Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 40 Forty. Sewers

  Coast Street, one of Belfast's closest streets to the coastline. Or rather, it is the coastline, with various houses stretching along the street on one side and the sandy beach on the other side with a chain guardrail.

  Coast Street is on the north coast, the upper half of the crescent bay. It's still a while before it gets dark, and this is the bustling time here.

   The port of Rodster was noisy. The fishing boats that had been out for a long day came back and docked at the port. Sailors and crew members dressed in the smell of the sea breeze gathered on the entire long street near the coastline, entering and leaving the tavern, and the shouting and shouting did not stop.

   Coastal streets are home to numerous taverns that serve sailors on ships all year round. On other coastline streets, there are more pubs, especially Throat Street just in front of Rodster Harbour.

  The sea breeze that blows to the peninsula all year round corrodes the buildings and guardrails, making them full of mottled beauty.

   At this time, on the beach below, which has a height difference of two or three meters from the coastal street above, five young people gathered in front of the sewer fence, and from time to time a chatter was blown into the sky by the wind.

   "Why do we have to explore this dirty sewer..." Susan, who had delicate makeup on her cheeks, hugged her chest with disgust on her face.

When her best friend Daisy mysteriously came to hang out with her and claimed there were two tall and handsome boys, she thought it was a party and dressed up for an hour in her favorite knee-length lace dress, only to find out when she came out , they actually went to the sewers to explore supernatural events.

   Oh by the way, one of the "tall and handsome boys" is picking the chains on the fence.

   Sewage flows out of the sewers and flows all the way along a specially made ditch to the seashore tens of meters away, where it mixes into the offshore sea.

   She could almost smell the disgusting smell - even though the sewage looked clear.

"It's not really dirty. The other end of this sewer is connected to Onyx Lake to prevent excessive water in the lake. It is not connected to domestic sewage. You can watch the water flow." Beside her, a young man wearing golden glasses explained. . "This sewer plays a role in balancing the water level. Once the height of Onyx Lake exceeds a certain point, the lake water will be discharged to the beach along the sewer."

   There is no problem with this explanation, but he guessed the girl's mind wrong.

   "Is this the point!" Susan stomped angrily.

   followed by a weak voice behind him: "We want to explore... we don't have to go here, right? Simp Park has opened a new haunted house, shouldn't we go there? I heard that it is also scary."

  The young man with the gold wire glasses pushed the glasses. "Those are the staff pretending to be, how scary?"

A white arm wrapped tightly around Victoria's neck, and a girl with short crimson hair leaned into her face and smiled: "Ben is right. Haunted house tricks can't scare us. Except for real ghosts, there are already There's nothing to be afraid of. Susan, right?"

  Susan didn't know how to answer, she couldn't say in front of everyone that she wanted to go to a party instead of going down a dirty sewer.

   Although it wasn't that dirty.

  Whoa——

   A swaying sound of iron chains attracted the attention of the four around him, Reese stood up from the fence with his palms outstretched, his palms covered with dark red rust water.

   "The door is open."

   greeted him, and he squatted down to the ditch to wash his hands.

  Evil...

  Susan showed disgust subconsciously and decided to stay away from this man who didn't know hygiene.

  The dark red rust is like a ribbon that faints in the water and drifts away.

  After washing his hands, he raised an eyebrow at Ben: "The door is open, are you ready?"

   "Wait a minute, it's getting dark, aren't you ready to go back?" Victoria suddenly asked timidly, looking very weak and timid.

   The sky had begun to darken, and the rapid roar of ships echoed over the offshore waters, and the harbour was crowded with docked ships.

   "Don't worry, there are five of us and torches, Ben, take them out." Reese laughed.

   Ben took out the torch that had been prepared, lit it, and walked into the dark sewer first.

  Crimson short-haired Daisy hugged the reluctant Susan, and Victoria followed.

  The noise above the river disappeared, and the sewers leading to the depths only had the sound of water flowing.

  The height of the sewer is about 2.5 meters, and the damp and uneven walls reflect the water light. The slightly turbid water flowed quietly in the ditch, and the wind opposite the current was blowing from the depths ahead.

   Surprisingly empty and clean.

   There is still some distance from the flood season, when this sewer will be submerged, and the water flow will not be as calm as it is now.

   Five people walked on the edge of the shore. After walking several dozen meters along the sewers, there was no light behind the exit.

  The sound of empty footsteps echoed, and the five people walked out for a distance, and suddenly noticed a door on the wall in front of them.

   "Why is there a door here?" Daisy exclaimed in surprise.

   "This is the workshop. A lot of **** will float from the Onyx Lake along the current, and it may be blocked somewhere. The staff will come in after a while to clear it up." Ben replied.

  Susan suddenly asked: "Then the question is, why do we go to such a place to explore?"

  Reese smiled and said in a low voice: "Some poor guys drowned in Onyx Lake some time ago, and two of them have not been found until now. Do you think it may be along the lines of..."

   "Ah! You're going to say that Victoria and I are back!"

   Susan screamed, and the echoes made her eardrums hurt.

   "Okay, I'll shut up." Reese rubbed his ears in pain, obviously you told me...

  Susan sighed and looked down at her favorite little skirt distressedly: "So why do we have to explore this dirty sewer..."

  …

   "Unintelligible."

   Lu Li muttered to himself.

  The fence gate was open, and the rusted chain was thrown aside. Loud voices sounded from the street above, and the sound of water drifted by

   At the entrance of the sewer, Lu Li crouched down and carefully observed the shoe prints near the fence.

   The footprints are clear and messy, and it seems that a group of young men and women can be seen talking to each other and entering the sewer not long ago.

   Obviously, the other party is the group of people mentioned in the request.

   stood up, Lu Li looked around. The gray-brown sand beach without a single figure was dull and quiet in the evening, and was washed away by the hustle and bustle of the port of Lodest and the streets above.

  Several streets near the coastline are equipped with street lights. As the sky darkens, the surrounding visibility begins to decline, the electric lights come on, and the ships near the sea also light up one after another, facing the bright coastline far away.

   It is difficult to say whether Belfast is quiet or lively at this moment.

   Looking back, Lu Li silently lit the oil lamp in his hand, lowered his head and walked into the deep sewer behind the fence.

   (end of this chapter)