Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 669 - 669 They're here number 188

669: They’re here, number 188 669: They’re here, number 188 “I am Valenteel, the temporary City Lord of Rend City.

Are you the Exorcists who have come to help?” Valenteel set down his goose quill pen, his inquiry echoing in the spacious hall.

“No, we don’t have any special methods to deal with Dandelions.”

Valenteel looked somewhat disappointed.

He reached up to rub his forehead, enduring some kind of pain, “Please tell me your purpose here, you two Exorcists.”

Lu Li explained their purpose, also informing him that Valrend City was no longer suitable for the populace to inhabit, and urged him to find a way to contact the United Organization of Exorcists and the cities to the south, warning them that the Dandelions were moving toward Tranquil Plains.

“Flarende Sanatorium…

I don’t recall it, but that name shouldn’t be too hard to find.

Ford, ask the elders in the safe zone.”

The servant exited the hall, and Valenteel’s gaze fell back on the two figures in the center: “Don’t worry about the wind; we contacted the surrounding towns half an hour ago.”

“As for your mention of abandoning Rend City…

Won’t they rot?”

“We don’t know, but it’s not wise to gamble the lives of hundreds of thousands on such a trivial chance.”

Although relocating hundreds of thousands of people was also troublesome, the damage caused by a resurgence of the Dandelions would be greater.

“Maybe you are right, we can’t afford the cost of another disaster.” Valenteel’s tone revealed little attachment to the city; rather, the people here were more important to him than the city itself.

“I had considered this, but a stroke of luck and dependence on Rend convinced me it might not happen…

It’s you who have made me see clearly.

You’re right, we need to leave this place.”

Valenteel leaned forward, his eyes earnestly fixed on Lu Li: “Can you stay to help our people?”

Before Lu Li could answer, a piercing scream suddenly arose at the entrance of the hall.

“They’re back!”

Thud—

The figure who had rushed into City Hall fell to the ground, struggled to rise, and picked up a fallen Bird Beak Mask to fasten back on.

“At this time?” Valenteel clearly knew that they weren’t referring to the Dandelions, but another kind of existence: “Where are they?”

“They were on Patch Street thirty minutes ago…

that poor woman was forced to eat her own husband.” The figure cried out in despair, as if “they” possessed a terrifying power.

“I understand…” Valenteel rubbed his forehead again, “Get the Cleaners to evacuate the people there, bring them to the safe zone…

never mind, bring them to the outside of City Hall, I have a plan to arrange after disinfection.”

The frightened figure withdrew, Lu Li shifted his gaze back: “Who is back.”

“Those two devils who ravaged Waynefort County, one of whom was once a pride of Valrend City…

Sara and Adam.”

They returned to Valrend City shortly after Lu Li and Anna had arrived.

Was it a coincidence?

Did Adam feel regret, or did Sara sense something?

Anna wanted to convince Lu Li to leave, but before she could speak, Lu Li had already told Valenteel, “We plan to stay and help.”

“Thank you very much to both of you for your help.” Valenteel’s gratitude was genuine, as Waynefort County to those from the Tranquil Plains was akin to the countryside.

Indeed, it was a poor area, so much so that a major city with a million inhabitants had only one Exorcist family stationed there, and this family, along with other Exorcists from the three major organizations, had left for Arlen Kingdom a few days ago…

They needed any aid now—

“Why would you say one of them used to be the pride of this place?” Anna shifted her gaze away from Lu Li’s face.

Apart from the similar process and outcome, they hardly knew the true stories of Sara and Adam.

“Sara was once a councilor of the Valrend city-state a hundred years ago.

She inherited her father’s title; she was beautiful, young, intelligent, and most importantly…

single.

Back then, everyone in Rend knew her, partly because of her fame, partly because of what she did.”

“She took in refugees and the homeless without minding them staying at her estate and could befriend anyone, even beggars, treating people kindly.

Before the deception was exposed, she was even considered to succeed the old City Lord as the first female City Lord of Rend.”

“But a lie is still a lie, and her rise threatened an established noble, who was supposed to succeed as the next City Lord as if by tradition but now everything had been taken away by Sara, the meteoric newcomer.

As her political enemy, that noble relentlessly attacked and dug into Sara’s negative aspects and actually found evidence.”

“That dirt hidden beneath all the glitter.”

“Sara was conducting evil sacrificial rituals.

Those foreigners, who became residents of Rend because of her proposal, would disappear every so often, and refugees living on her estate would consistently vanish…

When Sara was imprisoned due to conclusive evidence, and people broke into the basement of her estate, they discovered piles of bones.”

“The people were extraordinarily angry, and amidst public acclaim, Sara was quickly executed by hanging; thousands witnessed her hanging on the gallows in the square.

Everything should have ended there, but a few days later…

she returned, along with her distortion, hatred, and her lover.”

After finishing, Valenteel coughed quietly.

This was a bad ending where the wicked did not receive their deserved punishment.

Of course, for Sara, there couldn’t have been a better ending.

“They left Rend decades ago,” Valenteel said hoarsely after coughing.

“But their story has been circulating in Rend ever since, even among very young children.

It’s unexpected that they would return at this time…”

Only fools and those desperate for a lifeline would think their return to Valrend, now being invaded by Dandelions, was to save people…

Their goal was no different from that of the Dandelions—

“The only good news is that their killing speed can’t keep up with the Dandelions…

I will set up an evacuation plan next.

For now, please go with my assistant to the infected zone to help, and the information you need will be delivered to you shortly.”

The City Lord’s Assistant came in to lead the way, and before leaving, Lu Li recalled something, “What do you mean by interim City Lord?”

Valenteel openly shared the high-level scandal: “The original City Lord fled through a secret passage leading out of the city after learning they had arrived, and the Deputy City Lord’s body was found having become their breeding ground.

However, there is good news; that secret passage is now our best way to leave the city.”

They followed the City Lord’s Assistant out of the City Hall,

“Why stay to help instead of leaving?” Anna asked Lu Li softly.

Anna didn’t like, or rather, did not approve of Lu Li’s choice.

She realized that not only she had changed, but he had too— the former Lu Li would never have put himself in danger.

“They have also come here, and going directly to the Sanatorium might get us caught.”

“You know that’s not what I’m asking.”

After a moment of silence, Lu Li said, “Because of humanity.”

A more ethereal form of humanity, one that exists only in thoughts.