Rorschach travels to the Mennonite Settlement (stronghold) next to Sleepy Town, where the inhabitants are all Mennonites, or Amish.

He parked the police car at the entrance to the gathering area, and since cars were not allowed to enter the gathering area, Rorschach had to walk in.

Although the Mennonites refused to modernize, they have embraced the use of electric lights, and the neat streets are lined with street lamps and wooden houses along the streets, and it is very quiet, if not surprisingly quiet.

Soon, Rorschach came to the address that Sam had written, a red wooden house surrounded by a white picket fence, with two tall trees at the entrance of the courtyard, and he walked along the path to the door of the wooden house.

Knock, knock, knock!

Rorschach knocked on the door.

The door was opened, and a middle-aged woman wearing a white beanie and a blue robe froze at the door, as if she did not expect that it was the police who knocked on the door.

Rorschach hurriedly said:

"Mrs. Laurson? I'm the sheriff of Sleepy Town, can I go in and talk? ”

Mrs. Laurson looked at him and said in a panic:

"I'm sorry, I ......"

At that moment, a Pennsylvanian German sound rang out from inside the house, and a man in a cowboy hat, a collarless shirt, and old-fashioned suspenders walked to the door.

He dragged Mrs. Laurson behind him and said to Rorschach:

"She doesn't speak properly with strangers."

After saying that, Laurson walked out of the house with a blank face and came to the center of the small courtyard, while Mrs. Laurson hurriedly closed the door.

Rorschach looked at the closed door and knew that he could not enter the room to talk, so he walked up to Laursen and said:

"Mr. Laurson, I'm sorry, I have no intention of offending you and your wife. I'm here to talk to you about your daughter, Hannah. ”

Laursen looked up at the stars in the sky and said:

"She's not here."

"I know."

"I've talked to your son Sem, have you talked to them since they left here, or have you met?" ”

"Nope."

Rorschach sighed, leaned on his waist and said:

"Did you hear anything from a friend or neighbor?"

"Nope."

Rorschach was speechless.

"Mr. Laurson, I have no intention of angering you with these questions."

Laurson stared at him and said:

"Then why do you keep asking?"

With that, he turned around, apparently going back to the cabin.

Rorschach shook his head, took a deep breath, and said:

"Because I have bad news...... Your daughter Hannah ...... I'm sorry for your daughter...... She lost her life. ”

"Yes......"

Laurson turned his head without any expression on his face and said lightly, "I didn't have this daughter a long time ago. ”

Looking at his appearance, Rorschach narrowed his eyes and felt a little strange.

……

Leaving the Mennonite Quarter, Rorschach went straight to Quatman's tavern.

Pushing the door open and walking into the tavern, he didn't see any other guests, and it seemed that Quatman's business was a little bad today.

Quatman nodded at him.

Rorschach walked to the bar and said:

"Whiskey, no ice."

"Have you eaten?"

Temperman placed the glass of poured whiskey in front of him.

"Nope."

Rorschach shook his head.

"Don't work too hard, the police also have to eat."

Temperman brought over a plate of sandwiches.

"Understood."

Rorschach swallowed the whiskey in one gulp and asked, "Do you know about the Mennonite Gathering Area?" ”

"Of course."

Quatman nodded, "What?" Do you have a case to go there? ”

"I just came back from the gathering area, from Laurson's house, do you know this man?"

"I don't know."

Quatman shook his head, "The Mennonite Colony is very maverick and rarely deals with us, and the Lawnes are relatively close to them in Sleepy Town, because the Lawns are also Mennonites. ”

Rorschach thought for a moment and said:

"I told Laurson that his daughter was dead, but he didn't do anything, and even though I didn't know much about their church, I thought it was strange that he looked like this."

Quatman poured Rorschach another glass of whiskey and said:

"Don't think about it so much, everyone has their own way of dealing with grief."

Rorschach nodded and drank the whiskey.

The next day, the Sleeping Town Police Station.

Rorschach walked into the hall of the police station.

Jessica waved at him and said:

"I found the name of the man in the picture."

"Who is it?"

Rorschach hurriedly asked.

"His name is Wheeler Stenner."

Jessica picked up a document, "He has a criminal record and has been arrested three times for physical assault. ”

"Looks like we're going to talk to this kid."

Rorschach walked over and took the papers Jessica had handed over.

Jessica says:

"But the problem is that no one knows where he is now, and I just had a conversation on the phone with his boss, who drives a cargo truck in shifts at Roxon Energy and is on vacation."

"Understood."

Rorschach looked at the papers in his hand and nodded.

"By the way, I also found the owner."

Jessica winked at him.

"Oh?"

The news surprised Rorschach a little, "Who is it?" ”

"The car belongs to the youngest son of the Lawn family, Beard Lawn."

"Is he in town?"

"Yes, I've already told him to come to the police station."

Jessica shrugged, "He doesn't seem to want to come, though." ”

"Where is he now?"

Rorschach raised an eyebrow.

"The town's "good race" gathering place. ”

"Excellent race?"

It was a place where a group of white supremacists, who called themselves the "good race," where blacks and dogs were not allowed to enter. ”

"Understood."

Rorschach nodded.

Jessica asked:

"Where are you going to find him?"

"How do you know?"

"I don't know the way the sheriff does things."

Jessica smiled.

"Let's go, then."

Rorschach beckoned to Jessica, "Find that guy and treat you to dinner at noon." ”

"So good!"

The corners of Jessica's mouth curled, "I knew I wouldn't eat breakfast." ”

……

Rorschach and Jessica arrive at the "Good Race" gathering place, which is actually an abandoned factory in the Sleepy Town.

As soon as the police car stopped, a group of five big and three thick guys walked out of all directions, holding all kinds of long and short instruments in their hands, staring at the police car.

Rorschach stepped out of the police car, looked around, and said to Jessica:

"They don't seem to welcome us."

"yes."

Jessica shrugged, "It seems that not only do they not welcome black people, but they also don't welcome the police into their world. ”

"Then let's go in and have a look."

Rorschach walked ahead and strode into the abandoned factory.

Inside an abandoned factory building, Rorschach and Jessica make their way to the third floor.

Jessica pointed to the corridor ahead and said:

"That's Beard's room."

Suddenly, a shout rang out behind the two.

"Slivers!"

A bald white man walked over menacingly, "What the hell are you doing here?" ”

Rorschach glanced at him, then suddenly put one hand around his neck, grabbed his clothes with the other, and slammed the bald white man into the hallway wall.

Bang.

The bald white man hit his head against the wall and passed out to the ground.

Rorschach stared at him and said coldly:

"Tell you, I can do whatever I want!"

Jessica hurriedly walked up to him and pulled out her pistol.

Rorschach looked around and said:

"You're here watching this bastard, I'm going to find Bilder."