Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 17 Seventeen. Mrs. An Lei Art Gallery

  Benjamin Allen is a middle-aged man with a chubby body and thinning hair. His unexpected enthusiasm and friendliness may be related to knowing Lu Li's identity.

   "Did you really decide to work at this gallery? It seems that the night with Mr. Lu Li in the gallery will be very peaceful."

   "Tell me about the haunting."

   Accompanied by the gallery owner, the two walked around the deserted gallery with few tourists.

  Benjamin's body became obviously stiff: "Mr. Lu Li is really humorous, this gallery has never been—"

   "If that's the case, you wouldn't welcome me so much." Lu Li's calm voice interrupted Benjamin mercilessly.

   "...well, there may be some oddities in the galleries at night, but they're harmless."

   This is also the reason why Lu Li appeared here.

   Several night duty officers who resigned and quit their jobs are safe and sound, and they are not in any physical condition until now. That is to say, even if it is haunted, it is relatively harmless.

   Lu Li, a novice exorcist, is suitable for practicing his hands.

  Benjamin sighed and sighed about the strange events that happened at night. For example, there would be ghosts of former female employees wandering around at night, and when he saw a living person, he would ask him if he saw his children. Or the ghosts of female employees with their eyes gouged out, and some sculptures and portraits that come to life at night.

"When did it happen."

   "After coming to Belfast."

  The open part of the gallery is only on the first floor, and the second floor is not open to outsiders as internal facilities such as warehouses and staff lounges.

   After reading dozens of exhibits, Lu Li, who had not touched the psychic gun, could not detect any abnormality in them.

   "These are not enough, I need to know more details."

   Came to the second floor for a quick glance, and the two went back downstairs, returning to the original road.

  Benjamin smiled bitterly: "I've already said everything I know, what else does Mr. Lu Li want to know?"

   "You can contact the former night staff and they will know a lot."

   Benjamin thought of a man and called out, "Franklin! Franklin must know something!"

  Franklin, a local, became the first night staff member and the longest working employee after the gallery opened in Belfast. He spent half a month in the gallery at night, and it was at that time that rumors about supernatural events appeared.

   "Then what was the reason for his resignation?"

   "Uh...I was only willing to pay 8 shillings a day."

  Lu Li didn't say anything, his eyes moved between the oil paintings and sculptures on the wall.

   "What needs to be done by the night staff."

   "Protect the exhibits at night to prevent thieves from stealing or catching fire."

   There are many fires in Belfast, perhaps it has something to do with the fact that there must be light at night.

   "I'll stay tonight to watch the night, but I need to know more. Before it gets dark, you can contact Franklin who used to work here and ask him about all the phenomena that will occur at night."

   "You don't need to be so troublesome, you're here—"

  Lu Li interrupted Benjamin again: "It's just an ordinary paranormal event. Can you guarantee that it won't turn into a ghost and hurt people in the future? The guests who come to the gallery want to appreciate art rather than being haunted by ghosts."

   Nothing can make capitalists more desperate than not being able to make money. After hearing what Lu Li said about the possible future, Benjamin stopped delaying and asked an employee to lead Lu Li around, while he went to contact Franklin.

  The unshakable start of time is approaching the evening, and the sound of ships from the port has never stopped.

   The gloomy sky became even darker, the pedestrians on the street began to become sparse, and the sound of closing doors was heard from the surrounding shops.

   Shortly after the last visitor left, Benjamin finally returned with an envelope.

   "Then I'll leave it to you at night, if there really are ghosts—"

   "I hope my commission fee will not be less."

"sure…"

   Left with Benjamin and the rest of the gallery staff, the noise ceased.

   Lu Li was the only one left in the deserted gallery.

   Tranquility and darkness surrounded Lu Li, and was dispersed a few meters away by the lit oil lamp.

  The night position is just behind the gate, where a table and wooden chairs are placed, and it exists as a gallery ticket office during the day.

  Lu Li opened the envelope and read the contents under the light of the oil lamp.

  【Hi, that stingy boss told me that he actually hired an exorcist to work at night, which is unbelievable. Whether what he said is true or not, brother, you have taken over this mess. If you are not an exorcist, I advise you to resign before it is too late. There are really ghosts in the gallery. 】

  Lu Li raised his eyes, looked at the dark corridor in front of him, and continued to look.

  【If you are an exorcist, then please slaughter the guy with little hair after the exorcism, he is really stingy]

  【Stop talking nonsense, that guy is still waiting for me. 】

   [There are two ghosts in the gallery, they used to be employees of the gallery, and then died for some er reason, and they turned into ghosts and roamed the gallery at night, every night. 】

[You will see a blood-stained ghost on a skirt. It is the ghost of a female employee who died in childbirth. She will unconsciously ask "Have you seen my child?", and will ask many times every night, you It's fine as long as you don't see it. 】

  【You will also see a ghost without eyes, which is the ghost of a female employee who was killed. If you find her around, you just need to keep quiet and don’t make a sound. If you accidentally make a sound...you're an exorcist anyway. 】

  【In addition to these two wandering ghosts, there are some problematic portraits and sculptures in the gallery. Let’s talk about the sculpture first, it’s probably next to a wheat field oil painting or where I can’t remember.]

   Seeing this, Lu Li picked up the oil lamp and walked towards the corridor, and saw the sculpture mentioned in the envelope in the middle: a limestone sculpture with a female appearance.

  【This naughty guy can run around when left unattended, once I saw it almost jump out of the second floor window and I was so scared that I quickly put it back in place. If you see it in a place where it shouldn't be, just put it back, if you want to exorcise I didn't say it. 】

   [The rest is the painting, the girl in the painting is called Anna, you may not know her, but if I say she is Mrs. An Lei's daughter, you should know. She will be active in the painting after night. 】

  Lu Li continued forward with the oil lamp, and saw the oil painting mentioned in the envelope at a position more than ten meters away from the sculpture. In the painting is a beautiful girl wearing a Gothic white dress with a delicate doll-like appearance.

  The sky was completely dark.

In the darkness behind   , there was a strange sound of stones rubbing against the floor.

  【basically this is it】

【at last】

【have a good night】

   (end of this chapter)