Chapter 131 Forty-six. Confused

  The mysterious man, or the seeker, left.

   The tavern owner behind the bar didn't stop him from leaving. It seems that Lu Li doesn't have to compensate for the loss of the door.

   "When are we leaving?"

In the    room, the last page of "Wonderful Journey" was read by Anna, with determination in her tone and a hint of melancholy brought about by the finale.

   "Wait until it's a little brighter."

   Lu Li replied, looking out the window at the hazy sky.

   It was just 5:30, and there was still some time before the sky was completely bright.

   Out of some kind of alert, Lu Li didn't eat any food from Shadow Town. The water and bread to be eaten were brought from Belfast, and although it was a little cold and hard, there was no better choice at this time.

  Anna, who hasn't gotten rid of her emotions from the book's finale, doesn't want to read the second book for the time being. She floats to the side of the single bed and sits down, shaking her calf, looking around in boredom.

   In her boredom, her developmental thinking made the wooden stripes in her eyes seem to be a mixture of various patterns. For example, one floor strip looks like a girl in a long skirt, and the other looks like a strange axe.

   She happily thought about every pattern until she raised her head and set her eyes on the ceiling.

"what……?"

   She suddenly noticed a black edge, a hole as thick as a finger suddenly appeared on the ceiling.

   That made Anna feel strange and uneasy. It's like someone spied through a hole in the attic, or it was caused by a bullet...

   "We are affected by the bottom of the abyss and can't contact the outside world, right?"

   Lu Li, who was chewing the food silently, heard Anna's question and looked up: "What's the matter."

  Anna didn't speak, just stretched out her finger and pointed to the abnormal ceiling.

  …

   A few minutes later, Lu Li's figure appeared in San San Street.

  He found a phone booth a little further from the Big Wave Tavern.

   Walking into the phone booth, Lu Li glanced at the phone book with the red cover next to the phone, put in a coin, picked up the phone and dialed a number.

   After a short wait, the other end of the phone was connected.

   "This is Hades' detective agency, I am the president Hades, and I will serve you wholeheartedly."

   "It's me." Lu Li said concisely.

   The other side was silent for a while: "...I'm not here, I'm my brother."

  Lu Li seemed to have never heard of it, and asked directly, "Do you know the Lighting Fruit?"

   "I don't know!" Hades, who thought that he had gotten rid of Lu Li temporarily, would never have imagined that Lu Li, who was two hundred miles away, would still ask him questions.

   "50 shillings."

   "100!"

"Can."

   Lu Li didn't hesitate too much.

   Anyway, as the eyes open, there are fewer and fewer places where he can use Hades. This call was just because he didn't have a better candidate for the time being, and Qiaoqiao might not be able to find the information about Guangguangguo immediately.

   "Wait for me to find..."

   After a short while, there was the sound of turning pages from Hades.

"I found it, a plant fruit that grows in a humid environment with sunlight. It usually grows in swamps, and there are also shadow swamps. Since you asked, you have heard of it. In some places, it is dried and ground to make anesthetic raw materials. , or give inspiration to some artists."

  Lu Li looked at the street through the glass of the phone booth: "Tell me about its hallucinogenic effect."

"It is to create a subconscious hallucination, similar to a dream, but with more clarity and stability. For example, you subconsciously think for a while that an old nobleman worth hundreds of thousands of shillings will walk into your detective agency and decide to put all his wealth I leave it all to you, as well as a beautiful daughter and a title—"

   Had shillings as a price, and Hades was satisfying in every way.

   Although this subconscious mind is Hades's.

   Lu Li asked again, "Will it change with the subconscious?"

   "The book doesn't say it."

   "Lu Li, look at your left front..."

  Anna's voice rang in his ears.

  Lu Li raised his eyes, looked through the glass of the phone booth with a hazy mist, and looked at a quaint shop across the street.

   Fifty meters away, a seeker with a suitcase stood at the door of the shop. Standing across from him was Ming wearing a top hat and holding a black cane, speaking in a low voice to the seeker.

   It was difficult to see his face at this distance, but his service reminded Lu Li of a portrait.

  The portrait hangs behind the bar of the Big Wave Tavern, in an eye-catching location.

   "He's the mayor of our Shadow Town, Jefferson." The old woman replied when Lu Li asked.

   The seeker may be himself, but it is uncertain whether the opposite is Jefferson. But at the moment seekers should be in the carriage leading inland, not talking to the man who is suspected of being the mayor.

   "Let's go back."

   Lu Li said, hung up the microphone that was faintly shouting, and left the phone booth.

  …

   Libra swings back and forth between false and true.

When    first arrived, the rendering of the savage man and the old woman in the tavern let the truth fall, and the false Libra was empty. Until Thomas Dior's article appeared, the scales gradually leveled off.

   Destroying a building only needs to dig a corner, and destroying trust only needs a little doubt.

   As night fell, Lu Li, who had just woken up, was attacked by evil spirits, and the boundless darkness struck. The appearance and explanation of the Shadow of Thieves, Yingchuo and the mysterious man made the real weight heavier.

   After all, no one can swear that "these are all fake" after encountering them.

   Now, the side that symbolizes falsehood is gradually falling and gaining the upper hand.

   Falsehood is easier to gain trust than truth, because human beings are inherently existences that constantly deny themselves and move forward. The tiniest of plots can be magnified, pondered, and speculated.

   For example, the bullet holes in the ceiling, since they cannot be directed to the outside world, where do the bullet holes come from? For example, if he aimed at Yingchuo people and was stopped by a mysterious man, was he worried about hitting the townspeople who played Yingchuo people? For example, the mysterious man asked himself to return to reality first. At that time, did the townspeople who played Yingchuo people in the tavern quickly evacuate?

  Especially after confirming that the light fruit does have hallucinogenic properties - the owner of the Big Wave Tavern really added this fruit to his food.

   This makes the whole thing seem to have no turning point, and Libra has won an absolute victory on falsehood.

   "Maybe, maybe not."

   But Lu Li's answer was still ambiguous.

   "Why don't we ask her to question?" Ana suggested.

   "Because it's unnecessary." Lu Li said silently as he walked back to the tavern. "Don't forget our purpose, the truth about Shadow Town is not worth my time."

  Luli found a convoy, they were about to set off inland, and they were willing to piggyback Luli some distance.

  The carriage was temporarily left at the Big Wave Tavern. Lu Li and Anna went back and packed some necessary items into their backpacks.

   Insect repellent powder, a jug of water, a rain poncho, a compass, and a match and oil lamp that must be carried under all circumstances.

   (end of this chapter)