Inside the attic.

Rorschach looked at Schell and asked:

"Why did you come to Sleepytown?"

"I want to see my daughter, Maggie."

Schell sat on the bed, sighed, and said dejectedly, "She joined a boxing gym that has a game at the Indian Casino here, and she is one of the mat venues. ”

"Race?"

Rorschach remembered that a black boxer named Sanchez challenged him at the tavern to fight in the ring over the weekend, and just two days later, it seemed that it was also the day that Shel's daughter, Maggie, would fight.

After a moment of silence, Rorschach said:

"For the time being, you will stay here honestly, and then I will take you to see your daughter, but after seeing your daughter, you will have to turn yourself in."

"Yes, boss, I'll turn myself in after seeing my daughter."

Schell nodded hurriedly, and suddenly, he raised his head and looked at Rorschach suspiciously, "If I sleep here, where will you sleep, boss?" ”

"You don't have to worry about it, I still have things to do."

"Okay, it's all up to you, boss."

After speaking, Xell pressed the bed with his buttocks, and said excitedly, "I can finally sleep soundly, by the way, boss, why are you in this place?" ”

"Don't ask so much, remember, don't leave here if I'm not there."

"Understood, understood."

Xie Er nodded hurriedly, thought for a while, and said, "Otherwise, I'd better leave, if you affect the boss, it won't be good." ”

"Less nonsense."

Rorschach glared at him, "By the way, don't be scared if you see a spider, it's my pet." ”

"Spiders?"

Schell craned his neck and looked left and right.

Looking at him, Rorschach shook his head, and he gave instructions to the red-spotted poisonous spider "Alani" (the name is taken from the spider queen in World of Warcraft, Alaniai. Let it stay on top of the ceiling, not down, lest it frighten the little coward, and then Rorschach would say a few more words before leaving the attic.

Back at the tavern, Quatman frowned and asked:

"Did you really let him stay here?"

"Yes."

Rorschach nodded.

Puzzled, Quatman asked:

"Aren't you afraid of revealing your identity?"

"He won't betray me."

Rorschach smiled, "If you sell it, there will be many opportunities to reduce your sentence in prison, and he didn't do it, I believe him." ”

"I see."

Quatman spread his hands, "Since you trust him so much, it's fine, so where are you going to sleep?" ”

"I'll go back to the police station."

"Help me take care of Shel, and I'll investigate the murder that happened in the lakeside cabin." ”

"That case is not in your jurisdiction."

"I know."

Rorschach nodded, "But if it's to the Los Angeles County Police Department, you should be able to ask." ”

"Okay."

Quatman said helplessly, "I wish you all the best." ”

"Thank you."

With that, Rorschach left the tavern and returned to the police station.

In fact, there is one thing that Rorschach did not tell Quatman, he does not think that the current identity is not unknown to anyone, especially after contacting Agent Coulson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. behind it, it is not easy for that kind of state agency to investigate a person's identity, even if Julian, a master hacker, helped him to do all kinds of cover-ups, but he did not change his face after all, and the reason why he can continue to play the sheriff until now is likely to be someone who is helping him cover up.

However, even if someone is really helping Rorschach cover up his identity, he doesn't want to expose himself too much to the public, after all, this world is a world with supernatural powers, caution is king, and he is not "Iron Man", rich and willful are not afraid of exposure.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Rorschach contacted the Los Angeles County Police Department to inquire about the murder at the lake house and the prison escape in the name of receiving "extra money". Since the last cooperation was quite pleasant, the Los Angeles County Police Department directly sent the case file and asked Rorschach if he was interested in assisting them, they wanted to control the case in the state, and they didn't want the FBI gang to come and take over.

Since the other party was interested, Rorschach had no reason to refuse, and after bargaining with the Los Angeles County Police Department, he set a price for assisting in the case.

You can't do without this money, if you work in vain, it will be dereliction of duty and a waste of police resources, after all, Rorschach is the sheriff of Sleeping Town, not a vigilante.

The fax machine slowly printed out the case file, and with the thick file in hand, Rorschach walked back to the office and began to look at it carefully.

As for how Scheer escaped from prison, the information provided by Los Angeles City No. 3 Prison is not as detailed as Scheer said, if the prison guards at No. 3 Prison are not fools, it can only prove that the act of designing Shear's escape was done by the insiders of No. 3 Prison, then it can be linked to the murder case at the lake house, and they should be in the same group.

With questions in mind, Rorschach turns over the file of the murder in the lakeside cottage.

The victim, Helen White, and her husband, Mick White, rented a log cabin on the shores of Lake Forest, an astronomy enthusiast who came here to relax and stargaze these days when the weather was nice.

When the police arrived, Helen was already dead, Mick was in a state of shock, and later according to Mick's description, the prisoners broke in at 1:15 p.m., and the cabin they rented was very close to the Los Angeles City No. 3 Prison, more than a 10-minute walk away.

After the prisoner broke in, he tried to snatch their car keys, but due to the slow process of finding the keys, the prisoner exploded, and Mick tried to fight back, but was still knocked down.

The murder weapon used to kill Helen was a hammer with the prison's number on it, which was verified to have been produced in the prison's labor camp, and a shirt and hair stained with Scheer's blood were also found at the scene.

The victim, Helen White, was the owner of a luxury car sales company (Sam's Country Car 4S Shop), which was founded by her father and her husband Mick worked as a manager in the company.

After reading this information, Rorschach narrowed his eyes, what was the motive of the murderer? According to the general inference, first of all, after Helen's death, who can profit from it to analyze, Helen's father has died, she is an only daughter, and she has a huge amount of property in her name, so after her death, as her husband Mick, is obviously the biggest beneficiary, he will inherit Helen's property, especially the luxury car sales agency, which is a very valuable thing, millions a year is indispensable, these are enough to make people take risks.

The reason why others don't think about it is because they have made the preconceived mistake of identifying the killer as Schelle. Of course, the evidence at the scene is enough to prove that Schell is the murderer. But Schell tells Rorschach that he is not the murderer, and Rorschach chooses to believe him in this regard.

Picking up Mick White's medical report, Rorschach found that the attacks were concentrated on the left side of his body, with a blow to the left cheek and a broken left arm.

This is interesting, Rorschach smiled and narrowed his eyes, now he can confirm that the murderer is Mick White, and Schell is just Mick's scapegoat, but he has to find out who is helping Mick in prison.