Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 284 One hundred and ninety-nine. Tesla's worries

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The sound of    dripping echoed empty in the lead-grey hall.

   Outside the narrow window near the canopy, muddy water surges. The waterline runs from under the window and into the barrel below.

   There are wooden barrels under each window receiving water, and the sound of water dripping one after another.

  In the dark corner of the lounge area, Tesla carried a wine bottle and leaned against the counter to talk to the alliance staff.

   Now it's the alliance staff's turn to express their opinions: "Although I don't care, don't you think that the investigator base is a bit... too rudimentary?"

  Tesla turned around, lay on the counter and said indifferently: "Even if it is decorated like a noble mansion, no investigators will stay here, and the words "some" and "too" conflict."

   "I'm just euphemistically expressing my opinion." The alliance personnel gave up persuading these lazy investigators, and their eyes fell behind Tesla.

   "Someone came to you."

  A figure appeared outside the pipe passage and walked towards the rest area.

   "Stop talking." Tesla looked back to see who was coming, waved his hand, and greeted him with a bottle of wine.

   Remembering something, he said to the alliance staff: "Prepare another glass of milk."

   "Milk can't sober up."

   "Not for me."

  Lu Li sat down at the dining table on the edge, Tesla walked across to him and sat down, asking casually, "Are you ready for the rainy season?"

"Um."

   There is still food left to buy. When I go back to Lu Li later, I will buy some storable food and canned food. The latter will be used sooner or later.

  The air around Tesla arrived late, with a hint of wine smelling across the table, and was caught by Lu Li.

"Are you drinking?"

  Tesla raised the wine bottle from under the dining table, and the clear liquid inside shook: "I just found out? I've been holding it for a while."

   Lu Li replied, "Maybe something else was in it before I could smell the alcohol."

   "Very professional exorcist thinking, you are already an excellent investigator." Tesla complimented with a smile, and then sighed softly. "It's just that one more friend is missing, which is a little sad."

   "Thomas?"

"Yeah. Apart from some aristocratic stinky problems, this guy is still very good." With his arms down, Thomas reminded Lu Li: "I already know the cause of his death, don't learn, whenever you face those weirdnesses Don't be careless."

"I know."

   So it was Thomas who died instead of the two investigators.

"Then why did you just come over after the incident and wanted to ask some questions? By the way. The next person on duty...let me think...remember, it's Rachel's guy. So you can call if you have questions for the next three weeks. my home."

   "I'll submit the event."

   "The Incident at 33 Elm Street?"

"Um."

"The judgement team hasn't arrived yet, you can wait... I remembered, they were in a lot of trouble because of that thing." Tesla, who thought of something, closed his mouth and changed his mouth to say: "You can tell me, as Belfast As the person in charge of the special area, I have the authority to temporarily serve as the judgment group."

  Lu Li looked at him quietly: "I can wait for them."

Tesla suddenly leaned forward, and his brown eyes, which were slightly blurred because of being slightly drunk, suddenly became clear and sharp, showing a sly hunter-like smile: "Don't worry, I'm not drunk, it's filled with lemon juice, Just a little bit of wine."

  Lu Li did not speak, waiting for Tesla to continue speaking.

   He continued to whisper: "Someone wants to deal with me, I don't know who it is, so I have to "create" a condition for the other party to start."

After    finished speaking, Tesla sat back in the chair, returned to a slightly drunken appearance, unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt, tilted his head and said to the Union personnel who brought the milk, "Bring a pen and paper."

  The alliance personnel left briefly, and after a while brought a few quills, notebooks and a bottle of ink to Tesla.

   "A quill?" Tesla was slightly stunned when he looked at the things on the table.

  The alliance staff said helplessly: "That guy Tristan accidentally sat on the box with pens when he was lifting weights, and he couldn't use it."

   "I remember that was last week, right?"

   "Tristan said he would buy a case of pens soon."

   "Okay." Tesla shrugged and said to Lu Li, "Many nobles have the habit of using quill pens, which is called a noble tradition - but when no one is around, they secretly use a pen that is convenient and hassle-free."

   "The quill is fine." Lu Li reached for the quill.

   It’s just that the written words are ugly.

   "This is not for you." Tesla picked up the quill one step faster than Lu Li, opened a blank notebook and said, "Tell me, I'll write."

   Alliance personnel have returned to the back of the counter.

   Lu Li asked, "Can I do it?"

   "Of course, the Incident Investigator organization that doesn't pollute Sanity doesn't mind the rumors. I'd like to hear why Thomas died."

  Lu Li paused for a few seconds, thinking about where to start, and then calmly said: "In order to make money, I went out in the rain of weirdness to find weirdness, and for some reason I was close to Elm Street—"

   Entered the cafe, found the problem and rescued people, called the black crow to contact the investigator, and then the night watchman came, blocked the street, and investigated the source of the pollutant.

  Lu Li asked for a quill pen and a few pages of paper, and he was taking notes while saying this. Wait until the merchant appears and hand over this thing directly, saving him the time to recount it with the merchant.

   After confirming the source, Thomas appeared and entered 33 Elm Street with him to explore. The final result was that Thomas opened the ancient book and was killed by the clothes that suddenly woke up.

   Before finishing here, Lu Li talked about what happened after he left Elm Street. When Lu Li said that he called Petra's friend to ask about his hobbies and got an answer, the quill in Tesla's hand stopped.

   "That guy died...it really doesn't make sense."

   Putting the quill aside, Lu Li waited for the ink on the paper to dry, but did not respond to Tesla's emotion.

  Tesla turned and said, "So are you going to give the hapless Thomas a bouquet of flowers?"

"when."

   "The news of his death should not have reached his daughter, maybe three days or seven days later. I'll let you know when that happens."

   After a brief silence, Lu Li nodded and said, "I will consider it."

  Tesla seemed to see what Lu Li was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, his daughter doesn't have a good relationship with him, so it won't happen that you are entangled with her."

   "Call me then."

"Um."

  Lu Li took the milk and drank it, said goodbye to Tesla and turned to leave.

  Looking at Lu Li walking towards the pipeline passage, Tesla, who was not drinking, suddenly shouted to his back, "I suddenly think you are right."

   "What." Lu Li looked back.

"nothing."

   Lu Li was still looking at him.

  Tesla thought for a while, then said to Lu Li, "After reading the Investigator Weekly tomorrow, you will understand what I mean."

   (end of this chapter)