A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 151 The Beginning of the War

Arthur had just returned to his office in Rhodes Town with Charlie and Vera. Not long after, Sheriff Gray brought Archibald to visit.

"Arthur! Where have you been? Do you know what happened to Rhodes Town?" Sheriff Gray said exaggeratedly.

Arthur greeted the two of them with a smile and asked Vera to go to the wine cabinet and get a bottle of good wine.

It must be said that Arthur's move made Sheriff Gray feel a lot happier instantly.

The wine was brought quickly, and Arthur motioned for the two of them to sit down first while filling the glasses with wine. Archibald declined politely. He stood behind Sheriff Gray and looked at Arthur silently.

"Arthur, those damn Lemoyne raiders, the damn lackeys of the Bravest family! Not only did they come to my town and destroy my bar, they also injured many of my people, and they even The hostages were taken away, damn, I still don’t know who those two unlucky guys were taken away by." Sheriff Gray said after draining the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Um?Leigh Gray's words made Arthur very surprised. In this way, the telegram was not sent to him, because the telegram clearly mentioned that his employees, namely Dutch and others, were involved, and In what Chief Gray said, he only said that there was a firefight between the Lemoyne Marauders and the Gray family, and then two people were captured?

Thinking of this, Arthur turned his attention to Archibald, who was standing behind Sheriff Gray.

"Ahem, Sheriff, just have one less drink. The clan leader will see you later." Archibald said. He saw the look Arthur gave him, but he didn't say anything.

Sheriff Gray originally wanted to pour another glass, but Archibald's words finally made him give up the idea, and he turned to Arthur and continued:

"The progress of cracking down on Bravest's moonshining workshop will be accelerated. Arthur, you know, the old man in the family has been quite critical of your lack of action recently."

"Sheriff..." Archibald was about to speak to stop Leigh Gray from continuing.

"Okay, okay." Chief Gray waved his hand impatiently, and then continued:

"Day by day, Archibald, what's the matter? Do I still have to look at your face when I speak?!"

Archibald's face looked ugly, but he could only explain:

"That's not the case, Sheriff. Mr. Callahan, please don't get me wrong. I'm just worried that Chief Gray has sent you the wrong signal. You know, our chief's views on things are always... …Well, it’s relatively simple.”

In order to prevent Leigh Gray from continuing to say something that should not be said, Archibald continued to say, risking himself to be disliked by Leigh Gray:
"In short, what the Sheriff means is that we hope that Mr. Callahan can take action as soon as possible. Although we have tried to maintain restraint, the war has begun. We don't know what the Bravest family's subsequent actions will be, but we believe , what happened in the tavern this time is just the beginning."

After saying this, Archibald pulled Leigh Gray away from here under Arthur's renewed gaze.

"Vera, what do you think?" Arthur asked, picking up the wine glass in front of him.

Vera put away Sheriff Gray's wine glass and took away the unfinished whiskey before she answered:

"What do I think? I'm standing and watching. Are you sure that Sheriff Gray and Archibald behind him are in the right position? It's obviously Archibald who makes the decision, but I feel like, if you Call Chief Gray out later and continue drinking, maybe we can get some inside information?"

After listening to it with a smile, Arthur said:

"If you were a man, I would send you to drink with him and set up information." Vera said after sitting down opposite Arthur in a carefree manner:
"Boss, isn't this the right time to send a beautiful lady like me to take action? How come this Chief Gray actually likes men?"

Charlie on the side was already covering his mouth and laughing. Arthur didn't expect that he would actually be choked by this little girl. He smiled and replied:
"According to what I know, our Chief Gray should like someone who is older?"

Willa made a cut, and stretched out her hand towards Arthur. Seeing Arthur's puzzled expression, she rolled her eyes and said:
"Smoke, it's hard to leave Frank. I want to relax."

Arthur, dumbfounded, handed her the cigarette and said:
"So, do you really have anything to do with a lady like you are now?"

After Vera lit the cigarette skillfully, she put out the match and said:
"Let's not talk about this. Didn't you come to Rhodes Town to deal with something? Is there anything I can do to help?"

Arthur nodded seriously and said:

"It's true. After you finish smoking, you can go directly back to Valentine."

"Huh? Are you kidding me? Arthur, I just got here." Vera said in disbelief.

Arthur wasn't trying to torment Vera. In fact, it was a temporary decision he made. Before that, Arthur didn't know the Gray family's attitude towards the tavern. After talking now, it was obvious that the Gray family was going to Taking action, no matter how unreliable Leigh Gray was, the word 'war' that came out of his mouth could just describe the unfolding of the situation.

"Listen, the war between the two families is about to start. I have to change my original plan. In this situation, it will be useless if you continue to stay here. Besides, Charlie and I don't have the time to protect you." Arthur explained.

Vera stood up unconvinced, pointed at Charlie and said:

"Boss, my shooting skills may not be as good as Charlie's, but between the two of us, if we really want to say who protects whom, it's really not certain."

When Arthur heard this, he looked back at Charlie, and saw Charlie shrugged, which seemed to mean, why don't you compare with her?
"How about, if you don't believe it, let's compete?" Vera said provocatively.

Arthur agreed to Vera's request for a competition, but when Vera was about to take her outside to shoot the bottle, Arthur stopped her. Then, under her puzzled eyes, he drank the wine in the glass and faced her. Charlie says:

"Come on, Charlie, put this glass on your head and stand over there by the door."

"Hello? Arthur? Are you crazy?...Charlie? Are you really going? Hey, wait a minute." Vera felt a little confused for a moment. If she didn't understand Arthur's meaning wrongly, that was You want Charlie to hold this little wine glass on his head and Arthur shoot it?

Charlie quickly stood at the door with a wine glass. The moment Charlie put the glass on his head, Vera was ready to stop her again. If it didn't work, Arthur would win. With this persuasion Haven't said anything yet.

Seeing Arthur still sitting on the sofa motionless, Vera swears to God, she barely saw how Arthur drew his gun and shot, he, the fuck didn't even aim? ?

"boom!"

The wine glass on Charlie's head shattered immediately. With this distance, this speed, and this accuracy, Vera opened her mouth wide and lost her voice for a moment. All she could hear was Arthur seemingly speaking to her?

"Hey, come on, I'll give you the gun and I'll hold the cup for you?"

(End of this chapter)