In the early morning, a long-lost sound appeared in Grandry.
First there was a loud "Humph!", and then he yelled and cursed regardless of whether anyone in the quiet Grande was still in his sleep, "Why are you still acting like this! Where is my showroom!" Old Hank pushed hard like a bandit. He opened the doors one after another and watched Grande, who was completely undecorated, stomping up the stairwell making a noisy "dong dong dong".
The strange old man didn't stop talking, "I'm not here, and no one takes the newspaper! The door doesn't open! Breakfast..."
The confused Alice and Old Hank met in the corridor on the second floor. Banshee and Soul hugged Old Hank as if they hadn't come back yet, then went downstairs to make breakfast.
"Back, Hank." Zach stood at the door of Louise's room, smiling and nodding.
Old Hank was too lazy to care. He waved his hand and flew a letter towards Zach, who caught it with the corner of his mouth.
Then, just as Old Hank was about to go back to his room to put down his luggage, the door to his room opened automatically, and Alpha Benjamin came out wearing only his pajamas, raised his chin, and got out of the way.
Old Hank's face had a few more wrinkles between his eyebrows. He watched Benjamin walking down the aisle. Zach tried to stop him, but Benjamin stretched out his arm and pushed him back to Louise's room and left. Zach was left shaking his head helplessly.
This posture is the Cold War between Grande's two 'brothers'.
Oh, but old Hank doesn't care about that, he cares about why Benjamin came out of his room. The strange old man quickly threw away his luggage, looked at the twisted sheets on his bed, clicked his tongue, opened the window, and looked at the warehouse where Benjamin was supposed to be staying.
"Zach!" Old Hank howled, "Who is that?!" What Old Hank saw was quietly walking out of the warehouse and sneaking toward the kitchen window. John just wanted to take a peek at a certain girl.
"Hey! Why is Sibella here?!" Old Hank saw Sibella sitting next to the hammock and not knowing what she was doing. Sibella, who is already an old woman, has such a short sleep time.
It wasn't over yet. Sissi was woken up and passed by Old Hank's room. She glanced at the old man yelling in disgust so early in the morning, rolled her eyes, and walked away.
"What's going on!" Old Hank glared at Zach. The tone was questioning, "I've only been away for a few days! What happened to Grande?! A hotel!"
Zach rubbed the shoulder that Benjamin had just pushed inconsiderately, shook the newly arrived letter in his hand, and twitched the corner of his mouth. It was a bit troublesome to explain this matter, so he could only say the result, "Everyone will leave today. Now, don’t worry about them.”
Then he closed the door to Louise's room. Head towards the stairs.
Let’s slow down a bit here, and let’s finish up what happened yesterday before Zach returns to the office alone and reads fan letters secretly sad.
First, the more important ones, in detail.
Zach’s phone call after making his decision privately. Madison scrawled on the phone for a while, and then replied, "No change."
The future hasn't changed because of Zach's sudden decision
Zach refused to give up, "Madison, are you sure? Will the change be immediate or will there be a slight delay? Let the future change for a while. Wait for a while. See again."
There was an eerie atmosphere in the office as Zach held the phone. Really waiting.
Until Benjamin in the hammock came to his senses, Zach made a decision on his own. He stopped instilling summary knowledge into Matthew and walked into the office. He pushed Saint Sissi away without a master's hand, sat on the seat in front of the desk, and stared at Zach.
"Wait. Now the temples have turned gray." During the long wait, Madison, a good employee, answered with no emotion on the receiver, "Is there anything else about work?"
Zach hung up the phone immediately.
Looking at Benjamin, he still had the same decision that he made without permission. Only this time it was more certain, "We are not going to be a republic."
Benjamin frowned and glanced at Sissi, whose soles were dirty because she was pushed out of the seat without warning, "Get out, we need to talk."
Sissi couldn't do anything except twitching at the corner of her eye. She was still waiting for Zach to agree to take two more people with her.
Zach and Benjamin were the only ones left in the office.
"Do you remember what Lip said to James?" After a moment of silence, Zach had to explain, because Benjamin's face became increasingly gloomy.
"He said Crowley would control the world." Zach tried to lighten the atmosphere and use humor, "Haha, let's not give her any benefits. At most, it's just the Federation. At least that's what I think..."
Realizing that Benjamin was not smiling, Zach stopped his deliberate smile, "I don't care, I care about the rest, Lip said everyone will..." Zach recalled whether there was any specific explanation in what James relayed. People will die, and the memories did not give results. Zach changed his story, "Lipp said that only Madison and I will survive."
Benjamin said with a sullen face, "I still haven't heard, what does this have to do with us not going to the Republic."
"Lipp mentioned chaos." Zach stretched out his hand and drew a circle, pointing to the people in Grande now, "This is chaos. Sibella is going for Ravenci, and John is going to Papa for what he said. Midnight Revenge is going, Sissy is going to seek an answer from the higher-ups of the Holy Lord Faith, and Crowley is going to relieve the pressure on the demons outside Barton."
Zach tugged at the corner of his mouth, "You, I don't want to say it, you understand." Zach shook his head, "The only one who still remembers to save Teddy now is me."
Zach began to summarize, "Our team has different positions, different purposes, relationships, haha. After leaving Barton, everything that can still allow our group of people to live in peace at this time will disappear, things will develop ugly, and all conflicts will Break out, go to the Republic this time, I don’t think we can accomplish anything, or even come back safely.”
Benjamin was silent, then Zach continued, "I will definitely come back, because the Secret Alliance is there, and I can't stay in the Republic for a long time. Regardless of whether I can stay with Teddy or not, I will find a way to come back. What about you? Are you talking to Ma? What did Xiu say? I don’t think you’re ready to come back.”
Benjamin tilted his head. What Papa wanted at midnight was Alpha. Whether Benjamin went or not, he was already being targeted by this guy who Grande couldn't face. Benjamin wanted to go, but he just didn't want to be a coward hiding in a funeral home in a small city on the east side of the Federation. That’s all! After all, he is the Alpha!
"The call just now." Benjamin spoke. He tilted his head to avoid looking at Zach, "I thought you were concerned about whether the future would be changed, not whether I would go to the Republic or not."
Zach doesn't look very good, and only one of his 'sideburns' has changed in the future.
We don't know what caused the only two people in Lip's prophetic words to be Zach and Madison. But Zack will never accept that it's time for Benjamin to disappear in the future!
"It's the same thing." Zach looked at Benjamin's sideways gaze. "I was too complacent about the current situation in Barton, thinking that Barton was an ideal peace. In fact, just look at the people in Grande now, including us. This is not an ideal, just whitewashed chaos."
To be honest, Benjamin didn't follow Zach's thinking, he just frowned and pursed his lips without speaking.
"The chaos Lip said has been verified by facts." Zach twitched his lips. This was the premise. "The relationship between Crowley and Taylor has attracted Sissy's attention, and I have no reason to ignore it. Crowley will definitely get new information when she goes to the Republic this time." This is another premise.
For Zach, in Lip's vague prophecies, chaos is just the background, Crowley's rise to power is also the background, and the vampires only care about the real events in the background. Only Zach and Madison remain.
It seems that everything is moving in this direction.
"I can't stop Crowley from going to the Republic." Because Crowley had already explained it in semi-threatening words. Isn't it? If you don't go, the crisis will come faster. Either the negotiation with Newton's devil will reach a dead end and Crowley will betray Grande, or Newton's devil will go to war with Crowley.
Zach continued, his face serious, "But I can stop you."
There was silence for a while. Benjamin stood up and shook his head, "I just don't have anything to say, right?"
"Nothing to say." Zach looked at Benjamin, "I won't let you go, other people. I don't care." He just added, "Sibella is right, you are an Alpha and a werewolf, you don't It’s time to rush to the front alone, I can’t watch you do such stupid things.” The meaning of this sentence is that among the team that went to the Republic with different purposes, only Benjamin had a personal grudge against Papa Midnight.
Benjamin's eyes finally fell on Zach, looking at the vampire who shared the same surname in human society. Alpha's lips twitched, and the cold war began.
It’s no one’s fault, Zach himself makes a terrible example. Sibera's original words were comparing werewolves and vampires as individuals, with the idea that werewolves are stronger when the group supports each other. No wonder Benjamin misinterpreted it as a racial attack when used here.
By the time Zach reacted, Benjamin had already walked away, turning his emotions into appetite, and casually caught Alice, who was entangled by Kyle, into the kitchen.
Grande's dinner turned into afternoon tea in advance.
The reason is that Benjamin doesn't want to hide his desire to be in the same room with Zach. After the 'afternoon tea', he immediately pulled Matthew into the truck and left Grande.
Several other things were stuffed into the truck at the same time, which revealed where Benjamin went in anger. A few barely preserved comics, and two sets of strangely styled clothes. Benjamin went to find Fitz.
Maybe everything is convenient.
The Cold War between the Grande brothers, although it was short-lived, made up for its frequency by its duration. Do you still remember the incident where Zach took advantage of the full moon cycle and took advantage of Herman's revenge for Connor to purge the hunters on his own initiative and force Ravenci into a desperate situation
The Cold War lasted for half a month. If the Dead Apostle Contract with an X-shaped mark on the heart had not appeared in Barton, and the two alien brothers were forced by James to intervene in the investigation, the Cold War would have continued.
This time, there is no event that forces the two of them to face each other. On the contrary, there is something on the schedule that can completely separate the two of them, prevent them from seeing each other, and have a good cold war - Fitz's Comic Con.
Remember, Zach had already planned to find an excuse to cancel Comic Con. The current situation is that Zach can go. With the new skills given by the Saints, Zach no longer has to worry about taking photos, but the reasons for not going have been put in front of Zach one after another -
Decoration, Jackson's funeral, and not knowing how to explain the fan letter incident to James.
Then the most important thing, and the most helpless thing for Zach.
The suit that originally belonged to Zach was expected to be the only villain among the people at the comic show. It was very suitable for Zach, and the prototype was considered to be the immortal being 'Rimmer'.
When Benjamin got into the car, he tore it apart in front of Zach, and said loudly to Matthew, who was dragged into the car before he knew what was going on, "You can't wear such a thin thing, let Fitz They make new ones for you."
Maybe it's naive, but it's the truth. Zach took it upon himself to cut off the possibility of Benjamin going to Republic, and Benjamin also took it upon himself to cut off Zach's possibility of going to Comic Con.
What happens next is much simpler.
The guests of Grande deliberately ignored the atmosphere between the Grande brothers and did what they were supposed to do.
The first is Blake. His purpose of coming here has been achieved. Jackson has completed the binding contract with him. There is no need to explain the work of the mayor's office.
During the 'tea', Blake asked several questions, "If Grande's attack cannot be solved, will Grande continue to pursue it?", "Is Hank safe?", "Is about to be exposed?" Is there anyone else who needs attention and a reminder about something?”…
As expected of the third generation of a politician family, he asked all the essential questions without missing a beat.
These questions respectively refer to whether Grande’s purpose is this incident that is about to be exposed, and the follow-up investigation of the attack case does not matter; whether Hank’s situation is deliberately arranged by Grande; what difficulties the mayor may encounter, need to pay attention to of.
Zach nodded, nodded, and nodded again, adding something that he could safely tell Blake, who had now become a buffer, "Director Pers of the Southern District is from Ethela."
Blake, take note, 'afternoon tea' is over, go back and report to the mayor.
And then there’s Sissy the Saint. There is no limit on the number of members of the Republican team. With Zach and Benjamin withdrawing, Zach has no reason to refuse her to bring two more "own" followers. The reason for adding quotation marks is that Thomas doesn't care. He is still a member of the Gangrel clan on the edge of the Secret Alliance. He will not be a threat to the Secret Alliance. As for Raging Waves, let's see how it develops in the future.
In the end, John was the only one affected by the withdrawal of Zach and Benjamin. His efforts to cultivate a tacit understanding with Grande were completely in vain. But he didn't say anything more to Zach. He wasted no time and reluctantly forced a furious wave with Si Bella. The three Indian wizards got together and kept discussing something.
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Benjamin came back with Matthew. He didn't give Zach any notice. Instead, he woke up Louise who was already asleep and said, "Tomorrow afternoon, Matthew will start asking for leave. We are going Newton, hire another farmer to take care of Jackson’s funeral.”
Okay, that's all about yesterday. Zach also sat behind the desk, looked at the third letter in his hand, pursed his lips, and opened it. (..)