Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 919 Two hundred and ten. Cold Winter

  It is no longer a secret that Wiener Freeze Harbor and Midnight City have differences.

   In other words, the intervention of the Tribunal made Wiener Freeze Harbor out of tune with this world.

   The only communication hub for the two human-affiliated cities is their respective embassies, and they are specifically targeted at the locations where they stand.

  For example, the embassy in Midnight City was arranged by Wiener Antifreeze on Queen Street, adjacent to the slum. Midnight City's counterattack is to place the embassy of Wiener Freezing Port on ** Street——

   Wiener's Frozen Harbor jokes that Midnight City doesn't have people, ghosts, and weirdos, and Midnight City jokes that Wiener's Frozen Harbor is extreme and doesn't know it—many churches have this extreme exclusivity.

   The difference is that their gods are real.

   And Wiener does not believe in a "god" that is false, has never replied, and cannot distinguish the truth from the false.

  Although the differences are serious and their respective embassies are often targeted, the two cities are the same in the treatment of human interests.

   Except after the exorcist Lu Li was wanted.

Newspapers in Midnight City published news of various councilors, nobles, and scholars mocking Wiener's Ice Harbor, such as "they are more stupid than they thought", "Legendary exorcist was rejected by Wiener's Ice Harbor and wanted", "Mayor Mateus is a soft-footed shrimp who dare not resist the courthouse", "The courthouse guards are **** who huddle at home and only fight infighting"

In extreme cases, there are also "Vina Nofrost Harbor is a gathering place for pagans", "The pseudo-god ordered its believers to kill Lu Li", "The next person to be wanted will be a foreigner", "Vina Nofrost Harbor has been controlled by the church" ".

"Vincent's Gossip" made a big splash in this incident, they went to the old sewers to interview the local weirdness, and they said "the exorcist made them terrified" "that human is more weird than them" "broken" Spiral halls and city-like uncovered surfaces have not been repaired until now" "It's a shame of the old sewers, no man has ever dared and could do these things" "Many of us eccentrics respect him" records, attached Spiral halls and damaged main lines and weird pictures are used to prove that Lu Li is still a legendary exorcist, and Wiener Freeze Harbor is just a group of young old antiques.

  Whether true or not, no matter how biased, this has indeed added confidence to many human beings, and even some congressmen proposed to form a new church that believes in Lu Li - and then found more people with the same idea but couldn't do it - Lu Li has not agreed.

   As a result, the appearance of just getting in touch with Lu Li's businessman not long ago made Klein's University boom again, but unfortunately it wasn't a swarm of students.

   Regardless of position, Midnight City is indeed not as extreme and detached from human nature as Wiener Freeze Harbor. Such as allowing the existence of old sewers, allowing the acceptance of the weirdness of human civilization.

   And Wiener Freeze Harbor is not as extreme as Midnight City says - only the Inquisition is manipulated. City Hall and the general public stand in the middle or indifferent. After all, severe cold and hunger are more terrifying.

   When the strife and scolding continued, away from the center of the whirlpool, Lu Li was preparing for the new year that Physius said.

   Lu Li was quietly reading today's fresh Midnight City newspaper under the cool Annie tree with lush branches and leaves.

  Puseus jumped around at his feet: "It's just over a month before the New Year, Mr. Lu Li, will you give me a present? I want books! Lots and lots of books!"

   "Wish... shouldn't... be said." Ophelia approached the shade, and Annie shook her lightly in response to her arrival.

   The humanity of gifts awakened Annie, and she thrived for twenty days. Although still as thin as a sapling, it was more luxuriant than ever, and the leaves that burrowed out of the branches faintly shaded the underside of the tree.

   She can only release simple emotions now. Grateful, happy, close, but over time she will grow stronger and wiser and master the Elm Forest.

   "Is that so? What is Miss Ophelia's wish?"

   "Wish... shouldn't... be said." Ophelia repeated.

  Puseus asked hesitantly, "But Mr. Lu Li wouldn't know if he didn't say it..."

   "I hope...my...gift is—"

  The appearance of the merchant Anthony interrupted Ophelia's words: "A letter from Matteus of Vener's ice-free port."

Unfolded the envelope, which read his recent encounter; the news of the return of the knight Vino; the news that Lu Li just got from the newspaper: the fact that he was wanted by Wiener Antifreeze; and the lack of firewood faced by Wiener Antifreeze. The predicament is that the price of firewood has risen nearly seven times since the beginning of the winter. The poor who cannot afford firewood even go to the streets to pick up cow dung and demolish uninhabited houses to burn. Citizens who have nowhere to heat gather in church restaurants and other places. The trees around the city had already been cut down, and he had to send a large number of soldiers to guard in order to prevent the citizens from going out of the city to log trees and being killed by monsters or freezing to death on the road.

  The lack of firewood in Vener's Antifreeze Harbor can help Lu Li - the Shadow Swamp has accumulated a lot of firewood that has died and fallen off, and the giant trees are reluctant to throw away.

   wrote a letter to the merchant Anthony to give it to the Swamp Mother. Soon after, Lu Li received a handwritten parchment with beautiful handwriting and rigorous wording. The simple content could not even set off its preciousness: the wood is still there, do you need it?

  Lu Li replied to confirm and wrote to Mayor Mateus, he could fill some of the firewood gap, prepare the warehouse for storage, and let the merchant Anthony go to the Shadow Swamp to transport the firewood.

   When he mentioned the price, Lu Li said it was free, because the mother of the swamp also gave it to him for free. Mayor Mateus thanked Lu Li for his generosity, but still gave Lu Li a portion of the money in the name of transportation fees—drawn from the City Hall Finance Department.

  The money was handed over to the merchants for circulation, but if you want to expand the scope of trade, it is urgent to find the lost merchants.

   "Can we get Elm Forest and Shadowswamp together?" asked Prius. Perhaps because Wanghai Cliff is a cliff and is close to the sea, and lacks a strong presence, the sense of security here is not as good as that of Shadow Swamp.

   is not lively there either.

   After finishing speaking, Purse sensed Ophelia's bad gaze, and slipped behind Lu Li's legs with a smirk.

   "Annie is not mature enough." Lu Li just replied.

   may become a vassal of the Swamp Mother.

  Anna wouldn't accept this, and neither would Lu Li.

   Merchant Anthony soon returned, but not with a letter from the Swamp Mother, but with a letter from a fugitive sect.

   They said that the ocean-going ship had been built and invited Lu Li to see him off.

  …

   "Your Excellency Lu Li is trying to make up for our firewood gap... Prepare an empty warehouse." Mayor Mateus, who received the letter, sighed with relief.

  Everything was getting worse and he could barely make it less bad.

   "Will the Inquisition stop it?" Valentor asked.

   "They dare not, many citizens cannot survive this winter without firewood."

   Mayor Matthaus was proven wrong. The Inquisition has become more radical and cruel than he had imagined.

   (end of this chapter)