Lu Li opened the window, and the cold wind on the rainy night blew into the guest room, bringing with it a dark creature.
The black crow jumped on the desk and lowered his head to arrange the feathers with water drops on them.
The mailbox is tied to its leg.
Lu Li took out the note from the mailbox and did not check it immediately. Instead, he broke off a small piece of bread crumbs from his travel bag and put it in front of the table, then unfolded the rolled up note.
[New event in Himfast area: Cries for help in the alley]
[Difficulty: None]
[Information degree: 10%]
【Known information】
[5%: Event targets usually appear randomly in dark alleys with few pedestrians and ask for help from passers-by]
[3%: Time will not affect the appearance time of the event target, whether it is day or night]
[2%: The cry for help is a female voice]
[Nearby investigators are asked to choose whether to explore the incident, and nearby investigators are asked to choose whether to avoid the incident]
A reminder from the black crow.
It was not only Lu Li who received the tip, but also other investigators in the Himfast area.
This was the first time Lu Li received this kind of regional broadcast. He watched it several times until he memorized the format and put it back in the mailbox on the crow's leg.
"Leave after eating." Lu Li said to the black crow who had just finished preening his feathers.
It may have understood, or it may have intended to do so. It lowered its head to peck at the crumbs and ate them quickly.
Leaving a piece of debris behind, it jumped to the window, waiting for its Lu Li to open the window. The black crow spread its wings and flew away, while the debris on the table was blown away by the incoming cold wind.
After closing the window again, calm returned to the guest room, with only the gradually falling curtains telling the story of what had happened previously.
Like Mary, Lu Li lit the spare oil lamp on the desk under the bright electric light.
Since the Night Disaster, cities and towns have tried their best to prevent power outages from happening, but sometimes there are always accidents, such as broken light bulbs and malfunctions. Therefore, they encourage turning on the electric lights at night and lighting the oil lamps as backup.
There was no clock in the guest room, and the alarm clock Lu Li put in his backpack showed that the time was approaching eight o'clock.
The distant bell echoed in the night sky from the top of the nearly century-old lighthouse, ringing eight times.
Half an hour later, Anna came back.
"Aunt Mary is asleep."
"Didn't you turn off the lights for her before leaving?"
Anna snorted softly: "I'm not an idiot."
Her personality has recovered a bit, maybe because Lu Li is the only one here.
And soon she walked to the window and sat down, and faintly recounted: "Aunt Mary is my mother's best friend. They grew up and went to school together, just like Daisy and I were close... I think she also became a close friend after her mother passed away.
It must be very uncomfortable.”
Lu Li said nothing.
Anna tilted her head and asked: "Aren't you going to rest yet? We are going back tomorrow."
"I slept a lot during the day." Lu Li replied.
It's hard for him to fall asleep now, even though he didn't have a good rest during the day.
"Then can I go take a nap..." Anna's tone became cautious and a little embarrassed: "I just showed my ability to Aunt Mary, and it was a bit...excessive."
"What did you do?"
Anna said coquettishly: "Let Aunt Mary fly..."
"Go and rest."
"Um."
Anna showed a cute smile, held down her skirt and walked to the bed.
"Good night Lu Li."
she said.
Lu Li flipped through the "Investigator Weekly" he had read during the day.
Anna was a little disappointed when she didn't get an answer from Lu Li, and soon, as she began to rest, her illusory body no longer undulated.
Lu Li then looked at the girl lying on her side on the bed, observed it quietly for a while, and then looked away.
After quickly reading the three newspapers again, Lu Li put them away and looked at the empty space in the room as if he had nothing to do.
He will not be bored, because illusions will appear in the void around him from time to time, and murmurs will occasionally sound in his ears.
…
Anna hasn't had a dream for a long time.
since her death.
Rest is just a word to her, just like adding kerosene when the oil lamp is out of oil, or storing some strange things when the firewood is burned out, she needs to rest and wake up after resting.
She could not experience any of the original meaning from this cold word. She closed her eyes and opened them again, time passed, and she had no memory, just like the period of rest itself was missing.
But today, Anna, who was resting, found that she still had meaning.
All around was a dark void that could not be dissipated.
"An...an..."
There was a faint call echoing around the void.
Anna couldn't tell who the voice belonged to. She didn't even know whether the voice was male or female, young or old.
"Ann...Na...Anna..."
I don't know how much time passed, but the voice calling her gradually became clearer.
The voice is calling me.
Anna thought that she felt no malice or ominousness, so she quietly listened to the indistinguishable voice and the purpose of the voice calling her.
Until a certain moment, the sound slowly and intermittently made another sound.
"elder sister……"
The dark void in the meaning collapsed in an instant, and Anna woke up in an instant like an ordinary person who encountered a nightmare.
An aggressive and cold aura swept through the surroundings, and in an instant, Anna regained consciousness and instantly withdrew all her aura.
She secretly looked at Lu Li behind the desk with slight worry. The figure only looked at him with an inquiring look.
"What's wrong?"
Feeling a little relieved, Anna showed an expression of reminiscence: "I...I just dreamed that my sister was calling me."
Lu Li knew that Anna couldn't dream, so he asked: "That elm tree?"
"Um!"
…
Sugarcane——
The bar door of the tavern was pushed open, and a figure smelling of alcohol stood on the cold street. He turned around and waved to his companions in the tavern: "It's too late. If you don't go back home, the brown bear will tear me and my body apart."
A mistress who doesn’t exist.”
As the words fell, a burst of laughter and whistling erupted in the tavern, mixed with sarcastic remarks.
The figure smiled nonchalantly, held the oil lamp, and walked towards home.
Passing by a dark alley next to the tavern, he suddenly heard a woman's cry for help coming from the alley, followed by rapid running steps.
He stopped and vaguely saw a silhouette running to the edge of the alley, only to be dragged back into the alley by something, leaving only the sound of struggling echoing in the night sky.
He was very cautious and smart. After a brief pause, he turned back to the tavern without thinking and called his friends for help.
But he didn't know what he was facing.
In a lively and noisy bar, a group of men were laughing and drinking with each other. No one noticed that one of the bar doors of the bar was suddenly pushed open, but there was nothing behind the door.
Except for the oil lamp that rolled down the steps.
A voice faintly came from the dark alley where silence had returned.
"Why don't you save me?"
"I want to go back and find other people to help you! I plan to save-"
The sound disappeared with the sudden clicking sound of chewing.
