Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 479: The Conspiracy

With Xiao Yu’s current technology, he still could not directly probe what exactly intelligent beings were thinking inside their brains, so he had no way to know what Xu Junpo was thinking now. However, based on the intelligence Xiao Yu had gathered through monitoring and analysis, Xiao Yu thought that at this moment he was probably thinking about how to take revenge.

Xu Junpo had already started school, and another classmate bullied him there. Thus, under Xiao Yu’s surveillance, Xu Junpo began some actions that seemed somewhat strange to Xiao Yu.

The school had always had a very good ethos, so even the principal’s office did not have many surveillance measures. But that was only for intelligent beings. Xiao Yu did not overlook this place.

Thus Xiao Yu saw the sneaky Xu Junpo investigate here for several days in a row. Finally, one day, he opened the door of the principal’s office and took away a book that the principal of this elementary school had left there.

In the highly advanced Divine Ark Civilization, books had already become a kind of decoration or luxury item. This book was one that the principal was extremely fond of.

The principal flew into a rage over the missing book. Security forces intervened, and unsurprisingly, they found the book in the backpack of the student who had bullied Xu Junpo. Rumors of a thief in the school spread instantly.

In this era, being a thief was a very serious charge that could basically ruin a person’s reputation for life. That student wept loudly and tried desperately to defend himself, but in the face of conclusive evidence, any explanation he offered was ignored. The enraged principal wanted to expel him. His parents sighed repeatedly, and even a trace of disgust appeared in their gaze toward him. All his friends distanced themselves from him.

Xu Junpo carried out this matter with great secrecy and thoroughness. He completed it with a sophistication out of keeping with his age. His thinking was so meticulous that before leaving the principal’s office, he used a device he had assembled himself to erase all traces of himself and left traces of that student in the principal’s office.

When all the unfavorable evidence pointed to that student and his guilt was unshakable, he collapsed.

Xiao Yu had been watching this matter with a cold eye. Apart from some subtle actions, he did not interfere in any way.“His brain has not yet fully developed. At a stage where he can only receive primary education, he already has such operational capability. You are indeed extraordinary. But given your disposition, this should only be the beginning of your revenge plan. I am rather curious as to what follow-up actions you will take.”

Sure enough, Xu Junpo did not disappoint Xiao Yu. With matters at this stage, he began the next step.

He took the initiative to approach the student who had been shunned by everyone, gently comforting him, going to and from school together, and even when he had something tasty, he never forgot to share it with him.

Under such circumstances, Xu Junpo and this student very quickly became best friends. The student sincerely apologized to Xu Junpo for what had happened before, but Xu Junpo smiled magnanimously. “It does not matter.”

However, Xiao Yu knew that something uncanny was happening between the two.

“I know you were wronged. Someone framed you.” Xu Junpo said in a very sincere tone. “As your best friend, I believe in your character.”

“But what can I do?” the student said dejectedly. “I do not even know why all the evidence points to me. Everyone is shunning me. The classmates dislike me. The teachers hate me. Xu Junpo, thank you for still treating me as a friend at a time like this.”

“You should find a way to clear your name and restore your innocence.” Xu Junpo shook his head and said. “You were wronged to begin with. You should not bear the bad name of a thief.”

“How should I do it?” The student’s eyes immediately burned with heat.

“I have a way.” Xu Junpo said very calmly. “It just depends on whether you are willing to do it.”

“I will do it, I will do it. As long as I can clear my name, I am willing to do anything.” the student said urgently. “Do you know? During this time I have practically wanted to die. When I go home, my parents are much colder to me, and I even feel that the way our security robot looks at me is mocking. I have had enough. Tell me, what should I do?”

“That is right, I need you to die.” Xu Junpo said.

“What?” The student was stunned at first, then grew furious. “Now even you are mocking me?”

“I am not mocking you.” Xu Junpo shook his head and said. “Now that life is so precious, no one will doubt someone who is willing to use his own life to prove his innocence. So you must die once. Even if in the end you do not die, you must still demonstrate your resolve through this act. By then, others will say you were certainly wronged.”

The student calmed down, but his hands trembled a little. “What should I do? What should I do?”

“Look.” Xu Junpo pointed to a building beside them. “This building is only six stories high. Tomorrow, you can jump from the top. Of course, you will not land directly on the ground. On the third floor there is a fall-arrest net. When you fall, you will land on the net. In this way, you will not die, and your injustice can be washed away.”

The student looked up. Sure enough, everything was just as Xu Junpo had said.

“All right.” He gritted his teeth and, in a slightly trembling voice, agreed to the method Xu Junpo proposed. He even went to conduct a few on-site tests when the campus was empty. The results satisfied him greatly. Everything was as expected. Each time he jumped, the net caught him.

“My friend, I am truly grateful to you. When I clear my name, I will thank you properly.” Watching the classmate leave with a face full of rapture, a strange smile appeared on Xu Junpo’s face. He did not leave, but quietly took out a fall-arrest net that was already rusted and had no toughness at all, and replaced the intact net on that building with it.

“I was wronged. I did not steal the principal’s book. None of you believe me, none of you believe me.” The student shouted frantically from the rooftop while a dense crowd of students watched below. Several teachers were doing their utmost to persuade him, but to no avail. The principal was nowhere to be seen, and the head of the security team did not come either.

The student finally jumped. As he jumped, he even secretly flashed a victory sign to Xu Junpo, who was hidden in a corner. Xu Junpo answered with a slight smile.

He died from the fall. That rusted fall-arrest net was not able to slow his speed of descent for even an instant. He fell directly to the ground and died.

The crowd burst into a great uproar. Some timid students covered their faces and fled at once. Several teachers looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

They had already called the police long ago, but for some reason, the police never came.

“Perhaps he really was wronged.” one teacher said with some regret. “But it was not necessary to use his life to prove it. Alas, a good student, what a pity.”

Hearing this discussion, Xu Junpo smiled and slowly walked out of the crowd.

“I deliberately damaged the principal’s transport vehicle, so at this time he should be at the repair shop. The head of the security team’s household security robot was damaged by my data-level attack, so right now he should be investigating the malfunctioning security robot together with the police. I also hacked their personal computing terminals and blocked all messages from the school. Now that life is so precious, as the direct persons responsible, neither of you were present. Then accept punishment for dereliction of duty. Hmph, this punishment is what you deserve.”

Xiao Yu did not know what was in Xu Junpo’s mind at this moment, but he did know that right now, Xu Junpo must be extremely pleased with himself.

“In the end, still a bit immature.” Xiao Yu thought silently. “If I had not stepped in to help you solve a few small problems, do you think you could have escaped the police’s grasp? Still, to display such powerful operational ability and meticulous thinking at such a young age, it seems Vichy indeed left you a very precious legacy. I am truly looking forward to it. You happened to be born at the critical moment when I am advancing from a Level 5 Civilization to a Level 6 Civilization. I want to see what contribution you will make to propel my technological progress.”

Regarding the superb abilities Xu Junpo displayed from childhood, Xiao Yu looked on with great anticipation. Xiao Yu absolutely did not believe that an intelligent being who grew up under the surveillance of his one ten-thousandth computing power would possess the ability to rebel against him and imprison him. Whether or not this was a conspiracy arranged by the Taihao Civilization, Xiao Yu planned to play along. This person was very dangerous, and Xiao Yu did have the intention to kill him, but before killing him, Xiao Yu planned to squeeze out all of his exploitable value.

“From a Level 5 Civilization to a Level 6 Civilization, there is a massive chasm between them. With the current research capacity, I do not have the confidence to cross it. Then, Xu Junpo, do your best.”

After leaving a portion of computing power to continue monitoring Xu Junpo, Xiao Yu once again devoted his focus to the vast construction tasks across the star system.

As for time, it had already been a full one hundred and eighty-plus years since Xiao Yu arrived in this star system. In another twenty years, Xiao Yu’s vast fleet would set sail and embark on a new journey.