Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 236 - 236 93

236: 93.

Raimy and Jimmy’s Letter 236: 93.

Raimy and Jimmy’s Letter The plain-looking letter lay on the desk, together with today’s newspaper.

Having rehung his overcoat, Lu Li walked over to the desk and picked up the letter.

The front page of the newspaper underneath, with Baron Joseph flashing by, caught Lu Li’s gaze for a brief few seconds before he shifted his attention and tore open the envelope to take out the letter.

[Dear Lu Li]

[It has been a long time since our last parting and we have not been in touch.]

[My brother and I have traveled to the Earlen Peninsula Duchy and are touring Arlenbeth County.

It’s just as you described, with the air filled with the enchanting smell of the sea.

Unfortunately, the plants have not bloomed this year, so we couldn’t witness the scenery you mentioned.]

[My brother’s condition has improved quite a bit.

Although he remains lucid for only a small part of the day, his health hasn’t deteriorated further, and the monsters no longer attack strangers who approach him.]

[He asked about your welfare a few days ago, but it’s hard to make personal contact between the peninsula and the mainland, and we couldn’t find a chance to contact you.

Fortunately, after arriving in the city of Arlenbeth County, we were able to write letters to you!]

[My brother suggested that I write you a letter every once in a while.

I plan to send you one each time we pass through a city.

What do you think?]

[By the way, we heard you have run into some trouble recently.

If your Sanity Value has dropped significantly, please make sure to rest well.

My brother and I will come visit you after we reach Belfast, and I might have a way to help.]

[Raimy and Jimmy who will be visiting soon.]

Swish——

Turning the letter over, there was nothing else on the backside.

Lu Li put down the letter pensively, as Anna, who had been obscured by the letter, met his gaze.

He handed the letter to Anna, lost in thought.

Anna could see, this wasn’t a trick of the “door”.

A prank by someone?

The handwriting was unfamiliar; Lu Li couldn’t tell who the writer was.

Only Tesla, the storyteller of that day, and Old Pique, the listener, knew about Raimy and Jimmy.

A middle-aged gentleman and an old laundryman wouldn’t do such a thing.

Two characters from a fictional story appearing in the real world had an indescribable strangeness.

“Who are Raimy and Jimmy?” Anna asked, holding up the letter after she finished reading it.

“The Mittler Siblings,” replied Lu Li with a single sentence.

Lu Li had not told Anna the specifics after returning yesterday.

The Mittler Siblings were the surname of two monster children from the book he had bought last time.

The story was a fairytale about the protagonist entering the Evil Forest and escaping it with the help of the Mittler Siblings.

Just like what Lu Li had experienced in the story.

Anna seemed to understand, yet not quite.

Lu Li briefly described the story, and Anna screamed in astonishment, as if the letter had been written to her.

“Characters from a story appeared in reality!?”

Anna found it incredible.

Lu Li didn’t reply, his thoughts sinking into memories.

He remembered asking Tesla after the story concluded whether it was real or fiction.

Tesla had given a meaningful reply, “Both, I suppose…

you’ll understand in a while.”

Maybe Tesla had known all along.

Lu Li didn’t feel that Tesla meant any harm, so it was either an accident or…

a normal occurrence.

The strange and peculiar nature of this world was beyond even Lu Li’s imagination.

He could only take things as they came, and try to make sense of these oddities with a faint logic.

Tesla contacted himself about starting the third test in these few days, he should be able to meet with him before Raimy and Jimmy arrive in Belfast.

As for the specifics, asking Lu Li would clarify everything.

Arlenbeth County is located in the northwestern part of the Ailen Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the “Inland Sea Strait,” and facing each other across the sea.

To its south lies Hillerbed County, and Shadow Town is there.

Without the connecting Shadow Swamp to the mainland, this place is usually the stopover for travelers between the mainland and the Ailen Peninsula.

If Raimy and Jimmy are in Arlenbeth County, they should be at Zenster Port on the West Coast, separated from the mainland.

It is the choice of those who opt not to go through Shadow Swamp to reach the Ailen Peninsula.

Anna was somewhat worried, but Lu Li didn’t care too much.

His current situation was a bit like the saying “too many lice do not itch, too many debts do not worry.” Under the shadow of the “door” and the “Blood-Colored Tentacles,” the seemingly non-hostile existence of the Mittler Siblings didn’t seem too troublesome to Lu Li.

Knowing that the siblings heading to Belfast were not enemies, Anna felt slightly relieved.

In fact, she was somewhat eager to meet the siblings from the story.

As it neared 10 a.m., Anna floated to the kitchen to cook.

Lu Li picked up the newspaper on the desk and sat down in front of the sofa.

From here, he could see part of the kitchen.

If Anna put something that wasn’t food into the pot, Lu Li would see it clearly.

Rustle—

First unfolding the “Walson Post,” Lu Li looked at the content on the first page.

[Baron Joseph provides astonishing evidence, courtroom reversal!]

[This trial was held in closed session, with only the judge, plaintiff, defendant, and the jury present.

Baron Joseph reportedly brought “startling” (described by a jury member) evidence to the trial, leading to a case reversal.

Insider sources reveal that the plaintiff may lose the case and face charges on “defamation” and other similar offenses.]

“Eh?

Where has the salt gone?”

A puzzled mutter came from the kitchen, and Anna floated to the doorway, complaining to Lu Li on the sofa, “I can’t find the salt, you idiot didn’t throw the salt out with the trash last time, did you?”

Rustle—

The newspaper fell, revealing Lu Li’s calm face.

Where did she get the confidence and nerve to call someone else an idiot?

“It’s in the wooden box next to the cutting board.”

Anna, half-doubting, floated back into the kitchen, and after a while, her mutter drifted out.

“Eh?

So this is what salt looks like…

it looks almost like flour…

wait, what was it that I put into the food the past two days thinking it was salt…”

An unnamed fear struck Anna’s heart.

Looking at the boiling water in the pot, Anna suddenly didn’t know what expression to face Lu Li with.

A pair of clear eyes emerged from the wall, stealthily peering at Lu Li who had lifted the newspaper.

Lu Li sensed something, his eyes shifted slightly to one side, then returned as before.

The second page of the “Walson Post” featured Hurricane “Arthur,” named by the Elders’ Council after three days, and as time passed, the impact of the hurricane was gradually fading.

[The hurricane “Arthur” that ravaged the Ailen Peninsula and the Main Affinity Continent dissipated last night in the Inland Sea Strait]

[The hurricane “Arthur,” after making landfall in Belfast and passing through Shadow Swamp into the Main Affinity Continent for two days, returned to the vicinity of the Inland Sea Strait near the Shadow Swamp and completely disappeared…]

Loss assessments were still underway, but it was not as severe as imagined.

The hurricane’s size, wind speed, and duration all were within manageable limits, even for belatedly struck Belfast that sustained only partial building damage and casualties.

However, discussions about the hurricane did not cease.

The appearance of the hurricane was strange indeed, and it seems that something was brought to land by it.