The Death Knell

"This is the sequelae of some kind of psychological trauma." Harley observed the patient's performance and explained to Deathstroke. She patted her red dress because she always felt that the roaring Reggie had sprayed saliva on her fashion. "I don't know what happened to him, but he seems to be afraid of this clock, or in other words, he is afraid of the movement of the hands."

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Su Ming did not answer, but took off his mask and lit a cigarette for himself.

He knew what the second-generation Rorschach was afraid of. This little black man was afraid of the bell of doom, which was the arrival of the "Rebirth" incident.

But what exactly did Manhattan do to Reggie to make him look like this, where he can't even read the date?

The doomsday bell has long passed, and Diversity 1 has been restarted, but Reggie seems to be stuck in the darkest night. He is scared to death, and madness seems to be his way of escape.

"What should we do? Slade." Diana grabbed the lasso in her hand. Reggie was still struggling desperately, so she had to step on his feet to prevent him from jumping up.

"Mask, where is your mask?" Su Ming had no time to pay attention to Diana. Time was flowing, and the hands of the clock were getting closer to 12. He grabbed the collar of the hospital gown and shook her head: "Rorschach's mask, if you say you're Rorschach, where's the mask? Tell me!"

The second generation Rorschach seems to be a waste. In his condition, even if he is cured, he is still a waste.

A poor imitator, he wanted to be Rorschach, but could never become Rorschach. The power of example drove him completely crazy.

"In, in the dark, no! I can't see! Can't see?! I'm Rorschach!"

The black man struggled even more violently, so much so that Su Ming sprayed some air freshener into his mouth to avoid the impact of the smelly saliva.

Who told Wade to keep talking to himself? It's normal to carry air freshener with you when he's around, right?

"What's in the darkness? Tell me, look at me, I am the darkness!"

Su Ming, who also started roaring, squatted down and looked at the opponent with one eye. Even though Reggie turned into a cross-eyed person, he did not let go.

To be honest, Su Ming has never been a passionate person. One of the things he hates most is shouting to express his feelings. But sometimes for the sake of acting, it’s not impossible to say a few words to cheer up your voice.

As for Reggie Long, he may be completely hopeless, but Rorschach's mask is still an important prop.

It can even be said that Su Ming came here for that mask.

The so-called Rorschach mask is made of a fabric invented by Dr. Manhattan. It uses quantum technology that ordinary people cannot understand at all, at least a principle that Su Ming himself cannot understand.

The first generation of Rorschach is named Walter Kovacs. He was originally an employee of a high-end custom clothing store. His mother was a prostitute who often picked up customers in front of him since he was a child. This caused serious mental problems for Rorschach. , and at the same time, because he did not receive any decent education, he could only work in some of the lowest-level jobs as an adult.

He is just an ordinary person, and his appearance may not even reach the level of ordinary people. Because of his family background, he is very good at picking locks, and his overly sensitive and fragile nerves also make him very observant.

But if that hadn't happened, Walt might never have become Rorschach.

That was the summer when the newspaper reported on a girl named 'Kitty Genovese'. What happened to her completely changed Walt.

Kitty was only 29 years old at the time. She was young and beautiful, had a wealthy family, was a frequent customer of clothing stores, and was Walter's crush.

But the gap between the two is too big. Walter is ugly, short, poor, and has a bad family.

With low self-esteem and shyness, he thought he was not worthy of this girl, so he could only hide his love in his heart. At the same time, he would say a few words to her every time she came to the store to make clothes. She was almost an angel in his life. .

Dr. Manhattan, who had not yet turned into a blue man, invented a kind of fabric and sent it to this store to make a dress for his girlfriend. Walter stole a piece and wanted to make a skirt for Kitty.

Unfortunately, fabrics that could change patterns with thoughts and emotions were too avant-garde at that time, and the stolen fabrics were only enough to make a miniskirt of the smallest size, so the girl still refused the tailor's apprentice's kindness, so this piece Boo was left behind by Walter himself.

After all, it's something stolen, so you can't take the initiative to return it to the owner, right?

Originally, the story might have continued like this, but at noon on a Sunday, while Kitty was riding her bicycle out for fun, she was attacked by a knife-wielding gangster in a community on the outskirts of New York City.

The gangster stabbed her first. She fell off the bicycle and shouted for help. Community residents who were resting at home during the weekend quickly came over.

The startled gangster originally planned to run away, but he soon discovered that people nearby were just watching, and no one stood up to stop him.

So he continued to abuse Kitty in broad daylight.

The entire attack lasted for 35 minutes, with a total of 38 people watching. No one stood up to stop the gangsters from committing the crime, and no one called the police.

Kitty was tortured to death in this way. The gangsters did not even take away the bicycle when they left, but walked away briskly humming a song.

This incident had a great social impact at that time, and even a new term was proposed in psychology, called the "diffusion of responsibility" phenomenon, which means that in an emergency, the more bystanders there are, the more people will feel. There will be an idea that 'someone will help him, so I don't have to go', which will lead to the phenomenon that no one is willing to take responsibility.

I'm going too far. In short, this is what happened. Walter, who was originally desperate for women because of his prostitute mother, now the only goddess in his heart also died unexpectedly. The police couldn't find the murderer at all, so he decided to find it himself.

He changed the hidden piece of fabric into a mask because it would show a 'Rorschach'-like pattern, so he named himself Rorschach and made his official debut.

Rorschach's paranoid pursuit of the truth was due to this incident.

He basically has zero tolerance for any crime. At the same time, he will hit hard and kill directly for crimes that harm women.

From his debut to later joining the Watchmen, Rorschach found and solved countless perverts who hurt women, hoping to meet the murderer back then. It is a pity that until he finally died in Antarctica, he still could not find the murderer of Kitty, let alone avenge her. This is really a tragedy.

But in any case, this piece of cloth is an important prop that is directly related to Dr. Manhattan. Therefore, Su Ming needs to learn the final whereabouts of the mask from the mouth of the little black man in front of him before he can start his next plan.