The Sheriff's head ached.
It would be okay if only the residents of the town objected. After all, the residents in the town were average in strength and were mostly civilians. They could forcibly suppress the opposition.
But what makes it difficult for the Sheriff is that even the bounty hunters are beginning to object.
Compared with the residents, the gunmen don't live here. Once they are unhappy, it is normal for them to fire off two guns to vent their anger.
Driving the werewolves away won't work, but if they stay, they won't be able to maintain the authority of the mayor, and it won't work if things go wrong.
What a headache.
At the same time, Tang Jiumin did not look at the sheriff, but stared at the opposite street.
Because, just when he turned his eyes to the crowd, he discovered that among the crowd across the street, there was a person who was out of tune with his surroundings.
This man was wearing tattered clothes, but not in the attire of a bounty hunter, just like an ordinary resident.
The other party couldn't help but look at the werewolf, and waved his fists along with everyone else, but he didn't speak or protest loudly with the others.
What's even more strange is that he looked at the werewolf, looked away for a while, then looked at the werewolf again, and couldn't help but look at the two werewolf heads.
He looked guilty and scared.
There was actually a town citizen who found out that the hero who killed the werewolf did not welcome him at all, and even felt scared.
Tang Jiumin decisively wrote down this person's appearance.
In order to avoid being noticed by the other party, Tang Jiu Min averted his eyes without leaving a trace, slowed down his pace, and slowly approached the direction of that person in the crowd.
The protests grew louder and louder, and people became more and more agitated. No matter how the sheriff tried to signal the crowd to stay calm, no one listened to them.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way, everyone!"
At this time, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance. After a while, a gray-haired sheriff came over. He loudly waved to the crowd surrounding the sheriff to get out of the way.
The old sheriff came to the center of the crowd and joined the dozen or so surrounded sheriffs. He rode his horse to the side of the leading sheriff, turned his head and said something into the other's ear.
After finishing speaking, the old sheriff who came over pulled the reins forward and raised his hands to signal the crowd to be quiet.
"Everyone, the mayor has informed me that this wanted order is indeed a mistake!"
The crowd calmed down.
"The Mr. Wolf Catcher in front of us is indeed not a wanted criminal, but because some businessmen reported wrong information to the mayor, the mayor misunderstood Mr. Wolf Catcher. Now the mayor has found out that those businessmen are robbers. They pretended to be framed and got away with it.”
"Mr. Wolfcatcher is not guilty!"
As the Sheriff acquitted the wolf-catcher, the surrounding crowd erupted in renewed cheers.
"Werewolf! Werewolf! Werewolf!"
The wolf catcher breathed a sigh of relief, and he suddenly became happy and raised his fists.
It was so good that he wondered how he became a wanted criminal. It turned out to be a mistake. Now that the wanted order has been revoked, he can earn a lot of bounties by killing werewolves.
The werewolf was secretly excited.
"Mr. Wolfcatcher." The old sheriff suddenly spoke again: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble before, but there is a problem, and I want to explain it to you."
"what is the problem?"
"This time on the night of the blood moon, the mayor has invited the most famous bounty hunters in the entire wilderness. According to the rules, only these bounty hunters can kill werewolves and get bounties."
"Because the mayor didn't invite Mr. Werewolf this time and didn't want to break the rules, so even if you kill the werewolf next, you won't get any reward."
The wolf catcher immediately looked at the Sheriff with disappointment. Before he could ask a question, the crowd of onlookers started to shout loudly and dissatisfied.
"What do you mean? Mr. Werewolf has killed two werewolves for us, which is equivalent to saving many people in the town. Why don't we pay him?"
"That's right! It's all to protect the people in the town, why not give Mr. Werewolf a bounty? That's not fair!"
Facing the dissatisfied people around him, the gray-haired security guard frowned and raised his voice:
"Rules are rules. If there were no rules, it would be difficult for the mayor to establish the current Moon Howling Town in the wilderness. This is reputation and credibility!"
"If we break the rules casually because of a few werewolves on a blood moon night that happens once every few years, the reputation of the mayor and the reputation of Moon Howling Town will be destroyed."
"So, we sincerely thank Mr. Wolf Catcher, but we can't give him any reward for this. It's just that when Mr. Wolf Catcher plans to leave, we can provide a large amount of travel expenses to express our gratitude."
"Oh, my God..." The wolf catcher couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment.
He is here to make money, and if he can't make money, killing werewolves doesn't mean much.
Happy for nothing.
Just as disappointed as the wolf catcher were the onlookers, who booed and expressed their dissatisfaction with the Sheriff.
In the crowd, Tang Jiumin frowned.
He heard an unusual meaning from the old sheriff's words. Although the old sheriff came over and relieved the werewolf of the crime, his words were still a disguised way of driving away the werewolf.
If he were the mayor, even if he couldn't break the rules, he could reward the wolf catcher in other ways and keep the wolf catcher.
Why does the mayor of Moonhowling Town try his best to drive away the werewolves? This really made Tang Jiumin very curious.
"Mr. Werewolf, don't worry, we won't let you kill the werewolf in vain. I am now willing to use two pieces of gold to exchange for the two werewolf heads in your hand. You know, they are very valuable when used as specimens! "
A caravan boss came out and announced loudly. Tang Jiumin glanced at him and didn't recognize him.
The wolf hunter was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously: "Are you willing to buy the werewolf head?"
"Of course, please sell me the werewolf head!"
The wolf catcher was in a good mood, with a happy look on his face again. He turned his head and gave the old sheriff a very proud look:
"Since I can't get the bounty offered by your mayor, you won't interfere if I sell the werewolf heads I hunted to the caravan, right?"
"Of course not. Your behavior does not break the rules, and of course we will not stop you." He said it well, but the old sheriff glanced at the caravan owner, his expression slightly stiff.
"Very good!"
"Thank you Mr. Wolfcatcher!"
People burst into unprecedented cheers this time, almost bursting their eardrums.
In the high mood of the people, many caravans came forward and expressed their willingness to purchase the werewolf heads that were hunted by the werewolf hunters next, so as to prevent the werewolf hunters from doing their work in vain.
The warm atmosphere reached its peak.
The old sheriff on the side waved to the other sheriffs and led the people away from the street.
Huh?
Tang Jiumin mingled in the crowd, the Sheriff left, and the man he was secretly staring at almost at the same time also left the crowd.
After squeezing his way out of the crowd, Tang Jiumin kept his distance and followed the target unhurriedly, following him away from the crowd and out of the street.
Until the other party finally came to a clothing store.
Tang Jiumin deliberately stayed outside for a few breaths, and then walked into the clothing store. As soon as he entered, he heard the conversation between the man and the owner of the clothing store.
"Oh, what's going on with you today? You're dressed completely differently than you usually are..."
"Don't mention it, I'm so unlucky today, I got robbed."
"What?! You were robbed. What happened?"
"I was robbed by two gunmen and they tore my clothes."
The clothing store owner asked, "Why don't you go to the sheriff?"
The man answered vaguely: "No, no, I just thought not to disturb them these two days of blood moon nights. After all, they are almost crazy busy."
As the man spoke, he slammed the silver plate onto the counter, making a crisp sound.
"Bring me some new clothes. I'd better go home and stay here. I won't go out unless necessary for the next two days. For safety's sake."
The clothing store owner agreed very much and turned around to get clothes for the man. He didn't even ask what kind of clothes the other person needed, or even the size.
Seeing this, Tang Jiumin turned his head slightly to look at the clothes in the store, pretending to choose clothes carefully.
It was obvious that the clothing store owner and the target of the stalking knew each other.
While waiting for the clothing store owner to get his clothes, Tang Jiumin looked at him from the corner of his eye from time to time. He noticed that this person seemed to be particularly panicked.
He kept looking around.
Of course, these are not the point. The point is that the other party's action of taking out the money just now made Tang Jiumin feel very strange, because the action of a normal person taking money is not like this person. He eagerly slapped the money on the counter, just like throwing a hot potato. Same.
There is another point that is somewhat contradictory.
This man told the clothing store owner that he had been robbed, but he took out the money to buy a suit of clothes?
Where does the money come from? The person who robbed must have been trying to steal money. Their clothes were torn, so the money was still there?
If it's the money you get back home, why don't you change your clothes and come back?
Tang Jiumin immediately thought of another thing.
Yesterday, when getting information about Moon Howling Town from Isa, Tang Jiumin learned something that was not considered intelligence. That was that the werewolves appearing in the town were similar to the legends he knew during his lifetime, that is, werewolves were afraid of silver objects.
The way this man eagerly slapped the silver plate on the counter just now made Tang Jiumin make a bold guess.
At this moment, the clothing store owner came over with a new set of clothes and handed them to the other party.
"Hey, I have to be careful these days so as not to be robbed by people with ulterior motives."
"Yes, I will."
While chatting with the other party, the clothing store owner was about to reach out and take away the silver plate on the counter.
But at this moment, Tang Jiumin suddenly approached the counter and stopped the clothing store owner from collecting money.
"Hey, from what the boss and this friend say, you were also robbed by a robber?"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, Tang Jiumin continued to speak.
"What a coincidence. I was robbed by robbers yesterday, and it was Daniel, the boss of your town, who gave me a free meal so that I wouldn't starve to death."
"But I'm an outsider, and you must be a resident of the town, but you were also robbed? Who is so evil? Tell me which bounty hunter you are, and I will take care of those nasty guys for you!"
"No, no, thank you. I'll leave after I buy the clothes." The man took the clothes and wanted to leave, obviously not wanting to say anything more.
"How can this be done!" Tang Jiumin held down the clothes on the counter and spoke firmly.
"I was robbed by robbers before entering the town, and money was stolen by thieves after I entered the town. Without money, I was about to starve to death on the streets."
"If it weren't for the help of the kind people in your town, how could I have a hearty meal? And I told the boss who rescued me that when I see someone in town in need of help in the future, I will definitely help and repay you. Kindness.”
"No, no, I really don't need it." Hearing what Tang Jiumin said, the other party became even more anxious. He quickly turned to look at the boss: "Give me your clothes quickly, I really don't need them. Those people didn't hurt me much, so it's not too much trouble."
boom!
"Don't take money from this friend, give me the clothes." Tang Jiumin suddenly slapped some silver plates on the counter and shouted to the boss.
After saying that, Tang Jiumin even put away all the silver plates that the other party had placed on the counter. He took the clothes and stuffed them into the other party's hands while also stuffing the silver plates into his hands.
He even directly grabbed the opponent's hand, placed the silver plate in the opponent's palm, and held the opponent's fist with both hands, making him hold the silver plate tightly.
"You take this money back and I'll pay for this set of clothes for you. Let me tell you..."
Next, Tang Jiumin talked about his experience of being invited by the mayor, being robbed and meeting kind-hearted people. He said that he wanted to repay the town, which was very serious and sincere.
At the same time, he still held the opponent's fist tightly, making people have to hold the silver plate in their hands tightly.
While chattering, Tang Jiumin also carefully observed the other party's reaction.
He found that when he first handed these silver plates to the other person's hands and held them tightly, the other person could still maintain a normal expression and try his best to answer him in a normal tone.
However, as time passed, the other party became more and more reluctant.
The expression on the man's face became more and more distorted, and his resistance became stronger and stronger, until Tang Jiumin felt the other man's arms begin to tremble.
Only then did Tang Jiumin let go of his hand.
"...Hey, I must accept it, don't be polite to me!"
The moment Tang Jiumin let go of his hand, the man quickly threw the silver plate in his hand into his pocket and put his hands behind his back.
"Thank you so much. I'll leave first then. I still have things to do..." The man's forehead was covered with cold sweat and he tried to maintain a normal voice as he thanked and left.
But Tang Jiumin could hear that his voice was trembling.
Only this time, he didn't stop the man anymore and allowed him to speed up and leave the clothing store.
After Tang Jiumin watched the other party leave, he turned around and asked the boss casually.
"Boss, do you know this person?"
"Of course I know him. He is a carpenter from the next street. He has a very honest personality. He has never left the town. Why did he get robbed? What a bad luck."
"Perhaps there are some undesirable people mixed in among the bounty hunters who entered here." Tang Jiumin looked thoughtful, thinking about other things, and answered absentmindedly.
"That's not it." The clothing store owner sighed: "It's a pity. I remember that his birthday seems to be in three days. This is such bad luck."
"yes."
Tang Jiumin answered with his lips, but in his heart he kept thinking about what he had just heard. He was almost certain of one thing now, that is, the man just now was a werewolf.
The silver plates circulating in Yuehou Town are the official currency outside. Although they are not made of pure silver, they contain a very high silver content.
When the other party holds it in his hand, the burning sensation will still appear. Coupled with the other party's appearance...
Bursty pants, tattered clothes, casual coats, and fear of silver. Various signs convinced Tang Jiumin that the other party was a werewolf who had just recovered his body.
Start directly? No, it is not confirmed at this time whether killing a human who has not turned into a werewolf will turn him into a werewolf after killing him.
Once you kill someone and discover that the other party's body is a human body, can the Sheriff really explain it?
You know, this is a town citizen, considered a local.
You have to think of other ways!
After thinking about it, Tang Jiumin said goodbye to the boss and left the clothing store.
