Chapter 162 Seventy Seven. Again

   "He's recovering pretty quickly, it's like nothing at the moment."

   Counting brand new shillings, Anna floated from behind to beside her.

  The commission fee is 350 shillings, including the broth and the compensation for the mirror. Senger once said that he is a famous writer, so Lu Li's asking price...will be higher.

   Now it seems to be less.

   Lu Li didn't reply to Anna, just stared at her silently.

  Anna, who was very familiar with Lu Li's character, realized that she was wrong, she didn't look on the surface, and secretly thought about what was wrong.

   After thinking hard, an idea suddenly flashed in my mind.

   "The Senger we see is a fake Senger!"

  Anna exclaimed, the excitement from the improvement of her strength disappeared, and her back was chilled.

"The ghost in the mirror had already occupied Senger's body before he came to the detective agency, and Senger's soul was driven into the mirror space by it. At that time, the real Senger had already contacted us, so the false Senger followed the real Senger's actions continued, found us, and let us disperse... the soul of the true Senger in the mirror."

The thought of    occupied Anna's mind as soon as it appeared. She was terrified, in pain, and incomprehensible. Why did Lu Li see this but let himself put it in the mirror——

   "Keep guessing."

  Lu Li's brief, calm words interrupted Anna's horror.

"Eh--"

  Anna pulled out a long note, her expression gradually became weird: "Isn't it what I thought?"

"no."

"Well..." With her fingertips poking her chin, Anna tilted her head and thought: "Is it a door? No, it can't be a door... Only you can see its traps... Can you give me a little hint? click."

   She made a little gesture.

   "Related to investigators."

   "A little hint is enough, no need for so many." Anna laughed, and probably guessed the origin of Senge: "Is it some kind of trial for investigators...?"

   "Probably so."

  Lu Li turned away from the window and sat on the sofa beside him.

   "Did you see it already?" Anna and Lu Li floated to the sofa.

   "Guessed it, but couldn't be sure."

   The reason for Lu Li's suspicion was the sudden appearance of Senge.

   Oliver hasn't come back for a long time, and Lu Li hasn't commissioned a mission for a long time. Without Oliver posting advertisements and looking for commissions, Lu Li's reputation could hardly spread beyond Sailor Street.

   At such times, the appearance of Senger seems very strange and coincidental.

  Marcus is also possible, but if it is him, he will call with a wretched "hehehe" laughter before Senger finds it.

The goal of    has been basically confirmed, and then it is time to think about the purpose of the other party.

  Failed the sanity test in the morning. After showing the flashlight, the old man said meaningfully, "Someone has already chosen for you."

   Some kind of prerequisite for becoming an investigator?

  Lu Li does not exclude being an investigator. To others, investigators are like those former explorers. The latter searched for treasure in the deep sea of ​​the mainland archipelago, while the former searched for death in the deep sea of ​​the mainland archipelago.

   But the investigator has a very important point, that is, it does not close knowledge. It doesn't prevent you from gaining knowledge in a certain area because of your Sanity reduction.

   A counter example is the night watchman. In addition to the action target, they will not know anything else, so as to ensure that the sanity value is always at the level of IQ.

  The former curiosity is a good character, the latter curiosity may kill oneself.

   If you become an investigator, you won't be bound and free, and Lu Li doesn't mind joining them.

  Anna really wanted to rant about Lu Li thinking about this all day, isn't it tired, then she thought that if Lu Li didn't want to do this, no one would do it...

   It's a mess, I still protect Lu Li, he will do the head, and I will do the fist.

   The girl whose strength has been improved thinks confidently.

   Lu Li asked how much her strength had increased, and Anna tilted her head to think for a while, and gave an approximate number: double the initial amount.

  Although Ana has become stronger, it is not strong enough.

   The unique characteristic that is close to the Wraith does not appear in Ana. For example, Michelia's black aperture, the shadow of tentacles behind the female ghost in the gallery.

   This might be a good thing, Lu Li couldn't be sure if the mental projection-like characteristics would affect and change Anna's character.

   "Speaking of which, there have been fewer ghosts outside recently..."

  Anna's muttering awakened Lu Li, who was thinking. The speaker has no intention of listening, and Lu Li thoughtfully asked, "When did it start?"

  Anna lay by the window and watched for a while, then closed the curtains and turned around and said, "It's after we come back..."

   After coming back...is it related to the hurricane?

   "How much less?"

   "Maybe more than half?"

  The bizarre hurricane also took away a lot of ghosts...

  Looking at the newspaper on the desk, the report of the navy of the Principality of the Ellen Peninsula was: The hurricane suddenly appeared about 150 nautical miles from Belfast.

   Fewer ghosts may have been noticed by the night watchmen in this city. You just need to know and do nothing.

  Lu Li put the 300 shillings in the commission fee into the pages in the drawer. In addition to these three "Macdonald II" sheets, the pages also contain the same sixteen sheets.

   Most of them were brought by Baron Joseph.

   There was no fire for dinner. After Lu Li ate the bread left over from the morning, he lay down on the sofa, ready to rest.

   Ana, who absorbed the power, looked very energetic and didn't need to rest. She got into the bedroom with the last romance novel she didn't read.

"Good night."

   she shouted outside.

   Still no reply.

  …

   Curtains glowed blue.

   The sky is bright again.

  Lu Li woke up and looked at the misty and deserted curtains. The chaotic thoughts of waking up made him wonder, will there be a day when the sun never rises after dark?

  Lu Li sat up, the blanket covering him slipped down. Lu Li took off the blanket that Anna quietly covered last night, stood up and walked to the kitchen.

   Anna, who heard the sound in the living room, floated out of the bedroom. She rubbed her eyes and said hello: "Morning."

"morning."

  After washing up in the morning, Lu Li walked out of the kitchen. The cold light penetrated into the room from the window with the curtains drawn, and it was a little dim because the oil lamp was out.

  The aroma of food is mixed in the air, I don’t know if it is from the street or from the corridor.

   This made Anna propose to prepare breakfast again. Lu Li remembered the bag of sucrose that had been thrown away and did not refuse.

   Put on a woolen coat, it hasn't rained for a long time this morning, although the sky is still gloomy.

  Lu Li put on his hat, left the longhouse, and stepped on the bluestone road that was damp due to the dew.

  Ten minutes later, Lu Li returned with the same ingredients as yesterday, walked through the door, and heard the sound of water boiling from the kitchen.

   went back to the living room and waited. The smell of meat overflowing from the kitchen lasted for half an hour, and Anna floated out of the kitchen with a pot.

   "It's ready! It must be better than yesterday. Try it."

  Lu Li sat in front of the dining table, filled the wooden bowl in front of him, scooped up the broth, blew the heat, and took a sip.

  Anna spoke from the side.

   "Speaking of which, why did you throw away a bag of salt?"

   (end of this chapter)