Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 245 One hundred sixty. Barely a date

   The Investigator's weekly price of 100 shillings/week/per portion is prohibitive.

   Especially now that Lu Li is in need of money.

   But this money cannot be saved. Real-time and relatively safe weekly news can effectively let Lu Li understand the current situation. Not only that, Lu Li also planned to buy newspapers from the merchants after they appeared, so as to judge the direction of the world during this period of time.

   is like a falling feather, falling at a constant speed. It is still like a giant ship that hits an iceberg, floating for a few hours and then quickly sinking into the abyss.

   So the white paper was filled with old newspapers and stones that prevented souls from penetrating.

  The latter is a necessity for building a refuge.

   "Did the merchants come while I was out at sea?" Lu Li asked Anna.

  Anna shook her head.

   "The book is reversed."

   Lu Li reminded, stack up the investigator's weekly report and put it away.

  Anna hurriedly brought the book over, covering her cheeks that were starting to turn red.

  Lu Li took out the task list sandwiched in the book, and after scanning it, no new content was added, so he put it back in the original place and put it away.

   looked at the alarm clock, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, the merchants won't come today.

   It usually appears in the morning.

   And the results of the sanity test after each event and the assessment of the previous event are unlikely to be released in the afternoon - after all, Lu Li just returned to Belfast in the morning.

   While he was fine, Lu Li planned to go out. The phone bill was posted outside the door. When he came back in the morning, he saw it but forgot to pay it because of what happened to Anna.

   He rarely forgets things.

   He took off the brand new woolen coat of the same style on the hanger and put it on, Lu Li tilted his head slightly.

   Anna on the sofa was holding the book, this time she was holding it right, but the book was almost touching her face, and her big clear eyes peeked over the book.

   Seeing that Lu Li was looking at him, she hurriedly covered her face with a book.

   After a while, the book lifted by Anna fell little by little, first revealing the smooth forehead, and then the pair of clear eyes.

  Wow——

   Anna, who saw Lu Li was still watching her, covered her face with the book again.

"go together."

   Fasten his black tie, Lu Li said to Anna.

  …

  The telephone office is located on the commercial street, which is only two streets away from the city hall, and the streets are full of tall and gorgeous stone buildings on both sides of the road.

   Pedestrians are neatly dressed, men are neatly dressed, women are elegant and graceful, and the spacious and bright streets are like the prosperous commercial metropolis described by the writer.

  Banks, shipyard factory agencies, detective agencies, lawyers, embassies, and shops that have never been seen in Sailor Street are scattered on this long street.

   The bakeries and clothing stores that can be seen everywhere in other neighborhoods have been transformed here into pastry shops and clothing stores.

   The money from selling black and white bread and linen clothes is not enough to pay the rent here.

  Compared with here, the Sailor Street in Luli is run down like a suburb.

  Men, women, old people, children, shop assistants, police officers, these ordinary people do not realize the other side hidden in the real world, and now, that side is surging.

   Lu Li did not hang out. After asking passers-by about the location of the telephone office, I went straight to the telephone office to pay the telephone bill.

  The detective agency didn't have much kerosene left, and there were no shops selling kerosene in the commercial street, so Lu Li bought two kilograms of kerosene on the way back, and returned to Sailor Street with an aluminum barrel that cost an extra 5 shillings.

   Passing the street bookstore, Lu Li stopped slightly, looked at the bookshelves and the reflection in the window, opened the door and walked into the bookstore.

   "Go and pick."

   Lu Li whispered to Anna, who had been following him.

   Now Ana has three states. The disappearing state of sneaking into the inner world, the normal state of suppressing the breath, and the combat state of releasing the breath to appear mental projection.

   There is not much difference between the three states, Anna can change freely as soon as her mind moves.

  In the Windless Bookstore, the tips of Lu Li's black hair moved slightly, and Anna should have left.

  Lu Li walked to the old store manager, picked up the books on the bookshelf in front of him and flipped through them, occasionally responding calmly. And at the edge that the old man couldn't see, the books on the bookshelf seemed to be pulled out by the invisible palm and turned the pages.

   One person attracts attention and one person acts. This scene looks a bit like stealing, but Lu Li is just trying to hide Anna's movement of flipping the book.

   After ten minutes, something moved the ends of Lu Li's hair again.

   He put down the story novel about revenge in his hand, and followed Anna's instructions to a bookshelf.

   "These three books..."

   Anna whispered in Lu Li's ear.

On the shelf in front of    are three eye-catching books that have been drawn in half.

  The quiet bookstore will have a very clear voice, even if it is a whisper. However, the old man's hearing is not good. He still sits in a chair with a blanket on his legs and a biography on the blanket, enjoying the leisurely afternoon.

   He still lacks a cat and a cup of coffee.

  Lu Li picked up the three books that Anna had chosen, "My Survival on the Deserted Island with Him", "The Battle of Princess Cyreid", and "The Lost Country"

  The name makes them sound like popular science novels, biographical novels and adventure novels. After opening the catalog, I found that these are novels with a female perspective and elements of love.

  Anna seems to be very fond of reading romance novels recently.

   After paying for the books, Lu Li returned to the longhouse with the three wrapped books and the oil drum.

When    came back, Lu Li met the landlord of the longhouse. He asked how much he could sell his room for. The landlord thought about it and told him 2300 shillings. If you are not in a hurry to sell, you can sell for about 2500 shillings.

   is equal to the cash Lu Li has in his hand.

   Back at the detective agency, just put down the things in his hand, the door was closed, Anna's figure and voice couldn't wait to appear: "Are you going to sell this place?"

"Um."

  Anna was a little puzzled and asked reluctantly, "Why?"

  Lu Li looked at her calmly: "You know my experience of going to sea."

   "Hmmm."

   "You have read the Investigator Weekly."

   "Um... um."

   "Did they appear so frequently when you were alive?"

   "...No." After a brief silence, Anna replied. A gloom flashed across her eyes.

   "Is it a coincidence that the entire continent of Cultivated Garden lost contact."

  Anna slightly pursed her lips and understood what Lu Li wanted to express: "Is that still the idea, the world is on the verge of collapse..."

  Lu Li nodded: "The environment is getting worse at a speed visible to the naked eye, we have to prepare as soon as possible."

   "Then listen to you, anyway, as long as there is..."

  Anna coughed oddly and changed the subject: "Then you found a safe...call it a refuge, right? Did you find a safe refuge?"

   "I'm still thinking, I'll let you know when I have a concrete idea."

"Oh."

  Anna answered honestly, and glanced at the books wrapped in kraft paper on the edge of the desk.

   Noticing her gaze, Lu Li picked up the kraft paper and handed it over.

   "Hey hey..." Anna giggled a few times and threw herself on the sofa with the book in her hands. The aristocratic temperament she once had was gone.

After    sat down, Anna sneaked a glance at Lu Li's back who was taking off his coat.

   Speaking of which, it was just a date...

   Thinking of this, Anna's eyes curled up.

   (end of this chapter)