Wilderness Redemption Tour

"It's a whistle. Could this be the signal you were talking about, Dutch?" Bill asked stupidly.

Sean's brain was the fastest, so he was the first to react. He laughed and pointed at his head and said to Bill, "Sometimes I really wonder what's in your big head. Please use your brain. It's obvious that Arthur has started to take action."

Dutch ignored Bill who was sulking alone, and nodded in affirmation to Sean's guess: "Well, the one that made the police make such a large-scale mobilization must be Arthur's action. The whistle just now was just a signal for the police to assemble. Let's wait a little longer, Josiah will give us a signal soon."

"Let's spread out first. We'll attract too much attention right now. Stay calm and act natural. When the signal sounds, we'll go in together."

At Dutch's command, the members of the Van der Linde gang who had just gathered together immediately broke up into small groups, and spread out in groups of three or four on the streets in front of and on the sides of the bank. Taking this opportunity, Lin Yan also asked Dutch about exchanging positions with Charles, and Dutch naturally agreed as expected.

The place where Lenny went was the side door of the bank that he would be guarding later. After Lin Yan asked for instructions, Dutch also trotted after him.

"Lenny." Lin Yan called out his name from behind. When Lenny looked at him, he continued, "Charles and I have switched positions. You and I will guard the side door later."

"Change position? Why?" Lenny was a little confused.

Why? Because if I don't watch you, you will die soon... Lin Yan muttered in his heart, and said calmly: "Dachi said that he said the task at the front door is more difficult, and I am still a newcomer. He is a little worried about putting me at the front door, so he asked me to switch positions with Charles."

"Oh, I see." Lenny believed Lin Yan's words without any doubt.

The two walked to a position where they could see Dutch, and stood casually against the wall. Lenny stared at the side door of the bank and chatted with Lin Yan. "By the way, this is our first cooperation since you joined the gang, right?"

Lin Yan recalled for a moment and replied with a smile: "If you don't count the time when you got drunk at Valentine Tavern, it was indeed the first time."

There was no change on Lenny's dark face, but his body language and subsequent words showed his embarrassment about what happened that night.

When Lenny heard about Valentine Tavern, his body froze for a moment, then he raised both hands and waved them at the same time, saying awkwardly, "Let's not talk about that. I mean, we haven't completed any missions together, except for collective actions."

"Indeed." Lin Yan nodded: "Now that you've said that, I just realized that we two people of the same age sleep together every day (Lenny's bed is next to Lin Yan), but we have never cooperated. This is indeed not right. How about we work together to take him down if we have a chance in the future?"

After saying this, Lin Yan realized that this might be the last job of the Van der Linde Gang. After this job, they would go to Tahiti to live the life of a manor owner. There, they might not have the chance to do this business again, so he quickly changed his words and said, "Uh... This should be our last job. After this job, our identity will be the manor owner of Tahiti."

Speaking of "retirement life", Lenny suddenly became excited. He looked through the bank glass at the well-dressed so-called upper-class people inside and said with emotion: "Since my grandfather's grandfather, my family has been slaves of white people. I never thought that in my generation, I, a colored person, would also become a farmer one day."

Lin Yan knew without asking that black people like Lenny and Tilly must have black slaves in their family tree. Even today, more than 30 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, white people on this continent still have deep discrimination against these people of color. At this time, black people are still at the bottom of society. Not to mention politics, even doing business is difficult because no one wants to do business with black people. Wasn't Dr. Leonard, whom Lin Yan met before, squeezed out of St. Denis because of his skin color? So he could understand why Lenny would express such emotion.

Lin Yan smiled and punched Lenny lightly on the shoulder: "In the future, you people of color may become not only farmers, but also company managers, mayors, or even presidents of the United States."

"What? The President?" Lenny's eyes widened in shock, and then he laughed out loud: "Don't be funny, brother. I have no doubt that he can be a company manager, but the mayor and the president... this is a bit exaggerated."

"Hey~" Lin Yan put his arm around his shoulders: "It's impossible now, but it doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future. You're right to believe me. Within 110 years, there will definitely be a black president in the United States."

"One hundred and ten years?" Lenny laughed, "Why are you using decimals and whole numbers? Can't you just say one hundred years?"

“No, no…” Lin Yan shook his head repeatedly in denial: “You don’t understand metaphysics. For a position like the President of the United States, you have to calculate the margin in advance. What if it doesn’t come out in a hundred years? The extra ten years are just to prepare for this eventuality.”

Lenny laughed even more happily: "Why don't you say more? Wouldn't it be better to say 200 or 300 years and estimate the surplus more?"

"Hey!" Lin Yan slapped him on the back: "So I said you don't understand, do you think I'm just guessing? This is the conclusion I came to after careful calculation."

"Okay, okay." Lenny stopped laughing and asked, "How long did it take you to calculate this conclusion?"

"Hmm... maybe five seconds."

Lenny: ???

Lenny now transformed into Nick Young, staring at Lin Yan with a standard "black question mark face" expression. Before he could finish the following sentence which was 100% swearing, he heard a sharp "whoosh" sound from the sky. Although the sound was not as loud as the whistle just now, it was enough to attract the attention of pedestrians on the street.

It's a signal!

Lin Yan and Lanny reacted instantly and turned to look at Dutch at the same time.

After receiving the signal, Dutch did not go towards the main gate, but walked towards the side door where Lin Yan and the others were. When the other gang members in this operation saw Dutch walking this way, they also followed him.

A group of people stood at the side door of the bank, wearing masks and pulling out revolvers from their waists.

"Gentlemen, let's take action!" Dutch led the way, kicked open the side door of the bank, and rushed in with two guns raised.