Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 164 Seventy-nine. Pessimists

   A palm-length pitch-black oak branch was placed on the table.

   The last sanity test was a leaf, this time it was a branch.

   Lu Li vaguely guessed the form of the evil spirit: "Is this part of the evil spirit that can manifest Sanity?"

   An indescribable aura of obscurity emanated from the branches, and its appearance made Lu Li somewhat familiar.

   Hades also seems to have a section, but the breath on it is nearly exhausted, and Hades also only uses branches as common congeners: gnawing.

"Yes, it is called the tree of the mind. The ritual is to absorb the words of the people who are in contact with them and lift the spiritual veil of the people who are in contact with them. But the human mind is too fragile to bear its breath, and it often suffers from speaking around its body. Crazy. Until the first generation of demon slayers, Isaac Einstein began to study and analyze evil spirits, tested with the branches and leaves of the tree of mind, and finally found a way to limit the value of sanity."

   would be downplayed by Tesla with the knowledge that Haders would charge thousands of shillings.

   "Evil spirits have bodies?" Lu Li asked, Tesla's words were a little different from what Lu Li knew.

  【Evil spirits do not have a body, they are everywhere to a certain extent, rather than having entities like resentful spirits... It is not that there is no entity, too specific I can't tell you-]

   The words of the seeker came to mind.

"Trees always have roots, and water always has a source." Tesla replied with a chuckle: "But most evil spirits' bodies and consciousness are not together. Their consciousness comes to possess them everywhere, and no one knows what their body is. Somewhere, that's why it's so hard for us to get rid of the evil spirits completely."

   "It's really pessimistic to hear such words from a professional like you." Old Pique, who was holding his arms, snorted softly. "We always have to face reality." Tesla showed helplessness and continued to say to Lu Li: "So there are very few evil spirits with consciousness like the Tree of Mind. If all evil spirits are like this, we estimate Unemployed."

   "So there are more and more evil spirits?"

  Lu Li can always capture some key information from his words.

Teslang didn't answer immediately, as if he was habitually acting, he turned the ring on his index finger and said slowly: "Old Pique told me about your answer when testing your sanity. I want to know why you have this thought. ? Pessimistic, vigilant."

   Lu Li did not continue to answer, but Terrance continued to speak.

"When I was as old as you, I was at the age where I was not afraid of the sky and the earth. I was positive, and I was not afraid of anything. At that time, even if an evil spirit appeared in front of me, I dared to swing a stick over it. And you are cautious like a me An old guy I know, who has retired from the investigator because of his excessive age, is one of the few men in the organization who survived until retirement."

  Trance stared at Lu Li, waiting for his answer.

Next to   , old Pique got up and left his seat, coughing: "You guys continue, I go to the toilet, I always urinate a lot when I get older."

   "If you don't come back in five minutes, I'll tell Little Pique to go to the toilet to fetch you." Terrance waved to him.

   Waiting for Old Pique to leave, Lu Li looked away from the crowd around the table.

   "From what I saw."

   he replied.

   "The world is becoming unviable at a rate visible to the naked eye."

Trance was puzzled: "Not long after you became an exorcist, according to our investigation, you came to Belfast a month ago, and became an exorcist a few days later. Well... Hades is the guide. Man, I know him, an exorcist with a bad reputation, as long as he has money, he is willing to do anything, which is very suitable as a guide."

   "So as a new exorcist, how many supernatural events have you experienced this month? To be honest, your heart is very firm. I don't think one month is enough to make a person with a firm heart become so pessimistic."

So Lu Li told all his experiences after he came to this world: "Night Calamity, more than a dozen ghosts, two resentful spirits, two evil spirits, and one may be the existence of evil spirits, in the shadow swamp and the hurricane. A day in the middle, and two things that don't fit right now."

   "Sounds true..." What Lu Li said surprised Tesla. "Unlucky enough."

   "But maybe what you have experienced is the true appearance of the world? Before that, you were an ordinary person, and there is a high chance that you will not be able to touch these things."

   "If this has always been the case, human civilization may not be able to develop to this level." Lu Li shook his head. Tesla's statement sounded reasonable, but it could not stand up to scrutiny. "Night Calamity appeared a few months ago, and the traces of the hurricane have not disappeared from here."

   "Well, I thought I could fool you."

  Unexpectedly, Tesla admitted Lu Li's point of view: "In fact, our world is indeed becoming ... dangerous."

   "The situation is bad?"

   "It's not bad, and it's not very good." Like Lu Li, Tesla remained calm on such a despairing topic. He chuckled and said, "But it makes more sense for what we do, doesn't it?"

   Confirmed his inner guess, Lu Li stopped talking about this topic, and instead asked: "Have we not started the sanity test yet?"

   "It's already underway." Tesla pointed to the dark branches on the table. "We can communicate around the branches of the tree of mind."

"The sanity test is said to be a test, but in fact those questions are used to evaluate the tester's personality, to see whether the tester is suitable for joining the three major organizations. If you join an investigator, the sanity test questions after each return from exploration will be aimed at In your heart, you know, a low sanity value will lead to a big change in a person's temperament."

   This explains why the first sanity test, those questions are like psychological test questions.

   "What if you lie?" Lu Li asked.

   "Nothing will happen. The tree of the mind can tell the truth from the false."

  Tesla added: "I'm very optimistic about you, so if your answer is satisfactory to me, even if your sanity problem is serious, I will consider opening the door."

  Lu Li nodded: "Then let's continue."

  Tesla shook his moustache and showed a long-awaited smile: "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."

   Just like Lu Li likes Tesla’s knowledge, Tesla also likes Lu Li’s character, which makes him see a little bit of himself.

   Calm, calm, intelligent, and like himself… pessimistic.

   Pessimism may make a person's character become cautious and timid in doing things. But at some point, its role can be paired with calm and cleverness.

   Pessimists tend to minimize the psychological expectations of an event, which means that when something bad happens - they will be more prepared.

   (end of this chapter)