A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 16 Let’s see what Kieran is doing
The book picks up from the last chapter. Kieran is holding the dagger handed over by Arthur in his hand. He is watching Ao Pang being stepped on by Javier, and he is having a fierce struggle in his heart.

In case you don't remember, Ao Pang is the fat man from the Odrisk Gang.

But Ao Pang didn't care. When he heard what Arthur said, he immediately realized what these people were going to do to him, so he shouted desperately:

"Let me go! Let me do it! I can do it, let me kill this kid Kieran, he is a coward! I am better than him! I am willing to join you, give me a chance! Give me a chance - ah!"

Javier raised his foot and gave him a hard slap in disgust.

The people in the O'Drisik Gang are indeed rubbish. They betray whenever they say they will. They have no loyalty at all.

Arthur looked at Kieran's helpless look, so he patted him on the shoulder encouragingly and said:

"Did you hear that? If it were him, you wouldn't hesitate at all. Think about it, what did you do wrong? You are just an unlucky poor guy. The reason why you joined the O'Drisco Gang was because you were forced to do so. Yes, right? If you don’t join, they will kill you.”

Arthur could clearly see that after hearing what he said, Kieran's hands slowly stopped shaking, so he continued:

"Is my guess wrong? They are actually very good to you? Did you really like your days in the Odrisk Gang?"

Kieran shook his head and said:
"No, no... I was forced, otherwise, they would threaten to kill me. I didn't do anything bad... Really, I just ran errands for them and took care of their horses... …I’m not a bad person…”

The expression on Kieran's face was very painful, and he fell into memories. During the two months when he was forced to join the O'Drisco Gang, he watched these people do all kinds of evil, and he was really disgusted.

Yes, he admits he has committed crimes, but he does not take pleasure in killing people.

He is just a little guy trying to survive.

Kieran held the knife tightly and stood like that.

"Is it possible that this person was nice to you before?"

"No...no, he just beat me up this morning."

Arthur looked at Kieran like this, and he really hated iron. Maybe this is the sorrow of the weak. Escape makes them always weak.

Dutch always said in the past that revenge is a luxury that cannot be afforded. In the past, Arthur simply believed that, but now he remembered this sentence:

Revenge is a game for the weak, escape is the root of the weak, and revenge is the rebirth of the weak.

"Okay, there's not much time, hurry up." Arthur said and gave Kieran a gentle push.

I don't know whether Arthur was too strong or Kieran didn't stand firm. He fell directly on Ao Pang's body, and the dagger he held in his hand was inserted straight into Ao Pang's back.

But the position was not very good. Ao Pang just screamed loudly in pain, but not even much blood came out.

Looking at Ao Pang, he didn't look like he was going to die anyway.

Javier lost his patience and shot Ao Pang directly in the head, saying:

"That's it, don't waste too much time here."

Arthur nodded, lifted the Kiran man up from Ao Pang, and said:

"Now, you are one of us, you can follow me from now on."

Kieran stood stunned.

This was not the first time he had killed someone, he had done it in order to survive.

But this time it was the most confused time for him.

Arthur didn't let Kieran act there for too long. He slapped him on the back neatly and said:

"Go and collect these people's horses, and then go and get these corpses and put them on the horses. Remember to bring the guns with you, and then leave a good horse for me. You can ride on my horse later."

Javier listened to Arthur's arrangement and asked doubtfully:
"Before you started, you said you had a plan, but now it seems that it has something to do with these corpses?"

Arthur replied affirmatively: "Yes, I will tell you later."

Then the two of them helped Kieran collect the horses, corpses and weapons, and Arthur said to Kieran:
"Okay, now you go back to the camp. We have other things to do. Do you have any questions? For example, can I escape?"

"No, no, sir, I don't dare..." Kieran was still a little scared.

Arthur laughed loudly and said:

"You really don't dare. Everyone in the O'Drisk camp is dead, but you are still alive. What do you think Colm will do to you? Okay, let's go. You can walk in the northeast direction along the stream. You can see the camp when you pass through Spider Gap. Go and wait there. If you have any questions, just give your name, Arthur Morgan."

After Arthur finished talking, he and Javier took the horses with the corpses and left.

Kieran was left alone with Arthur's horse Carrot standing there in a daze.

Kieran didn't stay in a daze for long. The sounds of animals coming from all around made him hurriedly mount his horse. He followed Arthur's instructions and headed towards the Plow Village camp. …

When Kieran saw a smoking abandoned village from a distance, he thought to himself, this must be it.

For some reason, he didn't see anyone there when he looked over from here.

When Kieran entered the village, he could only see horses and caravans, but no one. Before Kieran could ask if anyone was there, several women with guns opened the doors of the wooden houses on both sides of the road. They pointed their guns at Kieran, but did not shoot directly just because they recognized that the horse Kieran was riding was Arthur's.

"Don't shoot! Ya...Arthur Morgan! He asked me to come!"

Kieran raised his hands to show that he was not a threat.

Letting Kieran ride his own horse is because Arthur considered the situation that Kieran, a stranger, suddenly appeared in the camp alone.

Ms. Grimshaw slowly approached Kieran with a shotgun in her arms and said:

"Explain your purpose, sir."

With his hands raised in the air, Kieran tried his best to control the horse from moving with his feet. He didn't want to cause any misunderstanding, so he considered it carefully before saying:
"Mr. Morgan and his other Mexican partner rescued me from the clutches of the O'Drisco Gang. He expressed his willingness to let me join you. The two of them gave me directions because they still had things to deal with. , let me return to the camp by myself."

This 'from the claws of the Odrisk Gang' was very well said, and I could feel that the hostility of the people around me instantly dropped a lot.

The uncle on the side was flushed, and he had obviously been drunk before night. At this time, he put down the old rifle in his hand and said unsteadily:
"Welcome, would you like to come and have a drink?"

Ms. Grimshaw was not surprised to see her uncle drinking like this before dark. Although based on what Kieran said, she could basically believe him, but out of caution, she still Without putting down the gun, he asked politely:

"Sir, what's your name?"

"Kieran, Kieran Duffy."

"Okay, Mr. Duffy, since Mr. Morgan invited you, out of my trust in him, you can stay and wait for him. However, the camp is not very convenient at this time. You have to wait alone in the house for a while. I hope Don’t mind, when Mr. Morgan and the others come back and confirm, I will welcome you again.”

Considering that there were no men in the camp, this was indeed the safest course of action.

What?Uncle you say?

According to Ms. Grimshaw, although the uncle was the oldest member of the gang, he had never provided any useful help to the gang.

He's just an old drunk who always has a half-drunk bottle of whiskey by his side.

No one knows his name, no matter his age, everyone calls him uncle.

The gun he held was more for scaring people, and it didn't count.

Soon Kieran was 'invited' into the room where the Adlers had lived. Now that the couple had returned to their farm, the house was vacant.

Hearing the door being locked outside, Kieran sat alone in the house. He didn't know what kind of life was waiting for him next.

The time of waiting alone was always very long, so he began to recall the first half of his life.

He grew up working in a stable, and he still remembers that when he was a child, his father always dreamed of going to California, hoping to bring his family there to farm.

He was always looking forward to it at that time.

However, cholera took his father away.

Then cholera took the mother away.

Only he survived.

After the deaths of his father and mother, he naturally lost his job at the stables.

Don't people often say that if you can't survive, you should go to the army.

At least he was able to make a living, so he went. Looking back now, the life in the army can only be said to be really unbearable, so in the end, not surprisingly, he was unable to stay and left the army.

Later, in order to survive, he met a few friends in a tavern and lived for a short time by doing some petty theft.

However, to be honest, the path of breaking the law was not smooth for him. Several friends were killed one after another, and in the end, he was the only one left.

He was still alone, and it was at this time that he met the Odrisk Gang...

"Hahaha, in retrospect, life has never given me any choice."

Kieran laughed at himself. He didn't expect his next life to be any different from that of the O'Drisco Gang. He just always remembered what his mother told him before she died, to live and work hard.

(End of this chapter)