Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 821 One hundred and twelve. The first snowfall

  The temperature is decreasing day by day.

  The citizens of Wiener Antifreeze have changed into thicker clothes, and the smoke from the chimneys in the streets has become more and more.

  The temperature at night is close to 0 degrees, and you will get sick if you don’t light a fire to keep warm.

   The heavy dark cloud was pressing down from the northern end, and half of the Wiener ice-free port was in its shadow. Only the port and the sea beyond were brighter because of the thinner clouds.

   There may be a new wave of cold snaps and rain with it.

   It’s better to rain than snow. The temperature has dropped faster than usual this year. Many citizens have not stocked up on charcoal for the harsh winter. If the first snow falls too early, it may cause people to freeze to death.

  Then the next day, the newspapers published news, and the nobles used this to criticize the mayor for his fault.

  Damn nobles, people die every day in the lower town and slums, but they never care.

  The gust of wind carried garbage and flew by, and the pedestrians on the street wrapped their coats and hurried past.

  The power plant in the northern factory area is continuously supplying electricity, and the street lamps that support the streets of the city are turned on.

   Gradually, the scenery of Wiener Frozen Harbor in front of him became hazy and blurred, reflecting the outline of the study and the window.

  A palm emerges, wiping away the fog condensed from the glass. The scenery is distorted and distorted like a gardener's random abstract landscape painting.

   The assistant who finished this went back behind Mayor Matthaus,

   "How long will Lu Li and their train arrive?"

   Mayor Mateus took out the handkerchief and wiped his wet palm. After taking it back, he wiped the window, and the scenery became clear again.

   "The train stopped at Surg Town last night, and it should have just left now." The assistant replied.

   "Can you arrive in the afternoon?"

"if everything goes well."

"What's the meaning?"

   "This cloud." The young face reflected in the glass looked up at the clouds, the port where the ship was docked was also shrouded in dark clouds, and only the sea survived.

   "Lack of protection from the mountains to the west, the clouds arrive before the ice-free port. If the cold snap freezes the railways, the trains will be delayed—"

   knock knock.

   There was a knock on the door.

  The assistant turned around and opened the door, chatted with the waiter outside the door in a low voice, and returned behind Mayor Matthaus with the parchment.

"What's up."

   "From the railroad, bad news."

   The assistant sighed, the most intersecting return trip had an accident...

   "The snowstorm hit Horsefoot, and the nearby railway froze. The Woztec train stopped halfway, and Your Excellency Lu Li was on that train..."

   The broad back figure draped in the coat did not turn his head, only the palms under the hem gradually clenched.

   "Do we have our own people in Horse's Foot Town?"

   "A Privy Councillor and a team of court guards."

   "Privy Council counselor? How come he's in town."

   "Have you forgotten, help Your Excellency Lu Li investigate the 'Resurrection of the Dead' incident."

   "Let him go... no, let him find the Inquisition Guards, as well as the Horse's Foot Guard, and go to the rescue of the Woztec."

   "Your Excellency Mayor, please allow me to say it bluntly... Doing so will expose the whereabouts of Your Excellency Lu Li, and everyone will know that he has left Wiener Ice Free Harbor."

   "It doesn't matter." Mayor Matthaus sighed: "Let it be exposed, I don't want to bear any more accidents."

   "I hope Mr. Lu Li can stop running around after returning..."

  …

   Luli's return journey was not smooth.

   Hurrying on their way, they returned to Haug before dark in the sanctuary of the afflicted, but the evil spirits were always associated with trouble - they could not bring the afflicted into the town.

  Although the Ritual of Suffering will not attack humans, its presence can cause riots and some trouble.

   Even if Lu Li reveals his identity, it is difficult to suppress the consequences of evil spirits entering the town.

   They were forced to live in a scavenger's hut far from town.

  The dilapidated scavenger's hut was leaking everywhere, and the winter was approaching, so Katerina unfortunately fell ill even after lighting a bonfire overnight.

   She doesn't think it's her fault, the barren land has never been so cold—

  Lu Li brought medicines, but the medicines made from herbs were not so effective. From late night to early morning, she kept coughing and felt cold under three blankets.

   "But why is there no winter in the Badlands?"

  VIP carriage, Katerina huddled in the seat, draped in three handmade ancient imprinted blankets. Hands holding cup of hot coffee.

   After a day passed, her cold was still not cured, and she was not allowed to rest well.

   Katarina couldn't understand. She can go without food for more than ten days, drink the filthiest water, and endure the pain of being pulled out countless times and piercing her eyeballs, but she actually fell ill just after staying in a cold place for one night...

   "Perhaps it was blocked by the World Ridge Mountains." Lu Li answered Pusius' question.

   "Do mountains block the clouds in the sky?"

   "Airflow."

   Write down the short answer, which may or may not be understood by Purseus.

  chi——

  Dense steam filled the cold platform, and the train trembled slightly.

The coffee cup    was holding rippled and licked the cups on both sides.

   Katarina took a sip so that it wouldn't sway and spill out of the train.

   "Mr. Lu Li, what did you say to the miserable crowd when they left?" Pusius asked again

"goodbye."

   "Hey? Where are you going, Mr. Lu Li?" Pusius asked strangely.

   "Idiot, Lu Li said he said 'goodbye'." Katerina said in a heavy nasal voice.

   "Goodbye? Why do you say that?" Pusius was even more strange.

   Katerina knew the answer, but didn't want to speak.

   "The misery drives out the weird."

   and it doesn't actively harm them.

   Aside from its ugliness and being an evil spirit, it is quite the perfect amulet.

   The steam train leaving the platform gradually picked up speed. After a while the waiter came in from the back compartment where there was chatter and delivered some free pastries.

   After leaving Surge Town for half an hour, they occasionally looked out the window and suddenly saw the wind.

   or debris mixed in the wind.

"Snowing!"

  Puseus threw himself to the window, staring at the ash-like shards of snow that were carried by the wind.

   A piece of snow followed the train and fell on the window. Close your eyes and stare at this tiny snowflake made up of a few wonderful ice crystals.

  The snow was melted into insignificant drops of water by the temperature higher than the snow and ice in an instant, and Pusius went to look at the others that fell.

   "Just like the pattern of the Church of Frozen..."

   murmured that he had seen the pattern of this church in the old sewers.

  Snowflakes are beautiful, and their wonderful symmetrical shapes are indeed divine creations.

   Staring at the snow for a long time, Pusius turned his head and asked, "Mr. Lu Li, is the cold winter weird?"

"do not know."

  Cold is as normal as night, but it's hard to tell if it's because of weirdness.

   "Winter comes from the north, will there be other continents there?" Purseus scattered his thoughts.

"do not know."

  The longest distance explored in human history is only a few thousand nautical miles.

  A mist covers the world, only three continents and broken islands are illuminated. No one knows whether this is the center of the world, or just a small broken island in the remotest part of the world...

  Wow——

  The carriage suddenly vibrated, and the coffee was poured out.

  The train slowed down abruptly.

   (end of this chapter)