Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 1395 Thirty-seven. The first strange appearance

   Burning Dusk is the only thing that makes people realize that the sun still exists.

  Many passengers came to the deck to enjoy the magnificent scene. Young people gathered on the bow deck, close to the side of the ship. There was no ship in sight, no land, only the sky, the ocean, and their ambitions.

  Lu Li's arrival didn't alarm any passengers except the crew. Although the boat stopped in the afternoon and rescued a man who fell into the water, it became the talk of many passengers to relieve the boring journey, but only a few people saw Lu Li's appearance and knew his characteristics.

   "Uh...sir, why didn't you go to the restaurant?"

  Not long after Lu Li stepped onto the deck, the second officer, who was reminded by the crew, came to the deck.

"I do not know where it is."

   "Please follow me, the chairman, captain and reporters are waiting for you."

  Second officer Lu Li came to the upper deck, then stopped in front of the dining room to adjust his collar, put on white gloves, and pushed open the carved wooden door for Lu Li.

  Warmth and hustle and bustle pour out from the door, as if entering civilization from the wilderness.

  Soothing piano and orchestral music flow in the gorgeous restaurant, and well-dressed men and women are sitting at the dining table, eating and talking elegantly. The adaptive students holding the dinner plate shuttled like butterflies.

  It's like his feeling when he was resurrected—the greatest meaning of beauty is that you don't know its preciousness until you lose it.

  The second officer closed the door from behind and signaled Lu Li to take the empty seat: "Please wait a moment, I'll call the chairman for you."

  Watching the second mate walk towards several reporters, the chairman and the captain were suddenly greeted by a pungent smell of perfume.

  A woman with heavy make-up wearing a purple dress was sitting next to Lu Li.

   "Hello, lucky man."

  The woman with heavy makeup smiled and toasted him, showing her strong interest in Lu Li: "How did you fall into the water?"

   "Fall off the boat."

   "It's unlucky, you are a farmer?" The woman's eyes fell from the hair to the eyes, and suddenly fell into the deep and mysterious black pupils, "I... have never seen such eyes."

"no."

   "I'm from the Lennon Islands...have you been there?"

   "Been there."

"when."

   "Twenty-five years from now."

  The woman with heavy makeup woke up from a slightly drunken intoxication.

   "Are you a poet? Or a writer?"

   "The Exorcist."

  The smile disappeared from her face, and she deliberately joked: "Are you here to plow the land to eliminate demons? Or is there a ghost in Koda Silsen..."

   "It's much more serious than that."

  The woman with heavy makeup gradually relaxed: "How serious is it?"

   "The ship will be wrecked."

  The body of the woman with heavy makeup became stiff.

   "...I, I'll excuse you first." She no longer maintained her elegance, hurried away, and quickly came to the second officer.

   Lu Li saw her pointing this way, and then pointed to her head.

   Then the second officer came to the chairman again.

"Sorry gentlemen, our friend who fell into the water is not feeling well, and the interview will be replaced by our Captain Sparrow." Chairman Vlavichman said kindly, leaving the captain to deal with the reporters, and whispered to the second mate , "Is what she said true?"

   "He did say so."

   "The Exorcist..."

  Chairman Flavichman chewed on this word. The meanings of saving an ordinary person and saving a lunatic are very different. The same goes for rescuing the exorcist...maybe it's okay in the Peninsula of Ellen and the Badlands, but in the Lennon Islands, the prejudices of the exorcists are buried deep in the mind.

   "He is useless, throw him in the last class, and don't let those reporters see him."

  The captain followed the chairman's train of thought and asked, "Should we ask him for a reward?"

   "No need. We just want to show distance and not offend the exorcist."

  …

   Cramped, crowded, noisy, lingering mixed smell.

   This was the feeling Lu Li felt after entering the cabin on the bottom floor, but it didn't have the alienation and indifference above.

   Lu Li prefers this place to the one formed by elegance and etiquette—provided he doesn't bother him.

  The new roommate enthusiastically stood up and spoke to Lu Li: "I'm Alaide, and the other two roommates are an old couple. This is your bed... I'm going to Belfast, do you know where it is?"

   "I used to live there."

   "Are you familiar with Belfast!" The young man whose fluff at the corners of his mouth hadn't completely turned into stubble said excitedly, "My Lisa lives in an apartment on Black Gold Street. Do you know where Black Gold Street is?"

   As he spoke, he unfolded a crumpled map. In the lower right corner, it was written as a bonus for a certain issue of Allen Peninsula Magazine.

  Lu Li recognized the map as Belfast, so he pointed to the location of the Black Gold Street.

  Alaide quickly thanked him, and carefully circled the place Lu Li pointed to with a pen.

   "Where's your luggage?"

  He wanted to thank Lu Li, but he didn't find his luggage.

   "I didn't bring it."

"All right."

  Alaide sat back on his bed, lay down on the bedside table and continued writing.

   "Diary, do you want to read it?"

   Lu Li asked suddenly as he looked around the cabin.

   "You want to show me your diary?"

   "Of course." Alaide said confidently: "If you don't show others the diary, what's the use?"

  What he said makes sense, and more importantly, Lu Li can indeed know what happened on the Immortal Giant from the diary.

   Taking the diary, Lu Li opened the title page:

  【I bought this diary, it will record what I saw and heard on the road while pursuing you. When I see you, I will give it to you as a gift. 】

  First day of sailing

   Lisa, you know what, I'm so excited... I thought we'd never see each other again. But a few days ago those guys from the government told us they had a new route to Belfast... unbelievable.

   I spent the 255 shillings I won on tickets for the maiden voyage of this cruise ship and this diary, which will arrive in Rodster Harbor, Belfast in 15 days.

   As long as fifteen days, we can meet again. I... I'm really excited.

  The second day of sailing

  The boat was very stable, but I was still a little dizzy... I have never been on a boat for so long in my life. I know I shouldn't be complaining in the diary I'm going to give you but I'm really going to say... Last class isn't great, it's cramped, it's messy, it's noisy, there's a **** thief and nothing at all A lover who doesn't care about sound.

  I wrote this paragraph in the stuffy and smelly bilge, now I need to go to the deck to get some air...

  No information, Lu Li returned the diary to Alaide. And Alaide left the cabin just as the diary wrote.

   A few minutes later, Alaide came back in a hurry, lay down on the table and continued to write in the diary:

  【I’m back, the air on the deck is very good, the sea is no longer the blue of the beach, it’s very dark and deep, it’s like... oh, I’m digressing. 】

  【The sea is very calm, just like a mirror. It's unusual to hear from the crew. But I think the shipbuilding company will not rush to set sail without exploring the route...]

  Lu Li watched the words slowly emerge. He didn't remember when the Immortal Giant disappeared, but if nothing else, it was related to this fog.

  (end of this chapter)