Chapter 44: The Vortex of Confusion

In Andy's expectant look, Johnson spoke.

"Less than a year ago, I was approached by Sito and Asley, and they brought me a lot of information about Atlantis Spa, many of which were newspapers and books that I didn't know where to go, and even a broken blueprint..."

Johnson then pointed to the bottom of his feet.

"We finally found out that this was the location of the Atlantis Tower after two months of research, and the process was not easy, and everyone would think that we were looking for a ruined high-rise Old World building, or at least the ruins of the former... In the end, what we found was something like this big underground honeycomb. ”

"I think it's crazy, even a fool can see how dangerous this place is, even if you go to great lengths to find some scrap and sell it for a few bucks? ...... But Asley convinced me by saying that based on the intelligence they had found, the Atlantis Spa had a casino, a luxury store, and most importantly, a vault..... He had found some clues before that he could confirm that there was indeed gold underneath. ”

Andy's eyes froze, not just because he was surprised to hear that his group had run down so deep because of the gold, but why Sito would convince Johnson to tell him about it on the grounds that Asley was dead anyway.

Looking to the side, Lucas was also shocked, while Bombi was not.

"Wait, I thought we were just going down to find luxuries...."

"I'm sorry Lucas, after all, you only came half a month earlier than Andy, but there is a reason why I only made this clear to you now."

Johnson glanced at Andy.

"Asley is a withdrawn and greedy man, he was the first to initiate the plan to find the Atlantis Tower, and he has been asking for a reduction in the number of people involved, because the more people involved, the more gold will be shared.... However, after we went down for the first time, we found that this matter could not be done by three or four people at all, and we had to find more capable people to help us find the vault underground.... There was no way, he began to relent, but even then he made a request. ”

He said with a sigh.

"Asley hopes that everyone other than my team members and him can be disposed of at the right time, so that everyone can get more money and reduce the possibility of leaks.... I didn't agree with that, but the key clue was always in his hands, and if you ignored his request, it wouldn't work. ”

Andy looked at Lucas.

"Dispose of it? Do you mean that once the vault is found, Lucas and I will face your cold guns? ”

Lucas's face was filled with rage.

"You ..... How can you deceive me like that? At that time, you were so colorful..."

He pulled out his gun, got emotional, and backed away while pointing at Johnson.

Bombie kicked Lucas's gun right in the side with a high kick and knocked him over into the black water with a single punch.

Johnson just glanced at it, and didn't react.

"Since I'm here now, use my brain, it means that I don't intend to continue Asley's proposal, Lucas, you don't have to be surprised, everyone is a wastelander, you have to be mature in the face of this world."

"Then again, Andy, Asley's death is a tragedy, but it's also a good thing, and we can now think about the next topic when he dies..... Our priority now is no longer to find a way out, now that the pipe gallery has been found, the exit is not difficult to find, the key is whether we can find the treasure of Atlantis, that vault. ”

"Gold..... With that gold .... We can do everything out there, what can compare to that? You.... And Lucas have any comments on this? We're going to have a deeper collaboration this time. ”

Andy nodded indifferently, and Lucas, who crawled out of the black water, seemed to gradually calm down.

"But I have a question, you said that Asley has the key clues, but now that he is dead, how do you find the vault?"

"It's not a problem.... You know, Asley is so weird and greedy and knows a lot about this, who can be sure that he won't include me and my people among the people he wants to exclude, so ..... The clues in his hands have actually been quietly grasped by me and Cito, but he thinks he is important, and we can achieve our goals without him. ”

This wording is a bit weird, Andy looked at Johnson's expression but couldn't see one, two, three, Sito, who had a lot of words, didn't say a word, and the atmosphere seemed a little strange.

Lucas thought about it and wiped a handful of black water from his mask, still a little angry on his face.

"You said it nicely, I've been very curious for a long time, why weren't you so eager before, but this time? Asley would have this kind of thought, why wouldn't you have it? Bombi and Sito are both your men, and the two of us are still less new than you. ”

Johnson glanced at Lucas, but the expression on his face was indeed like this, as if he had expected it for a long time.

"Lucas .... The reason for the difference was that I was much smarter than Asley, who thought we could take our time, find the location first, then block the news, and empty the gold and everything of value below one last time. But I don't think things are going to go that well, we were targeted almost immediately after we went to the abandoned fortress to ship it, and I'm pretty sure it's the roosters who are on the stalk, you idiot who has no idea how terrible the roosters really are and how many people he has under them..... So this time down is likely to be our last down, and if I'm not bad as expected, it's likely that the outside has been taken over by the rooster. ”

"For this reason, I can only decide to find enough gold in this last chance, but then I need to bring out enough weight at once, can one or two people carry the heavy gold? .... So we have to work together to get the greater good, and I've always been an open and honest person, and I've never disdained Asley's idea of a small pattern, so even though I knew it might cause misunderstandings, I had to tell it as it was. There may be many obstacles on the way to the vault, and I am here to assure everyone that we will divide the benefits fairly when we get out. ”

Lucas seemed convinced, and lowered his head to try to find his missing gun in the black water.

"I still have a question, I've heard of that rooster you've been talking about several times, who is the rooster?"

Cito had been silent just now, and then interjected.

"The rooster is a man, that guy formed a rooster gang, took control of many settlements around the area, including the abandoned fortress, and demanded that all the people who settled in the settlement pay taxes, and those who did not pay the taxes were beaten all over the body, and the whole family was killed..... Since the NCR withdrew, his power has swelled unprecedentedly, and all those stragglers have been absorbed by him, and no one has maintained any order on the surface.... He's been getting more and more crazy lately, repeatedly asking everyone to hand over more money, and we scavengers are starting to be targeted, and unsurprisingly many will flee the area afterward. ”