Rorschach walked out of the warehouse and returned the fire hat to the fire chief who was guarding the door.

The fire chief took the fire hat.

"Sheriff, how's the body inside?"

"It's hard to say, you need to wait for forensic identification." Rorschach looked in the direction of the entrance to the farm, where Jessica was talking to a middle-aged woman next to the police car.

"Is that the farmer?" He asked.

"Yes." The fire chief turned his head to look, "She's Mrs. Thurston, the farmer." ”

Rorschach nodded and walked towards the police car.

Jessica saw Rorschach coming and quickly waved to meet him.

Rorschach also stopped when he saw her come forward.

Jessica walked quickly to his side.

"How's it going in the warehouse?" She asked in a whisper.

"The body should have died before the fire."

"Before the fire?" Jessica then frowned, "That means the fire is most likely a murder, could the deceased be the farmer's son, Mrs. Thurston said she never contacted him." ”

"It's possible."

Rorschach nodded, turning to look at the farmer.

Mrs. Thurston stood beside the police car, draped in a trench coat with pajama pants peeking out from the hem of her coat, looking nervously at the burnt warehouse.

Looking at her appearance, Rorschach sighed, apparently Mrs. Thurston had not even had time to change her clothes after getting the news, so she hurried to the scene.

"I'm going to talk to her."

……

Rorschach walked up to Mrs. Thurston.

"Mrs. Thurston, I'm Sheriff of Sleepy Town."

"Sheriff, what the hell is going on?" Mrs. Thurston looked at him with worry in her eyes, "Why did the warehouse burn down for no reason?" ”

Rorschach pursed his lips and thought for a moment.

"I'm sorry, ma'am. We'll look into it as soon as possible. He said.

"Oh my God——!" Mrs. Thurston raised her hand, pressed it to her forehead, and sighed, "We just moved here...... Why are you so unlucky......"

"Can you get in touch with your son?"

"Craig?" She put down her hand, shook her head and said, "I can't be contacted, I can only leave a message on his mobile phone." ”

"Madame......" Rorschach thought for a moment, but decided to tell the story, "we found a corpse in the warehouse. ”

"Corpses?!" Mrs. Thurston was stunned for a moment, and asked in a trembling voice, "Sheriff, you mean there are corpses in the warehouse?" ”

"Yes." Rorschach nodded.

"Could it be that corpse Craig?"

"It's not clear." Rorschach shook his head, "But Craig's car is on the farm." ”

"Oh-no!" Mrs. Thurston's eyes widened and she covered her mouth with her hands, apparently believing that the corpse was Craig.

Rorschach hurriedly explained.

"Just found a body, but it doesn't mean he's your son, and it still needs a forensic identification."

"But...... I can't get in touch with him! Mrs. Thurston threw up her hands and shouted at him, "Where is he?" You tell me where he is!? What the hell is going on! ”

Then, in her over-excitement, Mrs. Thurston suddenly went limp, and her body could no longer stand firmly, and she was about to fall to the ground.

"Madame!" Rorschach hurriedly hugged her, "The sun is coming out, I promise to find out the truth after the sun comes out." ”

Jessica, who was standing aside, also stepped forward quickly to help him hold Mrs. Thurston.

Mrs. Thurston grabbed Jessica and crouched on the ground, letting out a heart-rending cry.

Rorschach looked at her, listened to her cries of grief, sighed, and turned to look at the warehouse, which had been burned to the bone.

He narrowed his eyes, he had to figure out who the corpse was.

(Mission Name: Charted Corpses)

(Mission: Investigate the truth about charred corpses.) ）

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

……

Early the next morning, after investigating the scene, Rorschach and Jessica were transported by ambulance to the town hospital.

When he arrived at the town hospital, Dr. Seth, who was in charge of the part-time post-mortem, did not come to work, and it turned out that he had gone to Los Angeles for exchange and study, and he would not be able to return until at least next week.

In an empty morgue.

Jessica shuddered, looked at the charred corpses on the stretcher, and frowned.

"Apply to the coroner from above now, and it will be the day after tomorrow at the earliest. Did you say Dr. Seth really went to Los Angeles for exchange study? But it shouldn't be so many days...... It's not going on a date with Dr. Amy, is it? ”

"Don't just discuss other people's private affairs." Rorschach glanced at Jessica helplessly.

"Cut!" Jessica pouted, "If he delays us from solving the case because of a personal matter, I will definitely give him a good look." ”

"You......" Rorschach shook his head.

"So what now?" Jessica looked at the charred corpse, "We found a revolver in the warehouse, and a gunshot wound to the head. ”

"Well, 0.45 caliber." Rorschach nodded.

"He's suicidal? Or did he kill? Jessica pointed to the bullet hole in the body's head.

Rorschach turned over the physical evidence report.

"The bullets in the revolver all exploded in high temperatures, but there were traces of gunpowder in the barrel, proving that at least one shot had been fired."

"So he shot himself in the head?"

"It looks like that's what happened."

"Then why did Craig kill himself?" Jessica pulled out her gloves and put them on her hands, leaning down to stare at the bullet holes in the corpse's head.

Rorschach shook his head.

"I don't think it's suicidal, I met the farmer's son yesterday morning."

Jessica turned her head and looked at him curiously.

"What was the situation?"

"His brake light is broken." Rorschach replied, "I stopped him to fix the car, the Chevrolet sedan parked on the farm, and I checked in the morning, and Craig had the lights fixed, and if a man was going to commit suicide at night, would he go and fix it?" ”

"That......'s right," Jessica nodded, "If he didn't kill himself, was he really murdered?" ”

"It's not clear." Rorschach narrowed his eyes and stared at the wound on the corpse's head, "But first, we need to confirm the identity of this corpse, whether he is Craig or not." ”

"If he's not Craig, then who is he? We have not received any reports of disappearances. ”

"We'll figure it out." Rorschach affirmed.

Jessica reached out and pushed the scorched skin away from the wound, frowning.

"I hate charred corpses, it's impossible to distinguish any traces, and it affects my appetite, I guess I won't be thinking about eating meat for a few days."

"Bear with me." Rorschach stared at the corpse, feeling a little strange, "However, I have never seen a corpse burned like this, but it was like being snatched out of the crematorium in the crematorium, just halfway through the burning." ”

"Crematorium?" Jessica asked curiously, "Is cremation more popular in the East?" I haven't seen a cremation once. ”

"......No," Rorschach shook his head, "it's just that my hometown is more popular." ”

The rate of cremation in Sam Country is very low, the government does not enforce cremation, and most of the towns and cities except for megacities are still dominated by burial.

"Your hometown customs are quite environmentally friendly." Jessica quipped.

"It's not mainly because of the ...... of environmental protection"

Rorschach shrugged helplessly, then continued to observe the corpse.

Jessica walked around to the other side of the corpse, and after looking at it for a moment, she suddenly stood up, a puzzled look in her eyes, and pointed to the corpse's head.

"Look at this gunshot wound, it's weird...... I had a suicide case in Gotham where a similar revolver shot the temple, just like this one, but without a wound. ”

Rorschach poked his head over and looked closely at the bullet hole, which was indeed a piercing wound.

Jessica looked at him.

"Could it be that another person shot him in the head with a large-caliber weapon and put the revolver next to him?"

"It's not." Rorschach shook his head, "If it was a larger caliber bullet, the wound could not be so small, this should be 0.45 caliber." ”

"That's weird......" Jessica frowned.

Rorschach squinted his eyes, his gaze swept over the corpse, and suddenly looked at Jessica.

"Sleepy Town is all burials, right?"

"Yes, Sleepy Town has always been a burial." Jessica nodded.

"Understood." A twinkle flashed in Rorschach's eyes, "I know why this corpse burned like this. ”

"Why?" Jessica looked at him in surprise.

"It's formalin, and this corpse is coated with formalin, which is formaldehyde, which is why it burns like this."