Walding Town is a remote eastern border town with a population of only a few hundred.
Since all the assets of the Damon family were bought up by the townspeople, there have been no domineering landlords in this town anymore. The Sheriff has truly taken control of the power of life and death in this area.
With the implementation of the Eastern Public Security Act, many groups of gangs were strangled, the number of criminals has been greatly reduced, the gold rush gradually dissipated, and the investment boom followed.
The young and middle-aged people in the town rushed to the construction of the eastern railway development, leaving in the morning and returning home late. The women took their children with them and looked at the railway station that was gradually being built on the plain with smiles on their faces.
Civilization is about to become widespread, and barbarism will eventually be dispersed. It is conceivable that in fifty years, even a place like Walding may become a city that is not inferior to Dandelion.
But under the crushing force of history, traces of the old era will always remain at the end of civilization.
The rule of law binds ordinary people, and no matter what era it is, the seers are walking on the path of inexhaustibility.
On this day, two masked riders arrived in the town of Walding. They were dusty and covered in earthy yellow dust, as if they had experienced a sandstorm and hadn't taken a shower for more than half a month.
The cowboy hat on the man walking in front was in tatters, and his windbreaker also had several holes in it.
He pulled off his scarf, revealing an unshaven face with extremely dry and rough skin.
He scanned the street and the surrounding buildings with hawk-like eyes, and stood there for a long time. It was not until his companions called his name that he sighed slowly.
"There are so many more houses that it's almost unrecognizable to this place."
The companion next to him also pulled off the cloth, his face was pale, and his lips were also dry.
Even though passers-by could see his discomfort, he still took out his glasses and put them on himself.
A piece of the lens was broken, causing the guy's right eye to blink continuously.
"Sir Adolf, let's go to the hotel to get some clean water first..."
Adolf looked back at Kino, then lightly pushed his horse's belly with his heel, and trotted towards the hotel.
The two pushed open the butterfly spring door, slightly attracting the attention of other guests for a few seconds, and then were covered up by the noise of drinking.
"I'm so happy. Only here can I drink unscrupulously." Kino sighed. Although he came to the east before Prohibition was promulgated, he also knew what the law meant.
However, the boss behind the bar couldn't help but smile helplessly: "The damn Prohibition Bureau has moved into Missouri and cut off all my supply of goods. I only have a little inventory in the warehouse. It depends on when it will be sold out.
, let’s just wait for it to close!”
"Oh my God! This is bad news. Let's drink more." Kino looked familiar. "Look at my face, how eager I am for some whiskey. Come on, give me a full bottle."
One cup.”
Kino slapped a few coins on the counter, but the boss told him he didn't have enough money.
"The price has gone up, boy! This may be the last time you get such good whiskey at Walding."
After hearing this, Kino became angry. He didn't have much money left on him, and wanted to save some to check it out at the card table later, but the innkeeper actually increased the price for him...
While he was arguing with the boss, Adolf, who was silent, suddenly turned around and walked towards a table of guests who were quietly chewing sausages.
He took out a piece of white paper and drew a man with long hair and a suit.
The painting was handed to the guests at this table, and then Adolf asked: "Have you seen this man?"
"No! Who the hell are you?"
The Easterner always spoke with a blasphemous expression, without looking at how many lives Adolf stood in front of him had on his hands.
However, these people were lucky today. Adolf didn't want to cause trouble in Walding. He just came to inquire about the man in the portrait.
There was no clue at this table, so he went to another table and asked around.
"do not know!"
"Go away, don't stop me from winning money."
"One farka, I'll tell you."
"He's so ugly, so he's not my guest. I won't accompany him even if he pays double the price..."
After asking almost everyone, even the prostitutes in the store, Adolf still didn't get any clues about this man.
Finally, when he returned to the counter, Chino was no longer there. The guy resisted his desire to drink and went to the gambling table to make money first.
When the boss saw Adolf return, he reiterated the price of the drinks, but Adolf had no intention of drinking now. Instead, he put the portrait on the counter for the boss to recognize.
"Hmm...this dress doesn't look like an immigrant, or even a race from the Western Continent..."
"Not like the Valentines either." Adolf continued calmly.
The boss kept wiping the plate with a handkerchief and thinking about it through his work, and finally he really remembered.
"It's the Sarcens, those black-armed men of the red earth."
Sarsen... Adolf frowned.
He has never seen a Red Earth race, but the shop owner has obviously seen one.
Will the Sarcens come to the eastern part of the country? In fact, it is not surprising. After all, the "dream of getting rich in the country" has deceived many poor people from outside into flowing into this land.
"Have you met him?"
"I haven't seen it before, I'm sorry..." The boss waved his hand, "Do you want something to drink?"
Adolf then took back the portrait and said: "Water..."
…
Sitting in front of the bar, Adolf reached out and gently touched the gold square in his arms.
That is a tarot card, taken from the brain of Queen Saluba.
It was very dangerous at that time. With the secret transmission ability limited, Adolf's escape was a narrow escape.
Comparatively speaking, Kino, who had become the bait, had an easier time than him. He had already cleaned up the carrion and escaped to the ground.
In the following days, the two began to study the golden square.
There are some weird words engraved on the back of this thing that even a doctoral student like Chino from San Francisco University cannot translate.
But fortunately, he still had some effect, at least he recognized that the pattern on the front was "Justice" in the Tarot card!
"The cold and just goddess of justice, she holds a sword of justice in her right hand and a scale to distinguish good and evil in her left hand. With these two sacred tools, the goddess can see everything and warn people to be tolerant and obey
Morality, upholding justice." Kino explained at the time.
Adolf couldn't help but think of the theory of the nature tree taught to him by Mr. Yi. The path connecting his fire nature and stone nature was "justice".
Does this tarot card predict anything?
Adolf could guess that perhaps there was a secret of transformation hidden in it, but neither he nor Kino could understand the words behind it.
Then, he thought of a person, the mysterious man sitting behind Queen Saluba in the underground city.
This portrait was painted by Kino based on Adolf's description.
It has to be said that Kino's painting skills can really look real, even more accurate than black and white photos. Adolf only relied on verbal descriptions and suggestions for modifications, and the final result was exactly the same as that person's.
As long as you find him and question him, you may be able to know the secret of this golden tarot card...
Adolf was silent and thinking about his next plan. He didn't notice that a guest sneaked out of the hotel immediately after seeing his face.
