Genius Club.

Chapter 209: Killing
"Jung Sung-ha."

Donghai City Public Security Bureau, Criminal Investigation Section 1 Office.

Officer Liu placed a stack of documents in front of Lin Xian and sat opposite him:

"The taxi driver's name."

"I know."

Lin Xian replied calmly without opening the document in front of him.

"You know him?"

Officer Liu was a little surprised.

"I saw him a few times in the hospital."

Lin Xian paused and continued:

"In fact, it can't be said that we just met a few times. We are still somewhat friends. I even celebrated his sister's birthday and gave her a gift."

"I see. That's no wonder."

Officer Liu suddenly realized:
"No wonder the taxi braked and turned violently at the end. It turned out that he recognized you..."

Officer Liu smacked his lips, unscrewed the thermos, took a sip of tea, and sipped the soaked wolfberries:
"Zheng Chenghe is such a pitiful man... I just asked a colleague from the neighboring province to retrieve the files. About a dozen years ago... around 2010, in Zheng Chenghe's hometown village, his parents were beaten to death by a village tyrant because of a house boundary issue... His mother died right in front of him. In that era, in such a backward village, there was nothing that could be done about it."

"When his parents died, Zheng Chenghe was very young, barely a teenager, and his sister was even younger, just out of swaddling clothes. They were bullied in the village. To be honest, the village bully was too much, not even sparing the two children, and often letting dogs bite them. Later, when Zheng Chenghe was protecting his sister, he was bitten by a dog. The injury was very serious and the infection almost killed him, but fortunately he survived."

"After that, the brother and sister left the village and came to the East China Sea. It wasn't until a few years ago that the village bullies got their comeuppance and all died."

"died?"

Lin Xian raised his head:
"How did he die? Was it Zheng Chenghe who killed him?"

He seemed to have seen similar news before... a son avenged his murdered mother after many years.

"No, no, no, it's not what you think."

Officer Liu waved his hands hurriedly:

"Zheng Chenghe is a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record or any illegal record. He is also diligent and down-to-earth at work... We couldn't find out what exactly prompted this, but the murder case from more than a decade ago was reopened for trial."

"After the retrial, we found out that the case was a false accusation, and then we retried the people who participated in the murder. Almost all the male members of the village tyrant's family who participated were sentenced to death."

?

Hearing this, Lin Xian was a little surprised.

like……

Something is wrong.

First of all, Zheng Chenghe certainly does not have the ability to reopen a case that was closed more than ten years ago. There must be some powerful and influential people behind this who are fanning the flames.

Secondly, all the males involved in the village tyrant's case were sentenced to death... This was a case from more than ten years ago, and Lin Xian didn't quite understand it. It's not that he sympathized with these beasts, but he felt that from a legal perspective, the sentence should not be so exaggerated.

So, it’s still that feeling…

There must be someone behind this matter.

So, taking a comprehensive view, it goes without saying that the person who best fits the characteristics of this series of events is——

Ji Xinshui, who is in a high position of power.

"Officer Liu."

Lin Xian expressed his inner doubts:

"I have a question for you. It's not that I think the village tyrants and other thugs should not be sentenced to death. I'm just asking from the perspective of legal trials... Based on your experience, if a vicious incident like this from more than a decade ago is re-examined now, according to the legal standards, would all the men at that time really be sentenced to death?"

"That's hard to say, Lin Xian."

Officer Liu took a sip of tea and smacked his lips:

"We can only see the final trial results. We can't find out how the case was judged without looking up detailed information. Although it shouldn't lead to the death penalty for all of them, but... many things are hard to say. What if the village tyrants have committed other crimes over the years?"

"It is not impossible to impose the death penalty for multiple crimes. As you know, the country has cracked down on gangs in the past few years. I don't think this is strange. For these people who are used to doing bad things, will they behave themselves in the next decade? It is highly unlikely."

……

Listening to Officer Liu's explanation, Lin Xian closed his eyes and thought, without saying anything more.

【Innocent until proven guilty】.

This is the biggest problem he faces now.

According to the laws of the country, if there is insufficient evidence to prove the defendant's guilt or innocence, he should be presumed innocent.

This is the situation now.

He knew clearly about many things, and the murderers were Ji Lin, Ji Xinshui, Zhou Duanyun and other masterminds behind the scenes.

But there was simply not enough evidence to convict them.

Including the case of Zheng Chenghe.

He knew clearly that it was Ji Xinshui who helped Zheng Chenghe behind the scenes, and probably Zheng Xiangyue's medical expenses were also paid by Ji Xinshui, so there must be an exploitative relationship between the two of them. Zheng Chenghe was obviously a assassin kept by Ji Xinshui.

This is something Lin Xian knew very well.

But there just wasn't enough evidence.

Then there would be no way to convict or judge.

"Lin Xian, we are in trouble."

At this time, Chu Shanhe walked in from outside and saw Officer Liu inside. The two greeted each other. It was obvious that they had a very good relationship and were very familiar with each other.

Then, Chu Shanhe looked at Lin Xian:

"It has been 10 hours since we forcibly arrested Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui last night. But the problem is...the two of them said nothing. Not only did they not admit any criminal facts, they even refused to cooperate with our inquiries."

"This is very difficult. Just like I told you before, if there is not enough evidence to prove that the two of them are related to the murder, we will detain them for a maximum of 24 hours and then we must release them."

"Plus... Ji Xinshui's backers are very powerful. Now a lot of pressure is on the Donghai police. I'm afraid that in the next 14 hours, if we can't find evidence or they still don't admit their crimes, we will have to release them."

After listening to this, Lin Xian nodded.

This is what he was worried about just now...

in fact.

10 hours ago, in the performance at 00:42, many plots did not go according to Lin Xian’s plan.

He took the trouble to place a bomb under the manhole cover in order to save himself at the final critical moment, and then use it to prove the taxi driver's "intention to murder" against him.

But here's the problem.

Perhaps it was Ji Lin's shout that made Zheng Chenghe recognize him, so he immediately braked and turned sharply...leaving very conspicuous black tire marks on the ground.

In legal determination, how to judge whether a vehicle accident was intentional or unintentional, brake marks and avoidance marks are crucial evidence.

And now, just because Zheng Chenghe suddenly braked and turned, he couldn't be sure that he intended to murder him... Because the tire marks showed that he intentionally avoided him in the end. Besides, he was dead now, so there was no evidence.

This is one of them.

There is another two.

The second thing was that Ji Lin did something that Lin Xian didn't expect. He never thought that when Ji Lin was about to push him to the road to die, he would temporarily withdraw his hand.

This unexpected situation almost made all of Lin Xian's plans go to waste.

If Ji Lin didn't back down.

Push yourself directly onto the road.

There is no way he can clear himself of this act of intentional murder.

But the problem is that Ji Lin stopped and did not push himself out.

So based on the existing evidence.

Ji Lin is also innocent and blameless.

Even if you question his motives and actions.

The law cannot punish him if there is no doubt that he is innocent.

Is it...

We finally captured Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui, are we going to let them go without any gain?

Lin Xian didn't want to see this at all.

Once you let them go, your safety will be in jeopardy sooner or later.

People like this who have suffered losses once are not fools and will never suffer losses again.

Especially now that his true colors have been completely seen through, it's a fight between us, either you or I will die; if he dares to let them both out, it is very likely that his calamity will come before tomorrow, and he will die tragically somewhere in the East China Sea.

Now that things have reached a point of desperation, Ji Xinshui will most likely give up his method of killing people by running over them with a car, and instead use other methods to quickly get rid of himself.

and so……

[We must not let them go.]

Not only that……

[The best thing is to make them disappear forever, leaving no future troubles. ]

Then.

How to do this?
How can we sentence them to death?

Lin Xian picked up the pen on the table, held it between his fingers and began to rotate it quickly.

no doubt.

What Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui actually did would have been enough to warrant the death penalty several times over.

They killed Xu Yun, Tang Xin, and Academician Lyon... Especially Xu Yun and Academician Lyon, they are world-renowned great scientists. Their nature is extremely bad and they should be sentenced to death in any country.

But here’s the problem.

There is no evidence and they have not pleaded guilty.

If they would just plead guilty...it would be much easier.

Under Dragon Country's laws, confessions alone cannot be used as direct evidence to convict someone.

However, there is a special case -

If the criminal himself admits the crime, his confession can be regarded as direct evidence and as a link in the chain of evidence.

therefore……

The most effective way right now.

Just let Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui confess their guilt in person!

"Is there any good solution?"

The pen on Lin Xian's fingertips turned faster and faster, and he thought quickly in his mind. Various clues emerged, scattered, gathered, and overlapped.

On a rainy night, the yellow bird sat cross-legged on the sofa:
"This invitation is fake."

Van, big-faced cat biting a cigarette butt:

"I have no other choice but to give it a try... to have a chance to get an invitation to the Genius Club."

Outside the villa, Ji Lin leaned against the door:

"Lin Xian, have you heard of...the Genius Club?"

Lin Xian frowned.

almost……

Think about it again.

Think again!
Ji Lin said that the murder at 00:42 might have been committed by two groups of people.

Group A (Genius Club), and Group B (Ji Lin, Ji Xinshui and others).

Group B, on the other hand, was a poor imitation of Group A. In Ji Lin's words, they wanted to prove something to the Genius Club.

What do Ji Xinshui and the others want to prove?
Why do we need to prove this?

What is their ultimate goal?
Ji Xinshui already belongs to the small group of people standing at the top of the world's pyramid... He has already stood at the pinnacle above millions of people.

What else is he dissatisfied with?
What else could he aspire to?
Everything worldly, everything in reality, is within Ji Xinshui's reach. He can even easily override laws and rules.

Such a powerful person...

If there is something he is desperately pursuing, desperately wanting to obtain...

It is definitely not as simple as power, money, and status!
That should be an authority that is more powerful, more mysterious, and more capable of influencing the fate of mankind!

Swish!
Lin Xian suddenly opened his eyes!

Maybe……

Whether it's Ji Lin or Ji Xinshui, their purpose is the same -

【To join the Genius Club! 】

"It's worth the gamble."

Lin Xian stopped spinning the pen and clenched his fingers.

At least……

Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui must know the existence of the Genius Club.

And for this extremely mysterious organization.

Perhaps the information I know is no less than what they know.

Right now, there are only 14 hours left before the Public Security Bureau releases the detainees. If we don’t make them admit their crimes, all our efforts will be in vain.

So... we have to take a gamble!
"I'm going out."

Lin Xian stood up, walked out the door, and looked back at Officer Liu:
"Please continue to watch over Ji Xinshui and Ji Lin. Don't let them have any contact... Wait for me to come back."

(End of this chapter)