Genius Club.

Chapter 102 Cat and Mouse Game (asking for monthly ticket)

"That's enough, Ji Lin."

The old man slowly opened his eyes and twisted his neck:
"Let go of my neck."

He took Ji Lin's hand off his neck and stood up.

He didn't speak.

Instead, she walked in her shiny leather shoes to the French window that took up the entire wall, stared at the thick, opaque curtains, the patterns of fine silk threads on them, and whispered:
"I don't want the relationship between us to be like this, full of deception and intrigue."

"I don't want to either."

Ji Lin put his hands in his trouser pockets:

"So why don't you just tell me the answer? How could I betray you? Over the years... we have been in the same boat for a long time."

"Besides, you raised me too. Even if we each have our own goals... we have worked so hard together over the years to get an invitation to the Genius Club. Isn't that worthy of your trust in me?"

"Or... will telling the truth affect our invitation to the Genius Club?"

……

Silent for a long time.

The old man turned around, put his hands behind his back, and looked at Ji Lin:

"I'm not sure. But... I can't bet on it."

He paused, swallowed, and continued:

"You are very smart, Ji Lin, you are a genius. But even so, you can't guess everything in this world correctly... Geniuses are sometimes wrong, there are things that geniuses can't understand, and there are problems that geniuses can't solve. You have to believe what I say--"

"There's nothing wrong with what we did. Everything we did was right."

Ji Lin snorted:
"So... we are partners for justice?"

"Only children always talk about justice and evil."

"What did the Lord say?"

"belief."

The old man's eyes were firm:

"It depends on what you believe."

"Then I still like children." Ji Lin sat back on the old man's chair and crossed his legs:

"Beliefs are so fake."

"But no one can be a child forever, Ji Lin."

Ji Lin turned his head and looked at the warm fireplace:

"If, as you say, it is right to kill these people who disrupt history, then what they did was wrong?"

“They’re not wrong.”

The old man took off his black wool felt hat and covered it on the newspaper on the dining table next to him.

The front page of the newspaper was a photo of Xu Yun.

The Xu Yun above is very young and smiling happily.

The old man covered the photo with his hat and sighed:

"So... letting them die at 00:42 is the greatest respect for them."

"What on earth is 00:42?" Ji Lin shook his legs:
"Or, what exactly is 42? Why are you so obsessed with this number?"

"You can try to find the answer, Ji Lin."

The old man looked down at him:
"Perhaps... this is the real key to joining the genius club."

Say it.

The old man pulled out a chair from under the dining table and sat down again:
"Now we can start working, Ji Lin. I think... you should have found the rat a long time ago, right?"

Ji Lin nodded:
"Strictly speaking, we can only say that we have identified the first subject of investigation. After all, we do not have enough evidence to prove that he is indeed disrupting history."

"That's right. We must find absolute evidence. We must not kill any innocent person by mistake. If we kill anyone by mistake... the Genius Club will definitely exclude us forever." The old man lowered his head and looked at the newspaper on the dining table that was pressed down by the wool felt hat:
"Those two cars... you handled them very well. The police still haven't found them." "They'll never find them." Ji Lin let out a sigh:

"Besides, it doesn't matter even if you find it. With you here, 90% of the things can be done."

"But I still have a suggestion."

Ji Lin picked at his fingernails and continued:

"Every passing goose leaves a trace. If similar cases gradually increase, it will definitely attract the attention of some individuals. It hasn't attracted attention yet only because the number of samples is not large enough... Especially in China, Xu Yun is only the first person we killed."

“你确定不能稍微换一换杀人的方式？时间上我就不指望你改了，看起来是必须在00：42-00：43这期间的60秒杀死才行……但杀人方式，以后能否用车祸以外的？”

"No."

The old man shook his head without hesitation:
"It had to be a car accident."

"So you are still a [copycat]."

"Whatever you say about Ji Lin, I won't take the bait again."

"last question."

I looked up and saw the old man in the moonlight by the window:

"How can we prove that someone is definitely disrupting history? From what you said, we don't have the original history to refer to."

"This is also something you need to consider, Ji Lin."

The old man bowed his head and said:

"This person is different from those who disrupted history in the past... Those people in the past should have been disrupting history passively, but this person... I think his purpose of disrupting history is active. We don't know what his purpose is, and we don't know why he wants to disrupt history."

"Of course, the most difficult part is how we can prove that this person has indeed disrupted history. This is the most difficult part. But I believe you will find a way. Maybe you already have one."

"You really know how to be a hands-off manager."

Ji Lin did not deny that after so many years together, the two knew each other too well:
"But I might have to take the initiative to leak some information to him...about us, about the Genius Club...you shouldn't mind that, right?"

"It doesn't matter."

The old man replied:

"As long as we can prove that he is indeed disrupting history, even if there are certain sacrifices, it is acceptable. But you must pay attention that you can sacrifice us, but you must not accidentally hurt other innocent people. This is of vital importance."

"I'm too lazy to complain about your contradictory values." Ji Lin stretched lazily:

"This battle is really not easy to fight... Although on the surface it seems that we are in the dark and he is in the light, we have the upper hand."

"But in reality, there are too many crooked rules that we need to abide by. Not only do we have to find a way to prove that he is indeed disrupting history, but we also have to prevent him from discovering our purpose... Otherwise, we might be the ones to die."

"If that person really has the ability to disrupt history, perhaps killing us would not be difficult for him. And once we start investigating, he will sooner or later become aware of our actions and will inevitably start hiding himself... We are catching him, and he is catching us too."

"I believe you, Ji Lin."

The old man was very confident:

"You are the smartest person I have ever met. The person who disrupted history may have some special abilities that we cannot understand, but... he must not be as smart as you, and he may not even have any sense of crisis at all."

"So... there's no reason for us to lose this cat-and-mouse game."

"You are still too optimistic and arrogant."

Ji Lin walked back to his original position and lay down among the messy pile of magazines.

He rested his head on his palm and looked at the [Rhine Cat Doll] placed on the pile of books next to him:
"I have made it very clear just now that this cat-and-mouse game is mutual."

"So you can also understand that in the hide-and-seek game between us and this person who disrupted history, whoever reveals his identity and intentions first... will die."

The Rhine cat in front of you has a cute and playful expression. With a bun hairstyle and a cheongsam dress, she looks very lively and beautiful.

“I still like playing games.”

Ji Lin reached out and pinched the Rhine cat's ears, holding it up in the air at an angle, staring at its shaking eyes:

"In this game of cat and mouse..."

"Who is the mouse and who is the cat?"

(End of this chapter)