A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 241 Young Lion

The embarrassment on Lambert's face at this time made even Lemieux see that something was wrong.

But Lemieux didn't ask. He was still smoking his cigar silently. The plan for opening the factory that Arthur mentioned before was already on his desk. For him, the matter was over.

If he can avoid causing unnecessary problems, he will not cause unnecessary problems.

Lemieux didn't want to cause trouble for Lambert, nor did he want to meddle in solving it for him.

Unfortunately, Arthur was deliberately looking for trouble, so how could he let Lambert go? So he continued to speak very artificially:
"Huh? Chief Lambert, judging from your expression, you must be in some difficulty."

"This..." Lambert knew the pain, and in the end he had no choice but to say in the face of Arthur's questioning:
"There are indeed some difficulties, Mr. Callahan, as you know, we caught the person. In fact, we have been to the dump site they told us to search before, but we did not find it."

Hearing Lambert say this, Arthur's expression immediately changed, and he said angrily:

"Okay, Chief Lambert, it's not your fault, but this group of thieves must be left to me to handle!"

"This... is against the rules, isn't it?"

Fearing that the person Arthur caught was not really the person who stole his things, Lambert refused and looked at Lemieux for help.

Of course Lemieux understood the request for help in Lambert's eyes, but he just thought that Lambert was timid and afraid of taking responsibility, so he waved his hand and said:
"Okay, let's deal with it like this, Sheriff Lambert. Don't worry, they are just a group of thieves. Let Mr. Callahan handle it by himself."

"……All right."

Seeing that the matter of Zheng Shixiong, the leader of Hongmen, was settled, Arthur talked about the second thing of the day.

"In a few days, my new branch in the city will be opening. I wonder if Mr. Mayor can come to visit me?"

"Oh? What do you do? Of course, Mr. Callahan is really quick. He is young and promising. He is not only setting up a factory but also opening a branch. No problem, I will definitely attend on time. Ah, by the way, do you need me to introduce you to the owner of the Saint-Denis Journal?"

The implication is that you need me to help you promote it?

This kind of thing is a good thing for a politician like Lemieux. On the one hand, he can get publicity and exposure from it. On the other hand, he can turn this into his own political achievements with just a little packaging.

"Mr. Mayor will know what he does when he comes. I would like to thank Mr. Mayor again for his support. As for the "Journal of Saint-Denis", it would be a real honor to have the opportunity to meet the owner. Mayor Mr. Chang, just look at the arrangements. Where is Sheriff Lambert? I wonder if you are also free?" Arthur looked at Lambert and asked.

"Ah?" Lambert didn't react a bit. Should he invite his own when the branch opens?Although he didn’t know why he was invited, Lambert was still happy to make friends with a generous businessman like Arthur, so he nodded and said:
"Of course, I will make time even if something happens. Thank you for the invitation, Mr. Callahan."

Very good, with the mayor and the police station standing by, he believed that after some publicity, his Blackwater River branch would be able to launch business in Saint Denis soon.

After finally talking about all the things that should be discussed, Arthur, while smoking a cigarette, asked Lemieux a question that he had wanted to ask since today, and said:

"Mr. Mayor, I don't know why I didn't see Jean-Marc today?"

"Ah, he's helping me deal with some problems."

Faced with Lemieux's dry answer, Arthur did not ask any more questions. Instead, he stood up and shook hands with the two of them. He was ready to leave.

As before, Lemieux sent Arthur to the door of the office and went back. However, when Arthur was about to walk out of the mayor's mansion, the butler who caught up from behind handed an invitation to Arthur's hand and politely said said:

"Mr. Callahan, this is an invitation to Mr. Mayor's New Year's Eve dinner. Please be sure to attend."

Arthur looked at the gilded invitation in his hand and thought, it seemed like he didn't need to wait for Webster to get an invitation for him?
Before separating from Lambert at the door, Arthur told him that he would ask someone to pick him up at the police station. Although Lambert wanted to say something else, in the end he just promised to have the person ready and waiting for Arthur. Se, got into the carriage and left on his own.

"How's it going, Arthur?"

After taking the reins of Carrot from Sadie who was waiting outside, Arthur patted the old man's neck, and said with a smile: "What's so smooth about this, it's not about finding someone to fight, it's a matter of surety .”

The two got on their horses and walked slowly towards the street. Sadie, who was riding the horse, naturally started talking to Arthur about Charlie and Eamonn:
"Arthur, where did you find these two somewhat abnormal people?"

"Huh? Isn't that normal? Why didn't I see it? I think both of them are quite normal."

Listening to Arthur's smiling tone, Sadie didn't know that Arthur was pretending to be stupid, but she continued to complain:

"Gray Manor has almost been transformed into an 'earthly purgatory' by them, do you know!"

Purgatory on earth?
Such an exaggeration, haha. Arthur chuckled in his heart, but put on a serious look on his face and said:

"Sadie, you are exaggerating. This is all for the benefit of the new employees. They have to endure hardships in training so that they can save two bullets when they perform the mission later."

"Okay, your words sound reasonable, but if you can go there and stay for a month, I will believe your nonsense."

The two of them were riding horses and talking along the way, and they left Flavian Street. Suddenly, a man came out of the roadside and stopped Arthur and the others.

"Are you Mr. Callahan?"

Fortunately, this kid had nothing in his hand, otherwise Sadie would have shot him. Yes, Sadie had already pulled out a gun and pointed it at him, while Arthur guessed that he should go back because of his Mexican appearance. After that, there was no news of Ryan's people, so there was no action.

"correct."

"Then follow me. It's not convenient for Ryan to show up right now."

Arthur looked at the boy who turned around and was about to get back into the alley again. He dismounted and handed the reins to Sadie's hand. After telling her to go back first, he followed the boy.

As we go deeper, the surrounding environment gradually changes from a normal backyard to a dilapidated one. The greenery on both sides disappears visibly to the naked eye, and is replaced by various clotheslines hanging in the middle of the road, as well as collected scraps of copper. iron.

Finally, after passing through a living room that could barely be regarded as someone else's home, in a small single room at the back made of broken boards, Arthur saw Ryan, whom he had not seen for several days.

"You look miserable, Ryan." Arthur said with a smile, then took out a cigarette case and distributed one to the boy who led the way and Ryan, and then lit one himself.

As the smoke lingered in the small shabby room, Ryan raised his head. His bloodshot eyes seemed to be silently accusing him of not being able to get a good night's sleep in the past few days.

Under the stimulation of nicotine, Leon said hoarsely and firmly:

"Weapons, I and my men need weapons."

"Haha." Arthur nodded and asked:

"Where are your people? I only see a boy here, and you?"

Stopping the young man who looked unhappy after hearing what Arthur said, Ryan looked directly into Arthur's eyes and said seriously:

"We can't gather without a purpose. Are we going to fight Karl directly now? Or are we going to fight Bronte? We definitely have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation, so I asked them to hide first. They are just catching me now, not I found others, so I guess I took the blame for you as promised, didn’t I?”

It seems that Ryan still doesn’t know that he has already had a fight with Carl at the entrance of Chinatown, but it’s interesting, isn’t it?
Looking at Ryan's face at this time, his ambition was unabashedly written, and he looked like he would do everything he could to seize the opportunity to block all upward climbs.

Arthur stamped out the cigarette butt on the ground and said:
"You know where to find me. Next time, don't let anyone suddenly come out to stop me. Then, weapons, I will rent a warehouse at the dock, and there will be money and weapons you want in it. Let this kid come to me in a few days, and if you don’t survive until then, just pretend that I didn’t say what I just said.”

After saying that, Arthur turned around and left. When passing by other people's living rooms again, Arthur did not forget to politely leave a few bills to the old lady sitting on the chair knitting a sweater to express his apology. apology.

(End of this chapter)