Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 379 - 379 Two Hundred Thirty-Six

379: Two Hundred Thirty-Six.

Big Deal 379: Two Hundred Thirty-Six.

Big Deal “Is there something you need?”

“Oh, don’t be so cold.

Listen, I have a big deal you’ll definitely be interested in!”

To some extent, Marcus was quite professional.

He usually used the term “commission” to describe his deals.

This time, he mentioned a big deal, indicating that it probably was a significant opportunity.

Lu Li didn’t speak, waiting for him to continue.

From the other end, Marcus waited a dozen seconds before he couldn’t help asking, “Hey?

Are you still there?”

“I am.”

“Uh…

if you’re not curious, let me just tell you.

Do you know Baron Joseph, whose fame has echoed across the Ailen Peninsula recently?

She’s recruiting exorcists!

You might not know how wealthy this beautiful baroness is, let me put it this way—her assets could buy up dozens of streets in Belfast!”

“Moreover, Baron Joseph has always been generous.

I can already foresee the hefty reward we will receive when we successfully complete the commission!

Buddy, we are going to be rich!”

“What’s the content of the commission?”

“Not sure yet, it could be long-term protection or solving some problems for her.

Either way, it’s fantastic…

This news has already spread around the eastern part of the Ailen Peninsula.

Many exorcists are heading to Agate Lake.”

“Are there many people?”

“Of course, this time it’s an open recruitment.

Joseph will choose the candidates she thinks are suitable.

It might be one, or it might be several, but we will have many competitors.

We need to stand out from the crowd to get that high commission fee.

How about it?

Are you excited yet?”

It was impossible to see any emotional change, but Lu Li indeed became interested.

He really needed the money.

“When is it?” Lu Li asked.

“A day later, Baron Manor will start a ball tomorrow evening.

All the exorcists interested in the commission will be there!”

Marcus paused in his speech: “Wait, I remember you and Baron Joseph seemed…”

Marcus knew quite a lot.

“No.”

“I haven’t said anything yet…

Okay, forget I said anything.

So…

don’t forget to come over this afternoon, and remember my share of the commission!

The day after tomorrow, I will call you earlier even though you’re unlikely to forget but…

hehehe you know, just in case.

If we get this commission, we won’t need to worry about money for a long time—”

The voice abruptly stopped as the phone was hung up by Lu Li.

“Hmm?”

Anna popped her head out of the kitchen.

“It’s nothing.”

“Oh.”

Anna’s head retracted back behind the doorframe.

It wasn’t yet six o’clock, and it was still slightly light outside as there hadn’t been any rain, making the sky lighter earlier than the previous days.

However, once the rainy season came, wrapped in storms, it would be as dark as evening at eight in the morning, making visibility poor.

Coming from the kitchen was the bubbling sound of boiling water.

Taking advantage of the gap before the food was ready, Lu Li made a call to someone.

After a few moments of delayed connection, Jojo’s voice came through from the other end of the line.

“There’s something I need you to investigate.”

Lu Li told Jojo about Baron Joseph’s commission, asking her to investigate the details of the commission and offered her a reward 1.5 times the market rate.

Jojo gladly accepted and told Lu Li that she would inform him of the situation by evening, regardless of whether she found anything or not.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Li tore another neat page from the notebook he had torn half of, writing down content on it.

“I am Lu Li, I have received your reply.”

“Thank you for the method you provided; I will follow the instructions when the time comes.”

“Do you know about the incident at Zainster Port?

If you do and can inform me of the details, I would be immensely grateful.”

“I have established a refuge outside of Belfast in the Elm Forest.

Let me know when you are departing, and I will tell you the location.”

After ensuring no information was missed, Lu Li dried the ink on the paper, folded it, and placed it into a brand-new envelope, addressing it to Raimy & Jimmy.

Initially, Lu Li’s attitude towards Raimy and Jimmy was to neither resist nor engage.

They represented variables, and variables often equated to trouble.

But now, with the world’s collapse inevitable and the apocalypse nearing, contact with them might not be such a bad thing.

After all, they had always shown goodwill towards Lu Li, and he had helped them a lot—

They were friends.

If Raimy & Jimmy harbored no ill intentions and had truly arrived in the real world, Lu Li would have two more peculiar companions.

As for why Lu Li revealed the location of the refuge to them… Theoretically, the more oddities on the cliff, the safer it was.

Half an hour later, Anna placed a pot on the dining table.

Lu Li took off his coat, washed his hands in the kitchen, then sat down to eat before leaving the Detective Agency with Anna.

After renting a carriage, they picked up the Jones Brothers and headed to the cliff once again.

This time, there were no annoying chiseling noises.

The Jones Brothers observed for a while and, following Lu Li’s instructions, prioritized building a Deep Sea Stone wall outside the carved-out space.

They crushed the leftover scraps, dissolved them in water, and used them as filler stuffed between the stones.

Since it was no longer noisy, Lu Li stayed in the cave, watching them work with mud and bricks, occasionally helping them fill buckets with seawater.

The Jones Brothers worked swiftly.

In an hour, a dim wall, akin to a watershed, had formed deep inside the cave, with 10 cubic centimeters of stone blocks neatly stacked and a space for a door reserved in the middle.

How to make the door was something Lu Li still didn’t have a good idea about; he might ask the old craftsman.

Once the wall was built, the Jones Brothers began laying the floor even faster.

However, what stopped them wasn’t finishing the job but running out of Deep Sea Stone.

They had only covered seven-tenths of the floor.

“How much more is needed?” Lu Li asked.

The eldest brother thought for a moment before giving Lu Li a relatively accurate number, “At least four crates of these stones.”

“Then let it be for now.”

Perhaps later, Lu Li could lay the Deep Sea Stones himself; he had watched for a long time and basically learned how to build walls.

It wasn’t complicated, and anyone could do it, though it would be slow due to inexperience.

There was nothing else to do at the refuge, but it was still early, not yet ten in the morning.

The Jones Brothers, having already received their payment in advance from Lu Li, felt slightly indebted and volunteered to help expand the cellar.

Fortunately, they had brought their tools like picks.

Lu Li did not refuse and waited in the carriage.

The Jones Brothers dug until one o’clock in the afternoon, expanding the cellar under the cave to nearly nine square meters, fully sufficient for use.

Not in a hurry to move things into the refuge, Lu Li drove the Jones Brothers down the mountain.

The shortfall of four blocks of Deep Sea Stone, given the current rate of increase, meant Lu Li needed to earn fifty thousand Shillings to fully complete the base defensive construction of the refuge.

It seemed that participating in Baron Joseph’s invitation was inevitable.