Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 780 Seventy-one. Journey to the Giant Tree

   Giant tree.

  The locals used to call it "Themimas", which means the tree of the world.

   Lady Midnight shelters people, Themimus teaches people to use weapons.

  The dream of every child in the old days was to become a navigator, an artist, and a lawyer, and the dream of every child here is to join Clarins University.

   But unlike children who dream of becoming navigators, artists, and lawyers, their ideals will eventually be wiped out by reality, people’s longing for Clinens University has never disappeared.

   High Themimus, where the mysterious Kleins University sits;

   Nathemimus, the highest place in the dark fields;

   At Nathemimus you have everything;

   Knowledge makes beautiful poetry;

   Like the power of a beautiful girl waving to you;

   right there at Clinens.

   This ballad circulated in the dark field is enough to illustrate the importance of Clinens University,

   But it's not an ivory tower away from everything.

   Cline's death rate was only lower than that of the Knights of the Ring. Even when it was first established, the death rate was much higher than that of the Knights of the Ring.

"Vener Freeze offers some help, but getting too involved with weirdness comes at a price. Until we get to know them, and understand them, it's a record of knowledge that comes at a price. Cline University is like Themimus, Only when strong branches grow, the birds can fall to perch."

  Lu Li and Professor Ernie Hamilton Wayne stood in the hanging basket and listened to the professor introducing the giant tree.

   He is also the Associate Dean of Clinens University.

   When you get close to Themimas, you can feel its grandeur even more.

   The gondola slowly rose, carrying the two of them off the ground.

   "I got a book, and then some visions happened." Lu Li talked about the "Illustrated Book of Weird Communities", which was given by Professor Nuno.

   "Looking a little bit slower, visions won't appear, but Sanity pollution is the price that must be paid for reading knowledge."

   The gondola blown by the strong wind in the high altitude of the dark field swayed slightly. As the gondola approached the canopy, the strong wind gradually dissipated.

  The hanging basket rises up the canopy and gathers back on the wooden platform on which the hanging basket is placed. Lu Li and Professor Wayne stepped out of the hanging basket and observed the top of the tree.

  The main branch, which is wider than the street, extends all around, and the wooden houses stretch and stack against the branches.

  Professor Wayne pointed to the road sign in the center of the wooden platform: "Where do you want to start looking?"

  【Mystery】

  【Alchemy】

  【Plant】

  【Department of History】

  【divination system】

  The vivid lark stands at the top of the wooden sign, bowing its head from time to time to adjust its wings.

   This weak creature has disappeared in the old days.

   "That's a mechanical creation. Their motto is skill, focus, mind, and a little soul." Professor Wayne replied to Lu Li's observation. "Are you interested in mechanics?"

   "The reason why the church members disappeared at midnight."

  Professor Wayne showed the same deep smile as yesterday: "Is Occultism right... Please come with me."

   Leaving the wooden platform, Professor Wayne led Lu Li to the thickest branch of the giant tree.

   Occultism is the most popular department at Clarins University. Here's what people yearn for in weird times: fighting against the power of weirdness.

   Just a terrible price to pay.

   "Human invincibility against weirdness is the law."

Walking on the main branch, Professor Wayne slowly recounted: "In the old days, exorcists used weirdness to fight against weirdness, those homologous things, psychic guns, holy water... But we are still fragile, and we have not yet gotten rid of them. The dilemma of using tools."

   "But what if we become weird?"

  Students in Tree Trunk Street passed by, many wearing black robes. Students who do not wear black robes are like polluters or aliens, and their bodies have characteristics that are not human.

   They bowed their heads when passing by Professor Wayne, curiously observing the legendary exorcist.

  Professor Wayne nodded in response to the students, and continued: "It's not the kind of passively accepting pollution to become aliens, but we take the initiative to accept it, remove the parts that harm us, and only keep the benefits."

   "This is the meaning of the occult."

   They passed a tree house. The professor stood on the podium and gave a lecture. The left hand holding the book was like a three-lobed tentacle like the tentacle of an octopus.

   "It's also a price."

"Did you make it."

   "We can't describe it in terms of success and failure, we'll say, 'on the road'"

Professor Wayne from the window looked at the classroom: "And we have come a long way. Studying the weird and using the weird has given many people the power of the weird. Many of this power has a terrible price, but it gives us a natural immunity to the weird. ."

   "At least, we won't be like children living in the wilderness. A little trouble will make us cry and break down..."

Leaving the treehouse and moving on, Professor Wayne said, "The strange powers that Meg's devotee uses stems from her beliefs, Lady Midnight. Believing in gods may seem like a shortcut to strange powers compared to us, but you should know Why didn't we do that."

  A lot of waiting students gathered in front of a tree house built like a vine along the branches and branches, and the wooden sign at the door, which was hidden by layers of outlines, vaguely wrote something.

   "Two or three days ago, a poor resident became weird, and the students of the War Department of the Mystery Department discovered her and controlled her, and brought back the giant tree after the support of the Knights.

   "Because of pollution?"

  Professor Wayne shook his head gently: "Because of "blessing"."

   sounds ironic.

The    Investigation Department then found out the truth: it was a family of three living in a civilian area.

   Wife Lola had a contamination feature some time ago. In order to heal his wife, the husband cooperated with a weird person to write the works he wanted, at the cost of restoring his wife.

   The final result was that her husband Eugene died after exhausting his efforts to write the work. Weird healed his wife Lola according to the promise, but the weak human body could not accommodate this blessing, and the blessing became a curse...

   There is only one and a half of good news: the child is still alive, and Laura is still sane.

   "We will study her and find a cure. Some alchemy students are there too," Professor Wayne said.

  Professor Wayne then led Lu Li to visit the other four departments.

   Strictly speaking, the other four departments that are deeply related to occultism can also be counted as occult, they are more like extended branches.

   Before finally leaving, Professor Wayne asked Lu Li to meet someone.

  A pagan who participated in the capture of Lu Li.

   "Why reject us... We just want to build towns..."

   Imprisoned in a cage, the silhouette shrouded in black robes whispered hoarsely.

  Professor Wayne waved someone to take him away: "Your Excellency is going to Wiener Freeze Port, right? Please be careful with these people, you can keep your distance from us properly, they don't like us very much."

   "Different ideas?"

   Lu Li heard what Professor Nuno said.

   "Yes." Professor Wayne smiled and looked at Midnight City under the tree canopy. "But we don't like them either. After all... we have to live first before we can hope for the future."

   "Maybe we're on the wrong path."

   "But we have no other way."

   (end of this chapter)