Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 672 Two hundred and forty-nine. Arrival at the port

   "Are we going to change these passengers..." the first mate asked the captain, who was almost as dull as the captain.

The captain came back to his senses, carefully folded the parchment and put it in his pocket: "Your Excellency Lu Li is right, we don't need to explain it. Also, follow Your Excellency Lu Li's instructions to inform the passengers in other cabins, with a friendly attitude... Some, you know what to do."

   Looking around the cabin dining room, the captain and first mate left in a hurry.

   After they left, there were whispers in the dining room.

  …

  A strange fog envelops the cruise ship above the sea.

  The crew on deck withdrew to the cabin, where they stayed under the warm but bright lights.

   When he passed the deck to return to the first class cabin, Lu Li heard a whisper from the deck in the depths of the thick fog. There was no light over there, and obviously no crew or passengers could be there.

   whispered from far to near, as if someone was rushing towards Lu Li while murmuring, but there were no footsteps strangely.

  Lu Li raised the oil lamp above his head, the light illuminated several meters around his body, and pressed his palm on the opened gun holster.

The murmur of    stopped abruptly at about ten meters. Only the waves and sea breeze were left on the deck, and there was a creaking movement from the bottom of the boat.

  Lu Li did not let his guard down, but until he retreated to the bright corridor covered with red carpets and empty of people, there was no presence in the fog.

   dropped the oil lamp, and Lu Li turned around and walked towards the room.

Snapped--

  The sound of the soles stepping on the seaweed came from under my feet, like a wet sound.

  The carpet was stained dark red by water stains, and the stagnant water extended from the feet to the depths of the corridor.

   At the door of the room at the end of the corridor, a tall black silhouette with a wide-brimmed top hat stood quietly. It raised its arms as if it had just knocked on the door.

   knock knock --

   A few seconds later, the uninvited guest rang again.

   A vague response sounded from behind the door, and soon the door opened, and a suppressed exclamation passed into the corridor.

   The first-class passenger in the suite seemed to recognize the uninvited guest, and his voice trembled as he issued an invitation: "Do you want... want... come in...?"

   This is a bit different from the standard response to the ritual, but it works. The uninvited guest, who was soaking wet and gloomy, turned and left.

   Lu Li turned slightly to let the uninvited guests pass by.

   The rituals of evil spirits are related to the mind, such as Anna's projection...

  What is the source of the ritual of the uninvited guest?

  Lu Li tilted his head and watched the uninvited guests stepping on the sound of water walking out of the corridor and into the dark night shrouded in dense fog.

   withdrew his gaze. At the end of the corridor, the passenger who was attacked by the uninvited guest was peeping over here, and when he saw Lu Li, he hid back to the room in exclamation.

   seems to treat Lu Li with black hair and black eyes as an uninvited guest.

   Back in the suite, Celica, ignorant of what was going on in the hallway, was nibbling on her portion of food.

  Two pieces of brown bread, chicken soup, mashed potatoes, baked conch, a grilled sea fish and a small glass of red wine. In addition to the latter, the first few items usually appear on the dining table of the third class cabin.

   But now, they are precious and rare food.

  Gauze alcohol and a basin of water were placed on the low table beside the sofa, while Celica was waiting for Lu Li to help her clean up the wound.

   Celica untied the gauze wrapped around her jaw, and the gauze at the wound stuck to the flesh. Celica seemed used to the pain and tore it off carelessly.

   "Look up."

  There is a lack of tools and cotton on the cruise ship, so the blood stains can only be cleaned off with damp gauze and then disinfected.

During the    period, there was a quarrel in the corridor outside the room. It seemed that the first-class passengers gathered together to protest to the crew why they concealed the danger of the night route.

The    noise lasted for a while before being resolved.

   Finally wrapped the gauze, Celica opened her blurred eyes, and it took a moment for her eyes to become clear.

   "Thank you..." Her voice was a little hoarse. "You go to rest, I'll watch the night."

   There are still seven hours to arrive at Prince Fants Harbor.

   Lu Li washed his palms and refused when they were dry. A few hours of sleep in the afternoon was enough, and with Anna not around, he had to be wary of weird intrusions.

  The over-human Lu Li is obviously the most delicious food in the eyes of the weird.

   Celica didn't say anything, she picked up the water and the water became cloudy, and the water basin in which the gauze floated left the suite. Coming back soon, she said several crew members were guarding the corridor outside, and there were even two at their door.

   After all, Lu Li is likely to become the owner of this ship and even this shipping company.

   Even soon after, the first mate personally pushed the dining cart over and prepared another dinner: roasted whole chicken, milk, and even carrots. It just sits for too long and it looks like an old man, shriveled and wrinkled.

   But the vegetables at this time are precious.

   After dinner, Lu Li sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace. Take out the evil spirit broadcast and a book from the pocket and put it on the table.

   "Aren't you going to sleep?"

   Lu Li asked Celica, who was still very energetic.

   "I'll go to sleep when I'm sleepy..." Celica said softly.

   Lu Li nodded and opened the book he brought.

  Time flows quietly in the room named Serenity.

  …

  Prince Fants Harbor.

  Among the dozen or so ports on the Allen Peninsula, this east coast port is inconspicuous.

  Especially after the establishment of the port of Rodster, most of the routes on the east coast of the main continent were taken over by Belfast.

   But everything was reduced to ashes with the destruction of Belfast.

  Especially in the Ellen Peninsula, only Simfast lingered, and after the swamp road was cut off, this port located in the southwest of the peninsula and the nearest port became the only passage connecting the main continent and the Ellen Peninsula.

   In the middle of the night, the port was silent.

  Workers gather in dormitory huts at the port. Warm up around the fireplace and play cards.

   On the edge of the coastline, the beams of the standing lighthouses penetrate the thick fog and dark night to guide the ships on the sea.

  OM——

  The distant sound of the ship's whistle pierced the silent night and echoed above the port.

   There was a burst of approaching footsteps outside the workers' hut, the wooden door was knocked open, and the lame port night watchman stood at the door with a swaying oil lamp, and said to the workers: "The last ship has docked, come out to work."

  OM——

   Another whistle sounded from behind him and squeezed into the warm cabin.

   The fire of the fireplace shook, and the workers who had not finished playing the cards looked at each other, picked up their good cards, and shouted to put on their clothes and go out of the hut.

  The port workers lit the vacant bonfire and hid in a corner sheltered from the wind. They saw a huge silhouette slowly emerge in the dark night.

  Call——

  The fog lingers around it, and countless pairs of bright eyes are regularly spread over the surface of its body.

The    cable was thrown from the deck, and the workers gathered around to pick it up and tied it to the bollards.

  When the cruise ship is stable and the bridge to the land is built, people hold on to the oil lamps, queuing up to disembark with their unease and anticipation of the unfamiliar environment.

   "Your Excellency Lu Li..."

  On deck, the captain looked away from the crowded passengers and said respectfully to Lu Li who approached: "Thanks to your reminder, we have no missing crew or passengers on this voyage..."

   (end of this chapter)