Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 221 One Hundred Thirty Six. Adolescence

  Why the pain? Why desire?

  Lu Li swept between the dark substance of the rhizome and the two things he brought with him.

   The floor is intricately covered with vines, layer upon layer. Lu Li inevitably walked over them, but unlike the other body parts of the plant he encountered, the vines were dead.

  Lu Li pinned the crowbar to his lower back and walked to the root, the feeling of pain and longing was even more intense. He unscrewed the water bottle and poured it over the rhizome, helping it to flush the black substance from the rhizome.

  The black matter near the root system was continuously washed away, revealing the original dark green color.

   The painful emotions that pervaded around him gradually disappeared.

  Lu Li simply cleaned the perimeter of the rhizome and screwed up the lid again. There was still about a tenth of the water in the water bottle, which was almost enough for him to wash his eyes once.

   He dumped the feces in the iron box evenly around the rhizomes, and the longing mood in the basement gradually became relaxed and kindness was released.

  Lu Li exhaled a turbid breath.

   Now, he should have the right of way to the upper cabin.

   Back down the stairs, the creeping eyes on the wall were still staring at Lu Li, but he felt that their gazes no longer contained malice.

   was about to leave when he suddenly saw something stuck on the wall beside the stairs, showing a yellowed corner under the cover of vines. Go to the wall, reach out and drag the edge of the paper against the wall.

   The surrounding vine eyes moved to make way for Lu Li, revealing a map with almost unrecognizable content.

  Lu Li took a closer look and found that it was impossible to tear it off, so he could only observe it here.

   Most of the map was polluted by black matter, and only a small part could barely distinguish the outline, and the markings were blurred. Find the position of the lower cabin through the residual handwriting and outline, and then push back up to find the upper cabin.

  The upper cabin is connected to the deck. An unusually wide outline may represent the canteen, and a dozen meters ahead will reach the deck.

   There is also the uppermost cabin on the map, where the captain's cabin is located.

   Note down the other contours that are not covered by stains and the route to the deck, Lu Li turned his head and looked around the basement to make sure that no other props were missed, and stepped up the stairs.

   The vines spread out in front of Lu Li and closed behind him.

   Back to the basement door, closed the door, and Lu Li went straight to the stairs leading to the upper cabin.

   Stepping up the stairs, Lu Li passed by the bull-horned monster ignoring him. Walking into the upper cabin corridor, the vine eyes on the wall no longer follow Lu Li.

   Walking past the empty canteen door, the sea breeze blowing in front of me brought the faint sound of waves.

   But Lu Li's footsteps gradually slowed down, and a cautious mood emerged in his heart.

   He has always been in contact with the ghosts in the lower cabins, and the ghosts in the upper cabins have never appeared.

  Will they believe in Lu Li's camouflage like the ghosts in the lower cabin?

   Where is the endless purée sent to the stove?

   But until the outside deck appeared in Lu Li's line of sight, the ghosts in the upper cabin still did not appear.

   As if only the lower cabins of the whole ship were still functioning.

   The vines on the walls are starting to become scarce, and they don't seem to be suitable for survival in the outside world.

   The wooden board under his feet was getting cold, and after a few seconds, Lu Li walked to the edge of the cabin.

   Here you can already see the outside world completely.

  A dark black sailboat sailed quietly in the dark and black deep sea, and the dark sea surface was rippling,

   Dozens of human silhouettes as dark as the deep sea gathered on the deck, standing in three rows, with a silhouette wearing a captain's hat standing opposite them.

  The sea breeze blowing from there was silent, this scene was paradoxical and mysterious.

   There are eight people in each column, the first column has only seven people, the second from the left is empty, and there are twenty-four people in total including the "captain".

  Lu Li silently observed these shadows with completely human characteristics for a while, and then retreated to the cabin. He found the stairs leading to the top cabin, and after confirming that there were no guards, he walked to the top.

  The door of the captain's room was tightly closed, and Lu Li sneaked to the edge to take a look at the deck below. Those shadows were still standing there, shaking slightly as the sailboat swayed, strangely infiltrating.

  Lu Li retreated to the door of the captain's room, put the crowbar in the crack of the door, and broke it with force.

  Kacha——

The sawdust on the edge of    exploded, and the captain's room door opened in a corner.

   went back and looked at the deck again to make sure the shadows were still there, Lu Li got into the captain's room and closed the door gently.

   pulled a chair over to the door, and Lu Li turned around to observe the captain's room.

  This place is also infested with black matter, and there is this sticky disgusting thing everywhere.

   He glanced over the things in the captain's room, the single bed, the wardrobe, the dining table, the rudder, the musket on the wall, and Lu Li first walked to the clock on the other side.

   erased the black substance on it, the clock is still moving, showing the possibly accurate time: 1:55.

   There are still more than three hours before dawn.

  Lu Li turned to the desk beside the rudder. There were several books and papers on it, and one book was still open, but the writing was indecipherable and had been infected with black matter.

  Lu Li picked up the books next to the desk. The pages inside were surprisingly relatively intact. Lu Li flipped through the pages and found that they were only novels for relieving boredom.

   Closed the book and put it back in place, Lu Li pulled the drawer again.

  Dangdangdang——

  The drawer was shaken, but it was not pulled out.

   It was locked.

  Lu Li didn't have time to find the key to play the secret room decryption game, so he put the crowbar into the gap of the drawer and forced it open.

   opened the drawer, and a flintlock gun, a diary, and a piece of paper jumped in front of him.

  Because it is relatively sealed and on the top layer of the sailboat, the drawer has not been infected with black matter, and the three things are kept intact.

   First pick up the flintlock gun, which is somewhat like a psychic gun, with a short barrel, and the sound of the gun is engraved with patterns. But it's not a homologue, and it's actually an old gunpowder bullet.

   Put it back where it was, Lu Li picked up the diary again, and after flipping the pages, it was blank, and nothing was written in the diary.

   The captain did not have the habit of keeping a diary. As for why it kept a diary in the captain's room... Maybe it was to make others think he had the habit of writing a diary.

   Picked up the last piece of paper, which finally had the content on it.

   On this yellowed parchment are the names and positions of each crew member.

   Lu Li counted it first, and counting the captain on the list, there were 25 crew members on the ship. And Lu Li saw a total of twenty-four shadows, because there was a missing shadow in one location.

  Captain - Wayne

   Chief Mate-Steller

  Second Mate - Beacon

   Navigator - Leicester

   Sailor-Lee

   Sailor - Transsler

  …

   Sailor - Haben

   A familiar name came into view.

  Lu Li thought of his neighbor Evelyn and her children. Their husband, Harpen, went to sea and was lost in a hurricane, leaving only the dissipating soul back in Belfast.

Is    that person you know?

  This sailboat...was one of the many fishing boats that disappeared in the hurricane?

   (end of this chapter)