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Chapter 71 Good Start

Two days passed in a flash.

It was July and the weather was already hot.

Valentine's Main Street, but half of the dirt road has turned into a cement road.

Several construction workers carried buckets and sprinkled water on the smooth concrete pavement for maintenance.

The bicycle factory on the east side of Valentine has already laid the foundation, and the red bricks piled up into a hill are already ready.

On the street, the residents of Valentine are busy with the work at hand.

The idle company bodyguard stood by the guardrail in front of the tavern, hiding from the scorching sun, with a cigarette in his hand, puffing.

Valentine, harmonious as always.

However, at this moment, a rush and chaotic sound of horseshoes suddenly broke the tranquility!
More than a dozen riders with guns on their waists and suits broke into the town aggressively.

Such momentum immediately attracted the attention of many Valentine residents.

Seeing that these tough-looking riders were not robbers who came to loot the town, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Along the main road of the town, the group of people came all the way to the sheriff's office before slowing down and stopping.

Sergeant Malloy, surrounded by five police officers, had been waiting for a long time.

The riders comforted the restless horses in their crotches, and then made a gap.

I saw a fat old man in a navy blue suit, with a Mediterranean hairstyle and a gray beard, riding forward slowly.

Judging from the spotless suit and golden pocket watch, he should be the boss of these riders, or the employer...

Sitting on the horseback, the old man swept across the police badges on the chests of Malloy and the others with his sharp eyes, and then his hoarse voice sounded:
"Sheriff Malloy?"

"It's me, Mr. Cornwall, and you're very punctual."

This well-dressed old man is the owner of the Cornwall Railway Company, Leviticus Cornwall who holds titles such as "Railway Tycoon" and "Oil Merchant"!
Looking at the local law enforcement officers in front of him, Cornwall's eyes flashed with disdain, and he asked bluntly, "Well, are all your law enforcement officers here?"

Hearing this, Sergeant Malloy frowned, and said in a deep voice: "If you need it, I can dispatch more people. However, I will only do that after confirming the fugitive's information."

Seeing that there were only so few people on the other side, Cornwall's desire to ask local law enforcement officers to assist him also faded a lot.

He waved his hand casually and said:
"No need, my men are enough. What's more, there are still people coming..."

Before the words fell, a sound of horseshoes came from the entrance of the town again!

Five or six riders in uniform, with soft felt hats and badges on their chests, also came to the sheriff's office.

All of a sudden, the whole street became crowded.

The leading rider was a thin man with a swollen face.

He pulled the brim of his hat lightly, nodded to Cornwall and said, "Mr. Cornwall."

"Agent Milton, you are late." Cornwall's tone was slightly dissatisfied.

However, the man named Milton didn't care, he just turned his head and looked at Malloy in front of the police station:
"Hello, Sheriff. I'm Detective Milton and this is Detective Ross. We're both of the Pinkerton Detective Agency."

Pointing to a mustache beside him, Milton introduced himself.

Compared with Cornwall's arrogance, Milton, who is also a law enforcement officer, has a much better attitude.

"Hi, Agent. Is there anything we can do for you?"

Shaking his head, Milton then politely declined: "No need for now, we have confirmed that fugitives are haunting this town, you just need to maintain order. I will notify you when necessary."

"I understand…"

Before I finished talking here, Cornwall on the side interrupted the two impatiently:

"Stop talking nonsense, Van der Linde may have noticed that we are coming, so hurry up and do it!"

"Guys, find those bastards who dare to mess with a lion!"

Following Cornwall's order, more than a dozen riders formed a team of three and spread out to the entire Valentine.

The many horseshoes that were lifted raised up waves of dust...

However, what Cornwall, who was full of confidence, did not expect was that in the next hour, Cornwall's men and Pinkerton detectives almost searched the entire Valentine, only to find themselves pounced. empty.

In any corner of Valentine, they couldn't find any member of the Van der Lin gang!

And this rude behavior of breaking into other people's homes and searching randomly aroused the dissatisfaction of the people of Valentine.

However, under the appeasement of the law enforcement officers headed by Sheriff Malloy, everyone pinched their noses and recognized him.

Cornwall, who missed the air, was very angry.

However, he didn't think it was Sergeant Malloy who tipped the news, he just thought that these damned desperadoes were very cunning and never stayed in the same place for too long.

Cornwall comes and goes in a hurry.

After leaving only a part of the team to assist Detective Pinkerton in continuing his investigation, he left Valentine without hesitation.

After all, there are a lot of business affairs under him, which are still waiting for him to deal with...

As for the Pinkerton detectives who stayed to investigate, they learned from the residents that the Van der Lin gang and others had been active in the town.

So, began to search the surrounding area of ​​Valentine based on various clues.

Witnessing the frenzied scenes with his own eyes, a man in a suit and a top hat quietly left the town...

. . .

At the same time, located in Roche's second-floor office.

Hearing the report from his subordinates, Luo Xia, who was standing by the window with his hands behind his back, couldn't help asking:
"So Cornwall left with his men?"

Hearing this, standing not far behind Luo Xia, a man with a light beard nodded involuntarily:

"Yes, those Pinkertons are still there. They already know that the Van der Lim gang is in town and are searching the surrounding area."

This man in a windbreaker with slightly melancholy eyes was named Joe Akers. He was the captain of Roche's bodyguards, and he was also the one with the best marksmanship among the bodyguards.

A former officer in the Northern Army, he became a bounty hunter due to the end of the war.

However, due to family reasons, he gave up a higher-risk and more unstable career and came to settle in Valentine. It happened that Roche was recruiting bodyguards...

"Well, I see. Is there any movement over there in Saint-Denis?"

"Recently, there have been a few children probing around the factory. However, Bronte has not taken any substantive measures."

"Well, don't let your guard down."

"I see…"

Seeing that Rorschach didn't continue to speak, Joe turned and left very wisely, leaving only Rorschach standing by the window, lost in thought.

At this moment, Rorschach's thoughts were no longer in Valentine, but drifted to Cape Cremon...

He has already completed one of the three quest requirements of the main quest "Redemption".

That is to kill Micah!
The other two require him to continue to work hard to complete.

However, after getting in touch with and communicating with the Van der Lin gang, Rorschach began to feel that instead of acting as a nanny and secretly protecting the Van der Lin gang, it is better to find a way to control these people within a certain range and act according to his own ideas .

In this way, he can turn passive into active, instead of just sitting around and waiting for something to happen before going to wipe Van der Lin's ass.

To do that, however, he had to gain the trust of the Van der Linn Gang.

This tipping off is a good start...

　First post a chapter to solve the problem, still writing Chapter 2

　　
　
(End of this chapter)