"He recovered very quickly, and it seems like everything is fine now."
Anna, counting the brand new shillings, floated to her side from behind.
The commission fee totaled 350 shillings, including the broth and compensation for the mirror. Senge once said that he was a famous writer, so Lu Li's asking price... would be a bit higher.
It seems to be less now.
Lu Li did not reply to Anna, but just looked at her silently.
Anna, who was very familiar with Lu Li's character, realized that she had made a mistake. She remained calm on the surface and secretly thought about what was wrong.
I was thinking hard, and an idea suddenly flashed through my mind.
"The Senge we saw was a fake Senge!"
Anna exclaimed, her excitement due to her improved strength disappeared, and her spine felt chilly.
"The ghost in the mirror had already occupied Senge's body before coming to the detective agency, and Senge's soul was driven into the mirror space by it. The real Senge had already contacted us at that time, so the fake Senge followed the real
Senger's behavior continued, found us, and allowed us to exorcise the soul of...the real Senger in the mirror."
This thought occupied Anna's mind as soon as it appeared. She was a little frightened, a little painful, and a little incomprehensible. Why did Lu Li see this but still let himself look in the mirror——
"Keep guessing."
Lu Li's brief calm words interrupted Anna's panic.
"Eh——"
Anna made a long note, and her expression gradually became weird: "It's not what I thought?"
"no."
"Hmm..." Poking her chin with her fingertips, Anna tilted her head and thought: "Is it a door? No, it can't be a door... Only you can see its traps... Can you give me a little hint?
Little by little.”
She made little gestures.
"It has to do with the investigators."
"A little hint will do, no need to go so far." Anna chuckled, and probably guessed Senger's origin: "It's some kind of trial by the investigator...?"
"Probably."
Lu Li turned away from the window and sat on the sofa nearby.
"Have you seen it already?" Anna followed Lu Li and floated to the sofa.
"I guessed it, but I'm not sure."
What made Lu Li suspicious was Senger's sudden appearance.
How long it had been since Oliver didn't come back, how long it had been since Lu Li hadn't commissioned a mission. Without Oliver posting advertisements and looking for commissions, it would be difficult for Lu Li's reputation to spread beyond the streets of Sailors.
At this time, Senger's appearance seemed very strange and coincidental.
Marcus is also possible, but if it were him, he would have called with a lewd "hehehehe" laugh before Senge came.
The goal has been basically confirmed, and now it’s time to think about the other party’s purpose of doing this.
The sanity test failed in the morning. After he showed his flashlight, the old man said meaningfully, "Someone has already chosen for you." In the afternoon, investigators appeared and conducted the test...
Some kind of prerequisite for becoming an investigator?
Lu Li does not object to becoming an investigator. To others, investigators are like those explorers of the past. The latter hunted for treasures in the deep sea of the mainland archipelago, while the former sought death in the deep sea of the mainland archipelago.
But one very important thing about the investigator is that it does not block knowledge. It will not block you from acquiring a certain aspect of knowledge just because your sanity value is reduced.
A counter-example is the Night Watch. Apart from the action target, they will not know much else to ensure that the sanity value is always at the level of IQ.
Curiosity in the former is a good character, while curiosity in the latter may kill you.
If becoming an investigator would not restrict his freedom, Lu Li wouldn't mind joining them.
Anna wanted to complain to Lu Li, "Isn't it tiring to think about this all day long?" But then she thought that if Lu Li didn't want to do this, no one would do it...
No matter how provoking he is, I still protect Lu Li. He will do the brains and I will do the fists.
The girl whose strength has been improved thought confidently.
Lu Li asked how much her strength had increased. Anna tilted her head and thought for a while, then gave an approximate figure: twice as strong as before.
Although Anna has become stronger, she is not strong enough yet.
The unique characteristics that are close to the wraith do not appear in Anna. For example, the black halo of Missulia and the dark shadow of the tentacles behind the female ghost in the gallery.
This may be a good thing. Lu Li is not sure whether the characteristic that is like a mental projection will affect Anna's personality.
"Speaking of which, there have been a lot fewer ghosts outside recently..."
Anna's muttering woke up Lu Li who was thinking. The speaker had no intention of speaking, but the listener had the intention. Lu Li asked thoughtfully: "When did it start?"
Ana lay by the window and watched for a while, then closed the curtains and turned around and said, "It will be after we come back..."
After coming back...is it related to the hurricane?
"How much less?"
"Maybe more than half?"
The strange hurricane also took away a large number of ghosts...
Lu Li's eyes fell on the newspaper on his desk. The report from the Navy of the Principality of Ellen Peninsula was that a hurricane suddenly appeared about 150 nautical miles away from Belfast.
The night watchmen in this city have probably noticed that there are fewer ghosts. They just need to know and don't have to do anything.
Lu Li put the 300 shillings from the commission fee into the book pages in the drawer. In addition to these three "Macdonald II" pictures, the book pages also contained the same sixteen pictures.
Most of them were brought by Baron Joseph.
There was no fire for dinner. Lu Li ate the remaining bread from the morning and lay down on the sofa, preparing to rest.
Anna, who had absorbed the power, looked very energetic and did not need to rest. She went into the bedroom holding the last unread romance novel.
"Good night."
she shouted outside.
Still no reply.
…
The curtains glowed blue.
It's dawn again.
Lu Li woke up and looked at the hazy and deserted curtains. The chaotic thoughts brought about by waking up made him wonder, will one day, after the night falls, the sun never rises again?
Lu Li sat up and the blanket covering him slipped down. Lu Li took away the blanket that Anna had quietly covered him with last night, stood up and walked to the kitchen.
Anna heard the noise in the living room and floated out of the bedroom. She rubbed her eyes and said hello: "Good morning."
"morning."
After washing up in the morning, Lu Li walked out of the kitchen. The cold light peeked into the room from the window with the curtains drawn open, and it was a little dim because the oil lamp was extinguished.
The air was mixed with the aroma of food, whether it was from the street or coming from the corridor.
This made Anna once again propose to prepare breakfast. Lu Li remembered the discarded bag of sucrose and did not refuse.
Wearing a woolen coat, it didn't rain for a long time this morning, although the sky was still gloomy.
Lu Li put on his top hat, left the longhouse, and stepped on the bluestone road that was a little damp due to dew.
Ten minutes later, Lu Li returned with the same ingredients as yesterday. He walked into the door and heard the sound of water boiling in the kitchen.
After returning to the living room and waiting, the aroma of meat overflowing from the kitchen lasted for half an hour, and Anna floated out of the kitchen with the pot in hand.
"It's done! It will definitely taste better than yesterday. Try it. Try it. Try it."
Lu Li sat down at the dining table, filled the wooden bowl in front of him, scooped up the broth, blew away the heat, and took a sip.
Anna spoke from the side at this time.
"Speaking of which, why did you throw away the bag of salt?"