Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 830 One hundred and twenty one. Return to the investigator base

   The break in the shortcut path did not exacerbate the unease.

   Even Lu Li couldn’t climb 100 meters back to Wanghai Cliff. This was not their way of retreat.

  The standing lighthouse deep in the reef area revealed a huge outline in the fog, hiding the broken hemp rope behind the rocks in the reef area, and they approached the street along the coast.

   There are some inhuman footprints on the brown sand. The sea breeze will smooth out the tracks, most of which have been left recently. Maybe it was in the fog, maybe it was the wandering weirdness of the Belfast ruins.

   Before the morning mist had cleared, they approached the depths along the edge of the coastline, reaching the bottom of the thick wall at the end, above which was the coastal street.

   Now is not the time to step into the city, they have to stick to the wall on the edge of the beach and go south until they get close to the Anres brothers maintenance station, the mist and the wall will help them hide their figures.

  Many footprints lingered in front of the deep sewer entrance. It seemed that there were strange habitations here. He passed by several sewer entrances quickly and silently, and suddenly stopped in front of a sewer with faded graffiti.

   Here there are also wandering footprints, filled with mud and dirt washed by rain.

   Katerina and Pusius, who had already stepped on it, turned around and waited for Lu Li to come over. Katerina didn't speak, and asked Lu Li with her eyes.

   "The children used to live here."

   Leaving the sewer far enough, Lu Li whispered.

   "It can't be them, Wanghai Cliff is safer than the city," Katerina said.

  Puseus pestered Lu Li to tell about the residents of Wanghai Cliff last night, including the poor children.

  Before the mist dissipated, they approached the bridge leading to the port of Rodster. The sea breeze had corroded for 24 years. The solid wooden bridge that had not been repaired was still standing, but it was difficult to hide the dilapidation.

   Arrived under the wooden bridge, before passing, there was a rustling sound on the bridge.

   The wicked departure made them lose their sense of weirdness, so they could only keep quiet and look up at the bridge deck.

  The shadowy silhouette passed by the bridge deck and wriggled towards Rodster Harbor. They were humanoid silhouettes, draped in veil-like black robes, and walked on creaky wooden boards.

  Many unknown beings are approaching Rodster Harbor.

  I don't know if the backbone of the giant beast that Purseus saw yesterday was related to them.

   Lu Li and the others suppressed their breathing and waited for them to pass the wooden bridge.

  If Lu Li still maintains those humanity, they will definitely be found under the bridge...

   Gollum…

   A silhouette stopped wriggling, made an indescribable mumble, and lowered his cloak.

   Its profile is getting shorter and shorter, and it silently crouches on the bridge deck, with bloodshot eyes under the gauze robes appearing in the gaps between the wooden boards.

   There are only messy footprints under the bridge.

  …

   A few dozen meters away from the wooden bridge, Lu Li and others walked quietly.

   The waves and gravel drowned their footsteps, and the mist hid the outlines of the bridges and them.

   "I was almost discovered..." Pusius let out a sigh of relief, fortunately there was a big sister.

  Its perception is not as good as Evil Falls, but it is sharper than Lu Li and others who are humans.

   After passing the wooden bridge, they were not far from their destination.

  Before the mist was about to clear, they climbed up the street and quickly rushed into the Anres Brothers repair station, which had lost its signboard.

  Dim, damp, shabby. The collapsed empty container blocked the road, and the curtains in the depths of the store had long since disappeared, revealing a cloaked man whose face was hidden in the darkness, and a black goshawk standing on his arm. In the gloom, it was like an ominous figure waiting for an uninvited guest to step in.

   At least Purseus was taken aback by it.

   "This is the investigator base you said?"

   Katarina frowned.

  嚓——嚓——

  The oil lamp lights up slowly, casting dappled shadows.

   "It's underground." Lu Li stepped over the collapsed shelf and walked deep into the store.

   "That's not what I thought..."

   Katarina lifted the nape of Purseus.

   "I know. The investigator base is very low-key and doesn't like to be exposed to the eyes of the public." said Pusius, who was mentioned by Katerina.

   Stepping past these wooden frames, which were like a high wall to Purseus, to the badly faded frescoes, Caterina put him down.

   "Then what?"

   She asked Lu Li who was standing in front of the mural.

  Lu Li handed the oil lamp to Katerina, crouched in front of the mural and lifted the blanket.

  The shadow faded, and a three-eyed black crow emblem appeared under the blanket, and the missing eye sockets stared at the intruder.

   "What is this?" Katerina asked.

  Lu Li picked it up and put it into the mouth of the mural black crow.

  Kacha——

   After the mural, there is a sound of the organ.

   "Spare key, ready for the unexpected."

  Lu Li stared at the fresco to reveal a gap, and slowly opened it obscurely and stiffly.

   "Why hide under the blanket?"

   "A bad taste."

   Like hiding the investigator base under the shop, no one would have thought the entrance key would be hidden under the blanket.

  The sound of the gears turning abruptly stopped, and the frescoes that opened the gap were no longer open.

   There is a problem with the organ.

   Corrosion in coastal areas makes it unavoidable for investigator bases.

The gap opened by    could barely pass sideways. Lu Li took the oil lamp back and reached into the darkness behind the mural.

   The bottom elevator also did not go up, and a rough cable led to the depths.

   retrieved the Eyeless Black Crow badge, Lu Li bit the handle of the oil lamp, Katarina asked Purseus to hug her ankle, and Lu Li fell along the cable to the top of the cage elevator.

   "Big sister head."

   "It's very clean here." The eldest sister responded.

  Lu Li opened the skylight at the top of the cage elevator and jumped into the elevator.

boom--

The    loud noise echoed in the empty investigator base, and the tremor dust enveloped the outline like a haze.

  Katerina fell behind, suppressing her cough and walking out of the dusty area.

   "I'd rather walk outside..."

The    oil lamp illuminated the surroundings to a limited extent, and more areas were shrouded in nihilistic darkness, and the loud noises that fell earlier echoed around.

   The entire underground base will know of their arrival.

  Go out of the passage and arrive at the former investigator's hall. A layer of stagnant water permeated underfoot, coming from windows in the walls disguised as curb sewers.

   The deserted and shimmering light from the street penetrated into the hall, bringing a sense of security to Lu Li and others in the dark.

  According to the location in his memory, Lu Li walked through the hall and headed for the dark passage leading to the real library.

  The entrance of the dark passage, the edge of the oil lamp, revealed a mass of darkness.

   It turned to stare at the intruder. With a ferocious minced meat on his mouth.

   "Dumb!"

   The black crow let out a hoarse cry, ignored them, continued to tear the minced meat at his feet, and fed the twisted and rotten meat in front of the door.

   Sensing the outsider, the rotten flesh suddenly wriggled, and squeezed out a slightly closed eye badge from the depths of the rotten flesh.

   That's the Night's Watch badge.

   Katerina and Physius were puzzled, but Lu Li guessed something.

   "I'm Senior Investigator Lu Li," he said.

   Rotten Meat did not respond.

  Lu Li took out the black crow badge again, and the rotten flesh that had regained its calm suddenly intensified its wriggling behavior. Katerina alerted Lu Li to the ominous behavior of the attack.

   The rotten meat intensified its peristalsis, and countless bubbles rose like boiling, which melted into a pool of sludge and sewage within ten seconds, which evaporated and dissipated.

Snapped--

   A note fell where it disappeared.

   (end of this chapter)