Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 541 - 541 Sixty

541: Sixty.

Flames that purify all 541: Sixty.

Flames that purify all With his left hand clutching the Ancient Statue Fragment raised, the light in the air made filth nowhere to hide.

Thirty silver-plated bullets floated beside Lu Li as he pulled aside the holster, taking out Sequence 2 and looking down at the cabin below him.

The layers of Human Pus didn’t require much aiming; identifying one’s head, Lu Li pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The gunshot, accompanied by firelight, rose into the mist and echoed above the port.

The Exorcists, who had been retreating back to the bridge to defend, looked in astonishment toward the direction of the gunshot sound.

Lu Li released his palm and reached for Sequence 3, continuing to aim at the Human Pus, now burst open by the previous shot’s liquid.

The body of that Human Pus was rigid and motionless, not knowing whether it was already dead.

A brief pause, and it was swallowed up by the writhing pile of Human Pus.

“It’s dead.”

What disappointed Anna was that other Human Pus killed by the Spirit-Calling Guns didn’t enhance Lu Li’s vitality.

Lu Li nodded slightly, moved the gun barrel away, and aimed at the next Human Pus, pulling the trigger.

Bang!

…

The second gunshot sound echoed and pierced the ears of the other Exorcists at the distant bridge.

“Is there someone still inside who didn’t come out?” someone asked in surprise.

No one answered his question; clearly, the Human Pus couldn’t use Spirit-Calling Guns.

It was unknown who lingered at the port, Exorcist or survivor—

Then, the third gunshot echoed forth.

The Exorcists guessed there might be more than one person; the interval between gunshots was too short.

Remembering the strange phenomenon of Human Pus swarming toward the port earlier, an Exorcist shouted, “The gunfire is non-stop; someone’s trapped!

We have to go help!”

Before other Exorcists could respond, a member of the United Organization who had brought the news earlier said, “The commotion just now should be that Senior Investigator in the port.”

Weiden looked surprised: “We’ve been here the whole time and didn’t see anyone else go in.”

After a slight pause, the member answered them in a strange tone: “He flew in.”

…

With three Spirit-Calling Guns floating around him, Lu Li pressed the trigger, released his palm, and the floating Spirit-Calling Guns became four.

At the port’s exterior, the newly obtained Sequence 4 was being reloaded by Anna—Dawn was no longer counted among the Sequences.

Lu Li held Sequence 1, and the rose on the gun’s body quietly bloomed a bit.

He aimed at a Human Pus that had not yet died from a previous shot but was about to be swallowed, pulled the trigger, then let go and grabbed Sequence 2.

With Anna’s assistance, the interval between each of Lu Li’s shots was within 2-3 seconds.

If he had to reload by himself, it would take him at least five seconds, and even more time to holster the gun and change the bullets.

Bang!

As the gunshot sounded, Lu Li held Sequence 3.

In the lull of echoing gunshots above the port, he said, “Your power has grown stronger.”

Anna replied with a hint of somberness: “…Yes.”

More and more Human Pus poured from the port and tumbled into the cargo ship, nearly filling the cabin.

The number might be six to seven hundred, or even more.

The vast number of Human Pus surged densely in the cabin like waves, making it increasingly difficult for Lu Li to aim.

He had already missed the head three times in a row, causing the wounded Human Pus to sink below and become indistinguishable.

“Let me do it.”

Anna said that although these Spirit-Calling Guns had not yet bloomed roses, they would still decrease Lu Li’s Sanity Value.

Lu Li didn’t refuse, simply releasing his grip and maintaining the pose of holding up the Ancient Statue Fragment.

Anna had no intention of attacking in the old-fashioned way; using her ability to protect the Spirit-Calling Guns from contamination by the Human Pus, she moved close to the cabin.

She pressed the four Spirit-Calling Guns against the heads of four Human Pus and pulled the triggers.

Bang!!!

The overlapping gunshots spread out deafeningly, with the direct fire at such a close range blowing the heads of four Human Pus creatures to pieces, and their disgusting viscous fluids falling like a fine rain.

To treat the plague, one bullet at a time.

Half a minute later, Anna returned to Lu Li’s side with her empty Spirit-Calling Gun, slipping it back into its quadruple holster.

One of the Spirit-Calling Guns’ roses was about to fully bloom.

“It’s about time,”

Lu Li said.

The tide of Human Pus streaming from the harbor began to thin out, as the light from the Ancient Statue Fragment started to fade—its range quickly retracting back to the edge of the harbor.

Over the next three minutes, due to Lu Li’s actions, fewer and fewer Human Pus kept coming until there wasn’t another spotted on the “deck bridge” for over ten seconds.

The light from the Ancient Statue Fragment shrank to barely illuminate the bridge.

Half of the cargo ship was once again shrouded in the dark, misty haze, while the Human Pus inside the hold resembled stirred, thick sludge.

“Let’s do it,” Lu Li said.

“Get the ship away from the harbor, and then ignite it.”

Anna nodded, her cold presence spreading as she aimed her pale hand below at the hold and gently grasped.

It was as if an invisible, terrifying giant hand dived into the hold, dozens of Human Pus along with the stockpiled kerosene barrels grasped and squeezed tightly.

Squish.

It sounded like a mass of flesh being compressed, or perhaps it was merely a hallucination induced by the scene.

In any case, when the invisible, terrifying hand released its grip, the spilled kerosene had already mingled with the scattered flesh mud and was contaminated by the writhing Human Pus.

Clank clank clank—

The heavy anchor, strung with thick chains, rose slowly.

Anna’s hair danced in the wind, and the soul-shivering cold presence exploded, propelling the cargo ship laden with thousands of tons of Human Pus, slowly away from the harbor.

At this moment, Lu Li picked up the oil lamp floating nearby and dropped it down into the hold.

In the pouring light, an inconspicuous point of light fell into the hold, swallowed by the writhing mass of Human Pus, vanishing from sight.

Lu Li watched patiently, one second, five seconds, ten seconds…

Gradually, as the ship moved further away with the waves, a spark of fire suddenly shone beneath the pile of Human Pus, like a piece of wood covered by coal, and then the next moment, flames appeared on the surface of the hold.

The easily ignitable Human Pus, spread by the kerosene, instantly went up in flames, their twisted silhouettes already gone without a trace as the roaring fire surged.

Flames dozens of meters high, as if determined to burn everything away, licked Lu Li’s cheeks from a hundred meters away.

The radiant firelight dyed the mist red, and even the crowd on the shore could clearly see it.

It was practically over.

Turning away from the stinging in his eyes, Lu Li and Anna flew back towards the shore.

As the fishing boat moved further away, the baking heat began to dissipate.

Back at the harbor, Lu Li told Rachel, the Deputy Mayor, and a group of Exorcists waiting at the port that most of the Human Pus had been dealt with.

At last, everyone heaved a sigh of relief and expressed their gratitude to Lu Li, who had completed this formidable task on his own.

There were probably still some remnants of Human Pus in the harbor, but they no longer needed Lu Li to deal with them.

Rachel pulled Lu Li away from the grateful crowd surrounding him, or rather, saved him—she could tell he didn’t want to interact too much with people.

That was also why this fellow always remained a mystery.

“You’ve been a Senior Investigator for less than three days, right?

I’ve never seen anyone get promoted so quickly,” Rachel said to Lu Li as she sat in the street-side café, looking at the members of the United Organization bustling outside the window.

The mood outside had relaxed considerably compared to before.

“The abnormalities weren’t this frequent before,” Lu Li calmly replied.

Anna sat beside him, her eyes cold and unwelcoming, staring at Rachel who had invited Lu Li over.