It was already too late for a time-sensitive pursuit.

Although as soon as he got the news of the plaid suit bastard who had a hole in his head, Sue set off as soon as possible, but he didn't know why everything always went wrong along the way. First, the town of Neptune was slaughtered by the Legion, and it took a lot of effort to clean up the bastards who didn't treat women as human beings and rescue the kidnapped slaves. But when she catches up with Novak, the enemy has long since left, but she is involved in a missing person.

Finally, after dealing with Novak's, when he tracked down to Boulder City, he learned that he was still a step too late.

And when she had to go to the NCR's "Glimmer of Life" camp to solve some problems for them, her PP boy accidentally received a broadcast about recruiting people to go on a treasure hunt at the Casino of Madre, and the signal was sent from an abandoned outpost of the Brotherhood not far away - she had heard of the Casino of Madre, and postcards and promotional posters of the Casino of Madre could be found scattered everywhere in the wasteland, and from time to time she could see the message "Go to Madre" left by some treasure hunters on the side of the road.

Just as centuries ago people were keen to pan for gold in the West, treasure hunters now are looking for treasures left over from before the war.

The Sierra Madre is said to be an old-world casino resort that has been well preserved since the war, and the most upscale social venue built by an industrialist of the time, compared to which the New Vegas casino resembles a backstreet. It's a luxurious, remote resort, and while the remote location is a bit dubious for a tourist destination, it has also spared the apocalypse.

Many people have heard the moving voices on the radio tell them about the opportunities that lie in that place, and while the deadly red fog that hangs over it has left most people in vain, it has also led them to believe that behind that red fog awaits people a fortune that no one has yet been able to take.

You only need to get a small portion, so you probably don't have to worry about bottle caps for the rest of your life - you won't be able to catch up with the bastard in the plaid suit for a while, so why don't you go on a treasure hunt first.

With this in mind, Sue went to the abandoned Brotherhood outpost, intending to join the people who wanted to team up to go on a treasure hunt.

Guess what happened to her as a result?

Kidnap! A damn one! Premeditated kidnapping!

A damn old man stunned her and took her to the Casino of Madre. She was also given a collar around her neck as she was treated with a slave, a type of explosive collar similar to that used by slave traders, but more advanced. In this way, she and a few others who were also caught in it were pressed to do some dangerous work for him in the Casino of Madre, which was full of traps and deadly red mist.

Thankfully, though, she managed to escape the bastard old man's grip and lock him up in the casino's vault.

It was a horrific ride that she would never want to remember for the rest of her life, but it wasn't for nothing, and the backpack full of gold bricks from Madre was somewhat comforting to her - she would never run out of caps for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately, none of the companions who were caught with her were able to leave the Casino of Madre......

"You must have heard of the Sheila Madrid Casino."

"We've all heard it, we've heard of its legends, its curse."

"Heard about its ironic location in the middle of the dead city."

"A city of the souls of the past."

"Shrouded in a blood-red cloud---"

"Like a glittering monument tempting treasure hunters into a trap and giving you false ---"

"Promise, promise that you can change your destiny and regain your life."

"Finding this place, it's not hard. The hard thing is to know how to let go. ”

"Let it go."

"Let it go."

"Let it go."

Humming softly a ballad that I don't know who left behind, everything at Casino Madre seems to be vivid.

If it weren't for the fact that she didn't choose to let go, then it would not be the old man who is locked up in the vault now, but herself.

"Hi, Sue. You don't look very happy? ”

Mary. Miss Su turned back from the abandoned vending machine and saw Veronica striding towards her with a mutant lizard with a smile on her face.

Veronica was met by Sue at Trading Post 188, a new friend from the Brotherhood of Steel who was several years older than Sue, but behaved like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. She wears a thick green hooded robe and a pair of power gloves on her right hand. Despite her good marksmanship, Veronica seems to prefer to solve problems with her fists. At the same time, Veronica is also an excellent technician, and during the time they traveled together, Su saw her reloading bullets or charging energy batteries without a workbench.

"Ah, Veronica, it looks like you've got a good catch. It's not so good on my side, though. I thought I'd find a few bottles of Coke, but it seems like all that's left is SARS. ”

Sue pulled out a few bottles of Sunset Sarsashi from the vending machine and handed Veronica a bottle.

"When I was in California, I always found Coke, but SARS is more common here."

Veronica carefully pried open the bottle, took a large sip of soda, and returned the cap to Sue.

I don't know when these caps became the currency used by the masses. Although in the Mojave Wasteland, the NCR and the Caesar Legion's own currency also took a toll on the bottle cap. But bottle caps are also the hardest currency. However, the inflation in Mojave is a bit more severe than in other places, because the main factory of Sunset Sarsashi is on Mojave, where bottle caps are more readily available.

"What were you thinking? Maybe I can be a good listener. ”

"It's nothing, it's going to New Vegas, I haven't been there yet, I'm a little worried."

Sue shrugged her shoulders and stopped going to the things that happened at Madre's Casino.

She didn't know if she should tell Veronica about what had happened to her at Madre's Casino. From the previous small talk, Sue learned a few things about Veronica.

Veronica was born and raised in the Brotherhood, with a Paladin father and a clerk mother. When she was a child, she fell in love with another member of the Order. However, their relationship did not last. Her lover's parents disapproved of same-sex relationships because the fraternity would be isolated from the outside world, and they believed that each of them had a responsibility to procreate. And in order to break up their relationship, Veronica's respected mentor Elijah plays a very important role.

Originally, these should be just a story for Sue, but Sue accidentally discovers that Veronica's mentor is the same old man who kidnapped her to Madre's casino, and she finds Elija's name on the gun left by the other party. And the woman who was tied to Madre like her also happened to be Veronica's former lover.

Do you want her to tell Veronica that her mentor was trapped behind the thick steel walls of the vault and that he might be starving to death now? Her former lover is now scarred by his quest to kill Elijah, but refuses to let go of her target, and finally dies in the Casino of Madre.

"Do you know anything about New Vegas?"

"Well, a typical big city. Heavily guarded doors protect the vast amount of possessions that the wealthy are sitting on. Mr. House gave the locals the area around the casino, but he didn't care about it and ignored it completely. Veronica skinned the lizard in the moonlight as she looked into the distance at the tower that could be seen even from the 188 Trade Post. By the way, there have been rumors recently that the big boss in the casino seems to have been replaced, and Mr. House seems to have been killed. ”

Su frowned and asked, "Replacement?" When? ”

"It was the other day, the day before you arrived at Trading Post 188." Veronica kneaded the lizards cut into large pieces and skewered them with wooden chisels, and baked them one by one by the campfire, "Maybe you don't need a pass to enter the casino now, I haven't been to the casino yet." The elder has always refused to buy a pass for me, how can I become so stingy when I am old? ”

"Is there anything special about Las Vegas? In addition to bigger and more luxurious casinos? ”

"Who knows. But I hope to find ...... A piece of clothing. ”

"A piece of clothing?"

"Yes." Veronica patted the burqa on her body, "It's a good dress, elegant and stylish, you know?" And it's full of style. Although eye-catching and sexy, it also tells people ". Don't mess with me." I've always hoped to pick up an old-world designer dress while picking up rags, but I've never been able to do so. Maybe you can find a beautiful dress in the casino. ”

"Skirts." Sue remembered the gorgeous but fluttering clothes in the poster, "I've never worn a skirt yet, but I don't think there's anything wrong with the clothes now." ”

"Hey! Do you want to go on a date in a scribe's robe? What's the difference between that and wearing sweatpants. Veronica glanced at the red Brotherhood scribe's robes that Sue was wearing, the dirty white overalls she had given her when they first met a few days ago. Don't you think we need something that makes us feel more like a woman? Only pre-war designers knew what we needed. ”

"Dating or something......

Sue's face was a little hot, she had never been in a relationship before—maybe she had, but things had been blurred since her brain had been opened—and she couldn't help but think of the strange man she had met at Prim, the first time she had ever met such a handsome (by wasteland) and neat man, and she had given him a robot by magic.

Well, sending robots isn't romantic at all.

But if I can meet it again...... A date seems like a good one—well, if she can give herself a nice dress.

In the light of the fire, Veronique, who was talking about his favorite clothes, did not notice Mary. Miss Su's face was already as red as a big apple.