Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 374 Two hundred and eighty nine. Save Oliver

   The match crossed the arc, went out in mid-air, and fell into the trash can.

   Covered the windshield of the oil lamp, Lu Li returned to the desk and sat down, filled the cup with hot water that was boiled not long ago, and pushed it in front of Qiaoqiao.

   Jojo on the opposite side covered her head with a towel, and her wrinkled clothes were covered with a blanket after they were wrung out.

In the bedroom behind   , Anna is cleaning the water stains on the floor.

   "My brother works for the Ibrahimovic caravan."

  Jojo held the cup of water that radiated heat, and subconsciously rubbed the cup with her palms that were soaked white by the rain.

  The Eevee Caravan traveled back and forth between the Lord's Continent and the Ellen Peninsula. They would fill the mainland with spices and handicrafts and bring them to the Ellen Peninsula to sell. Then it will be filled with the specialties of the Ellen Peninsula and returned to the Lord's Continent for sale - and occasionally some more private goods will be transported.

   There are many caravans that do this, and many of them are large trading companies with sea ships that can go directly from the inland port to the port of Rodster.

The owner of the   Ibrahimovic caravan is a fairly well-off businessman. Although he does not make a lot of shillings like those trading and transportation companies, he can also obtain stable income through trade every year.

   But since the disaster of the night, all transportation and trade will require additional costs, and they even have to prepare several large boxes with torches and kerosene.

   And as the environment gets worse, such as workers disappearing in the dark or being snatched by bandits who emerge, the team has to increase their salaries to ensure that someone will join the team.

   So the caravans soon realized that they needed a local guide who knew everything.

  Ibrahimovic caravan is no exception.

Oliver is interested in this stable and high-paying job. He has many competitors, but fortunately his popularity is good enough - his boast that "I can name more than half of the residents of Belfast" may be a little exaggerated He couldn't call out so many names, but he really met so many people.

  Oliver, who was very familiar with how to deal with strangers, quickly became the guide of the Ibrahimovic caravan, and quickly stabilized the guide's seat with the excellent performance of the first transportation.

  Although Oliver has some regrets, he can't work with Lu Li, a rising star in the exorcism world, but a stable job that can feed his siblings and go to school is more important.

   On average, the fleet will make a round trip between the mainland and the peninsula once every five days to a week, and the goods on the car are often sold out in the cities and towns along the way. So in the nearly two months that Oliver became a guide, Jojo and her brother only met two and a half times.

   That half was when Jojo ran to meet after class, but she only saw the back of the team moving away.

  Although I haven't seen my brother for a long time, this is Jojo's most comfortable and comfortable period of time. At most, she will occasionally do some small commissions and earn a little pocket money because she is too bored.

Oliver will send the income to his friends. In addition to college fees and very little living expenses, the rest of the money Jojo has saved, and calculates when he can buy a brand new two-story building in Belfast—— Until two days ago, bad news hit.

   As in all stories, when the characters cheer for the sunny weather, there is always a rainstorm brewing.

The leader of the    caravan found Jojo and questioned her about Oliver's whereabouts. The last time she contacted her brother was Jojo, who was at a loss ten days ago.

Qiaoqiao knew that her brother was not such a person, so she anxiously searched for Oliver with the leader of the caravan. When all Oliver's familiar friends said that they hadn't seen him for a long time, her unease became more and more intense, so she called Lu Li for help and followed the instructions. Lu Li said to call the police.

  The Shadow Township Police Department started an investigation and found that no one had seen the convoy on the road, and there were no ruts on the ground—they never left Shadow Town at all.

  Jojo was anxiously waiting for news at the Belfast Police Station. When midnight came, the silent police station suddenly became busy. They received news that Shadow Town suddenly lost contact fifteen minutes ago.

  Having realized that Shadow Town might be attacked by a weird one, Qiaoqiao went to find Lu Li, was rejected, and then went to find her brother's good friends all night long.

   Most of the people said it was difficult to help, and a few told her that Shadow Town had been attacked by strange things, like the attack on the port of Zernster.

Running around, Jojo collected some rumors about Shadow Town, such as "There are countless strange figures walking in the swamp.", "When you approach Shadow Town, you will hear long, dull breathing from the ground." , or "The streets of Shadowtown are full of dead bodies, all dead!".

  Lu Li knew that what happened in Shadow Town, even if it was not done by the "Mother of the Swamp", was inseparable from it.

   He opened the drawer and found the letter sent by the beak mask figure, ignoring the irrelevant content, and he focused on one of the lines:

  【Remember, don't set foot in Shadow Town until the mark is removed, there is a problem here. 】

   Did she find anything there?

   At the same time, this letter reminded Lu Li of the version of the "door": pretending to be Anna's tone to lure Lu Li back to the wooden house in the swamp forest.

   He raised his black eyes, looked past Jojo, and looked at Anna, who was sitting at the desk in the bedroom behind her, holding her chin up.

  The corners of Anna's mouth showed an arc, and she waved at him with a smile.

   Looking back, Lu Li put away the letter again, and said to Qiao Qiao, "Is he still alive?"

The pale palm that rubbed the water glass froze, and Qiaoqiao pursed her lips and looked at Lu Li's eyes seriously: "I don't know, but I don't want to recall painfully every night that my brother may be saved, trapped somewhere. , but died of despair because I didn't go to save him."

   "I don't want to spend every day in uneasy self-blame and guilt. If you don't help me, I will go. I have to decide whether my brother is alive or dead, even if I will die there."

   is also for not regretting...

  Lu Li looked back at Qiaoqiao's firm eyes and said calmly.

   "Go and rent a carriage that can travel long distances in this weather, bring what you think you need, and come to me in two hours."

   "I'll go back and prepare now!"

Qiaoqiao stood up excitedly, the wooden chair and floor behind him made a sour movement, the water glass that smashed on the desk also splashed, and the hot water fell on the back of his hand, Qiaoqiao didn't care, rushed over to hug Lu Li expressed his gratitude, but for some reason, the air in front of her seemed to have turned into substance, blocking her.

  Qiaoqiao guessed something, stepped back and bowed deeply to Lu Li: "Thank you, Lu Li."

   This time, it was a completely different emotion from the thank you to Lu Li last night.

   "Go get ready."

   Lu Li told her.

   (end of this chapter)