Several minutes have passed since the merchant left, and Lu Li has maintained this expression since then.
"It's so valuable..." Anna, who was also stunned, murmured.
The portrait of Dracula is not a ghost, but one of the four categories of weird and weird.
Ghosts are worthless, weirdness is slightly better, but if this weirdness can communicate——
The merchant offered 400 survey points for the oil painting, and with a deposit of 5,500 shillings, Lu Li had more than enough money to buy a new deep-sea stone.
The second deep sea stone will be delivered soon.
Li Luli's minimum requirement is only two deep sea stones.
"So we can totally raise funds by selling weird things..." Anna continued to murmur, her eyes shining brightly. "A lot of weird things will be born in the rain of weird things, right!?"
"Um."
Lu Li raised his eyes and took a look, guessing what Anna was thinking.
This is the way to go, if they can catch the weirdness.
The postman delivering the newspaper will come later. If no one is home, he will slip the newspaper under the door. The Black Crow Messenger will automatically track the investigator's location.
Now they can go out.
Lu Li put on his coat and rain boots, put on a black poncho, picked up an oil lamp, and left the detective agency with the invisible Anna.
The door closed and the detective agency returned to silence.
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The cold rain fell, dampening the excitement of the early morning in Belfast. There were only fewer pedestrians on the street than usual. They either held umbrellas or wore raincoats and hurriedly left their residences.
"Are we going to wander the streets and try our luck?" Anna's voice rang in her ears.
The rain and mist hit his face, feeling cold to the touch. Lu Li pulled down his hood and said to Anna, who was hiding in the other world, "Let's go to Elm Street."
It takes about two hours to walk from Sailor Street to Elm Street.
It's a bit far, but they will have to find a refuge there sooner or later, so why not go there now. If the Elm Forest is difficult to enter, you can come back.
Lu Li wanted to avoid losing his sanity, so Anna was the main force in this operation. She searched and she solved.
After walking out of Sailor Street for a few minutes, Anna still didn't feel the uncomfortable smell.
It is worth mentioning that Lu Li has seen several figures of night watchmen, investigators and exorcists in the heavy rain. The former usually sit in a steam locomotive and wear black uniforms. The latter usually wear black robes.
The aura is mysterious, and some have a black crow standing on their shoulders, making them highly recognizable.
Exorcists who notice Lu Li often notice Anna's presence, and focus on the void next to Lu Li. Then they look at Lu Li, pause for a moment at the three-eyed black crow badge on his chest, and then take it back with various emotions.
sight.
In this rain of changes that enveloped the entire eastern part of the Allen Peninsula, Lu Li was not the only one taking action.
After walking down the second street, Lu Li called for a rental carriage and told the driver that the destination was Elm Street.
Walking was too slow, and there were many exorcists patrolling nearby. If he wanted to find the strange things born in the rain, Lu Li had to go further to the edge of the city.
But until the carriage arrived at Elm Street half an hour later, Anna didn't sense any strange aura, not even a ghostly aura.
The problem was not with Anna. Lu Li briefly came into contact with the psychic gun and also felt the uncomfortable emptiness around him. Apart from the malicious projections roaming in the other world, he did not find any aura.
It is as if this rain is a purifying rain rather than a mutated rain that brings disaster.
This is strange.
The rental carriage slowly moved away and disappeared under the rain curtain dozens of meters away. Lu Li's eyes fell on the ditch on the edge of the road. The rainwater gathered together and flowed downwards, making the bluestone road glow with hazy water.
This Elm Street, located on the edge of the city, was quiet and quiet. There were not many pedestrians on the street. The poor visibility made it impossible for Lu Li to see the elm forest at the end of the street.
"Do you want to continue moving forward?" Anna asked in a low voice.
"Go on, be aware of your surroundings."
Lu Li said, walking towards the other end of the street.
Nearing the middle of Elm Street, Lu Li saw a warning cordon in front of a single-family house.
[House that eats people]
The strange boondoggle on Elm Street was featured in Monday's Investigator Weekly.
"There is something uncomfortable in this house..." Anna whispered in her ear.
"Can you beat me?"
"I don't know...it's not a ghost, I can't detect the intensity."
"Then forget it."
Investigators usually crave knowledge and new things, and Lu Li is the same, but he knows how to avoid dangers, such as this strange building with unknown power.
Lu Li and Anna walked far around the [Man-Eating House], and when they were about to move forward, Lu Li's steps suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Li looked at the illusory house that became unreal in the rain: "There is a voice calling me."
As mentioned before, Lu Li's inspiration is very high. This kind of supernatural perception is brought about by the reduced sanity value. The lower his sanity value, the more he can perceive.
"What did it say?"
"Call me in and let's go."
Lu Li turned around, ignoring the call of this strange house, and gradually disappeared into the rain.
After leaving the house for some distance, the calling sound disappeared.
Ten minutes later, Lu Li stood at the end of the street. Beyond that was a muddy road that extended into the woods, turning into mud under the heavy rain.
"Sure enough, we can't go in..." Anna said a little disappointed.
After staying for a while, Lu left the original route and walked towards a nearby cafe.
Squeak——
The wooden door was pushed open, and wind and rain poured into the cafe through the open door. After a few seconds, it disappeared as the door closed, and the cafe returned to calm.
A strange wave echoed slightly when Lu Li stepped into the cafe, without being noticed by anyone.
The transparent windows make the cafe quite bright, so there is no need to light an oil lamp in this weather.
Standing behind the door, Lu Li took off his dripping poncho and hung it on a clothes rack nearby.
"It's so cold..."
A faint voice sounded.
Lu Li ignored it. This kind of auditory hallucination often happened. But when Lu Li stepped on the floor and walked towards the counter, another faint voice came.
"His boots made me dirty."
Lu Li stopped walking and looked around. There was no one else in the cafe except the middle-aged boss behind the counter.
"Did you hear that?" Lu Li tilted his head and whispered.
"What did you hear?"
Lu Li didn't say anything, walked to the counter and sat down.
"Hiss...he's so heavy." A strange complaining sound came from the chair beneath him.
"Hello, newbie, what would you like?" the middle-aged boss asked in a friendly manner.
Lu Li ignored the boss's greeting for the time being and said to Anna, "Listen."