Seeing an acquaintance, Lu Ban immediately smiled brightly.

"Hi, Lao Cui."

Lu Ban greeted him.

For a moment, everyone in the room looked at Drizzt.

The private detective, who seemed to be dressed the same all year round, wearing a long trench coat, a deerstalker hat, and a briar pipe, was stunned and quickly put on a serious attitude.

"Catch this man quickly."

Several employees of the funeral home immediately grabbed Lu Ban's arms.

When Lu Ban saw Trist wink at him, he immediately understood what he meant.

"Haha, you will definitely remember this day in the future because you almost caught the great Captain Jack Sparrow!"

Lu Ban pretended to smile deeply, then used the word bullet on himself.

Bang——

A big hole suddenly appeared on the wall. Lu Ban had already rushed out of the house, taking two steps at a time and disappeared in the smoke and dust.

"?"

Drizzt didn't know how to explain for a moment. He saw that everyone present was staring at him, so he swallowed and cleared his throat.

"The body must still be here, let's look for it."

He was very lucky. The body of the old man who died of lung disease was lying in the autopsy room of the funeral home. When his family found it, several staff members were preparing to put makeup on the old man.

Trist left the funeral home, found an open-air seat outside the teahouse, sat down, and ordered a cup of black tea.

Soon, a man came and sat down in front of Trist.

"I'll have a glass of milk, if you have any."

Lu Ban said to the waiter, and the two looked at each other.

"…What I meant just now was for you to pretend to be caught, and then I will question you, and then the two of us can leave safely!"

Trist said, suppressing his inner dissatisfaction.

"I'm shocked. I thought you wanted me to pretend to be a bandit who likes corpses and accidentally expose myself to be caught by a famous detective like you."

Lu Ban said in surprise.

"You added too many settings."

Drizzt took a sip of his tea.

"So, where is the other person?"

Lu Ban asked, it was obvious that Xia also participated in the mission.

"She should be almost here."

Drizzt checked the time in the store.

Then, Lu Ban saw Xia, who was wearing heavy armor, standing across the street. She seemed a little angry and was waiting for the vehicles to pass by before walking towards here.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Lu Ban had just said hello when the milk that the waiter had just put down in front of him was pushed by some invisible force and almost fell off the table.

“Don’t be naughty.”

Lu Ban reminded and picked up the milk.

"?"

Trist looked at Lu Ban as if he was talking to an invisible guy, and a question mark popped up in his head again.

“The funeral home was in chaos and our request was delayed until the afternoon.”

Xia sat down and said something menacingly.

"What are you doing at the funeral home?"

Lu Ban was curious.

“What are you doing in a funeral home?”

Drizzt asked back unhappily.

"I don't know. I was already in the coffin when I arrived."

Lu Ban pleaded innocence.

"ah?"

Trist had another question mark in his mind.

"Xia arrived last night. We thought you were here already and searched for a long time, but we didn't expect you to be in the coffin."

"So, I might have arrived last night, but I just slept in the coffin and didn't realize it?"

The speed of time flow in the Silent Land varies greatly. Lu Ban feels that the few seconds he perceives may be half a day in the Ruined City.

"Anyway, let's see after we check the body at the funeral home this afternoon."

Drizzt picked up his pipe, lit the tobacco, and took a puff.

"A body?"

Lu Ban felt that there might be a time difference between him and the other two people.

"The doctor's body, Dr. House."

Drizzt explained.

"We went to the funeral home to investigate his body, hoping to find some clues."

"I see."

Lu Ban nodded, and when he saw that he was eating the biscuits with big mouthfuls, the expression on his face eased a little.

However, the cookies on the plate seemed to have been stolen by some small animal, and one cookie was missing when Xia wasn't paying attention.

"Speaking of which, does Xia have any spells that can make the dead speak, such as reading the memories in his brain, or summoning the undead?"

Lu Ban asked again.

Although this is a reasoning task in theory, there is nothing in The Land of Silence that prohibits cheating. If Xia can directly summon the undead like those necromancers and make the dead speak, then many problems will be solved.

"Magic is not such a convenient thing, didn't I tell you that?"

Shia replied as she reached out to grab the last cookie, but found the plate empty and she looked confused.

"What about the other two bodies?"

Lu Ban asked again.

"The other two?"

Trist didn't quite understand, but when he looked at Lu Ban, he soon understood.

"You used the [Knowledge of Madmen] again?"

"Yes, there should be a gang member and a call girl killed in this case. This is a serial murder case."

Lu Ban’s words are concise and to the point.

"But there doesn't seem to be any similar cases recently... I might have to ask the sheriff."

Drizzt stroked his chin in thought.

"Before that, let me briefly talk about the information I have so far."

He took out his little notebook and opened it to a page.

"The deceased's name is House. He was a doctor. He opened a clinic in Gray Lane, receiving patients from the working class. He also took on some work from the slums, treating minor illnesses for the poor for free. He had a good reputation in the neighborhood and was a well-known figure in both the underworld and the white world."

"He was found dead in the ward of his own clinic two days ago. His death was quite strange. The police opened a case and asked me to participate in the investigation. As you know, I am a detective and I am quite famous in Wasteland."

He said with some pride.

"oh."

Lu Ban nodded and didn't respond to Trist's suggestion.

"…Because Dr. House has a wide circle of friends, including Mrs. Martina of the Catania family. She privately commissioned me to investigate a medical record of Dr. House. If I am not mistaken, it may be a record related to her lover."

Drizzt lowered his voice again.

"So you're still investigating the cheating."

Lu Ban asked subconsciously.

"...I had originally stopped accepting these commissions, but Madam Martina gave me too much."

Drizzt deserved it.

"I know. If there was a roast chicken in front of me right now, I would do anything."

Shia nodded in agreement.

“I want roast chicken, too.”

Lu Ban echoed.

Trist looked at his two companions, and suddenly had the illusion that the difficulty of this mission's [alienation] was mostly due to the two of them.