Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 256 One hundred and seventy-one. Trading deep sea stones

   Back at the detective agency, Anna on the sofa was holding the romance novel she bought in the morning.

   Lu Li didn't notice any changes in her.

   "The phone rang not long after you left." Anna was still reading the book, her eyes fixed, and she said, "It's that strange guy who calls himself Marcus."

   "What did he say?" Lu Li took off his coat and hung it on the hanger.

   "Hmm... I didn't say anything, as if I had something to tell you in person."

   may be a new commission.

  Ana finished reading this page, turned to the next page, looked up at Lu Li worriedly: "Your sanity..."

   "It's down a bit, but it's still in the first stage."

  Lu Li's tone was flat as if the problem happened to someone else.

   "Then you won't be doing quests for the time being, right?"

"perhaps."

The    detective agency returned to calm, with only the occasional sound of pages turning.

   ding bell bell bell bell —

   After a while, the phone rang restlessly.

   picked up the phone, and a familiar voice came from the microphone: "Hi, how are you doing?"

   "Is something wrong?" Lu Li didn't mean to reminisce or be polite.

   "There is a commission you may feel—"

"How much."

   "200 shillings."

"Not interested in."

"Uh…"

  Lu Li's straightforwardness silenced Marcus for a moment: "The newspaper said a while ago that you and Baron Joseph are getting along...Is it true?"

   Anna who was reading a book instantly pricked up her ears.

"fake."

   But it is true that Baron Joseph wants to pursue Lu Li.

The voice of Marcus pleading came from the microphone: "Please, except for me, you are the only member of 'Healthy and Happy Everyday', and the other exorcists are unwilling to pay attention to me. I have only eaten one meal for several days in a row. It's dinner, please..."

  200 shillings is equal to half a month's salary of a normal family, which is not too low. But Lu Li's weekly salary is 700, even if he does nothing.

   In addition to the shortfall of tens of thousands of shillings at this time, a few hundred shillings could not arouse Lu Li's interest.

   In other words, he and Marcus have been unable to cooperate.

   So Lu Li said, "I have become an investigator, and these commissions are of no value to me."

  Marcus's voice suddenly rose a few degrees, making the transformed noisy voice sharper: "Investigator? The investigator from the three major organizations."

"Um."

"Well done! Our 'Healthy and Happy Everyday' is about to become famous! I'm still wondering why I can't collect your data - listen, I can make a custom commission for you, and an investigator's status is like a shit. The devil is much easier to use, those rich nobles will definitely consider you, hahahaha we are going to make a fortune man!"

   The voice in the microphone was even louder, and Lu Li had to hold it further away, waiting for Marcus to shout and shout for a long time, and then suddenly stopped.

   "Wait...don't tell me you're not interested..."

"Can consider it."

   Coincidentally, Lu Li just needed money.

  Marcus shouted excitedly again, his voice was mixed with a strong accent, and he couldn't tell what he was talking about.

   Waiting for Marcus to calm down, he continued: "When do you have free time? I will find a commission to arrange it in your free time."

"anytime."

   "That's it!"

   hung up the phone, and Lu Li looked at Anna's curious gaze - the sound insulation quality of the phone at this time was very low, and it was not difficult for Anna to hear what she wanted in a quiet room.

   "You still want to cooperate with him?" Anna's eyes narrowed dangerously. "It's this guy who made you approach the sewer door."

   "It has little to do with him, the main messenger is Richard."

   Although there is one thing that Lu Li still can't understand. When Richard prepared the trap commission for Lu Li, Lu Li didn't know him yet.

  What was his intention to harm himself?

   Or is it someone else who does this?

   Nothing else happened all afternoon.

   As evening approached, Anna pulled the curtains, lit the oil lamp, watched Lu Li lay down on the sofa and fell asleep, watched it quietly for a while, and went back to the bedroom to rest.

   Although she has been able to take a week without rest.

   Nothing happened the next day, except that when Lu Li went to the market to buy vegetables, he found that the price of pork had risen by another 1 shilling. Anna whispered to Lu Li that she was learning how to fish recently.

  Fish is also increasing in price, but not as crazy as other meats and vegetables.

   So Lu Li, who bought ingredients and went home that day, also had four small fish weighing a pound in addition to pork.

  The latter is used for Anna to practice hands, and the former is used as food.

   Facts have proved Lu Li's foresight, and Anna has also learned a lesson - cooking fish is not like cooking other dishes directly, at least digging out the internal organs.

   A peaceful day passed.

  In the early morning, the sky is bright.

  Waking up, Lu Li opened his eyes and saw that Anna, who had turned off the oil lamp, pulled up the curtains, revealing the blurred and meandering rain marks on the window.

  Like the weather forecast in the newspaper, it will rain lightly today.

  The water in the tap was colder than usual. After washing up, Lu Li picked up an umbrella and went out to buy ingredients with Anna. When Lu Li came back, he was carrying the same four small herrings as yesterday, and asked Anna to practice.

  If the world is so dangerous that it is necessary to move to a refuge to survive, then the only food that can be obtained steadily at that time may only be fish.

   Good fish cooking skills are very useful.

  Anna got into the kitchen and boiled a pot of water. While the water was not boiling, she clumsily sliced ​​open the internal organs of the herring, cut out the internal organs and threw them into the trash can.

  When the second herring was finished, the water boiled. Anna put in the prepared meat, added seasonings and spices, and continued processing the remaining small fish.

  The time passed, and fifteen minutes before 7:00 in the morning, there was a crashing sound from the door of the detective agency.

   It was like someone was hitting the door with his body.

  The movement outside caught Anna's attention, she stuck her head out of the kitchen, watched Anna open the door, and then stepped aside—

   A tall figure in shabby clothes lowered his head and walked into the detective agency holding a square black stone.

   It bent down and placed a cubic meter of deep-sea stone in the space behind the door. As the deep-sea stone fell, the floor under its feet trembled.

   A cubic meter of stone weighs more than two tons. The businessman was as relaxed as he was holding something insignificant. At least Lu Li didn't hear its rapid breathing.

   This may explain why everyone refers to a businessman by "it".

   "Deep sea stone?"

   The new merchant nodded.

   "Anna." Lu Li tilted his head and called.

  Anna understood, walked to the deep-sea stone, scattered the stand film that had always been placed outside the ghost, and reached out to touch the deep-sea stone.

  's fingertips touched the surface of the deep-sea stone and seemed to be submerged, but Anna shouted novelly at this moment: "I can touch it!"

   Anna, who had her fingers a few centimeters deep into the deep-sea stone, felt resistance and couldn't go further.

  Unless she releases mind projection and full breath.

   (end of this chapter)