Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 490 Sixty-seven. Bait

   Filled with broth, steaming wooden bowls are placed in front of the table.

   The black cat who smelled the fragrance jumped off the desk, raised its tail and rubbed back and forth on Lu Li's trousers.

  Ana watched nervously as Lu Li picked up the wooden spoon and poured the broth into his mouth.

   "Better than most restaurants." Lu Li said to Anna who was waiting for evaluation.

  After all, the restaurant can't put so many spices in the luxury.

  Anna's lips pursed, revealing an increasingly rare smile: "Then eat more."

  Lu Li lowered his head and picked up the black cat, put it on the table, sifted out the meat and put it in front of the black cat.

   The black cat, who was as taciturn as Lu Li, lowered his head and sniffed before eating.

   ding bell bell --- ding bell bell ---

  The phone suddenly rang in the quiet detective agency.

  Anna's eyes turned cold and soft again: "It might be Richard."

  Lu Li didn't speak, put down the wooden spoon and walked to the wooden table to pick up the microphone.

   "Hey, I haven't contacted the big detective for a long time." Richard, or Marcus's voice came from the microphone.

  Richard disguised his voice, and it became more difficult to recognize through the transmission of the inferior telephone line. This is the reason why he has been hiding beside Lu Li without being discovered.

  Lu Li's tone was calm, as if he didn't know the truth: "We only contacted three days ago."

   "Uh... so early? I thought we hadn't been in touch for at least a few months." Marcus's tone was still light, as if Lu Li wasn't the one who destroyed his plan. "It's not important, the guy you asked me to find... I have information!"

   "That Richard with the skin of a woman?"

   "Wh... no! His skin doesn't look like a woman, you bastard! Uh I mean... The bad guy you're talking about is just paler, I think, because he hasn't been in the sun for too long."

  Lu Li lowered his eyes slightly, he was actually deceived by this guy for several months.

   "Anyway...I have news about this **** guy!"

"what news."

   Richard on the opposite side of the microphone lowered his voice: "His hiding place now."

"Where is he."

   "Don't be so impatient, I guarantee the address is correct, you can catch that guy directly, but my reward..."

"How much do you want?"

   "5...1000, 1000 shillings! It's a lot, but you don't know how much effort it took to find him. He's so important to you, but 1000 shillings are—"

   "How should I give you money."

   "Uh..." Lu Li kept Richard silent for a few seconds. He thought it would take more words to exchange for the reward. "It's still the same place, under the brick next to the second blue trash can in the Whistle Block. You can just pass there when you go to find Richard."

   "Where's Richard then?"

   "Remember where you first met? The lunatic asylum on the outskirts of Overwatch Town, where he is! Did you hear me! My stomach is growling, hurry up, and then I'm going to have a big meal!"

"I will."

  Lu Li put the microphone back.

   After listening to the whole process, Anna said, "Is what he said true?"

   "But he will definitely go to withdraw the money." Lu Li guessed right, Richard was so short of money that he couldn't even afford to eat.

  It doesn't matter if Richard is in the lunatic asylum, they just need to hide around the money hiding place and wait for Richard to show up.

   "What if he could sense where you are?" Anna didn't think it was that simple.

   The speculation is not false, Richard has always been like a ghost by his side, no matter where he goes, he can find Lu Li. "

   "Split up, you hide in the money stash, I'll go to the lunatic asylum."

   "No." Anna refused simply, she would never leave Lu Li's side: "You are just an ordinary person."

   "Richard too."

   "But he was hiding in the dark."

   Knowing that Anna couldn't agree, Lu Li stopped talking nonsense and said, "Then let's go to the lunatic asylum, and the joint organization will keep an eye on the money hiding place."

  Anna didn't object anymore, but Lu Li picked up the phone and dialed it to the investigator base, asking the joint organization to send someone to watch the money hiding place.

   In order to prevent the cunning Richard from appearing in person, Lu Li told them not to appear when anyone other than Richard took the money, just follow. Before leaving Belfast, Lu Li would ask for the result at the phone booth.

  If Richard appears, go back the same way. If it's someone else, go to Watch Town.

   Put down the microphone, and Lu Li returned to the dining table. The broth was no longer scalding, so he filled a piece of meat for the black cat waiting for him, and Lu Li began to eat.

During the period, the newsboy sent three newspapers. The first edition was the same as the Rodster Harbor Incident. The second and third editions were different. The Daily News and The Walson Post were the Council of Elders. A decree was promulgated that the premium of all brown bread should not exceed 300% of the original selling price. The "Allen Principality Bulletin" was the beginning of a large-scale recruitment of police officers by local police stations, requiring young people, boldness, and fear of weirdness.

The third edition of    is the same: Belfast under a weird fog.

  After breakfast, Anna handed the brewed coffee to Lu Li and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

  Lili looks like most of the citizens who don’t need to rush for life, stay at home, pour a cup of coffee, and read the newspaper.

  Houses on fire, crying crowds, residents killed by weird mists, dense events packed all over the newspaper.

  Fortunately, this spooky fog hit only Belfast. On the back of Sugard Mountain, Shouwang Town, which is only twenty miles away from the city, survived.

   At the end of the newspaper, Lu Li found an inconspicuous piece of information mixed in with other news.

  【The shelter is officially open to the public】

  Despite its small size, this is the first time the sanctuary has appeared in the public eye.

  The newspaper stated that the shelter is attracting people, and scholars, doctors, lawyers, writers and other professions can participate in the assessment of entering the shelter.

  Lu Li's eyes stayed on those occupations, they were like animals on Noah's Ark, and they seemed to preserve the fire of human civilization.

   Speaking of the shelter, Lu Li thought of the missing Tesla. He has been in the shelter for three days, but no news has come out.

  Whoa——

  Lu Li looked past the newspaper and looked at Anna floating out of the kitchen, and closed the newspaper.

   Putting on his coat and taking the thousand shillings that Richard asked for, Lu Li and Anna left the detective agency.

  Rent a carriage from the next block and drive the carriage up the hill.

  The fog finally dissipated, but gloomy clouds still shrouded the earth, no sunlight, and the cold and wet sea breeze was like late autumn.

  Twenty minutes later, Lu Li arrived at the appointed place and put the money under the brick next to the second blue trash can. Without stopping, Lu Li left the whistle block.

   Gradually approaching the top of the mountain, Lu Li saw Baron Joseph's Manor by the Agate Lake from a distance. The servants who usually walked in the manor had disappeared, and most of the manor houses around the Agate Lake were also invisible.

   They have fled early to safety.

   was about to leave Belfast, Lu Li stopped on the side of the road and walked into a red phone booth.

   (end of this chapter)