Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 596 One hundred and seventy-three.

   "No survivors lived in those houses." York returned to his senses and told Lu Li about their situation: "Is it not found or..."

   "No survivors found."

   York's expression darkened for a moment.

"Maybe they all hid like us," Jemini Reid analyzed, thinking of a more grim future not far away: "But the weirdness will soon find this out and start searching for survivors hiding in the house. By."

   "They will come to us?" Ivo, who hid behind the hanger, got out.

   "So I won't leave for the time being." Lu Li said.

  The crisis was lifted, and the survivors who hid upstairs returned to the first floor. After expressing gratitude to Lu Li prudently, he was driven back upstairs by York, together with Ivo and Webb - if Weird starts to pay attention to the house, a clothing store with too many people will definitely be suspected.

  One boss, one buddy and two guests is the best configuration. And someone had to guard the second floor in case something weird came in through the window.

  Jermine Reid ripped open the wet mud from the fireplace, but the fire was completely extinguished and had to be relit.

   After a while, the warm but faint fireplace rekindled, Jemini Red added a few pieces of wood, stood up and looked at Lu Li: "Have you found Emma?"

"Um."

  Lu Li told them about the Echo Church, including their dedication and their own guesses, in order to gain new perspectives from others.

   "I can't think of anything other than spreading curses..." Yorke mused.

   "They believe in a 'god', perhaps a summoning ritual." Jemini Red said. "Remembering is key."

  Then they looked at each other and merged their thoughts by coincidence: "They sacrificed at the expense of their own flesh and blood, and summoned a certain 'god', but if someone remembers them, it will be useless if they are forgotten."

   "Very close."

   Their conjecture is close to that of Lu Li, but Lu Li is a little confused: Tristan once became a servant of a certain evil god, so are they trying to please and sacrifice the same "god", or are they different?

   "We can't do anything right now," Jemini Red sighed. They were shut out of the mystery and could do nothing but wait, and Lu Li, the only one who could move around, was pinned here because of them.

"Can."

  Anna didn't plan to do nothing, and tilted her head to look at Lu Li with her chin up: "Clean up the surroundings before they come to disturb you?"

   In other words, it makes them safer and less disturbed. On the other hand, there are not many opportunities for this kind of wanton plundering of human nature with less risk.

   And if there are other survivors hiding in the house or basement, they can also be found.

  Lu Li agreed and left the clothing store with Anna again.

  The house that was cleared across the street is still empty, this time on the side of the clothing store—starting with the neighbors.

   knock knock --

   Lu Li knocked on the door of the house adjacent to the clothing store. After waiting for a while, there were slow footsteps behind the door.

  Squeak-

   A dull middle-aged man's face was revealed behind the opened door.

  Lu Li raised his head and turned the city upside down. Several octopus-like tentacles crossed the threshold and swayed in front of the door.

   "Can we go in?" Lu Li said.

   "Go in...?" The middle-aged man rolled his eyes stiffly and landed on Lu Li, as if only his feet were moving like a scarecrow, he stepped back: "Of course."

  Lu Li walked into the room, followed by Anna with curved eyes.

  Squeak——Yeah——

  The door slowly closed behind him, and a moment before closing, there seemed to be a sound of heavy objects falling.

   A minute later, Lu Li and Anna appeared at the door and walked to the next house.

   Cleaning up is not always smooth sailing. After cleaning up the second house, the third house is a restaurant, with seven or eight guests sitting at the dining table behind the window.

   Evil spirits are usually more human than other monsters - because they are what people become after death. Although as they fall into the abyss, they will be transformed into evil spirits by the breath of the inner world, but before that, they were only ghosts and maintained their self-awareness to the greatest extent possible.

   It’s just that this sense of self becomes inherently hostile to the living.

   Like a guest in a restaurant.

   On the one hand, they are like the nobles who use cumbersome etiquette to distinguish themselves from the commoners. They bring the meat they get to the restaurant and give it to the restaurant to cook it into steak. In return, the restaurant will receive a portion of the meat.

   On the other hand, their food is the same kind that was once their own.

  These ghosts try to use this higher-end "eating" to distinguish themselves from the weird people outside who drink blood, just like vampires and werewolves in legends.

  The viscous red wine glass, the delicious meat steak, the snow-white tablecloth around the neck, the delicate knife and fork - an evil and aristocratic ceremony-like scene.

   So that the guests came in with a sneer and asked questions, and then Lu Li and Anna, who left in a "desperate" manner, were hillbillies who didn't understand anything.

   But soon, Lu Li and Anna came back again, bringing the "meat" from the fourth dwelling - a good rib.

   This proves their strength. Although the guests will not be silent in awe, they are also a lot more polite.

   The owner doesn't quite understand why the ribs are so clean, like they've been treated. He took it as the special ability of Lu Li and Anna, and happily brought it to the kitchen, and gave them two cups of freshly squeezed blood for free, with residual warmth.

Anna didn't sit down, as if curious, she moved to the table of the other guests, looked at it carefully, and deliberately issued a criticism that everyone could hear: "The steak is too old, has too much seasoning, and is full of inferior processed wood. Pungent smell."

  Although Anna's craftsmanship is not very good, it is not difficult for her to comment on some shortcomings.

  The chef in a clean apron walked out of the kitchen, wanting to see who was picking on the fault. Anna raised her white chin towards him and said proudly, "The eldest daughter of the Lota family, Anna Lota Bessie."

  Although Ana was born without the family's middle name.

Some of the    guests were once nobles, but most of them were just to distinguish themselves from the weird. They didn't know what the Lotta family was, but it sounded very powerful. So the original aggressive chef became weak, just muttering that this is an ordinary restaurant, and it can't do the level of the chef hired in the noble manor.

The    plan went as expected, and Anna continued, "Can we make the ribs? I'll allow you to watch."

   As guests, they certainly want to taste more delicious food. As a restaurant, it's great to learn more advanced cooking methods for free. So Lu Li and Anna entered the kitchen smoothly.

  Kacha——

   Walking at the end, Lu Li gently closed the wooden door of the kitchen.

   (end of this chapter)