Blood of Mercury

"Get up, Ben—"

"Okay mom, I'll get up now."

Benjamin called downstairs in a hoarse voice.

He only felt that his throat was unusually dry and hoarse, as if there was sand rolling in it, and he could feel a faint pain in his throat just by talking.

Even with it, he felt his throat became extremely painful. I can't use my hands to exert strength, and I can feel a slight tingling in my skin when I brush my arm lightly.

Just as Benjamin was about to sit up on the bed, he felt a sharp tingling sensation in his forehead, and his brain shook like a nectarine slammed into a can. The nausea and nausea surging from his stomach nearly made him vomit.

He hurriedly closed his mouth, breathing in the fresh air, and stroking his hands down in front of his chest, he managed to suppress the nausea.

"I'm... have a cold?"

He couldn't help frowning.

That's right, because of Caral's Great Barrier, Caral's winter can be said to be extremely warm compared to other places. As long as they stay at home, they basically won't catch a cold.

The reason why Benjamin catches a cold is simple. Because he did go out last night - for his great cause. To be more realistic, it can also be said to make money.

No one knows another identity of Benjamin. Benjamin, who had just passed his sixteenth birthday, was an advisor to the Crocodile Gang - no one who knew Benjamin knew about this, and Benjamin didn't tell anyone his identity. This is his secret.

Unlike those bragging but stupid kids, Benjamin discovered that his little brain was exceptionally smart from a very young age. But also for this reason, Benjamin never had friends, and he never bothered to have one.

Just hanging out with those slugs and stammering about who ate what yesterday and who was beaten the day before yesterday made Benjamin feel like he was going to go nuts. "Always silent Benjamin" - that's what his "friends" called him.

No one knew that this humble, never-talking kid would be an adviser to Greypine's largest underground gang; no one knew that this unusually honest and weak-looking kid had seen double-digit deaths , and touched and beat their bodies.

Benjamin and his unusually calm mind compared to ordinary people only need to operate a little, and they can see from the attitude and expression of the travelers about how heavy they are carrying, how old they are, how much money they have, what kind of personality, and how much they have. No lives and no wanted. Because the crocodile gang always chooses those cowardly fat sheep that are afraid of death, and they do it first and never leave a chance, they have never failed once so far.

People in Greypine always talk about it. The people of the crocodile gang have lives on their hands... but they don't know that these men who give the impression of hyenas not only have lives on their hands, but not only one life. There were nine of them, but in three years they killed a total of fourteen travelers. On average everyone kills one person.

Benjamin is proud of his anomaly.

He can clearly feel the difference between himself and his peers. myself is different. This and other anomalies gave Benjamin a very strong sense of superiority.

This villain's characteristic dashing—Benjamin calls it freedom—let them indulge in it.

They never ask for forgiveness or talk about the future, because they already know that they are already unforgivable. These nine young people have long since had no future.

Because of this, their behavior has become more reckless.

The grey-haired kid killed yesterday is the fifth person killed this winter.

Because they noticed that the druids didn't care about the missing aliens. Their handling of the scene has also become more inattentive. Until yesterday, they didn't even have to chop up the corpse and throw it into the sewer, and just dumped the corpse on the street.

For three years now, no Druid has investigated the disappearance case. They therefore decided that even if the body was thrown on the street, it would not matter. After all, if they can, they don't want to do such disgusting things.

——But, it will definitely be discovered.

Unlike his hopeful partners, Benjamin knew from the beginning that this would definitely lead to Druid's investigation. But driven by the pride of a young man, he did not speak out about this matter to his partner. but remained silent.

Because he is waiting for the Druid to join. Looking forward to adding more powerful forces to this game.

Just as he was tired of playing tricks with his peers at first, Benjamin was completely tired of this life-hunting game. He doesn't feel the risk, he doesn't feel the enemy, just like playing chess with himself, he doesn't feel the fun of the game at all.

Sad without an opponent. Because he was expecting a powerful Druid to join the game, Benjamin deliberately did not remind his accomplices to deal with the corpse, but quietly waited for the corpse to be found.

In order to set the first puzzle for Druid, when the spoils were finally divided and everyone changed their clothes and went back to their respective homes, Benjamin went back around again, trying to throw the belongings of someone he knew at the scene to mislead the investigation. .

But this time. Something terrifying happened to Benjamin—

- The body is gone.

Not just corpses. When Benjamin crouched down and touched the ground with his hands, he found that the blood on the wet ground was gone.

There is no doubt that someone must have followed them and helped them tidy up the scene. That is to say, someone has seen through their identity. face next. Most likely, it was a series of blackmails.

Benjamin's sober inference.

As for the nonsense that the corpse stood up and ran away, Benjamin said that he had not believed it since he was seven years old.

He walked around on tiptoe and found no traces of the corpse. He even wondered if he was dreaming, or if he had been hallucinated from the beginning - the silver coins that could be distributed were actually lying in his pocket.

And when he turned back to his room from the window, it was almost dawn.

Maybe it's because of too little sleep, plus the cold caused by the cold last night...don't care. The meeting is still to be held tonight. They must be informed about the disappearance of the body...

Benjamin supported his body and climbed off the bed~www.wuxiaspot.com~ As soon as his legs touched the ground, he felt a tingling sensation from the soles of his feet, all the way to the back of his head.

The intense dizziness made his eyes black, and the numbness spread from his teeth all the way to his nose. Benjamin seemed to feel the rhythm of the blood vessels between the dry eyelids and neck. At that time, he briefly lost consciousness, and it took three or four seconds to wake up.

"No, I need some hot soup..."

Benjamin murmured, rubbing his eyes with both hands, but the more he rubbed his eyes, the more itchy and sour he felt, and tears welled up in a short while.

At this time, he finally realized that his illness was more serious.

But he couldn't call the doctor now. Otherwise, they would know at a glance that Benjamin had been blowing the night wind for a long time last night, and it would be difficult to explain it at that time.

"It has to be put off until tomorrow...I'll drink some hot soup first and then go to sleep..."

Benjamin rubbed his face vigorously, unaware that there was a slender and fresh bloodstain on his cheek that was scratched by a cat and cracked by him. (To be continued.)