Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 265 One hundred and eighty. The cry for help in the alley

   A homeless man huddles under a street lamp by the eaves.

   A layer of rain cloth was placed under him to block the wet ground, although the coolness of the ground could still penetrate into the body through many layers of clothes. That's how his seniors got sick.

  This is one of his carefully chosen homes, only a tad worse than the one he's lived in for a long time—everything is good there, except it's too low and not protected from the rain.

   Every time it rains, it becomes like a stream, so most of the homeless people living there look for other temporary homes on rainy days.

   I should change place, I have to follow someone else tomorrow...

   The sleepless homeless man thought, hugging his dirty clothes tightly.

  He thought that there would be many homeless people coming to this street lamp that could shelter from the rain, but he was the only one. He miscalculated, if there are other people who can at least hug each other to keep warm, and if they encounter the police officers on patrol, the scattered companions can also attract attention...

  When he was picking up trash during the day, he heard people with jobs standing under the door, smoking tobacco and complaining that the rain would be heavier and colder tomorrow.

   So he has to follow other homeless people, and he will definitely get sick by himself.

  If one of my hands was still there, I would be like them...

   thought the homeless man, curled up again, and tucked his hands into his arms for warmth.

   I hope I can make it through tonight.

   Half asleep, a loud noise came into his ears.

   The homeless woke up instantly, and planned to put away the rain cloth and leave. Except for the rookies who have just joined, the old people who have been homeless for some time have developed a good habit of being woken up by the noise-because this often means that the police officers are looking for them.

   Halfway through the action, the homeless person could tell that the noise was not from the police officers who liked to scold them, but a cry for help composed of crying and chaotic footsteps.

The homeless man didn't want to cause trouble, but his subconsciously looking in the direction of the voice made him see a dark alley not far away, a face full of despair appeared under the light of the street lamp, and then was caught by a hand in the alley. Pull back.

   The homeless man froze for a moment, and took out a "dagger" for self-defense - a sharp iron piece made by flattening the can and then grinding it.

The screams of    were still echoing in the night sky. The homeless man swallowed his saliva, then suddenly clenched his teeth, clenched his "dagger" and rushed into the alley.

   He didn't forget to shout out, which would give him courage and wake up the wealthy people who lived nearby.

   But when the tramp stepped into the alley, the cries of women, the laughter of men, and the shouts of the tramp with courage disappeared together with the figure.

   Nothing seemed to happen.

   Under the street lamp not far away, the temperature left by the previous person on the rain cloth gradually disappeared.

   A carriage was approaching in the distance.

  …

  The carriage drives on the empty streets.

  Champs is located in the center of Shymfast, and the neighborhood is usually the residence of the wealthy, which means that the nearby infrastructure is better.

   Such as street lights.

   The crisp sound of hooves echoed in the street, which was only a few blocks away from Mary's residence.

After the carriage entered the street light area, Anna in the carriage noticed that Lu Li's body was no longer tense.

   "Did something happen?" Anna asked.

   "Some small things." Lu Li said without looking back. When he was about to tell Anna about the arrival of the black crow, a cry for help cut through the night sky.

  Lu Li pulled the reins to stop the carriage and looked at the place where there was a cry for help more than ten meters away.

   A dark alley.

   This irresistibly made Lu Li think of the contents on the mailbox.

   "I feel the aura of the same kind... it is resentment... secluded... resentment."

  The car curtain that fell on her shoulders was lifted, and Anna came to Lu Li from the carriage and whispered.

   Lu Li felt the same, and the malice that made him breathless came from the alley.

The    reduced Sanity value greatly improved Lu Li's perception of those beings, even without using a psychic gun.

The note in the    letterbox didn't say what would happen when he encountered the [cry for help in the alley], but it was never a good thing.

  Lu Li pulled the reins and planned to leave the area, but Anna stopped him: "Don't leave, its mental projection shrouded this place, we are in its ritual... If we leave, we will suffer the same attack as if the ritual failed."

  The mental projection is what the resentful spirits release rituals, and when the power reaches the evil spirits, the mental projection will become the body of those ghosts who have lost their humanity.

   This is the reason why evil spirits are always in various forms.

   "Can we deal with it?" Lu Li asked calmly.

   "Projection is stronger than me..." Anna narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists: "But if it wants to attack you, I can protect you!"

  Lu Li nodded, and suddenly said at this moment: "When you were in Mary's room, the black crow sent an area broadcast. You can understand it as a notification. It describes a new event, named [Scream for help in the alley]..."

  Anna didn't understand why Lu Li was talking about the past here, but when she heard the back, the confusion in Anna's eyes faded, and she waited quietly until Lu Li finished speaking.

   "There seems to be no useful information at all."

   "Yes, we have to deal with it ourselves."

"How to do?"

   "Observe the situation first."

   The continuous cries for help were suddenly mixed with chaotic running sounds, getting closer and closer to the exit.

  A unkempt, blood-stained woman's face appeared on the edge of the dark alley, pale and scarlet under the streetlights. She looked at the location of the carriage, opened her mouth and was about to say something. Several pairs of stout men's arms stretched out from the thick darkness behind her, grabbed the woman's hair and cheeks, and dragged them back to the alley.

   Lu Li watched quietly.

   The cries for help rang out intermittently, the dragging sound gradually moved away from the alley, and besides that, there were men's laughter.

   A few seconds after the dragging sound stopped, a scream suddenly came from the alley.

   Lu Li was still watching quietly.

The    cry for help no longer sounded, but was completely replaced by screams and screams, mixed with the men's laughter. The voice was so tragic and tragic, as if the darkest evil was taking place in the alley, so that Anna couldn't hold back her emotions, her pupils flushed scarlet, and she leaned forward slightly to try to save people.

   She suddenly thought of something, turned her head to look at Lu Li who was motionless, the scarlet in her pupils faded, and her emotions gradually calmed down.

   She knew that Lu Li never made mistakes, and he did so because he had his own reasons.

  If Lu Li was wrong...then the one with the problem must be the other party.

   Lu Li was still watching quietly.

The screams of    continued for two or three minutes. During this period, no nearby residents were awakened, and no passers-by appeared.

The screams of    also began to fade, and the surrounding alley became calm.

   All are silent.

Disappeared?

not yet.

  Ana can still feel the boiling air around the alley, and Lu Li can still feel the malice pressing on his chest.

   After more than ten seconds, a low, slow female voice of resentment slowly floated out of the alley.

   "Why didn't you save me?"

   (end of this chapter)