Amino Acid Derivatives

The next day.

Inside the Moon Palace experiment cabin.

Professor Stephen stood in front of a group of researchers. He had dark circles around his eyes. He raised the thesis in his hand and spoke without energy.

"I'm sure you have read this thesis… I will not repeat what was written in the thesis. Just out of curiosity, I want to know who is Dr. Z?"

The six people in front of him were muddled. Professor Stephen spoke again.

"I'm sorry, but Dr. Z has to be among the seven of us… No, six, because I know I didn't write it. Ian, was it you?"

Ian looked at the thesis and shook his head. He said, "No, it's not me, why would I publish an anonymous thesis? This might be a Nobel Prize-level discovery, who wouldn't want their name attached to this?"