Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 570 One hundred and forty-seven. The "conspiracy" of the Demon Slayer Association

   "Will it spread?"

   Many questions Anna already had answers in her heart, but she still likes to ask them out and listen to Lu Li reply to her.

   "Hopefully not, but it's hard."

  The dandelions swept away by the cyclone are only a large part, not all. Perhaps some dandelions were absorbed by the water and left in the bluestone roads and puddles. Maybe there are dandelions under clothing. Maybe a dandelion drifted into the roadside cabin—

   Even burning an entire block won’t wipe them out, and maybe some dandelions have already left that street and drifted elsewhere.

   We can only hope that the United Organization has the means to detect the dandelion, or that the dandelion will rot and lose its weirdness in a short time.

   Either way, the weird invasion of Ellen's castle on the eve of the Exorcist Council is a disturbing thing.

   I wish all the best for the parliament tomorrow.

   Back at the hotel, the guests at the dining table were talking about the weird events in the next block, and many panicked guests had already gone downstairs with their luggage, planning to stay away from here.

   "Maybe we should go back too."

   Back to the room, Anna persuaded again. Of course she knew the importance of the Exorcist Council, but nothing compared to Lu Li's safety.

   A sudden knock on the door interrupted Lu Li, who was about to speak, and Lilia walked in and asked what happened outside.

  Lu Li briefly talked about the weirdness of dandelions, and told Lilia to close the doors and windows after returning to the room.

   After Lilia left, Lu Li said to Anna who had just checked whether the window was closed, "I want to confirm a guess."

   "What is it?"

   "About 'Tinder'."

   The speculation on the "Tinder" plan has changed from illusory to conclusive, and many questions have yet to be considered.

   Such as those arrangements of exorcists outside the sanctuary plan.

  It can be analyzed from the perspective of optimism, pessimism, and even conspiracy theories. For example, optimism, the refuge point is just the backhand arranged by the Demon Slayer Association, just like the name of the plan itself, "Tinder", leaving the seeds of human elites. The glory of civilization.

   And pessimism, too, just the part of people who think they're outcasts and don't believe the light will pierce through the layers of clouds after a disaster - they won't leave here.

   As for conspiracy theories…

  The Demon Slayer Association is as weird and mysterious. Among the exorcists, night watchmen and investigators, except for investigators, which are relatively rare, the first two can be seen in slightly larger towns.

   While members of the Demon Slayer Society are rarely seen, its attitude to weirdness is ambiguous—the precedent for exploiting evil spirits and other weirdness stems from them.

  So, what if the Exorcist Society realized that the invasion was too weird to resist and compromised?

  Leave the fire, give up resistance, gather most of the forces that oppose them together with yourself, and give it to the weird...

   Conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories because they are composed of the worst outcomes and extreme malicious speculation about others, which are unprovoked but difficult to refute.

  The trouble is that Lu Li's guess is closer to the last of the three views.

   So if reality points to a conspiracy theory, then there must be a weird invasion in the middle of parliament.

   "Like a dandelion..." Anna murmured.

  If Lu Li didn't happen to live here, the dandelion might have drifted uncontrollably to the surrounding dozen blocks, infecting the entire southern part of the royal city.

   "Then why don't we leave here?" Anna was puzzled.

   "Dandelion is not difficult to fight."

   For ordinary people who know nothing, yes. Dandelions do kill them easily. But it won't be long before people know the rules of the dandelion, like the ritual of the evil spirits.

   By then, people will just need to hide in their homes, enclosed places, or even a piece of clothing that covers their entire skin to ignore them.

   No exorcist would be stupid enough to be killed by a dandelion who knew the rules.

   "What if Dandelion was just the first wave? The kind of gangsters who try to get in trouble."

   "So I'm waiting for the second wave." Lu Li replied calmly.

  Whatever comes up, that would prove that part of the conspiracy theory came true: the freaks knew about the assembled exorcists and wanted to catch them all.

   Whether or not this is related to the Demon Slayer Association, it is no longer safe to stay in the royal city.

   At nine o’clock in the evening, the pedestrians on the streets became much rarer than before, nearly half of the hotel rooms were vacant, and people were trying to stay away from the weird streets as much as possible.

   When Lu Li fell asleep, Anna covered him with a blanket, picked up the book by the pillow and put it in the suitcase, quietly guarding the sleeping Lu Li. If something happens, she can take him away as soon as possible.

  …

   The five o'clock block has been completely blocked.

  The surrounding block was also controlled by the Exorcist United Organization, but the exorcists who were stationed at the intersection were turned into guards of the royal city.

   "I feel like my body is about to freeze..." At the north side intersection, the guards complained dully in the iron armor. "Who would have thought that we would stand on the street in metal on cold nights?"

   "Don't complain, your exorcists are far more dangerous than us," his companion replied.

   A gust of cold wind blew, and the complaining guards trembled, and the armor made a "crashing" sound: "At least you don't need to freeze."

   They could see that at the end of the street that stretched forward, a fire was lighting up.

  The Exorcist United Group finally adopted Lu Li's suggestion and set the whole block on fire to prevent the spread of weirdness.

  The members of the alliance are going from house to house to inform the people who live nearby, so that they do not panic and go out at will.

  The wooden house drenched in kerosene quickly turned into a fireball, crackling and spreading to the buildings on both sides that were also drenched in kerosene.

  The exorcist in the beak suit exited the five o'clock block and continued to dodge back, away from the swept heat.

   Moisture in the air evaporates quickly and becomes dry. All filth is reduced to ashes and smoke in the flame of purification.

  People are looking up at the hell-like scenery that seems like the flames will not go out, and the flames are reflected in their eyes. Unnoticed, a slender, dark paw spread silently across the burning block.

  …

   crackling——

  The sound of wood popping kept coming from the surroundings.

  The moisture in the wooden wall was quickly dried, and a dandelion stuck in the moisture escaped.

   Its fuzz was sticking together and should have fallen limply into the dirt. But the heat wave blew it up the burning eaves.

   There were burning flames everywhere, but just as the surviving dandelion was about to be licked by the flames - the burning neighborhood was plunged into a deadly darkness.

  …

   The flapping of wings came from outside the window.

  Anna opened the curtains. A black crow stood outside the window, looking sideways at her, with a bamboo tube tied to its legs.

   Open the window and let the black crow in, the coolness and the smoke smell of the wall get in.

  Lu Li had already woken up, took the note from Anna and unfolded it.

   was just a short line of words scrawled beyond recognition.

  【Escape】

  I don't know when, a fog quietly permeated from the withered field outside the royal city.

   (end of this chapter)