Wilderness Redemption Tour

After a fierce battle at the bank and circling in the sky above Saint Denis, everyone who had been running in fear for most of the day was now exhausted, especially Bill and Lenny who were injured. Lin Yan heard their heavy breathing when they were halfway through the run. In the second half, the two of them almost gritted their teeth and followed behind the crowd. At that time, Lin Yan was particularly worried that they would suddenly fall down when they jumped to the next building. Fortunately, the gaps between the buildings in the second half were not large, and the two of them successfully persevered.

As soon as he entered the room, Bill found a corner and lay down on the ground without caring about his image. Charles, who came in first, saw that Lenny didn't look very good, so he pushed one of the only two chairs in the room to him.

The others also sat or stood, each finding a more comfortable position. The group looked completely different from when they set out. They were all covered in dust and looked listless, like soldiers who had lost a battle. Some of them even had their hats missing.

"Are we just going to wait until night?" Even though he was tired and in pain, Bill still talked as much as ever.

"Honestly, I don't know either." Dutch sat next to Bill, leaning against the wall, rubbing his face hard. "The situation in the city must be more complicated after the Pinkerton detectives intervened. Even if we wait until midnight, I don't think we have much chance of escaping. And even if we escape successfully, we can't go back to the camp. These Pinkerton detectives came prepared this time. They will definitely monitor every road out of the city. If we go back to the camp, it will be like inviting a wolf into the house."

"Then how do we escape? We can't starve to death here, right? Instead of that, we might as well go out and fight." Sean continued.

"Since the usual exits are blocked, is there a place that no one else would think of?" Lenny asked to open up the minds of others.

"No one else would think of a way out of the city... No one else would think of a way out of the city..." Dutch repeated Lenny's words several times in a low voice, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I thought of it. It's a boat... We can take a boat to leave here."

"Good idea." Sean agreed, "Our camp is right by the river, Dutch has a good idea."

"No, let's not go back to the camp for now." Dutch immediately rejected Sean's idea: "Taking a boat is not a 100% safe method. We have to consider the other people in the camp."

"Where are we going then?" Bill asked again.

Dutch stood up from the ground, walked to Charles who was sitting on the chair, patted his arm with the back of his hand, and signaled him to move aside. Charles stood up, moved a step to the side, and sat down on the ground.

"Anywhere except the camp." Dutch leaned back comfortably. "Let's take a boat and leave here first. Keep a low profile, come back in a few weeks, and take the others away from here."

Dutch then looked at Micah, or more precisely, at the sack of burlap beside him: "Micah, what did we get today?"

Micah subconsciously pulled his pockets closer to himself. "Alas!" He sighed first, then put on a very regretful expression: "The cash and gold bars added up to only about 50,000. This amount is far less than we expected before."

"Although the risks and benefits are completely disproportionate, it is still much better than getting nothing." Dutch smiled. While comforting Micah, he was also comforting himself.

After chatting for a few minutes, no one spoke anymore and the whole room fell into an eerie silence.

Dutch's plan had already failed when they were surrounded by Pinkerton detectives. Although their group was able to escape temporarily, the confusion about the future and the doubt about Dutch's leadership ability made this small group no longer as united as before.

After a long silence, Bill muttered, half complaining and half puzzled, "What's going on with Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Adler? Isn't their job to cover for us? Why were we surrounded as soon as we entered the bank?"

Almost no one has a better say on this issue than Lin Yan. Since the Pinkerton detective showed up, in addition to staying by Lenny's side to guard against possible accidents, this is the question he thinks about the most.

After organizing his words a little, Lin Yan took over Bill's words and explained, "The reason why the Pinkerton detectives came so quickly must be because they knew our plan in advance, so they came straight to us after hearing the signal sent by Josiah. What's more, they simply sent the signal on behalf of Josiah. For this group of enemies with obvious purposes, no matter how big a commotion Mrs. Bell and her group make, at most they will only attract a small number of enemies. By the way, didn't the police appear one after another when we were escaping later? I guess these police were lured away by them before that."

Lin Yan's explanation was recognized by most people present, even Bill nodded, not quite understanding, because the police did appear when they were escaping. If most of the police in the city were attracted by Arthur and Hosea, there would definitely not be so many police chasing them later, so the only reasonable explanation is that the Pinkerton detectives who knew the whole plan in advance deliberately left some police behind, and these police left halfway due to other emergencies during the cooperation with the Pinkerton detectives, and did not join them again until they were escaping.

"If..." Micah stroked his upper lip beard leisurely while continuing to ask about Lin Yan's analysis: "If Pinkerton detectives know everything about our plan, does that mean..." He paused, his eyes swept over everyone present in turn, and then continued: "Someone among us leaked the information?"

As soon as he said this, most people in the room were shocked. They all sat up straight and looked at others vigilantly.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Micah immediately changed his words and said, "Oh... blame me, blame me. I didn't say that this person was among us. Don't forget, we are not the only ones who know about this plan. There are also Mrs. Bell and the other four ladies, as well as Josiah and John who were captured. In addition, there are Arthur and Hosea who were responsible for being baits. Did they really serve as baits?"

"How could Arthur and Hosea betray Dutch!" After hearing Micah say something he shouldn't have said, Sean stood up excitedly and refuted: "If it weren't for the two of them, it's hard to say whether there was a Van der Linde gang. I don't object to you talking about the others, but it's absolutely impossible for them two!"