A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 71 Charles and the American Bison
"Did Charles tell you what he was doing in the Heart of the Earth Plain?" Arthur asked on his horse.

Lenny nodded and replied:

"He said he was going to hunt a bison and come back. A lot of people have been injured in the camp recently. Charles said he was going to replenish their health."

Arthur couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was Charles who made people feel at ease. He was not someone who went out to cause trouble at all, and he could always be found to help him every time he had to wipe his butt.

"What about you? Lanny, what have you been doing lately?" Arthur asked. Although the distance is not far, it is not close either, so the time for chatting goes by faster.

"Well, I've been the lookout lately. Javier and the others were injured before, and they've just recovered. Hosea found some books for me. They're all quite interesting. When I get back, can I give you a copy of what I've read? "Lanny said maturely, and only when he mentioned the book Hosea found for him did he feel a little bit more energetic than a young man.

To be honest, it's quite distressing. Seeing Lenny like this, in Arthur's other memories, children at this age should be the happiest time.

……

"Arthur, look, ahead!" Lenny's shout interrupted Arthur who was in a daze.

Looking in the direction of Lenny's finger, he saw the carcasses of American bison lying in twos and threes on the plain.

This scene becomes more shocking the further you go toward the overflowing direction of the Heart of the Earth.

Many carrion birds are hovering in the sky, waiting for their meal, and some rotten American bison carcasses are already filled with enjoyers.

"Charles did this?" Lenny asked with a frown.

"Absolutely not," Arthur replied decisively.

Judging from the degree of decomposition of some of the corpses, it was impossible for Charles to do this in terms of time, and based on Arthur's understanding of Charles, this kind of behavior was definitely not something that Charles could have done.

Even if Charles saw the person who did this, Charles might even kill them.

These people were obviously just slaughtering. After killing the bison, they neither skinned nor removed the meat.

Rely on the memory in your mind.

At this time, Arthur could roughly guess what was going on here.

This is obviously someone who paid people to hunt American bison. The purpose is also very simple, which is to further squeeze the living space of the indigenous Indians.

……

"Bang, bang bang bang..."

"Listen, it's gunfire, let's go over and take a look." Arthur shouted to Lenny, and the two speeded up. The gunshot was not far from their current location.

Arthur thought he would be able to find Charles at the sound of gunfire.

Wait for them to get close.

Sure enough, from a distance, I saw a man who looked exactly like Charles wrestling with several people.

Although Charles did not have a numerical advantage, it seemed that he was fighting against the overwhelming number of people.

"That's Charles! Come on, let's go help." Lenny shouted with certainty.

Without any hesitation, regardless of whether they were right or wrong, the two men rushed forward. Arthur took out the lasso. After catching one of them, he immediately turned his horse's head and dragged him to the ground, and then continued to drag him to spare one. Then turn back in a small circle.

Lenny was even more direct. He rode his horse and rushed over. He pulled the reins in front of the person and let the horse raise its front hooves to trample the person down.

Facing the sudden situation, the rest of the people fled in a panic. Charles recognized Arthur and Lenny at a glance, but he was still angry now, and seeing that he had a helper, he continued to chase after them. shaking his fist at the scattered people.

Then this one-sided beating continued until Arthur and Lenny dismounted and they pulled Charles away.

At this time, no one else except Arthur could continue to stand intact.

"Don't hold me back, it's the buffalo these fools shot," Charles shouted angrily.

Among the people lying on the ground, a young white man shouted with the same anger:

"It's none of your business! You black man or Indian bastard, I don't care what you are, it's not illegal for us to shoot buffalo? It's illegal for you to fucking attack us, you know!" Arthur laughed on the sidelines Yes, this young man looked like a child from the city.

"Why are you doing this?!" Charles roared angrily. He couldn't understand why someone would have no respect for an animal like the bison. It brought fur, food and tools to people. Charles couldn't understand.

"none of your business……"

"boom!--"

An older man next to him just interrupted. Before he could finish his words, Arthur just noticed his movement of taking out a gun and was about to take out a gun.

The man was blown away by the gun that Charles carried on his back, sawing off the barrel of the gun.

"It's none of my business!" Charles roared loudly. To be honest, Arthur and Lenny had never seen him like this before.

The young white boy was frightened by this scene. He collapsed completely on the ground, and his hands stretched forward tremblingly as if to protect himself from Charles in front of him.

"Madman! Oh my God, you are a madman. I, I have younger brothers and sisters to support, and an old mother...don't, don't shoot."

Seeing that Charles seemed to be really mad, Arthur also tried to persuade him:
"Calm down, Charles, and let me ask him why he did what he did."

In fact, Arthur already knew it, but in order to calm down Charles first, he decided to ask.

"Well, in order for you to survive, tell us quickly and happily why you killed the bison and let them rot on the ground."

"Someone, someone paid. They asked us to kill as many bison as possible, and they also asked us to do it as much as possible like the Indians did it." The young white boy didn't hide it at all, and his mouth was like pouring water. , and explained everything directly.

After listening to the white boy's explanation, Arthur can only do so much as to whether he can survive, and the rest depends on what Charles decides.

However, Arthur still looked at Charles and said one more thing:
"I know you are very angry now, and I can understand your mood, but I still have to say, I don't think this child deserves death."

Charles looked silently at the white boy begging on the ground, and finally put down the gun in his hand. He just said to Arthur:

"I think I've seen enough of this and I'm going back."

Arthur nodded in understanding.

Originally, Arthur's plan was to find Charles first, and then go to find Javier together, but now it seems that he has no choice but to give up.

However, Arthur did not forget to tell Charles to go back to the camp directly. He also mentioned Pinkerton. In fact, it was okay not to mention it. After all, looking at Charles' current appearance, he probably wouldn't be in the mood to run around.

Then they waited until Charles left before Arthur told Lenny to give the other people who were still alive a shot.

Lanny was a little surprised when he heard Arthur's request. He thought before that Arthur had said that these people were not worthy of death.

Arthur looked at Lenny's expression and told him with a smile:
"Look, is the figure you trampled on with your horse still alive? As for the one I dragged around, hey, even if the skin is broken, he will definitely not survive. This is to help them escape. Go quickly. , I want to have a few words with this young man."

The white boy also heard what Arthur said. At this time, he realized that not only the one who ran away was crazy, but also the middle-aged man who looked kind in front of him was also very deadly.

But the next plot was slightly different from what this kid had imagined.

"Here, put the money away, and then remember every word I tell you next, do you hear it clearly?" Arthur said kindly to the white boy.

The white boy could only nod wildly in order to survive.

"You were attacked by a group of men wearing green cloth strips, and you went to fetch water, so you escaped. It's as simple as that, understand?"

Faced with a handful of bills in Arthur's left hand and a gun in his right hand, the white boy could never make a wrong choice.

Look at the boy who took the money.

Arthur patted his face with his gun in satisfaction, stood up, and got on his horse with Lenny who had "sent the others off" and left here.

What?You ask what if this white boy is dishonest?
Pull him down. If it were you, would you choose to be dishonest?

(End of this chapter)