In most people's minds, cemeteries are not such a pleasant place.
Even if there are family members buried here.
Not just because it is the resting place of the dead, or because every stone standing in the cemetery means that there is a white bone underneath, which will create a sense of being watched.
Crucially, it also serves as a morgue for storing remains.
At this point, the morgue is much scarier than the cemetery. After all, the latter is just a corpse, and most of the tombstones are pasted with photos of the owner when he was alive. The former is a place where cold and stiff corpses are stored.
Belfast, Holy Father Quarter, Cemetery.
The dead trees sprouting green buds along the street bring a touch of life to the desolate and heavy cemetery. Behind the shadowy dead branches, there are undulating tombstones spreading in the distance, surrounded by an iron fence half a person's height.
The carriage stopped outside the cemetery gate. Lu Li got out of the car under an umbrella and walked into the cemetery under the rain.
On both sides of the cobblestone path, tombstones were weathered and weathered, and some stood crookedly. As darkness approached, things in the distance were already dormant in the dimness, blurry, and it became difficult to see clearly the groups of tombstones extending into the distance.
.
At the end of the path is a cathedral, with a sculpture of a dual-wielding god standing on the top of the tower, as white as new.
This is why Anna gave up immediately.
Whether or not a church is useful in times of calamity, a ghost here is like a mouse in a cat park.
Lu Li found a nun and told her that he would go to the morgue to find Claire's body.
"I'm sorry, who are you...?" the nun asked politely.
"Police officer from Shouwang Town Police Station, Lu Li."
With Deputy Sheriff Valentine, Lu Li had nothing to fear.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The nun walked aside, and soon there was a faint voice. "Officer David, I am Sister Mama from the Holy Father's Church. There is a police officer named Lu Li who wants to... um
, I’ll ask him.”
"Your name is Lu Li, right?" Mama put down the phone, came to Lu Li and asked in a soft tone. After getting confirmation from Lu Li, he returned to the phone: "His name is Lu Li, okay, Officer David, do you know him?"
There was silence on the phone for dozens of seconds, and when the atmosphere was a little awkward, the voice finally spoke: "I just asked the deputy chief of police, and he said that the subordinate was sent to the morgue to investigate, and asked you to cooperate with his actions."
"Yes, I will."
After hanging up the phone, Mama, whose plump figure was wrapped in a wide nun's robe, returned to Lu Li: "It's confirmed. Please come with me."
"Thanks."
Lu Li put away his umbrella under the tall angel-carved door and followed Sister Mama into the church.
The church is empty and tall. The stained glass that occupies most of the wall is inlaid with portraits. On the benches below are scattered believers in shabby or bright clothes. They lower their heads and mutter prayers. These figures are in the complex structure.
The tall conversation echoed, forming echoes like a mass.
After walking through the rows of seats, I walked towards the confessional room near the auditorium, then passed by and was taken to the interior of the church.
After walking all the way, the nun finally stopped in front of a bright silver thick iron door. Lu Li turned around and looked around. At the end of the corridor was the back door of the cemetery.
It seems you can come here directly without going through the church.
"Please wait a moment, I'll get the keys."
"Bring the information form of the corpses in the morgue as well," Lu Li said.
"OK."
Mama turned and walked away with a soft smile.
Perhaps due to his deep religious prejudice, and the fact that Sister Mama’s mature appearance and figure were incompatible with a nun, Lu Li remained wary of this place. A few minutes later, Mama arrived with a bunch of iron keys and a parchment book.
return.
Lu Li took the sheepskin book, thanked him and opened it.
Claire, Cabinet 6, Area D.
It's easy to find Claire's "residence".
Tapping the name with his finger, Lu Li looked at Mama and said, "Open it. I can go in by myself and you stay outside."
"God bless you."
Mama drew a circle in the empty space on Lu Li's chest, turned around and opened the metal door.
Squeak, squeak, squeak—
The door was slowly opened, and a white mist seemed to flow out of the morgue, and a cold air blew in. The familiar incandescent light poured from the ceiling.
The temperature is very low, and it seems that the bodies in the morgue will be well preserved.
Mama stayed outside while Lu Li walked into the morgue. All sounds were blocked from the outside world, leaving only the clean, cold, and dead silence in the morgue. He suddenly noticed something and listened intently.
A faint cry echoed throughout the cold and silent morgue.
It seemed to be coming from the church behind the wall, but it didn't seem to be.
Iron cabinets exuding coldness were placed neatly against the wall. Lu Li walked past these morgues and approached Area D.
Click——
When passing a morgue, the sound of a machine was heard from behind.
Buzz——
The pale incandescent lamp overhead flickered suddenly, flickering on and off.
Lu Li turned his head and looked back, seeing that the external wrench of a morgue was open.
When I passed it before, it was closed like other morgues.
squeak - ah -
With a slow grinding sound, the cabinet door slowly opened, revealing a thin crack that gradually expanded bit by bit.
A slender hand suddenly pressed down on the morgue door and closed it.
Feeling the resistance on the other side of his palm, Lu Li narrowed his black eyes, removed his holster, and held the flintlock gun in his palm.
At this moment, Lu Li noticed the malicious intent around him, as well as the almost dense aura of weak ghosts in the morgue, maybe seven or eight, or more.
"Quiet."
Lu Li drank lowly.
The resistance on the freezer door disappeared instantly.
Click——
The wrench turned on its own, and a locking sound came from inside.
Lu Li put away his psychic gun, his dark eyes resting meaningfully on several freezers for a moment, and walked to Cabinet No. 6 in Area D without wasting time.
Unscrew the wrench, pull out the hospital bed from the iron cabinet, and lift off the white cloth.
An emaciated female body that looked like it had been exposed to the sun appeared in front of him.
Lu Li had never met Claire, but that didn't affect his ability to judge that she was Claire based on her characteristics.
Lu Li quietly looked at the corpse, which was almost as thin as an ancient corpse. His black eyes suddenly froze and fell on Claire's forehead.
On her head, which didn't have much hair left, there was an inexplicable crack on her forehead.
This crack seems to be a hole, not like a gunshot or a sharp instrument. It is one-half thinner than the little finger. Through the hole, you can faintly peek into the inside of the brain.
Pushing the bed back to the morgue, Lu Li walked to a morgue two adjacent cells.
Thump thump thump——
Lu Li raised his hand to knock and said simply: "Two questions. The first question: Do you have any impression of the corpse in the morgue I just opened? The second question: If so, does she have a ghost?
"
A few seconds passed, then more than ten seconds passed, and half a minute later, a cold and slow old voice came from the cabinet door.
"……No no."
The two do not each correspond to one question.
"OK, thanks."
Lu Li thanked him and left the morgue without looking back.
Not long after he left, the morgue echoed with whispers.
