When Eve slowly opened her eyes, she found herself on a hard wooden bed.

"This is ......"

"You're finally awake, Eve—I'm worried that if you don't, Red won't take me out on me."

Nataza, who was sitting on a wooden bench next to the bed, breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Eve wake up, and said half-jokingly.

"My head hurts...... What's going on? ”

"This is the sequelae of the transfer of ability, if it takes too long, it will be life-threatening, after Red brought us to this world, let me return the ability to you immediately."

Natazar helped Eve to her feet, a teasing smile on her face.

"In my opinion, his concern for you is unusual."

"If you know him better, you will know that he has this attitude towards anyone whom he recognizes as a companion...... Male or female, human or cat—so do you, Natazar, and he must care about you who gave up your life to save him. ”

"I ...... How could I ...... Scumbag like me......"

Eve patted Natazar on the shoulder, then stretched, surveying her surroundings.

It seemed to be some old house, with mottled and cracked walls and a faint musty smell of wood in the air.

"What about Red, what the hell is he ......?"

Just then, Eve heard the crunch of a door lock being opened, followed by a sound that felt familiar to her.

"You shouldn't have rushed in recklessly, if I hadn't made a move, you would have been caught by the Laughing Artist and sent to the Pharaoh."

"Maybe it's better that way...... I could go to his lair and find out the truth about it all - and question him to get all the answers. ”

"I don't know what his answer is, but there must be only one fate for you, Rorschach."

"I'm not afraid of death."

"That's what I hate about you, and it's a compromise in itself to die meaninglessly in the middle of a justice before it has been carried out, and to leave the burden of exposing justice to someone else."

Although the two seemed to be arguing, their tones were very calm, as if they were old friends who had known each other for a long time.

When Eve walked through the narrow corridor and came to the living room, which was no more than a dozen square meters, she saw Red and another man sitting on the sofa.

It was a man in an old khaki coat and a cowboy hat, he was not tall, but he had a chilling domineering aura on his body.

Even more striking is his face, which appears to be wearing a strange hood, and the ink pattern on his face is constantly changing from moment to moment.

Seeing Eve arrive, a gentle smile appeared on Red's face.

"It's great to see you wake up, it looks like Natazar isn't lying, that ability transfer magic didn't cause permanent damage to you - by the way, let me introduce you, his name is Rorschach, and he's kind of a superhero in this world......"

"First of all, I'm not super, and secondly, I don't deserve to be called a hero."

The man known as Rorschach uttered a low, hoarse voice that seemed to have a power that could reach the soul of someone else.

"I'm just a bastard who is obsessed with justice."

——

In order not to be discovered by Mandrak, Red was stuck in the moment before the spatial rift was about to disappear, and only took Eve and Natazar through the world.

In front of Red, there is another Earth.

“...... Be careful, I'm afraid Mandrak is lurking somewhere in this universe - Eve? Wake up! ”

Red was initially a little uneasy when he saw Eve unconscious, fearing that the girl's consciousness was lost like Superman, but Natazar quickly dispelled his fears.

"Don't worry, she's the same as other people who have been drained of their powers, but she has fallen into a coma because her abilities have been drained."

After being reminded by Natazar, Red also remembered that other people who had been drained of their powers also seemed to be unconscious.

"As long as you give your ability back, you can recover after a period of recuperation...... But if it's too long, it's hard to say. ”

Although Eve's abilities are strong, Red doesn't intend to put a girl who sacrificed her life to save herself in danger, and he simply asks Natazar to transfer her abilities back to Eve.

Then Red wrapped the three of them in red light energy and landed as stealthily as possible on the land of the United States of Earth.

First of all, Red wants to gather information about the world, but in fact, he quickly finds the answer on the TV in the window of an electrical appliance shop.

"Now we have ushered in 1986, the clock of doom has returned to zero and five, and the danger of nuclear war has been completely removed!"

"And what keeps us away from the end is a remarkable new hero, a great new watcher—"

"Supreme Superman."

Well, it seems that the lair of the Supreme Superman has indeed been found.

However, this is also the end of Red's planned journey.

——

"So...... This is the world you set the Dome as a target? ”

Eve blinked and watched curiously at the American drama full of age on the TV screen.

For this girl born in the 21st century, the world is like stepping back in time to her parents' generation.

"Yes, there is no doubt that this is the world of Watchmen...... An otherworldly variant of Captain Adam, a quantum superman, the world where Dr. Manhattan is located. ”

Thanks to the abilities of her former daughter, Eve, Red's body torn to shreds by Mandrak has recovered, but even so, he still has to keep a low profile.

Not to mention the Supreme Superman, Mandrak hidden somewhere in this world is not an opponent he can defeat right now.

"But it's clear that the world has strayed from its original trajectory."

As he said this, Red glanced at Rorschach, who was sitting next to him, intentionally or unintentionally.

The biggest difference between this world and Red's perception is that the Rorschach of this world is not dead.

Originally, in the story of the Watchmen, human nations were on the verge of nuclear war, and in order to prevent the war from destroying humanity, Pharaoh Adrianvit decided to create a public enemy of all mankind in order to unite humanity.

In the comics, he genetically engineered a giant octopus monster, and in the movies he used Dr. Manhattan's energy reaction to create a bomb - but either way, the end result would be tens of millions of deaths.

His plan was discovered by a member of the watchmen, the Laugher, and in order to ensure the smooth progress of the plan, the Pharaoh killed the Laughing Maker himself. In the process of tracking down the death of the laughing man, Rorschach and the second-generation night stalkers found the Pharaoh who was behind the scenes.

However, it was too late, and before they arrived, the Pharaoh had successfully carried out his plan, and Dr. Manhattan acquiesced in the Pharaoh's actions in order not to let the peace of the tens of millions of people be wasted.

Even Rorschach's best friend, the second generation of Night Stalkers, and Dr. Manhattan's ex-girlfriend Si Ghost II, in the face of the Pharaoh who has already won and Dr. Manhattan, who has an absolute power gap, all chose to remain silent, with only one exception-

It was Rorschach, a man whose attitude towards justice could already be described as paranoid, who was killed by Dr. Manhattan in order to silence him, a fate that he could not escape in either the comics or the movies.

But in this world, Rorschach's fate was changed, and he survived until 1986.

As for the reason, it is obvious that the Supreme Superman who should not have appeared here is definitely inseparable.

"Alright, let's summarize the information we just obtained—"

Red raised his fist, and a holographic projection light curtain shone out of the light ring, playing the image he had just recorded.

In the light red screen, a man with a scruffy beard is reflected in a strapped to a chair.

"Hell, what the hell did you do with Rorschach - I remember you didn't have that weird superpower in your body...... Wait, is there anyone behind you? I seem to see a red ......."

And in response to him was a heavy punch from Rorschach.

"Now it's time for me to ask questions, Laughing Smith, this punch was given back to you for the sneak attack you just gave me."

The punch hit the bridge of the laugher's nose directly, and the gushing nosebleed stained his wild beard, but Red, who was filming outside the door, knew that Rorschach had the right to be angry.

After all, if it weren't for Red's quick eye to put a red light energy shield on Rorschach, he would have been at least blown off his legs by the laughing master with a shotgun and a mine trap the moment he entered the door.

"Ahem...... Damn it...... You're really going to sue the wicked first, Rorschach. This is my home, you bastard is an illegal trespasser, and according to the castle law, I have the right to kill you without losing money. ”

"But it's clear that you knew in advance that I was going to come for you, so you set this trap against me."

Rorschach grabbed the laugher's hair roughly, then lifted his face up.

"Who told you I would come, Pharaoh? Or the guy who calls himself Superman Supreme......"

The laughing man didn't answer Rorschach's words, just raised his head and looked at him with a sneer.

"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Whatever we've done, good or bad, bastard or heroic, but in front of the smartest brains and the most powerful flesh, it's like a joke—"

Bang!

Rorschach punched again, this time hard to the laugher's jaw.

"Did the Pharaoh tell you right, how far have you degenerated, not only to be the dogs of those politicians, but also to wag your tail to Adrian Witt for mercy......"

"That's all this is the way of the world! Accept the reality, Rorschach, times have changed, the world has become a toy for a few people, or resign yourself to becoming a part of the toy, or—"

"I don't have time for you to talk about this, you can just answer my questions now."

Rorschach slammed a knee into the Laugher's abdomen, the ink lines on his face shifting, and he said viciously as he approached the Laugher's ear.

"I need you to tell me everything you know about the Pharaoh and the Supreme Superman!"

Red was able to form an alliance with Rorschach because they both shared a common goal.

Knowing that this is the world of the Watchers, Red's first target is, of course, Dr. Manhattan, the only hope of the Dome now, to awaken the key to defeat Mandrak's weapon, the Thinking Superman Robot.

But this goal was not successfully achieved, and after Red's investigation, it was learned that the Manhattan doctor of this world had mysteriously disappeared half a year ago, and there was no news, and even his girlfriend Si Ghost II had no clue.

Subsequently, the Supreme Superman - of course, he claims to be the Supreme Superman and appears in the eyes of the world as a new hero.

The presence of Dr. Manhattan was perfectly replaced by Superman Supreme, who, as a superhero who cooperated with the nation, quickly destroyed all nuclear weapons in the world except the United States, ended the countdown to the end with a tough and clean approach, and brought peace to the world in the shadow of nuclear war.

Unlike Dr. Manhattan, who is indifferent to everything, he enjoys the praise and adoration of everyone, and does not refuse interviews, wealth, and women, but because of this, people do not have as much fear of him as they do for Dr. Manhattan.

Humanity has been in the shadow of Dr. Manhattan for too long, and they need a more human God to worship.

And people have been longing for the emergence of a counterweight to Dr. Manhattan.

However, there are also those who are not satisfied with this seemingly wonderful peace and have begun to investigate the truth behind it.

For example, the uncompromising Rorschach.

Rorschach soon discovers that behind Superman's glossy and deified appearance is his extremely irascible and irritable personality, and in the process of supposedly preventing nuclear war, he unilaterally slaughtered tens of thousands of soldiers from other countries, and did not even intend to spare the civilians he found.

But all this was erased behind the back by an invisible giant hand, and through the reversal of right and wrong and the manipulation of public opinion, the true face of the Supreme Superman was perfectly concealed.

However, Rorschach's investigation was a little too deep, so much so that he was almost killed in an alley by a group of "thugs" -

If it weren't for Red to save him.

After Red revealed to Rorschach that he was also an enemy of Superman Supreme and offered to provide some information, the two soon reached a temporary partnership.

This time, Red took a shortcut to his destination, so before the arrival of the Dome, Red did not plan to act rashly. Whether it's Superman Supreme or Mandrak, fighting them can often cause devastating damage.

The safe house that Rorschach prepared for Red and them can be said to be a relief in disguise, so as long as they keep a low profile, Superman Supreme probably wouldn't have imagined that they would follow Mandrak and arrive here early.

After discussing with Rorschach's research, they came to the conclusion that whether it was to find out the information about the Supreme Superman or to know the whereabouts of Dr. Manhattan, there was one person who could not be avoided.

——

"So...... Have you found the Pharaoh based on the information provided by the man named the Laughing Craftsman? ”

In response to Eve's question, Red shook his head lightly and said meaningfully.

"Not to mention whether the joker will lie or not, will there be another trap waiting for us...... With the pharaoh's level of caution, it would have been impossible to tell anyone else his true location. ”

"All we really want to do is let the Pharaoh know that someone is looking for him-"

"Then just wait for him to come to the door."