Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 325 - 325 1825000 Shillings

325: 182.5000 Shillings 325: 182.5000 Shillings The paper was rolled up by Lu Li and stuffed into the mailbox.

The crow, having finished its meal, fluttered out of the window as Lu Li opened it and merged into the dense night.

Anna thought it was over, but she then saw Lu Li scoop something from the desk, his hand seemingly clutching something, and he threw it out the window—

She gazed at Lu Li curiously.

“The other crow you can’t see,” Lu Li explained.

After a moment of confusion, Anna suddenly remembered something that others couldn’t see.

Anna invoked the object whose name couldn’t be spoken by humans, “That door?”

“Yes.”

“Um…

how should we deal with it?” Anna had just remembered that Lu Li was still entangled in a big trouble.

“Wait for a reply from the investigators’ headquarters.”

If the “door” remained unchanged, Lu Li could hold on for a long time.

[When you hear them, they can see you.

When you see them, they can touch you.

Do not touch them—]

The content of that diary ended abruptly here, and the content that could be anticipated thereafter—He had to get close to the door to retain his remaining Sanity Value, which meant his range of movements was limited; being touched by the door or entities belonging to it would pull him through it.

Lu Li had not heard it yet, meaning he was not yet affected by the door; it was still trying to find him, and once it did…

Lu Li would hear it too.

Lu Li didn’t entirely believe the contents of the diary.

First, it was written by Bill Eddy on the verge of madness; second, Bill Eddy might not have written the truth in the diary, or perhaps he didn’t know the truth.

The crow thrown out of the window by Lu Li did not return, lurking in the darkness, waiting for the next attack.

Time had silently moved towards 10 o’clock.

Anna lay down in bed to rest for a while, and after not dreaming about Annie again, she let Anna rest.

Lu Li did not refuse.

However, just before sleep, a familiar “chuck-chuck” sound came from outside the window.

Anna heard it too.

Opening the window to let the crow in, Lu Li, sitting up in bed, draped the coat over himself and unfolded the note he took out.

[Greetings, Investigator]

[We have received the content of the “Cries from the Alley” incident you submitted.

We have recorded your participation and the information provided.

Information is usually reviewed within three days and you will be informed of the results.]

[Meanwhile, you may choose to follow up on this incident.

We will deliver the updated information to you as it becomes available.

If you wish to continue following, you may keep this note.]

[Himfast Investigator’s Home]

The local investigator base replied promptly, but verification would take some time, which was something for after returning to Belfast.

Anna, holding the romance novel she brought, stayed by Lu Li’s side through a quiet night.

No incidents occurred, and the vengeful spirit that had been driven away did not come seeking revenge.

It was the faint footsteps downstairs that woke Lu Li.

Opening his eyes, the bright light made him a bit uncomfortable.

Underneath that light, Anna looked down at her book, the clock hands just a few hairs’ breadth from the number 6.

Dawn had arrived.

Sitting behind the desk, Anna realized something, her long eyelashes trembled, and she looked up at Lu Li, curving her eyes into beautiful arcs, “Awake?”

“Yes.”

Lu Li sat up, and at that moment, Anna drew back the curtain, revealing the window steamed up with water trails and mist, the east horizon opposite was hidden under a dreary sky that gave no hint of brightness, it was dark and drizzling.

Anna extinguished the oil lamp and decided to keep the electric light on.

Lu Li, sitting up, stooped to put on his shoes, ignoring the coat beside him, and walked out to the washroom.

Anna followed him and stopped outside the washroom, looking down the corridor at Aunt Mary, who was preparing breakfast for them.

A few minutes later, Lu Li, with his hands and cheeks wet, returned to the guest room.

He looked out the window, where the sky had brightened a bit, but it was still gloomy.

The street lamps below were no longer lit, and some of the lights in the buildings stretching into the distance had disappeared.

The visibility outside was slowly increasing until it didn’t become any brighter.

From downstairs, Mary’s voice called out that breakfast was ready.

Lu Li and Anna returned downstairs, where Aunt Mary had prepared a generous breakfast of toast, eggs, bacon, and the milk she had recently bought from the street.

There was also a stack of 5000 shillings.

It was pushed toward Lu Li and Anna by Mary.

However, Lu Li did not reach out to take it.

Anna blinked, seeing that Lu Li was uninterested in the money, and simply picked up the stack of shillings for him.

Mary’s smile grew richer, “When are you going back?”

“We’ll head back after we dig out Annie,” Anna said after a moment’s thought.

Mary was slightly taken aback, “Going back so soon?”

“Yes, we need to get back to Belfast before dark.”

“That’s true…

it gets very dangerous at night,” Mary murmured, her smile returning as she resumed talking with Anna.

Perhaps because Lu Li was here, Anna spoke slightly more than she had in Mary’s room the day before.

Twenty minutes after finishing breakfast, Mary cleaned up the table and went back to her room to change clothes.

“We’ll give the money back to her later,” Lu Li said.

This confounded Anna, “Aren’t you in dire need of money?

Why not keep it?”

“Because of the human connection,” Lu Li explained to the stunned Anna.

“Mary has helped us; if this world moves toward collapse and she is in danger, we must help her.”

That was why Lu Li, realizing the world was worsening and planning to establish refuge points, started to avoid meeting more people.

He could not stand idly by even with strangers, let alone acquaintances.

“Hmm…” Anna was hesitant, but quickly came up with her unique solution, “Let’s build the refuge point first.

Besides, I was the one who took the money, so if it comes to it, we’ll just consider it borrowed from Aunt Mary.”

Lu Li did not respond, seemingly acquiescing.

Anna was pleased to have convinced Lu Li, but soon, her mood darkened as she remembered something, “If your predictions are correct, what about the people we know?

Daisy, Aunt Mary…”

“We can warn them, like I have always done.” Lu Li had been subtly influencing Tesla’s thoughts.

“Just like that?”

“Remember the Deep Sea Stone?” Lu Li countered.

After Anna nodded, he continued, “The price of Deep Sea Stone has been rising, and some people are eyeing it.

I think the three organizations have realized that the world is becoming dangerous and are starting to establish real refuges.”

“I’m an investigator; I can shelter some people in refuges.”

Anna breathed a sigh of relief, no longer worried about her close friends and elders, but she was still puzzled, “Then why are we still going to build a refuge ourselves if they are already setting them up?”

“I trust ourselves more than I trust others with our safety,”

Lu Li answered, his demeanor cool and serene as he faced everything.

However, what Anna cared about was something else.

He said our…

Anna felt her long-cooled heart start to beat again.