Chapter 34: The End
"Fake." Andy glanced at the brat.
"Believe it or not, it's just a thief's shoddy planting." Dan Dai stood still and watched Andy quietly, and the others didn't know how to react, so they all stood aside and waited for the result.
He suddenly turned to the Hecate hounds beside him.
"You guys, what happened when you saw this place just now?" Most of the three or four Hekate hounds in that direction shook their heads and showed that they were not paying attention, after all, there was a bit of a lot of traffic here, and disputes and fights like this were not uncommon.
There is only one exception.
"I didn't see that kid stealing, this guy from the west didn't know how to get in, maybe the guy you injured before had the same purpose, he should be arrested first." Danday didn't say anything, just raised his chin towards Andy.
Andy had prepared for the worst, and he didn't expect anyone here to speak for him.
"I said believe it or not, and I didn't get involved.... You guys brought me in, make no mistake about that. After a moment, Danday suddenly sighed.
"You people from the west... There is always an inexplicable arrogance, as if it comes from the bones of self-esteem. It's not that I can't understand it, but sometimes it's a bit annoying to see that you don't even realize it. So tell me now, if it were you, what would you want to do with this now? Andy didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to answer this kind of question, if it was in NcR, it was just an ordinary small dispute, and often the two sides would start an endless fight, and it was difficult for the military police of NcR to distinguish whether it was the thief who attempted to steal and caused the victim to beat or the bully who blocked the road and persecuted the poor orphan, resulting in the law enforcement results are often ridiculous, such as insufficient evidence to release on the spot.
Even if there is conclusive evidence that the child is indeed a thief, the NcR law does not punish the crime of theft severely, but only a stay in a prison cell for a while.
In the wasteland far away from the NcR, the natural order formed by the wasteland people in the wild collision is often to beat or shoot individuals who violate their interests, but sometimes there are some places that are so magnanimous that even the NcR is ashamed of itself.
Andy looked around at the people around him, and the Hekat Hounds seemed to have a contempt and even hatred for the natives from the surrounding area who came here to trade, so they were quite rough in enforcing the law.
But he is not one of them, nor is he a native, but an outsider from afar.
Combined with the attitude of the short and fat boss before, although his status in this society is not as low as that of ordinary natives, it is definitely not very high.
So.... How to win the favor of these people through an answer to create favorable conditions for yourself is the crux of the problem.
"Of course I respect the laws laid down by the great Lady Hecate, that boy is a despicable thief, please dispose of him according to your standards." As soon as these words came out, the natives who did not understand the language were still curiously watching the excitement not far away, and the Hekate hounds had relaxed expressions.
Danday stared at Andy and nodded.
"Good answer, outsider. If you want to step into a higher field in society, you must first understand the concept of respect and politeness.... If you don't understand, it's undoubtedly indistinguishable from an animal. His thick arms suddenly grabbed the half-grown native, like a black shadow, and threw him upside down, and threw him to the ground with a clatter.
Several leather bags and some coins appear there. Andy noticed that there was a snake in the shape of a metal coin of several different colors, in addition to the bottle cap, which he had not seen much before.
There was a shouting from among the natives who were watching the bustle, and a native, with a thick black line painted on his face, rushed through the crowd and slammed his mouth into it, and was slapped by the Hekate Hound who maintained order, and blood flowed directly from his mouth.
He covered his face and pointed to a primitive lizard skin bag on the ground, chattering. Dan Dai listened indifferently to the native's account of his situation, and then his terrible gaze shifted to the face of the thief who was hanging upside down and caught in the air, and immediately frightened the half-grown native's face pale.
As soon as he used his hand, he threw the thief at the cockscomb head, and the other party grabbed it in his hand very easily, and the black poisonous snake wrapped around the cockscomb head suddenly stood up, its body swelled, and its neck hissed in horror.
Danday lowered his arms and looked at Andy.
"According to the rules laid down by Lord Hecate, thieves, whether they succeed in stealing or not, must have one hand chopped off." The cockscomb head smiled, looking at the native child who was trembling under his feet, the scimitar held in one hand had already turned a few times, he gestured, and saw that the knife was about to fall in his hand.
Unexpectedly, the half-grown native child suddenly took out a piece of triangular iron from his arms, and stabbed it on the leg of the cockscomb head with his backhand, causing him to let out a piercing scream on the spot, and his feet couldn't help but loosen.
The viper he had raised immediately went berserk, opened its large black mouth to reveal a few silver-white sharp fangs, and scurried towards the child's neck.
The native child who broke free from the foot of the cockscomb immediately took out a cloth bag from his arms, shook it violently, and then waved out a white smoke, and the poisonous snake fell to the ground like a lightning strike and began to roll wildly.
Dan Dai stood still and watched things develop in the direction of the farce, and the fat man with scar and the thin man with a tooth laughed at the fate of the cockscomb head instead of hating the enemy.
The kid ran towards one of the Hekate hounds surrounding the area, and it turned out to be the Hekate Hound who had proposed to capture Andy.
The dark-skinned Hekate hound's eyes wandered, and he hesitated to see the child running towards him, and then suddenly raised the pistol in his hand.
This frightened the boy so much that he rolled on the ground trying to dodge and shout in the native dialect.
Andy saw that the faces of the others had changed a little, and couldn't help but ask Dan Dai curiously.
"What did he say?" Danday looked at the helpless Hekate Hound with the gun, and his expression was depressed, obviously really a little angry.
He gritted his teeth and answered Andy's question.
He said that the man told him to steal..... No wonder. Danday pointed a finger at the Hecate hound, who was disarmed and forced to kneel on the spot.
Caught in a rage, the cockscomb head didn't pay attention to anything else, he walked straight towards the native child with a black face with a scimitar, and the amazing murderous aura made the Hekate Hound next to him dodge, looking at this posture, he obviously would not be satisfied with just chopping off the child's hand, but would dismantle him alive.
"Cubit!" Dan Dai let out a thunderous roar that shook the eardrums of the people, and the cockscomb was stunned and rubbed his teeth.
He walked up to the kid and threw an old punch, then rode on top of him as he fell to the ground, slapped him head-on a few times that could hear the sound of the wind, and finally slammed the head with the handle of the machete in his hand.
After venting his anger, he chopped off the right hand of the child who had fallen into a coma. The blood-drenched scene made the surrounding onlookers scream and marvel.
Danday walked over to the captured Hekate Hound and began to search him, and sure enough, he found something that would not be his own, such as some precious small jewels and some currency.
He spat out the verdict grimly.
"You have violated the law of Lady Hecate, as her hound, everything we have belongs to hers, and you must not seek anything for yourself, that is the beginning of depravity and betrayal! Look at you.... I thought the natives who claimed they had lost something were just another bunch of vexatious fools, but now it looks like you're a moth, and according to Lady Hecate's law, you'll be thrown into a snake pit! The Hekate Hound burst into tears when he heard this, and was dragged away by his companion's arm.
Danday turned to look at Andy, and this time his face softened slightly.
"It seems that you didn't lie to me, I didn't expect things to turn out like this, you said before, it was our people who brought you here, can you tell me her name?" Andy had nothing to hide and told him bluntly.
"Her name is Merlin, we met in Blackfoot Village, and she seems to be the newly chosen Handmaiden of Hecate, and I saw her send off Blackfoot's team before." Dan nodded knowingly.
"No wonder, that's right.... So you're a rare guest, so come with me, we can go to a quieter place and have a good chat..."