Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 1200 One hundred and thirty eight. Unexpected help

   In the gloomy hall with flickering candles, a shadow in a black robe sits lazily on the dark throne.

   A broad, fat, apron-draped chef appeared at the end of the corridor. The head chef with a wild boar head with tusks entered the hall and sat in the slightly larger seat in the left and right rows of chairs under the throne;

  The breeze disturbed the silence of the hall, the candlelight became dim, and the head maid wrapped in bandages fell from the dome colored window and sat in the smallest chair;

   Dragging a twisted body that was more bloated than the chef, the gardener climbed down the promenade into the hall, trying to shrink his torso to squeeze it into the largest stone seat;

  The furthest farmer came last, dark and thin, like a charcoal of trees that had been engulfed by flames, and sat down in a chair in his dirty overalls stained with soil.

   The Viscount and his four lords have gathered together, and their gazes fell to the outsiders and the people standing on the red carpet.

   "The Earthlings offer a book."

The eerie empty hall echoed the Viscount's indistinct whisper: "The book says that the head maid and I were once human beings named Chris and Claire, and soon or it has happened, the exorcist will disguise as a black cat to deceive the maid. Long trust, kill me and you."

   "Head Maid, has this already happened?"

   Lu Li's guess has come true, the land dwelling firm and the forces behind it will not allow what happened in the fantasy world to repeat itself, especially if it only takes a book to pierce it.

   "Yes, a black cat disguised as Remy appeared in my manor." As for how to respond, Lu Li and Claire had already figured out an answer before departure: Claire pierced Lu Li's lie and killed him.

   But there are loopholes. The gardener has seen Lu Li, and his existence cannot be concealed, but can only be temporarily hidden - Lu Li has a backing: as long as he wants, no one can find him - the almost omnipotent power of the dreamer can make him go deep into the unknown depths where, create a gap to survive in the rock formations.

   "But he doesn't know I've read the book, he can't fool me—"

   "He was killed by me."

  The gardener interrupted the head maid.

   The head maid could hardly maintain the surrounding breeze.

   "Where's the corpse?" asked the gardener anxiously.

   "Hiccup—"

  The gardener gave a thunderous hiccup.

   "Why should the gardener help us?"

  The bedroom desk, listening to Claire's narration, Lu Li tilted his head.

   "I don't know, in order to avoid being discovered, I went straight back and didn't contact the gardener." Claire reached out and teased Lu Li's chin: "I thought you did something behind your back."

   "I won't hide from you."

  Lu Li tilted his head to dodge, but he couldn't dodge Claire's embrace: "I shouldn't doubt you, my little Leimi~"

   Lu Li's cat's beard raised his face and turned his head: "Continue talking."

   "You like listening to these nasty words? My little Leimi is really cute, let my sister kiss-"

"…That's not it."

  Claire, who just couldn't help but wanted to tease Lu Li, knew of course, hugged him and continued to talk.

   The doubts of the inhabitants were thus turned into hesitations. The head maid will join forces with Lu Li, what about the gardener? In the late night city fantasy, its death was dominated by Claire and Lu Li, and the head maid personally killed it.

   It doesn't seem to find the possibility of their union.

  The mood of the local people became gloomy, I don't know whether it was because of unbelief or Lu Li was eaten. It should be the latter, because it then talked about the trade with the viscount on behalf of the firm.

"They are like a bunch of idiots who forgot the purpose of coming to the castle for some profit. Mother rejected it, saying that we can be self-sufficient without the outside world and drive it out. But my mother still believed some of their words, such as the secret passage. It has been found, and the mother asked the farmer to send servants to bury it."

   "Little Leimi, what do you think the Dijuren Firm will do next?"

  Lu Li recalled the style of the Dijian People's Business: "Although they are stupid and short-sighted, they will not be willing to compensate Toad for strange losses. Next, they may lead conflict to you, and maybe they will come into contact with the farmer's temptation."

   "Toad weird? I don't understand..."

   So Lu Li told Claire about his experience before entering Midnight City, how the earth dwellers laid traps, how to catch him at Midnight City Terminal, and how to auction him as a lot—

  The wind that became bitter represents Claire's mood: "Next time they come I'll chop them up with the wind."

   "Remember to find reasonable reasons."

"Xiao Leimi, you are too reckless, knowing that the trap is waiting for you to break in." The howling wind gradually calmed down, and Claire raised Lu Li with her palm through her armpit, staring at the pair of black gem cat pupils: " There is plenty of time, you don't have to be in such a hurry."

  Lu Li did not explain why.

   The gardener who helped Claire in the castle hall didn't make them wait too long. Towards the afternoon, the lizard maid knocked on the door and told the head maid that the gardener was visiting.

   "Will the Lizard Maid betray us?" Lu Li suddenly asked.

   "They call me master, the lord of the castle." The head maid didn't think that would happen: "But if you want, I can replace them..."

"no need."

   Because there is no way to know, whether these lizard maids are also some undead in Midnight City.

   "Wait for me here first." Claire put down Lu Li and came to the living room downstairs.

  The gardener's deformed body was blocked outside the door, only his head squeezed into the living room, staring at Claire who was floating down the steps: "I'm not... looking for you... Little Leimi... Exorcist... Where is it! Come out... Come out!"

   Roar trembled and shook the chandelier, soothed by the breeze.

   "What are you doing with Remy?"

  Claire looked at the gardener indifferently, disgust a lot less - after it helped cover up Lu Li's presence in the castle hall.

  The gardener said dullly: "For me...find...mom...or...eat him..."

   "Do you want to die again?"

   The cold wind howled in the living room, and Claire stared at the gardener indifferently.

   "Tell... me... where is Lu Li..."

  The gardener seemed to be out of control, shaking his huge head and squeezing into the living room. Fragile door frames and walls spread cracks, and rubble fell.

   "Are you looking for me?"

  The calm voice sounded at this moment, Lu Li stepped out of the corner, sat down on the steps, and looked down at the gardener.

  The door frame no longer cracked, and the gardener gasped: "Help me...find...mom..."

   "Who is mom."

   "I don't...know...but...mom...important..."

   "Why are you looking for me."

   The flesh and blood on the gardener's neck wriggled in disgust, and spat out the book "The Sunken Ground": "You...kill...I...know...the secret..."

   A far-fetched association, but in the gardener's style.

   "I'll help you, but I need one of your things."

"what…."

   The purpose of Lu Li's appeal: "The things in the treasure chest."

   "I'll...bring...wait for me..."

   The gardener who left the words got out of the door frame and left the manor with his disgusting body.

   "...Fix the door frame." Claire instructed the lizard maid and hugged Lu Li: "Will the gardener betray us?"

   "Probably not, 'mother' is very important to it."

   "Who would the gardener and that mother be?"

   "You will know when you get the eyeballs."

   (end of this chapter)