Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 431 Eight. Anna Burial Place

   It is not a good idea to travel alone in the wilderness at night.

   Luli encountered some troubles more or less on the past few trips.

   This time, luck was a little better. Lu Li arrived at Shymfast before midnight without any setbacks.

   The continuous drizzle of the past few days has stopped for a whole day, but almost no pedestrians can be seen, and the street with street lights is deserted.

   The homeless living under the street lights are also missing, maybe they were resettled by the local government, maybe...

   The crisp sound of hooves resounded on the wet bluestone road, and a carriage stopped at No. 66 Champs-Elysée.

  The delicate building was lit up, and a female silhouette appeared behind the curtains, opened a corner, and then dropped gently. After a short while, the white wooden door opened, and Aunt Mary appeared behind the door.

  The revealing Anna floated into the house, Lu Li tied the reins to the guardrail, and walked into the warm and bright house with the suitcase and the oil lamp.

  Aunt Mary closed the door after he came in and went to the kitchen to get the coffee that had been heating in her plush slippers.

  Lu Li put the suitcase beside the sofa, turned and sat down.

  Aunt Mary returned to the table with two cups of coffee, one of which was handed to Lu Li and the other to Anna, she suddenly remembered something, showed a hint of sadness, and left the coffee in front of her.

   "Warm yourself up, the recent temperature is like autumn has come early," said Aunt Mary, who quickly recovered.

   "It's almost the same." Anna replied.

  The present when the plants are no longer growing is no different from the autumn when the plants are dead.

  Aunt Mary smiled and looked at Anna and Lu Li softly: "Do you really want to go to the Lennon Islands with me?"

   "Well, it's safe there," Anna replied.

  Aunt Mary asked some more questions as if in a relationship, but Lu Li had no intention to answer, and Anna could only accept the kindness of Aunt Mary's elders with a slight discomfort.

   But when Anna asked if she was ready to salute, Aunt Mary showed a surprised look, shook her head and said, "You want to go now? No, Simfast has banned going out of the city alone at night."

   Lu Li, who had been acting as a spectator, said at this time, "What happened?"

  Aunt Mary replied in a worried tone: "Well... Recently, many residents who went out alone have disappeared. The police have not found the culprit. Those residents may have encountered strange things."

  At this moment, Anna understood why the guard soldiers looked at Lu Li so strangely when the carriage entered the city.

   "Isn't there any other way to get out of the city?" As an investigator, Lu Li wanted to ignore the ban and leave the city easily. Now he needs to know the severity of the ban.

The more severe the   , the more dangerous the outside world.

   "...you can join the caravan, this is the only way to leave here freely." Aunt Mary said hesitantly.

   doesn't seem to be a problem.

   But Aunt Mary still thinks that we should leave after dawn tomorrow: "We can leave early in the morning after a night's rest. It is safer during the day and it is convenient to buy ferry tickets."

  Ana replied for Lu Li: "The ticket has been bought. The ocean liner "Avitannis" that docks at Rodster port tomorrow evening will be delivered by the postman when we return to the detective agency."

  Aunt Mary looked at Lu Li in astonishment.

   Although Lu Li didn't speak or show his emotions after entering, she could faintly sense that Lu Li's actions were urgent.

   "Well, there's not much luggage to pack, when are we leaving?" Aunt Mary no longer insisted.

  Ana and Lu Li have no reason to hurt themselves, they must have their reasons for being so urgent.

   Lu Li replied: "It's enough to be in Belfast in the early morning tomorrow."

   "I'm going to clean up now." Aunt Mary nodded and looked at Anna: "Anna, do you want to come with me?"

  Aunt Mary seems to have something to say to Anna.

  Anna followed Aunt Mary away, while Lu Li stayed in the living room, drinking coffee to warm up.

   As Aunt Mary said, she had prepared what she needed to take away, and there was nothing to pack.

  Ten minutes later, footsteps came from the second floor and stopped at the corner of the stairs.

  Lu Li raised his eyes and looked at Aunt Anna and Mary who were talking through the gap between the stairs.

   "Do you want to go back to the manor?"

  Aunt Mary's soft voice drifted into the quiet living room.

   A slightly cold voice sounded: "...I forgot a lot of things during the time I died, and there is nothing worth lingering on there."

   "Alas... Anna, you've changed a lot... Compared to the beginning, compared to the last time you came."

"maybe."

  The conversation ended quickly, and they went back to the living room.

  Aunt Mary put on a loose light gray dress that was easy to travel, and was carrying a dark red suitcase.

   There are also some bread and chicken soup and mashed potatoes in the kitchen, which Aunt Mary packed in a kraft paper bag and brought.

   The clock in the corner pointed to 10 o'clock, and now they should arrive in Belfast at dawn and dusk.

   But before leaving, Lu Li still has some questions and some things to do.

   "Did Anna die of an epidemic?" Lu Li asked Aunt Mary.

  Anna was a little embarrassed and Aunt Mary said: "Anna's body is weak, so when the infectious disease came, she quickly became seriously ill and could not be treated..."

   "Where is she buried?"

   "In the cemetery of Chengxi Church, with her mother."

  …

  Not far from the cemetery, Aunt Mary with an oil lamp stood in front of the carriage and watched quietly.

  The towering pitch-black church silently serves as the background, standing behind two figures, one solid and the other illusory.

   A low and slanted tombstone surrounded them, and suddenly they seemed to be standing quietly one after another.

  [R.I.P]

  [Anna Bessie]

  Anna's decomposed body is buried under the tombstone

  The high-pointed tombstone is written with words that make Anna eye-catching.

   "Why are you here..."

  Anna couldn't understand, and her mood was indescribable.

   Seeing your own gravestone is not a funny thing.

   "Just drop by."

  Lu Li sensed the entire cemetery, flowing quietly in the darkness.

   The dead were not disturbed and were still sleeping.

"Let's go."

   Lu Li turned around, the oil lamp swayed, and his shadow covered Anna's tombstone.

   is not to take a look.

   Anna thought to herself that Lu Li was never someone who did meaningless actions.

   Then he wanted to know if his death was an accident, or something else?

Or……

   Remind yourself that you were born to be human, don’t lose your nature?

   Following Lu Li along the path to the outside of the cemetery, Anna thought to herself, and then shook her head slightly.

   Lu Li still made a mistake.

  Anna knows very well that in fact she has always been herself, and no foreign existence has invaded and competed with her for consciousness—there was indeed, the resentful spirit in the alley, but she voluntarily gave up in the end.

  All of Anna's changes are imperceptible, just like a person whose temperament has changed greatly because of continuous painful encounters.

  The wood on a boat was gradually replaced, and it was still the same boat.

   (end of this chapter)