Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 1456 Bizarre Syndrome.

  Weak wall lamps dispel the darkness of the ward.

  The bedding on the hospital bed is arched, as if someone is sleeping.

  A piece of flowing water seeped into the ward from the gap under the door.

   squeak—ah—

  The elongated weak movement sounded slowly as the door was slowly opened.

  At the edge of the dim light of the wall lamp, a vague afterimage moved close to the hospital bed with the arched outline.

   And in the depths of the shadow it passed by, a silhouette quietly emerged, and the arms silently circled around the neck of the afterimage beside the bed, and tightened suddenly.

  Like a curtain blown by the wind, Lu Li's attack pierced through the afterimage, like a ball of clothes pulled out of the shackles, slipping out of the ward along the wet floor.

  The scars caused Lu Li, who was chasing after him, to slip on his feet, and he staggered out of the ward while holding on to the door frame, but silence and darkness had long shrouded the outside.

   Before being swallowed by the deep darkness, Lu Li retreated to the ward.

  Why is it not afraid of the dark?

  Unintelligible questions came to Lu Li's mind, and Lu Li returned to the disguised bed. "The Remnant of the Drowned" is unlikely to attack again, but Lu Li intends to keep vigil.

   If the day passes faster when "idle", the night should do the same.

  Lu Li guessed correctly. He only sensed the past tens of minutes, and the ward with only the dim light from the wall lamp was mixed with a new dim light.

   Soon, Lu Li experienced his first sunrise in the hospital—even though it was hidden behind layers of mist.

  The wall lights dimmed at this moment, Lu Li got up and walked towards the door.

  A handyman turned his back to the ward and mopped the floor backwards in the quiet corridor.

  The time between night and dawn is not the right time to explore the hospital.

   "There is water on the floor of the ward."

  Lu Li spoke when the handyman passed by the door of the ward.

  The hooded cleaner paused, wrung out the mop, and walked past Lu Li into the hospital.

  While Lu Li was still thinking about "Whether the handyman is in the scope of "need help"", the cleaner had already wiped the floor tiles and walked out of the ward with his head down.

   Watching the cleaners take the trailer and mop farther and farther away, Lu Li came out after the wet floor tiles had evaporated, and came to Ward 208 again.

"why is it you again…"

  The disgusted gatekeeper drove Lu Li away: "Please get out, or I'll call a nurse."

   "I just came to visit Pig King."

  Pig King followed Lu Li's answer and let out a pig snort.

   "Hmph—"

  The gatekeeper stared at Lu Li with a cold and ugly face.

   "You still won't open up?"

   On the surface, he was talking to Pig King, but Lu Li was actually asking the gatekeeper. Because his attitude has not remained the same—at least it is better than yesterday.

"I helped a lot of patients. A roommate named Xiaolinna, she was craving for sweets, and I found a lot of toffee for her." Lu Li narrated, adding oil and vinegar: "There is also a roommate named Evil. He longed for sweets when he was a child. Hearing the lullaby melody, I helped him find the complete lullaby..."

   "The same goes for dog meat, he is being bullied by you, and I help him get rid of his bad luck."

  The name made the gatekeeper even more gloomy, and suddenly said: "Do you really want to help me?"

"I'll try."

  Lu Li's answer was not convincing, but it made people feel at ease.

   "Tomorrow morning from 0:00 to 6:00, guard the activity area for me." The gatekeeper took out a bunch of keys from under the cloak and threw them to Lu Li.

   Just got the key to the activity area?

   Lu Li, who received the key, quickly made preparations: "How do I guard the activity area?"

   "Block unqualified patients who want to get in."

"that is it?"

   "Patients who are not qualified may attack you because they want to go in." The gatekeeper's cold tone emerged mockingly: "Don't you like helping people very much? Then you must have a way to appease them."

   "Or you can accept your failure."

   "I agree."

  Lu Li put the key in his pocket.

   To be able to contact the activity area, you must also accept the commission. Even after agreeing, Lu Li asked about the details: "How do I distinguish unqualified patients."

"observe."

  The taunting face of the gatekeeper makes people shudder, "If you let in unqualified patients...you will be punished horribly!"

   "What punishment?"

  The gatekeeper didn't answer, but just waited coldly for Lu Li's joke—and he asked for it completely.

  Lu Li thought of something else entirely. And when he was about to leave the ward, the gatekeeper's voice sounded: "Are you stupid enough to leave like this?"

   "Did I miss something?" Lu Li stopped and turned his head.

  The gatekeeper threw a security uniform to Lu Li.

  Lu Li therefore realized that this is the key to him not violating the hospital rules.

  Put the security uniform back in the ward and hide it in the drawer of the bedside table. Lu Li continued to look for the patients who needed help. He hoped that Ward 213, still untouched, would be a breakthrough, but the door never opened.

  When he came back, Lu Li found that dusk came earlier than expected.

   Because of a sleepless night?

  Lu Li could only accept this. It is better to have half a day left than to disappear for a day. Sending the wheelchair girl back to the ward, he came to the ward of the unnamed lady.

   "Do you want to divination tonight's fate?"

  The lady without a name was happy to welcome the guests, and she covered up the messy and faded old tarot cards, and let Lu Li draw one from them.

  Lu Li randomly took out a tarot card, and when he opened it, a crescent moon card with a human face emerged.

  The unnamed lady trembled, and then murmured in a low voice: "Tonight you will survive or suffer bad luck, it depends on your choice..."

   "Thank you. I wish you sleep or wakefulness through the night."

  Only Yun remained at dusk, this time the night fell and Lu Li was not allowed to hide again.

  He returned to Ward 204 at the last dusk, changed into his guard uniform, and hung the bunch of keys on his belt. When night fell and the wall lamp was dimly lit, he opened the door and came to the corridor with echoing footsteps.

  The guard uniform allowed Lu Li to walk at night. He didn't immediately go to the activity area to watch the night. After observing the hanging curtain in the nurse's station, he walked to the other side along the dark and silent corridor.

  206…207…208…

  With soft footsteps, Lu Li would pull the doorknob every time he passed a ward. The doors are locked, without exception, until the door of 209 is turned—

   click.

  The doorknob is pressed.

  Lu Li didn't push the door, but knocked lightly on the door.

  He still has to go to the activity area to guard the gate, and "death" will be absent from work here.

  Knock Knock Knock—

   After knocking on the door again, Lu Li opened a gap.

   Gradually and clearly the rustling and rubbing sound spread to the corridor, and the worms ranging from arms to adult sizes, like earthworms, were scattered in the ward.

  Lu Li stayed in the corridor, did not enter the room, nor was he surprised by the scene: "Do you need help?"

  A worm that was accompanied by dirt on the hospital bed turned towards Lu Li. At this moment, Lu Li suddenly understood what it meant—longing for land.

  Lu Li thought of a potted plant, but even the smallest worm couldn't knock itself into it.

  He could only temporarily accept the commission, close the door, and after trying to open the remaining doors but failed, he went to the activity area.

  (end of this chapter)