"I once persuaded Owlman to join, but he has retired and only wants to live a peaceful life with Silk Spectre."
Pharaoh, who was petting a red lynx, stood under a chandelier. The light reflected the flying dust and projected it on his head.
"This is a ridiculous and short-sighted cognition. The world is about to be destroyed, but he still has the boring illusion of being alone."
"Fortunately, Rorschach found me and he was willing to work for me."
Adrian's tone showed contempt for the couple Owlman and Silk Spectre.
They are too weak to accept the harsh truth.
Watchmen Universe that loses Dr. Manhattan will inevitably collapse.
The endless greed for resources is one of the original sins of mankind.
Pharaoh once thought that he could just pour all the dirty water on Dr. Manhattan and exile "God".
Then, by creating new energy and freeing countries from the dilemma of lack of resources, we can solve the crisis facing mankind.
But he was wrong.
Intelligent life is too complex.
Suspicion and hostility toward the same kind can also lead to war.
Once Rorschach's Journal was revealed, it put the world in turmoil.
But it is just a fuse, and what ignites it is human ignorance and greed.
Adrian gathered his thoughts and raised his eyes to look at Marionette and Mime.
This husband and wife team are very dangerous criminals with no sense of morality and conscience.
But it doesn't matter, because Pharaoh doesn't have those things himself.
He can remain calm and use a trick to exterminate three million people in New York, just to usher in a short-lived false peace.
"I work with you, not for you."
The man wearing Rorschach Mask corrected.
He didn't want to act like Pharaoh's subordinate.
This is an insult to the Rorschach Mask they are wearing.
"So, where are you hiding our son?"
Marionette didn't seem to be interested, listening to Rorschach II and Pharaoh chatting.
She walked forward quickly, and Mime standing behind picked up a screwdriver and threw it.
Marionette caught it steadily, leaned in front of Pharaoh, and said viciously, "Tell us right away, otherwise you will die miserably."
"By the way, how much reward is there on your head? Ten million or twenty million?"
She and Mime had a son, but before the baby was born, the two were Dr. Manhattan sent to prison for robbing a bank.
At that time, Dr. Manhattan joined the cross-dressing hero organization "Minutemen".
He and Rorschach, Owlman, Silk Spectre, Pharaoh and others are all teammates.
Later, as the international situation changed, Dr. Manhattan became a deterrent alternative to nuclear weapons and stayed at the military base all year round.
Marionette and Mime's son, Rorschach, took away their bargaining chip from the cell.
Otherwise, according to the weird temperament of this couple, they will never be obedient.
Marionette pointed the screwdriver at Pharaoh's neck, as if wondering where to start.
The mime stood behind Rorschach II and made a gesture of holding a gun with his fingers.
These two guys were former acrobats, one was good at slicing anything with a thin wire, and the other could imagine all kinds of weapons along with his hand gestures.
For example, if the pantomime shows the action of holding a gun, then as long as he pulls the trigger, Rorschach II can see his brain splattering out.
The two of them are relatively special existences in the cross-dressing hero Watchmen Universe who has no superpowers.
"Oh, I think you should order more, Ms. 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, the location of your son will also be included."
"But don't threaten me again. This is extremely unwise behavior."
Pharaoh gently pushed away the screwdriver aimed at his throat. He had other purposes for finding these two guys.
Marionette and Mime, they are extremely important chess pieces just like Rorschach II.
"Let's get to the point. After all, we don't have much time left."
Adrian put down the red lynx and clapped his hands, as if the curtain had been opened and he was preparing for a performance.
"What do you want us to do? What does Rorschach mean by finding 'God'?"
Marionette asked.
Her husband Mime, as his name suggests, is mute and unable to speak.
"Rorschach is right, this is indeed an operation to recover God."
Pharaoh curved his lips and chuckled, "I assume you already know what I did in the past..."
"The whole world knows what you did!"
Marionette said sarcastically.
The book Rorschach's Journal clearly records how Pharaoh planned that disaster, created alien monsters, and then Carnage New York three million people...
This is simply a shocking and heinous crime!
"Oh, that plan took me a lifetime to conceive and coordinate. In order to prevent war and end the crisis, all sacrifices are meaningful. But unfortunately, I failed."
Adrian was a little disappointed. He was supposed to replace Dr. Manhattan and become the great king of the new world after the only god on the planet left.
However, not long after Utopia was established, the peaceful world built by lies was instantly destroyed by the dead Rorschach.
The truth was revealed, like a bomb hitting the calm lake, causing an uproar.
"After Rorschach's Journal was leaked, I sat alone and dejectedly in the castle in Antarctica, waiting for the government to come and arrest me."
"Although I have many ways to avoid jail, escape global pursuit, and find a quiet place to spend the rest of my life."
"But I didn't, because a great king can fail, but he can't leave his crown behind and return to the ordinary."
Marionette curled his lips, thinking that Pharaoh might be mentally ill.
If she had so much money like the other party, she would have been free and happy long ago.
Rather than deliberately trying to go against Dr. Manhattan, he also wants to rule the world.
"Besides, I won't live long."
Adrian smiled bitterly and continued.
He had a tumor in his head and his life was short.
"I was very ill, but the only person I trusted enough to do the surgery was myself... Fate played a nasty trick on me."
Marionette Seeing the face of the self-proclaimed "smartest man in the world", a complex look of sadness, ridicule and self-deprecation appeared on his face.
She probably understands why Rorschach II cooperates with Pharaoh.
Perhaps, it was cancer that changed the latter and awakened him from the dream of a king.
"I understand, you want to get Dr. Manhattan back."
Marionette blinked and asked curiously, "But no one has seen him for many years. The military said that he left the earth and went to Mars. Some people also speculate that he is still somewhere in the world, observing the changes in the world."
Pharaoh smiled, and he remembered the last words Dr. Manhattan said to him in the Antarctic Fortress——
"I'm leaving this universe and going to a less complicated place."
Adrian's memory flashed away. He looked at the others and said decisively, "This is exactly our mission, find Dr. Manhattan, no matter where he is."
"Then for the enthusiastic citizens who provided information, Mr. Adrian-Veidt, do you have any reward?"
A slightly abrupt voice suddenly sounded inside the base.
Pharaoh reacted immediately, snatched the screwdriver from Marionette's hand, and threw it away.
He sent out only three invitations for the upcoming mission.
Rorschach II, Marionette and pantomime.
Therefore, any stranger who appears will bring danger.
The screwdriver imbued with powerful force brings out the whistling sound of wind, which is enough to penetrate flesh and blood.
But what happened next was beyond Adrian's expectations.
The screwdriver, stained with engine oil and dust, seemed to have lost momentum and was floating in the air.
It was only a few centimeters away from penetrating the target's head.
"This is how you say hello. It's so novel."
The target person said softly with a smile.
He didn't do anything, and the screwdriver floating in the air automatically decomposed and disappeared.
"Dr. Manhattan?"
The man wearing Rorschach Mask exclaimed.
ps: There's more~
ps2: Amway "The Man Behind the Empress"
Wu Qiong is a newcomer to the workplace in the modern city.
The newly enthroned empress of the Zhou Dynasty, Wu Pheasant.
When two working men and female emperors in time and space began to exchange bodies every other day.
"You were great yesterday, tonight... are you still free tonight?"
Looking at the beautiful woman in front of her who was biting her lips and blushing slightly, Wu Qiong looked confused.
[Wu Pheasant! What did you do with my body!]
"Your Majesty! Although I admire the way you angrily rebuked the Hun envoys, you are a woman who is harming the country!"
Looking at the ministers kneeling on the ground in front of him, Wu Zhi also looked confused.
[Wu Qiong! What did you do with my body!]