Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 18 Eighteen. Gallery Wonderful Night

   The more lively places are abandoned, the more desolate and strange they become. Galleries are a good example of that.

   The black page is so silent that even the heartbeat can be heard, and the sound of friction not far away is so clear.

  Lu Li raised some oil lamps, and the range of light spread slightly, but it was still the source of the strange friction sound.

   Ignoring the oil painting for the time being, Lu Li dropped the oil lamp, turned around and walked back.

Da da-

  Empty and lonely dark corridor, the sound of footsteps echoed slowly, burrowing into the darkness.

  The shadow changes with the shaking of the oil lamp, and after walking a distance, a strange reflection appears on the edge of the bright light in front.

   That was the road that Lu Li just passed by. He knew very well that there were no obstacles on the way.

  Lu Li took a few steps forward and incorporated the reflection into the range of the oil lamp.

   His black eyes narrowed slightly.

  A sculpture stands in the middle of the corridor, with a cold and stiff face facing Lu Li, a stone leg stepped out, keeping the posture of walking towards this side motionless.

   An inexplicable chill appeared all over the body.

  Lu Li thought that supernatural phenomena would appear later, but he didn't expect them to appear impatiently as soon as the sky darkened.

  The envelope says that the sculpture will move around, just put it back in place, since that’s the case…

   Holding an oil lamp, Lu Li began to walk towards the sculpture step by step, staring at the sculpture without blinking, but nothing changed until he stood in front of him.

  This is a life-size sculpture, the height is close to Luli's lower jaw, showing the stone gray color of the stone itself. It has not been painted yet, and it may not need to be painted at all. Unlike the angular male sculpture, this female sculpture is soft and beautiful, the only slight deficiency is probably the lack of clothes.

   But after all, it is a sculpture, and no matter how beautiful the appearance is, it is hard to hide the stiffness.

  Lu Li quietly observed the sculpture, and suddenly tilted his head to look at the base less than two meters behind the sculpture.

The    sculpture is moved from there...in ways that are incomprehensible.

   But it doesn't seem to move under gaze.

   The slight movement caused the oil lamp in his hand to shake slightly, and as the light and shadow changed, the dull gray eyes suddenly seemed to come alive, turning slightly towards Lu Li.

   Lu Li felt being watched for a moment, and withdrew his gaze, his black eyes fell on the pair of eyes that were integrated with the sculpture.

   Nothing has changed, as if the feeling of being watched just now is just an illusion.

  According to the response method on the envelope, Lu Li put the oil lamp on the floor, and stretched out his hand to embrace the waist of the sculpture.

  Lu Li picked up the stone sculpture, which weighed about 50 pounds or 45 pounds, which was a bit light for a stone sculpture.

   Lifted it to the base and put it away, but there were some problems. What was originally a standing posture has become a walking posture.

  Maybe it will automatically return to its original state after dawn.

  Lu thought about it, walked backwards, bent down and picked up the oil lamp.

  Because he kept his eyes on the sculpture, he didn't lower his head to pick up the oil lamp, and when he looked up again, the sculpture suddenly appeared in front of him, the scalp tingling phenomenon.

   Holding the oil lamp and passing by the sculpture, Lu Li turned to face the sculpture and stepped back a few steps until the sculpture was close to the edge of the light five or six meters away before turning around again.

  Wow—

The moment    turned around, a strange friction sounded at the same time.

   Lu Li turned his head consciously, and saw a delicate and slender right leg stepping down from the base. Before that, his left foot should have been in front.

   The moment Lu Li left it, it moved again.

   Lu Li's brows suddenly wrinkled.

  On the envelope, it only said that the sculpture was moved and put it back in place, but it didn't say what to do if the sculpture kept moving.

   He can't let himself be trying to figure out a way to solve a paranormal event while the sculptures on the other side are wandering around the corridor... Wait, he can.

  Lu Li is not really a night watchman and does not need to work hard to get 20 shillings a night. On the contrary, Lu Li came to solve the supernatural phenomenon.

   There is no doubt that sculpture is also one of the supernatural phenomena.

  If the statue disappears, the gallery paranormal phenomenon will decrease the same.

   In other words, if Lu Li damaged or left the sculpture, Benjamin would have to pay Lu Li a corresponding fee instead.

   Because he solved the supernatural phenomenon.

  If the sculpture won't be repaired and come back.

   Determined what to do next, Lu Li no longer forcibly restores the sculpture, and allows the sculpture to move around in the corridor.

  Lu Li will not take the initiative to damage the sculpture for the time being, but if the sculpture tries to jump from the window on the second floor as stated in the envelope, he will not stop it.

  Ignoring the sound of moving and rubbing behind him, Lu Li went all the way back to the table in front of the door.

  The oil lamp was placed in the corner of the table, and the swaying flame gradually stabilized.

   Sitting on the cold wooden chair behind the desk, before the breeze driving around him completely dissipated, the sound of friction that had not stopped for a moment suddenly stopped.

  On the edge of the lighting range of the oil lamp, a figure stands at the dividing line between light and darkness, and the light and dark are uncertain.

   It actually followed Luli all the way back.

  The unexpected stickiness is difficult to deal with.

   Ignoring the sculpture for the time being, Lu Li lowered his eyes, thinking about how to solve the other three supernatural phenomena.

  In addition to the oil paintings, the two dead female employees can be identified as ghosts, and there may be a reason for them wandering in the gallery, for example, this is where they died. Or...the killer who killed them had something to do with the gallery.

The image of   Benjamin couldn't help but come to mind.

   Lightly tap the tabletop with your knuckles. If so, it becomes very necessary for Oliver to investigate the situation of the deceased and to go to the second floor to investigate.

  If Benjamin is the murderer, he can ask for a large amount of confidentiality and commission fees, and then ask Oliver to call the police.

   or Oliver asks for it and calls the police.

   At this moment, the table suddenly shook slightly.

   noticed that Lu Li raised his head, a stiff face occupying the entire field of vision was close at hand, he took a breath and bounced back coldly.

The    sculpture grabbed the edge of the table and stepped onto the table, motionless.

   It seems that before doing anything, Lu Li needs to solve the problem of sculpture first.

The   envelope doesn't say what will happen to sculptures that have been ignoring approaching sculptures, but there are two outcomes: nothing changes or it gets worse.

   His gaze passed between the legs of the sculpture indistinctly. Lu Li left his seat, but did not go to get the oil lamp. He bypassed the dummy, came to the door, opened the locked doors, and opened one of them.

   An unsettling atmosphere pervaded the silent, dark streets.

  I don't know when it started, a thin layer of white fog formed outside, and the windows of the surrounding houses were dimly lit.

  Lu Li turned around, the sculpture had returned to its normal standing position, and walked towards Lu Li, who had his back to it.

  Lu Li picked up the sculpture, moved her outside the gallery door, and placed it in front of the door: "I still have work to do, you can go play first."

After   , he returned to the gallery, and with a light click, Lu Li locked the door from the inside.

   It was banished.

   Or to put it better: it is free.

   (end of this chapter)