Chapter 22: Imprisonment
The two scientists and the Candace branch president bid farewell to Andy in white coats.
"We don't have anything to use here, these two are very scientifically minded people in our club, and in the library we find some technical books related to aerospace... I don't dare say we're going to help, but we're going to do our best. β
Andy shakes hands with the Candace branch president and thanks.
"Don't you need me to drive you to Bloomfield?"
Candace shook his head.
"I know you still have a lot of things to do, so we spent some bottle caps and hired a driver and bodyguards to take us to Blomfield, which is much shorter than Dr. Goddard's way to the Great Dome, and the nearby marauders have either been evicted or stopped plundering, and I'm sure we'll get there on time."
The understanding of the Candace branch president made Andy's heart warm, and although I don't know if the progress can be so smooth, it is at least a good start.
But before parting, the branch president repeated that admonition.
"You need to get out as soon as possible, Andy, and go somewhere else as soon as possible, it's almost impossible to get official support from the NcR in the current environment, and it will stumble you."
Andy nodded solemnly.
"I understand, but if I can mobilize the capacity of the rail network, it will save a lot of time, and I have to try it anyway, Colemans can't help me, I still have to talk to Mayor Dodge."
Seeing the group of Followers of the Apocalypse leave in a modified pre-war vehicle, Andy turned his head to look behind him, and shouts were heard not far away, several NcR soldiers with white letters painted on their helmets and electric batons around their waists were walking directly towards his location, looking at this dress, they were clearly military police in the NcR army.
"Sergeant Andy Arendall, come here, come with us."
One gendarme said this with an electric baton, and the other added it.
"We just need your cooperation in the investigation, don't make things more complicated."
Andy sneered and shook his head.
"I can't do it, so you'd better not waste my time at this time and cooperate with the investigation? Let Colemans eat the! Tell him to come and talk to me in person! β
The two gendarmes raised their eyebrows, pulled out their electric batons, and pressed the switch to press the current on it.
"How dare you resist arrest? Acquaintance points are immediately arrested! β
"Shut your stinky mouth, you lawbreaker, if you dare to talk nonsense, I'll give you a little color!"
The two rushed over, brandishing the electric baton in their hands and beating Andy, but Andy easily dodged, out of the corner of his eye, he saw some idle NcR soldiers around, and there were reflections in the remote distance, it is estimated that once he pulls out his gun, whether he pulls the trigger or not, these guys will kill him directly without saying a word.
Looking at the two fierce gendarmes in front of him, Andy's feeling was very subtle, it was not that he had not fought with NcR soldiers in such a long time, such as the madman soldiers led by Sergeant Larsen outside the Great Dome, and the NcR rebels led by Captain Pierce under Prester, but these soldiers around him did not go crazy or betray.
Right now, he's on the opposite side of NcR.
Whooshββ!
The electric baton split the air and slammed it, Andy dodged sideways again, and turned around to see two gendarmes walking behind him, and the people here were gathering more and more, and there was really no way to escape if it continued like this.
"Hull..."
He whispered, and his entire body suddenly disappeared into thin air.
This wonderful scene immediately stunned everyone present, they were looking around like a bunch of fools, even touching around like blind people, but Andy just disappeared.
"What's going on?"
"Where did he go?!"
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In a nearby building, Colemans slowly lowered his binoculars.
"Brother Hanlong, what do you think?"
Ranger Hanlon also lowered the binoculars in his hand.
"I think he may have used the Stealth Kid... But I don't see him temporarily operating the Stealth Kid button, I'm a little sure, maybe it's some other item with a similar effect. β
Han Long turned his face sideways and motioned for the other two Rangers to follow suit.
A ranger with a wide square face was the first to speak.
"The courage is good, and the will is also very strong, so it is not very valid to arrest him if he can't remember the conflict."
Another, slightly shorter female Ranger also had her opinion.
"He's very agile, and his strength should be good, so it's a bit troublesome to capture him."
Han Long patiently listened to the words of the two of them.
Colemans walked over to Hanlon.
"Brother Hanlon, I don't know if you have a way to solve that guy's stealth, in some reports, this lawbreaker has repeatedly shown tricks like this to disappear in front of everyone during the help of Joseph Dodge to capture the Brotherhood of Steel assassins, if he uses the stealth kid to achieve the effect, it means that he should have a lot of it on him."
Hanlon crossed his arms and thought for a moment, then gave the answer.
"As long as he can shorten the distance, it is best to be in a relatively closed space, even if he can use the stealth of the beep boy, he can't hide all the signs of his movements, sounds, footprints, dust... Or use some smoke bombs, paint, etc., which can also temporarily show its outline. The duration of the Stealth Kid is not very long, as long as you can entangle him, or it won't be long before the stealth state will be lifted by itself, and it will take a little short activation time to use the next one, so as long as you are well prepared, it will not be difficult to deal with him. β
Colemans smiled and shook his head, but finally took a delicate gadget out of his coat pocket.
"Come, brother, here's for you."
Han Long took it, and could tell that it was a delicate mechanism the size of a palm, presumably powered by two nuclear fusion batteries, with a switch and a button that looked like a mode.
"I've never seen anything like it, Director Colemans, what is it?"
Colemans explained with a smile.
"Since President Peterson was assassinated by the Brotherhood of Steel assassins using the Stealth Boy, he immediately instructed the domestic scientific community to develop a portable device that can crack the Stealth Boy's stealth field, and our National Counter-Terrorism Agency is responsible for scheduling this important task, and not long ago there has been some progress... According to the research of our scientists, the stealth effect of the stealth boy 3001 is achieved by creating a stealth field formed by a special gamma wave, and after understanding this principle, a genius proposed to use the method of close-range electromagnetic wave disturbance to make the stealth field fail. β
"Although it is not affected by pulse weapons due to its unique design, this new idea has proven to be very effective in cracking the stealth effect of the stealth kid... As long as you turn on this small device, within a radius of three to five meters around you, the operation of the stealth boy will be interfered with, and its stealth effect will naturally be self-defeating. β
"It's called: Electromagnetic Matrix Jammer."
Han Long curiously played with this small object in his hand, the stealth boy is a kind of pre-war scientific and technological relics, after the war, people have not yet achieved mass replication, so the quantity is extremely scarce, usually only the scavengers on the wasteland occasionally find it, the super mutant organization 'Unification' that ravaged New California also used many means to collect a large number of stealth boys to supply to its special forces, but then most of the stealth boy inventory was taken away by the Brotherhood of Steel by various means and excuses, It was later used extensively as a standard for Assassins during the Iron Plague.
Now that they have this thing, the Rangers may have an extra countermeasure in the future.
"Well, I'm even more sure now."
Hearing Hanlon say this, Colemans immediately smiled.
"You can do it, but be careful, that guy has a lot of legends on this side of the Hoover Dam, and I've heard that he is also the number one person."
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Andy deactivates stealth mode in the middle of nowhere.
Although I have heard of it for a long time, it seems that the situation inside the Hoover Dam is indeed very bad.
In a trash can in a corner, Andy sees a broken wanted warrant with his name on it and says that the person is suspected of being a murderer and is being hunted.
No wonder he was suddenly surrounded, and when he came in through the east gate, he was not small, and he showed his ID to the guards, presumably that Colemans had already begun to set up a net while he was on his way to find the head of the Candace branch.
Andy was pondering what to do next, when a man in a trench coat and a hat suddenly walked over.
"Hey."
He said hello, and his voice was somewhat familiar.
After raising his hand and slowly taking off his hat, it was Sheriff Ralph.
Andy quietly let go of his right hand gripping the pistol.
"So it's you, Sheriff Ralph, how did you get to the top of the dam?"
Sergeant Ralph sighed.
"Don't mention it, don't call me Sheriff anymore, I've been removed from office... Someone wants to get Mayor Dodge to give up his position, and they use all kinds of means to do this, and they have found a lot of evidence of my alleged corruption and collusion with gangsters, how can I refute it? That's it, don't mention that, I really sweated for you when you were surrounded by those soldiers and gendarmes, but fortunately you are still as good as before, and you have escaped. Still, I'm familiar enough to guess where you're headed, and I'll be waiting for you here for a while. β
Seeing the smug smile on Sheriff Ralph's face, Andy couldn't help but be stunned and asked suspiciously.
"That's... Were the Hoover Dam police officers dismissed as well? β
Ralph shook his head.
"Not yet... For now. The current sheriff is Stiller, and my lovely Mickey... He's promoted, isn't he? So I believe that it won't be long before the police force in Hoover Dam City really doesn't need to exist, and no one needs some law enforcers who don't make a difference whether they exist or not, and even sometimes help the law enforcers, maybe then the disappearance of the Hoover Dam Police Department is the best outcome, well, it really hurts my heart to say that. β
He took out a cigarette and smoked it, his eyes full of depressed emotion.
"Phewβit seems that times have changed, as I told you before, I'm going to go to the west, there are still many people there who are in urgent need of a qualified protector and enforcer, I heard that the Desert Rangers are also recruiting troops to deal with the invasion of the NcR, this is a familiar scene, but it is different from the Hoover Dam back then."
The two were silent for a moment, and Ralph broke the silence.
"I still have one more thing to worry about before leaving, since the brigadier general left the Hoover Dam, that guy from Colemans has considered himself the new mayor, relying on the calamis caravan and the army to collude, he is now doing whatever he wants, even the mayor of Dodge was secretly taken to Black Canyon Prison by the agents he sent."
Andy looked at him in surprise.
"What do you say?! Why did he do that? β
Ralph chuckled lowly.
"You need to act quickly, Andy, while the people of Hoover Dam still believe in and support Mayor Dodger, Colemans is working with McClofty to promote Mayor Dodge's guilt, and if Mayor Dodge is forced to confess in Black Canyon Prison after a little longer, he will really be finished."
Andy was a little incredulous in his anger.
"And Major Fleming? Why did he sit idly by? β
Ralph shook his head.
"Haven't you heard? He was sent out by the brigadier general to look for coal, and he hasn't come back yet. β
Andy then remembered that the colonel had told him about this when he was at Fort Ashd, what the hell, the team of the mayor of Dodge had been completely dismantled during the isolated island of Hoover Dam, no wonder the old man Colemans is so arrogant today.
The two chatted for a while, and Ralph finally told Andy to be careful, and then turned and walked towards the west gate of Hoover Dam City, looking at the back of his trench coat, Andy knew that this might be the last time he and Ralph, the venerable sheriff of Hoover Dam City, would see him for the last time in his life.
After saying goodbye to him, Andy went straight to Black Canyon Prison without stopping.
Several soldiers were about to control Andy's car, but they were grabbed and bitten by Xiao Hei inside, and an NcR soldier angrily smashed it with the butt of his gun, but Xiao Hei dodged him, and in turn bit him hard.
"Ahh
He angrily covered his bleeding wounds, and was about to raise the muzzle of his gun to fire, but he was suddenly hit from behind and fell to the ground unconscious.
The same situation happened one after another, and the NcR soldiers fell to the ground one after another.
Andy discontinued stealth mode and rushed into the Atomic Humvee, kicked the accelerator towards the east gate of Hoover Dam City, and no one dared to stop him on a rampage along the way, and the sporadic bullets were also bounced off by the strong shell of the Atomic Humvee, and he turned the steering wheel and went straight to the eastern suburbs of Hoover Dam City, where the Black Canyon Prison is located.
It's been a long time since he was last here, when Odysseus sent Tibbetts Prison robots attacked Black Canyon Prison and took him out of Tibbetts Prison and put him in Tibbetts Prison.
And this time, he took the initiative to go.
It was also at the same time that he stormed the outpost that the news was immediately passed to Colemans, who immediately cheered up and found the three Rangers.
"That guy must have gone to Black Canyon Prison to find Joseph Dodge, he wants to rob the prison! You must go there and capture him! β
The three rangers didn't say anything else and immediately set off.