Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 346 - 346 203

346: 203.

Terrifying Giant 346: 203.

Terrifying Giant Lu Li was acutely aware of Raimy and Jimmy’s origins.

It was a chapter from the “Investigator’s Rookie Trial”, which itself had once been an anonymously authored adventure story novel.

Or more precisely, the enity was an evil spirit that “used to be an adventure story novel”.

[The “Investigator’s Rookie Trial” is indeed an evil spirit, yes, just as you thought, created by the first generation of Demon Slayers.

Its entity was an adventure game book containing many story chapters.

Those who played games using its stories generally would, within a few days after the game ended, receive letters sent by characters from the story chapters they played.

Don’t worry, it only sends some letters—it wouldn’t be used for assessments otherwise.]

This was what Tesla said after the test had ended.

Like other test takers, Lu Li had received letters too, but then he had started receiving several more letters than usual—which was obviously abnormal.

Although the merchant’s hint was brief, it summed up everything: Raimy and Jimmy were detaching from the evil spirit book through their repeated interactions with Lu Li and genuinely appearing in this world.

But besides that, Lu Li also wanted to know how the merchant knew what was happening inside.

Was it just because of an envelope containing his own written content?

How did the merchant manage it?

Who was the merchant?

Why refer to it in that way?

“Do you still want to send this letter?” the merchant asked again.

Rainwater dripped from the hem of its coat, gathering into puddles at its feet, wetting a small patch of the floor.

Breaking out of his thoughts, Lu Li looked up at the shadow under the merchant’s cloak.

“What if I insist?”

“The reason.”

“They are friends,” Lu Li replied.

“So cool!” a quiet whisper came from Anna nearby.

The merchant silently took the envelope and stuffed it into the exaggeratedly large backpack, zipping it up.

“Is there anything else you want to trade?” the merchant asked.

“How much is the Deep Sea Stone now?”

“9120 Shillings.”

The price was still on the rise.

“Can you cut the Deep Sea Stone?”

“It’s not free.”

“What about grinding it into a powder and mixing it with cement?”

Lu Li thought of the ugly, dull walls he had seen in the affluent district.

“That’s possible,” the merchant answered, but immediately added, “Deep Sea Stone can’t solidify as hard as cement, and mixing impurities into it would cause it to lose its effects.”

“So it can only be cut into bricks for use?”

“Yes.”

This discouraged Lu Li from using the Deep Sea Stone as cement.

Lu Li eventually handed over two Cubic Stones to the merchant, specifying they be cut into 10 cubic centimeter blocks of Deep Sea Stone, precisely, with the leftover scraps ground into powder for filling the gaps between the stones.

“How will you take away two blocks of Deep Sea Stone?” Lu Li asked after paying the 1000 Shilling processing fee.

“Take away.”

The merchant hoisted the large backpack, squatted down in front of the Deep Sea Stone, and picked up the two blocks.

As effortlessly as lifting two empty cardboard boxes.

Only the floor of the Detective Agency creaked under the unbearable burden.

As he opened the door, Lu Li, nearly three meters tall with the Deep Sea Stone almost touching the ceiling, looked toward the merchant, but before he could say anything, the merchant had already stepped towards the door, carrying the Deep Sea Stone.

“Wait——”

Anna only managed to exclaim before immediately shutting her mouth.

She saw the merchant walk straight out of the two-meter-high door, carrying the nearly three-meter-tall Deep Sea Stone.

In that instant, it was as if the merchant and the object he was carrying had suddenly vanished from the space.

“How did he do that?” Lu Li asked Anna.

“I don’t know…”

“Can you sense its presence?”

“I can’t feel anything…”

After a moment’s hesitation, Lu Li called out to the merchant in the hallway who stopped and turned back when asked, “How did you just do that?”

“Inner World movement.”

“What is that?”

“That information will cost you 100 contribution points.”

“Goodbye.”

Watching the merchant disappear around the corridor’s corner, Lu Li returned to the Detective Agency.

With no sign of Anna, Lu Li looked around and moved towards the desk, saying, “You wouldn’t be able to figure it out, you are a soul.”

As he finished speaking, a soft “oh” came from an empty spot in the living room, and Anna materialized.

“What is the Inner World like?”

Lu Li, sitting behind the desk, asked her.

Anna returned to the sofa, straightened her skirt as she sat down, and tilted her head thinking, then said, “Gloomy and dilapidated, colorless, just shades of gray and black and not-so-pure white… as if no one has been there for hundreds of years.

I couldn’t see anyone, but I could sense presences.”

As she said this, she giggled sheepishly with some embarrassment: “But I’ve long memorized your presence, I wouldn’t mistake or lose it.”

“My presence?

What is it like.”

“I don’t know how to describe it… it’s just feeling that you were there, along with the Spirit-Calling Gun, their presences are also very distinct.”

The outer world has only one layer; it is the world where humans live and is also the entity of countless world layers—at least the scenes in the Inner World resemble the outer world.

The Inner World possesses countless layers, even the oldest Demon Slayers don’t know exactly how many layers there are.

The Inner Layer where Anna resides is just one of them, not just her, nearly all spirits exist on this layer.

Listening to Anna’s mumbling, Lu Li picked up an issue of “Investigator Weekly” that was wet on one corner.

Before he could open it, the text and pictures on the front page made Lu Li’s pupils suddenly constrict.

[Terrifying Giant spotted at Zainster Port!]

[This phenomenon occurred at midnight on Saturday, located one to two kilometers from the shore.

The Exorcist Association could not find any records of this anomaly and suspects it might be a projection of a terrifying and dangerous existence from the Inner World]

[Investigators are currently conducting an investigation into the Terrifying Giant]

[Warning: Any human who truly witnesses this Terrifying Giant will inevitably undergo a “Judgment Ritual,” any movement towards the Terrifying Giant will also incur a “Judgment Ritual.” We spent a long while preventing this contagion from appearing in the newspapers.

(Seventeen members including photographers and editorial staff lost their lives to “Judgment Rituals,” let us pray for these Exorcists’ sacrifices: Tuze Dova (female), Crisen Stan (male), Charlie—)]

[The appearance of the Terrifying Giant has resulted in the death of nine-tenths of the residents of Zenster City.

Currently, the northwestern part of the Ailen Peninsula and the eastern city of Scoda in the Arlen Kingdom have been completely sealed off.

If your rank is not a detective, please stay away from this area!]

Zainster Port is located in the northwestern part of the Ailen Peninsula, while Shadow Swamp is in the southwestern part.

It is separated from the mainland by a stretch of ocean dozens of miles long.

Raimy and Jimmy had originally landed on the Ailen Peninsula at that location.

Accompanying the terrifying text on the right side was the main subject of this incident, a photograph of the Terrifying Giant.