Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 271 One hundred and eighty six. Transaction

  Ana and Dracula are fundamentally different.

  The former had a real existence in this world and had a human identity. Dracula, on the other hand, has been in the painting since the birth of consciousness, with no memory of being a human—or it wasn’t human at all.

   But we have to wait for the merchant to appear to determine what kind of existence it is, after all, only humans can become ghosts.

   On the way back, the burned down library was the same as when Lu Li came here last time, and no one cared about it.

   Passing by, Lu Li had a sense of being watched with no malice, and he remembered that there was a resentful spirit hidden in the basement under the ruins.

   Lu Li tilted his head slightly, and there was a soft humming sound that only he could hear from the void beside him.

  With Ana there, he no longer needs to avoid contact with this wraith.

   But not now, Lu Li is waiting for a better event.

   For example, the situation in the basement was discovered by the investigator base and an incident was released.

   Before dark, Lu Li returned to the detective agency on foot. Anna got into the kitchen to make a fire to cook, and Lu Li placed the portrait of Count Dracula, who no longer made a sound, behind the door, next to the deep sea stone.

  The sky outside the window was completely dark, and the two oil lamps lit in the detective agency brought a faint light.

   It is not as bright as Mary's electric light, but it brings warmth.

  After a while, Anna came out with pork boiled potatoes and steamed fish at the same time.

   The aroma of the broth mixed with the aroma of fish makes people appetizing, but the taste... At least the pork boiled potatoes are still Anna's usual level.

  The taste of steamed fish is not very good, but at least Anna knows how to remove the internal organs and fish scales, so she can swallow it.

   Forget the nausea rushing up after a meal.

  After dinner, it was time to rest. After Lu Li washed up, Anna brought an oil lamp to the bedroom, jumped on the bed and covered the quilt—although she did not feel the softness and warmth of the quilt.

"good night."

  Anna shouted out of the bedroom.

   didn't answer, Lu Li lay flat on the sofa with his arms on his forehead, as if he had fallen asleep.

The    detective agency became quiet.

   An occasional gust of wind will make dense raindrops fall on the windows, making a crisp sound.

  Huh…

  The wind seemed to get into the detective agency, wandering, and gently blowing something weightless.

   For example, the white cloth covering the portrait.

   The white cloth was slightly lifted and dropped again,

  Huh…

   Another gust of wind blew, slightly larger than before, and the white cloth bulged, revealing a corner of the portrait.

   The gust of wind was a little weird, because the curtains didn't move.

  Huh…

  The wind became stronger again, the white cloth blew up and fell, and silently slid down a small section.

  huh...huh...huh...

   The rhythmic sound of wind continued to sound in the corner of the detective agency.

   It may take a few minutes, maybe ten minutes, the last wind sounded, and the white cloth covering the portrait began to swipe down, revealing the figure of a middle-aged man on the portrait who was breathing slightly.

  Dracula didn't have time to be happy, his whole face froze. It saw an expressionless sculptural face staring at itself outside the portrait.

  What's up with that black-haired man...he has everything in his house! ?

  Dracula, who was unable to speak, looked at the sculpture in despair and closed his eyes silently.

   As an existence in the gallery, Dracula certainly knew the characteristics of this companion.

   The falling white cloth was picked up by a palm full of artistic sense but without the slightest color, covering the oil painting again.

The    detective agency is dormant in the silence again.

   There was no strange wind sound this time.

  …

   5:30 in the morning.

   The time when the sky has begun to brighten in the past is still gloomy today.

   Thick dark clouds covered the sky, and the sound of rain came into the detective agency.

  No need for Anna's call, Lu Li, who already had a biological clock, woke up on time and kept quiet as he listened to the noises from the neighbors living in the longhouse.

   "What, you're already awake." Anna, who quietly walked out of the bedroom, saw Lu Li open her eyes, muttered, and opened the curtains on the sofa.

   "What a heavy rain... It seems to be a rain of changes? It seems that I can't go out today."

   Anna rubbed her eyes and said, and walked into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Lu Li.

   is left over from last night, just warm it up.

  Rain of Mutation...

  Lu Li looked at the dim sky outside the window, the deep color of the dark clouds was depressing.

   Pedestrians have started walking on the streets, and they don't know the danger of the weird rain? Or is there something else hidden in it?

  Lu Li sat up from the sofa, took a few minutes to settle his physiology and cleaning, went back to the desk, sat down, picked up the phone and called Tesla.

   "Lu Li? Is there something wrong?" Tesla's gentle voice sounded quickly.

   Lu Li asked him about the specific effects of the strange rain.

Tesla pondered and said: "The rain of mutation has the least influence among the current three disasters. It can only transform dead objects without consciousness, but cannot transform living things. We will catch a cold at most in a rain, so don't worry. You just need to watch out for some weirdness born from the rain of mutation."

"I remember that you are in urgent need of money. After the rain of mutation in each area, a special event will be released, and all investigators in the area will be invited to deal with the strangeness, and then the investigator headquarters will reward contribution points. If you are interested, you can call one The messenger follows you, and it records all your actions."

"I see."

   hung up the phone, and Lu Li went back to the dining table and sat down.

   Breakfast was ready, and Anna, who had been waiting for a while, asked tentatively, "We can't go out today, right?"

   "You can go out, but you can't go to the Elm Grove." Lu Li replied.

   "Oh." Anna nodded, understanding Lu Li's decision.

  The visibility outside is too bad, and there is a long mountain road, they may have to go around in the woods all day and get nothing.

   "But what does it mean to be able to go out?"

  Lu Li told Anna what was on the phone, and the latter's eyes flickered: "I'm going too!"

   She wanted to show her ability to protect Lu Li for a long time.

"Um."

  Lu Li put down the big spoon, picked up the wooden bowl and took a sip of the broth.

  Ana asked excitedly, "When are we going to do it?"

   "Wait for a first-class merchant or a black crow." Lu Li replied.

   Merchants and messengers usually arrive some time after dawn.

  After breakfast, Lu Li waited in the detective agency for a while, probably because the review had not been completed or the heavy rain had affected the flight speed, the knock on the door came first before the knock on the window.

   Soggy clothes dripped down, and the floor around the boots gathered a small pool of water.

   "Need a deal?" A voice came from behind the damp scarf, cutting to the chase.

  Lu Li nodded and asked the price of the deep sea stone.

   "899 Contribution Points."

   is equivalent to 8990 shillings.

   Only three days have passed, and the price of the deep sea stone has risen by another 110 shillings.

   And this time Luli does not enjoy discounts.

  Lu Li nodded, picked up the portrait covered in white cloth behind the door and handed it to the businessman.

   "A living monster, do you accept it?"

   (end of this chapter)