On the way back to the Shaded Beauty, Arthur deliberately made a big circle to prevent being followed.

Based on information previously obtained at St. Denis, Pinkerton detectives and law enforcement have been intensifying their efforts to hunt for wanted criminals everywhere, and more care must be taken.

Upon arriving at the camp, however, Arthur found that his caution had been completely useless.

Because Detective Pinkerton has found them.

Milton and Rose, who had visited Hansen not long ago, were standing in the middle of the camp at this time, surrounded by a group of members of the Fan gang who shared the same hatred.

Pointed at the muzzles of more than a dozen black holes, the two senior agents still did not change their faces.

Arthur had observed the vicinity of the camp, and there was no ambush, indicating that the two of them were indeed alone.

In the past, Arthur probably couldn't understand why the two agents were so fearless, but when he was a sheriff, he understood.

Milton represents not just himself, nor just the Pinkerton detective agency, but the state apparatus of terror. If the Fan Gang dared to kill people, there would be no place for them in the vast land of America.

Thinking of this, Arthur couldn't help but sigh, and then walked into the Shade Beauty.

"Looks like we're in a lot of trouble." He said.

"Not a trouble, but a guest, a solution." Milton looked back and said, "Mr. Morgan, we meet again, I don't really want to see you here." ”

"As a good citizen who has been fortunate enough to be amnesty, instead of being grateful and reforming, you have chosen to continue to mingle with a gang of criminals, which is really regrettable."

Arthur came to the front and stood with the rest of the group.

Although no gun was drawn, the meaning was clear.

Milton smiled and shook his head.

At this time, Ducky, as the leader, spoke: "May I ask what are you doing here, idiot agent?" ”

Milton did not take this level of abuse seriously at all, and calmly elaborated:

"I don't know if you've noticed, but now America is a civilized place. We are not killing all the barbaric aborigines, not so that people like you, who have no human dignity and basic morals, will come out and make trouble. ”

"The chaotic days are gone."

After listening to this theory, Daqi walked up to the detective step by step, and said with a cold expression: "This land. . . There is no civility at all. Everyone is insatiable, to the point where they are shameless and only desired. ”

Milton asked solemnly: "Is this the reason why you do whatever you want, take what you want, kill what you want, and completely ignore federal law?!" ”

As he spoke, the agent's gaze swept over all the Fan Gang members.

"Who made you call yourself a savior and lead these lost souls astray?"

Ducky replied categorically: "Mr. Milton, I never said that I was a savior, I was just a seeker of truth. ”

Milton immediately retorted, "You're just a murderer." ”

"But I'm here today to make a deal, you come with me, and I'll give the others three days to leave, fly away, and live like a human being."

Ducky suddenly laughed, "You're here for me?" Risking their lives to come to this den of thieves of inferior people and murderers just so that they could learn to love life? Don't talk nonsense, you're not that kind. ”

Milton said seriously, "I don't want to kill too many people, Ducky, as long as you're enough." ”

Dutsy raised his hands arrogantly: "I'm honored to be able to join you, but"

Before the words fell, the gang members showed their attitude with their actions, and the sound of bullets being loaded rang out one after another.

Ducky lowered his hands and said proudly, "It seems that we have something to live and die for, what a pity, Mr. Milton." Don't follow us anymore, or I'll be hard pressed to guarantee that the next time we meet, we'll be able to exercise restraint. ”

"I'm afraid I can't." Milton's face finally showed a little anger: "When we meet next time, I will bring fifty or a hundred people." You're all going to die! Run for your life, you arrogant and ignorant idiots! ”

With that, Milton slammed through the crowd and walked out of the camp with his men.

Arthur looked worriedly at the vanishing backs of the two agents: "What now?" ”

Daqi also lost his composure just now: "There is not much time left for us, we must leave as soon as possible." ”

"Lenny, you go and follow those two idiots and make sure they're gone."

The new camp had to move again just a few days later, and although the members were reluctant, they also understood that the current situation was very urgent and had reached the point where they had to go.

So they silently dispersed and went to pack their luggage.

The gang triumvirate stayed put, discussing their next plans.

First of all, where to move is a big problem.

Daqi thought for a long time and said, "Go to Ronoke Mountain in the east, which is sparsely populated, and it should be enough for us to hide for a while." ”

"Arthur, have you been to Blackwater? How's it going? ”

If they could get back the gold they had stuck, they would be free.

However, Arthur's reply was not optimistic, Blackwater was still heavily guarded, and he was the only one in the gang who could enter it safely, but he couldn't bring back that much gold alone, and only Ducky knew where the money was hidden.

Although the other two giants had already anticipated it, they were inevitably a little disappointed.

Ducky paced back and forth with his pipe in his mouth, and finally said, "Looks like we still have to do a big deal." ”

Arthur told the story of the tar factory and the gambling ship that he had seen in the newspaper.

"Not enough, not enough." Ducky shook his head and let out a large puff of melancholy smoke, "Hosea, do you have any ideas over there?" ”

The old guy said, "There really is." ”

He then pulled out a map of St. Denis and laid it flat on the table in the camp.

"Lemoen National Bank."

"I've been watching and waiting for the past few days. Of course, I don't guarantee that it will work, but I can guarantee that it will work. ”

People who often break the law and commit crimes have path dependence, and the Fan Gang has succeeded in every bank robbery before.

"Look, I've had a couple of ladies investigate, and they're all pretty sure there's only one armed guard in this bank." Hosea pointed to the map, "As for the patrolling police, I might be able to find a way to make some noise in the next street and lure them over." When the time comes, your chance will come. ”

Dutsy turned to look at Arthur, "What do you think?" ”

Arthur paused for a few seconds: "Well, I don't think we have any other choice. Everyone knows that if they continue to stay here, they will die. ”

The Idea King asked again, "But. . . What about the plan? ”

Perhaps because he had more contact with Leon, Arthur said simply and rudely: "We have a lot of good players and know how to fight, and those city policemen don't look too difficult." As long as we're moving fast enough, there shouldn't be any problems. ”

Hosea added, "I recommend acting in the evening. ”

"I agree." Arthur said.

Ducky finally made a decision: "I agree, it sounds like a good plan." ”

"It's just Arthur, you can't go, I want you to escort the others to the new camp."

Arthur's expression suddenly turned cold: "Some people seem to want to kick me out of the team. ”

"You know I didn't mean that." Daqi said earnestly: "I just think that if you continue to maintain your clean identity, it may come in handy in the future." ”

But no matter how hard he tried, Arthur still insisted on participating in the action.

After thinking about it for a long time, Hosea chose to side with Ducky, because he also felt that Arthur might be their retreat later.

Two votes for one, Arthur insisted, it was useless.

"It's time, gentlemen! One last time, with a bit of luck, we'll be starting a new life in a tropical idyllic area in a few weeks! ”

Ducky used his own way to do the pre-war mobilization, and all the fighters in the gang would participate in the operation, except for Arthur, who was the most combative, and Sadie, who was close to the gang, were left behind.

Everyone was puzzled by Ducky's decision.

Could it be that Arthur has another mission?

After hours of preparation, the Van gang was fully ready, and they split their troops into two lines, with Ducky leading the gunmen into the city, and Arthur leading the others to Ronoke Mountain.

If nothing else, the two groups will be able to reunite tomorrow morning.

"Arthur, I'll leave it to you, take care of the house."

After giving the order, Daqi gave an order and led his subordinates away.

Arthur hadn't done much of this kind of work while staying at home, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became.

Sadie was still saying cool words next to her at this time: "Poor child, just left by his father." ”

Arthur glared.

"I mean little Jack, how worried he would have been if he knew his father was going to face the police all over the city," Sadie laughed and said. Abigail must be in a hurry, right? ”

Arthur was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "Lady Adler, for the sake of us fighting side by side, do me a favor." ”

Speaking of which, he glanced at the convoy behind him: "Help me get everyone to the new camp." ”

Sadie instantly realized: "You're going to find Ducky and them?" We'll have to hurry, they're probably already in town by now. ”

Arthur understood that she had promised to help: "Thank you. ”

"If you don't need it, you should repay you for saving your life." Sadie said.

Arthur then bid farewell to the convoy and hurried towards St. Denis.

There was no trace of Dutch and the others along the way, and perhaps as Sadie said, they had already entered the city.

Arthur was distraught and picked up speed again.

Three blocks from the bank, a deafening explosion sounded in the distance, followed by billowing black smoke.

This meant that Hosea was on the move.

Nearby police quickly rushed to the scene of the incident, and Arthur also spotted Pinkerton in it.

This gave him a bad feeling in an instant.

Milton's gang shouldn't be in town now!

As the bank got closer, a dense burst of gunfire rang out, pedestrians scattered and fled, screaming and screaming, and the scene was chaotic.

This situation made Arthur's heart fall to the bottom completely.

Now there is no time to think about why Ducky and they are exposed so quickly, and they must rush over to help as soon as possible.

But when Arthur was just one step away from the bank, several policemen stopped him in his way.

"Sir, there are thugs in front of you who are attacking in the street, it is very dangerous, you can't go over."

Arthur tightened his grip on the reins, stopped his horse, and looked around blankly.

The intersections had long been cordoned off, and there were city policemen in blue uniforms everywhere, and he even saw a horse-drawn carriage loaded with a Maxim machine gun heading in the direction of the bank.

"Damn it!" Arthur jumped off his horse and ran wildly down the alley next to him.

Several policemen glanced at each other, sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly chased after them.

Thanks to the fact that he has been wandering around the city for a few days and gathering intelligence, Arthur is quite familiar with the terrain route, and he flicked his tail behind him and climbed to the rooftop through the external staircase of an apartment building.

Coughing violently, Arthur pulled out the binoculars in his satchel.

He saw Pinkerton and the police surrounding the bank, indicating that the Dutch and the others were still inside and had not escaped.

Arthur immediately put away his binoculars and pulled out his gun.

He plans to approach the bank from the rooftop, catch the enforcers by surprise, and give Dutsy a chance to escape.

Running and running, the gunfire suddenly stopped.

A nervous Arthur again observes with a telescope.

It turned out that the two groups of people were in a stalemate, and the enforcers did not dare to rashly attack the bank, and Daqi and they did not dare to come out of the bank, so there was a temporary ceasefire.

And the boss on the Enforcer's side is none other than Milton, whom he had just met during the day.

"It should be able to catch up, I'll have to go faster!" Arthur galloped at full speed, struggling to jump long from building to building, ignoring the whirring of his lungs like a broken bellows.

A few seconds later, the gun rang out again.

Hosea, who was in charge of distracting the police, somehow fell into the hands of Milton, and then was shot in the chest and fell to the ground.

The bright red blood stung Arthur's nerves, and he didn't care if he had enough range, and raised his gun to pull the trigger frantically at Milton and his men.

"There's someone on the roof!"

The enforcers discovered his location and immediately enveloped him in the blink of an eye, a dense barrage of bullets.

Arthur couldn't dodge, and there was a sharp pain in his abdomen, and one of his arms was also grazed by a stray bullet.

Fortunately, his efforts were rewarded, and Ducky and others took the opportunity to blow up the back wall of the bank with explosives and successfully escaped from the encirclement.

But the entire city has been completely under martial law, and law enforcers have launched carpet searches, and checkpoints have been set up on every traffic artery, making it difficult to escape.

Arthur wanted to join Ducky, but there were many people chasing him.

He had no choice but to give up this idea, clutching his bleeding belly, and turning his head and running in the opposite direction.

The capture continued into the night, and the pursuers finally slowed down slightly.

But Arthur still couldn't find a way out of the city, so he took refuge in an unfamiliar stable, endured feces and mosquitoes, and waited for the dawn to come.

I don't know how Daqi is doing.

With anxiety and uneasiness, Arthur, who had lost too much blood, slowly lost consciousness.

The next morning, the warm sun shone on the earth again.

The streets of St. Denis are filled with residents discussing bank robberies, with some comparing the incident to last year's Blackwater robbery that shook the nation. Some people believe that it is far worse than Blackwater.

Dare to go into the city today to rob, where to go tomorrow, Washington White House?

Others are completely indifferent to it.

Take, for example, Mary Lington.

She was now thinking about how to better adapt to her new job and make a good impression on her wife and several young ladies.

The first task of the day is to tell the stables to prepare the horses, because the eldest lady is going out.

After walking for a long time in an unfamiliar manor, Mary finally found the place of the stable.

I was about to go around to the main entrance, but I saw a sneaky figure struggling to climb out of the stable window.

Mary subconsciously shouted to catch the thief, but the thief's figure became more and more familiar the more she looked at it.

"Arthur?"

There is one more chapter, it will be very late, no need to wait

(End of chapter)