A miscarriage of justice brought to light?

Dr. Ponsmer?

Lin Xian was baffled by this introduction… but he couldn't see more details even if he wanted to; it only provided a preview.

Lin Xian went straight to the book's title, "Prospects for Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology," then found its location, ran to the second floor of the bookstore, found the book, and began reading.

"So, that's what happened…"

According to the records in this book.

Academician Lyon was actually an academic fraud and a plagiarist. All his research results were not his own, but forcibly stolen or plundered through illegal means.

However, no one discovered this until three years after his death, when clues were found in a research manuscript unearthed from Dr. Ponsmer's basement, which revealed Dr. Lyon's dirty side.

Lin Xian read this passage again in detail.

Arranged in chronological order, the development of events should be like this—

Dr. Ponsmer was a German scientist with no particularly great achievements before this.

Academician Lyon was a Canadian scholar who enjoyed a long-standing reputation during his lifetime.

At some point, Academician Lyon murdered Dr. Ponsmer, then stole Dr. Ponsmer's research results and published them under his own name.

Subsequently, Academician Lyon's fame rose and shocked the world.

But accidents happened quickly. Academician Lyon died in an accidental car accident.

It wasn't until three years after Lyon's death that people accidentally found a "Manuscript on Breakthroughs in Room-Temperature Superconductor Research" in Dr. Ponsmer's basement; after comparison, it was exactly the same as the one previously published by Academician Lyon, and even more detailed!

At this point, the truth came out, and everyone understood that Academician Lyon had maliciously stolen Dr. Ponsmer's research results.

After that, an investigation into Academician Lyon's past was launched, and people completely exposed Lyon's true face, confirming that he was an unlearned fraud and academic scum.

……

"So, the truth is that Dr. Ponsmer from Germany made a breakthrough in the field of room-temperature superconductors, and Academician Lyon from Canada was just an unlearned impostor."

Lin Xian closed the book and began to think.

This raises a question…

If the murderer who killed Dr. Ponsmer is the same person who killed Xu Yun and Tang Xin.

Then why did they forge a fake impostor scientist and then kill him again?

This makes absolutely no sense.

"I should go back to reality first and check the information about Dr. Ponsmer's death."

Lin Xian flipped through the book casually again, unable to find any other useful information.

600 years of history is too far away.

It is impossible to find out the time of death of Academician Lyon and Dr. Ponsmer.

Lin Xian stayed in the bookstore until 00:42, when the white light that destroyed the world arrived as scheduled and sent Lin Xian back to reality.

……

……

After opening his eyes from the bed, Lin Xian immediately got up, turned on the computer, and began to search for information about Dr. Ponsmer's death.

It must be said that Ponsmer is indeed a nobody, and the information that can be found online is very limited, with almost no distinguishing features.

But after switching to a German local search engine, Lin Xian quickly found a useful news item—

"In the early morning of March 3, 2023, Dr. Ponsmer died in a car accident on a suburban highway in Wolfsburg. The hit-and-run vehicle is still being searched for."

"As expected, he died a month ago."

This news verified the events recorded in the book 600 years later.

And looking at the description in this short news report…

The time of death was in the early morning, the cause of death was a car accident, and the hit-and-run vehicle was not found.

These fragmented clues are enough to show that the murderer who killed Dr. Ponsmer is very likely to be Ji Lin, Ji Xinshui, and Zhou Duanyun.

"Then, did Academician Lyon participate in this murder?"

Lin Xian recalled what was written in the book, which said that Academician Lyon was the murderer who killed Dr. Ponsmer.

This is difficult for Lin Xian to verify.

But…

No matter what the situation, the fact that Academician Lyon was able to obtain Dr. Ponsmer's research results proves that he is inseparable from Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui.

"Since they are accomplices, then why did they direct and act out a 00:42 self-inflicted tragedy?"

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

He felt…

Some very important clues are hidden in it!

Think.

Think carefully.

Countless trivial clues floated, connected, emerged, and reorganized in Lin Xian's mind—

1. Ji Lin designed Tang Xin's trap to lure himself in, and introduced himself into the Xu Yun task force, but quickly withdrew before Academician Lyon came to Donghai.

2. Ji Lin repeatedly induced and repeated in the task force that the murderer's next target should be scientists in the field of hibernation, always inadvertently weakening the concept of scientists in other disciplines, and colleagues also firmly believe that the next victim should still be scientists in the field of hibernation.

3. He was originally just Ji Lin's accessory, but Ji Lin deliberately allowed himself to establish prestige in the Donghai Public Security Bureau, solve cases, and even many clues were fed to his mouth by Ji Lin for him to take credit, as if he was deliberately allowing himself to gain the trust of his colleagues in the task force.

4. Dr. Ponsmer had been dead for almost a month. As soon as Academician Lyon published the results of his paper, Ji Lin immediately arranged the follow-up plan and left Donghai in a hurry, leaving the "mess" for him to deal with.

5. Ji Xinshui once wanted to kill Zhou Duanyun, and Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui also conspired to kill Xu Yun, who was related to them… Since they can kill their own relatives, it is not surprising that they kill their accomplices for some purpose.

6. The most important point is that they have already killed the real scientist Dr. Ponsmer, but deliberately gave the research paper to their partner and forged a fake scientist Academician Lyon to Donghai to die… This looks like a deliberate trap and bait!

……

In an instant, Lin Xian opened his eyes, enlightened.

"So that's how it is."

Lin Xian took a deep breath and finally saw through the huge trap that Ji Lin had painstakingly created for so long—

He deliberately designed a fake scientist as bait, and also left him with a certain amount of power in the Donghai City Police Department… The purpose is to lure himself into rescuing this fake scientist!

"Ji Lin, you are really hiding too deeply."

At this moment, Lin Xian really realized that this genius detective was really thoughtful and played such a big and roundabout game.

Normally speaking, if he didn't have the supernatural ability to dream of the future, he would definitely not pay attention to Academician Lyon, who was studying room-temperature superconductors, and would definitely focus his attention on those hibernation scientists.

And if he has the ability to foresee the future, then he will definitely be able to know about Academician Lyon's death in advance. Under this premise, he will definitely send people to ambush near Academician Lyon, and then intercept the hit-and-run vehicle and catch the driver.

Lin Xian really wanted to catch the murderer as soon as possible, and was already a little impatient.

If it weren't for the information in the future book that Academician Lyon was an academic fraud and a fake scientist, he would have been fooled this time; he really didn't realize that this scientist was fake and a forged bait.

"But…"

Lin Xian frowned.

If he gives up this opportunity to catch the murderer, will he have another chance?

Will Ji Lin give him another chance to foresee the murder scene?

Think carefully.

Ji Lin's trap is really too vicious.

He can hardly find a perfect solution.

If the police are allowed to ambush near Academician Lyon in advance, Ji Lin can directly stop the murder operation and directly determine that he has the ability to foresee the future, and he will directly lose the cat-and-mouse game.

If he hides the wood in the forest and lets the police ambush around all the scientists who are in danger on April 12, this saturated rescue operation will also cause Ji Lin to stop the murder operation. Although he avoids exposing his ability to foresee the future, he loses a good opportunity to catch the murderer, which is also a disguised way to lose this cat-and-mouse game.

If he completely ignores Academician Lyon and does not ambush in advance, then Academician Lyon will be killed, and the murderer will most likely escape again… He is also busy for so long in vain, and indirectly loses this cat-and-mouse game.

……

Lin Xian scratched his head.

Can't he really find a win-win way that neither exposes himself nor catches the murderer?

He thought for a long time, but couldn't find an answer.

The main reason is that Ji Lin can know his plan through the police at any time, know whether he intends to ambush near Academician Lyon or not, and adjust his murder operation accordingly.

This is too difficult to deal with.

"It seems that exposure is unavoidable."

Lin Xian felt that since Ji Lin had already done this, he was probably nailing himself down, just lacking conclusive evidence.

But for these demons who kill without blinking an eye, if they are really forced to a dead end, maybe conclusive evidence is not so important.

"I don't have much time left. This trap is more like a decisive challenge from Ji Lin."

Lin Xian opened his eyes, looked at the neon night scene outside the window, and narrowed his eyes:

"It's time… to enter the game in person."

He already had a plan in his mind.

A plan… to deliberately fall into the trap, use the trap against the trapper, and turn defeat into victory!

……

The next day.

Lin Xian came to Zhao Yingjun's office.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Yingjun, who was reviewing documents, raised her head.

"I want to borrow a car from you," Lin Xian said bluntly.

Borrow a car?

Zhao Yingjun raised her eyebrows.

Lin Xian had never made such a request to her before… Of course, she wouldn't refuse.

But, Lin Xian, who has always been uninterested in luxury cars, what is he going to do with a car?

She was very curious.

But in the end…

Whoosh.

She directly opened the drawer, took out all the car keys inside, and placed them on the table:

"Take any one you want."

Lin Xian didn't expect it to be so smooth:

"Aren't you going to ask me what I'm borrowing the car for?"

"I believe you."

Zhao Yingjun said with a smile:

"If you're going to do something interesting… remember to tell me about it after it's over."

"I will, thank you."

Lin Xian stepped forward and directly picked up the red key of the Ferrari Laferrari:

"I'll drive this one."

Recalling that thrilling rainy night, recalling the high-speed飙车with Huang Que on the overpass some time ago, Lin Xian smiled slightly:

"I really like this Ferrari."

……

Boom!

In the Chushan River Manor, the roaring Ferrari Laferrari instantly stalled and stopped in the yard.

Chushan River walked up to him:

"Lin Xian, what's so important? You want to make an appointment with me to talk."

"Mr. Chu."

Lin Xian got out of the car and looked at Chushan River:

"There is a rather difficult thing that needs to trouble you."

He knew that Chushan River would not refuse.

Because he saved Chu Anqing before, Chushan River owed him a huge favor, so no matter what kind of request he made later… With Chushan River's character, as long as it does not violate his principles, he will not refuse.

"Hahahaha…" Chushan River laughed heartily, patted Lin Xian on the shoulder, and invited him to go inside:

"There is nothing particularly difficult for me to do in Donghai. Actually, I'm very happy that you can come to me. Let's go inside and talk about anything. I will definitely help you get it done!"

……

In the evening.

Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.

In a Japanese-style wooden detached building, Ji Lin sat at a tea table, and Zhou Duanyun leaned against the wall. The two seemed to be waiting for someone.

"Greed is so slow," Zhou Duanyun complained.

"He's already a dead man, so don't rush him," Ji Lin said calmly.

"He's enjoyed enough these years. His life is already worth it," Zhou Duanyun said, picking at his nails:

"An academic fraud can become a national academician and almost win the Nobel Prize… It's really magical."

After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Ji Lin:

"What if Lin Xian doesn't take the bait tomorrow? What if he's a coward?"

Ji Lin shook his head:

"He is still very responsible. Especially with such an opportunity to find the murderer in front of him, he will not easily let it go."

"If he is a timid rat… then he would not have accepted my invitation to join the task force. Obviously, while we want to find Lin Xian, Lin Xian also wants to find us even more. Maybe he has been eager to avenge Xu Yun Tang Xin for a long time and has been tired of playing house with us for a long time."

"So, we just need to wait here to see if Lin Xian will ambush around Lyon tomorrow. The members of the special investigation team of the Donghai Public Security Bureau will definitely lock their targets on those scientists in the field of hibernation. This is the route we have left for them and the guidance we have always given them."

"So, under this premise, if Lin Xian still insists on ambushing near Academician Lyon… then the result is self-evident. Lyon's death is itself a fake history we fabricated, but Lin Xian actually took the bait, which is enough to show that he must have some ability to foresee the future and disrupt history. At that time… we can kill him justly."

"Finally, this day has come," Zhou Duanyun chuckled:

"I can't wait any longer."

Whoosh—

The wooden sliding door opened.

A fat, bald man walked in and looked at the two young men sitting inside:

"Ji Lin, I'm going to Donghai for a meeting tomorrow. Why didn't you wait for me there? Why did you have to make me go to Japan?"

After saying that, he looked at the man next to Ji Lin:

"Who is this?"

"This is Jealousy. You haven't met yet," Ji Lin said, then pointed to the fat man and introduced him to Zhou Duanyun:

"This is Greed. You joined the organization relatively late. This is your first meeting."

"Academician Lyon, I've heard your name for a long time. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Zhou Duanyun chuckled, stood up, and took the initiative to shake hands with Academician Lyon.

"Okay, close the door," Ji Lin put the teacup in his hand on the low wooden table and looked at Academician Lyon in front of him:

"Tomorrow morning's action is crucial for Pride. If you mess it up, Pride will be very angry…"

"So, you have to remember every word I say."