Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

On this day, it happened to be the weekend. It was rumored that there was an office that was still deserted on the surface, as if it had never been open.

Lenari and Lucia were sitting in the boss chair behind the desk, watching anime with great concentration, when suddenly, the crisp doorbell rang.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Lenari was the first to react and pressed the pause button. Just as he was about to shuttle over to open the door, he realized that the door was not locked at all...

Sure enough, after a few seconds, the ringing stopped, and the solid wood door was opened. A middle-aged woman with hair in a bun, glasses, and a conservative white-collar suit, led a girl in casual clothes, about 16 or 17 years old, and walked slowly into the office.

After entering the door, the woman looked around, frowned slightly, and asked Lenari in a friendly manner: "Where is your parents?"

"He is not here for something. If you have a commission, you can tell me." Lenari said uninterested.

Compared to the letter of authorization from Team 7, most of these customers who come to us on their own are not clear about the things in the other world, so it is more troublesome to deal with them.

Speaking of which, I don’t know how Team 7 did it. The collapse of the department store that day and the teleportation of all the staff were so big, but they were able to conceal it as if nothing had happened...

Lenari is sure that no one is talking about the "supernatural events" related to it, whether on the Internet or on the streets, as if everything that happened that day was really just a demolition, a movie.

Yes, that's right, Team 7 didn't know how to do it. Not only did they turn the newly built department store less than two years ago into a demolition, but they also "recycled waste" and put together a complete set of film shooting projects with well-known directors and stars the next day... and they had already finished most of the shooting.

Although he was not interested in this "long-lost" business, Lenari still jumped off the boss chair (the chair was too high) and entered the customer service process.

"Coffee or black tea?" Lenari asked.

"Warm water is fine, thank you." The middle-aged woman pulled the girl to sit on the sofa in the booth and asked again, "When will your parents come back?"

"I don't know, he's on a business trip and his return date is uncertain." Lenari said, "Just tell me the content of the commission. The boss is on a business trip and still open the store, which means the same thing."

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman hesitated.

Lenari brought two cups of warm water and asked, "If you are in a hurry, I can help you contact colleagues with sufficient manpower..."

Unexpectedly, Lenari said this, and the middle-aged woman made a decision: "No, no thanks."

Seeing this, Lenari sat down in the booth opposite the two of them, took out a notebook and a fountain pen from the drawer of the solid wood coffee table, and put on a serious face, posing like a professional secretary.

The middle-aged woman smiled, and the slight unhappiness of finally making up her mind to find a detective but finding nothing dissipated, and said: "This is what happened."

"My daughter, Aisha, is a sophomore in Maria Private Girls' High School, a boarding school. Recently, Maria High School has frequently heard strange stories about the 'girl in red at midnight', and there are many witnesses who swear that it happened..."

"Although the school has repeatedly assured that it is just a prank, Maria High School has indeed had some not-so-good rumors in the past..."

"To be honest, in the city of Inisere, I really can't find a school with better management, teachers, and atmosphere than Maria High School... But this rumor is really worrying."

"I was also a student back then. In addition to the newly opened ones, some old schools will have more or less 'several incredible things on campus', but this time there are too many witnesses..."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged woman picked up the water cup and moistened her throat.

Lenari stopped recording seriously and took the opportunity to ask: "Is the commission to investigate the truth of the 'Red Girl at Midnight' legend?"

"Yes." The middle-aged woman nodded and took out a well-made envelope from her handbag, "This is a pass issued by the school."

"Pass?" Lenari asked in confusion.

The middle-aged woman nodded: "This matter is too big, the school has to compromise and allow parents to hire detectives to 'verify the truth' accompanied by the school."

"It just so happens that an acquaintance of mine once recommended the 'rumored detective agency', so I took one."

"I understand, I will pass it to the boss." Lenari took the envelope, took out a letter of authorization, and handed it to the other party together with a pen, "Please fill out the letter of authorization."

"Okay." Seeing that Lenari was so "professional", the middle-aged woman finally put her mind at ease and began to fill out the letter of authorization seriously.

In the Green Star Federation, detective is a legal profession supervised by the Tax Bureau. A formal letter of authorization, as an alternative contract, has corresponding legal effect.After the middle-aged woman finished filling out the form and signed her name, Lenari opened the "door" under the cover of the drawer, took out the office seal from the desk drawer, and knocked it.

After sending the middle-aged woman and the silent Aisha away, Lenari returned to the sofa seat, picked up the notebook again, and pondered.

At this time, Lucia jumped in the air and pounced directly from the desk to Lenari.

Controlling the shadow to catch Lucia lightly, Lenari touched her head and said, "It's a bit strange..."

"Why is it strange?" Lucia asked suspiciously, leaning over to look at the neatly written notebook.

"Places like schools have always been a high-incidence place for strange stories, and the school's senior management are basically insiders. This behavior of "letting parents hire detectives to investigate on their own" is strange no matter how you look at it!" Lenari said.

What she didn't say was that under the enthusiastic work of Kampers, the strange stories that resident in Inisel City are currently basically under the surveillance of Team 7. The few that are really slippery and difficult to catch, or those who are passing by temporarily, are also recorded.

As the most important participant in the file, Lenari knew it clearly. There was no so-called "Girl in Red at Midnight" in it.

"Maybe it was some powerful parent who put pressure on her." Lucia said indifferently, "In the era of capitalism, not all people in high positions know about the things in the other world."

"On the other hand, this just shows that the school is sure that this "Girl in Red at Midnight" is not a strange story at all." Lucia added.

"That makes sense." Lenari nodded, "But I am a little concerned, so I'd better go and take a look. Anyway, I'm free and have nothing to do."

Lenari's "go and take a look" is naturally not a conventional way. After all, with her loli appearance, ordinary people would not believe that she is a serious and certified detective.

"Since it is probably not a strange story..." Lucia suddenly walked in front of Lenari, stood up, and her emerald green eyes sparkled, "Then can I go with you?"