Bizarre Detective Agency

   This is not the first time Lu Li has dealt with ghouls.

  Whether it was the migration of ghouls that I encountered by chance after climbing out of the underground rock formation, or the "Weird Community Illustrated Book", or the anatomy class in the fantasy world of Midnight City, and the invitation letter sent to the ghouls three days ago.

   This is a group that is both strong and weak

   Stronger than human, weaker than weird. Stronger than the gods, weaker than itself.

  And whether it is social structure or individual strength, they are close to humans. The strength of ordinary ghoul servants and civilians is almost the same as that of an adult male. Without plague pollution, they are not even opponents of soldiers wearing armor.

   And the plague can easily wipe out a small town—but little to no real weirdness.

  At least from the age of weirdness to the present, the main components of these non-reproductive ghouls are still infected and sacrificed humans and a small number of weak and weird.

  When Lu Li and Elena came again, the ghoul warlock replied that they were not interested in participating in the banquet, and that Hunting Weird was willing to take a share.

   And it is not possible to force the capture of ghoul groups - their god, the king of ghouls, may detect and come.

   "What's the secondary goal?"

  Leaving the ghoul's lair, Lu Li asked Claire who was down.

   "I don't know, the rest are pretty much the same."

   Balance is the only thing that makes weirdness go well.

   "Is the rat man okay?"

  Lu Li thought of the only guest yesterday—the Rat Man.

  The banquet ended without a problem, so the rat man ate all the food alone, and returned to the burrow with his transparent belly.

   "They have no appeal, even if they stand on our side, it will only make Weird feel that 'this group of rats have been enslaved by the new lord' and become more vigilant."

  Lu Li has many ways to quietly deal with the majority forces in the south of Midnight City—but what they need is a living Weird.

  An empty Midnight City means nothing.

   "Can we capture the weirdness that is alone?" Elena asked.

   There are far more weird forces than weird forces wandering in the south of Midnight City.

   "We should trouble them last," Claire said.

  For unowned monsters, it may be noticed by the weird group, so be vigilant. Regardless of whether they will be noticed by the weird group, it will not affect the continued capture of those unowned monsters.

   "Claire, you know this place better than us..." Elena hoped that Claire could find a way.

"Of course...Of course, you need a hero, and of course that hero is me." Claire raised her head proudly, telling her thoughts, "Mist Manor, if there is any force other than ghouls that can convince the south, I can think of only them."

  The foggy face behind the iron fence appeared in Lu Li's mind.

   "They did not attend the banquet."

   "This just shows that they are afraid of us, isn't it? As long as their concerns disappear, we will have the first or second guest."

  Frankly, without prejudice, and strictly speaking, Claire's wisdom is not the smartest in the Giant Tree Academy, the tea party, or the people present, and even tends to be chaotic because of being weird, but she is undoubtedly trusted.

  So—even though the plan was outrageous, doubtful, and unspeakable, Lu Li still decided to try.

  They discussed in the abandoned house on the street:

   "Weird currency is a good gift, but it's not enough. You can get the gratitude of the poor when you give money to the poor, but you can't get the trust of the poor."

  “…I feel that gratitude and trust can be earned if someone would give me a shilling while I was a librarian.”

   "Shut up! Ophelia! I'm talking weird! Lu Li, you have to follow the weird rules. Give them something they like...Quickly ask me what to give!"

"what to give."

   "Smoke...I know it sounds outrageous, but the smoke will bring Mist Manor close to us."

"This is very important, Lu Li, this is very important. You have to follow their rules. Our handshake is polite, and our smile is kind, but weirdly speaking, shaking hands can be an attack, and a smile represents a threat. You must, must, must remember Live this."

"continue."

   "If the Misty Manor accepts the smoke, it means that it will no longer resist you, and you can use your unusual charm next."

   "Okay, go ahead and bring back a perfect start."

  Claire didn't tell Lu Li what to do in detail, she was more like giving Lu Li a tool.

   Later that day, Lu Li and the others came to the Misty Manor again, asked the creep monster to put down the firewood, and set up a bonfire outside the manor.

  The raging flames set off the light, and the thick smoke curled up, disturbing the foggy faces in the manor.

  Erina released friendliness and talked with the misty face in the fence. Gradually, the straight smoke from the bonfire was stirred by an invisible air current, bent, swirled, and poured into the mist of the manor.

  The iron gate creaked open, and Misty Face accepted the gift and invited them into the manor.

  Eileen looked at Lu Li, who stepped into the misty lonely manor.

  Lu Li saw other members of Misty's family in the mansion—the other four groups of Misty.

  Two of them are similar to Misty's face, and the other two are low profile.

   Lu Li's eyes fell on the wall of the stairs facing the living room. A mottled and faded oil painting hung on it: a boy and a girl squatted beside an old woman, and behind them stood a middle-aged couple.

  They should be the masters of this manor.

  Lu Li paid attention to the five clusters of mist surrounding him.

   Is it just a coincidence?

  The communication that Lu Li couldn't understand continued between Elena and Misty. At a certain moment, Elena came to Lu Li and said, "They want you to take off your hood."

"What do you think?"

   "I don't know...they seem believable, but I worry, it's a hoax."

   "What did you say?"

   "They say they come from an ancient family and have been here since they woke up. The oil painting is their life, but they don't remember the past."

  Erina guessed after narrating: "They may be the soul of Midnight City."

   Or a fake like a fake Viscount, but it doesn't matter.

   "They're not creepy enough to ignore cursed titles."

   "I see... please take off the hood."

  So Lu Li took off his hood, revealing a human face that didn't seem fake.

  The suddenly shrinking fog bodies of the misty monsters meant that they were not calm. The two smaller groups of mist even wanted to get closer to Lu Li, but were blocked by the faces of the mist.

  Lu Li's revealing his identity made the conversation between Elena and them pleasant. Not long after, Elena said excitedly that they agreed to attend the second banquet tomorrow.

   More importantly, the Misty family most likely used to be the soul of Midnight City.

  The success of Misty Manor allowed Elena to gradually know how to invite weirdness, and urged Lu Li to go to the next weird place that needs to be invited.