a while, fingerprints were formed by the oil secreted by the skin, which is insoluble in water. In addition, sea water is only weakly alkaline, so the fingerprints will not disappear if they are not rubbed for a short period of time.
Conan smiled and waved his arms vigorously, venting his inner ecstasy.
It wasn’t easy, but we finally caught up with those guys!
He turned around and used the pee-escape trick again on Xiaolan and the others who had not yet got off the boat, then quickly ran to the store to buy a bottle of three-second glue, intending to use the cyanoacrylate method to take fingerprints, and after the fingerprints were extracted, he would ask Dr. Agasa to help check them first.
At the same time, Chu Ming was also discussing this issue with Gin. He accidentally noticed that Gin's fingertips seemed to be flat, and no fingerprints could be seen.
He reached out and took Gin's hand, turning it over and over to look at it carefully: "Hey, there are no fingerprints on your hands?"
Gin was caught off guard when someone pulled his hand away, and he couldn't help but frown and look at Chu Ming.
Chu Ming pinched Gin's hand and even scratched his fingertips with his nails. After finding that the fingerprints were not covered with stickers, he became curious: "How did you do that? Another new piece of equipment? Why don't you make one for me?"
Gin took back his hand, and gently lifted up a very thin layer of soft membrane from his wrist with his fingers. He pulled it gently and tore it off from his hand like shedding skin. "They are disposable. You can get a few from the research institute when you go on a mission, so you don't have to worry about wearing gloves."
Chu Ming took the soft membrane and twisted it gently between his fingertips: "This thing is good, but it should be improved a little bit, right? For example, make a fake fingerprint to frame someone... Akai Shuichi's fingerprint should still be in the organization, right? How about-"
Before Gin could say anything, Vermouth slapped Lafitte's thigh and said, "Good idea!"
Lafitte held his aching thigh with a confused look on his face, and looked at Vermouth with a very resentful look: "Why did you hit me when I had such a good idea?"
Chu Ming took sides: "Why are you yelling? I hope your hand doesn't hurt. After all, Lafitte has thick skin."
Vermouth waved her hands: "It's okay, I didn't use any force."
"What do you mean it doesn't matter! I was the one who got beaten!" Lafitte didn't even bother to study the mechanism box in his hand, "Is there no one who speaks up for an innocent me?"
Chu Ming sneered: "What sound are you making? Is laughter okay?"
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By the time they arrived at the organization's base, Lafitte had almost finished studying the mechanism box. Several people gathered around Lafitte, staring at the box in his hand that was slowly opening with burning eyes.
As the box opened, the paper inside slowly came out.
Lafitte carefully took the paper out of the box and spread it on the table. "It's Japanese paper. It's from three hundred years ago. Ordinary paper can't be preserved for that long. I don't know what kind of spells are drawn on it..."
Chu Ming looked at the tightly written oracle bone script on the paper and moved closer: "Is there a possibility that this is a kind of writing?"
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Chu Ming scratched his head and said, "You know I'm very interested in Chinese culture. The content on this paper looks like the oldest Chinese writing system."
Lafitte instantly became interested. He moved the paper towards Chu Ming and asked, "What's written on the paper?"
Chu Ming shook his head: "I don't know."
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"But someone will definitely know it." Feeling the confusion of the crowd, Chu Ming spread his hands, "There's nothing I can do. This kind of writing is too complicated. Who would bother to remember it... It's good enough that I can recognize it, okay?"
"Who do you mean when you say someone knows?" Vermouth was a little confused. "It seems that no one in the organization knows much about this."