Benjamin and Matthew came back together, and it seemed that Matthew's mood had stabilized a lot. How to describe it...
What happened at Yuri's party yesterday, apart from Pochi's random use of witchcraft to control crowd riots, there was nothing dangerous about making people nervous. The whole process that Matthew participated in was just having his blood taken by Pochi in front of Laura and Grande members, which can be regarded as a group of his friends, to save Bishop's soul who was ready to 'ascend' to heaven.
However, what are we to make of Matthew's life in Grande after becoming a werewolf? Or to put it another way, did Grande put Matthew in any moment where he needed to face the world alone and declare 'I'm not human'
No. What I mean is that Zach occasionally provides extra money, Laura occasionally flirts with girls, and once a month has to work "all night overtime"... In summary, it means having a good job and being an ordinary South Side person. An ordinary young man who has a family and is lucky enough to know some friends who are beyond his social status.
Of course, he also experienced some inhuman events, being stolen by Papa Midnight, Grande being attacked by Cerberus, and fighting against wolves. But that’s not him, Matthew, facing the world, but the world of Grande. He, Matthew, just happens to be in Grande. It’s Zach who faces the world, it’s Alpha Benjamin. Matthew, he’s following behind. good.
But yesterday, there was no Zach, no Alpha Benjamin, only Pochi who said, 'Without vampire blood, your blood can barely be used. 'Only Alice and Maya's, 'Matthew, you have to be quick!' Bishop's soul is dying! 'Only the quarrel between Saint Sissi and Maitreya, 'What have you done! Why did Bishop's soul skip the bound earth... '
It was Matthew's first time facing the world alone.
If you don’t understand, think back to how you felt when you applied for an ID card for the first time. It wasn’t your parents who took you, it wasn’t the school organization, it was you. You were alone, sitting in front of the camera and worrying about whether your hair was sticking up. —This is it, this is the only photo that will be posted in this world to represent your identity in the future, the only you in the world, this is you.
The first time you realize that you probably need to remember the string of numbers on your ID card that represents yourself, Matthew, what he realizes is that he needs to remember, I am a werewolf.
"Smile." Zach raised the Polaroid towards the two werewolves who had just returned.
Click.
He pulled out the photo and shook it, "Matthew, go to the warehouse and help Harrison sort out the sundries that will be donated to the shelter tomorrow."
Matthew nodded and went, leaving Benjamin behind. He took the photo in Zach's hand expressionlessly, looked at it, and tore up the photo that had begun to blur. The image of a werewolf during the full moon cycle, not a human, but a Wolf, "Don't cause trouble."
Do you remember that Benjamin once recorded a video of himself in order to show the effect of spices? Benjamin is sitting there, and the picture is indeed of a wolf that seems to be breaking free at any time.
"This is not to add to the chaos." Zach looked at the tiny photos and pouted, "It's a good thing to accept your true self~"
Benjamin waved his hand, not bothering to reply, and walked directly to the hammock, preparing to enjoy the afternoon sunshine, "So, are we going to give Grande's things to others now? Don't you need to discuss it with Hank?"
"He agreed." Zach shrugged, "He said that if it can make Grande's image in Barton better now, he can do anything." At the same time, he grabbed Benjamin and entered Grande, "In the basement, I have a little I have something to show you.”
"What?"
As he walked, he explained, "I remembered that there were some unused things in the basement, and I was going to sort them out for Harrison, and then I found that."
Entering the basement, Zach pointed to a note placed on the stone platform.
Benjamin glanced at Zach and picked it up. There was only one word 'yes' on it, so naturally he wanted to ask, "What is this?"
"Louis threw a note into this witchcraft circle before." Zach explained, "It said 'Sem, is it you?'" Zach shrugged, "I guess that's the answer~ "
Benjamin raised his eyebrows. There was nothing much to read in the one-word note. Benjamin stared at the witchcraft array next to the stone platform, "Are you saying that Sam can use this teleportation array to communicate with us?"
"I mean, guess~" Zach shrugged, "I don't even know if this is written by Sam." It was a bit natural, "I don't know Sam that well. It's normal not to recognize his handwriting. Don't It’s my fault for this kind of thing~”
"Uh." Benjamin tugged at the corner of his mouth, "Go find his notes, witchcraft notes. He must have something like this in Grande. Don't you want to compare it?"
Zach still took it for granted, "I don't want to touch wizard things, I'm a vampire."
Seeing Benjamin walking out with a speechless expression, Zach followed behind, "Matthew's room, he tidied it up that day. All of Sam's things should be in the closet."
"If this is your boring way of trying to keep me engaged, I'm going to start seriously considering what Mockawi says about you." Benjamin, well, complained as he walked upstairs.
Zach raised his eyebrows, "What does Mokawei think of me? Good? Bad? Tell me~"
This is when Benjamin realizes something is wrong—
Benjamin stopped on the stairs, looked back at Zach, who was tilting his head, and said slowly and deliberately, "Mokavi told me a lot about Toledo, of course, mainly you."
"Oh~" Zach's eyebrows raised even higher, "It's understandable. After all, I was the favorite 'son' of 'Toledo', so of course the focus of discussion will be on me~ In fact, if it weren't for me Too young, I think the identity of the ancestor's 'messenger' will also be mine. Did she tell this? In order to keep my 'brother' face, I voluntarily withdrew from the competition for the 'messenger' identity~"
Please recall Zach's reaction when Benjamin brought up his relationship with Mokawi on a regular basis, intentionally or deliberately, and look at Zach's reaction now.
Benjamin frowned, "What's wrong with you?"
"Me?" Zach tilted his head again and pointed at himself, "I feel great~" He said and took a selfie.
Under Benjamin's complicated expression, Zach shook the photo in his hand until the picture became clear, "Look, I look great~ Look at that face~ How handsome~ Can you believe that such a face has been buried for four Century~"
Is this, is this 'self-excess'? yes.
Benjamin frowned, "Are you high? Uh, are you smoking those teleported cigarettes again? Are you unable to feel your soul?" Fortunately, Benjamin is no stranger to Zach's state. Didn’t Ke chat with Benjamin after he came back that day
It was just that at that time, Benjamin felt that he wanted to see Zach's state with his own eyes. Now, Benjamin didn't feel that anymore, and twitched the corners of his mouth speechlessly.
"Smoke? No~ That thing is called 0711~" Zach said with a smile, "I know, it's a strange name, haha, but the one named by Smith is the date when Lydia returned to the Smith family~ Not bad~"
As he spoke, Benjamin realized that Zach's hand touched his face. Either he didn't avoid it or he didn't react.
"I've always wanted to do this~" Zach kneaded again, "Normally it doesn't matter, but now it's more special ~ the full moon cycle~ You know, I always feel that we are a little alienated during the full moon cycle, whether it was before that spice or... After that~ now I think those are all psychological barriers~ See how close we are now~ Do you want to touch me?"
Benjamin held Zach's face as he was leaning towards him and wanted to push it away, but he found that he couldn't push it away. Zach’s smiling crooked eyes were getting closer and closer between his fingers. So, Benjamin backed away, turned around and continued upstairs, "When did you smoke, uh, that 0711?"
"Half an hour ago~"
"Last time you smoked this thing, how long did the effect last?" Benjamin kept accelerating because Zach behind him kept rubbing his back, specifically, his spine, and it was getting more and more 'dangerous' going down. , leaning towards the tail vertebra...
"Half an hour, maybe~ I'm always curious about how you grew your tail~ I used to always find no one in Gangluo, and I was too embarrassed to ask when I bumped into him. Haha, like I said, psychological barrier~ Boring It's a magical thing~Transformation, it's really a magical ability. I feel like I haven't given it the respect it deserves..."
When they reached the second floor, Benjamin noticed that the door to the entertainment room closed instantly after revealing Mo's 'frightened' face.
"Go on, I promise, today is the day when eternal life ends." Benjamin said gloomily.
Zach finally took his hand away, but still said in a smiling tone, "It may be a little inappropriate, but I think mine is invincible now~"
Just take your hands away.
Benjamin entered Matthew Syme's shared room without any response, walked directly to the closet, opened it, and found that the suitcase that Syme had dragged when he first came to Grande was perfectly placed inside.
Zach sat casually at the foot of the bed, watching Benjamin open the box and rummage through it.
Most of them are common things, clothing and Indian-style trinkets.
Zach raised his eyebrows, seeming to remember something, and stepped on the floor at the foot of the bed, a wonderful opening, "Did you know that this floor is hollow?"
Benjamin ignored it.
"Sam hid a ball under the floorboards here." Zach continued to step on the floorboards.
Benjamin's eyes twitched and he looked at Zach with a clear meaning, 'Then take it out! '
"I don't touch wizard things, I'm a vampire." It's natural again.
Benjamin told himself, half an hour is almost here. He took a deep breath, patted Zach's legs away, raised his head on the floor, was stunned for a moment, and took out the spherical thing that Matthew had found with a look of confusion, "What is this?"
"Ball." Zach continued matter-of-factly, "A ball with messy Indian characters on the surface~"
Half an hour is almost here. Benjamin threw the ball back under the hollow floor and continued rummaging through his luggage. Fortunately, it was fruitful. At the bottom of a pile of ordinary debris, Benjamin found Sam's witchcraft notes.
"Tsk. It's useless. He wrote it in Indian characters." Benjamin was in a bad mood and flipped through Sam's notes randomly.
Zach stood up and asked, "Does he have any 'good' witchcraft here? Is there anything Alice can use?" Don't be confused by Zach's question. After all, Sam said he could put Kate's soul in the pig. body, and then let Zach play with Kate's body at will... Although Alice can use the witchcraft in this witchcraft notebook, not all of it can be used...
Whether Zach is high or not, Zach is still Zach...
Benjamin frowned. Although he was unhappy with Zach's inexplicable deviation from the topic, he had nothing to refute, "Yes." He threw the notes to Zach and continued to search, "There must be something that can confirm his notes, documents, tickets, sign… "
Zach had already gone out holding the witchcraft notes with his two fingers in a pretentious gesture, probably to make copies.
If you go quickly, you will come back quickly.
When Zach returned to the room again, Benjamin was already holding two pieces of paper and comparing them.
He glanced at Zach who came in, "This is Sam's handwriting. I found a receipt signed by him. The two handwritings have the same writing habits. The strength of the strokes, the way of continuous strokes, the dot in the lower right corner after the end... "
Zach didn't seem to care much, and didn't praise Benjamin for what he could compare from one word, "Oh~"
"Then we can confirm that the formation can communicate with Seim. We should continue and ask him where he is and what Papa wants to do at midnight..." He paused, out of dissatisfaction, staring at the indifferent Zach, "Please listen again. !"
"Yes~" Zach said with a smile on his face, "I've already done it~ I wrote a big letter and put it in the witchcraft circle. Before you came back, it had been passed around~"
"Uh, what?!" The displeasure was a little slight, but Benjamin was angry now!
"Oh. That's it~" Zach blinked, "You will want to confirm that this is Sam's note, because I know you care about him, personal factors~ so I let you confirm it so that you can rest assured~ but I don't , I don't care if the person who answered this 'yes' is Sam, all I need to know is that this formation can communicate with someone, I don't care if it's Sam or Papa Midnight himself ~ All I need to know is, we "My plan, your plan to rescue Sam can be successful~so~" Zach tilted his head, "I wrote a big letter and told the people on the other side that I have Trisha~who is called Barton by Poch. Son’s things~ Want Trisha to be safe? Give Sam back~”
Although Benjamin wanted to punch Zach now, but surprisingly calmly said, "You have done everything well."
"Yeah~" Zach raised his eyebrows, "And I may have threatened Papa Midnight in the letter~ Haha, I don't know, I just said it, I just feel invincible now~"
Benjamin stopped looking at Zach, quickly packed up the luggage that he had rummaged through, stuffed it back into the cabinet, turned around and left. The afternoon sunshine is very precious.
"Benjamin~" Zach called after him.
Benjamin thought Zach was going to say something 'hi', something he really didn't want to hear right now, "Find something to do, Zach, and leave me alone now!"
"Okay~" Zach was surprisingly obedient, "I just want to tell you that the ball is following you~"
When Benjamin looked back, he saw Zach stepping on his feet to pass the rolling ball, yes, the ball with messy Indian characters on it. (.)