A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 283 "American Purgatory"

There are no other customers in the cafe now.

Maria, the proprietress, was wiping glasses behind the bar when a man wearing a Blackwater River Company uniform opened the door and walked in.

"any drinks?"

"Arthur Morgan, it's time for Bronte tonight."

"Okay, espresso, right? Wait a minute."

……

Now that it has been decided that Bronte will be sent on the road tonight, there is nothing to think about.

That night, Arthur led people to block the exits of the building where the safe house where Bronte was hiding.

After confirming with the person responsible for tracking that Bronte had not left the building and was inside.

Arthur then led Charlie, Eamonn, and a group of Blackwater River employees in black uniforms into the building aggressively.

All the obstacles I thought I would encounter did not appear.

The group of them went all the way to the third floor, but no one from Bronte was encountered on the way.

"Something's not right, Arthur."

Aemon stopped Arthur who was about to move forward, and he said firmly:
"It shouldn't be left unguarded."

"Is the person following you reliable?" Arthur asked seriously.

Eamonn replied affirmatively:

"reliable."

Is it strange that I haven’t met anyone from Bronte yet?

Of course it was strange, but Arthur believed in Aemon's abilities and what the people under Aemon who were responsible for tracking him said.

So he just signaled Eamon to stay here with some of his people to prevent any accidents, and then continued to lead the rest of the people and Charlie towards Bronte's safe house.

Finally, Arthur saw the first Bronte's man at the door of the safe house, but the man was sitting on a chair at the door, seemingly asleep?
Arthur didn't think too much and shot the man directly in the head. After sending him away in his sleep, he was about to kick open the door of the safe house.

But before he could lift his feet, he was stopped by Charlie behind him.

Arthur looked at Charlie with a puzzled look on his face, wondering why he stopped him before he could ask questions.

Hearing the sound of the gun bolt being pulled inside, Charlie, whose expression changed drastically, dragged Arthur back and shouted:

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

As soon as Charlie finished speaking, a bullet was fired from behind the door, and then bullets kept firing at Arthur and the others from outside the door like a machine gun.

The door to the safe house was soon riddled with holes.

If Charlie hadn't reacted in time, they would now be as riddled with holes as that door.

Arthur couldn't believe how close he was to death just now.

This can definitely be regarded as the closest he has been to death since he left Dutch.

"Arthur! Don't be in a daze!"

Hearing Charlie yelling at the side, Arthur was relieved. After the feeling of bewilderment faded, anger surged into his brain like a wild horse running wild, and Arthur pulled him by his side. The famous subordinate said:
"Go and tell Aemon right away that the person you are following is a traitor! Don't let him get away!"

Immediately afterwards, Arthur took the hat from Charlie's head, don't ask why he didn't use his own.

After slowly pulling the hat from the corner, half of the leak will come out.

"boom!"

With a gunshot that was different from the 'da da da' just now, a big hole was directly punched out of the hat.

"Maybe two people, a machine gun, and a large-caliber precision rifle. Charlie, take the people downstairs. There must be an exit to the outside of the safe house. Go block it." Listening to Arthur's orderliness Based on his judgment and analysis, Charlie believed that he had recovered, so he nodded and led the people down.

For Charlie, Arthur in this state does not need to worry about his safety.

Arthur, who was left alone, pushed open the pistol magazine. After checking the bullets, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. He didn't know if it was because he had been at ease for a few days and his vigilance dropped. Or did he trust Aemon and the others too much, and he almost fell into such an obvious trap.

At this time, the corridor was quiet.

The voices of two children singing could be faintly heard.

This singing made Arthur frown. He didn't understand why there were children here at this time, and they were still singing?The gunfire just now probably means that the people living in the next building are all awake now, even if they were asleep.

Arthur shouted:
"Child! Hide in the house and don't come out!"

I originally thought that everything would be fine if I gave a warning, but it was different from what Arthur thought. Before Arthur spoke, the singing voices of the two children did not sound very clear, but after Arthur told them not to come out, , the song came towards Arthur instead.

Arthur took a quick glance down the aisle, risking possible sniping.

Two blond boys in pajamas were holding hands and walking towards him. Although I don't know why the ambush in the safe house didn't shoot, it was either because they didn't want to involve the children or because they didn't want to involve the children. Said he wanted to lure himself out.

It was obviously impossible for Arthur to sit back and watch the two children have an accident in front of him.

I don’t know if he was just worried. Just when Arthur was still hiding at the corner of the stairs thinking about what to do, he heard a gunshot, and then Arthur heard the singing stop, replaced by only A child cried.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Seeing this situation, Arthur did not hesitate. He walked out from the corner of the stairs with a gun in one hand. After firing three shots at the door of the safe house that was already full of bullet holes, he quickly walked along the passage towards the body sitting on it. 'Behind the crying boy.

After picking up the boy, Arthur turned around and stepped back.

There is definitely no Bronte in the safe house now, and Charlie should have blocked the escape route of the people in the house by now, so there is no need for him to force his way in.

Just thinking about this, Arthur suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen, and then the boy broke free from his arms, and looked down at the dagger stuck in his abdomen. Without hesitation, Arthur raised the gun and pointed it at him, turning around and preparing to run away boy empties magazine.

Holding on to the stair handle on the side, Arthur ran down a few steps, then sat down by the wall, holding the handle of the dagger with his hand while looking up the stairs.

"Hehe, father, father, he was stabbed."

The boy who had faked his death just now was standing on the stairs. He bent down and saw Arthur sitting by the wall, then turned and shouted to the man walking out of the safe house behind him.

The man touched the boy's head. He turned a blind eye to the other child who was beaten to death. He confirmed that the person sitting at the bottom of the stairs "living" was the target. After Arthur Morgan was correct, he said indifferently:
"Good job, now go and get rid of the target, and then go directly to Gretel."

After saying that, the man left from the other side of the stairs.

The boy who received the praise smiled happily, and then jumped up to Arthur. Similarly, he also turned a blind eye to the dead boy passing by.

"Who are you?" Arthur asked weakly.

The boy picked up the gun that Arthur had thrown aside, pointed it at Arthur's head, and said with a smile:

"I'm sorry, uncle, I have to hurry up and find Sister Gretel, so I won't tell you so much."

"boom!"

"?"

The boy looked at Arthur in disbelief, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground. He subconsciously wanted to cover his bleeding neck with his hands, but he couldn't.

The 'bang' gunshot was made by Arthur's mouth.

Arthur, who was originally dying, now looked weak. He shook off the blood on the dagger, inserted it again, picked up his gun on the ground, and reloaded the bullet while complaining. :

"Really... the child should behave like a child, so he should learn from it next time he is reincarnated."

After loading the bullets, Arthur put the gun back into the gun pouch, and then took out the copy of "American Purgatory" that saved his life. Throw it aside.

Without wasting time here, Arthur climbed up the stairs again and chased in the direction where the man who had just spoken left.

(End of this chapter)