Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 1166 One hundred and four. Hide and seek

   "Sunshine does not penetrate deep forests."

   This old adage of the Hillelwig Mountains, which is plentiful but still hungry for hunters, is validated in another way.

  The land without light is shrouded in darkness, and the shadows of forests and hills in the distance are indistinguishable, like a moonless night.

   He could hardly see anything, and could hardly hear any sound. The complete silence brought depression. Only the broken road built by the predecessors under his feet guided Lu Li and brought sound to Lu Li.

   This ten-mile-long broken path connects the coast and the small town of Nice.

  The stones on the road are occasionally kicked away and get out of the way. Sometimes skeletons, slender and dense, resembling fish bones. Lu Li, who was in peace and went for about two miles in depression, saw the owner of these fish bones: the skull of a frogfish man who lost his jaw.

   The skull is only the size of a palm, which is much smaller than that of a human being. The frogfish man is only about one meter in height, and even the straight and ricket spine will not be higher than the belly of an adult male.

  These skeletons are not brand new, quite a few are badly weathered and smashed into gravel-like ashes when stepped on.

   Either the frogfish group has retreated, or the town of Nice at the end is no longer necessary to attack.

   The oil lamp that was close to the smashed bones moved away, and Lu Li, who straightened his waist, continued to move forward, guessing it was the former.

   Because he didn't smell the stench wafting from the rotting soil.

   And there are more powerful monsters or tribes in the small town of Nice - Luli has not encountered any monsters on the broken road.

  Two hours later, the road under your feet will come to an end. Lu Li is very close to the small town of Nice.

   But Lu Li slowed down instead, took the manifesting potion, and was ready to fight.

   Because he was not greeted by the stray cat, nor did he hear the cat's meow.

  Whether or not the stray cat abandons the town of Nice... those who occupy this place have become other powerful monsters, such as—

  Lu Li suddenly lost control of his body, jumping like a child to the silhouette of the dormant Nice town in the distance, forced to laugh like a child.

   Lu Li, who was about to start a dream to break free, stopped because he felt the aura of the ritual from manipulating his own power.

  Let the ceremony drag the body that became part of the weird scene into the town of Nice and stop in front of the fountain in the central square.

  The three frogfish people waited quietly by the fountain. They were in the same situation as Lu Li and were captured by the phantom ceremony of the little boy standing on the fountain.

  Lu Li observed the boy's phantom. It was about eight or nine years old, with a thin body and an ill-fitting sackcloth coat, and its face was blurred.

   is not an evil spirit, but a resentful spirit.

   "It's my turn to be a ghost! Hurry up and hide, count to a hundred."

   The boy phantom simply chanted the rules like a game, and resumed body control with Lu Li and the three frogfish people. It also turned around and lay on the fountain: "One hundred - ninety-nine - ninety-eight-"

   "Can I ask a question?"

  "—ninety-seven—ninety-six—ninety-five—”

   Lu Li's query went unanswered, and the countdown continued.

   Notice the momentary landing on the numb three frogfish. Dry and thin, as if the flames were about to go out, Lu Li didn't think they were just caught by the Wraith Boy just like himself.

   Maybe they were imprisoned a long time ago, until Lu Li broke into the town and met the number of people needed for the ceremony. So bodies and minds become numb - long periods of captivity and control make them lose themselves.

  "—eighty-three—eighty-two—eighty-one—”

Lu Li didn't leave immediately, he walked up to the three frogfish, poured the first one with a latent shadow potion, touched the second one with his left hand when it sneaked into the inner world, and when it instinctively fled to the depths due to the stress of injury He grabbed the third frogfish with his right hand and took it to the outskirts of Nice town.

  "—seventy—sixty-nine—sixty-eight—”

   The Wraith Boy's cry gradually faded away.

   Along the way, Lu Li released the numb frogmen who followed, and moved forward alone.

  “Meow—”

   Approaching the edge of the town of Nice, the cat's meow caught Lu Li's attention, and his black eyes fell to the place where the sound came from. A phantom of a flower cat sat behind the broken window, standing up as a guide and walked into the dark depths.

   "--thirty-seven--thirty-six--thirty-five-"

  Lu Li followed Hua Mao into the house by stepping on the debris, and saw it sitting in front of the closet.

  "—twenty-four—twenty-three—twenty-two—”

   Nodding to the ghost cat, Lu Li replaced the oil lamp with a fluorite block, and opened the wardrobe door to hide inside.

   "-three-two-one-I'm going to find you!"

   The echoing shouts faded, and the small town of Nice returned to silence.

   "I found you!"

   Then just a few seconds later, the boy's innocent laughter echoed over the quiet town of Nice, and then there was a creepy gnawing sound.

   Latent Shadow Elixir obviously has no effect on Wraith.

   In the next few minutes, the second and third frogfish people were discovered one after another, and a shuddering childish voice sounded.

   Lu Li was the only player left in hide and seek.

   Time passed, Lu Li remained quiet, waiting for the end of the normal hide-and-seek game that would last for an unknown amount of time—until a sudden cat meowing broke the silence.

"Meow-"

   And then back to silence.

   The ominous Lu Li took out the oil lamp and lit it. Then, under the polished dim light, the murloc skeletons piled up at the bottom of the wardrobe were fully revealed.

   and the venomous gaze on the blurred face that emerged from the crevice of the wardrobe door.

   "I found you!"

  Lu Li suddenly opened his eyes and woke up in a nightmare.

"Meow-"

   The tabby cat, sitting behind the window, called out urgingly.

  Lu Li stared at it, suddenly took out the water bottle, and poured it on his hands to wash the contaminated frogfish smell.

  Whoa—

  The clear water washed away the breath of the frogfish.

"Meow…"

  The remnant soul of the flower cat gradually drifted away.

   had no time to understand the reason, noticed that the countdown no longer sounded, Lu Li continued to move forward, but was blocked by an invisible film outside the town of Nice.

  The condensed air becomes part of the enclosed space, preventing Lu Li from leaving.

   The bizarre and bizarre dream is like seawater soaked in sackcloth, smeared and painted from behind, Lu Li stretched forward his hand, no longer hindered, and safely left the ceremony of laying the wraith.

   When the broken road under his feet became a dirt road, Lu Li stopped and looked back at the shadowy town that was dormant again.

   Wraith strangely did not chase, and may not even notice his departure.

   Restrained the dream, Lu Li changed into an oil lamp and continued on the road.

   The next journey is no longer smooth. The distance from Nice to Vig is farther and harder than the coast to Nice.

  Lu Li had to maintain his speed in order to reach the town of Vig before the strange fog came after nightfall.

   It’s just difficult to advance and climb in the rolling hills and mountains. What’s worse, the compass is useless. Even if the businessman Anthony arrives from time to time to guide the direction, Lu Li is almost lost.

  Humans were never creatures suited to living in the dark.

   At this time, Lu Li heard the baby cry from the front.

  Lu Li bypassed the crying range and continued to move forward, but it sounded again soon after, followed, but gradually became less sharp, like a cat's meow.

   (end of this chapter)