Chapter 163 Seventy-eight. Head of Belfast Regional Investigator

   It was not Lu Li's wisdom that saved Lu Li from the abyss, but the ringing phone.

   Old Pique from the laundry called and told Lu Li that he could go and start a new sanity test.

   The location is still the laundromat.

   There may be investigators present this time. The exorcism world is not friendly to ghosts, so Lu Li still left Anna and went alone.

  Anna asked Lu Li to buy or rent a few books by the way, and Lu Li agreed.

  Books can comfort the soul. If the world becomes difficult to survive one day in the future, books can be of great use when you are stuck in a cave or an island.

  Lu Li doesn't suffer from paranoia, but it's always good to be mentally prepared for everything.

   There is a bookstore at the head of Sailor Street, the owner of which is an elderly man. As most people think, the bookstore business is deserted. read? That's what the rich and aristocratic families do. They just need to make sure that their heirs can have stable jobs on a big ship like themselves.

Someone asked the owner why he insisted on opening a bookstore when his business was not good. He did not answer the words "for ideals" or "for art", but simply said: "The house is mine, besides myself, it can put many things on it. , why don't I let it be filled with books? I can get an extra income if someone is willing to buy it, and I can keep it for myself when no one buys it."

  Lu Li pushed open the wooden door and walked into the bookstore. He walked to the bookshelf in the sound of greetings from the old man. It took him one minute to select three popular novels, which cost him 83 shillings.

   Expensive book prices are probably the reason why bookstores are unpopular.

  Like the previous visits, Lu Li took the three books wrapped in kraft paper and asked if there were books on history and geography.

   Then like the previous few times, there are no more books here. The council is very strict with these books that record knowledge, and no one dares to hoard and sell such books. It was as if what was recorded was not knowledge, but a spell to summon demons.

   Maybe there are no restrictions for investigators.

  Lu Li thought, picked up the kraft paper and left, walking towards the coastal street at the foot of the mountain.

   Half an hour later, Lu Li came to the door of the old Pique Laundry, which had not yet installed the door. There were more residents waiting in the store than last time, and it looked like a pub - and it actually sold alcohol.

  Lu Li stepped into the noisy laundry and walked to the counter. Old Pique, who was behind the counter, was keeping his head down, and he didn't realize Lu Li was standing in front of him until he felt that the surroundings were a little darker.

   "Why did you come so slowly." Old Pique complained, put away the account book and walked around the counter, through the crowded table, and led the way for Lu Li.

   is still the same corner as last time.

   "You didn't make an appointment with me."

   Lu Li walked behind, looking over the shoulders of old Pique to the corner.

  A middle-aged man with a top hat and a goatee on his lips nodded and smiled.

   Aside from the substitutions, this test seems to be no different from the last.

  Lu Li walked to the seat in the corner and sat down. Old Pique sat next to the middle-aged man and introduced to Lu Li: "Head of the Belfast Region of the Investigator Organization."

   "It's just permanent." The middle-aged man gives the impression of an old-fashioned, old-fashioned gentleman. And he behaved like most of the people named as gentlemen, gentle and refined, with a peaceful expression.

   "I'm Michael Tesla, you can call me Mike or Tesla. Old Pique told us about you, and that token. May I see it?"

  Lu Li put the three palm-thick books wrapped in kraft paper on the table, took out the flashlight and handed them to Tesla.

  Tesla took it, slender fingers skillfully opened the bottom shell of the flashlight, took out a pair of single lens from his arms and hung it on his left eye, quietly observed for a few seconds, put away the single lens, and handed the flashlight back to Lu Li.

   "What's the name of the person who gave it to you."

   "We communicate very little, I only know that it wears a beak mask." Out of some caution, Lu Li did not reveal too much information about the beak mask figure, including gender.

  Tesla rubbed a silver ring on his index finger, and thoughtfully said to himself, "Is that her... I heard that she was a trainee investigator in Shadow Swamp recently. Where did you meet her?"

"Um."

  Lu Li let go of the vigilance and suspicion brewing in his heart.

   "Can you talk to me?" Tesla showed a very interested look. "Investigator assessment trainee investigators usually hide their identities. What did you do to get her to give you her phone?"

   This point has shown the diametrically opposite style of the investigator and the night watchman. Most of the investigators are full of thirst and curiosity for knowledge and information. The latter will be punched by the superior because of curiosity, and then stand on the playground and read the confidentiality code aloud.

   is like liberals and conservatives.

   Interestingly, the investigators were funded by conservatives in the Council of Elders. It is the liberals of the Council of Elders who fund the Night's Watch.

"Can."

  Lu Li nodded and looked at Old Pique.

   The old Pique, who is just an ordinary person, is not suitable for listening to these things.

   "It's okay to hear a few words once in a while, right old guy." Tesla smiled and looked at old Pique.

  Old Pique, who had already leaned forward to leave his seat, heard the words, sat back in his seat, and said helplessly, "It's like this every time I meet you."

  Tesla replied with a mild smile: "Isaac said that knowledge may bring temporary troubles, but the benefits it brings are eternal. These things will be used sooner or later."

   In the same way, this sentence makes it possible for the night watchman to be dragged to the stake by his boss.

   "Then Mr. Lu Li, please briefly describe your encounter with her." Tesla's gentle voice and smile made this sentence sound like he was asking about the encounter between a young man and a woman.

   In the next few minutes, Lu Li roughly explained the invitation card on the door of the wooden house, how to meet the beak mask figure, and gave her the invitation card. She returned with the seeker and gave her the flashlight.

  Tesla patted the old Pique on the shoulder: "Don't worry, my counter is not beeping, this content won't lower your Sanity... But you don't have to keep thinking about it."

   He looked at Lu Li again: "You are decisive, lucky, and bold. A person dared to enter the evil god's territory, and he returned almost unharmed."

   The word "almost" made Lu Li pay attention, but he was more concerned about another word: "Evil God's territory?"

   "Literally. The Cthulhu can perceive everything in his domain. Let me see, there's a word about Shadowswamp... oh yes, it's 'The Swamp can hear things that don't belong to it'"

  Lu Li likes Tesla's question-and-answer character very much.

The same is true for Tesla, he said apologetically: "Sorry, I can't help but talk a lot when I see good young people. We will talk about this later, test your sanity first, if the situation is bad, You may not be suitable to join us."

   (end of this chapter)