Wilderness Redemption Tour

The horse that Lin Yan had tied in front of the small bar across from the bank before robbing the bank magically appeared in the camp afterwards. This was something Lin Yan had never expected. According to the realistic style of the game world, after so many days, he thought their horse should have been lost. Even if it wasn't lost, it wouldn't have appeared in the camp at all. But when Lin Yan saw his pure black Arabian horse in the daytime the next day, he could only attribute it to the game settings. Not only did his and Charles' horses return, but even Dutch and others' mounts who went out to sea by boat were also here.

Riding on his mount, and galloping along the forest paths of Lemoyne again, Lin Yan felt so relieved.

"Do you think there really was a traitor among the people who participated in the operation that day?" Sadie, who was walking side by side with Lin Yan, started talking to him about the topic of traitors.

"I thought about it carefully, and they may not be the people who participated in the operation that day." Lin Yan followed Sadie's words and said, "Although Dutch decided to rob the bank on the spur of the moment, didn't Hosea go to the bank several times with a group of people to scout the area beforehand? Maybe they were recognized at that time. Otherwise, how do you explain the sudden appearance of the Pinkerton detectives? They can't just appear there by chance."

"That's right..." Sadie nodded thoughtfully, "So it's not necessarily a traitor who informed on them. Maybe someone noticed the strange behavior of Hosea and the others, and that person knew one or more of them. When he saw this group of swindlers and robbers appear here, that person did not expose them on the spot, but reported them to the Pinkerton detectives. This also explains why there are so many Pinkerton detectives in St. Denis. Having dealt with the Van der Linde gang many times, they concluded that Dutch would attack this bank sooner or later, so they have been waiting."

"We can't completely rule out the possibility that someone from our side reported it." Lin Yan was also quite troubled by this matter. He hoped that this matter had nothing to do with the gang members, but his intuition told him that this possibility was not only possible, but also quite high. "You can't know a person's heart by his appearance. After Dutch decided to attack this bank, anyone in the camp could have taken the opportunity to go out and tell the Pinkerton detective about this matter."

"If it's really like what you said, then what's the purpose of that person doing this? If he really wants to cooperate with Pinkerton, why doesn't he just tell them the location of the camp, but go through so much trouble to tell them one of the plans?"

"Maybe he is not confident about Pinkerton's promise, so he is using this incident to test the waters first." Lin Yan guessed: "If we want to know the truth, we can only wait for the other party to reveal his hand or catch Milton and ask him."

"Oh, by the way. In recent days, have you noticed anyone showing signs of leaving?" The previous topic ended without any further discussion, and Lin Yan changed the subject.

Sadie tilted her head and recalled: "Although no one has explicitly mentioned it, I feel that Mrs. Bell and Marybeth seem to have the intention of leaving. Pastor Swanson has also quit drinking these days and has been studying the Bible all day long."

"Mrs. Bell..." Lin Yan stroked his chin and recalled how he had brought her into the gang: "When I invited her to join the gang, I wanted her to find a sense of home. Didn't she say at the time that she had been on the run for twenty years? It must have been hard for her to live in fear all these years. I invited her to join us because I thought she would be too lonely, and it would be more lively for us to be together. But to be honest, I do feel a little sorry for her. She has only been in the gang for a few days, and she has already experienced so many bad things. The bounty hunters who harassed her were those who were easier to deal with. After she followed us, they were replaced by the more difficult Pinkertons. Although the detectives were not targeting her, she still had to live in fear with the others."

"You think so?" Sadie gave a somewhat ambiguous smile: "But why do I feel that she is enjoying it?"

"Ah? What do you mean?" Lin Yan asked puzzled.

"Can't you see?" Sadie frowned. "I've seen it since the first day she came here. She's interested in me."

"Mrs. Bell... and the uncle..." Lin Yan laughed as if he had heard a funny joke: "The uncle is so sloppy and lazy, and he is drunk and dirty all the time. Does Mrs. Bell have any special hobbies that make her like him?"

Sadie shook her head speechlessly and said, "You really don't understand anything... Have you ever thought about why Mrs. Bell always hangs around the uncle? Why was the uncle so enthusiastic about her at the beginning, but later ignored her? I once heard from Hosea that the uncle was not like this before, and he was once a big shot in the West..."

"I know that..." Lin Yan interrupted her: "But in my opinion, he is now a sloppy old drunkard. Mrs. Bell is still charming, but she is also a neat and energetic old lady. If she wants to find someone, she can find whatever she wants. Why does she have to hang herself on a tree..."

"So you don't understand anything..." Sadie glanced at Lin Yan with disdain: "How can you judge love based on appearance alone? Let's get back to the topic just now. I can't talk to you about this topic."

"Actually, it's not that Mrs. Bell wants to leave, but she has been trying to persuade you to leave the gang recently." Sadie continued the previous topic, "Marybeth just wants to leave. She even secretly found me and told me that the gang is about to come to an end, so I should leave as soon as possible."

The uncle himself had never officially spoken about his situation, and no one even knew his name. But after nearly a month of getting along with him, Lin Yan had some understanding of him from the stories he told and the descriptions of other people.

In his early years, the uncle must have had a glorious time, which can be inferred from his own adventures around the world and calling himself "One-shot Boy". Something must have happened afterwards, which made him discouraged and willing to stay in anonymity in a small gang that was still unknown at the time. Later, the uncle saved Dutch's life, which also left him with permanent damage to his waist. This is also the reason why the uncle usually did nothing in the camp, and Dutch and Aunt Susan turned a blind eye to him.

As for whether there had been anything between the uncle and Mrs. Bell in the past, Lin Yan had no idea. The uncle was very secretive about his past, and Mrs. Bell never mentioned her past either. The two were surprisingly consistent in this regard.