"Yes, it was him." Henry gave an affirmative answer, then mentioned the information he had uncovered. "This guy was quite something—a doctor of biology and a murderer. He killed his own wife.
"Mm. He was only released last year after serving thirty years. That was why his personnel file had been updated and entered into the government's digital personnel database.
"All right, Professor Ross. You previously suspected that this man might have been sent by your father. There's further evidence supporting that suspicion. He used to be a military-contracted scientist, and his superior at the time was Major Thaddeus Ross."
"That's my father's name!" Betty Ross was stunned.
"--Their relationship went beyond that of a superior and an outside scientist. In the case of his wife's murder, your father was also the one who reported him and helped the police arrest him.
"Now it looked like they weren't merely superior and subordinate. They were more like enemies. The murdered wife was named Edith Banner, and they had a son together—Bruce Banner. What a coincidence."
"That wasn't a coincidence, was it----" Betty Ross stared at the information on the screen in disbelief.
The two matters had seemed unrelated, yet for certain reasons, they were tied together. For Betty Ross, it was an emotional roller coaster.
She had initially thought the laboratory accident had nothing to do with her father, which had let her breathe a small sigh of relief. Yet after all the twists and turns, it had circled back to her troublesome old man. Betty Ross did not even know how to describe her troublemaking father anymore.
For Henry, however, he had helped Professor Ross establish that the janitor and General Ross were not on the same side, and might even be in conflict. What she chose to do next