Lu Li received more attention than usual on his return trip. Of course, there were other factors as well - Lu Li chose to walk instead of taking a carriage.
"Mr. Lu Li, are you back... uh...?"
"What do you want... hmm?"
"Thank you, Mr. Lu Li! What's wrong with you?"
The residents on Sailor Street also greeted more questions than usual.
It was still morning when she returned to the detective agency after buying breakfast. Anna sat at the dining table by the window, holding her chin in her hands and staring out the window. The most ordinary bustling street scene seemed to keep her entertained all day.
Lu Li first called Oliver and asked him to investigate some things and then come to the detective agency, and then hurriedly cleaned up the dust on his body.
…
An hour later, Oliver opened the detective agency door with a guilty conscience.
Swish swish swish——
He saw Lu Li sitting on a small bench in the corner of the living room, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, immersed in washing clothes. Anna floated beside the dining table, holding her cheeks, and occasionally her eyes came back from the street and fell on Lu Li.
The room was filled with the smell of soap, and this scene was inexplicably harmonious...
"Hi boss." Oliver waved cautiously. "Hi Miss Anna."
"Hello." Anna nodded.
"Have you found it?" Lu Li asked without raising his head. There was a washed black windbreaker in the small wooden basin next to him.
"Yes. One person did burn to death in the library fire. Her name was Ophelia Green, and she was a child adopted from the orphanage by Miller Green."
"Is it a child who died?"
"Uh... no. That was more than twenty years ago. She was working in the library and her whereabouts were unknown after the fire."
"What's next?"
"The police station did not find the body. Ophelia is temporarily considered missing."
"I met her ghost in the library basement."
"You want me to contact Miller Green and tell her the whereabouts of my adopted daughter?" Oliver seemed to understand. "Or exchange this information for a shilling?"
Anna, who was listening by the window, frowned.
Swish——
"This is a bit too much." Lu Li stopped and raised his head. "But you can try it."
"That counts...ah, okay." Oliver responded blankly, and was about to turn around and leave in a daze.
"Wait, not now. I have other work for you to do." Lu Li stopped the confused Oliver. "Go and check Ophelia's address. There is also last time's reward on the table, remember to take it.
"
"Oh okay."
Talking about money, Oliver suddenly woke up, picked up his reward on the desk, and left the detective agency.
Bang.
Swish swish swish——
After the door closed, Lu Li continued to lower his head and rub his clothes.
Anna hesitated and whispered: "Isn't it bad to do this? I, I, I am not blaming you, it's just this kind of behavior..."
"Do you want to repay a favor? I will be measured."
"oh……"
Anna could only choose to believe Lu Li.
But Lu Li had no chance to do this. In the afternoon, Oliver called and complained that the commission was aborted at the beginning: Miller Green passed away a few years ago, leaving only Ophelia herself - in fact, Ophelia also
Already dead, just existing in another form in the world of the living.
"Do you want to continue the investigation?" Oliver asked urgently on the other end of the phone.
He spoke quickly because the phone he was using was very expensive.
"Tell me the address of Green's house and I will go there later."
Lu Li was a little curious about Ophelia. Her ghost he met in the basement was something he had never seen before. Even Athena's ghost was not as frightening as her maliciousness. It was probably a wraith.
Lu Li had no intention of fighting against a wraith, but he needed to understand the wraith as much as possible, such as how it was formed, and then use the clues obtained to deduce the results, and then ask Hades - he couldn't ask directly, because haha
Des will definitely offer a not-so-low price for "Knowledge of Wraith Spirits".
And Lu Li is very poor now.
"No. 38, Black Rose Street."
The clothes were washed, but it would take some time for them to dry, and Lu Li didn't have the extra shillings to buy the same set of clothes.
By the afternoon, the black windbreaker stopped dripping. Lu Li put on the still damp black windbreaker, said goodbye to Anna, and went out to Black Rose Street.
As evening approached, Lu Li returned to the detective agency.
After greeting Anna who was staying at the detective agency, Lu Li took out a clean piece of brown paper from the drawer, took out a pen and wrote on it:
Number:ofTum-1
Form: Humanoid ghost with a charred and carbonized appearance
Level: Wraith (undetermined)
Lifetime: Name was Ophelia Green; 29 years old; height 1.75 meters; employee of Belfast Library; orphan, adopted by Miller Green (Miller Green died three years ago);
Personality: Often feeds nearby stray animals; buys some food to send to the orphanage when salary is paid; occasionally goes to Keizer Tavern at night (one of the sailor pubs in Rodster Port, where women go to the pub, and there are male performances every night
Dance); some neighbors have seen her buying books such as "My Love History with Baron Joseph" and "Empress Catherine and Her Male Companions"; after Mrs. Miller's death, she would rather live in the library than go home; please
A neighbor introduced a young man to her; she often went on blind dates with young men, but without success, and once beat him because he made her feel sick.
Location: Ruins of Tulip Street Library
Client: None
Commission fee: None
The above content is what Lu Li investigated after visiting his neighbors and some of Ophelia's friends during her lifetime.
Frankly speaking, it was difficult for Lu Li to connect the information on the vellum with the resentful spirit he encountered in the basement.
However, although it is unreasonable, it is still expected. It is not uncommon for a person's personality to change after death, especially when Ophelia's death was extremely painful.
Not all ghosts are like Anna, who abide by their true feelings and even retain their fear of ghosts.
Lu Li picked up the pen and wrote the conclusion in the blank space at the end of the brown paper.
Analysis: After investigating the surrounding residents, no residents have encountered supernatural events. It is unclear whether Ophelia is awake or not, whether she has good intentions towards strangers cannot be determined, her abilities are unknown, and she will emit a burning smell all the time.
Conclusion: Put this incident aside temporarily and reopen it if necessary in the future.
He was not worried about anyone breaking into the basement for the time being. There were many messy footprints all over the ruins of the corridor, indicating that many people had been here before Lu Li. But all the footprints stopped in front of the basement and did not go down the stairs.
In other words, most residents, scavengers, and even police personnel who went to the ruins to try their luck did not dare to enter the basement.
Lu Li was the first.
You can try to contact the wraiths in the basement, but not now.