Wilderness Redemption Tour

"Is that really the case?" Sadie asked.

"What else?" Lin Yan was a little puzzled.

Sadie did not continue to ask about this question. She drove her horse over and asked the prophet who was lying on the horse with his hands and feet tied: "Hey! You have known Obadiah the longest. What kind of person do you think he is?"

Seeing that the prophet didn't respond, Sadie stretched out her foot and touched him: "Hey, I'm asking you?"

"Oh oh..." The prophet didn't know what he was thinking, and he came back to his senses when he was touched by Sadie.

"What did you ask me just now?" he hesitated and asked cautiously.

Sadie said impatiently, "Let me ask you what kind of man Obadiah is."

"Oh, him." The prophet recalled, "He is just more talkative and hygienic than the others in the village, that's all."

"Really? Don't you think he's more thoughtful than other people?" Sadie asked back.

"Oh, yes!" The prophet said indignantly, "I have known him for so long, but I didn't know he could read. I thought everyone in the village was illiterate, and only a few people could write their names. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked them to sign the agreement."

Sadie was thoughtful. "So...even you don't understand what kind of person he is..."

"What happened to Obadiah? Is there any problem?" Lin Yan was a little confused.

"I just have a feeling..." Sadie said slowly while organizing her words: "Obadiah may not be as stupid as he looks..."

"He's not stupid." Lin Yan corrected her with a smile: "He's just not smart."

Sadie rolled her eyes at Lin Yan and said, "You know that's not what I meant. Compared to other villagers, Obadiah is a little too 'normal'. When we first talked to him, we didn't notice anything wrong with him. In our minds, an elderly person like him should talk like this. We were surrounded by patients and naturally thought he was also a patient, and that's exactly the problem."

"You mean...he's not actually sick?"

"No." Sadie shook her head. "I just think his symptoms are much milder than others. I have a hunch that he knows exactly what we just said, and he's just playing dumb."

The more Lin Yan listened, the more confused he became. "Playing dumb? Why?"

"Why?" Sadie smiled, "Of course I enjoy the feeling of controlling others. Do you remember, this guy just now..." She pointed to the prophet behind Lin Yan, "This guy has said so much, even if those villagers are stupid and have no thinking ability, they should understand that they are poisoned, not cursed. But think about what Obadiah, who was the first to react, did? Even when their prophet admitted that he had deceived them, this guy insisted that they were cursed. Because of his solemn oath, those villagers who were still hesitating gave up thinking and chose to agree with his point of view. Then, in order to deepen the beliefs of these villagers and prevent them from being "misled" by us again, he took the initiative to take these people away, and before leaving, he specifically asked us not to interfere. If you say that he didn't have any extra thoughts at this time, I don't believe it."

Lin Yan stroked his stubble and thought about it carefully. "Really..." He reached out and patted the prophet on the shoulder. "Hey, when you went to Butcher River Village before, did you always go to Obadiah to eat and drink?"

"Yes." The other party replied in a muffled voice: "In the whole village, only his food is edible, and he is the only one who can communicate with me without any obstacles. Usually, when I want to convey something to other villagers, except for a few times when I show up in person, the rest are conveyed by him on my behalf."

Hearing this, Lin Yan smiled. He patted the prophet on the back and said with a smile: "It seems that guy has learned a lot of skills from you. I didn't expect that you accidentally trained a successor."

Lin Yan didn't care what Obadiah wanted to do. In his opinion, the mission "The Curse of Butcher Creek Village" ended the moment he brought the prophet behind him to the Annesburg Police Department, and the "button" deliberately left in the plot was equivalent to the easter egg at the end of the movie, just to add some fun to the eyewitnesses when they reminisced afterwards.

Annesburg Sheriff Jones is a middle-aged white man with a fashionable middle-parted hair. After hearing Lin Yan's purpose, he looked hesitant and seemed not to want to get involved in the matter.

Seeing this, Lin Yan put on a smiling face and threatened: "Sheriff Jones, my companion and I set out from Butcher River Village together. He went to Saint Denis to report this matter to Mayor Ermire. He has some friendship with the mayor, so the matter of Butcher River Village will inevitably reach the mayor's ears, so you see..."

Sheriff Jones snorted in dissatisfaction and looked directly into Lin Yan's eyes with a cold face: "Are you threatening me?"

Lin Yan stared with his big eyes and said innocently: "No, we did this entirely for your sake." Seeing Sheriff Jones's eyes turning from dissatisfaction to suspicion, Lin Yan chuckled in his heart. He had thought about how to deal with this kind of situation on the way here.

Clearing his throat, Lin Yan explained to the other party: "Anyone who can open a company in this town must be a well-known big shot. We can understand that you don't want to offend him because of this, but this matter is indeed a bit serious. If left unchecked, over time, people living along the Kamassa River will probably all show symptoms of poisoning. Lead and arsenic poisoning is much more serious than the black smoke from the chimneys outside that we inhale into our lungs. So, in order to alleviate your worries, we specially arranged for someone to inform the mayor of this matter, but the mayor is in Saint Denis after all, and the follow-up work will still be the responsibility of you, the local sheriff. If the mayor orders you to deal with this matter, will it not be difficult for you to do it?"

Sheriff Jones pretended to think for a moment, then nodded reluctantly, saying, "Okay, go and put the guy you brought in in jail. When the mayor's order comes down, I will go to Roanoke Fuel Company in person and urge them to clean up the pollution source as soon as possible."

"That's good." Lin Yan forced a smile again: "As an American citizen who likes to meddle in other people's business, we are completely relieved to see that this matter is handled by a sheriff like you who has a strong sense of justice."

Walking out of the police station, Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief and the smile on his face disappeared. It was too tiring to communicate with these bureaucrats. It was both time-consuming and brain-consuming. If he wasn't afraid that Sadie would mess up, he wouldn't bother to smile at such people.