Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 297

   The road leading down the mountain was congested.

   A long line of carriages lined up, slowly moving forward in the gloomy and rainy day.

   In the front row of the congested road, a few figures in black ponchos stood in front of the fork, blocking the approaching carriages and saying something. The left fork was cordoned off by them.

   "What a **** of a day... When will those municipal masters think of repairing the road?"

The carriage behind    was still approaching, John beckoned to the carriage and glanced sideways: "They have more troublesome things to do now, everyone is busy, and complain less."

   Hands shut their mouths.

   The carriage stopped in front of him, and John and his men circled to the side of the carriage.

A fat palm with a ruby ​​ring lifted the curtain of the car, revealing a middle-aged woman in a lace evening dress and a wide hat, who was still complaining: "It's rare that this kind of country has traffic jams. , I thought the Onyx Lake was only filled with carriages when there was a dinner party at home."

  John ignored the fat woman's boast and shouted to her: "Ma'am! The road ahead is flooded!"

   Panic appeared on the pale face of the fat woman covered in makeup: "You can't do this, I'm in a hurry to go to Enderfast!"

  John couldn't hear her voice, so he leaned forward and shouted, "What? Please be louder."

   "I said I'm going to Enderfast!" the fat woman had to shout, followed by a whisper of "Damn rude".

  John pointed to the road on the right and shouted: "You can go through Conch Town, where the road is still intact!"

   "Then go around in circles!"

   "There is no other way ma'am, the road ahead is impassable!"

   "It's really... troublesome, if the housekeeper hadn't gone home for the New Year, I wouldn't have..."

   The fat woman said something again, but John, who had left the carriage, could no longer hear. He waved to the groom and motioned for the carriage behind him.

  The car curtain was opened to a limited corner, revealing a pair of dark eyes. John was stunned, and said to the mysterious man: "Sir! The road ahead is flooded!"

   "Will Linhai be flooded too?"

   "There is a low-lying land in front! It can't be discharged into the sea!"

   The man in the carriage stopped worrying about this issue, and instead asked: "I'm going to Shymfast."

   "You can go to Conch Town! Follow the carriage in front and you can go there!" John pointed to the carriage in front, which hadn't disappeared into the rain.

"thanks."

   The reins extending into the curtain trembled slightly, and the horse turned to the right road and slowly caught up with the previous carriage. After following for dozens of seconds, he passed the previous carriage and accelerated to his destination.

   handed the reins to Anna, Lu Li folded the map again, and turned off the oil lamp.

  Darkness returned to the carriage.

  Anna pursed her lips and said to Lu Li, "Do we still have time to get to Shymfast before dark?"

   The silhouette of Lu Li was revealed in the dimly lit carriage. He looked up at the sky, which was darker than before, shook his head and said, "It's always too late, now it will be slower."

   It was already around 1:30 in the afternoon when I rented a carriage and left the detective agency. It is now 3:00 in the afternoon. I am afraid it will not be dark before 5:00 in this bad weather.

  The muddy road limited their speed, especially after the short road was flooded, they could only make an arc, first to Conch Town, and then from Conch Town to Shymfast.

   The speed of the dark sky was earlier than Lu Li expected. At four o'clock in the afternoon, there was still more than ten miles from Conch Town, and there was only a dark outline around.

  The faint outlines of the carriages before and after the road also lit up one after another, giving people a sense of hope that they are not alone in the dark and rainy days.

   After half an hour, the carriage drove into Conch Town.

  The town is not big, with only a few thousand people in the town. In clear weather, you can see the end at a glance.

   Neither Lu Li nor Anna intended to stay here, the carriage went straight through Conch Town and headed for the road to Shymfast.

   "Your friend seems to be here." Anna remembered something.

"Um."

  Remy and Jimmy are in Conch Town at this time.

  If they do appear in this world.

   Hesitating for a moment, Anna asked in a low voice, "Are you going to find them?"

   "Find them when you can come back." Lu Li replied. "And sooner or later they will go to Belfast."

"Um!"

  Anna nodded heavily and her tone became lighter.

  Lu Li opened the map, looked at the distance between Conch Town and Shymfast, estimated the current speed, and said the approximate arrival time: "We will approach Shymfast around 11 pm."

   "Hopefully..." Anna murmured.

   Ten minutes after leaving Conch Town, the surrounding road turned into an icy rainy night. And for Lu Li, he finally won't see the huge illusory shadow lying on the horse's back.

  Maybe the illusion is still there, but it has merged with the surroundings.

   It was not peaceful to drive at night. Anna felt the maliciousness hidden around the road several times, but when she released her breath, those maliciousness disappeared silently.

   "The sixth one..." Anna held her breath, frowning tightly on her delicate cheeks.

   "Is it still a ghost?"

"Um."

   is bad news and good news. The bad news is that these ghosts appear very strange, the good news is that Lu Li and Anna are good at dealing with this kind of existence.

  If it's other types of weirdness, Lu Li and Ana will have a hard time hurting them.

  The journey was peaceful, and at 11:15 midnight, the carriage entered Shymfast.

  The building and the bright street lights dispelled a trace of anxiety in Anna's heart. Lu Li took the reins from her and turned into the street where Mary lived.

  The carriage stopped in front of Mary's residence, the dim lights in the room illuminated the rainy night, and there was someone at home.

  Lu Li held up his umbrella and got out of the car, walked up the steps, and knocked on the door.

   After a while, footsteps came from behind the door, the cat's eyes darkened for a moment, and then the door opened, revealing a haggard and shocked face.

   "You...I thought you would come back tomorrow."

   "Time is running out." Finding that Mary was only wearing pajamas, Lu Li put his eyes on her face and answered briefly.

   "Come in."

  Mary stepped aside and let Lu Li and Anna enter the room.

   She closed the door and said with concern: "You...have you eaten? Do you want to eat something first?"

   Anna opened her mouth slightly to say something, but she stopped suddenly.

   She remembered that Lu Li hadn't eaten on the way.

   And because of the cold and the bumps on the road, his face was always pale.

  Wait a minute, it's already here anyway...

   thought Anna.

   "Go to Anna's house first." Lu Li said.

   (end of this chapter)