Genius Club-Chapter 245 - 63 Seven Sins_2

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Heh heh.

Ji Lin chuckled softly.

Ji Xinshui never cared about which day was his birthday; he only cared about how to use the excuse of a birthday to kill Lin Xian, even if... even if May 2nd was not his actual birthday, it didn’t matter to him.

"Arrogance."

Ji Lin propped himself up off the floor, looking at Ji Xinshui:

"Will you give me a birthday present?"

"Now, that’s an interesting question." Ji Xinshui, with his hands clasped behind his back, turned around to face Ji Lin, who was sitting on the ground:

"I think... you’re no longer the little kid who looks forward to birthday presents, right? In our case, I believe that after successfully killing Lin Xian at 00:42, the invitation to the Genius Club will be the best birthday present for you!"

Ji Lin didn’t say much.

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He curled his legs, stood up from the floor, and stretched languidly:

"Arrogance, are you certain that after killing Lin Xian, you’ll receive an invitation from the Genius Club? Was it the sponsor inside the Genius Club who promised you that?"

"I’m not certain."

Ji Xinshui shook his head, then continued:

"But I think... it’s very close now... [Because Lin Xian, the individual disturbing the course of history, was a person I found myself.]"

His dry eyes gazed at Ji Lin as he spoke slowly:

"Up to this point, you’ve guessed a lot, and I’m not going to hide it from you anymore."

"The ones I killed before, Xu Yun, Tang Xin, Pang Simai... and so on, I didn’t really know where they had disturbed history, I was just following orders. That’s why those killings were so decisive, because there was no possibility of killing the wrong person."

"But Lin Xian is different... He is one I found myself! This has a completely different significance! I believe the most convincing way to prove our capability to the Genius Club... is to personally find someone who disturbs history and then kill him!"

"The business of forging history, you did a great job. Despite sacrificing Greed and Gluttony... it doesn’t matter, they were meant to be sacrificed, and I can easily replace the next Greed and Gluttony, just as their codenames suggest... The Seven Sins all stem from desire, as long as they have desires, they will eventually become my chess pieces."

Ji Lin walked over to the dining table and looked at the flight chess laid out.

"Arrogance." He picked up a black piece and placed it on the table.

"Jealousy." He grabbed a green piece and set it beside the black one.

"Wrath." Red.

"Laziness." White.

"Greed." Yellow.

"Gluttony." Brown.

"Lust." Purple.

"You’re right, all the Seven Sins come from the most primal human desires. Just as you said, desire turns people into your chess pieces."

"But... it seems you have forgotten something."

Ji Lin looked up at Ji Xinshui and picked up the first black piece again, placing it ahead of the other pieces:

"Arrogance, you too are among those desires, even regarded as the foremost of the Seven Sins, the desire of arrogance."

"Perhaps..."

"[You are also a chess piece.]"

However...

Ji Xinshui dismissed it with a chuckle and a shake of his head:

"Ji Lin, you think too much. These things, once you see the invitation from the Genius Club... you will understand everything."

"What you need to ponder now is—how to keep Lin Xian in this house until 00:42 on the night of May 3rd."

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"From the start of your birthday party to 00:42, that’s just too long a duration... If you can’t find a reasonable explanation and motive, it will 100% arouse Lin Xian’s suspicion. He’s no fool, how can you guarantee you’ll be able to keep him?"

Ji Lin sat in the chair next to the dining table.

He pushed down the yellow and brown pieces on the flying chess board, then looked up at Ji Xinshui:

"Remember the first thing I told you?"

"I asked you if you would mind if I intentionally leaked some of our intel to the person disrupting history in order to catch him in a trap. You said then that it was no problem."

"Of course, it’s no problem," Ji Xinshui replied,

"for a dying man, it doesn’t matter if he hears a bit more. As long as Lin Xian dies at 00:42, that’s all that matters."

Ji Lin nodded:

"Then you have nothing to worry about, I have a way to keep Lin Xian."

"Then I shall... look forward to watching this play," Ji Xinshui walked to the door, took the black wool felt hat hanging there, and placed it on his head:

"I’ll find a good spot nearby to watch this performance."

...

At the same time, at the Chu Shanhe manor, in the drawing room.

Lin Xian and Chu Shanhe sat in their chairs, a hand-drawn sketch of Linhu Villa district laid out in front of them.

Lin Xian pointed to four circles marked in red on the paper:

"The locations of these four manhole covers are very important."

Chu Shanhe nodded:

"I’ve got it."

After saying this, he looked up:

"We’ve also found Ji Xinshui’s entry records into China; he definitely has returned. However, there’s no entry record for Zhou Duanyun... His last exit record was departing from Donghai City to Japan, and there’s no follow-up on his itinerary."

Lin Xian leaned back, resting against the wooden chair:

"There’s nothing that can be done about that. Although we’d all like to make a sweep and arrest them all at once, we don’t get the final say. But as long as we can catch Ji Lin and Ji Xinshui, that’s already enough, and the rest can be dealt with slowly. At least... even if Ji Xinshui isn’t at the core, he’s still an important figure among them."

Chu Shanhe also leaned back in his chair, looking worried:

"Lin Xian, there’s still one critical issue we must consider now."

"As you know, under China’s law, if a suspect only harbors suspicion but there is no evidence proving their crime, we can at most summon them for questioning and assistance in the investigation."

"This kind of investigation has time limits. If there is no evidence directly related to the case, we can detain them for no more than 24 hours before we must release them. Of course, if there is even a shred of related evidence, the time can be extended."

"But... from what I’ve seen of your plan so far, I’m very worried about this point."

Chu Shanhe crossed his arms, looking at Lin Xian:

"Ji Lin is a very smart person, not to mention Ji Xinshui is a man with significant means and power. You telling me their names today was really unexpected; I had never imagined it would be them."

"Ji Xinshui’s influence is very vast, and he holds a very high status in the national pharmaceutical and global medical fields. I think with their cooperation, as you said, they might have thoroughly cleared their suspicions long ago."

"Even if on the night of May 3rd, a taxi driver hit you... putting that aside, even if we could prove the taxi driver had premeditated murder in mind, how could we prove that it has anything to do with Ji Lin, Ji Xinshui, Zhou Duanyun?"

"Just like with the case of Sergeant Sam, I naturally believe what you said, that Sergeant Sam is being directed by Ji Xinshui and Ji Lin. But it’s useless if just the two of us believe that without evidence; evidence is crucial, and solving cases and passing judgments in trials also can’t depart from evidence."

"So..."

Chu Shanhe paused and continued:

"If we arrest them but all the evidence shows they’re unrelated to the case, and within 24 hours they also deny any criminal facts, and all the clues and physical evidence prove they’re innocent... "

"What do we do then?"