I rely on myself

Chapter 331 The Real Reason for the Arrest

"Thank you for your hard work, Magnus. Fortunately, you exist. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to return to the academy so soon. Our school is fortunate to have such an outstanding talent like you."

"You flatter me, Dean."

The dean spoke to Magnus with an admiring expression on his face, and Magnus calmly accepted the praise. He was neither happy about it nor shy about it, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

The dean did not care about it. After praising him, he turned to look at Lin Yuan. No, to be precise, it should be Yiou. His originally pleased expression suddenly became calm, and he spoke in a low and majestic tone.

"Then the next thing is another matter. Although it is regrettable, Professor Io, I am here to arrest you for assisting the Black Prince in his rebellion."

"what?"

This sudden change made Io's face change, but then she seemed to realize something, her face suddenly became gloomy, but she didn't say anything, just stood there blankly.

Lei Zhen, who was standing by, also wanted to say something when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, the current situation was not clear and he didn't know the general situation, so he remained silent in the end.

Looking at Io who said nothing and looked like he had given up resisting, the dean showed a regretful expression, but did not stop Magnus beside him.

"Kamakiri."

The meaning of this shout was very clear. Kamakiri used his ability again and wanted to transfer Io, but an accident occurred.

Just when Kamakiri was about to make a space transfer, a voice suddenly came.

"Don't be so anxious yet."

At the same time, there was a crisp sound of snapping fingers, and the ongoing space transfer was instantly interrupted.

"……what?"

Feeling that his ability was interrupted, Kamakiri couldn't help but scream. Magnus, who was standing by, couldn't keep calm anymore after seeing this and couldn't help but frown.

Everyone present subconsciously turned their eyes to a figure, it was Lin Yuan, and it was he who interrupted the space transfer.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Lin Yuan remained very calm and did not feel embarrassed at all for interrupting their actions.

The dean couldn't help but frown as he watched this scene, as if he had never expected Lin Yuan to take action. In the end, he opened his mouth tentatively.

"Student Lin Yuan, do you know what you are doing?"

"Of course, I am now very sober and I know exactly what I am talking about."

Lin Yuan gave this answer without any hesitation, directly stating that he was indeed acting based on his own ideas.

The dean frowned after getting the answer, and then said in a low and warning tone: "Then can I regard you as an accomplice who also assisted the Black Prince in the rebellion?" Facing the dean's hat, Lin Yuanlian sneered and said: "Alas, dean, you can't slander people casually. If I were an accomplice of the Black Prince, I would have been surrounded by those automatic dolls just now."

"In that case, then don't interfere with our arrest. We already have sufficient evidence to prove that Professor Io is an accomplice who assisted the Black Prince in his rebellion."

"Oh, sufficient evidence? What is it? Can you tell me about it?"

Regarding the evidence from the dean's mouth, Lin Yuan pretended not to believe it. Seeing this, the dean did not get angry and just said directly.

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. After all, the evidence cannot be changed. However, since you are an outstanding student of this school, I will explain it to you."

Hearing this, Yiou couldn't help but tremble. Was it because the evidence that was revealed next would prove his guilt? No, Yiou had already admitted that he had his own responsibility for the disaster and had decided to shoulder it.

So why? Because the next existence would remind her of a certain existence that was closely connected to her.

"We have confirmed that there is an automaton next to the Black Prince Edmund, and her appearance is very similar to Professor Io. Of course, we will not regard Professor Io as a criminal just because of this. Instead, we have confirmed from other professors in the academy that the automaton was made by Professor Io. At the same time, the magic effect that caused most of the automatons in Liverpool to riot has also been confirmed to be the ability of the automaton. So, considering the above situation, it is very obvious, isn't it?"

Indeed, after hearing what the dean said, everyone had the same idea in their minds. With all this evidence, everyone would think that Io was the one who assisted Edmund.

"…So now the situation is very clear. Lin Yuan, please move aside and let us arrest Professor Io."

"...Lin Yuan?"

Even Yiou couldn't refute it at this time, thinking that he did need to take responsibility for this, but Lin Yuan remained calm after listening to my dean's words and didn't show any intention of moving.

The dean raised his eyebrows when he saw this scene. When he was about to say something else, Lin Yuan spoke first.

"Indeed, the situation is now clear. The Black Prince Edmund is currently rebelling and wants to seize power from the current King of England. So why don't you take action, Dean?"

Lin Yuan said this with a playful smile, directly pointing out the current situation.

Seeing that Lin Yuan was still obviously unmoved, the dean wanted to get angry.

"Lin Yuan! You..."

"Alright, alright, Dean, please stop pretending like this. Do you really want to arrest Professor Io because she is an accomplice of the Black Prince Edmund? I'm afraid not. Perhaps most people don't know, but as the dean of this Academy of Mechanical Engineering, I don't believe that you are unaware of Professor Io's research, nor do you know who the investor of this research is?"

Hearing Lin Yuan's almost explicit words, the dean's originally angry expression stopped instantly, and as the words fell, his expression gradually returned to calm, and he did not have any intention of refutation until Lin Yuan finished speaking.

Obviously, just as Lin Yuan said, the dean knew the truth of the matter and knew that Io was not Edmund's accomplice, but why did he take action to arrest Io?

"…So the answer is very simple. The reason why you want to arrest Professor Io is not because of the unfounded reason of "assisting the Black Prince Edmund in rebellion". I am afraid that you want to remove the Mechanical Academy from this turmoil, and also to deal with the attack from the British government, so you want to offer Io as a sacrifice!"

(End of this chapter)