At the campsite, everyone ate amidst laughter and joy.
The nine police officers were divided into three groups of three, taking turns on guard.
Women have a magical ability to easily bond with each other.
By this time, Edith, Madeline, Mary, and Linda had become as familiar as old friends.
They all had a basic understanding of each other.
Edith happily said, "Linda, welcome to New York with your two little angels. I won't be sailing to Great Britain for another two weeks, so I can help you get familiar with New York during this time."
Linda smiled and said, "Thank you, but you'll still be going to Fresco Town for a few days, so your schedule must be very tight."
Edith shook her head and said, "No, after I return to Denver this time, I'll go straight back to New York. If the timing is right, we can go together."
Linda exclaimed in surprise, "That's great! Then I'll have another companion on my journey."
Madeline asked, "Edith, have you decided? I strongly agree. If we hadn't met Sheriff Henry this time, what might have happened is truly unthinkable."
Richard, beside her, echoed, "That's indeed the case. Sheriff Henry, thank you very much."
Henry was still wearing his camouflage uniform, and no one asked him when he had changed.
"It was a coincidence, and I certainly had to help a gentleman who bravely protected his wife and friends," Henry nodded in acknowledgment.
Richard was greatly encouraged by this. Receiving affirmation from a strong person is a shot in the arm for anyone.
"Henry, thank you. I've never seen a warrior as powerful as you," Richard praised.
"Indeed, everyone in our police department calls Henry 'Gun God'! Let me tell you..." Pete began to describe Henry's various achievements.
Although Richard, Madeline, and Edith had heard much of it before, it certainly didn't have the same atmosphere as hearing it from someone who had witnessed it firsthand, so they still listened with great interest.
The women were all extremely engrossed, especially since the male protagonist of the legendary stories was someone right beside them, and so tall and handsome.
It's important to know that in the West during those years, society highly valued the skillful use of firearms.
Quick draw became a standard for measuring masculinity, even a standard for measuring righteousness.
There was even a public perception that people who frequently drew their guns were completely upright, and those who were killed generally deserved it.
This was an intensified version of the 'might makes right' logic in the Western world.
The main reason was that the laws in many states here were still incomplete, as they had only joined the American Federation a few years prior.
Colorado, for example, had only joined four years ago.
People in the West often had to rely on personal force to protect themselves.
Thus, Henry's masculinity was simply unique, extraordinary, and unparalleled in the wild.
In fact, as the Fresco Town Police Department recently claimed bounties for several notorious bandits, Henry had already begun to gain widespread fame within the police system.
Charles and the other two police officers also came over to listen.
Henry maintained a smile, quietly drinking his hot coffee.
After Pete finished his story, he immediately asked, "Henry, did you really eliminate over 100 Dodge Gang bandits today?"
"127, and one is currently driving a carriage for us," Henry said calmly.
"How did you do it? An entire mountain!" Pete asked while making a gesture with his arms to emphasize.
"Using skill Flying Dagger. Using a gun would have alerted them. Oh, by the way, thank you, Charles. I went to the place you mentioned," Henry raised his coffee cup to Charles in a salute.
Charles quickly said, "It's I who should thank you, Sheriff Henry!"
He and Owen already knew what Henry had done that afternoon.
If it had been the two of them, they might have died, or failed to find any clues, leading to the entire team's annihilation.
Pete asked in confusion, "But Henry, how come I didn't know you were also skilled in skill Flying Dagger?"
Henry chuckled and said, "Pete, you'll slowly discover that there's a lot you don't know. Becky, come over to Big Brother Henry, I have a gift."
Becky immediately broke free from Linda's embrace and ran over with her short legs, pattering all the way.
Henry put down his coffee cup, picked up her light body, and asked, "What snack do you want now?"
"Candy?" Becky asked expectantly.
Henry's empty right hand opened fully to everyone, then shook, then quickly closed and grabbed at the air, then flipped and opened in front of everyone—a Samuel candy appeared in his palm.
Becky clapped her hands happily.
Henry tore open the candy wrapper, fed the candy into Becky's mouth, and asked, "Is it sweet?"
"Sweet! Thank you, Big Brother Henry!" Becky stood on tiptoe and planted a loud kiss on Henry's cheek.
Everyone else was surprised.
Pete asked in astonishment, "Henry, this isn't real, is it?"
"Miss Edith, you were very brave today. This flower represents my respect." Henry's right hand extended empty again, then suddenly closed and flipped—a beautiful blue-purple wild flower was held in Henry's right hand, and it even had glistening dew drops on it.
"Wow!" everyone exclaimed, confirming it was magic.
A candy could have been prepared and hidden beforehand, but this wild flower with dew drops certainly couldn't have been.
"Becky, help me take this flower to Sister Edith," Henry ruffled Becky's soft hair.
"But Mama said that's Aunt Edith!" Doll-like Becky widened her bright eyes and asked innocently.
"Oh? Did I get it wrong? Then when you give her this flower, can you help me ask her if she's an aunt or a sister?" Henry feigned surprise.
"Okay!"
Becky took the wild flower and ran over to Edith, holding out the wild flower with both hands, then asked clearly, "Aunt Edith, Big Brother Henry says you're a sister. Is he wrong?"
Edith happily took the wild flower, smiled sweetly, gave Henry a charming glance, and then kissed Becky's tender cheek.
"Either is fine. Becky, do you want to call me Aunt or Sister?"
Becky tilted her head and thought seriously for a moment, then said earnestly, "Sister, I guess. Big Brother Henry is so tall, and he's just a brother."
After speaking, Becky ran back into her mother Linda's arms.
Linda asked, "George?"
She had seen George Bruce a few times.
Any woman who saw George would remember him.
Henry smiled and nodded in affirmation.
Pete also suddenly understood and said, "So it was him."
Mary urged, "Who is he? Tell us quickly."
"His name is George Bruce. He's Henry's uncle, and according to him, he's a great magician," Pete replied.
Richard asked, "Bruce? Henry, are you from the Bruce Family?"
Henry nodded and said, "I suppose so, but I haven't met anyone else."
Madeline and Edith both looked enlightened.
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