New Gods of North America

Two carriages, pulled by two horses, drove out of the town at a leisurely pace.

The one with the horse behind it,

It was the patrol carriage that Harvey Dent and his team had driven into the town earlier.

Captain Harvey and his team are the county's mounted police. They are usually responsible for patrolling areas that include all county roads and some unincorporated areas with relatively good transportation.

The so-called "unincorporated areas"

To put it simply, it is the wilderness and mountains in the popular sense.

If the terrain were a little flatter and closer to major transportation routes, there wouldn't be so few people settling there and developing the area now.

For example, the place where Wayne and his team are going this time,

It is even farther away from Blackrock Town than the indigenous tribe of Tekumse and his people.

If you go one way and don't rush,

It will take about one day or two days to get there.

Even so, Blackrock Town is already the closest town to that place in the county.

That’s why the mounted police had the nerve to come and ask for help.

If you continue searching there,

It will take even longer, probably at least a week to go back and forth.

The distance is not particularly far, but the road is not easy to walk on.

Moreover, because it was not on the way to densely populated areas and seemed remote, I didn't see many living people along the way.

Transportation in the county is not convenient enough these days.

Therefore, when county mounted police go out on patrol, they are usually divided into several groups.

Each group of people patrols along the route, stopping and starting, and it takes about half a month for each patrol.

Then he goes home to rest for a few days, then works in the county for a few days, and then goes out on patrol again, and the cycle continues.

That's why they took carriages with them when they went out.

They would mount their horses when there was something to do, and usually use horse-drawn carriages to pull simple daily necessities and patrol the routes in an orderly manner.

The other carriage,

It's the four-wheel drive vehicle that Wayne and his friends are driving.

And it was a battle-damaged four-wheel drive vehicle.

I haven’t had time to repair it since I drove it back to town last time, so I’ll just use it for now.

However, the horses have been replaced by Wayne and his companions' own horses.

There were four people in the car at this time.

Wayne, Inissa, Lina, and Parker.

…or let’s count them as five people.

If Parker is considered a "person", then Peter must be considered one too.

So the two carriages drove side by side,

Wayne's people were able to get together a table to play mahjong, but the county police only played two cards.

It's "Requesting Assistance".

In the end, those who assisted became the main force.

…

The gang that became the target of the attack this time,

Although there are a lot of people, their evil deeds are not obvious - at least the crimes and the people have not been matched yet.

So Wayne and Lina searched the police station before,

Unless someone among them used an alias, none of the men in this group, including the leader nicknamed "Pig-Headed Butcher," were wanted criminals with a bounty.

If there hadn't been a survivor picked up by the mounted police, no one would have even known there was a gang hideout there.

These little Karami guys are hiding really well.

After a day of uneventful travel,

When the sun was about to set, the few of them found a place sheltered from the wind and near the water to spend the night.

Captain Harvey looked like a sunny young man full of righteousness. He was now telling everyone about his experiences and interesting things that happened in the past year since he became a county police officer.

And his deputy,

The elegant middle-aged man named Hannibal Lecter prepared dinner for everyone by the campfire. The main ingredient was the wild rabbits they caught along the way.

Parker was supposed to be the chef.

But when Lina saw that the uncle skinned the rabbit in just a few moves, his movements were extremely skillful, and he seemed to be quite skilled in cooking. So Lina found an excuse for Parker being carsick, and let Parker lie in the carriage to save energy and pretend to be a dead dog.

Captain Xavi was introducing the team to everyone:

"This Doctor Lecter is from the East Coast. He has been in the Mounted Police for a short period of time to experience a different career. He is currently a rare full-time team doctor in our team. I happened to be in the same patrol group with him this time, and I didn't expect to encounter something like this.

"But fortunately, he was there. The survivor was able to save his life after emergency treatment, and we also got the clues about the gang."

It would have been fine if Captain Harvey hadn't introduced himself, but after he finished speaking,

When Wayne heard that Mr. Hannibal was actually a doctor, he felt like he was about to have a PTSD attack. He couldn't help but lift the lid and take a few secret peeks to confirm whether the pot contained rabbit meat.

Eating hard bread with rabbit stew,

Night had fallen, so everyone prepared to rest as they had to get up early tomorrow to continue their journey.

Wayne and Parker were not entitled to sleep in the 4x4.

So Wayne spread a blanket and lay by the campfire, and Parker went even further and climbed up a tree.

Peter, who was qualified to sleep in the carriage with two girls, was officially expelled from Wayne.

So the two mounted police officers went to rest.

Wayne was the only one left by the campfire, looking a little pitiful.

It was probably around midnight.

While sleeping, Wayne vaguely felt that there seemed to be several lines moving faintly nearby, and he woke up suddenly.

There is murderous intent.

Another perspective has quietly opened up at this time.

After a quick look, I saw that they were a few big-tailed wolves crawling towards the campfire.

Wayne first touched the revolver out of habit, and then let go.

Then he secretly pulled out the spare dagger.

It's late at night, don't disturb others.

Try cold weapon combat first.

Wayne was lying there waiting for the wolf,

Then he noticed that the people in the two carriages seemed to move at the same time.

Inissa and Lina had quietly sat up in the carriage.

A pixel quickly jumped out of the four-wheel drive vehicle and rushed towards one of the wolves.

It seems to be Peter.

But in the carriage on the other side, Wayne seemed to see...

It should be Captain Harvey, right? His neck suddenly tilted, as if he fell into a deeper sleep.

Then in another vision there was no movement,

In Wayne's naked eyes, Dr. Lecter had silently emerged from the rear of the carriage.

His figure,

At this time, in another field of vision, there are no "lines".

Then he approached the wolves silently.

Wayne lay there, trying to move the "camera" to track him.

Fortunately, although he cannot be seen directly in the field of vision of simple lines,

But after focusing a little, you can still judge his position and actions by the changes in other lines.

So he's over here, and the pixel representing Peter is over there,

Like the two Pac-Men, the wolf silhouette between them quickly fell down one by one.

At last he and Peter seemed to touch each other.

When Dr. Lecter came back, the outline of his figure gradually emerged.

He just walked straight to the campfire.

Wayne pretended to have just woken up, sat up and looked at him.

Dr. Lecter and Wayne looked at each other silently.

Then he raised his index finger in front of his lips, as if to signal Wayne to keep it a secret, and said "hush" to Wayne.