Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 122 Thirty-seven. Weird Town

Most people have only two impressions of swamps: wet, fragmented wetlands with nowhere to rest, tall reeds swaying in the wind, the ground is covered with shallow grass, flying beasts hiding in the reeds, occasionally wandering and chasing with the waves, Green and clear are the keynotes here, and the blue sky and green water make people feel good. And the twisted, tangled, withered trees climbing snake-like vines, the muddy turbid sewage with weird bubbles, gloom and grayness pervading every place, lifeless and lifeless, making people stop. dare not step in.

   The real situation is generally the former, but in today's Principality of the Ellen Peninsula, the latter may be more common.

On the horizon behind    Shadow Town, a dark swamp forest loomed in front of you.

   "Is it in there?"

   Anna, who had been bored for a long time, became more energetic and looked at the town road in the distance.

   "Maybe."

   Lu Li replied, that **** tentacle fell into Shadow Town, but maybe it fell into the Shadow Swamp behind Shadow Town.

  There are more horses and carts on the road, most of them are trucks. Some of the cars had flaming torches already plugged into them.

   Follow these scattered wagons and wagons into Shadow Town.

   Lu Li and Anna in the carriage looked at the town at the same time. It's much smaller than Watchtown, but it's huge, and it's even a little weird.

  The streets are wide enough for six carriages to drive side by side, and even in Belfast there are only a few such wide roads. Street pub signs make up more than half of all the shops - but the truth is that no residents live there, and Shadowtown doesn't usually have many tourists.

   Unless everyone here is an alcoholic, people often go out at night without getting drunk, which is obviously not possible.

The    carriage continued forward until it crossed the middle of the town and reached the edge of the shadow swamp. He got a not-so-good news.

  The **** tentacle spread into the Shadow Swamp.

  This means that the target Lu Li is looking for is in the swamp, and he must enter the swamp.

   "Where did you see the tentacles?"

  The carriage stopped at the edge of the town, and Anna asked Lu Li, who was overlooking.

  Lu Li didn't take his eyes back: "One good news and one bad news."

   "The bad news is that the tentacles are in the swamp?" Anna tentatively guessed.

  Lu Li nodded.

   "What about the good news?"

   "It shouldn't be too far."

   In the dim sky, the blood-colored tentacles were almost mixed with the night sky, but it was already extremely clear.

   "I can't seem to get into the swamp right now..."

  Anna poked her chin and said, looking at the shadow of a swamp forest in the distance, she was a little scared.

   "Find a place to stay first."

  Lu Li pulled the reins and turned around, returning to the middle of the town.

   Shadow Town has no lights. Instead, lit gas lamps line the streets of three people. Although the name of Three Street is a bit strange, it is the widest and original street in Shadow Town. More than 50 percent of the town's residents live along this street.

   Returning to the middle of Shadow Town, Lu Li found a Big Wave Tavern and stopped. Handing over the reins of the carriage to the waiter at the door, Lu Li walked to the tavern.

   "I felt like someone was following us...not human."

   Anna's small voice sounded in her ears.

   "I was discovered! Something's wrong..."

  Lu Li's face was calm, and he didn't look around for prying presence, but his right hand silently touched the back of his waist and pulled out the psychic spear.

  The movement is not big, but the handle of the psychic gun has left the holster.

   The coldness instantly wrapped Lu Li, unable to breathe. Although Lu Li put back the holster in less than a second, the coldness never dissipated.

   "Have you sensed it?" Anna asked in a low voice.

"No."

  Lu Li walked up the steps in front of the tavern: "There is a lot of malice, but I didn't find what you said existed."

   Homologous will make Lu Li sense the existence of the inner world. Such as those dark existences, such as the ghost family. The former usually has unparalleled maliciousness, and the latter does the same, but to a lesser degree.

  Lu Li's reconnaissance with a psychic gun is usually to perceive those slightly weaker malice, for example, the maliciousness in Anna is very weak.

   But just now, Lu Li didn't perceive any weak maliciousness around him, so it could be that Anna's perception was wrong, or that their presence was a member of the powerful maliciousness.

   Trouble is, Ana is unlikely to perceive a mistake.

   "Want to go and see?"

  Lu Li shook his head indistinctly, raised his hand to hold the door panel, and pushed it open: "Not for now, first understand the situation here before considering actions."

  Squeak-

  The door of the tavern was pushed open, and there was no hustle and bustle as imagined.

  This small tavern is unexpectedly quiet and bright. Several kerosene lamps on the walls dispel the darkness. The old floors and tables and chairs indicate that this tavern has a certain history.

Behind the counter was an old woman with white hair and a wrinkled face. She smiled at the door and said, "Hello, it's Zhang Sheng's face. Look at those beautiful eyes like black gems... Honorable guest, you Where did it come from?"

   "Belfast."

  Lu Li walked to the bar, the bright interior of the tavern seemed to dispel the coldness on him.

   He is now recovering sanity in bright light if the sanity rules are applied.

  The old woman asked: "Is it Ellen's Star? There haven't been guests from there for a long time. Are you here for a tour?"

  The Star of Allen is another name for Belfast, but it has been a long time since the deep sea changed and the port declined.

   "You?" Lu Li's black eyes narrowed.

   At the same moment, an unfamiliar voice came from behind.

   "I'm not, I'm from inland."

  A man wearing a black coat and carrying a suitcase walked past Lu Li and came to the bar.

   His suitcase seemed heavy and made a dull noise on the floor.

   "Oh sorry, I'm old, I thought you were together." The old woman smiled embarrassedly. "I guess you want to stay in, right?"

   The man in black who gave off an inexplicable sense of gloom nodded.

   Lu Li did the same, but his lips moved slightly and he whispered, "Is it him."

   "I don't know... But this person's breath is also very strange..." Anna's hesitant voice sounded beside her ears.

   There were footsteps behind him, and the waiter who went to settle the carriage said politely, "Sir, the carriage has been put in the backyard."

"thanks."

  Lu Li thanked him, and also walked to the bar, side by side with the mysterious man.

The old woman took out two oil lamps from under the bar, lit them slowly one by one, and motioned for them to pick them up: "The kerosene has been replenished. There are candles in the drawer of the room, you can light them if you are worried, each one is a shilling. "

   "As a local, it is necessary for me to remind two guests. Please close the curtains before going to bed at night, no matter what you hear..."

   She stared at the two people in front of the bar and said word by word.

   "Never look outside."

   (end of this chapter)