Wilderness Redemption Tour

"Dutch is not the kind of person who would give up on himself after suffering one or two setbacks." Arthur immediately denied Lin Yan's guess and snorted coldly, "Humph! In my opinion, the reason why Dutch has become what he is now is definitely related to that guy Micah."

"You can't say that." Hosea disagreed with Arthur's statement. "Dutch has suffered more than one or two blows recently. Even if we don't say it, I believe he can feel the subtle changes in the gang's morale and everyone's attitude towards him. Don't forget that Dutch is essentially a very arrogant person. And we have never experienced such a series of failures before, especially the Angelo Bronte incident. He wanted to be a hunter, but he was fooled and almost got caught. I can understand him seeking revenge on the other party, but I can't understand why he killed such a powerful man. Even if it happened a few months ago, he would not have handled it so carelessly. No, it can no longer be described as careless, it is completely reckless, only a rookie who has just started out would do this."

"Okay, I admit that what you said makes sense, but I still stick to my opinion. Micah is to blame for Dutch's current situation." Arthur said stubbornly. "Before Micah joined, there were many gang members who behaved worse than him. Yes, I'm talking about the Callander brothers, Mike and David. Those two guys are just assholes among assholes. The two brothers have been with us for three years. During that time, we were in trouble, but Dutch was still fine. But since Micah joined, the first news he brought caused us to lose three members, not to mention Sean was arrested, John was almost eaten by wolves, and we were wanted by the whole town. Then there was the negotiation with the O'Driscoll gang. When all of us opposed it, only Micah insisted. I insisted on contacting Colm, and the result... I won't talk about it, anyway, Josiah and I were tortured that time. On the other hand, Micah, who advocated the meeting, not only did nothing happen to him afterwards, but he was even more valued by Dutch. After that, he participated in all of Dutch's decisions. Everything was discussed by the two of them before asking for your opinion, and most of the time you wouldn't listen. Because of this, a series of bad results were caused later. Then came the period in Guarma, which was also an important node for Dutch's complete transformation. I dare say that Micah must have put a lot of effort into Dutch in these weeks."

The two men each had their own opinions, and each had their own reasons, but they also knew that their own analysis had merit, so they did not dwell on this issue for too long. In Hosea's words, "Dutch's transformation is certainly important, but we shouldn't focus on this issue right now. If Dutch and Micah continue like this, the gang will be destroyed sooner or later, and we have to persuade more people to leave before that happens."

After discussing the first question, Hosea looked directly into Arthur's brown eyes and asked his second question: "After all this talk, Dutch, don't you realize that you have changed a lot from your past self, Arthur?"

Lin Yan's first reaction to this question was surprise. He looked at Arthur in confusion, thinking: Arthur has changed? How did he change? Why didn't I notice it?

Arthur knew what Hosea meant by that. "You can attribute it to love, or you can attribute it to my illness."

Then, Arthur raised his mouth and explained with a smile: "Mary doesn't like me doing this. She always says that I am rude and barbaric. It's hard to change the habits formed over the years. I have to prepare for my life after I quit this business."

"You kid..." Hosea understood what he meant. He had also changed himself for the person he loved.

"Of course, this is not all." Arthur's expression changed, with a hint of sadness. "What changed me the most was the Downs family who infected me with tuberculosis. To be honest, even though I am recovering well now, I would not blame them even if I continued to be sick, because I deserved this suffering."

"Yes, this is all our own fault." Hosea couldn't help but sigh: "If it were me, I would not have the right to resent the other party either."

Arthur looked at the sky with a look of disappointment. "Mr. Downs was seriously ill but he insisted on borrowing money from Leopold to do charity. He didn't care about his family's life at all and left them with a lot of debt. I have been wondering, do you think he will go to heaven or hell after his death?"

"I guess he's probably going to hell." Arthur asked himself and answered. "Because of the debt he owed, an innocent debt collector - at least I'm innocent in this case - became seriously ill, and his wife and children lost their homes, and his wife was forced to become a prostitute. In addition, when I met her again in Annesburg this morning, she was still suffering from a venereal disease..." Speaking of this, Arthur's expression was a little unnatural.

"In short, because of the mistake he made with money, he brought suffering to three people at the same time. And how much have we taken from those who were already living a miserable life in order to maintain our livelihood over the years? I remember that a long time ago, our gang only targeted the rich. When we met the poor, we would help them for a while, even though we were not living very well at that time. But I don't know when we started to not care whether the target was absolutely rich or how much profit we could get from him. As long as we could squeeze money out of him and the process was absolutely safe and easy, then he would become our target. From then on, we started We became unscrupulous and accepted almost everyone who came to us. We no longer helped the poor, even though we had no worries about food and clothing and had a lot of savings. It was also from then on that the name of the Van der Linde gang spread rapidly in the West, and the bounties of several of our main members also rose sharply, and Dutch's bounty reached an astonishing five figures. If it weren't for your control during this period, we might have suffered the consequences. But what is coming will come. The complete failure of Blackwater Town made our heads more valuable and almost made us lose everything - savings, supplies, companions...but we didn't lose the huge and blind self-confidence that had expanded to an incomparable size. "

After calming down, Arthur smiled apologetically: "Sorry, I got a little excited just now so I went off topic. I said so much just now because I wanted to say that the reason why I changed is that I have realized that I have deviated from the original intention when the gang was established. In fact, it is the previous me who has changed. Now I am just trying to find my former self."