By the time Brandi returned to Strawberry Town, it had already been an hour or two of nightfall.

For today's fast progress, Lenny, who stayed in the hotel, also felt very surprised, after all, this kind of case that is similar to black and black, the police generally do not want to investigate, even if they start to investigate, most of them have no results, because of the extreme lack of evidence, the scene is generally destroyed in a mess, in this era of backward criminal investigation methods, even if Detective Pinkerton takes over the case, it will take a lot of effort to gain something, and when they find out the reason, the victim and the suspect are estimated to have disappeared long ago.

Now, to have this kind of progress, the root of it is still a sentence: peers will always know their peers best.

As for Lenny and Marty, they enjoyed a day of quietness, and I have to say that under normal circumstances, Marty is indeed a worry-free child, and she really didn't cause any trouble to Lenny, who was a nanny for the first time.

On this day, the two of them had a good visit to Strawberry Town, which has a completely different folk customs and scenery from ordinary western towns and livestock towns like Valentine, giving them a different experience.

Maika had parted ways with Brandi two or three miles outside of Strawberry Town, and it would be better to have Mika, who knew how to hide in the wild, move her somewhere else to hide than hide the wagon full of various prohibited weapons in the town.

That's not to say that Brandi trusts Maika much, it's just that there's no better person to do it right now, after all, he and Lenny are woefully lacking in experience in this area.

However, Brandi is not afraid of Maika's behavior, the current Maika is just a vicious dog under Ducky's seat, he can bite people, and even eat people, but now he will not attack his companions who live in the same big family as him.

Of course, Brandi didn't forget to bring a new set of guns to his good brother Lenny, and now in the Van der Linde Gang, Lenny and his relationship should be the best, as the first person in the Van der Linde Gang to become friends, Lenny and his relationship are even closer than Arthur and him, so, with this benefit, he naturally will not forget his brother.

Marty was naturally very greedy when she saw that Lenny had these new guns that she had never seen before, and for some reason, this little girl was now more and more interested in firearms, but Brandi said that she did not have her share, although she protested, but in the end she had to give up.

In this regard, Brandi actually has his own plans.

In a small way, a little girl like Marty has a revolver, which is more than enough for self-defense, and there is no point in having a few more guns.

In the grand scheme of things, the presence of such an automatic pistol, which has not yet appeared on the market, in the hands of a child, inevitably arouses suspicion, and an organization like Detective Pinkerton can completely pull the Van der Linde gang, which is currently hidden in the shadows, directly into the sun.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, it is impossible for Marty to have anything to do with this harvest, speaking of which, if she didn't have to follow her all the way, this matter would not have anything to do with her.

In a king-size room on the second floor of the hotel, Lenny was already asleep, while Brandi was still thinking about the next thing with his eyes open.

Now, the matter about this batch of black goods is basically clear, and the rest is the people who went to the dog ranch to meet the Odrisco gang for a while, with Maika and Lenny as arm helpers, I believe it is not a big deal, a gang of Odrysco, even if there are new weapons, if they can't hit people, the guys in their hands are no different from burning sticks.

After everything settles, Mika and Lenny naturally have to stay on Strawberry Town's side, which means that Mika's prison disaster is still inevitable, but this is exactly what Brandi wants, he has already thought that at that time, he will play the most active rescue role, and Maika will also die at the hands of his rescuer.

After all, the future traitor, who died in a shootout, sounds, how pleasant it sounds.

As for himself, after solving this matter, it is also time to return to the gang, Valentine is indeed a good place, but it is no longer a place to stay for a long time.

Although the attention of Detective Pinkerton and the police officers has now been successfully directed to the Odrysco gang and the "Seventh Generation" sect, it is a contradiction that has erupted

Valentine's calm during this period of time was actually abnormal in Brandi's opinion.

Even if the American police can't reach out to the town for various reasons, there is no reason why Detective Pinkerton shouldn't infiltrate, but, as far as Brandi currently knows, in addition to the period of time just after the end of the Battle of Valentine, there are two Pinkerton detectives with physical characteristics that match Milton and Ross have come to visit - these two are the Pinkerton detectives who are directly responsible for capturing the Van der Linde Gang, and in the game plot, it is one of the direct reasons for the fall of the Van der Linde Gang- But they only had a conversation with Sheriff Malloy for less than ten minutes before leaving Valentine.

No matter how normal it may seem, Brandi won't believe there's nothing wrong with it.

As the predecessor of the future FBI in the United States, even in the eyes of Brandy, a person more than 100 years later, Detective Pinkerton is an opponent that should not be underestimated.

For example, they actually already knew that the Vanderlinde Gang had been active in Valentine, and they also participated in the defense of Valentine, and someone close to them, that is, Brandi himself temporarily stayed in Valentine due to injury, according to their usual methods, they could directly break into Marty's house and interrogate him directly, as for why they didn't do it now, Brandi guessed that there were two reasons, either they gave him a little face as a government-certified bounty hunter, or they wanted to go along with it. Find the Van der Linde Gang's hideout.

The above is just Brandi's personal speculation, what the truth will be, he actually doesn't know, but he feels that the situation he thinks is a possibility to happen, since there is such a possibility, he can't take it lightly, this action to help the gun shop owner can also be regarded as a suspicious strategy, so that they mistakenly think that the Van der Linde Gang's large army is hiding in Strawberry Town, so as to confuse the public again, divert their attention, and buy more time for the Van der Linde Gang to recuperate and make a comeback.

"Although this series of speculations and arrangements is basically based on my own subjective assumptions, in the current situation of asymmetrical intelligence information, for the sake of insurance, I still have to take these speculations as facts and take relevant precautions based on them," Brandi thought, "But, hopefully, those Pinkerton detectives are not as powerful as I thought."

Thinking of this, Brandi suddenly thought of Marty, if this little girl who can always give him some new tricks comes out like this when they are separated, all his arrangements will be in vain, and being targeted by a private organization like Detective Pinkerton who does everything to solve the case, the little girl will inevitably suffer a lot, even if she loses her life because of this, Brandi will not be surprised to hear it.

Detective Pinkerton at this time was like this, on the surface, he was dressed in the cloak of fighting crime, but in fact, he was doing worse than the real criminals, and such an organization had to be guarded against at all times.

"When this is over, I have to send this child back as soon as possible, and I have to explain it to her, so that she doesn't follow me again." Brandi felt that Brandi was too big to think of the childishness that Marty had revealed in certain things, especially now, which had collided with her masterful and almost self-righteous personality.

"Although it is indeed cruel to let a little girl eat a hundred family meals, it is much better than fooling around in a criminal gang......" Thinking like this, Brandi slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.

When Brandi was woken up by Lenny, it was just dawn, and he was even in a hazy state, obviously not sleeping enough, but the next second, he heard Lenny's words clearly, and the sleepiness that had occupied most of the space in his mind disappeared in an instant.

"Marty is gone?!" Brandi scrambled to get dressed and asked, "What's going on?" When was this? Why are you telling me now?"

"I just found out," Lenny was also full of anxiety, "I just got up to go to the bathroom, and when I came back, I found that Marty's door was open, and when I went in, she was gone......

Before Lenny could finish speaking, Brandi burst out the door and walked to the little girl's room next door.

The room was a bit of a mess, with sheets and quilts crumpled up and thrown in the corners, dirty mud footprints on the floor, and the windows of the room were wide open, which was a clear indication that someone had violently broken into the place and abducted Martie.

"Damn, it's been so long that you haven't heard even a single movement," Brandi muttered to herself, annoyed, and asked Lenny, "Didn't you hear anything unusual yesterday?"

"I fell asleep yesterday with my pillow on it, and I woke up just now," Lenny said, with a look of annoyance on his face, "The bed in the hotel is so comfortable, I slept to death without paying attention, damn it, I knew I should have made a bunk last night."

Brandi ignored Lenny's annoyed words and began to scrutinize the scene, which Ranny and Brandy surveyed with him.

In fact, there is nothing to investigate, the traces left at the scene are too obvious, as long as there is a little bit of observation, the situation can be restored.

Brandi happened to be such a somewhat observant person, and the detective he had read to pass the time in his previous life had inadvertently honed his reasoning skills, and he walked around the room and knew roughly what was going on.

"Judging from the two different mud footprints left on the ground, there are two people who broke in, both men and unkempt," Brandi subconsciously stroked his chin with his right hand, while his left hand was flat to support his right hand, and analyzed, "They kidnapped Marty, and it was impossible for them not to make any movement, but after all, they didn't make much movement, which shows that they are familiar with this kind of work, but after all, they still panicked a little, and when they escaped through the window, they broke the glass and were scratched by the glass."

Lenny also noticed the blood stains that remained on the broken glass of the window, and asked, "Is it possible that it was Marty who was scratched?"

"If it's Marty who gets scratched, there will be a little more blood and a brighter color, you should know that girls, especially little girls around ten years old, have very delicate skin, while those rough men are not, they have rough skin and more dirt in their blood, so the blood stains left are like what we see, the amount is small, and it is black." Brandi replied.

"I see," Lenny nodded, and continued, "I just noticed that those two men came in from outside the door, and the door showed signs of being pried open with knives."

"And the footprints go up the stairs all the way to here," Brandi added, "in other words, they swaggered in through the main entrance."

"When something so big happened to the hotel, didn't the boss react at all so far?" Lenny was puzzled.

"Two possibilities," Brandi said, holding out two fingers, "the first is that he can't react, and the second is that he doesn't have to react at all."

Lenny thought for a moment, and then heard Brandy's voice, "You mean to say that the innkeeper and Marty's captors are in the same boat?"

"Possibly, just maybe," Brandi corrected as he walked to the staircase, "but since there is such a possibility that it seems more dangerous, we must consider the possibility that we are already in such a situation where the other side is in full surveillance, but I think we had better confirm it."

When the two go down to the first floor and find the innkeeper tied up and gagged in an unobtrusive corner, Brandi and Lenny are convinced that the boss is not in collusion with the robbers, but that he is indeed unable to respond effectively.

The two untied the boss and helped him to sit on the couch, and Brandi said, "The little girl who was with us was kidnapped last night, I think you should know something, right?"

The boss nodded, and said with a sad face, "In the middle of last night, I was awakened by a rough knock on the door, I lit the lamp, and opened the door while shouting that it was closed, but as soon as I opened the door, two guns were put on my head, forcing me to tell me about the situation of you."

"So that's what you said?" Lennil looked at his boss with some disgust, and in his opinion, if the boss could have done something, this might have been avoided.

"This, two guns right on my head, me

I'm afraid," said the boss, shrinking his head slightly, "and after I told them which room you were in, they went upstairs, and then I heard the little girl's flickering struggle, the two men's heavily accented curses, and the glass shattering that followed, and I was tied like this until you two let me go."

"I have a question," Brandi said, "You just said that those two men have a strong accent, can you tell where the accent is?"

"I don't know very well," said the innkeeper, shaking his head, "I've met many people from all over the world, and most of them speak English with accents, but unfortunately there are so many of them that I can't distinguish anything but Mexican accents over the years."

"And what do they have in common?" Brandi then asked.

"Common features? Let me think about it......" The innkeeper muttered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and said, "Oh, by the way, they all seem to have green bow ties or scarves around their necks, and it was so dark that I could only see a little green on their necks, but I couldn't make out what it was."

"I see," Brandi nodded, "Thank you for the information, you go and rest first, and you won't have to worry about the rest."

Watching the innkeeper return to his room, Brandy's face turned grim, and Lenny changed from his previous anxiety to composure and calmness.

"Now, it's clear," Lenny said, "that Odrysco kidnapped Mattie."

"They're going to be faster than I thought," Brandi said, remembering the old lady he had let go, "and I should have burned that old *** along with her son's body."

"There's no point in talking about that now," Lenny said, standing up, pulling a Schofield revolver from behind his waist and handing it to Brandy, "it was found under her bed."

Brandi took the gun, gently rubbed the shiny blade of the gun, pondered for a while, stood up, and said, "Pack up your weapons and equipment, let's go."

"Where?" Lenny asked, confused.

"Weeping Dog Ranch," Brandi said as she climbed the stairs, "Forgot what I said yesterday?" Those Odryscos are gathering there right now, and it just so happens that they have robbed us of our goods and taken our people captive, and this time the old and new accounts are counted together."

"Aren't you waiting for Maika?" Lenny asked.

"Don't wait, the soldier is fast, and the late will change," Brandi said, shaking his head, "Leave a note before you go, telling him that we should go first, and I don't think he wouldn't have come if he had been our companion."

A short time later, heavily armed Brandi and Lenny rode out of Strawberry Town, and before they had gone far, they bumped into Mika, who happened to be passing by.

Maika looked at Lenny and said, "I thought you were going to be a babysitter again today, but I think you'd better be a babysitter, kids always need to be taken care of, don't they?"

Lenny ignored Maika's provocative words, and only glanced at Maika in disdain.

"Mattie was kidnapped by Odrysco," Brandi said, "and I was planning to get all the cargo back today, how about it?" Would you be interested in settling accounts with them?"

Hearing this, Maika smiled coldly and said, "Although I don't like that little girl very much, but since I have the opportunity to settle accounts with those damn Irish, why should I not join?"

Brandi smiled slightly, but there was not much smile in the smile: "This is the best."

Three horses galloped along the forest path and headed north towards the emerald meadow.