On that day, Rorschach drove his police car along a country road toward a drive-in restaurant 100 miles away.

Jessica, who was sitting in the passenger seat, took off her sunglasses, turned her head to look at Rorschach, and asked:

"Do you believe what Quatman said?"

"It's hard to say."

Rorschach glanced at her, "You can't confirm it until you see it with your own eyes." ”

"Okay."

Jessica shrugged, "I checked the files from 23 years ago, and Billy's daughter did disappear 23 years ago, and no one has been found, not even a body...... And Billy found out that his daughter was missing a little late. ”

Rorschach nodded, within 12 to 24 hours after the disappeared person is the most critical moment to solve the case, and the longer the case drags on and the case is reported, the lower the chance of getting a good outcome.

"Do you think Billy missed the best time to report the crime, because of self-blame, he was a little insane, and he took the horror legend as a murderer?"

"It's also possible."

Rorschach looked into the distance, thinking of the Spalding family and the monsters in the underground mines, and his heart was faintly uneasy.

"Anyway, I don't believe there is such an absurd legend that you have to wake up and eat for 23 days in a row, and then sleep for 23 years."

Jessica looked at him and said with a smile, "If there really is such a monster, it is estimated that it would have been captured and sliced and studied." ”

"Makes sense."

Rorschach smiled and nodded, "Maybe studying this monster can cure cancer." ”

At this time, Jessica suddenly turned her head back and said:

"Look at the truck in the back."

Rorschach glanced in the mirror, only to see that he was behind the police car, and he didn't know when he had caught up with a very dilapidated old truck, the whole body shell was rusty, and it didn't look like it could move at all.

Jessica turned around, shook her head, and said:

"This kind of broken car can still be driven, do you guess he pays taxes?"

"We're not tax police, so as long as we don't speed, we don't care about him."

Rorschach looked at the vintage van again through the mirror, the window was a little dark, and the driver inside was not visible, and just as he was about to consider stopping the vintage van, the radio in the police car sounded, it was the voice of Lupita at the front desk of the police station.

"Sheriff, there's a report from the drive-thru you're going to."

Rorschach picked up the radio and asked:

"What case?"

"Two young men said they saw many bodies under an old church."

"Understood, I'll go over now."

Jessica looked at him and asked in some surprise:

"A lot of corpses?"

"Yes, when you get to the place, just ask them."

Rorschach looked in the mirror again, the old van was gone, and he didn't know where it had gone.

Soon, the police car drove up to the drive-in restaurant.

The drive-thru restaurant is the kind of roadside restaurant that is common in Sam's Country, with a "DINER" sign on the roof, four or five cars parked in front of the entrance, and an old Volvo station wagon parked in front of the autonomous gas station.

Park the police car, Rorschach and Jessica came to the door of the restaurant, "DINER" is different from ordinary restaurants or fast food restaurants, it refers to those cheap and small restaurants with local characteristics, there are many restaurants called "DINER" in Sam's Country, but they are not chains, much like the "Shaxian snacks" and "yellow braised chicken rice" often seen in China.

Walking into the dining room, you will be greeted by checkerboard red and white floor tiles, tables that are close to each other, and a long bar counter on one side near the window is a red leather sofa seat.

The owner of the restaurant saw Rorschach and Jessica and hurriedly walked over.

"Sheriff, you're here."

He wiped his hand on his clothes and pointed to a man and a woman in the corner, "I think those two young men must be crazy." ”

Rorschach turned his head to see that one of the thin white boys was changing clothes, and he looked to be in his early twenties. He nodded to the restaurant owner:

"I see."

With that, Rorschach and Jessica walked towards the two young men.

The boy sitting in the corner is called Daly and the girl is called Trish, and they are a pair of siblings.

Rorschach walked up to the two and asked:

"Hello, I'm the sheriff of Sleepy Town, did you report the crime?"

"Yes."

Daley hurriedly said, "Sir, there are a lot of corpses under the old church, many, so many corpses!" ”

Trish stared at Daley and comforted:

"It could just be a nightmare."

"What I said is true."

Daly turned his head to look at Trish, "I really saw it. ”

Trish looked at him and sighed helplessly.

"How?"

Daley's emotions became agitated, "Do you think I broke my head or something there?" ”

"I didn't say that."

Trish replied.

"You believe me, don't you?"

Trish shook her head and looked to the side.

"Right?!"

Daly grabbed her arm, "Look me in the eye and tell me you trust me!" ”

Cui Shi didn't know how to answer for a while.

"You look me in the eye!"

Daley shook her excitedly, "Tell me you believe every word I say!" ”

"Alright."

Rorschach leaned down and squeezed Daley's wrist, "Calm down." ”

Daley felt a pain in his wrist, quickly let go of his hand, and said:

"Sir! What I say is true. ”

"Let's talk about what's going on."

Daly looked at Rorschach, took a deep breath, and began to narrate what had happened.

It turned out that he and Tracey were going home from Los Angeles for a vacation, and because they were bored on the country road, the two began to quarrel to relieve their boredom, and suddenly, an old-fashioned dirty truck tried to overtake, which startled the two, and then the two saw the truck parked next to an old church, and threw a large bag of bloodstained things into the pipe, the two were curious, so they waited for the truck to leave and went to check, Daley accidentally fell into the pipe, and found that the package was actually a living person with an unknown object sewn into his abdomen, and a corpse hanging on the wall, Daley climbed up from the pipe in shock, and then quickly drove away with Trish.

After hearing this, Rorschach nodded and asked:

"Walls full of corpses?"

"Yes, sir."

Daley swallowed and licked his lips, "I also saw a couple with their names engraved on their rings. ”

"What's the name?"

"Dana Chivi and Kenny Brando......"

Rorschach glanced at Jessica and said:

"Check it out."

Jessica nodded, then turned to the side and contacted her colleagues at the police station to investigate the two names.

After a while, Jessica walked back and said:

"They were a couple, indeed missing, and only their crashed car was found 20 years ago."

Rorschach nodded.

Jessica added:

"But it's been 20 years, and even if a body is found, only bones are left by now, right?"

Rorschach asked Daley:

"You're saying you found corpses, not bones, right?"

"Yes."

Daly nodded hurriedly.

"So they still have skin on them? Still wearing a ring on your hand? ”

"Don't you believe me?"

Daley suddenly wanted to grab Rorschach's hand, "I told you I used to grab one of them like this...... Oh——! Let go! ”

Rorschach squeezed his wrist and said lightly:

"Calm down, young man."

"Sir! Let go! ”

Rorschach shook off Daley's arm and asked:

"And then?"

Daley clutched his wrists, moved his body back, gasped and said:

"Their bodies were hard, like wax figures, and the guy sewed the bodies together like a quilt...... What I say is true. ”

"What does that van look like?"

"That guy was driving an old brown van with rust all over the surface, and he wanted to kill us! We really saw him throw the bodies into the pipes and drop them into the cellar of the church, where there should have been 500 or 600 corpses, all embedded in the walls! ”

After saying it in one breath, Daley took a deep breath, looked up at Rorschach, and said:

"What I said is true, if you don't believe me and think I'm lying, go to the old church."

"No one said you lied."

Rorschach said, "Calm down, we'll go to the old church." ”

Suddenly, the waitress of the restaurant ran over and asked in a panic at Daley:

"The car next to the gas station is yours, right?"