Putting down the phone, Rorschach frowned, Tifa was being escorted back to Sleepy by the "State Police", and Kelly suddenly disappeared at a rest stop on Route 18.

(In Sam's Country, the State Police is primarily responsible for the safety of state government departments and the safety of highways in the state, and is known as the "California Highway Patrol" in California, or "CHP" for short.) ）

Rorschach picked up the landline on his desk and called Prosecutor Hopeway, and after the phone was connected, he learned that Prosecutor Hopeway had been working all night last night to accuse Pradino of the materials, and the phone was out of battery, and he didn't know it.

When Prosecutor Hope was surprised to tell him about Kelly's disappearance, he quickly arrived at the police station.

"Sheriff, what the hell is going on?"

"I don't know."

Rorschach shook his head, "Don't worry, Prosecutor Hopeway, we'll find out when the state police send Tifa back." ”

"Good, good."

Prosecutor Hopeway nodded, but still couldn't hide the anxious look on his face.

Towards noon, Tifa was escorted by state police back to Sleepy Town.

In the sheriff's office, Tifa pounced on her father and cried profusely in the arms of prosecutor Hopeway, and it took a while for her to tell the story in fits and starts.

Yesterday evening, Tifa and Kelly stopped at a rest stop on Route 18 to rest, Kelly entered the toilet and never came out, Tifa went in to look for it, but found that her mother had disappeared, she returned to the car and quickly called the police, and the state police did not find Kelly's whereabouts after they arrived, they suspected that Kelly may have been kidnapped.

But Tifa doesn't think so, because she sees a lot of missing person notices on the notice board next to the rest stop, and it seems that many people have disappeared for no reason at this rest stop.

After hearing this, Rorschach asked the state police about the situation, and indeed as Tifa said, there were occasional cases of people going missing at the rest stop, and they had also searched the vicinity, but found nothing, and those people were like evaporating from the world, and they couldn't even find their bodies.

After knowing this, Rorschach folded his hands on his chest and leaned against his desk, frowning, Kelly's disappearance made him feel very strange.

"Sheriff, prosecutor, don't worry."

The state police looked at Rorschach and said, "We have expanded the search and will definitely find the prosecutor's wife as soon as possible." ”

"Please, but ......"

Rorschach glanced at Tifa, who was already crying and lying in his father's arms, "I want to go to the scene to see, after all, Mrs. Hopway is from my town." ”

"No problem."

The state sheriff shrugged, "But there's no clue there." ”

"I understand, I'm just going to check it out."

Escorting the state police out of the police station, Jessica walked over with a sigh of relief.

"Mrs. Hopway is missing?"

"Yes."

Rorschach nodded, "I'm going to go to the scene to investigate, you guys are optimistic about Pradino." ”

"You're going alone?"

Jessica looked at Rorschach in surprise.

"No way ......"

Rorschach smiled helplessly, "Who told us that our police station is understaffed?" ”

"Haven't you hired the right people yet?"

"There is a candidate, and he should come to the police station in a few days."

"Okay."

Jessica raised her hand to help Rorschach straighten the folds of clothes on her shoulders, "You must pay attention to safety when you go to investigate the case alone." ”

"Of course, I'm not a superhero. ”

Back in the sheriff's office, Tifa stared at Rorschach and asked:

"Sheriff, can you find Mommy?"

"Yes."

Rorschach touched her head, "Don't worry. ”

(Mission Name: Missing Kelly.) ）

(Mission: Investigate the cause of Kylie's disappearance at the rest stop.) ）

(Reward: You will receive 5 skill points and 500 Sleepy Town reputation.) ）

……

After a brief meeting with prosecutors in poor shape, Pradino will go to court next week, and these days he will be detained in the police station, and Rorschach has set up shift guards, for people like Pradino, who must be kept under strict guard, and no one except a lawyer is allowed to contact him.

With everything in order, Rorschach drove out of Sleepy Town in a police car to a rest stop 200 miles away from Sleepy Town.

Kelly's disappearance at the rest stop for no reason made Rorschach feel very strange, in the memory of "him", as a former partner, Kelly's skills are very good, although she got married and had children, but the vigilance she should have is still retained, ordinary people should not be able to kidnap her quietly and silently, is it the hand of the previous "his" boss "Rabbit"? Rabbits are coming for them?

Thinking of this, Rorschach narrowed his eyes, he had to figure this matter out as soon as possible, if it was the rabbit who kidnapped Kelly, then there was still hope to save her.

The police car drove up Highway 18, the sides of the road were desolate, and after driving for an hour without seeing a passing car, Rorschach glanced at the fuel gauge and saw that it was almost the red cordon, and it was time to refuel.

After checking the navigation, Rorschach drove to the nearest gas station, drove down the road, and drove along a dirt road for a while, he saw an abandoned parking lot, in which several cars were parked, a bunch of tires were piled up like a hill, next to the parking lot was a gas station, very dilapidated, and there was a sign on the top of the gas station that said "GAS FOOD".

The police car was close to the gas station, and the staff was already standing in front of the convenience store at the gas station, a middle-aged white man, wearing a dirty blue overalls, very thin, a little hunchbacked, and his face was wrinkled.

Rorschach parked the police car next to the red dispenser, pushed the door open, stepped out of the police car, and said hello to the staff.

"How are you?"

The staff looked at Rorschach, who seemed a little unresponsive, and waited for a moment before replying:

"I don't know if it's good or not."

Rorschach felt speechless for a while, thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, please help me fill up the tank."

"This is a self-service dispenser......"

The staff swayed towards the red refueling machine and said slowly, "There's no need for me to touch the refueling gun, that will lead to **cancer." ”

“…… All right. ”

Rorschach shrugged helplessly, turned around and opened the gas cap of the police car, picked up the gas gun and plugged it in.

"Sheriff, do you want to buy something?"

The staff looked at him from the sidelines, "Just as a souvenir." ”

Rorschach looked around and nodded, it seems that business here is not good, buy something and ask the staff if they have seen Kelly.

I followed the staff into the convenience store, but I didn't expect that there was everything inside, toys, decorations, food, drinks, etc., everything was available.

Rorschach picked up a dozen drinking water bottles and walked to the cash register and asked:

"By the way, I'm looking for someone, maybe she came here yesterday and drove a red Ford sedan, do you have any impressions?"

With that, Rorschach pulled out a recent photo of Kelly and Tifa from his pocket.

The staff took the photo, looked down and looked at it, and after a long time, he said:

"Yes, I remember, I remember them."

"Have you seen them?"

The staff returned the photo to Rorschach, nodded, and said:

"Yes, they thought the toilets were too dirty, so they went to a rest stop on the road."

"Okay."

Rorschach nodded, handed the money to the staff, picked up the drinking water, and said to him, "I may come back to you again to find out." ”

"Always welcome, Sheriff ......"

The staff grinned and showed their yellow teeth, and smiled, "Wait until you come back from the rest stop." ”

Rorschach looked at him, then turned to leave the convenience store and drove the police car towards the rest stop.