Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 804 Ninety-five. Ancient Mark

  In the early morning, Wiener Antifreeze Central Station.

   On the gray-black platform, gray-black figures walked around.

  The colors of Wiener Freeze Harbor are never bright, people seem to like grays and blacks, making this rainy, foggy port city depressing.

   But better than weirdness in the wild.

  chi——

   Mist-like water vapor is discharged from the side of the steam locomotive.

   In the VIP compartment, Lu Li looked away from the white mist permeating the ground and fell to the opposite side of the soft seats.

  The three people with strange abilities arranged by Mayor Mateus sat there—strictly speaking, two.

   There is another one in the first-class car next door, in order to beware of "Barry".

   He would walk into the car every hour and tell Lu Li that Barry was fake, as a back-up outside the businessman.

   Shadow Man, Evil Fallen, this is their name or code name.

   As an existence that fights against the weird, revealing his real name is like a businessman who sells hemp rope to hang himself.

   The reason why Lu Li, who is unknown to everyone and has never been hidden, is not cursed is very simple: no one knows whether "Lu Li" is a surname, a first name, or a middle name.

  The shadow man is tall and thin, only a little shorter than the merchant. Evil Fallen looks ugly, and his facial features and location are human-like, but he is twisted and twisted like a monster.

  Pius even couldn't help thinking that if he was touched by Lu Li's left hand, he might be hurt.

   The last person with strange abilities has not yet appeared, and he will walk into the VIP carriage an hour later.

   Shadow Man and Evil Fallen looked at Lu Li, without respect and curiosity, replaced by more "direct" emotions: scrutiny and prying.

   "Why do you look so young." The evil fall sounded like the part of the mouth.

   Lu Li didn't answer, and pushed a newspaper in front of Evil Fallen.

   "I don't know how to read." Evil's yellow eyes moved up half a centimeter.

   "Mr. Lu Li was trapped underground after solving the silence, and it has been 24 years since he returned to the ground." Pusius, who knew that Lu Li didn't like talking too much, replied.

   "Resolved? But he is still alive when he is silent, and he jumps out every ten days."

  The wicked mouth exhaled gas, as if it stinks badly.

  The sarcastic words raised eyebrows on Purse's young face, and his good manners made him endure. But Katarina didn't have such a good temper, and replied with a sneer, "Isn't it a solution to be silent when it's quiet?"

  Evil Fallen's eyes turned to Katerina: "You also have a big background?"

   Obviously, Lu Li and the others are not in harmony with those with weird abilities.

   "The train hasn't left yet." Lu Li's black eyes stared at Evil Fallen and spoke calmly.

   knock knock --

  The shadow man tapped the table with his broom-like slender palm, and said with an expressionless face, "Evil Fall must keep his inner darkness in order to maintain his strength, not against you on purpose. Me too, can't make an expression."

   Lu Li nodded, no longer thinking about driving away the unstable factors.

   However, the hostility of Katerina and Physius to him is difficult to eliminate for the time being.

  chi——

   Another piece of water vapor spewed out, and the carriage trembled slightly.

   The huge clock on the platform pointed to the hour.

   The steam train slowly left the platform.

  woo——

   Thick smoke rolled out from the chimney, Lu Li looked out of the window again, and the whole view of Wiener Freeze Harbor was gradually revealed out of the car window, which blurred the scenery of the carriage.

  Whoa——

   The wooden door of the VIP compartment was pushed open, Lu Li withdrew his gaze and put on a cloak to hide his face. Katerina did as she did, and because she followed Lu Li, she received a lot of attention.

   The waiter with a coffee pot put down the newspaper that was just baked today, and the ink marks had not dried up, poured coffee for several passengers, and then exited.

   stroked down his cloak, and Lu Li picked up the newspaper.

   "The exorcist Lu Li was assassinated, and he showed up in the afternoon to show that he was fine"

  《The Exorcist Lu Li Appeared at the Evening City Hall Gala》

   "The director of Weinstein Hospital claims that Mr. Lu Li has recovered"

   Like everyone said, Wiener Freeze is more frenetic than anywhere.

   Even though it has been a week since Lu Li revealed his identity in Midnight City, he is still not far from people's hot discussion.

   Although the assassination of the exorcist was a big deal.

   In addition to the assassination, the search for the murderer, and the situation of Lu Li, some scholars took the opportunity to criticize the assassination due to Mayor Mateus' lack of attention to Lu Li.

   After flipping through a few newspapers, there was no other news except about Lu Li himself, and it almost turned into an outside page.

  Put down the newspaper, the steam train swaying on the rails is about to leave the range of Wiener Freeze Harbor.

  Caffeine rippling through the carriages, and the scenery of Wiener Freeze Harbor was replaced by tree stumps.

The    steam train enters a logging area.

  This was a forest before the felling, of course, they died for a long time.

   The stumps are like tombstones, standing quietly on both sides of the train.

   "We'll leave the city when we cross the logging area."

  The shadow man took the initiative to talk to ease the atmosphere, but his expressionless face made his tone stiff.

   Leaving the frozen port of Wiener is like leaving a small town in a barren land, and will face the real world.

   But steam trains are like motorcades, with their means of protection: ancient marks.

   An inscribed metal carriage with irregular pentagram-like runes.

   This kind of imprint Lu Li has seen several times in Wiener Freeze Harbor, but it was all by chance. Sometimes I saw drawings on paper blown by the wind, and sometimes I saw engravings on the door of the building.

  The ancient mark was discovered in the old days. It can dispel the weirdness, to be precise, prevent the weirdness from actively approaching.

   It's harder to make than it looks. Irregularity itself is a part of the imprint's effect, if the drawing is too regular or too curved, it is just a simple doodle like a child.

   This makes engraving ancient seals a matter of chance. You don't know if it worked or not, and you don't know if you survived because it worked.

   Fortunately, it does not require complicated alchemy-like materials and steps, a pen, a finger, a sharp object, as long as it can outline the shape on the surface of any object.

   So a kind of scratch paper called "Paper of the Old Days" and its superior parchment became very popular: it was covered with ancient imprints, as many as hundreds.

   There is always an ancient sigil drawn right.

   This is what the poor do.

   For the rich, they can buy ancient sigils that claim to have verified "power" from masters with a higher success rate.

  The ancient imprint obviously has some effect, otherwise the Lord's Continent without the protection of the gods would have already fallen.

  Lu Li and the others each have an ancient imprint badge in their hands, which was presented by Mayor Matteus.

  Purse did it: his claws dipped in water to make an ancient imprint on the floor, but no one knew if it was real or a poor imitation, but in any case, it disappeared when the water dries up.

  The destination of Luli has not changed, the railway terminus is Vig Town Station.

   There is the closest place to the Hillelvig Mountains.

  No surprise, they will arrive tomorrow afternoon.

  The steam train doesn’t run at night. In the evening, it stops at Horsefoot at the foot of the Therma Mountains.

   (end of this chapter)