Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 1396 Thirty-eight. On the Immortal Giant

  Lu Li went up and turned around, but saw nothing.

  Only the passengers in the cabin were discussing, talking about the strange thick fog before.

  The sense of security brought by the gathering of the crowd made them less afraid. Lu Li squeezed through the crowded corridor in front of the deck and returned to the lower cabin.

  Push open the door, the old couple still haven't come back, Elaine is writing his diary with his head down.

"Did you see it?"

  After writing the notes, he shook the palm of his hand that had been stamped red by the old pen, and capped the pen.

   "The fog has lifted."

   "That's a pity." Alaide dried the ink traces on the diary, "I've never seen such a big fog, like shuttling through clouds... The cultivated land is really wonderful."

   It just has nothing to do with the cultivated land garden.

  Alaide handed the diary to Lu Li: "Help me read it again? I'm going to record what I saw on the road and show it to my Lisa when I arrive in Belfast."

  Lu Li took over the diary.

  【The third day of sailing】

  It’s morning now, I just went to the deck, and I heard some sailors say that there was fog ahead of the route before dawn, but it dissipated quickly, unfortunately I didn’t see it…

   Hi Lisa, I saw fog, just now.

   That fog is really thick... Do you know what I mean? I couldn't see a sailor when I stood more than ten meters away. But I'm a little worried, won't such a big fog hit something? I asked a first mate who had a good attitude towards civilians, and he told me that the speed of the ship has been reduced to the minimum, there are no reefs along the route, and we will only stay in the foggy area for a while, and there will be no problems.

  He was right, and it didn't take long for the fog to lift.

  The content came to an abrupt end, and it should not be finished yet.

   Not long after, Alaide ran out of the cabin again, still brooding over the previous thick fog.

  Lu Li opened the curtain, and the last touch of camel red outside the porthole disappeared on the sea level. There was a noise outside the door, and the door was opened, and two crewmen with keys turned on the gas lamp valves in each cabin.

   Soon it was Lu Li's turn to be in the last class, and a crew member recognized Lu Li.

"You are…"

  The crew members who realized something closed their mouths, pretended not to know Lu Li, and their companions opened the valve and left.

   Lu Li, who didn't care about the crew's attitude, returned to the cabin, and the hanging gas lamp on the wall was dimly lit.

  Lu Li pulled up the curtains to block possible prying eyes from the deep sea outside the round window. Lying on the bed where you can only curl your legs, wearing a windbreaker, ready to rest before everything comes.

  Almost falling asleep with the swaying hull, the stargazing of the passenger ship slowed down woke Lu Li from his light sleep, and then there were conversations in the corridor.

  The door of the cabin was pushed open suddenly, and Alaide returned to the cabin with the noise from outside. He panted slightly, as if he had run back.

"What's wrong?"

   "Fog...again..."

  Elaide, with an ugly face, took out the diary and pen from his arms, and continued writing under the dim gas lamp.

  Lu Li put on his windbreaker, came behind Alaide, and watched him add in messy handwriting to the content of the third day:

  It's getting dark...Lisa, I don't feel right...

  In the evening, I went up to have a look, and the sea was foggy again. This situation is not suitable for sailing, the captain ordered to drop anchor and stop sailing. But... what I said is wrong is not this kind of...

   Atmosphere… yes, atmosphere.

  The atmosphere on board is not quite right. The faces of the sailors are ugly, and those rich nobles who often talk on the first class and the first class on the deck can't be seen on the deck now...

   I don't think they hate fog.

   Did the rich and nobles know something?

I heard other last class passengers say a lot of weird things happened... I don't know if what they say is true, these guys are like bards, there are always all kinds of lies, or in the truth mixed with lies.

   There are still 12 days to go to Rodster Harbor, I really want to...

  The night, the vast sea, and the unknown mist make Alaide feel terrified, even though there are thousands of people on this boat...

"what!"

  Alaide turned around, was frightened by Lu Li behind him and threw out the pen.

  Lu Li picked up the pen and put it on the bedside table: "Is there anything else?"

   "You said above? I don't know, they won't say anything..."

  Lu Li nodded, and walked out of the cabin to the deck.

  …

  Flavichman, chairman of Hodkin Royal Yachting Company, captain, first mate, and second mate gathered on the bridge together.

   "Why broke down?"

  The captain seriously answered Chairman Flavichman's questioning:

   "It's impossible to sail in such a thick fog, we can't contact the cultivated land..."

"could not be reached?"

   "This strange fog seems to be blocking the signal, and the nautical compass has also failed."

  Besides the bridge, thick fog shrouded the sea, and the visibility was only on the front and rear decks, and the side of the ship could not even be seen. The watchtower disappeared as if it had risen into the clouds.

  The captain continued: "And the fog is too thick, we are easy to lose our way."

  Chairman Flavichman has the advantage of never pointing fingers. He accepted the decision to stop sailing and break down: "Beware of icebergs."

  The gas lamp splits the shadow of the captain's face: "...Compared to icebergs, I think we should worry about...abnormal."

   "You mean the exorcist?"

  The captain nodded: "Maybe all this has something to do with him..."

   "...stay vigilant, we will arrive at the Plowland Garden tomorrow evening." Flavichman was noncommittal, but did nothing.

  The first mate inspected the dining room as usual, and found the rescued exorcist sitting in the dining room eating quietly.

   "Sir, why are you here?"

   "Eat something." Lu Li replied.

   "There is also a restaurant in the lower cabin."

   "The taste is terrible."

  That was a shock to Lu Li's new taste buds—it wasn't even as good as the canned food mixed with alchemy in the Land of Light.

  The first officer suddenly lowered his voice: "Do you know anything about the fog outside?"

   "I don't know anything about it."

  It is like a weird fog, but the weird fog will not appear during the day, and he has not seen the weirdness in the fog for the time being.

  The first mate didn't believe it, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only drive Lu Li away.

   "Mate Mister, is this how the Immortal Giant treats its guests?"

  A female voice stopped him.

   "Miss Kate..." The first mate looked at the approaching figure in surprise, then left the restaurant in silence without saying anything.

   "Who are you?" The girl with mature makeup was sitting next to Lu Li, this action made her reveal the holster and flintlock under the long skirt.

"you know."

   Lu Li cut up the steak, and the woman heard their conversation from the beginning.

   "I can guess that they thought the fog appeared because of you."

  "A very stubborn mind, right?" Kate didn't care about Lu Li's perfunctory, "They actually think that there are monsters because of the appearance of the exorcist... just like..."

  Boom—

   “…just as ridiculous.”

  The muffled noise and screams outside the restaurant overshadowed Kate's metaphor.

   "Hide, the more concealed the better."

  Lu Li picked up the napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, pulled out her flintlock gun as he walked past the woman, got up and walked out of the restaurant.

  (end of this chapter)