Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 4 Four. The flame of the human oil lamp

   "A psychic gun with a wooden handle and a silver-plated body, the best companion for a novice exorcist. Just like its name, it can make the person holding it perceive ghosts and hurt them by the way."

   Hades' low narration sounded softly, and two rows of golden teeth flashed intoxicatingly under the oil lamp.

   Lu Li had a cold current on his back in an instant.

The moment    picked up the flintlock gun, the whole tavern was filled with an obscure malicious aura, every dark corner seemed to have malicious eyes peeping over, and the empty seats were filled with various figures in a trance.

The light of the    oil lamp and the beam in front of the window dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye, engulfed by the darkness. Boundless darkness invades—

   "If I were you I wouldn't be holding it all the time."

   Hades' voice suddenly sounded, awakening Lu Li, who had fallen into an illusion.

  Lu Li's pupils gradually contracted, he raised his eyes and looked around silently. The flame in the oil lamp was straight and steady, the beam in front of the window was still dim, and the seats in the hall on the first floor were empty.

"why."

  Lu Li put the flintlock gun back on the counter, casting a shadow.

   "You have already felt the reason." Hades laughed a few times, with a joke of watching a good show.

   Lu Li was silent for a while: "...what is that."

   "The truth of this world."

   Lu Li's pupils shrank into needles.

   Hades added to himself: "Or the first layer of truth."

  Lu Li felt that he was approaching the original appearance of this world. He pulled a high stool to his side and sat on it: "Can you tell me in detail?"

"Okay, since you only negotiate the price once." Hades picked up the shilling and pulled the chair to sit down, but because of his height disadvantage, he could only lie down behind the counter without any imposing manner: "You are very calm, So you should have found out when the ghost appeared last night, and when it disappears you won't be able to find it again, right? That's because the ghost doesn't even exist in this world!"

   Lu Li's face was calm and he didn't say a word.

Hades, who tried to see the shocking look on his face, failed, and continued with some regret: "Although most ghosts are changes after death, they belong to another world, and their appearance in reality is only It's a projection, which is why we can't touch most of the ghosts."

"The psychic gun is an exception. The incantation recorded on it will allow the bearer to enter the world where evil spirits exist, thereby harming their body-can you understand if I explain this? I'm sorry I'm talking about this for the first time. , no one wanted to know this before."

   "Almost understand." Lu Li nodded slightly.

   Surprisingly, people in the early days of the Industrial Revolution actually had the concept of space,

   This sentence was rather harsh in Hades' ears. In his understanding, almost understanding is equivalent to almost not understanding.

   He adjusted his sitting position irritably, thinking about how to express his inner thoughts in words, until he saw the kerosene lamp placed beside him.

   "I figured out how to explain it, look at this oil lamp!"

   Hades picked up the handle and placed the oil lamp between the two of them.

   "Now the lampshade is equivalent to the world where the ghost exists, and the fire is equivalent to the ghost." Hades adjusted the light range of the kerosene lamp, and soon the Lu Li side was no longer in the light range. "Now that ghost is hiding in that world, you can't see it, and it can't see you."

While    was speaking, he adjusted the lighting range again and returned to its original state.

   The flickering rays of light reflected the gloomy expressions of the two of them. Hades continued: "Now the ghost projects itself into our world, we can observe it, and it can also observe us."

   said, Hades put his palm on the lampshade.

Mottled light and shadow appeared between his fingers, and Hades' face was full of smugness after explaining the problem: "But because of the barrier, we can't hurt the ghosts inside, but the ghosts can affect us, the stronger the ghosts, the stronger they are. The stronger the projection. You can touch the glass cover, it's hot right now."

  Lu Li didn't speak or stretch out his hand. He frowned slightly, digesting the information in Hades' words.

   "And when you pick up the psychic gun, it's equivalent to—" Hades picked up the glass cover at once, causing the flames to shake. He put his hand close to the oil lamp again, and got closer. "—Your previous barrier is gone. Now, you can hurt it, and it can hurt you."

   "But at the same time, they can sense you in another world."

   Hades whispered, biting on the word "them".

   "Ah huhu so hot!"

   Haders suddenly retracted his scorched finger and swung it quickly.

  Lu Li lowered his eyes and kept quiet.

"So being an exorcist is a very dangerous thing, especially when you're determined to kill a certain ghost." Hades put on the lampshade, moved the oil lamp to the side, and said to himself, "It's better than going to sea. Be dangerous. According to statistics, 73% of the deaths of exorcists are ghost-related."

   "What about the remaining twenty-seven."

   An inquiry sounded from the ground, and Lu Li seemed to have digested all the information.

   "Captured by the Night's Watch." Hades shrugged.

   "What is the Night Watch?"

   "Hey buddy, the one-time bargaining offer is over." Hades tapped the table with his fingers, complaining about Lu Li's unruly behavior.

  Lu Li looked away and landed on the psychic gun that exuded elegance and danger: "How can I confirm that it is really useful."

   "You'll know when you go back and try it. If it doesn't work and you don't die." Hades leaned forward and patted Lu Li's shoulder across the counter. "Welcome to return, my friend."

   "Where's the bullet?"

Hades took out a silver-plated bullet engraved with an incantation from under the counter as he was prepared, and stood on the table: "I'll give you one for free, and you need to buy the rest. You can find me, or you can find other exorcists. people."

"How many."

   "50 shillings a piece."

   "It's more expensive."

   Lu Li frowned.

   Three pounds of freshly baked brown bread costs two shillings, and a full-time job in Belfast earns only ten shillings a day.

   "A breech-loading flintlock, no buckshot, no gunpowder. Load the bullet, pull the hammer, pull the trigger, and the silver-plated bullet will penetrate any person or ghost within 50 yards."

   Haders recited a string of data, not worried that Lu Li would reject this price.

   "If so, it's worth the money."

  Lu Li nodded, from Earth, he knew better than anyone what faster reloading meant.

   "So, how many bullets are you going to ask for?"

   Talking about money, Hades couldn't help showing his signature smile with golden teeth.

   He feels more like a businessman than an exorcist.

  Lu Li picked up the bullet: "If you're willing to tell me something here, I think I'll be happy to buy more bullets, and buy bullets from you for a long time."

   Unsurprisingly, Hades showed interest.

"What do you want to know?"

   (end of this chapter)