Chapter Seventy-Three: The Sheriff and the Sustaining President
Mrs. Castro said with certainty: "You are not from Guba, his people are not like this, so it was Emily who asked you to come!" ”
Cheng Bin was stunned for a moment, looked at the pale woman in front of him suspiciously, frowned and said, "Is there any difference then?" ”
Mrs. Castro looked at him with a complicated look in her eyes, and she hesitated for a moment before shaking her head.
"Nope." She said. Then she pointed to the bedroom, "I want to go in and have a look." ”
"Just a reminder." Cheng Bin said: "It's not very good-looking inside. ”
Mrs. Castro nodded, and whispered to the little girl in her arms, "You and this gentleman go to the courtyard and wait for me." ”
Cheng Bin took the little girl downstairs to the yard, and saw at a glance that the off-road vehicle that had been blocked by the crowd just now had stopped on the street opposite the courtyard gate, and Rebecca was looking at him through the car window.
Cheng Bin nodded to her, crossed his hands in front of his lower abdomen, and stood sideways in front of the door, this angle could allow his back to be covered by the house, and at the same time maintain a wide field of vision, whether it was the movement on the street or in the house, it could not escape his eyes.
The little girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, as thin as her mother, but she seemed to be in good spirits. After confirming that Cheng Bin was trustworthy, she looked at Cheng Bin curiously, and suddenly asked, "Are you a soldier of Caesar's Legion?" ”
"Why do you think so?" Cheng Bin said casually.
The little girl is not tall, but she is not short, she is just taller than Cheng Bin who is squatting, and shorter than Cheng Bin who is standing, so Cheng Bin can't squat down and look at the little girl in line with social expectations, unless he doesn't care about squatting a little higher.
"Mom said that the soldiers of Caesar's Legion were the strongest in the world." The little girl said.
"Probably the strongest in the country." Cheng Bin said: "But I don't think it's that strong. ”
"Mom said that you can't just say things that haven't been verified in practice." The little girl looked at him and said very seriously, "So have you fought with them?" ”
"What do you know?" Cheng Bin narrowed his eyes, looked at the cars coming from the street, and said lightly: "I once fought with the army that is known as the most powerful in the world. ”
"I got into where they were heavily defended, and the only thing they could do was start the self-destruct program," he said dismissively. ”
"The irony is that I'm still alive, and those people don't know where they are."
As Cheng Bin spoke, he walked towards the gate of the courtyard, where two cars had just stopped, and some fully armed people got out of the cars, just separating Cheng Bin and Rebecca.
A man dressed in a gray hunting suit, a large-brimmed top hat with metal ornaments, and a pair of spur boots stepped out of the car, and Cheng Bin noticed that the man's cuffs were still embellished with lace.
"Some people say there was an explosion here." The man looked at Cheng Bin who was walking towards him, and said in an arrogant tone, "Who are you?" ”
"I'm from Maple Leaf." Cheng Bin looked at him and said, "Come and pick up Mrs. Castro and leave." ”
The man looked at him impatiently, shook his head, and said, "As the sheriff of the canyon, I will not allow others to take the residents of the canyon casually. ”
He looked at Cheng Bin and said, "So you can only run for nothing." ”
Cheng Bin glanced back at the house behind him that had just undergone a robbery, nodded and said, "It turns out that you are a sheriff." ”
"It came at a good time," he said. ”
Of course, the sheriff could hear the irony in Cheng Bin's tone, he squinted his eyes at Cheng Bin and said, "Do you know what happened to the last person who made me unhappy?" ”
"He went to carry the stone, and he still does." "Here," he said, "you'd better say what I want to hear." ”
"So do you know what happened to the last person who upset me?" Cheng Bin said: "He will never have a chance to carry stones again. ”
The two looked at each other for a moment, and the sheriff obviously confirmed Cheng Bin's will, he nodded, took a step back, raised his left hand and snapped his fingers.
"Catch him." He said, "Send him to carry the stones." ”
At that moment, however, there was a screeching sound of brakes, and another car sped down the street, and then stopped on the street directly from Mrs. Castro's house.
Because at this time, Rebecca's off-road vehicle was parked on one side of the street, and the police car driven by the sheriff was parked on the other side, and this car could only be parked in the middle of the road, perfectly completing the task of blocking the road.
"Jim." Before the car had fully stopped, the man in the driver's seat pushed the door open and shouted to the sheriff, "Wait a minute. ”
The sheriff was stunned for a moment, watched the person come out of the car with dissatisfaction, waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute." ”
The person who came out of the car was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a very casual style of clothes and trousers, which should be more abstract, but to put it more concretely, this person was wearing a lounge dress with loose cuffs and necklines, and looked like he had run out of the house in his pajamas.
After getting out of the car, the man glanced back at the SUV parked behind him, and then hurried around the sheriff's car and walked to the other party's side.
"Bernard." Sheriff Jim opened his arms and smiled enthusiastically at those who came after, "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”
"Looks like I've come at the right time." Bernard said, "What are you doing here?" ”
"That's exactly what I want to ask you, dear brother Bernard." Jim laughed exaggeratedly, "Are you also interested in the sheriff's wife in Maple Leaf Town?" ”
After saying that, he made a gesture and said, "Uh, by the way, it's the former sheriff's wife." ”
"By the way, is the current sheriff of Maple Leaf Town the Miss of the Edwards family herself?" He turned his head to Cheng Bin and said.
"You're from Maple Leaf Town?" Neither Cheng Bin nor Bernard paid any attention to him. Bernard looked at Cheng Bin and said thoughtfully: "You were the one who blew the welcome horn at the entrance of the canyon just now?" ”
Cheng Bin looked at him and said slowly, "I'm sorry, who are you?" ”
"Bernard." Bernard said: "Bernard. Howard, president of the Khiva Chamber of Commerce. He looked at Cheng Bin and said, "If you've heard of it." ”
Cheng Bin thought about it, shook his head regretfully, and said that as he wished, he had never heard of it.
"It's okay." Bernard said: "There will be a chance. ”
Then he turned and hooked his finger at Jim, motioning for him to follow him to the side.
"Don't tell me you want me to let him go." Jim said, "Neither Maple Leaf nor the Edwards women can do whatever they want in the canyon. ”
Bernard looked at him and thought for a moment before he spoke, "Let me spread it out." ”
"We don't suspect he's sent by Emily, but do you see the car outside?" he said. ”
"That's the Oak Town logo on it,"
"And do you know who the people are in the car? She's Nicholas. Daughter of Dzhugashvili. ”
He stared at Jim and said, "When you think Maple Town and the eldest daughter of the Edwards family are nothing to be afraid of, what about Salt Lake City and Oak Town?" ”
"And Konstantin." He didn't wait for Jim to speak, and added, "I just received news today that Azeroth's condition has stabilized, and SOD has found a genetically matched mutant beast corpse for him, and he will most likely return." ”
"So." He concluded, "Unless you want to go to war with the whole wasteland, you'd better stay away from this man." If it were me, I would pretend I didn't see it even if he killed all the people on the street. ”
Listening to Bernard's words, Jim's expression gradually changed from impatience to seriousness, and the two looked at each other, and no one spoke for a long time.