At dusk.

On the road near the Sierra Nevada, the traffic accident in the canyon on the western slope of the mountain range was not dealt with in time, and more accidents were caused, and the road near the canyon has become a large parking lot, where cars gather and lie on their stomachs.

Rorschach drove the police car to a stop on the road, and he frowned as he watched the motionless traffic ahead.

After raiding and interrogating the surviving men in black on the farm, Rorschach learns that the men in black turned out to be from the gang, the Mayan gang.

The Mayans are a group of ethnic Mexican gangs that roam the border between California and Mexico, and they are here because they have found out that the drugs they had been robbed of were hidden here and that they were attacked by a guy known as a scimitar.

Obviously, this was a premeditated frame-up.

From the Men in Black, Rorschach also learned that they had sent killers to intercept the Scimitar, and they had mastered the whereabouts of the Cutlass, but the Men in Black who were sent to the farm did not know the exact location of the Cutlass, only that the Cutlass was on its way to Las Vegas.

This is consistent with what Rorschach knew, and after receiving this information, Rorschach understood that the scimitar was in a very dangerous situation, and that the scimitar's operation to Las Vegas was obviously set up by someone.

After informing the police station to deal with the follow-up on the farm, Rorschach contacted Agent Coulson and asked him to find the location of the cutlass's last communication.

Soon, Agent Coulson told Rorschach of the location of the cutlass's last communication, and brought bad news. Field agents raided the monastery, only to find it empty, and found no trace of the bald man and Rebecca.

Rorschach was not surprised by this situation, and suppressed his worries, and continued to ask Agent Coulson to find clues to the bald man, and if he found the bald man, he would definitely be able to find Rebecca.

And the scimitar thing is not just a simple framing of being framed as a snakehead, but now it is also involved in the pursuit of the gang, and after Jessica and the others arrived at the farm, Rorschach asked her to cooperate with Liviela to investigate the follow-up.

Livira also began to believe in the fact that the scimitar was framed, but she and Jessica seemed to have a natural disagreement, and the two women began to fight each other as soon as they met.

However, Rorschach didn't have time to deal with the problems between them, and after explaining to Jessica, he drove away from the farm.

Rorschach is still very confident in the strength of the scimitar, but he has not left the mountains for so long to resume communication, which proves that he is still in the mountains, and he was attacked by the Mayan gang? Or did you encounter something else?

A bad premonition made Rorschach decide to go to the scene and return to Sleepy Town to take the little raven Maddie, and he rushed to the last communication location of the scimitar.

Looking at the traffic jam in front of him, Rorschach learned through the police radio station that the accident in the canyon occurred at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, a truck full of hazardous chemicals overturned, and it was expected that the road would not reopen until at least after midnight.

It seems that the scimitar has since run into a traffic jam, and then he chose to bypass the canyon from other trails and head to Las Vegas.

Rorschach looked at the map and saw a fork in the road that led to a backcountry road called Bear Mountain Road, which could also be used to bypass the canyon.

Bear Mountain Road? Compared with the communication position before the cutlass went missing, Rorschach was already sure that the cutlass should have driven on this remote road.

Turning around and turning on the police lights, Rorschach soon found the fork in the road, and he drove along the fork in the road towards Bear Mountain Road.

Passing by a gas station along the way, looking at the remaining half of the fuel tank, Rorschach decided to fill up the tank first, not afraid of 10,000 just in case.

Driving the police car into the gas station, Rorschach found many cars parked on both sides of the dirt road leading to the gas station, including sedans, pickup trucks, SUVs, all of which had no license plates, as if they had been thrown here.

This situation made Rorschach feel a little strange, and when he came to the gas station, he found that it was a very small gas station, except for two self-service gas dispensers, there was only a wooden house, and there was an old Honda Accord parked next to the wooden house, which had not been turned off.

Rorschach parked the police car in front of the gas station and saw a young man in a blue shirt talking to an elderly man who looked like a gas station worker in front of the cabin.

The old man, with his curly hair and dirty face, was dressed in a shabby plaid shirt and cargo pants, and sat on a chaise longue and looked impatiently at the young man in front of him.

"Are you yelling at me?"

The old man looked up at the young man with a drooping face, his mouth with few teeth open.

"I'm sorry."

The young man hurriedly explained, "No, sir, I'm just...... A little late and looking for a phone that can make long distance calls. ”

"I only have this phone here."

"But it doesn't work."

"Really?"

The old man grinned ugly, "Maybe I forgot to pay the fee." ”

"Okay......"

The young man sighed and asked, "Do you know of another way through the canyon?" ”

"I don't know ......"

The old man lay back and shook his head.

"Hoo ......"

The young man let out a long breath, nodded to the old man, turned and walked to the map on the wall of the wooden house, and began to look for a way through the canyon.

The old man stood up in his chair and stared at the young man silently.

The young man tilted his head and asked:

"Sir, what is this line drawn with a pen on the map?"

The old man squinted and replied:

"That's the road, but it's the old map, and the new one hasn't been delivered yet."

"Road?"

The young man nodded and asked, "Can this road go around the canyon?" Is that right? ”

"You're right, you're right."

The old man coughed, then sat down.

"Understood."

The young man was overjoyed and said, "Thank you very much, take care." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the Honda Accord on the side.

Watching the Honda Accord pull out of the gas station, Rorschach drove the police car in and parked next to the self-service gas dispenser.

When the old man saw Rorschach, he quickly stood up and said with a sneer:

"Hello, officer."

"Hello."

Rorschach nodded and asked, "What was that young man talking to you about just now?" ”

"He's asking for directions."

The old man hurriedly replied, "He was a little anxious when he heard that there was a traffic jam in the canyon ahead, so he wanted to ask if there was any other way to get around." ”

"Did he find his way?"

"Yes."

The old man replied, "He found a path. ”

"Path?"

Rorschach asked, "Is it Bear Mountain Road?" ”

"Bear Mountain Road ......"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, it's another road, next to Xiongshan Road, the map here is too old, and Xiongshan Road is not drawn." ”

Rorschach narrowed his eyes, he didn't see any other paths next to Bear Mountain Road in the map, if there were, they would definitely be drawn on the latest map.

The old man looked at Rorschach and asked:

"Officer, is there anything else you want to know?"

"Nope."

Rorschach shook his head.

At this time, the sound of a gas gun popping out behind Rorschach sounded, and the fuel tank was already full.

Rorschach took one last look at the old man and turned to walk towards the police car.

The old man looked at Rorschach's back and slowly retreated to the recliner, he sat down slowly, staring at the police car that started, grinning and laughing.