At dusk, Rorschach brought Anna Pitt back to the police station and asked her to stay in a private room in the detention area for a night. In order to prevent accidents, Rorschach did not return to the attic of the tavern, but stayed at the police station for the night, and after midnight, it was the third day that Arno's body was found.

Early in the morning, Rorschach bought a breakfast for Anna, and had just walked into the hall of the police station when Deputy Sergeant Emmett strode up with a newspaper in hand.

"Look at this paper."

Emmett handed the newspaper to Rorschach.

Rorschach took the paper, the local daily newspaper of Sleepy Town, and the headline on it turned out to be news about him.

Emmett pointed to the newspaper and said:

"Sheriff Sleepy has arrested Anna Pitt and is interrogating her on suspicion of murdering her husband, Arnold Pitt."

Rorschach squinted at the newspaper in his hand, not expecting it to be such news for the first time.

Emmett asked helplessly:

"What did you tell the reporter?"

"Nothing."

Rorschach shook his head.

Emmett asked:

"So how did he find out?"

"I don't know."

Rorschach shrugged, "But I guess he's a good reporter." ”

Emmett sighed and said:

"Now the whole town knows you're interrogating her, and as a deputy sheriff, I really don't like to see this in the newspapers, it makes our police department very passive."

Rorschach smiled, tossed the newspaper to Emmett, and said:

"Then follow me, don't read the newspaper."

"This is not the governance method that Sleepy Town needs......"

Emmett took a deep breath, "And you didn't even inform me about this last night, and if it wasn't for the newspapers, I wouldn't have known you had arrested Anna Pitt!" ”

"When I came back, you were already off work."

Rorschach shrugged his shoulders and walked around Emmett towards the sheriff's office.

Emmett reached out and grabbed Rorschach's arm and said:

"I don't know how you do things in Vermont, but here are ......"

"Shut up, Rons."

Rorschach removed Emmett's hand, snapped him off, and called the deputy sheriff's last name.

"What?"

Emmett was stunned for a moment, "What did you just say to me?" ”

Rorschach stared at him and said lightly:

"I'm not going to repeat it a second time."

The atmosphere in the entire police station hall suddenly became tense.

"Ahem."

At this time, Jessica coughed twice, stood up and said, "Sheriff, there's a reporter waiting for you." ”

"I see."

Rorschach nodded, turned and walked towards the sheriff's office,

Emmett looked at his back, took a deep breath, and walked out of the police station hall without looking back.

Rorschach walked into the sheriff's office, and as soon as he sat down, he heard a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The door was pushed open and a strange white young man entered.

"Hi Sheriff, hello."

"You are?"

"My name is Eddie Bullock."

The white youth held up the badge around his neck, "a trainee reporter for the Daily Sleepy Town." ”

"Trainee journalists?"

Rorschach nodded, "It seems that you wrote the news in the newspaper?" ”

"Yes."

Eddie smiled, "Makes you laugh." ”

"Well, Mr. Bullock's intern, is there anything you can do?"

"I don't think it's too much for you to arrest a grief-stricken widow without any reasonable reason?"

"The case is still under investigation......

"The public needs to know the truth."

Eddie said categorically.

Rorschach sighed and pinched his head, for a small police station like the Sleepy Town Police Station, there are no agencies and personnel specifically responsible for media relations, basically the sheriff (sheriff) is responsible for dealing with the media, and according to the requirements of Sam's Country "Police Manual", the police agency should make every effort to build a good relationship with the media, because the media can be both a powerful alliance and a terrible adversary, and actively promote it will help improve the image of the police agency and enhance the effectiveness of police initiatives, Negative publicity, on the other hand, can make the police's efforts go down the drain.

Based on the above, of course, Rorschach could not directly answer "no comment", but he did not know whether he should tell the truth to the intern journalist named Eddie Bullock.

Eddie looked at Rorschach, thought for a moment and said:

"Mr. Sheriff, if you don't have a reasonable reason to detain Anna Pitt at the police station, you will be subject to a lawsuit."

"I understand."

Rorschach pondered for a moment, "But I'm here to keep her safe." ”

"You think her life is in danger?"

Eddie was stunned for a moment, "So you decided to lock her up for safety." ”

"Yes."

Rorschach nodded, he didn't expect this intern reporter to understand so well.

Eddie looked at him in amazement, and it took a long time before he said:

"Sheriff, your reasons are noble, but they are clearly not legitimate, and unless you have conclusive evidence against her, you must let her go."

"I know."

Rorschach thought for a moment, and indeed couldn't continue to detain Anna, "Thank you for the advice, Mr. Bullock's intern journalist. ”

"Sheriff ......"

Eddie smiled, "You're not at all like those 'stupid sheriffs' I've seen. ”

"Really?"

Rorschach shrugged his shoulders and smiled wryly, "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Eddie looked at Rorschach, thought for a moment, and said:

"There will be no more reports for the time being."

"Thank you."

After Eddie leaves, Rorschach decides to release the detained Anna and have Brian return her home, telling Brian to stay nearby to protect Anna Pitt, who does not know if the killer will commit another murder.

In the afternoon, after dealing with the backlog of daily work, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The door was pushed open, and Jessica walked in with a bag of evidence and a document, and behind her was Emmett.

"What? Anything new? ”

Rorschach asked.

Jessica nodded slightly, held up the evidence bag, sighed, and said:

"These are bullets that the forensic doctor at the town hospital has just taken out of Arnold Pitt, with markings on them, bullets issued by our police station."

"Bullets here?"

Rorschach narrowed his eyes, the forensic doctor in the Sleeping Town Hospital is a part-time job, and the efficiency is very poor, such an important discovery has only been sent to the police station now, he thought about it and said, "You mean that the police did it." ”

"I don't know."

Jessica shook her head, "It's just that the bullet here is pointing at one person in the police station." ”

Rorschach stood up, took the forensic report handed by Jessica, read the report, he looked up at Jessica and Emmett, and said puzzledly:

"Is it my bullet?"

Jessica lowered her eyes and nodded, apparently surprised by the forensic report.

Emmett strode forward, took the document from Rorschach's hand, and said in a deep voice:

"Sheriff, I need you to unload your weapons, and then please come with me."

Rorschach squinted at him for a moment before nodding, pulling his pistol from behind his waist and placing it in Emmett's hand.

Emmett took Rorschach's pistol with a blank face, then turned and walked out of the office.

Jessica looked at Rorschach a little bewildered.

Rorschach smiled and patted her on the shoulder, and said softly:

"It's not a big deal."

With that, he followed Emmett out of the office.

Now Rorschach finally understands that the murderer's purpose is not only Arnold, but also him.