A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 7 Trade-offs and Balances

Dutch was riding his white horse in front and turned around and said, "I know you don't take my ideas seriously lately, but I know I'm right."

There are a group of people in this world who, although they are always in adversity, are still full of self-confidence, strive for self-improvement, and ultimately achieve success. Perhaps Dutch is this kind of person.

"It's southwest, right, Arthur?"

"Yes, the kid said to go southwest along the main road. They're in a camp somewhere by the lake."

To be honest, Arthur refused to go alone with Dutch to inquire about information, because it would fill his mind with some strange thoughts.

For example, imagine that Dutch accidentally died in the hands of the Odrisk Gang due to an accident, and he fought back hard, and finally returned to the Coulter Village camp with Dutch's body.

Don't you think this is interesting?

In this way, the current situation and future plans are simply opened up all at once.

"Open your mind, let's think about this question. We all know that a triangle is the most stable shape, so why don't you think a triangle is used for manhole covers?" The teacher on the podium raised this question.

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"What do you think, Mr. Morgan?"

Arthur hesitated and replied: "I think it depends on the situation. There are various factors in most choices. Maybe as a manhole cover, the first consideration in terms of shape is not stability?"

"Very good, thank you Mr. Morgan for your answer. What kind of manhole cover to use is determined by many factors. It is not only based on whether it will fall down as the only reference, but also about the stress issue and the dead space for materials and equipment to enter and exit. Factors such as utilization issues and convenience all drive the final outcome and are factors that should be taken into consideration by the person making the decision."

“Some people choose to consider both, and some choose to focus on one point. When most decisions tend to be the same, it’s not that other methods cannot work, but a matter of choice and balance.”

"Arthur, you may think that living in deer urine and rabbit droppings every day is nothing, but I am already old and can't live this kind of life anymore." Feng Xue and Dutch's words pulled Arthur away from the weird memory. Come back.

"Everyone has their own choice, Dutch...Look over there, there are marks left on the snow."

Following Arthur's finger, there was a large series of hoof prints left on the snow not far from the lake. Dutch stopped and observed carefully and then said:

"It's the traces of the cavalry. It seems that he is bound to get the things in the train. There are many people."

"Let's go, keep going, it looks like there's still some distance to go."

Considering what might happen next, Arthur thought about it and brought up the matter:

"Daqi, I know the bloody feud between you and Colm. No matter the outcome, you will come to an end with him. I support you, but not now. No matter what happens in a while, remember, we Just came to inquire about the situation."

Dutch looked back at Arthur in surprise and said:
"There are things I can forget and there are things I can forgive, but what Colm did to Annabelle, I will neither forget nor forgive, and I can't promise I won't just shoot him if I had the chance."

Arthur said helplessly: "You also killed his brother, Dutch..."

"Yes, I will kill him!" Dutch's tone was firm and angry.
"And now I hope those two bastards can reunite soon!"

Dutch didn't want others to take revenge, but he didn't care about it. He was full of ideals and principles, but in the face of his own revenge, he couldn't care about these.

Arthur's eyes unconsciously glanced at the gun hanging on the saddle, mentally calculating his own choices and considerations.

The two came to a hillside, and they could see smoke rising into the air from the bottom of the hillside not far away.

Dutch said, "See the smoke? Let's go up and have a look."

Arthur remembered that the camp should be located near the lake, which should be here. Arthur made up his mind to only observe from a distance on the slope and never get close to the camp.The two stopped at a place where the back slope was still there, dismounted and tied it up, then took off their binoculars and bent down slowly towards the edge of the cliff at the top of the slope.

"This is it," Dutch said.

The cliff ahead looked like an abandoned mining town, but it was more dilapidated. There were only a few complete houses left, but the overall scale was much larger than that of Coulter Village.

Through the telescope, Arthur could clearly see that the O'Drisco gang were scattered throughout the camp. Judging from the number of horses tied in the corner, it was estimated that there were about 20 people in the camp now.

Arthur suddenly noticed a man riding a horse. A good horse under his crotch made him particularly conspicuous, so he said to Dutch: "Look, the guy riding on the horse over there who seems to be cursing is Colm?"

Adjusting the position of the binoculars, Daqi saw the man Arthur mentioned, and said with certainty: "It's the bastard!"

After confirming that Colm was here, Dutch briefly thought about whether it would be too late to bring someone over now.

the answer is negative.

After a while, Colm rode away and Dutch calmed down.

Now that there are only himself and Arthur here, a surprise attack is definitely impossible, and recently Arthur no longer listens to himself like before.

He tried not to show pity and said: "As you said, revenge is a luxury we cannot afford."

Arthur smiled and replied: "Ha, I thought you didn't agree with this view."

Anyway, Arthur was very emotionally ambivalent about Dutch, those things in the past.

And those things in the future.

Dach said in a sad yet unbelievable but flat tone: "Arthur, Arthur, don't you believe me at all?"

There was a sad and sad look in his eyes.

Without giving Arthur time to answer, Dutch continued: "We need supplies, we need equipment, and most importantly, we need a way out. Nothing else is important, including Colm, there is no rush, we have been together for a long time With Arthur, we are like family, Arthur, you can always trust me."

Dutch felt that that was enough. He believed that Arthur would continue to support him. Just like when he was a child, temporary disagreements were not a big problem. In the end, family will always be family.

Arthur nodded and said: "Okay..."

He will always remember that it was Dutch and Hosea who taught him how to fight and use guns. In the past, he always felt that his brain was not easy to use, so he simply did not use it. Anyway, Dutch's Plan A and never reliable For Plan B, all you have to do is contribute.

It's strange to think about it now. He still doesn't know how to sum up the changes that have happened to him. Time travel?Or awakening?Or a dream or some kind of mental illness.

He couldn't tell either.

However, he knew that he was still him, Arthur Morgan, the child who grew up in the orphanage and the child who had a happy childhood was still him.

It didn't matter whether it was true or false. He had already figured it out. For him, the present was the most important thing.

Patting the snow on his body, Dutch stood up and said, "Let's go, this should be just one of their camps. After all, the only thing Colm can do is have numbers of people. This is not his style."

Arthur nodded and said: "Let's go around a little bit more and take a look around."

(End of this chapter)