Lu Li experienced the strange fog when he first came into contact with Anna in the gallery.
Everything wasn't so bad then, this world, the strange fog itself, and Anna...
"Ahem..."
The faint sound of a child's cough came from the corridor, and the longhouse was far quieter than usual.
There were faint cries. I heard that a woman's husband was trapped in the harbor. It was really pitiful.
[...Shasha...Exorcists United...]
The sound on the radio was choppy and noisy.
Lu Li stretched out his hand to adjust the frequency, trying to make the sound clearer.
This is not a special broadcast and the content is intended for the general public in Belfast.
The faint smell of burning wood wafted from the kitchen, and Anna almost set fire to everything in the detective agency, except the house itself.
Three oil lamps that cast a steady, weak light, the kitchen stove, and a few candles.
But when the thick fog rolled in from the street and completely enveloped Sailor Street, the already weak candlelight was extinguished in an instant.
Everything in the house seems to be covered with a veil, and the sculptures are huddled in the corner away from the windows, motionless.
Outside the curtained window, something seemed to be walking on the street.
From time to time, there were broken sounds and screams that cut through the night sky, and then stopped suddenly.
Some people are dying due to the strange fog.
[No one knows... rustle... what... the exorcist joint organization's advice to you is... rustle... avoid... ignore it. Hiding in a closed and bright place... rustle... is safe, even if it doesn't sound...
Not making too much noise... rustling... was discovered by something strange in the fog...]
The strange fog has affected the broadcast signal, and the sound is becoming increasingly blurry.
[... The strange fog will not be recognized for the time being... rustle... evil spirit... we don't know its cause yet... rustle... lasts longer... haunts... rustle... maybe at dawn... or
...disperse...]
[Keep the light source bright... There are people in the fog who dare not infringe on the existence of light... Shasha... Azatori...]
Hollow, low, and mixed with the whimpering sound of the wind, the sound of prayer suddenly invaded the radio and continued to sound unsettlingly.
The original content on the radio was mixed with church-like prayers, making it difficult to hear clearly, but as time went by, they became clearer and seemed to appear around them——
At this moment, Lu Li raised his head and looked out the window.
A row of bright silhouettes walked slowly down the street.
Will anyone be out at this time?
Lu Li frowned as he thought, then suddenly reached out and turned off the noisy radio.
The silence after turning off the radio lasted only for a moment, because Lu Li heard the whispered prayers still coming.
From the window.
Anna and Lu Li looked at each other, drifted towards the window, and looked out from the edge.
She frowned as if she saw something incomprehensible, and returned to Lu Li after more than ten seconds.
"It's a group of candle heads..." Anna recalled what she saw and described it to Lu Li: "A group of figures with candle heads... They wore robes and lined up in two lines on the street like believers..."
Any kind of weirdness may exist in the strange fog.
Fortunately, the light source disperses the fog, and they only exist where the fog is diffuse.
Lu Li turned on the radio again, and Anna returned to the window to continue observing.
As the candles on the street gradually moved away, the prayers on the radio gradually faded away, returning to the noisy and surging broadcast sound.
"Is Richard going to do something at night?"
There was something moving in the surging fog. Anna frowned and left the window, asking Lu Li.
"Like us, he cannot move in the strange fog."
Unless Richard has a way to avoid danger, or he is crazy enough to go out in this situation.
Therefore, Lu Li and Richard's situation are relatively equal - Lu Li is slightly behind. Because Lu Li only needs to act, and a night's delay is enough for Richard to think of new ways to deal with it.
In any case, there is only one last tentacle left, and Richard's conspiracy and trap can only appear there.
"Go and rest, I'll keep watch." Anna said.
The radio said that the strange fog would dissipate at dawn. After recuperating tonight, they would deal with the last bloody tentacle and Richard tomorrow morning, and then they would head to the safety of the Lennon Islands.
"Um."
The bed in the bedroom was so damp that it was difficult to lie down on it. Lu Li turned off the radio, put his woolen coat on his body, and lay down on the desk to rest.
Anna watched quietly for a while, then returned to sit on the sofa under the window where she could see Lu Li and the door, and started reading the books she had read a few days ago.
On a night filled with strange fog, the detective agency returns to a dark and dead silence.
…
Bang bang!
Bang bang bang bang!
A rapid knock on the door reached my ears.
Lu Li, who was sleeping lightly, gradually woke up, and the trembling desk and the rippling water in the cup appeared in his opened black eyes.
What was knocked was not the door of the detective agency, but the door of the longhouse.
At midnight, the strange fog had not yet dissipated, and there were continuous knocks on the door.
More and more residents in the longhouse were awakened. They got out from under the bed and from the closet, looking at each other in panic. The mother hugged her child, while the father grabbed the completely useless wooden stick and looked nervously at the longhouse.
house corridor.
Bang bang bang bang!
The knocking and shaking continued, and at a certain moment, a voice with insufficient confidence rang out: "Who is it...?"
The knock on the door paused, and then a voice broke with fear and shouted: "Old Hand? It's me! I'm Finn! Finn! Let me in quickly!"
"It's a human being. He carries an oil lamp. There is no monster."
Anna said to Lu Li who sat up.
Lu Li nodded, put on his coat, walked to the door, and opened the door of the detective agency.
The knocking on the door suddenly became clearer, and Lu Li found that many doors on the corridor were ajar, with figures peeking out from behind the doors.
"I can't let you in, you... you might be a monster!"
At the door, the old man guarding the door shouted in fear.
"Monster? I'm not a monster! Emily...Emily, are you there! Let Old Hand open the door quickly!"
"Finn..."
A woman couldn't suppress her emotions. She opened the door and ran out of the corridor crying, but was grabbed by other residents who were going out.
Old Hande was about to say no to the thin wooden door when Lu Li walked up to him and said, "There is a man outside. He is carrying an oil lamp. The light will dispel the fog."
"I recognize my husband's voice, it must be him... it must be..." His wife Emily also cried with the support of the woman.
The overwhelmed old man looked at the landlord who was approaching. The landlord gritted his teeth and said, "Listen...listen to Mr. Exorcist, open the door quickly and let him in."
"Thank you...thank you Mr. Landlady, thank you Mr. Exorcist..."
The sobbing Emily apologized repeatedly. On the other side, Old Hand quickly removed the door latch——