"This is a lone wolf."

Kate said while checking

"The strength of the werewolves comes from their wolves. The leader of the wolves is called Alpha Wolf. He has the highest status and has complete control over the people. The larger the wolves, the stronger the members of the wolves."

"In addition, werewolves also have many'customs'. For example, wolves will share the carcass of an Alpha wolf. In their eyes, this is a symbol. Of course, we all know that they are like beasts. . Savage and backward, full of animalism, disgusting."

"This lone wolf used to be an Alpha wolf."

Kate pointed to the scars on the male corpse and said, "These scars should have been left during the fight for the leader's position. It seems that our poor little guy was defeated in the fight for the leader and lost his own race."

"Okay, I'm done checking."

After speaking, Kate walked downstairs.

"Kate? You—"

"Don't worry, Sheriff Hope, I'll go and see if there are any other werewolves. Hawkins is also the town where I live. Such savage guys dare to come here."

Kate's voice came from far away, and finally disappeared with the roar of a motorcycle.

"Don't look at me, except that I'm a hunter, you know everything from childhood to adulthood. I have no secrets. I swear."

Seeing Hope looked at him, Benny spoke first.

"First, monsters, vampires, then what Winter God, what Wendig, demons, witches, witches, resurrection corpses, and now it’s a werewolf, what else in this world I don’t know? One day, I It’s not surprising to wake up and find that the world is end of the world."

Hope murmured, called the police station, turned and sat on the stairs in silence.

"Hope."

Benny sat next to Hope, took the cigarette case from his pocket and handed it over.

Hope threw away the cigarette wet with the blisters, took out one to light it, and inhaled it.

"I don't want to say that this is a good thing, but to be able to know this, to know the truth of this world, I think, it's better to be in the dark, and then be killed by them one day, right, Hope?"

"I'm just a little worried." Hope's face was hidden in the smoke, making it unrealistic, and his sad voice came from the smoke.

"I really don't know what will come out suddenly in the future. I have never thought about this before, but now, I am very worried, worried about what will Joey and JK do if I die suddenly one day."

"Man, what about me?"

Benny made a joke.

Hope glanced at Benny, and did not smile, but said sadly, "You are more dangerous than me, and I am worried about you. We have been in friendship since childhood, and I said that I would leave Hawkins and go out for a break. , You accompany me out without saying a word.

Brother, you are my best friend. I don’t want to hear from others that you were killed by a monster one day, and you can’t even find the body, thinking that I might not even be able to attend your funeral..."

Hope was silent for a moment and suddenly turned his head, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said solemnly

"Ben, can you not be an exorcist hunter? We are still the same as before."

Seeing Hope's look of expectation, Benny was silent.

"Why?" Hope asked. "We said that we will go to the same nursing home when we are old, and then we will bully those old guys again, and we will go to Marissa when we are old, and confirm she is in the end again. Which one of us is fancy, whoever agrees to die first, and the other one must not cry at his funeral, not only must not cry, but also laugh loudly at him.

Ben, we agreed, no matter heaven or hell. "

"Hope." Benny lowered his head, a little afraid to face Hope, he said slowly

"I'm sorry, once you step into the hunter industry, it's almost impossible to get away. I didn't expect to involve you—"

"Where's Kate?" Hope asked roughly, interrupting Benny, "Isn't Kate living well now?"

"Kate..." Benny curled his lips. "Do you really think she has completely withdrawn from Hope? Look at the equipment in her house, and the aconite grass. It's winter now, if she really puts down the hunter's Identity, where did that aconite plant come from?"

"And she trains a lot every day. Is it just to keep in shape? Kate's body is the best in Hawkins? Does she have to work so hard?"

"Hope, since the first day we dealt with the monsters in the world, I have been unable to get out. In the entire world of exorcists, there are very few who can eventually spend the rest of my life as an ordinary person. I can do it. , Only to continue, all the way forward."

Hope irritably rubbed his hair and wiped out the cigarette butts.

"Is there no other way?"

Benny shook his head. "Sorry, Hope, no."

"But you don't have to worry about me. I'm not going to be killed so easily."

Hope didn't take this sentence seriously. Although he had been exposed to many cases of supernatural creatures, he knew that if a person is killed, he will die. This is an iron law, and no one can escape. Maybe God can. But Benny is not God.

Benny is just a brother he has played since childhood, an ordinary human, because of family reasons, had to become a hunter.

This is Hope's perception of Benny.

Since Wendigo’s time, Hope has been worried. Later, Benny followed the guy who appeared suddenly and left Hawkins for more than a month, which made Hope even more worried. During that more than a month, he I often have nightmares, dreaming of the stranger coming back with bad news, dreaming of Benny being killed by various legendary monsters, dreaming of Benny's screams before his death.

In his dream, he could only watch from the sidelines, watching Benny struggle and finally be swallowed by the monster, but he could do nothing.

Such nightmares made him often wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, and until Benny came back, the nightmare had turned into a deep worry in his heart.

The two sat on the stairs in silence, and no one spoke.

There was a sound of police sirens outside, followed by slightly noisy footsteps.

The door was pushed open, and Noah broke in with a few police officers.

Hope rubbed his face and stood up.

"You have to be careful. Be careful."

After whispering his instructions, Hope walked towards Noah.

"The corpse is upstairs, immediately block the scene, don't disclose the news for now, Andy, you go to check the identity of the deceased..."

Benny looked at Hope at work and slowly laughed.

He got up from the stairs, walked step by step to the first floor, and waved upstairs.

Upstairs, Hope looked down with feeling, just in time to see Benny wave his hand.

He opened his mouth and said nothing in the end, but silently watched Benny's back leave the room and disappear into the night.

"Sheriff?"

"Oh?"

...

In the dim and messy bachelor's apartment, Chuck sent the call girl back to the computer, opened a piece of "Infernal Affairs", picked up a cold pizza from the side, and ate it with relish.