A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 98 Rhodes Town

The location of Rhodes Town is interesting.

It is located in Scarlett Meadows, Le Morne, bordering the Comasa River to the east and St. Denis in the distance, Lake Lotte to the west, and the woods on Scarlett Meadows to the north.

This location makes it close enough to the civilized world.

But it is still some distance away from the civilized world.

At this time, Arthur and his party did not know what happened in Valentine.

Arthur, who walked out of the station, asked Malloy beside him:

"By the way, I told you before, about Micah Bell's reward, have you released it for me?"

"It has been released a long time ago. Don't worry, since you have offered a good price, I believe that those bounty hunters will soon bring you the good news you want. Ah... I still wear too many clothes. Rhodes Town is indeed the same place as before, dry and hot." After Malloy answered the question, he began to complain to Arthur about the bad weather in Le Morne.

Well, it was hot and dry, and Arthur was almost tired of hearing about how nice the weather was in Valentine, but not in New Hanover, and how he didn't like coming to this place if it wasn't for Arthur.

Arthur finally couldn't help but interrupt:

"It's so hot, then take off your coat."

I don’t want to take it off, so I keep reciting it endlessly.

It's really hard to understand. It's indeed quite hot, but Malloy just doesn't want to take off his coat. To use his previous words, doing so would seem ungentlemanly. What else, the people here are poor and sophisticated. Very.

Anyway, I won’t take it off.

Anyway, Malloy was just complaining to Arthur, and didn't mean to ask him about the solution.

Several people are walking on the road.

"Wow, Arthur, Rhodes Town looks really full of history." Kieran said excitedly, pointing to a statue of a Confederate soldier erected in the middle of the street.

As soon as Kieran finished saying this, Arthur secretly took a look at Charlie's face who was standing next to him. Well, there was no emotion at all. That's why Arthur did not interrupt Kieran.

In Arthur's opinion, going out of your way to avoid something may be an act of deliberately rubbing salt into someone's wounds.

Kieran was still chattering away.

Arthur had already walked to the statue and looked at the nameplate on it.

"Hobart Crowley Morente, Forgotten Memories of the Fager Soldiers, 1861-1869."

It has to be said that even though the Civil War is over, the wounds of the war do not seem to heal so easily.

Just when Arthur and his party stopped in front of the statue, a veteran of the Southern Army with a broken leg walked towards the crowd with a cane and said:

"Gentlemen, please allow me to give you a piece of advice. You'd better leave this place before you get into trouble. There are no good people in this place."

Hearing this, Arthur smiled and asked:
"Does this include you? Sir."

The veteran replied with a free and easy expression:

"Yes, of course, that includes me. I have done a lot of bad things and made a lot of mistakes. Just think that I have woken up now."

The others looked at Arthur, who was chatting with the veteran, and did not rush him. They stood quietly and listened to the conversation between Arthur and the veteran with a broken leg.

Arthur took out a one-dollar bill from his pocket and handed it to the veteran, and then said:
"Here, thanks for your advice. I suppose you're having a hard time in town?"

Arthur didn't give him more money, but he remembered the fake he met in Valentine.

Although the stained old military uniform on the veteran's body can be seen at a glance, the reason why he wears it is probably not to miss the past, but just because he cannot afford new clothes, but there are many people who are having a hard time. After all, Arthur is no saint.

The veteran with a broken leg neatly accepted the money and said happily:

"Haha, my life is far from easy, and I'm not ashamed to say it, I'm miserable."

"Is it because of the legs?" Arthur asked.

"Oh, no, I'm already used to not having this leg. I can live longer without it than when I have it. The reason why I live in misery is because of people." The veteran with the broken leg said, Using his homemade crutches to swing his body from side to side to maintain balance, he looked at Arthur and continued:

"I remind you to leave because of the people here. The people who live here with me, I don't want to say this, but they are a bunch of despicable and nasty people."

After Strauss listened to the veteran's words, he asked curiously:
"Then why don't you leave?" the veteran with a broken leg replied helplessly:

"Leave? I live here. No matter how despicable and vile they are, they are still our own people."

Looking at Kieran who looked incomprehensible, the veteran smiled and explained:
"You are still young, so you don't understand. I have hated them for too long. If I leave, I'm afraid that one day I will forget to hate them, and I won't know how to continue living."

After saying this, the veteran turned to warn everyone again with a serious face:
"But you, guys, you're different, you gotta get out of here and never come back."

Suddenly, after saying this, the veteran with a broken leg seemed to see someone coming, so he put up his crutches, ended the conversation in a hurry, and left here.

Arthur looked at Malloy next to him. This guy also heard the words of the veteran with a broken leg, but he remained silent the whole time. This was the town of Rhodes that he recommended. Arthur believed that this guy should obviously know something. What's the inside story, but again, again, I didn't tell myself.

Just as Arthur was thinking about whether to ask.

"Arthur."

Charlie suddenly approached Arthur and said:
"He, the clothes, is the commander."

Arthur thought for a moment and understood what Charlie wanted to express. He meant that judging from the old military uniform worn by the veteran just now, this veteran with a broken leg should have been a commander in the Confederate Army.

Arthur is still thinking.

Soon, the man whom the veteran with a broken leg saw earlier came towards Arthur and the others, and Arthur immediately noticed the police badge he wore on his chest.

"Hey, who are you? We don't welcome bounty hunters in Rhodes Town!"

This man was obviously the local Sheriff of Rhodes Town, but he was definitely not the Sheriff, because Malloy and the Sheriff knew each other.

During this trip, Malloy and the others did not wear police badges, and then they were regarded as bounty hunters by the arrogant sheriff in front of them.

Arthur doesn't understand?Are there any towns that don't welcome bounty hunters?

Strauss stood up at this time and said:

"Officer, I don't think there should be such a weak bounty hunter like me? Sorry, we are not bounty hunters."

The sheriff looked impatient. He pointed at Charlie and Arthur and said:
"Are these two your sons? Don't they have a mouth? Let them speak for themselves!"

"Ha ha."

After hearing what he said, Arthur didn't say much. He just laughed twice with an indifferent look. After giving the Sheriff a calm look, he turned and winked at Charlie. Charlie understood immediately and stepped forward directly. He grabbed the Sheriff's neck with one hand, then put a gun to his chin with the other hand and said:
"Apologize."

Seeing this situation, the Sheriff was really brave. He was not afraid and shouted loudly with a grin:

"Come here! There are gangsters committing murder!"

This voice soon attracted a group of unkind-looking townspeople, who directly surrounded Arthur and his group. They had all kinds of strange things in their hands, including guns, sticks, shovels and wine bottles.

Seeing that the situation was about to become complicated (bloody?), the police chief appeared from outside with people in time.

After the chief saw clearly the appearance of the group of people who were holding his police officer hostage, he did not hesitate, stepped forward and slapped the police officer, smoothly pulled him away from Charlie's hands, and then yelled Cursed:
"Didn't I call you to pick up Chief Malloy? What the hell are you doing here, you idiot?"

Charlie put away the gun and silently stood behind Arthur.

And the Sheriff, who was still very arrogant at first, is now stunned by this slap. Shouldn't the Sheriff be here to help him?Why did he hit and scold him when he came up? He said aggrievedly:

"Yeah, didn't we meet this group of gangsters with unknown origins..."

"Shit gangster, this is Chief Malloy!" Chief Gray interrupted angrily.

"I thought... Sheriff Malloy was the only one..."

"Go back quickly, don't embarrass me here, everyone else has dispersed, it's none of your business." After Chief Gray said that, he immediately dispersed the crowd of onlookers.

Turning his head, Chief Gray said to Malloy with an apologetic look:
"I'm really sorry for making you laugh. Chief Malloy, you've seen it too. The people under me are all such trash. Your arrival finally gives us hope. Come on, come on. This is not the place to talk, let’s go to the police station.”

Arthur didn't speak. He looked at Chief Gray's flattering performance and thought that these guys were either really stupid or needed help. In short, Arthur just wanted to curse now, Damn Malloy, I thought he Now I can't hide half of my words and say half of them, but I didn't expect to still be like this.

In any case, now is not a good time to ask, so Arthur can only go to the police station with Chief Gray and Malloy.

(End of this chapter)