"I tried to persuade the Night Stalker to join in, but he's retired and just wants to live a peaceful life with the Silk Soul."

The pharaoh with the red lynx stood under a chandelier, the light shining through the flying dust and projecting it above his head.

"It's a ridiculous and short-sighted perception. The world is about to be destroyed, but he still has the boring illusion of being alone. ”

"Thankfully, Rorschach found me, and he was willing to work for me."

Adrian's tone showed contempt for the couple of Night Stalkers and Silk Souls.

They are too weak to accept the harsh truth.

The Warden universe, which lost Dr. Manhattan, inevitably collapsed.

Endless greed for resources is one of the original sins borne by human beings.

Pharaoh once thought that he would simply throw all the sewage on the Manhattan doctor and exile "God".

Then the creation of new energy sources to free countries from the dilemma of lack of resources can solve the crisis facing humanity.

But he was wrong.

Intelligent life is too complex.

Suspicion and hostility towards one's own kind can also lead to war.

As soon as Rorschach's diary was revealed, the world was in turmoil.

But it is only a fuse, and what ignites it is human ignorance and greed.

Adrian gathered his thoughts and looked up at marionettes and pantomime.

This husband and wife pair are very dangerous criminals, without a sense of morality and conscience.

But it doesn't matter, because those things, the pharaoh himself didn't have.

He could wipe out the three million people of New York with a ruse without changing his face, just to usher in a brief false peace.

"It's working with you, not for you."

The man in the Rorschach mask corrected.

He didn't want to act like a Pharaoh's man.

This is an insult to the Rorschach mask he was wearing.

"So, where did you hide our son?"

The marionettes don't seem to be in the mood to listen to Rorschach II and the Pharaoh chat.

She hurried forward, while the pantomime standing behind her picked up a screwdriver and threw it over.

The marionette caught it steadily, approached the Pharaoh, and said viciously, "Tell us at once, or you will die a terrible death." ”

"By the way, how much bounty do you have on your head? Ten million, or twenty million? ”

She and Mime had a son, but before the baby was born, they were sent to prison by Dr. Manhattan for robbing a bank.

At that time, Dr. Manhattan joined the cross-dressing hero organization "Militia".

He is teammates with Rorschach, Night Stalker, Silk Soul, Pharaoh and others.

Later, as the international situation changed, Dr. Manhattan became a deterrent in place of nuclear weapons, staying at military bases all year round.

The marionettes and the son of the pantomime were the bargaining chips that Rorschach took away from their cells.

Otherwise, according to the strange temper of this couple, they will definitely not be obedient.

The marionette pointed a screwdriver at the pharaoh's neck, as if wondering where to start.

The pantomime stands behind Rorschach II and uses his fingers to make a gesture of holding a gun.

The two men were former acrobats, one adept at cutting through anything with a slender wire, and the other could imagine weapons with gestures.

For example, if a pantomime is compared to holding a gun, then as long as he pulls the trigger, Rorschach II can see his brain splatter.

They are in the Watchmen universe where drag heroes have no superpowers, and they are relatively special existences.

"Oh, I think you should order more, Miss Manson."

Adrian had a calm smile on his face, and said slowly: "I am happy to pay you for joining, 100 million or 200 million, no problem." ”

"At the same time, it will also include the location of your son."

"But stop threatening me, it's unwise."

Pharaoh gently pushed away the screwdriver aimed at his throat, he was looking for these two guys for other purposes.

Marionettes and pantomimes, like Rorschach II, are extremely important pawns.

"Let's get down to business, after all, we don't have much time left."

Adrian put down the red lynx and clapped his palms as if the curtain had opened and he was ready to perform.

"What do you want us to do? What does it mean to find 'God' by Rorschach? ”

The marionette asked.

Her husband pantomime, as the name suggests, is a mute and unable to speak.

"Rorschach is right, this is indeed an operation to find God."

The corners of the Pharaoh's mouth twitched slightly, and he chuckled, "I assume that you already know what I have done in the past......"

"The whole world knows what you've done!"

The marionette scoffed.

That Rorschach diary clearly records how the Pharaoh planned the catastrophe, created alien monsters, and then slaughtered three million people in New York......

This is simply a monstrous crime!

"Oh, it took me my whole life to conceive and coordinate that plan, and all the sacrifices made sense in order to put an end to the war and end the crisis. But sadly, I failed. ”

Adrian was a little lost, he was supposed to replace Dr. Manhattan as the great king of the new world after the only god on the planet left.

However, the utopia was not built long ago, and the peaceful world built by lies was instantly defeated by the dead Rorschach.

When the truth was revealed, it was like a bombshell smashed into a calm lake, causing an uproar.

"After the leak of Rorschach's diary, I sat alone in a castle in Antarctica, disheartened, waiting for the government to come and arrest me."

"Although I have many ways to avoid jail time, escape the global hunt, and find a quiet place for the rest of my life."

"But I don't, because great kings can fail, but they can't throw down their crowns and return to ordinary."

The marionette pursed his lips, thinking that the pharaoh might have a brain disease.

If she had so much money like the other party, she would have been happy a long time ago.

Instead of trying to go against Dr. Manhattan and trying to rule the world.

"And I won't live long."

Adrian smiled wryly and continued.

He had a tumor in his head and was dying.

"I was very sick, but the only person I trusted enough and had the ability to perform this surgery was myself...... Fate played a bad joke on me. ”

The marionette saw the face of the self-proclaimed "smartest man in the world", with a mixed look of sadness, ridiculousness and self-deprecation.

She probably understood why Rorschach II would cooperate with the Pharaoh.

Perhaps, it was cancer that changed the latter and woke him up from the king's dream.

"I see, you want to get Dr. Manhattan back."

The marionette blinked and asked curiously: "But no one has seen him for many years, the military said that he left Earth and went to Mars, and some people speculate that he is still somewhere in the world, observing the changes in the world." ”

Pharaoh smiled, and he remembered the last words that Dr. Manhattan said to himself at the Antarctic fortress—

"I'm leaving this universe and going somewhere less complicated."

Adrian's memories flashed by as he looked at the others and said categorically, "That's exactly our mission, to find Dr. Manhattan, wherever he is." ”

"And for the zealous citizens who provide the information, Mr. Adrian Witt, do you have any reward?"

A slightly abrupt voice suddenly sounded inside the base.

The Pharaoh reacted immediately, snatched the screwdriver from the puppet's hand, and then threw it out.

For the upcoming mission, he sent out only three invitations.

Rorschach II, marionettes and pantomime.

Therefore, any stranger who appears is a dangerous existence.

Imbued with a powerful screwdriver, it brings out the whistling wind, enough to pierce the flesh and blood.

But what happened next was not Adrian's expectations.

The screwdriver, which was stained with oil and dust, seemed to lose kinetic energy and floated in mid-air.

Only a few centimeters away from penetrating the target's head.

"That's how you say hello, it's a novelty."

The target said softly with a smile.

He didn't do anything, and the screwdriver floating in the air disintegrated and vanished.

"Dr. Manhattan?"

The man in the Rorschach mask exclaimed.