Survival begins with Red Dead Redemption 2

Chapter 8, 8, The Celebrating Camp and the Mad Priest
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Lenny Summers wondered how he got the wagon back to camp.

The information he received during the body throwing trip tonight was too much for him, a 20-year-old black boy who could barely read and write.

Whether it was the chilling speech or the horrific howling of wolves by the river, the young man felt as if he had walked through a nightmare.

After the mournful howling of wolves sounded one after another from Dai Ping'an's mouth, the same howling came from the other side, as if there was a wolf there, no, a pack of wolves was waiting for him.

The lantern was hung on the carriage. In the dark night, the dim light was like a small flame that could be blown out by the wind at any time. It could not illuminate the rushing river ahead, let alone the bottomless fog on the other side of the river.

Dai Pingan took off the lantern and walked towards him step by step.

Lenny wanted to touch the gun, but when he moved, he realized that he was still holding the pocket watch tightly in his hand!When he frantically freed his hands, Dai Ping'an had already stood in front of him.

"Is there any more cigarettes? Let's go over there and smoke one."

The voice was no longer hoarse, and it was still easy to listen to, but under the shaking of the light, the blood stains left between Dai Pingan's lips became redder and more dazzling!

Lenny felt that the hairs all over his body were straightening!

Finally, he clenched the handle of the gun tightly, but Dai Pingan's man had already walked behind him with a lantern.Seeing the dim yellow light getting farther and farther away from him, it seemed that countless hands stretched out from the darkness around him, and they were about to put them on his shoulders in the next moment.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

There was movement in the river, it wasn't that Lenny was scaring himself, it was real movement!The sound of splashing water was getting closer and closer, and something was coming from the other side of the river!
Is it a wolf? !
Lenny's hand holding the gun began to tremble a little. Even if he pulled out the gun at this moment, he might not be able to hit anything, not to mention that he didn't have the courage to draw the gun at all.

In front of him is the unknown fear that is getting closer and closer to him in the darkness, and behind him is the only lantern that Dai Pingan is carrying as he walks further and further away.Two directions, two options, Lenny Summers didn't even think about it, turned around and chased after him.

Behind a large rock sheltered from the wind in the mountain pass, with a lantern under his feet, Lenny lit a cigarette for Dai Pingan tremblingly, but when it was his turn, the match shook so badly that it couldn't strike.

Perhaps seeing his own nervousness, Dai Pingan took a puff of cigarette and smiled at him comfortingly—the dim yellow light came up from the ground, and the bloody teeth were hidden in the shadows, but the distorted face on the other party's face But the smile on his face became more and more weird and ferocious!

The matches in my hand were even more useless.

Lenny lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the other party. He focused all his attention on the matches in his hands, but the more anxious he was, the more his hands shook, and the matches in his hands would break faster!
One, two, three...

He really wanted to run, but he didn't dare, the movement on the other side of the carriage was even louder, and he even seemed to hear the miserable whine of the horses pulling the carriage!
I don't know which match it was, but it finally struck.

The moment the little flame blooms, the darkness recedes!The light reappears!Lenny felt the long-lost warmth and security, and the lost courage returned to him in an instant.In a daze, he seemed to see a red shooting star across the night sky——

That was the cigarette butt that Dai Pingan popped out.

"Okay, it's time for us to go, the wind here is really cold, it's blowing like crazy."

The familiar howling of wolves sounded on the other side of the river again, and Dai Pingan rubbed his head and walked out.Lenny, who stayed behind, didn't realize that he didn't have a cigarette in his mouth at all until the match in his hand went out. He quickly picked up the lantern and followed.

The carriage was parked alone by the river, and the horses pulling the carriage drank the water quietly, without any miserable neighing, let alone being hurt.

Lanny forgot how he got back on the carriage, and also forgot how he walked west along the road along the river bank under the guidance of Dai Pingan, and returned to the Horseshoe Watchtower amidst the creaking of the axles. camp.

Lenny didn't even notice that they passed Valentine on the way. The town had quieted down, and no one seemed to have found out about the pharmacy yet.

Compared with the quiet Valentine's, the camp is much more lively. As soon as you enter the woods where the camp is located, you can hear the sound of celebration inside from a distance.Arthur and the others rescued Sean McGovern intact from the hands of the police, coupled with the smooth robbery of Valentine's Pharmacy, Dutch felt that a small celebration should be made to boost the morale of the team.When Lenny and the others came back, it was at the height of the celebration.

Lenny was in a trance, and he searched in the camp.Looking at the happy smiles of everyone in the camp, the happier they smiled, the more unreal Lanny felt that everything he had just experienced was unreal, but the pocket watch in his hand was witnessing the reality of those things all the time.

On the cliff south of the camp, Lanny finally found Dutch.He, Hosea, and Arthur are all here. Surprisingly, Pastor Swanson is also here, holding a bottle of "heroine" painkiller and yelling something.

…………

Dai Pingan knew that Lanny was terrified along the way, but he didn't know how to explain it, and he didn't bother to explain it.

Scooped out a plate full of stewed meat from the stew pot, found a corner, looked at the happy people around the campfire, and started to eat quietly.

The Van der Linn gang hadn't been this happy in a long time.

Javier Iscola played his beloved Mexican guitar, and the melodious sound of the piano resounded throughout the camp;
The uncle started, not forgetting to drink himself while leading a few people to sing a colorful song;
Sean McGuire told how he humiliated the stupid guards in prison while drinking, and the crowd cheered;
Karen was the most open. She pushed Sean aside and vividly imitated the people around her. She rushed over when her skirt was "accidentally" pulled off in the Smith Field bar. Sheriff Malloy's eyeballs are about to fly out...

Everyone laughed and made noises, Da Qi and the others brought back a lot of wine, enough for them to drink to their heart's content.

Dai Pingan also held a bottle of Kentucky bourbon and drank it one sip at a time. The wine was a bit strong, but acceptable.He just looked at everyone quietly, everyone was laughing, but he didn't—the joy belonged to others and had nothing to do with him.

Once upon a time, he fantasized about joining them, drinking with them, galloping with them, singing with them.But when he really came here, he realized that everything was not as simple as he thought, this damn world is so real,
real bloodshed,

real death,
A real wine bottle flew towards him!

Dai Pingan tilted his head, and the wine bottle flew past his face, and he didn't know where it fell.

"Devil! Devil! You bloody devil!" Pastor Swanson rushed out from nowhere, his eyes were red and his beard was furious. He waved the Bible in his hand and rushed towards Dai Pingan, followed closely by him. With Dutch, Hosea, Arthur, and Lanny and others.

"You devil!"

Pastor Swanson's runner, roaring and spitting like a mad dog, stuck his head on the ground in front of Dai Ping'an's feet in full view, and remained silent.

　I have something to do today, that's all, I'll make up the rest tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)