Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 298 Two hundred and thirteen. Take Annie away

  Three figures left Mary's residence, got in the carriage and drove away.

   On the carriage, Mary told Anna and Lu Li what happened after they left.

   The situation happened this morning, or last night. In short, when Mary, as usual, arrived at the manor an hour after dawn, the old janitor hurriedly told her that something was wrong with the elm. When Mary rushed to the elm tree, she saw that the elm tree was covered with branches.

  Annie's branches are falling off.

   Mary went to contact Lu Li and Anna at that time, but they were still following Lame Barton to Elm Forest, so Mary went to Old Henry for help.

   The old man who suddenly received the bad news of his son's death yesterday fell ill, but he was still willing to help. When Old Henry arrived at the manor for inspection, his evaluation was: The tree is withering.

  Old Henry told her that such a situation had been so common these days that there was almost no way to avoid it, and there was nothing he could do to prevent its death.

   After understanding the cause and effect, the carriage approached the manor and stopped outside the manor, which was dark and no light could be seen.

   The old doorman walked out of the hut with an oil lamp and opened the door for Lu Li and the others.

   They approached Annie, her damp tree trunk reflecting light in the light of the oil lamp. As Mary said, the ground was covered with a layer of soaked branches, and there were few branches on the trunk, like trees in winter.

   Standing in front of the tree, Lu Li looked at Anna.

   She floated off the ground, her forehead pressed against the cold tree trunk in the dim light of the oil lamp in the rainy night.

   After a brief silence, she whispered softly in the sound of rain filling her ears: "I feel her...very weak...like a faint flame swaying in the wind...she is responding to me..."

  Anna's tone was getting low. Under the gazes of Lu Li and Mary, she gently stroked Annie's rough tree and whispered, "I'm sorry, I can't do anything."

   "Take her away."

   Lu Li suddenly spoke.

  The two stunned eyes looked at the same time, and Lu Li continued, "Take her back to the Elm Forest."

  Anna suddenly understood Lu Li's intention.

   "You want to..."

  Lu Li nodded slightly and said to Mary, "Mary, please go and call old Henry."

   "He doesn't have a phone at home." Mary didn't know what they were going to say, but she obviously had a solution, and said quickly, "I'll go find him."

  Anna hesitated, but after a moment of hesitation, she whispered, "Be careful..."

  Mary turned around and walked towards the door with a gentle smile on her younger generation.

   Witnessing the faint light fade away, Anna retracted her gaze and asked Lu Li worriedly, "Is this useful... They are all desperately waiting for death."

   "Better than staying here."

"Um……"

  After waiting for nearly half an hour, there was some movement at the gate, and the firefly-like light went from far to near.

  Mary came with old Henry and some young gardeners.

   "They are responsible for digging out Annie." Mary and Lu Li said that Anna had disappeared after seeing the stranger.

Lu Li nodded and looked at the old Henry who looked at him with a complicated expression. He seemed to have a lot of things to ask. Lu Li knew what he was going to ask and said to him, "I'll tell you later, move this elm tree first and make sure she To return to Belfast alive."

   "...I can't be sure." Old Henry suppressed his doubts temporarily and said to Lu Li, "It is already withering, and it may wither and die at any time."

   "Then she won't die because of the rush factor."

"Can."

  Old Henry called the young gardeners and arranged where to start digging to avoid hurting the roots. Then two gardeners were asked to bring the elongated carriage outside the gate into the manor and carry the wooden box down.

   A few oil lamps barely illuminated the surroundings. The gardeners started busy with shovels. Old Henry watched them work and stood beside Lu Li and said, "Can you tell me... What is the reason for my child..."

   "He was probably killed by a Wraith."

  Old Henry, who heard the words, was silent, his body was thin and lonely under the heavy rain, and he said slowly: "The police officers told me that he was killed because he helped people..."

   To a certain extent, those police officers were right.

   It seems that the sad old man should be comforted at this time, but Lu Li won't. He remained silent without saying a word.

   Fortunately, Aunt Mary was there, and she comforted the old man who lost his son softly.

  A large amount of soil around the elm tree was dug out, but the surrounding area remained intact. A large wooden box with more than enough space for more than a dozen people to stand in was lifted from the carriage. The young gardeners carefully lifted the roots of the elm tree wrapped in clods, carried them into the wooden box, and put them on the lid with a round hole.

  Old Henry stopped them when they were about to lift the elm tree planted in the wooden box into the carriage, and let people fill the wooden box with soil to avoid the bumps of transportation from hurting the roots of the tree.

   After doing this, the gardeners lifted the wooden box and suddenly found that the weight was inexplicably lighter than before. They didn't know why, but they sped up and flattened it into the elongated wagon, which was then supported by the stand.

  Only a small piece of the canopy emerges from the carriage. Anne's thinness allows her to better transport. If it is a lush tree, some branches must be cut off.

   After working hard, old Henry and the gardener left. When Lu Li asked about the price, Mary smiled and said, "I'll pay for the money, just treat it as something I can do for Anna."

  Hurry up, Mary didn't say anything to hold back. The carriage that Lu Li was in was left behind by Mary, and Simfast has the same rental company, and she can return it for them tomorrow.

   drove the extended carriage back to the gate. Before leaving, Lu Li noticed Anna's hesitation and asked, "Do you have an exorcist friend?"

  Mary nodded and said, "Well, that's what she told me about the investigator and the Night's Watch."

   "Can she be trusted?"

   "It's my good friend." She didn't understand why Lu Li asked, but Mary still answered.

  Lu Li nodded: "I'll have more contact with her in the next few days. If you can, it's better to live in her house. If something happens, I can take you away quickly."

What   Mary realized: "Is something going to happen?"

"not yet."

   "Temporarily...what do you mean temporarily?"

"literal meaning."

   "The weirdness is rampant." Anna explained to Lu Li, "Zernst has already killed more than 100,000 people, and terrible things are happening."

  Mary was stunned and opened her mouth slightly. She couldn't believe it, but felt that there was no need for Anna and Lu Li to lie to herself.

"That you……"

   "We have already found a safe refuge, you don't have to worry." Anna forced a smile to hide the sadness in her eyes.

   Sadness for this world.

  Mary hesitated: "Can I tell my family and friends?"

   "Yes." Lu Li replied.

   This kind of thing can't be covered for too long, or it won't be long before everyone will know about it. Mary and her family and friends know about it earlier and prepare for it earlier.

   "I see." Mary nodded and said to Anna and Lu Li in the carriage.

   "Safe journey, see you next time."

   (end of this chapter)