In Eagle Country, Minnesota, on the main road of Twin Lakes Town, Joey drove a dilapidated police car slowly past, doing his routine patrol today.

Wherever he passed, someone occasionally forced a smile to say hello to him, but most people lowered their heads and ignored him, as if he was just a stranger.

This scene made Joey extremely angry, but he was helpless.

As the Sheriff of Shuanghu Town, he should have been deeply loved, but now he has let people down.

If it weren't for the fact that his reputation has been relatively good over the years and there is no suitable candidate to replace him, he would probably have lost his position as police chief by now.

Joey frowned, understanding that all this was because of the disappearance case that happened yesterday.

A six-year-old girl with autism disappeared in broad daylight and was never found.

On that day, Joey, who was the police chief, had clearly seen the shadow of the child who was taken away, but fell into a coma during the tracking process and the car crashed into a tree.

When he woke up, he was already in the hospital. His subordinates told him that when they found him, he was full of alcohol and there was no sign of a fight in the car.

The alcohol content in his blood also reached the level of drunkenness.

It seemed obvious that he was derelict in his duties because he was drunk and neglected his duties.

Thinking of the suffering that the poor little girl might have suffered, the townspeople simply could not forgive Joey for what he had done.

But Joey knew that he didn't drink at all that day!

He was teased by those damn criminals!

"Boss, don't be angry. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. God knows this, so he gives humans a chance to repent." Thomas, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said.

Joey frowned and said nothing.

He did not explain that he did not drink at all that day. In the face of ironclad evidence, any explanation is in vain and will only make people think that he is shirking responsibility.

What he has to do is to find out the murderer behind the scenes, find the missing little girl Martha, and clear his name!

Therefore, regardless of the injuries on his body, Joey left the hospital directly today and drove his car to the place where the car accident occurred.

"Boss, it is said that the state police have taken over this case and sealed off the scene so that we don't have to worry about it." Thomas on the side said cautiously.

He had learned a lot about this fiery-tempered boss, and was afraid that he would be kicked out of the car if he said a bad word.

"State police? What are they doing here?" Joey frowned and muttered to himself in confusion.

At this moment, there was another roar of an engine, and a police motorcycle caught up with their police car and blocked the way.

They saw a policewoman with red curly hair and a police uniform taking off her helmet, getting into the car, and throwing a stack of documents in front of them.

"Ellie, what is this?" Joey asked with a frown.

Policewoman Ellie shook her hair, sat in the car and said: "This is a file of related cases. Since 1995, there have been four cases of missing children, almost once every six years, and Martha's disappearance has also occurred.

It’s just one of the cases. These missing children all have similar characteristics, they are no more than six years old and have congenital mental illnesses.”

"This was all before we came to Shuanghu Town? How is this possible? Why don't I know about these cases? And no one has ever mentioned them?" Thomas said in shock.

"This is because after they disappeared, their parents all moved away or died accidentally." Ellie threw away some printed materials and said, "Martha's drunk father hanged himself in the bathroom this morning.

suicide."

These are some news reports. Basically, a couple died in a certain place due to car accidents or homicides.

Ellie marked the names behind them, and they corresponded to missing children one by one.

There was even news of a former police chief disappearing while on leave.

"Is this a serial crime!?" Thomas said in shock, "What the hell is this thing doing? Is there anything wrong with Twin Lakes Town? A perverted serial murderer like Jack the Ripper? Why hasn't it happened in so many years?

Someone caught him?"

His lips were trembling a little, and he simply couldn't believe that such a thing existed in this world.

"Huh, Shuanghu Town has never been a rich area." Ellie curled her lips and said, "Those guys living in seclusion on the farms in the west still have dozens of underage wives."

Thomas couldn't help but remain silent.

This is the reality. The police force and the services and benefits enjoyed are all linked to the wealth of the region.

There are only three policemen in Shuanghu Town because there is really little money here.

The police car's engine continued to roar and turned onto a side road. Thomas couldn't help but curiously asked:

"Chief, where are you going? This direction is not the direction of your car accident, nor is it the direction of the missing drunk father of Martha."

Joey did not speak, but continued to drive forward, even driving directly into a long sagebrush, and drove forward for several kilometers before stopping in the mud.

Then he glanced at the two colleagues beside him and said seriously:

"Get your guns, get out of the car now and follow me to investigate the case. It's very dangerous here. You can choose to leave immediately."

As he spoke, he installed a silencer on his gun.

Thomas and Ellie looked at each other, then got out of the car with Joey with their guns at the same time, followed him, walked through the withered wormwood, and walked towards the lake not far away.

They still know their boss very well, with whom they have known each other day and night for five or six years.

You will never act haphazardly.

It's just that they also need an explanation.

Looking at the two colleagues who were following him closely, Joey was moved and lowered his voice again and said:

"Just when I woke up this morning, I received a call from the FBI, saying that they had taken over the matter and asked our local police to withdraw directly. The other party said that this was also what a certain state congressman meant."

"FBI? First the state police and then the FBI. Is it like in "Stranger Things", is there some strange laboratory or something like that in Twin Lakes Town, a secret laboratory of the government or the military?" Thomas was a little dazed.

asked.

Joey narrowed his eyes and said slowly:

"I guess it's not 'Stranger Things'. Have you seen 'Sin City'?"

Thomas stared and said:

"Of course I have seen it. The congressman's perverted son sent people to secretly capture many hot girls, imprisoned them in his own home, tortured or even killed them every day to satisfy his perverted physiological needs. Are you saying that there is something to do with those politicians behind this? "

"I hope this is not the case. I still want to believe in our government, but Epstein was quietly killed in prison. Who can tell all this." Joey said calmly, "Yesterday

In the afternoon, I was actually the first to see Martha and her father."

Yesterday afternoon, Joey found himself behind a big rock by the lake, lying in the wormwood and fishing lazily to kill time. Unexpectedly, he saw Martha and her drunk father.

In addition to Martha and her father, there were two men in black suits present.

The two men gave Martha's father a bulging paper bag, which, judging from experience, was obviously money.

Then the four people took Martha away and got into a car.

After Joey realized that something was wrong, he chased after him, trying to get the other person to stop for inspection, but he got into a car accident.

"Boss, what do you remember? Are you sure you are here?" Thomas asked.

"Whisper..." Joey said slowly while holding the gun and walking forward: "There seems to be a word on the back of the black car, which is whisper... There is also a red geometric pattern on the back of the car!"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps ahead, followed by several voices of conversation.

Someone is approaching them!

Ellie behind Joey suddenly loaded the shotgun in her hand, pointed in the direction of the sound, and shouted:
Chapter completed!