Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 631 208. A Time of Silence

  簌簌——

  The howling wind blew through the chimney, and the slender flue that led to the fireplace sent out whimpering like water boiled, and the ashes were blown off and threw into the fireplace, making the fire brighter.

   Ampere prefers warmth to dampness and coldness. It lay curled up in a dry cave.

   The howling wind was intensifying outside the cave. Remy led the children to the cave, worried that the wind and rain would blow them away and cause them to lose their way.

  The storm is coming, she wants to invite the lonely Adam Fuya to where she is, and she has to check the situation of the hut again - although it has been checked several times after the reinforcement.

  The children climbed to Ampere, treating it as a low mountain, which was almost integrated with the rock wall, and crawled around to chase and play.

   One of them became an exception. It crawled to the bookshelf outside the refuge, raised its head, its melted and charred face under the broken glasses seemed to be looking at the books that filled the bookshelf.

  A palm stretched out from the side, took out the book and handed it to it.

   This bedtime read is filled with simple fairy tales.

   It raised its head and raised its charred claws a bit, but turned and ran back to its companions before touching the book.

  Lu Li silently put the book back in place.

"it is……"

  Ana rummaged through old memories for details about the children.

   "Weier." Lu Li watched him play with other children.

   He walked past Amber and the children and stood on the edge of the cave.

   A frigid wind blew across the top of the cliff with the rustling of the elm forest behind. At some point, the wind stopped briefly and a palm stretched out of the cave.

Snapped.

   A drop of rainwater the size of a bean hit Lu Li's palm.

  The rain began to fall, smashing on the dirt and rocks, and the shattered water droplets jumped up and down.

  The wind blew again, with more violent rain.

  Icy water vapor rushed towards his face, and Lu Li stepped back with his muddy raindrops on his shoes.

With    Lu Li's suggestion, the crops also have shelters like Annie's. He wonders if his power can affect more profound laws - such as temperature.

   But not so lucky for the weeds that have just emerged, and will have to survive the impending storm on their own.

  The gust of wind carried the rain, forming a sloping rain screen. Lu Li stared quietly in front of the cave with the oil lamp for a moment before turning around and returning to the refuge.

   As we moved away from the cave, the sound of rain was far away from Luli, leaving only the whimpering wind blowing over the top of the cliff and the chimney.

"I thought of a storm..." Anna walked back with Lu Li and said slowly, recalling: "Lightning illuminated the night sky like day, and thunder made the earth tremble like an earthquake. I hid in the councilor's bedroom and thought it was divine punishment. The sins I committed, all night long—"

   The words came to an abrupt end, and panic and fear appeared on Anna's cheeks.

   This is not her memory.

   This is Sarah's.

  The oil lamp and the fire swayed, and the shadows roamed around the refuge.

   "Maybe I'm too tired, I need to rest..." Isn't Anna afraid to look at Lu Li and walk outside. "I'm going to find Remy and they come in to protect you."

   "I'll go talk to them." Lu Li said.

"……Um."

  Anna stopped being stubborn and lay on the bed. This time, Lu Li was waiting for her to fall asleep. The never-before-seen emotions brought Anna's consciousness back from the chaos.

"wait for me."

   Anna's whisper sounded in the room, she closed her eyes and sank into the depths of her consciousness.

The    oil lamp was placed on the desk beside the bed, and Lu Li sat in the wooden chair, his eyes of the same color as the dark drooping down, solidifying on Anna's peaceful sleeping face.

  Some noises at the entrance of the cave attracted Lu Li's eyes.

   "Can we come in to take shelter from the rain?" Remy looked a little embarrassed. "Those logs couldn't keep out the rain at all, they all seeped through the boards and fell into the house."

   "Well, come here." Lu Li nodded lightly.

  Remi was about to leave when she noticed Anna quietly closing her eyes on the bed.

   "What happened to Miss Anna?"

   "Sarah's memory is infecting Anna's consciousness." Lu Li answered briefly.

   "Hasn't Miss Anna already maintained...?" Remi asked in a daze.

   "is another, subtle change."

   Such as habits, character, and ideas.

  Sarah has more than two hundred years of memory, while Anna's life will always stay at the age of eighteen. For the former, the latter is as fragile as a wooden house downstream of a torrent.

   "That's really bad..." Remy sighed.

  Although she knew that Anna, who had become friendly in recent days, was because of Sarah’s memory, but Remi didn’t want Anna to become another Sarah.

   She should be herself.

   "Do you know any way to suppress memory?" Lu Li asked Remi, who had not left yet.

   "Some kind of seal of memory?" Remy rummaged through the memory carefully. "He in the book can indeed do it... The evil **** holds power that we cannot understand."

   "The other evil gods do the same?"

   "The power mastered by the evil gods is of the same origin, but there are some subtle differences... Yes, sealing memory is not a unique ability."

   "Mother of the Swamp..."

   Lu Li whispered, looking at Anna on the bed.

  If Ana doesn't get better, maybe it's time to try the Swamp Mother after the storm is over.

  Anna was "ill", and the task of protecting Lu Li became the Jimmy brothers and sisters, just in time for them to hide in a cave to avoid the rain.

   As the morning approached, Anna did not wake up, and an unexpected guest stepped into the cave.

  tick-

  tick-

  The tall silhouette stood in front of the refuge, blocking the narrow dim light outside the cave, and the water dripped from its wet clothes.

  The businessman opened the huge backpack behind him and took out a still dry "Inquiry Weekly" and a radio-style machine.

   "The evil spirit broadcast given to you by the Exorcist United Organization." The businessman said in a low voice, telling Lu Li how to use it. He didn't ask if he needed a transaction as usual, and hurriedly left the cave under the curious eyes of the residents of Elm Forest.

  Lu Li first looked at the "Institute of Investigation Weekly", it's only been five days since the last issue, and it's not yet time for the new issue...

  Whoa——

   Unfolding the newspaper, Remi walked to the side with the oil lamp, and a short, pitch-black headline appeared on the ink-smelling newspaper.

  【The Third Calamity is born, the exorcist team is destroyed, and no one survives】

"This is……"

  Remy frowned.

   Lu Li didn't answer and looked down quietly.

  【We failed】

  【The Third Calamity is not destroyed in the cradle】

  【Let us remember the exorcists who contributed to this】

  【But we didn't get nothing. At least as it slaughtered us, we gathered information on its rituals... and frequency]

  【The third calamity is named "Silent Time", and the silent time will soon be like other calamities, covering the whole world. It appears from time to time, and when it appears, any sound we make may be detected by it]

  【We will share this news with everyone as much as possible. Whether you are in a city, a gathering place, or a refuge in the wilderness]

  【When it appears, church bells will ring around you and on the radio】

  【So when the bell rings—】

【Please keep quiet】

   (end of this chapter)