Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 736 - 736 255

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Begin the Curtain “Did we forget to close the door when we left?”

Seeing the tavern door wide open, someone said with curiosity.

Returning to the tavern, the hall was empty, and they quickly saw a wallet placed on the round table along with a note next to it.

“What’s this?”

Returning the wallet to the missing companion, he unfolded the note.

[It wants to take me away…]

The drunkenness faded, leaving the man’s pale cheeks filled with fear.

“That monster is back!

It took him away!”

…

The last glimmer of light on the horizon was swallowed by darkness, making it hard to see people on the streets.

The lights in the distant harbor gradually became blurry, disappearing into the mist.

The Mist of Strangeness was spreading from the street corner, and Emin Grolyn was approaching with an oil lamp.

“I’ve gathered some information and found this letter.” Emin Grolyn handed over the letter like a little girl waiting for praise.

“Where did you find it?”

Lu Li took out the letter and unfolded it, revealing a message from Anna.

Anna had also discovered the strange events in the two towns, where the missing people had situations similar to Aunt Mary.

She secretly followed the missing people to find the suspected hiding place of the strangeness: the abandoned mine cave on the eastern hill of Luosha Town.

She would find a way to enter the mine and explore.

As Emin Grolyn was speaking, “In an uninhabited wooden cabin, I saw on the door—”

The voice was interrupted when a sudden call came from the alley behind them.

Looking in the direction of the call, Lu Li put away the letter and moved towards the site of the incident with Emin Grolyn.

…

The tavern was filled with people.

It had been a long time since this many people had been here, but they were not customers, nor did they bring delight.

Fear was written all over their faces as they looked towards the round table still set with plates and empty wine bottles.

“It’s Best’s handwriting…

he has been taken.” the Old Mayor sighed, putting down the note and asking the three slumped in wooden chairs, “What exactly happened at that time?”

“We don’t know anything…” The man reeking of alcohol said in a daze, as if lost in soul.

“Clifford closed up as usual after dark…

it was a bit early today, because he saw—”

He suddenly saw at the tavern entrance, a cloaked girl pulling a man with black hair and eyes appeared behind the crowd.

“It’s him!”

The man exclaimed, pointing towards the entrance.

The numerous gazes in the tavern converged on Lu Li and Emin Grolyn, and people scattered like avoiding a plague, moving away from the entrance.

“No, it’s not…

Best said he’s an Exorcist from the Main Affinity Continent here to help us!” the man quickly explained.

“I spoke to him just a while ago.” Lu Li said as he looked around, not seeing the tavern owner’s figure among the crowd.

“Was he attacked by the strangeness?”

“Yes…

he is the newest victim…” the Old Mayor looked at Lu Li, “Best said you are an Exorcist, is that correct?”

Lu Li lifted his coat, allowing the local residents to see the redemption wrapped in an old holster.

The Spirit-Calling Gun was more recognizable and convincing than a badge.

The long helpless local residents clung to the lifeline and soon believed in Lu Li’s identity, pleading with him to help resolve the strangeness.

Emin Grolyn also hoped Lu Li could stay and help.

Strictly speaking, she was the one from the Main Affinity Continent, there to help resolve the strangeness in Luosha Town.

Lu Li shared Anna’s letter with Emin Grolyn, and they had a common goal.

According to the exorcists’ process of handling strangeness, they should be asking local residents about their encounters, investigating residual traces of strangeness in the town, and waiting for the next victim to appear.

But because of Anna, they already knew the location of the strangeness and could head straight there.

The Old Mayor and some residents hoped they could wait until daybreak, until the Mist of Strangeness retreated.

However, Anna hadn’t returned yet and might have encountered trouble.

Before departing, they asked the Old Mayor about the abandoned mine cave on the eastern hill, and he frowned, saying it had been deserted for decades, the minerals were long exhausted.

Taking the carriage provided by Luosha Town, Lu Li and Emin Grolyn left the town, driving along the road into the dim fog.

“The Exorcist’s manual says not to travel at night and in the Mist of Strangeness.” Emin Grolyn said.

“Unless it’s urgent.”

The oil lamp beside them cast a dim yellow glow, dispelling the fog and darkness surrounding the carriage.

The abandoned mine cave was only a few miles from Luosha Town.

Or rather, Luosha Town was established because of the mine.

The Barren Lands had many similar towns.

Some declined due to exhausted minerals, while others were luckily preserved due to other resources nearby, like Luosha Town.

[Eastern Hill Mine Cave]

[Towards Luo Lei Castle]

A fork in the road appeared, with a wooden sign in the middle bearing blurred inscriptions.

The carriage turned into the left fork, and the ground gradually mixed with black coal dust, with empty wooden boxes used for coal beside the road.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the mine cave.

The sound of hooves disappeared, and what vied for occupancy around them was dead silence.

Emin Grolyn held a sensory clock, gently shaking her head to Lu Li: “No strangeness nearby.”

Lu Li pressed redemption, wanting to perceive the surroundings through the Spirit-Calling Gun, but was dissuaded by Emin Grolyn: “It’s best not to…

when you sense them, they sense you as well.”

In the Mist of Strangeness, the strangeness could emerge from the surroundings at any moment.

Lu Li nodded slightly, releasing his grip on redemption.

“There is a letter over there…”

Emin Grolyn raised the oil lamp high, and a new letter was affixed to the notice board by the road.

Lu Li removed the letter left by Anna and extracted the slip.

[It’s different from what I imagined…

very weak.

It’s not one, but a member of them]

[Incredibly, even the strangeness can worship other strangeness]

[Aunt Mary isn’t here, she was taken by other believers among them.

I pretended to let the strangeness before me escape, then followed it to find their lair]

[Luo Lei Castle.

I remember the city was called this]

[By the way, there are several townspeople captured by it in the mine, but due to darkness, I let them stay in the mine to wait until daylight.

You and they should return without taking risks, come back after daybreak]

Anna was obviously not far from Lu Li, maybe just over ten minutes away.

“Still Miss Anna?” Emin Grolyn asked from beside.

“Yes.”

Lu Li put away the letter and walked towards the mine cave.

“Let’s go in, Anna has already solved everything.”

When they found the people captured by the strange believers, the townspeople were gathered around a fire.

Lu Li glanced around; all were unfamiliar faces; the tavern owner Best was not there.

“I am the Exorcist.”

Revealing his identity to the townspeople looking over in fear quickly dissipated their wariness.

Lu Li inquired about what happened before, and they noisily chattered, saying they were rescued by a lady who claimed to be Lu Li’s assistant.

A woman took out a letter, saying that the assistant lady asked her to give it to Lu Li.

But it was the same as the letter posted on the notice board.

They thought they had to wait until daylight to leave, not expecting Lu Li to come so quickly—just over ten minutes later.

The fire they set up had not fully ignited yet.