A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 293 How can Arthur be so cruel?

After directing Carmen to throw Joseph into the water and pull him up again, and repeated this several times, Arthur finally asked Joseph, who was completely panicked and soaked:
"Okay, I guess we can have a nice chat now?"

"Yes! That's right! It's absolutely fine, let's chat!"

Hearing Joseph's urgent and affirmative answer, Arthur took out his gun and fired several shots at the water, scaring away the alligator that only ate appetizers and wanted to eat Joseph's staple food, and then signaled to Carmen Pull Joseph back.

When Joseph was dragged back from the water by the rope and thrown on the ground, Arthur put away his smile and said seriously:
"First question, you, the U.S. Attorney General, why are you coming to the West?"

Although he didn't expect Arthur's first question to be this, Joseph quickly answered:

"The President is not happy with the illegal sales of land in the Western Region and has authorized me to form an investigative unit to investigate these crimes."

Arthur was satisfied with this answer, at least, if Joseph was going to tell a lie, he would definitely not make it up.

"Very good, you showed me the possibility of letting you leave alive. Second question, who is the traitor beside me?"

"I don't know." Looking at Arthur's rapidly changing expression, Joseph immediately added: "But! Webster has a list! This kind of thing, hey, I'm not lying to you, how could I possibly ask about such a trivial matter, right?"

Arthur nodded reluctantly, agreeing with his statement, and then continued to ask:
"The last question, I don't know if you understand it or not. The more secretive the information you tell me, the greater your chance of survival will be. I won't lie to you. For now, what you have revealed is It doesn't make me see the possibility of you surviving, so the last question is, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

This is really heartbreaking, telling Joseph bluntly that he is dead, and then asking him to take the initiative to tell the secrets that Arthur can use as a handle, so that he can survive.

Although Joseph doesn't want to admit it, what Arthur said is right. Only if the secret is important enough to make Arthur think that if he knows the secret, Joseph will not dare to retaliate against him, and then Joseph will have a chance to leave alive. .

For a person like Joseph, he can almost be said to have stood at the top of the pyramid. He is unwilling to die in such an unknown place. He has worked hard all his life to reach his current position. He is unwilling to die. , he wants to live.

Thinking of this, Joseph began to talk endlessly about the secrets that he thought Arthur would find important, saying:
"Bronte, he has a ledger in his hand that records the time, place, name and amount in detail. It records the information of all officials involved in the corruption of Union Pacific Railroad. He acted as the middleman for Amis."

As if he was afraid that Arthur would not realize how important this secret was, Joseph added:

"Amis was a Massachusetts congressman who was one of the major shareholders of Union Pacific Railroad. He established a credit company called Mobile and through this company defrauded Union Pacific Railroad and the government of millions of dollars. Afterwards, in order to prevent the incident from being exposed, Amis used Bronte as an intermediary to sell a number of stocks to Republican-dominated members of Congress for only $100 per share..."

Good guy, if Arthur remembers correctly, the annual dividends of these stocks are hundreds of dollars per share?Moreover, Congress now has a Republican majority.

Regardless, this is indeed a shocking secret.

"Are you a Democrat?"

"No, I'm a Republican." As if knowing why Arthur asked, Joseph consciously added:

"Bronte can't die. If he dies, his account books will be made public. We don't know where he put this thing, who he gave it to, and who he arranged to do it. Although some people choose to believe Bronte "Special, but...well, we are trying to control this risk in some mild ways that have nothing to do with us, you understand?" For example, throwing him into jail for killing a retired policeman?

After thinking about this, Arthur smiled brightly. In other words, if he killed Bronte, then the Republicans in power today would encounter a crisis, a huge crisis.

Arthur said to Joseph:
"It's not enough. It's an important secret, but it's not enough. I don't have a list. Knowing this secret only increases the necessity for me to be silenced. So, you have to work harder, Joseph."

"..." Say it easily, try harder?How else could he try? The expression on Joseph's face was distorted with anger, and he roared loudly:
"Mr. Morgan! I am the Minister of Justice of the United States!!"

Arthur nodded and said in agreement:
"So, you are a big shot, and ordinary secrets can't hold you, right?"

"Just kill me, I can't fucking figure it out."

Seeing the desperate Joseph starting to give up on himself, Arthur smiled again. He motioned to Carmen to get a pen and paper, then threw it in front of Joseph and said:
"Come on, I said, you write, don't look at me, pick up the pen and look at the paper. Listen, I, my name, write it quickly..."

Finally, at Arthur's urging, Joseph finally picked up the pen and started writing, only to hear Arthur read:
"I, Joseph Bonaparte, Attorney General of the United States, accepted one hundred thousand shares of Babylon Oil Company stock from Arthur Morgan, helped him expunge all charges, and then..."

The more Joseph wrote, the more confused he became. Before he picked up the pen, he thought Arthur would ask him to write some fiction, admitting to some unfounded crime or something more serious. Of course, this one is also very serious now, and it is still true, but this Arthur Morgan is also included in the toy.

Just when Joseph finished writing all the content as Arthur said in a dazed state, he heard Arthur continue:

"Finally, there's still time to sign. Then take out the seal you brought with you. Don't tell me you didn't bring it."

"Bring..."

After Arthur asked Joseph to hold up the "confession" that was handwritten, signed, and finally stamped, he stood in front of the camera and took photos. Arthur collected the "confession" Finally, he said:
"I'll give you those [-] shares of Babylon Oil Company stock, just think of it as a small bonus. The price of this thing has risen dramatically recently, so do you want to understand why I did this?"

"As long as I am obedient? Can we get along with each other in peace? Or else it will be a dead end? Are you trying to reassure me that you won't destroy me easily?"

Listening to Joseph's several questioning answers, Arthur clapped his hands appreciatively and said:

"Look, I think we will cooperate happily? Okay, don't look like this, Joseph, I believe you will explain Webster's death and your disappearance clearly by yourself. You can go back by yourself now, Ah, just keep walking towards the north, and then you can follow it back to Saint-Denis."

……

It wasn't until Joseph left the camp, walked on the road, and finally met the federal marshals and Pinkerton agents who were looking for him on the outskirts of Saint-Denis that Joseph finally woke up from his hazy state. He said in disbelief:
"Did I fucking survive?"

(End of this chapter)