Chapter 4: Old Friends (1)
After a noisy night of wind and snow again, the aftermath of this blizzard finally died down, but the weather still did not clear, and the gray sky covered the white earth, isolating the warmth from the sun and the earth, so although the snow has stopped and the wind has decreased a lot, the people in it are still like frozen meat locked in the freezer layer, as long as normal people can't bear this. There is only one kind of person who can tolerate this kind of climate, and that is the kind of person who has really turned into a lump of frozen meat on the snowfield, such as the members of the Odrisko gang who died in Adler's ranch two days ago.
Brandi didn't really want to wake up too early today, because he was so excited that he didn't sleep much all night because he woke up the Eye of Death and Ducky personally invited him to join the gang. However, it may be that he has formed a biological clock, and no matter what the quality of his sleep is at night, he will inevitably wake up between six and half past six during the day, and he can't sleep again.
No way, since you're awake, let's go get a cup of coffee.
With that in mind, Brandi stepped out of the cabin. Outside the big house where the Van der Linde gang used to gather, Javier, who had fought side by side with him yesterday, was standing outside the door with a gun, and when he saw Brandi, he greeted him warmly: "Good morning, Brandi." ”
"Good morning, Javier," Brandi replied, looking at Javier with some confusion as he remained on alert despite shivering from the cold, "what are you doing outside on such a cold day?" ”
"On duty," said Javier of course, "the Odrysco gang is around here, and Ducky says we need to be vigilant at all times. ”
"That's right," Brandi said, nodding and pushing open the door, "if you can't stand it, just go in and sit down for a while, don't force yourself." ”
Javier nodded in gratitude and went on to his duty.
Probably because it was still early, only Mika, Bill, and Lenny were the only ones in the room who slept here.
Everyone in the gang now knew that Brandi had joined them, so they treated Brandi a lot closer than the politeness and rustiness of the previous two days.
"Hey, Brandy," Lenny greeted first, "did you sleep well last night?" ”
"I almost didn't fall asleep." Brandi smiled and sat down beside him.
"Understandable," Lenny nodded, "I was about the same as you when I joined. ”
"Actually, I don't quite understand why you're joining us here," Bill began, his voice gruff, but always mixed with a natural silly air or two, "You see right now, with wanted on our backs, trapped in this cold and snowy place, lacking food and clothing, and not even knowing if we can survive tomorrow, to be honest, your choice is really not wise." ”
Maika sneered, "When are you qualified to say that others are not wise enough?" ”
"What did you say?" Bill looked at Maika with an unkind look.
"I want to say that you are horribly depressed right now," said Maika, holding a bottle of whiskey, indignantly, "I joined you because I thought you would dare to fight, and what happened?" It's only been a few days since you've been on the run, and you're starting to get scared. ”
At this moment, Arthur walked into the room, took the bottle of whiskey from Maika's hand, took a sip of it, and sat aside. Maika didn't care, looked at Lenny and Brandi and said, "Of course, except for you, and Brandy, this kid is still a chick." ”
"Shut up, Mika." Lenny didn't hesitate to shoot back.
"I've never seen so many bitter gourd faces." Maika was still chattering.
It seemed that it was too cold outside, and Javier, who had been standing guard outside the door, also pushed the door in and kept warm up near the fireplace.
"I think ......," Bill said in a low voice, "I think you're missing...... Dead companions. ”
"One day I'm dead, I don't want to make such a fuss." Maika said disapprovingly.
"If you die someday," Lenny sneered, "we'll celebrate with a drink." ”
For a moment, everyone present laughed except Maika. Arthur lit a cigarette and smiled silently. Bill laughed and agreed: "Hahahahaha, it's possible to set up a drink to celebrate." ”
Maika stared at Bill, who was smiling the most, and slowly stood up and asked, "Is it funny?" ”
Bill still didn't realize the problem, and smiled like a humble bear: "Of course. ”
Maika nodded, and suddenly threw a lightning punch into Bill's face. Bill roared and was about to rush up and beat Maika, but was stopped by the crowd. With a "I'm different from mediocrity" expression, Maika said, "Maybe I don't want to be made fun of by people like you......"
Just as the conflict was about to break out, Daqi suddenly shouted angrily at the door: "Stop! Right away! ”
Everyone in the room stopped and looked at Ducky.
Ducky unceremoniously accuses Micah and Bill while telling everyone, "You two bastards know how to beat up your own people, but it's Colm Odrisko who really deserves to be beaten, and he's going to be beaten hard." Do you want to just wait for him to come to us? Listen, we've got serious things to do, come on. ”
Arthur saw Ducky's plan before Ducky's lecture, and waited outside the door early, and when Ducky finished speaking, Arthur asked, "Are you sure?" Ducky? ”
"Yes." Ducky said without question.
"We've been through so much lately," Arthur advised, "and we haven't been on our feet yet. ”
Ducky took two steps closer and said, "We don't want to be attacked by Colm Odrysco in the field, let's go." ”
Arthur followed Ducky and said, "I know you hate him, Ducky ......"
"He's coming for us." Ducky was very sure of his own words.
"I don't believe it." Arthur was skeptical.
"No, you're just doubting me." Ducky approached his "count", an albino Arabian horse, and took off a carbine repeating rifle from the horse and carefully adjusted it.
"Ducky, I would never doubt you, but ......" Arthur asserted his opinion as he affirmed his absolute loyalty to Ducky, "you always say that revenge is a luxury we cannot afford. ”
"It's the right choice, Arthur," Dudge said, handing Arthur the gun he had just set, "take this." ”
When Arthur took the gun, Ducky clenched his fist fiercely to express his determination: "This is not just about revenge, they are planning to hijack the train, use the detonator, take it." He took a coil of rope from the saddle and handed it to Arthur, who habitually tugged hard to test its firmness, and then placed it on his waist.
Ducky continued, "Colm's intelligence has always been very good, let's go." ”
Arthur couldn't say that Ducky could only follow him to untie the reins of his horse tied to the stable, but he still questioned: "Do you think now is a good time to hijack the train?" ”
"You probably don't mind stepping on deer urine and rabbit to make a living," said Dutch, jumping on horseback, "but I'm too old to live that life." ”
Arthur didn't speak, just took one last deep puff of his cigarette and threw it hard into the snow.
Brandi whispered to Arthur at this time: "Purely from the point of view of letting us people settle down here, we must also deal with those Ao gang guys this time, as for whether to grab the train or not, it is not our priority now." ”
Arthur exhaled all the cigarettes he had just inhaled from his nose, nodded, and did not speak.
After roughly counting the number of people in action, Ducky commanded in a loud voice: "Mr. Matthews, Mr. Smith, Mr. Pearson, you stay and guard the house, the Odrisko gang is nearby, you must be careful not to let them steal the house." ”
"As for the others," shouted Dutch, looking at the team around him, "guns in hand, follow me!" ”