"There is a mine sixty miles north of this mountain."
There was a dying cigarette in his mouth, and the faint light made Arthur's eyes flicker. He pointed forward with a melancholy tone, "That mine used to be ours, or in other words, our friend's."
"He is a bad guy. Even though we stole his cows first, he still gave us a piece of land to live in. We camped in Shangjian, and he saw that some of our girls didn't have suitable clothes, so he left us His dead daughter’s clothes were given to us.”
"Later, we contacted several times, and the Van der Linde gang stopped robbing. We helped him guard the mine, help him drive away the monsters, and prevent other gangs from robbing the mine."
Having said this, Arthur stubbed out the cigarette butt with his fingers and threw it away. He crossed his arms and said in a sad voice, "This kid is an idiot, so stupid that we don't even know how he managed to live in this ghost place in the West. Here, kindness is stupidity, and badness is the qualification to live."
"You know, I always thought I was a role model."
Looking at Zhou Li with a strange expression, Arthur smiled helplessly: "Don't laugh, what I said is true."
"The Vanderlin Gang has always had a rule of not robbing. We don't rob the old, weak, women and children, we don't rob life-saving money, and we don't rob scholars who study crystal treachery. So our reputation in the west has always been pretty good, at least compared to those who pick off other people's skin and eat human flesh. As a gang, we’re not too bad.”
"A bad example."
Regarding Arthur's explanation, Zhou Li sneered and said disdainfully: "The old, weak, women and children are just a bunch of poor people, and they don't have much money to rob. If you rob someone of life-saving money, it will be a lifelong enmity. If you don't kill him, you will be waiting for the dagger in the future." .As for scholars.”
After sizing up the pistol on Arthur's waist, Zhou Li sneered, "This crappy gun of yours can't even break through someone's defense."
"yes."
Arthur smiled bitterly, and he pulled out the rusty revolver. The magazine used to hold professional energy was full of traces of energy disorder. "We are just a group of dogs digging for food in the wilderness. No matter how sharp the dogs' teeth are, They will also be killed by human guns."
"Three years ago, the ranch was attacked by crystal monsters. There were twenty-six in total, and we only had ten guns. We fought with ten guns for two whole days. Later, the ranch fell and we escaped. "
Holding the handle of the revolver tightly, grief appeared in Arthur's blue eyes. He was a cowboy and did not need to hide his feelings. "A fool is a fool. In order to save an old man in our gang, he died." Under the crystal thorn of Jinggui. The old man also died and could not be saved, and the ranch was completely destroyed."
"Later, Jinggui settled down on that farm. We rushed twice but failed, and his body was not brought out. I erected a stone monument on the top of the mountain and threw away some of his clothes. Never mind."
There was not much sadness in Arthur's expression. There was only a touch of melancholy and relief on the rough skin eroded by the western wind and sand. He looked at the mountains in the distance and said to Zhou Li: "When I say this, I don't want you to sympathize with anyone. Most of the time, we deserve it."
"I previously investigated why there were so many ranches around, but that idiot's ranch was attacked by so many crystal monsters. Later I discovered that those crystal monsters were not roaming aimlessly, they seemed to be guarding something. But again If there are too many, I won’t be able to tell.”
After pinching his knuckles, the calluses on them were very hard. Arthur looked at his calloused hands and said solemnly: "I don't want to avenge him. Now only John and Dutch are left with my brothers who used the ten guns. Those crystal monsters are very strong, I can shed my blood and rush in alone to take away a few monster monsters and then be torn into pieces. But the Vanderlin Gang can't do that, they can't live without me."
"So, I'm just telling you that those crystal monsters have gathered near the ranch, and they are looking after one thing, that's all."
Raising his head, his somewhat cloudy eyes were rarely clear. Arthur stared at Zhou Li and said calmly: "I will work for you and help you find what you want. What I want is the truth. "
There was no answer, and Zhou Li did not make a promise immediately. Arthur is a very strange person. He is the strangest person Zhou Li has ever seen.
It seems that Gerost looks a bit like him. But in fact, they are two completely different people. Gerost's kindness is engraved in his bones, and his love for life is reflected in every move he makes. At any time, he puts himself within a rule and allows himself to do things according to the rules.
But Arthur is different. He is not a kind person, because kind people cannot survive in the West.
He had killed people, many people. The evil deeds he had done would have been punishable by death in any country, which would have lasted three days and three nights. He is a robber, an outlaw, at most, an outlaw with a ridiculous bottom line.
But if it was really just like this, Arthur wouldn't be alive now. He had been casually killed by Zhou Li while robbing the underground black market. Of course, maybe those black pupils with strange power saved his life, but it was Arthur's eyes that made Zhou Li choose to let him go temporarily.
Guilt, despair, but not numbness.
Zhou Li knew that good people would not be allowed to live in the West. Anyone who valued etiquette, justice and integrity would die with no body intact in the West. In the West, a good-looking woman may have several lives in her hands. That place was a wild place, a desolation beyond the reach of civilization.
However, there was still guilt and despair in Arthur's eyes, and there was no numbness. This is a very magical phenomenon, because if there is guilt in the eyes of a person who has committed a sin, there must be numbness. Because they have committed sins but do not dare to use their lives to atone for their sins, they use numbness to cover themselves up.
Arthur was different. Even when death was approaching, there was still guilt in his eyes. Despair did not allow him to give up everything. Until death, he seemed to be looking for something.
But now, Zhou Li knew what he was looking for. What Arthur is looking for is a rare thing that may not exist in the entire West-salvation.
After smoking the last cigarette and extinguishing the cigarette butt, Arthur closed his eyes, drooped his eyelids, and said to Zhou Li with a wry smile: "If you want my life, you can do it at any time. I have been preparing for a long time. In fact, I have already I am ready to commit suicide after you see me."
"Then why don't you die?"
Zhou Li has always been very straightforward when speaking, especially to people like Arthur, "You know, I won't kill everyone in the Vanderlin Gang. I feel that death is a relief for you."
"maybe."
Arthur smiled. He looked at the crows in the distance with a relieved expression, but also a bit self-deprecating: "You are right, death may be a relief for me. I don't like killing, nor do I like robbing. Although I don’t know a few Chinese characters, I really love writing poetry. Living in the West is indeed a kind of torture for me.”
"Daqi said I was hypocritical, that I didn't have the spirit of a cowboy, and that my brain had been corroded by the sugar-coated bullets of the civilized world. But I also understood that I can't go back to Tariq. The blood on my hands, the bullets in the chamber of the gun , reminds me all the time that I am a cowboy, a cowboy who walks on the edge of gray."
"So, I really thought about committing suicide."
Looking at Zhou Li, a self-deprecating smile appeared on Arthur's not-so-handsome face, "But when you told me that I have relatives who are still alive, I suddenly hesitated. I began to imagine my parents, imagine Relatives who had never appeared in my life, and then, I started to have extravagant hopes."
"I want the truth."
Staring at Zhou Li, Arthur expressed his desire, "I want to know why Jinggui wanted to kill William and why he wanted to loot the land that had nothing. I want to know what my family is. What."
"Two truths, in exchange for your life, do you think it's worth it?"
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "You don't need to tell me so much. You have to understand that my trip to the west is not simple. Some things are more terrifying than you imagine. .”
"I know."
Arthur smiled mysteriously and pointed to the sky, "You are interested in it, I know."
"Then you are still going to sell your life to me?"
Facing Zhou Li's inquiry, Arthur turned around. He looked at the tent with oil lamps hanging behind him, as well as the wary eyes of Dutch and John in the wooden house. He did not smile, and his expression was a little gloomy.
"I have paid them back everything I can."
Putting the pistol back into the holster, Arthur shook his head at John, and then said to Zhou Li: "Now, I'm going to find the truth."
"Even if you die?"
"But it's worth it."
Arthur's smile was bitter and relieved. He looked at Zhou Li, his rough face full of silence.
"The truth is more expensive than life in this fucking West."
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Standing at the entrance of the airport, Huang Yi looked at the brightly lit airport, his eyes flickering.
"Ready to leave?"
At this time, a beautiful girl's voice sounded from the side. Huang Yi turned his head and grinned, "Of course, I'm a classic deserter."
"Me too."
Izzy kept her business smile, her short hair draped over her shoulders, and her meticulous clothes without any wrinkles. She looked at the man in front of her with a decadent face and disheveled clothes, and said in a clear voice, "Now, I am no longer from the Commercial Church."
"You actually sacrificed so much for me!"
Huang Yi's face turned aside and he said in horror: "You won't fall in love with me, will you?"
"Please don't think too much about yourself. No beautiful girl would choose a sloppy middle-aged man with an unshaven beard. Please respect my basic aesthetics."
After saying something smoothly that made Huang Yi look unhappy, Izzy smiled. This time, it was not the smile she learned under Yin Jue, but a real smile.
"Nonsense, I understand if you don't tell me."
Seemingly satisfied with his slovenly and unshaven image, Huang Yi shook his head proudly, and then said disdainfully: "If you have a fart, just let it go. Don't ask me to take you away. Air tickets are so expensive now. It's disgusting." If the border hadn’t allowed us to run across, you would have to intercept me in the deep mountains and forests now if you wanted to find me.”
"No, I didn't mean to let you go."
Izzy shook her head, her short, satin-like black hair floating slightly with the movement. She looked at Huang Yi, chuckled and asked, "I'm here to ask you to stay."
"Believe me."
Looking at Izzy, Huang Yi said sincerely: "If we really fight, even ten of you tied together are no match for me."
"Of course, I have heard of the name of God of War Chosen."
Izzy nodded, and then she calmly said to Huang Yi, "So, I'm here to ask you to stay."
"I did not betray Yin Jue, nor did I betray the Commercial Church. Everything I do now is driven by a secret order that His Highness Yin Jue left for me before he became a god."
There was no warrant or secret message. Izzy just turned his back to the brightly lit airport, looked at Huang Yi standing in the darkness without street lights, and said slowly and clearly:
"If I choose to become a god and fight against Zhou Li in the end, then you must find Huang Yi and let him stay."
"Tell him, if the Commercial Church publicizes this matter after Yinjue becomes a god, Huang Yi, you are doing the right thing. If Yinjue dies and the Commercial Church buries him silently, it means that humans have no way to survive. ”
"What on earth is he going to do?!"
After hearing these words, the veins on Huang Yi's neck were very conspicuous. At this time, he was like a hungry tiger, choosing people to eat. He stared at Izzy and asked sternly: "What on earth does he want to do?!"
"He wanted to live."
Unafraid of those frightening eyes, Izzy's voice remained calm, "He wants humans to survive."
"Then why did he fight against Zhou Li, why did he attack those people, and why did he keep hiding those things?!"
Facing Huang Yi's questioning, Izzy's eyes were filled with pure indifference, and the smile disappeared from his face.
"Why do you want to become the Pope of the Church of War, help those lunatic believers deal with the aftermath, and continue to worship the God of War?"
"Because I am the chosen one!"
Nodding, Izzy looked at the ferocious-looking Huang Yi in front of him and smiled, "Yin Jue is also the divine choice."
"So he will help the God of Commerce cover up everything, help the God of Commerce fight against Zhou Li, and help the God of Commerce do everything he can to make ends meet."
Among the angry eyes, only Izzy's calm eyes remained.
"Thirty years ago, you killed the previous pope and your wife. His Royal Highness Yin Jue learned about this and mobilized one-third of the commercial church to investigate the matter."
"Later, His Highness Yin Jue discovered that when you killed those two people, 60% of the War Church received the call of the gods on the same day, but it was very short-lived."
"It's a god, right?"
Izzy is a profit-seeker and believes that everything to her can be measured in money. But it was because of this characteristic of hers that Yin Jue chose to hand over the truth to her.
Because, Yin Jue believed that except for her, no one in the world could offer a higher price than him to make Izzy betray him.
Looking at Huang Yi who was gradually becoming silent in front of him, the corners of Izzy's lips curled up, and then, he told the truth.
"The God of War wants to come to the world and start a war, right?"
(End of chapter)
