game traveler

Chapter 32 Letter to Colm
Strawberry Township, Hawkeye Creek.

Beside the rushing stream, there are six or seven triangular tents stationed, just like a temporary camp.

Six or seven cowboys with pistols at their waists sat around the campfire.

Every time you take a sip, the wine bottle in your hand will be passed to the next person.

On top of the blazing bonfire, there is a roasted whole deer overflowing with oil and exuding a tempting aroma.

However, at the moment, Colm O'Driscoll, with long gray hair, has a serious expression and his brows are tightly knit.

His mood recently is very bad.

Last week, several of his subordinates never came back when they were fishing for extra money in Scarlett Meadow.

He didn't know until the little brother who went to investigate the news came back to report that these idiots had turned into bloody corpses.

As for who killed them, it is not clear who they are.

In this regard, he was very calm.

Colm O'Driscoll is definitely the No. [-] figure in the West.

He and his O'Driscot gang have committed various crimes in several states near New Hanover,

The governments of several states are offering high rewards for his head, and even Detective Pinkerton has his eyes on him, trying to hang him on the gallows.

However, he has been living well.

There are many reasons, the most important of which is that he is cautious enough.

Colm was well aware of the value of intelligence.

He will send his men to taverns in various towns to collect all kinds of information.

Once he heard any signs of trouble, he would move away without hesitation and move to the next safe place.

He often disappeared without a trace before the police found out that he had been there.

In addition, there are many desperadoes under him and they are powerful, and few people dare to provoke him casually.

Living on this yellow land for so many years, Colm has seen too many deaths.

The younger brothers under him have changed batch after batch.

Although he doesn't care about the life and death of these people at all.However, it is still necessary to make a pretentious investigation.

Otherwise, if it makes the little brother feel cold, he, the boss of the gang, will lose the hearts of the people.

If you lose the hearts of the people, it will be difficult to lead the team...

According to the broken glass left at the scene and the faint smell of alcohol left on it, he traced the clues, and finally let him find out the Braithwaite family who was secretly selling bootleg wine.

That's fine.

Although the other party is a local snake in Rhodes Town, and there are many people, they can't easily enter the manor and plunder wantonly.

However, he can send his younger brother to squat in Scarlett Meadow, waiting for the Braithwaite family's truck convoy, and let these shitty local families who like cousin marriage know, what is the point of offending Colm O'Driscoll? What's the end!
However, plans always fail to keep up with changes.

Before his subordinates taught the Braithwaite family an unforgettable lesson, a bad thing that annoyed him so much that he wished to kill someone, came to his door first:

Dutch Van der Linde, who was at odds with him, survived freezing to death in the snow-capped mountains after fleeing into the mountains north of Grizli.

Moreover, he led his men leisurely and attacked one of his camps.

Not only did he kill many of his subordinates, but he also took away the explosives that he was going to use to blow up the train, as well as the robbery plan that belonged to him!

Thinking of this, Colm, who was furious, cursed involuntarily:
"Damn Van der Linde! Damn Van der Linde gang!! Damn bastards!!!"

Seeing his boss's sudden rage, the other O'Driscot boys sitting around the campfire looked at each other, and then looked away very tacitly.

You know, this grumpy boss likes to take his anger out on his younger brother.

If they didn't hang out with him, they don't need to go through any assessments, as long as they can ride a horse and shoot a gun, they can make money and have a whore, so they don't want to be with such a moody boss...

"Fak! Baked for so long, is it cooked yet?!"

"It's ripe."

A younger brother hurriedly took out a knife, cut off a roasted deer hind leg, and handed it to Colm.

After receiving the delicious deer leg, he opened his mouth and violently tore off a piece of meat, chewing it with big mouthfuls.

That vicious look seemed to be chewing the flesh and blood of Dutch Van der Linde.

Just when the tender venison made Colm's anger slowly drop, a shout interrupted his bravery:
"Boss!"

According to the reputation, a man with a pale face was riding a horse and was rushing towards the camp.

Colm recognized this person, he was one of the younger brothers squatting at Scarlett Meadow.

However, he really couldn't pronounce the other party's name.

In fact, except for a few confidantes, he can't name other younger brothers...

Seeing the younger brother who jumped off the horse in a panic and almost fell, Colm frowned:
"What happened? Why are you the only one and everyone else?"

"Others... everyone else is dead!"

As soon as these words came out, Colm's expression suddenly sank:
"what?!"

"Who did it? The Braithwaites? Or..."

Before he could finish asking, the younger brother interrupted him with a slightly trembling voice:

"It's not the Braithwaite family, it's a man with terrible marksmanship. That man saved my life and told me to come back to convey a message to you..."

information?

Just when Colm was puzzled, the younger brother took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over.

Throwing away the deer leg in his hand, Colm took the letter suspiciously, opened it, and found that besides the folded paper, there was also a small stack of banknotes inside.

At a rough look, it should be one or two hundred dollars.

The person who killed me gave me back the money, what kind of operation is this?
Opening the paper, Colm saw that the letter said:
"Dear Lord O'Driscoll, it is an honor to meet you."

"Although your subordinates planned to rob me, they didn't succeed. In this way, we can be regarded as acquaintances."

"I heard that you are looking for me. Yes, it was me who killed another group of your men in Scarlett Meadow last week."

"My name is Rorschach Anos."

"The reason why I wrote to you is to clear up a little misunderstanding between us."

"The two hundred dollars are my small gift and deep apology, and it can be regarded as a little compensation for your dead subordinates."

"As long as you don't attack me or the Braithwaite family's carriage in the future, we should become good friends."

"Of course, if you have other ideas, I want to give you a piece of advice: it's best not to do this!"

"Because, if you do that, then no matter where you go to the ends of the earth, I will personally come to the door in the dark night and kill you in your sleep!"

"I do what I say!"

"Ghost Rorschach, yours sincerely."

(End of this chapter)