Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 774: 7. Conclusion

Chapter 774: 7. Conclusion

“We have to open the bag to find out.”

Lu Li seemed oblivious to everything behind him, closed the refrigerator door, straightened up and said, “Besides, I still have things that need resolving.”

He turned around and looked at the Scavenger standing with one hand behind his back.

“You mean you’re looking for someone?” The Scavenger’s earnest smile turned into a kind of disguise. “I wonder who this gentleman is trying to find?”

Ignoring the black garbage bag suspected to contain a human head, Lu Li returned to the low table and sat down, reached into his pocket, took out a photo, flipped it over, and pushed it in front of the Scavenger.

“Do you recognize her? She appeared here about five years ago.”

The Scavenger picked up a photo, his thumb with thick calluses gently rubbing the photo in Lu Li’s slightly lowered black eyes.

His eyes narrowed slightly, recalling something from the past: “I remember vividly.”

“By the way, I forgot to ask, sir, who are you to her?”

“Boyfriend.” Lu Li said concisely and clearly.

“I didn’t realize that so much time has passed already.” The Scavenger toyed with the photo, a glimmer of reminiscence flickering under his tousled eyelashes. “Let me think carefully, it’s been a long time, I can’t quite remember…”

Lu Li said nothing, quietly waiting for the Scavenger to finish recalling the past events.

“That afternoon, I saw her by the river, really beautiful, like a fairy descended to the mortal world. Big chest, big hips, seemed like she could really bear children. I was already in my thirties without a wife at the time, couldn’t hold back and asked if she wanted to be my wife.”

“Who knew she’d just glance at me and walk away. That look was like seeing through me, I’ve seen disdainful, disgusted, even contemptuous looks before. But at least I’m a living person, and she just outright ignored me! Although I’m poor, I have self-respect, and being looked down upon like that made me angry, so I picked up a stone and threw it at her.”

“At that time, I tossed it at her, and she lost her balance and fell, covered in mud. I think I heard her curse at me, which made me even angrier, thinking I have no family or wife, live or die, so be it!”

The Scavenger’s eyes gradually turned red, his breath becoming heavy.

“I went over to drag her by the foot, wanted to pull her in, but she kept screaming, I was afraid someone would hear, and there was a big rock nearby, without much thought, I smashed her head with it a few times. After a few hits, I regretted it, her hair was messy like a lunatic, face covered in blood, her skull cracked open.”

“Still not dead, though, whispering something, staring at me.”

The Scavenger’s tone became increasingly rapid, his lips trembling, revealing a morbid state.

“You have no idea how terrifying that look was, I got a bit scared, so I dragged her to the yard, at midnight dug a pit by the river and buried her in it. She wasn’t dead when I buried her, her eyes staring at me, hair messy like a ghost. A little scared, so I used a shovel to gouge out her eyes.”

“She had a few hundred in cash, mobile phone, and cards which I didn’t dare to use, just threw them into the river. Took a few necklaces that looked valuable but didn’t sell for much.”

The Scavenger suddenly roared, his eyes turned red, breathing heavily as he yelled, “That woman was truly wicked! If she hadn’t screamed, I’d have a wife now! If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have killed so many more people afterwards! The police have come to question me several times already!”

Lu Li had been quietly listening.

But as the Scavenger continued, a part of Lu Li seemed to be torn open, a surge of anger and sorrow crept out, itching uncomfortably.

It was painful, extremely painful.

“Later, I figured it out.” The Scavenger tossed the photo to the ground, reaching into the basin, then remembered the pebbles were gone. “There’s a saying, ‘Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.’ I’m worrying about meals every day, might as well commit a crime and get caught. Heard you can get fed and clothed inside, some even get paid.”

“Why are you telling me this?”

Lu Li lowered his head, his eyes hidden in shadow, his expression unreadable.

The Scavenger grinned, revealing yellowed teeth, the smile as simple as ever: “Either you call the police to arrest me, or I kill you and eat meat.”

Lu Li’s face turned impassive.

But at that moment, an overwhelming aura erupted around him, his entire presence seemed to explode in an instant, Lu Li’s demeanor became eerily cold and indifferent, he reached out his arm, ghostly energy emanating as it approached the Scavenger.

His palm clutched the Scavenger’s head, gathering all his strength, and smashed down forcefully!

Bang!

A thunderous crash echoed!

The Scavenger’s face slammed heavily onto the table.

The wine glass toppled, pebbles rolled, the iron basin shook, spiderweb-like cracks spread outward. Then a stream of blood trickled across the table, flowing toward the edge to a dip.

Drip—drip—drip drip—drip drip drip drip—

The dripping blood merged into a single line, forming a thread at the edge.

A semi-transparent spirit body floated out of the Scavenger’s physical form, his face bewildered, glanced curiously around, then seeing Lu Li and the corpse on the table, realized something, joy just emerging—

A hand suddenly stretched out, fingers spread wide, covering the Scavenger’s entire face, fingers suddenly clenched tight, distorting the face abruptly.

Violent ghostly energy pierced the soul body through the chillingly cold hand, the face contorting, letting out a horrific scream.

Pop—

The soul body instantly burst and disappeared like a bubble, vanishing into thin air.

Lu Li slowly withdrew his arm, sitting across from the Scavenger’s body.

His pupils gradually dilated, Lu Li fell into an inexplicable, indescribable state of emptiness.

The scene lasted for several minutes, Lu Li’s dark eyes gradually regaining focus. His demeanor changed a bit, becoming more indifferent, to the point of losing his sense of existence.

Lu Li stood up, glanced around the room, picked up a shovel by the door, and went outside.

Using the Spiritual Guide to triangulate the position, Lu Li stepped on the soft, wet mud by the river, swinging down the shovel.

Heaps of soil piled up, forming a small mound.

The dug pit grew deeper, water beginning to surface at the bottom.

Clang—

The sound of metal striking echoed, the shovel vibrating with a hum.

Lu Li paused, moved the shovel aside and looked into the pit.

A section of dim, dusty arm bone appeared in the soil, surrounded by black fuzzy material, the long-decayed clothing.

At the wrist, a cord that should have been bright red was nearly unrecognizable in color.

That was once worn on a fair, slender wrist.

Lu Li had forgotten he indeed once gave Liu Wenwei a gift, a red cord.

Staring silently at the pit bottom for a long while, Lu Li murmured softly.

“It’s over.”

He tossed the Spiritual Guide into the pit, shoveling the piled-up earth down.

A shovel of dirt fell to the pit bottom, burying the arm bone, burying the Spiritual Guide, burying the past completely.