After the gun in his hand was knocked away, Mountain Tim immediately launched a counterattack.
He first split his body into several parts along his ropes.
A hand suddenly appeared in front of Lucian.
Lucian hardened his cloak and held it in front of him; he couldn’t let the ropes touch him, or he would be disassembled into several pieces.
This ability wasn’t lethal, but it was troublesome.
The Stand, Heartsteel, emerged and charged at Mountain Tim.
As his figure elongated, Mountain Tim’s other hand picked up the knocked-away pistol.
In an instant, he fired several shots at Lucian.
However, the bullets were all blocked by the metallized cloak.
At the same time, Lucian shouted at Mountain Tim, “I am not your enemy.
That person was an assassin sent by Funny Valentine.
You are on Lucy Steel’s side, right?
Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli have told me about you.”
Johnny and Gyro certainly had not told Lucian about Mountain Tim, but that didn’t stop Lucian from saying so.
After all, the two protagonists were in this town.
As long as Lucian and Mountain Tim appeared in front of Johnny together, they would definitely not discuss this issue.
Upon hearing this, Mountain Tim deactivated his ability, but he remained on guard.
Lucian’s next actions would determine whether he would continue to attack.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Lucian also immediately deactivated his Stand.
Only then did he slowly walk up to Mountain Tim and say, “Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli should be in this town; I met them in the woods earlier.
They have to participate in the race, so we didn’t travel together.
However, we haven’t been separated for long, so they should still be in town.”
“How do you know them?” Mountain Tim threw out his question.
The person in front of him didn’t look like he was lying.
“I knew them before the race started.
Didn’t Gyro Zeppeli have a duel with a thief back then?”
Mountain Tim knew about this amusing incident, and seeing that Lucian didn’t seem to be lying, he relaxed his vigilance.
Thus, he asked, “Did you find any clues on him? Find the original chapter at g.com.
Did he have any orders from Valentine on him?”
“I didn’t find anything other than a dozen dollars.
They must have communicated by phone.”
Touching the dozen dollars, Lucian secretly slandered in his heart that working for Valentine didn’t seem to pay well.
Then, he pulled out a few bills and handed them to Mountain Tim, saying, “We should share the spoils.”
Mountain Tim waved his hand repeatedly, refusing Lucian’s kindness; it made him feel like he was an accomplice to a highway robbery.
“I didn’t participate in the fight, so you don’t need to give me any of the spoils.” Although cowboys sometimes took spoils from bandits too.
Seeing that Mountain Tim didn’t want it, Lucian stuffed it all into his pocket.
Dollars were still quite valuable in this day and age.
If he had plans to go to New Guinea later, he would have to start planning his travel expenses now.
He didn’t know how much it would cost to travel to other countries in this era.
Seeing Lucian stuff the money into his pocket, Mountain Tim continued to ask, “You said Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli are here?”
“They should be.
We just separated in the woods this morning.
They shouldn’t have traveled very fast.” Besides, they had to figure out how to spend all their money, and then face the attack of the Eleven Men.
They were probably drinking together under the snow right now; this was a famous scene.
“Then shall we go into town together to find them?” Mountain Tim suggested.
Although he already believed Lucian, he still had to confirm it.
In case he was lying again, he couldn’t be fooled.
Lucian understood what he was thinking, so he nodded and agreed, “Let’s go then.
I estimate the two of them should still be in town.
It’s a good chance to gather some intelligence on this group.”
They definitely wouldn’t have any intelligence on Valentine’s side, but he could ask them what they thought about Sugar Mountain.
Seeing that Lucian had no intention of resisting, Mountain Tim put his revolver back into his holster.
He had actually been on guard against Lucian the whole time; no matter what he said, he wouldn’t let his guard down until he was truly confirmed as an ally.
This was the basic principle of a cowboy.
Lucian also holstered his gun and asked, “Why are you here?
Is Mr.
Steven Steel nearby?” If Steven Steel was here, then Funny Valentine should be nearby too.
I learned that Valentine had sent two assassins to find the Saints legs, so I followed their tracks, but I didn’t encounter those two assassins.”
Lucian guessed that those two should be Magent Magent and Wekapipo.
Had Lucy Steel already successfully infiltrated Valentine’s side?
So, because of his own existence, Lucy Steel hadn’t aroused suspicion?
Then who had the Saints heart now?
The changes caused by his own presence were gradually making Lucian lose his intelligence advantage.
As expected, the current situation was a tangled mess.
“Then let’s go into town first.”
On the other side, Valentine, who had been waiting for contact from the Eleven Men, realized their failure.
The failure of the Eleven Men made it impossible for Valentine to remain calm, although the other people he had sent out had successfully obtained the Saints legs.
However, this still couldn’t cover up his decline; according to the plan, he should have at least half of the Saint’s Corpse by now.
Therefore, he had to go and take back the remaining parts now.
Except for the torso, the rest had already appeared in the world.
Funny Valentine decided to send all his subordinates out now to take back the various parts.
The first was that Oriental man who wasn’t in his plans.
That person seemed to know the location of the corpse as well, and he was also traveling along the map.
Moreover, Sandman seemed to have betrayed him after coming into contact with that Oriental man.
Although Funny Valentine didn’t hold much hope for this Native American, his blatant betrayal was unforgivable.
For now, he had to let him go; mainly because he wasn’t carrying any parts of the corpse, and he was short on manpower.
Once he had all the parts of the corpse in hand, he would definitely make him know the consequences of betraying him.
Valentine ordered his subordinates, “Magent Magent, you and Wekapipo go and take back the corpse in the hands of Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli.”
Magent Magent, Wekapipo, Disco, Mike O., and others all expressed their loyalty to Valentine.
And Funny Valentine prepared to go in person to take back the saints spine in Lucian’s possession.
This was the most important part and had to be done by himself.
After obtaining the Saints right eye from Gyro, Lucy Steel had been looking for an opportunity to take the Saints heart from Valentine.
However, because Valentine’s plans hadn’t been progressing smoothly during this period, he had tightened the security around himself, and she had never found a good opportunity.