"Yeah!" Marcus hummed heavily, and his voice began to change in tone: "You and the ghost actually killed my client!"

"Is there any problem?" Lu Li didn't think there was any problem and asked calmly. "And how do you know it was me who did it?"

"Uh... I just knew not to ask any more questions because I haven't thought of an excuse yet!" Marcus' voice became louder and louder, and eventually it started to turn into a roar.

"Okay, so any questions?"

"Uh... no problem, I'll just kill you as long as you're happy." Marcus scratched his head from the other side. "It doesn't matter whether the client is dead or alive. We've already got the deposit anyway, so it's not a big loss."

"

"Is there anything else?"

"Uh... no, wait, I almost forgot what I wanted to say."

"What to say?"

"Although I don't mind if the client dies too many times, it may affect our reputation of 'healthy and happy every day', causing the client to be afraid and dare not contact us. It is reasonable for an exorcist to perform an exorcism, but it is convenient for the client to

It wouldn’t be appropriate to perform an exorcism as well. More importantly, we can only get the deposit, uh... I originally wanted to ask you if you could be more restrained."

"I will." Lu Li on the other side said concisely.

Marcus breathed a sigh of relief and his tone became cheerful: "Thank you so much. If you still refuse to agree, I will even be forced to increase your share ratio to make you agree. Oops, I seem to have said something that I shouldn't have said. Hehe.

Hehe... That's it then. I will send you your commission fee through the mail system. I'll contact you next time!"

Di——

The phone on the other side hangs up.

At the same time, the town is watched on the back side of the mountain.

The Deputy Sheriff's Office is also on the phone.

"The missing woman's name is Shelley. He left Shelley's house not long ago. Yes, sir, the information was provided to him by me. Okay, I will continue to pay attention and contact him immediately if anything else happens...

What? There’s already a new one? But how is it possible that we don’t—”

Valentine's voice stopped, and he listened quietly with a smile on his face, as if the being on the other end of the phone could see his flattery.

"I understand, I'll contact him right away... Well, he should have returned to Belfast. So how do you think we should notify him?"

"Okay... I will, I will treat him as one of you. By the way, I heard that Rum District... I'm sorry I shouldn't ask."

Click.

When the receiver fell back on the phone, Mr. Valentine sat down in the wooden chair with relief and murmured in a low voice: "Is that exorcist being targeted by this group of people...

Valentine didn't know whether he should be envious or grateful.

If you have anything to do with them, most people will not die well, or to put it bluntly - those who live are basically crazy, and those who die are mostly unclear.

"call--"

He exhaled, calmed down his emotions and gradually regained his breath, then picked up the phone again.

…

"The detective agency is particularly busy today?"

Anna, who was sitting on the dining table by the window, held her chin and moved her head up and down as she spoke.

Lu Li picked up the phone and Valentin's voice rang.

"Mr. Lu Li, we have new clues."

Lu Li thought he was the fourth victim of O'Connor's attack, but as Valentin told him, Lu Li realized that the time couldn't match up.

This time the victim is Claire, a female from Belfast, who briefly disappeared near the Watchtown Lunatic Asylum half a month ago and suddenly reappeared.

For a long time after she appeared, she talked nonsense like crazy, grabbing her neighbors and yelling some unclear words such as "I have voices in my head!" "They want to replace me!" because

Claire lives alone with no family, so no one cares about this crazy poor woman. In fact, no one even discovered her disappearance, but she revealed it when she was talking nonsense.

At least that's what Valentine said.

Claire went crazy for several days and was finally found dead at home. After diagnosis, the doctor determined that she died of lack of water and was severely malnourished - she had not eaten since she returned.

Deputy Sheriff Valentin said that he discovered Claire's anomaly when he was sorting out information about the Sixth Lunatic Asylum. When he realized that the information was vaguely related to Richard, he rushed to notify Lu Li and told Lu Li where Claire was currently staying.

The mortuary in Belfast Cemetery has not yet been buried.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Li tapped his knuckles on the desk and lowered his eyes.

Anna blinked without interrupting Lu Li's contemplation.

Lu Li's thinking did not last long. He raised his head and said, "There is something wrong with the source of the information."

"Is there a problem?" Anna floated on the seat and sat up a little straighter.

"Don't you think it's too detailed?" Lu Li calmly elaborated on his doubts. "There's no reason for the Watchtown Police Department to do this for me, an exorcist, especially when it's so precise that it records everything from the beginning to the end."

After spending some time with Lu Li and being beaten for a while, Anna finally made some progress and at least learned to see through the appearance of things to see the essence: "Do you think this is a trap? Is it Richard?"

Although the difference is huge.

"I don't know, maybe not. If Richard can influence the police station, he shouldn't just do this." Lu Li didn't think the news came from Richard.

If Richard was behind Valentine, he could have used a more efficient method to plot Lu Li instead of unloading the bullets from a flintlock gun and throwing them with his hands until he killed the person.

Although this behavior is more in line with Richard's background of mental issues.

Judging from the strange behavior on Claire's body, it seems that she is indeed related to Richard's plan. Firstly, she disappeared earlier than other victims, and secondly, some of the contents she revealed after her return are intriguing.

"A failure..."

Lu Li murmured thoughtfully.

In any case, a trip to the cemetery will make it clear.

But it's not all bad news. At least this time Lu Li didn't have to go through nearly two hours of driving and spending 12 shillings to get to Watch Town in such bad weather.

When Lu Li looked at Anna, Anna flinched.

"The cemetery...can I not go?" Anna's voice was weak and pitiful, and her teeth trembled.

Some things will not change by becoming a ghost, such as fear of ghosts.

"It's not that I'm afraid...I don't dare to go because I'm afraid...it's just that I want to go back to the painting to rest!"

"Well, I'll do it myself."

Lu Li's mood did not change.

Anna suddenly felt a trace of guilt for no reason, and secretly clenched her fists under her sleeves: "When you come back... remember to bring another recipe book."

Looking with questioning eyes, Anna's clear eyes were full of determination.

"I want to make myself more useful!"

Lu Li looked at her quietly for a moment and nodded.
Chapter completed!