Loose Ruth

"Mr. Vash the Stampede, it's a privilege to meet you. Your face is starting to look like it belongs on the double dollar. You really can't blame me for coming after you though, since your head is worth 60,000,000,000."

- Loose Ruth

Loose Ruth (or Constance Rifle) is a Bounty Hunter who is after Vash the Stampede.

Appearance
Ruth is a tall man with end-stage male pattern baldness. He has brown hair with a big mustache and brown eyes. He wears a olive green ten gallon hat and coat.

Personality
Loose Ruth is a very calm and collected person. It is seen that Ruth is intrepid, having no fear of challenging the illustrious Vash the Stampede. Ruth can also be seen as a money-loving person, as he chose the bounty hunting profession and challenges people with the top dollar on their heads. Though Ruth loves money, it's seen he's not too greedy with it, as he's willing to give the majority to Descartes, splitting it 70% - 30%. Descartes has also described Ruth as "a sick and twisted man," when the two capture Meryl and Milly he tells Descartes to enjoy them while he can. Finally, it has also been proven Ruth can be a very impatient man, always shooting at people before he gets an explanation at a problem.

Biography


Loose Ruth appears in the series, attempting to claim Vash the Stampede's bounty. Ruth mistakes Descartes for Vash, due to the rumors he heard saying Vash was a man in a red coat, wearing earrings, with short legs. Descartes tries to convince him otherwise but to no avail. Descartes then turns things around on him, and starts saying that Ruth is Vash, and pretending not to know. Descartes believes this based on the rumors he heard saying Vash the Stampede was a blonde-haired man with a big gun. Ruth, still thinking Descartes is Vash, is impressed with what he thought was a tactical move when he started accusing him of being Vash, and now knows why he's stayed alive as long as he has without being caught. The two commence into battle, (which takes place off-screen) and during the fight, they both eventually realize they were sadly mistaken. After a while of fighting, they find out that neither of them is Vash the Stampede, and they let the real Vash getaway during their fight.



The two settle on splitting the money with Descartes getting 70% and Ruth getting 30% if they catch Vash together. Just then, Milly and Meryl appear, trying to do their job for their insurance company with Vash, (They think Descartes is Vash at the time) so Ruth and Descartes tie them up. When Descartes asks Ruth what to do with them, he tells him to have a little fun with the girls. Just before they could do anything, Vash stumbles up to them. Ruth shoots at Vash, but he dodges. Vash continues to dodge bullets from Ruth, so he eventually hides, waiting for a perfect moment to throw a bomb at Vash. After Vash defeats Descartes, Vash instantly notices him and tells him to dodge. Unhappy by Vash's command, Ruth attempts to throw his bomb at Vash, but is just then struck down by Descartes' boomerang, (which he threw before his defeat) and falls to the ground defeated. It is unknown what happens to Ruth after his battle with Vash, as he is never again seen in the series.

Weapons

 * 1) Cross shaped Long Rifle
 * 2) Bombs