Inside the tavern.

A white man in his fifties stood in front of the bar, dressed in a crisp suit, with a thin face and a smile on his face, and said to the old black man, Quatman:

"Good afternoon, Quatman."

"Tony, what's the wind that brought you here?"

The old black man Gatman took out a wine glass, poured half a glass of whiskey and handed it over, and it turned out that the white man standing in front of the bar was Tony Pradino.

Pradino picked up his glass and took a sip, "Is the headache cured?" Do the Mexican painkillers I gave you work? ”

"It works, thank you."

"That's good."

Pradino nodded, looking left and right, "I heard that the new sheriff has come to town?" ”

"New sheriff?"

Quatman pretended not to know, "Isn't it Deputy Sheriff Emmett who takes over Sheriff Will?" ”

"It's not."

Pradino shook his head, "Our young and promising mayor has brought in a guy from the East Coast to replace Sheriff Will. ”

"East Coast, that's far enough."

"Who's to say it isn't."

Pradino picked up his glass and drank the rest of the whiskey in one gulp, taking a deep breath, "And the mayor of the town also used a special appointment, and he made a decision alone without even discussing it." ”

Quatman nodded, held up the bottle and asked:

"Do you still want to drink?"

"A little."

Pradino put his glass down and stared at Quatman, "Yesterday I heard my men say, 'You have a stranger here?' ”

"yes, yes."

Quatman smiled, "There were two guests in a row yesterday afternoon. ”

Pradino raised his index finger and shook it, "One of them is the new sheriff." ”

"Isn't it?"

Quatman looked surprised, "I didn't even see it. ”

Pradino smiled.

"So that's where our young mayor comes in."

Quatman hurriedly said:

"I'll keep an eye on the new sheriff."

"Very good......

Pradino nodded, glanced at the empty display case on the wall, and asked suspiciously, "Where's your boxing belt?" ”

Quatman hesitated, "I fell off the hook the other day, and the frame was broken, and it has been redone. ”

Pradino nodded, finished the whiskey in his glass, put down the glass and took a breath, and said:

"Thank you for the wine."

"You're welcome."

"If you need painkillers, just let me know."

With that, Pradino turned and walked towards the tavern door.

Quatman looked at his back and let out a long breath, his back already wet.

……

Outside the tavern, Rorschach parked the Mustang sedan on the side of the road, saw a middle-aged white man walk out of the tavern and get into a Mercedes car, waiting for the Mercedes sedan to go away, he stepped out of the car and walked towards the tavern.

When the old black man Temperman saw Rorschach enter the tavern, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked:

"You're not being seen, are you?"

"Nope."

Rorschach shook his head and pointed to the door of the tavern, "Who was that guy just now?" ”

"Alas......"

Quatman sighed, "It's Tony. Pradino. ”

"He's Pradino?"

Rorschach narrowed his eyes, "Trouble for you?" ”

"No, let's not talk about him......" Quatman shook his head, "How about you meet with Mayor Mare today?" Didn't show the stuffing, did you? ”

"It's good, but it's a bit of trouble."

"What's the trouble?"

Temperman froze.

"There was a homicide."

Rorschach told him about the murder that had taken place in the forest.

After hearing this, Quatman frowned, "How could this happen?" ”

"Who knows."

Rorschach shrugged, "It's okay if you're okay here, I'll go back to the police station and see if there are any other clues." ”

Quatman looked at him as he was leaving, and asked suspiciously:

"Are you really going to be a police officer?"

"I'm the police."

Rorschach waved his hand and walked out of the tavern.

Back at the police station, Rorschach greeted Lupita and walked into the hall of the police station, at this time Emmett and Brian had not yet returned, presumably still investigating at the scene of the crime, he casually found a desk and sat down.

At this moment, a man's shout came from outside the hall.

"You damn violent girl!"

Rorschach looked curiously at the door of the hall, only to see a long-haired white young man with his hands behind his back, being pushed into the hall of the police station, behind him was a female policeman, with long brown hair tied into a ponytail, delicate facial features, white skin, and a black police uniform that looked heroic.

The white youth shouted, "I didn't do anything! ”

The policewoman pushed him and said disdainfully:

"Yes, you're a model citizen."

However, the policewoman didn't expect that there were other people in the police station, and she was stunned for a moment when she saw Rorschach, and the white young man took the opportunity to escape.

Rorschach hurriedly got up and wanted to come forward to help.

Unexpectedly, the policewoman suddenly turned around, grabbed the white young man's arm, pressed him to the desk with her elbow, pressed his head hard with her elbow, and shouted in his ear:

"If you try to resist again, my sister will break the two balls under you!"

Rorschach stood aside and sneered, but he didn't expect it to be a spicy policewoman.

The policewoman looked up, "Hi, new sheriff. ”

"Hey, do you need help?"

Rorschach responded.

"No, you don't."

The policewoman pressed the young man's head hard and looked Rorschach up and down, "I heard Lupita say, you really look young, my name is Jessica Carey." ”

The white youth struggled to raise his head, "My name is Pete, sheriff help me!" ”

"Shut your foul mouth!"

Policewoman Jessica grabbed Pete's head and smashed it down.

With a bang, Pete's face made intimate contact with the table.

The policewoman Jessica looked up in embarrassment and smiled at Rorschach.

"I'm sorry sheriff, I'm a little busy right now, and I have to go and write an interrogation report for this domestic violence criminal."

"It's okay."

Rorschach made a gesture of please, "You get busy first." ”

Jessica nodded, grabbing Pete, "Bastard!" Follow me into the interrogation room. ”

Rorschach smiled and shook his head as Jessica dragged Pete into the interrogation room.

At this time, Lupita, the front desk, walked into the hall.

"Sheriff, Brian's phone."

Rorschach followed Lupita to the front desk of the police station and grabbed the phone.

"Hey, I'm Willis, how's it going?"

"Sheriff, I found a bullet, I've never seen a bullet like this before, this thing is 30 yards (about 27 meters) from the body, and I haven't found the shell yet."

"Okay."

Rorschach nodded.

The voice of Officer Brian continued on the phone, and he said:

"The identity of the victim, Deputy Sheriff Emmett has been found, his name is Peak Robinson, and he lives in Burbank."

"Do you have the victim's full address?"

"Yes."

"Send me the address."

"Okay, but what are you going to do, sheriff?"

"Go to Burbank."

"That's going to take three hours to drive."

Rorschach thought for a moment and said:

"I'm going to the victim's house, and it's better not to use the phone to inform me of this kind of news."

"Sheriff, are you going to inform the family?"

"Well, here's my phone number, send me the address."

"Okay."

Seeing Rorschach put the phone down, Lupita at the front desk asked puzzled:

"Sheriff, you don't have to go in person, do you? Let someone else know. ”

Rorschach shook his head.

"I haven't officially taken office yet, so I'm just going to do this kind of errand, and I'll see if there are any clues."