079 Corpses
It was two or three o'clock in the morning when Dean drove to Sleepy Town, and he followed Rorschach into the "White Pony" bar. Although the proofing is near, there are still a lot of guests sitting inside.
Rorschach walked towards the bar, and a girl walked past him, smiling and greeting him.
Dean was amazed and whispered:
"I didn't expect you to be quite popular here."
"It's okay."
Rorschach nodded, walked over to the bar, and saw that Bai Ju was chatting with the two blonde girls in front of the bar, and he interjected:
"I need you to do me a favor."
Seeing Rorschach, Bai Ju smiled and said:
"You're just in time, this Jenna doesn't want to leave her sister, and I just said that I have a friend, who is single, has a serious job, and is as attractive as me, how about it? Would you like to have a late-night snack at my place? ”
Rorschach shook his head and said to the two blonde girls in front of the bar:
"Ladies, let's be out of company."
With that, Rorschach pointed to the no-man's corner of the bar.
The white horse spread his hand and said to the two blonde girls:
"Ladies, wait a minute."
Rorschach and Dean make their way to the bar corner.
Bai Ju walked over and said:
"Sheriff, your battlefield isn't just about work. ”
"Thank you for your advice."
Rorschach said helplessly, "But I'm not here for this. ”
"How?"
The white horse froze.
Rorschach told him part of the rest stop.
After listening, Bai Ju frowned and asked:
"Forty or fifty years ago? Missing Indians? Curse? ”
"Yes."
Rorschach nodded.
"Okay."
Bai Ju smiled, "Sheriff, you are looking for the right person, generally when this kind of thing happens, the police will turn the big thing into a small thing, and the small thing will be turned into a small matter, and there will not be too many file records." ”
"And what do you know?"
Rorschach hurriedly asked.
"Actually, I don't know much."
Hakuma sighed, "However, when I was just an adult, I was once warned not to get involved with a white woman who was married. ”
"What do you mean?"
"There used to be a guy on the reservation who was driving a pickup truck to deliver goods, and then he got involved with a married woman, and then the woman's husband found out, and the other party called the police, and he was sent back to the reservation."
"And then?"
"He was murdered."
Hakuma sighed, "The corpse was thrown on the side of the road. ”
"Who is the murderer? A woman's husband? ”
"I don't know ......"
Bai Ju smiled helplessly, "In this kind of place, how can anyone care about the life and death of the Indians, of course, the situation has changed when you come, sheriff." ”
Rorschach nodded, and then asked:
"Is that cursed legend true?"
"I'm not sure, but ...... He died a terrible death, with many parts of his body mutilated......"
"And he's the youngest son of a tribal wizard, and it's rumored that he came into contact with a powerful elf in his sleep, but he didn't want to stay on the reservation and didn't inherit the mantle of a tribal wizard. ”
Rorschach took a breath, the Indians believed in "animism" and mainly believed in the primitive church, of which shamanism was their main religion, and they revered nature and revered every grass, tree, mountain and stone in the natural world.
Today, however, the Indians have been assimilated to a considerable extent by the Christian faith in Europa, and most of the Indians in Sam's Country believe in Christianity, but the original Indian faith still exists, and it has become a strange religion mixed with Christianity.
Dean asked:
"Where was his body buried?"
"You are?"
The white horse looked at him.
Rorschach says:
"The federal agent who is working with me to investigate the case."
"Okay."
Hakuma nodded, "In the swamp north of the reservation, along with his pickup, there was no funeral at all since he had been removed from the tribe. ”
Dean said to Rorschach:
"We've got to dig up the bodies out of the swamp."
"I understand."
Rorschach nodded and looked at the white horse, "Can you get a trailer?" ”
"Of course."
Bai Ju smiled, "I'll help you find one right away." ”
Rorschach and Dean drove the trailer to the swamp north of the reservation.
Standing beside the swamp, Dean said as he checked the position given by the white horse:
"In a sense, he is also a victim, and when he dies, the swamp becomes his grave, but his soul cannot ascend to heaven because he is cursed to wander around in this world to do evil."
"I don't care what the ghosts think."
Rorschach said lightly, "All I know is that it's breaking the law." ”
"Okay......"
Dean shrugged, "Sheriff, you're so cold. ”
"Hurry up and tow the pickup truck."
Rorschach turned and walked towards the trailer, "I'll drive." ”
"Okay, you're the sheriff, you have the final say."
After a while, they finally dragged the pickup up out of the swamp.
With flashlights in hand, Rorschach and Dean walked to the pickup door and opened the door, revealing the body sitting in the compartment.
Rorschach frowned, since the body had been soaked in the swamp, protected by the swamp acid, it was still well preserved, but it looked a little oozing.
Putting on the gloves, Rorschach and Dean moved the body down and placed it on the wooden plank that had been prepared in advance.
Dean looked at the corpse and asked:
"Sheriff, do you think there will be a clue?"
"I don't know."
Rorschach flipped the corpse, the corpse's palms, words, and tongue were all cut off, and there were two large holes in the eye sockets, and the eyeballs had been gouged out, and it was obvious that the corpse had been viciously abused before death, in addition to these obvious wounds, there were multiple cross wounds all over the corpse, especially the huge cross wounds on the chest like a cross.
Dean looked at it carefully and said:
"Looks like the guy who did it is a believer."
"Believers?"
"Hmm."
Dean nodded, "This cross represents punishment for infidels, and the guy who did it is a fanatic. ”
"I see."
Rorschach narrowed his eyes, it was a religious fanatic who killed the Indian, and this fanatic, often acting abnormally, much like a madman.
"Sheriff."
Dean pointed to the corpse and asked, "Next we're going to investigate the cause of his death?" ”
"No need."
Rorschach shook his head and said, "I pretty much know who killed him." ”
"Who is it?"
"A family in a rest stop vintage RV."
Rorschach deduced in his heart that the truck driver, that is, the Indian, should have had an affair with the curly-haired woman in the RV, and the Xie Ding man saw through their adultery and sent the truck driver back to the reservation, but for some reason, the Xie Ding man later abused and killed the truck driver, which is probably related to adultery, and the Xie Ding man took the truck driver's eyes, causing the truck driver to be cursed and turned into an evil spirit, killing the RV family at the rest stop. If that's the case, the family in the RV must know where the trucker's eye is, or it's right in the RV.
Thinking of this, Rorschach turned to Dean and said:
"Let's go back to the rest stop at once."
"And this corpse?"
Dean asked.
Rorschach thought for a moment and said:
"Let the tribal police handle it."