The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 123 Two Disasters
The gunfire completely subsided, and Erica, holding the gun, checked the other six people one by one.

Five of them were completely turned into corpses.

The tattoo artist who was shot first lost too much blood, exhaled more than inhaled, and soon fell into a dying state.

Neither Hawke nor Erica had any intention of saving him.

If the two of them lost today's encounter, the outcome would be equally miserable, nothing much to say.

Hawke untied his two shoelaces and tied them around the bald man's injured ankles and wrists to keep him alive so that they could have a reference when the FBI came.

But he would not give the man a chance to fight back, so he twisted the bald man's limbs behind his back and tied them into a bow shape.

Erica came back from the pile of rocks, picked up two backpacks and the recovered recorder, and came to the pickup truck. She said, "They are all dead. A good hunt turned into a massacre."

The bald man looked at Hawke and Erica's weapons and said, "You are not the FBI, so who are you?"

Hawke didn't bother to pay attention to him.

The bald man said again: "Let me go, I will give you $50... No, $100 million!"

Considering the purchasing power of this era, $100 million is a huge sum of money.

Even though Baldy and his gang killed so many people, they actually didn't get that much money.

Erica asked, "Where do you hide your money?"

If the money was enough and easy to get, she would consider killing the guy.

The bald man felt that this woman was more dangerous than the man, and stopped talking about money: "Just kill me!"

"It's so good to be alive, why are you looking for death?" Erica said directly: "Don't worry, we won't kill you. I called the FBI and their helicopter will be here soon. You will enjoy special care from the FBI."

The bald man opened his eyes again: "You can't do this, don't hand me over to the FBI, I have a family, they will all kill them! Just kill me!"

He suddenly thought of a way. If he was in trouble, he would drag these two bastards into it: "Hey, do you two know what we are doing? We...ah——"

Hawke kicked him in the face, and the bald man howled and spat out his two big front teeth.

Without waiting for the bald man to say anything, he pulled out his hunting knife, cut off a large piece of the bald man's clothes, stuffed it into his mouth, and then tied his mouth and the back of his head with a belt.

Erica looked at Hawke's extremely skillful movements and felt a little flustered for some reason. She asked, "Are you so skilled?"

Hawke finished tying the bundle and said, "Frank taught me. He often boasted that he had played this game with many Hollywood actresses."

Erica had no choice but to say, "That's a good job. Don't do it next time. Let me practice instead."

Hawke said seriously, "We don't need to know about the shitty things they did."

"Yes." Erica understood this: "Wait for the FBI to come and we'll hand the person over to them."

Hawke doesn't trust the FBI, especially in a place like this: "Can they be trusted?"

Erica said simply, "The person leading the team is Brian's female classmate at Stanford. The relationship between her and Brian... well, how should I put it, it's hard to get what you want. And I called home, so it's all good."

The bald man on the ground was still struggling. I couldn't tell if he had something to say or if he was in unbearable pain, and he made strange groaning sounds.

But the two were too lazy to pay attention to him and found a high place to hide and keep alert.

Hawke took out two bottles of water and some chocolates from his bag and gave some to Erica.

Although the ground was covered with corpses and blood, it did not stop them from replenishing water and energy.

Erica said: "I was originally hunting bears, but I didn't expect to become a hunter."

"It's much more dangerous than hunting bears." Hawke took a sip of water: "Bears can't use guns."

Erica smiled: "But it is really exciting." She came over and kissed Hawke gently: "Have you noticed that we two have a tacit understanding and cooperate very well."

Hawke deliberately said: "Yes, there was a tacit understanding last night, and there was a tacit understanding today during the day."

Erica said openly: "I'm lucky. The person I chose is physically compatible with me, mentally compatible, and has similar interests and hobbies."

“I was lucky,” Horn said.

Erica moved so that they sat back to back. "Let's leave early when the FBI comes. Let the FBI handle the rest. This is not California. If there are dozens of them, we won't be able to handle it."

“There are only two of us,” Hawke agreed. “This excavation company doesn’t know what they’re doing, killing so many Indians.”

"Economic benefits." Erica had a clear understanding of this aspect: "Besides money, what else can attract them to deal with Indians?"

She elaborated: "When the reservations were drawn up, the areas left for the Indians seemed barren, forcing the Indians to open casinos to survive, but the technology, including prospecting, was relatively backward at the time. In recent years, valuable minerals have been discovered in some Indian reservations, and then it evolved into a new era of western development."

Hawke nodded: "I've heard of some." An idea popped into his mind: "Is there something good hidden under my little ranch?"

Erica said, "If there is something really good, can you buy it back?"

Hawke thought it made sense.

At this time, some noises were heard in the sky, and the two men stood up and looked up at the sky.

After a while, three helicopters flew over from a distance. When they came closer, Hawke saw the words FBI on the fuselage through the telescope.

After the helicopter contacted Erica, it landed in an open flat area, and a large number of people wearing FBI jackets got off the plane one after another.

The team was led by a female agent who wore a bulletproof vest under her dark blue coat. She quickened her pace after seeing Erica.

Hawke followed Erica, and Erica negotiated the entire process.

FBI agents quickly took control of the situation, and a doctor came over to give the bald man an emergency bandage.

As per routine procedure, Erica and Hawke were questioned separately.

There is no need for the two of them to lie, just tell the truth.

Erica also gave the recorder to the female agent named Jennifer.

Although the video was not complete, some of it was captured, especially the shot of the team from the Mountain Lion Excavation Company driving over to dump the body.

As the sun was about to set, Hawke and Erica reunited.

According to feedback from the FBI, agents carefully searched the vast pile of earth and rocks, and searched the mountain lion's lair carefully. Including the two bodies abandoned today, they found the remains of a total of eight bodies.

Many of the wreckages have Indian hair accessories.

Erica didn't want to ask for more details.

Half an hour later, Jennifer was about to leave temporarily, and sent Hawke and Erica back to the ranch by helicopter, and told them not to leave Jeffrey City for the time being.

After this happened, Hawke became more vigilant and loaded all his guns with bullets, hiding long guns and short guns upstairs and downstairs.

The two had to maintain their physical strength and energy, and although they were eager to do something to each other, they held back.

Fortunately, the night passed without any accidents.

After breakfast, Jennifer called Erica to let her know she could leave.

Hawke packed his bags and checked the ranch, but found nothing.

He called the agency again and asked them to continue taking care of the ranch. He then got in a pickup truck and took Erica back to Jeffrey City.

There are many more off-road vehicles with FBI logos painted on them on the main street of the town.

Although they were very curious, Hawke and Erica resisted the urge to ask anyone what had happened.

Just pretend that this matter has nothing to do with them.

Let’s talk about it when we get back to our base in California.

Hawk filled up the pickup truck with gas and headed straight for Buffalo.

In the car, Erica held the gun and said to Hawke, "You don't need to ask, you can guess that something valuable was found in the reservation over there, which attracted the Cougar Excavation Company. However, it involves the interests of some Indians in the reservation, such as land or houses. The excavation company does not want to give too much compensation, or the Indians are asking for too much, so they just use the simplest and crudest method."

Hawke exclaimed: "High-end business wars are simple and unpretentious, and have always been like this."

"High-end business war?" Erica couldn't help but laugh: "It is indeed a high-end business war."

Hawke asked, "Your vacation is only a few days over. Are we going straight back to Los Angeles?"

Erica doesn't want to be separated from Hawke now: "Let's go to Yellowstone Park and live in our own world. Even if we encounter bad things here, it's simpler and happier than in Los Angeles."

Hawke responded, "Okay, let's go to Yellowstone Park."

Since they were not in a hurry to go back, they simply stopped the car in a river valley to enjoy the beautiful scenery of autumn maple leaves.

The home DV was mounted on a tripod. Erica turned on the camera and started filming, using the red leaves in the valley as the background, and pulled Hawke in front of the camera.

She started pulling again: "Hawk Osment, you haven't confessed to me yet."

Hawke was a man of action. He hugged Erica and kissed her.

The two of them were entangled passionately and did not separate for a long time.

As soon as they separated, Hawke suddenly left Erica and ran towards the pickup truck.

Erica was confused and didn't know what was going on.

Before she could ask, Hawkla opened the car door, took out the Savage shotgun, and aimed it in the direction Erica was facing away.

Erica quickly turned around to look. Within a barely visible distance, she saw a grizzly bear standing by the river. It was unclear whether it was trying to catch fish or getting a drink of water.

Hawke pulled the bolt, took aim, and pulled the trigger.

After a gunshot, the grizzly bear shook its body, turned around and rushed towards this side.

Hawke quickly pulled the bolt and fired a second shot. The grizzly fell to the ground.

Hawke didn't go over there, but continued to aim his gun at that direction.

After a while, the grizzly bear still didn't move, so Hawke walked over there with his gun.

Erica followed and was very happy: "We are so lucky together. The prey comes to us automatically."

Hawke said: "I was just thinking about what kind of engagement gift to give you, and this appeared."

"I like this gift very much." Erica had two major goals before coming here. One of them was completed last night, and the other one has also been completed now.

Although he didn't shoot the animals himself, what Hawk hunted were not much different from hers.

Moving a little closer, the two could see more clearly.

This is an adult male grizzly bear, estimated to weigh more than 200 kilograms.

Hunting is easy, but getting it into the car is not easy.

Erica ran back to get the DV and digital camera and asked Hawke to take a photo of her with her prey.

After Hawke finished filming, he warned, "Don't let anyone else see this except you and me. It will cause trouble, especially for you, a half-public figure."

Erica was well aware of the madness of extreme animal and environmental activists, and said, "I'll keep it when I get home, and only the two of us will appreciate it."

Hawke called a hunting company and waited for more than half an hour before a truck specializing in transporting prey drove over.

He went over to negotiate and asked Erica to go back to the car and wait.

The car couldn't get to the grizzly bear's side, so four adults came over and used a net bag to drag and lift the prey to the front of the truck.

The rest is easy.

Hawke found the person in charge and asked him, "I saw your company's introduction before. It said that you can make specimens. Can this grizzly bear be made?"

"No problem." The person in charge said: "We have done hundreds of cases."

Hawke said, "How about this, you make a specimen and send it to Los Angeles."

The person in charge agreed immediately.

After the prey was loaded into the car, Hawke drove with them to Buffalo, signed a contract with the hunting company, paid a deposit, and left the delivery address.

Before he left, he bought a few coyote tusk pendants as a gift for Frank.

In addition, we also saw some stone sculptures with Wyoming characteristics, all of which were carved from tremolite, a local specialty.

Hawke remembered that this thing seemed to be jade, so he simply bought a few pieces and took them back to give as gifts.

Next, he had to take a plane to Yellowstone Park, so Hawk drove to the Buffalo Gun Shop in the city center and left all the guns he bought in the store.

You can still use it next time you come.

The plane ticket was booked for tomorrow, and Hawke went to the hotel to book a room and return the pickup truck.

Erica dragged him into the hotel suite.

I have to make up today for everything I didn't do last night.

These two people exercise a lot every day, are in good health, and have lots of energy. They spend a lot of time at night and make a lot of noise.

In addition, the hotel's sound insulation was not very good, so Hawke and Erica were complained about twice by their neighbors on both sides in one night.

Facing the waitress who came to knock on the door, Erica put on her nightgown and said openly: "They are just envious!"

Hawke couldn’t agree more.

The next morning, the two left Wyoming and took a flight to Yellowstone Park.

In the park, there are holiday cabins with yards for rent, which are fully equipped for daily living and have no one to disturb you.

During the day, Hawke and Erica went out for fun.

When we come back at night, we study the mysteries of the human body together.

Unfortunately, Yellowstone Park is a hunting no-go zone, so Hawke and Erica can't continue hunting.

Five days later, the two set out on their return journey.

When they got on the plane, Erica specifically said to Hawke: "This time you treat me, next time I treat you, and we will go to Florida to hunt alligators together."

She thought of another prey: "There is also a kind of invasive giant lizard over there that is causing a disaster. After legally hunting them, you can exchange their bodies for money. It is said that there are many lizard hunters over there."

"Okay." Hawke thought to himself that Florida had found the wrong hunter. If he wanted to deal with the third sister-in-law, of course he had to have his third brother take action.

Erica smiled and said, "This vacation hasn't even ended yet, but I'm already looking forward to the next one. I wasn't like this in the past. I always wanted to get promoted early..."

She didn't want to say this in front of Hawke: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. I guess there will be an awarding ceremony before Christmas. Can you come to attend?"

Hawke said, "As long as you send me an invitation."

The flight landed smoothly in Los Angeles. When Hawke and Erica came out with their suitcases, Brian was already waiting at the exit.

The two got into Brian's Cadillac, and Erica said, "Let's go to Fountain Street to take Hawke there first."

Brian drove out of the airport and finally couldn't help asking, "Jennifer told me that you guys are going to kill people all the way this time?"

Hawke thought for a moment and said, "I killed three coyotes, a mountain lion, a grizzly bear, and six bandits, and seriously injured one of them."

"Luckily I didn't go, fortunately I didn't go." Brian was thankful: "If I had gone with you, I would definitely not have been able to come back alive."

Erica hit her cousin without hesitation: "You are very self-aware. At the most dangerous time, Hawke and I faced seven gangsters with semi-automatic weapons. If you were included, it would become three against seven. We would definitely lose."

Brian was depressed: "This calculation is wrong. Two against seven is better than three against seven."

Hawke tapped the driver's seat and took the initiative to invite: "Next time, Erica and I are going to Florida to hunt alligators. Want to join us?"

Brian asked, "Aren't you afraid that I'll become a burden?"

Erica and Hawke worked in perfect harmony and automatically answered, "Crocodile hide in the water most of the time. If you want to hunt them, you need a bait."

Hawke added: "It's better to be able to move."

Brian realized that he was the bait.

Hawke deliberately said: "Don't worry, we can guarantee your safety."

Faced with the continuous attacks from the couple, Brian decided to fight back and quickly found a way to fight back: "I remember the first time you met, Erica shot and killed Robert Downey Jr. in the street?"

Hawke responded: "Yes, I took video footage of it at the time."

Brian added: "Then you went out to sea on a yacht and were attacked by drug dealers. Did you kill several people?"

Erica said, "They are just traffickers and scumbags."

"What about this time?" Brian said: "Six people died and one was seriously injured!"

He emphasized his tone and asked: "Didn't you find the problem?"

Erica said naturally, "Hawk and I are very capable and work well together."

Brian corrected him, "No, no, that's not the point. It's that when the two of you are together, something will happen. At the very least, one of you will die, and at the worst, a lot of people will be killed or injured."

"These are small things, they don't count," Hawke said.

Erica replied, "Yes, it's just a small matter."

Brian said deliberately: "I think that one day, when you go on vacation together, it will cause a major incident where dozens or hundreds of people die."

Hawke and Erica both laughed.

The Cadillac arrived at Fountain Street and stopped on the side of the road.

Hawke got out of the car to get his luggage, and Erica followed him out and kissed him goodbye in the street.

Across the street, Frank, who was begging with a broken ashtray, shook his head and said, "Another poor girl, deceived by this bastard."

After seeing Erica and Brian off, Hawke turned to look at Frank, and seeing his face full of contempt, he immediately gave him a middle finger.

Frank collected his scant change, crossed the street carrying his ashtray, and followed Hawke into the studio.

Hawke opened the suitcase, took out a box, and threw it to Frank: "It's for you."

Frank opened it and found a bunch of ferocious fangs inside. He asked, "I've been watching the door for you for more than a week, and you brought me this broken thing?"

Hawke said: "Each fang comes from an adult coyote. Do you know how much thought I put into this gift?"

"Forget it, I'll keep it." Frank packed it and put it in his pocket, saying, "Everything is normal in the studio during this period, and no one has come to mess with it."

Hawke went upstairs to pack his luggage: "Help yourself."

Frank took out the food Edward bought from the refrigerator and ate and drank.

Free food and drinks are especially delicious.

Hawke came back downstairs and called Edward: "Savior, I'm back."

Hearing the voice, Edward was very happy: "Boss, you are finally back. During this time, I have made a big deal!"

(End of this chapter)