Free Web NovelChapter 148: Chapter 127: Hardcore Badass: Chu Bamboo Arc (2)
"Listen up, this is important: Zhao Shao believed Chu Bamboo’s contributions were no less than his own!"
"We all know what kind of person Zhao Shao is. He was a rising star of the twenty-first century, the Father of AI in the East. This alone shows you just how formidable Chu Bamboo was."
"In a way, you could even say Chu Bamboo is half a father of AI himself... Sigh. I know I haven’t even posted this video yet, but I can already hear Zhao Shao’s die-hard fans getting ready to tear me a new one."
"..." Chu Bamboo’s lip twitched as he watched the screen flood with a dense barrage of vulgar comments. ’Are you trying to preemptively defend yourself or something?’
"But we deal in evidence here, not baseless speculation," Big Rat said, his tone still calm. "The timing of when Zhao Shao gave him credit is key—it was *after* Chu Bamboo changed his nationality!"
"By that point, Chu Bamboo’s reputation in the Divine Continent had hit rock bottom. Zhao Shao had absolutely no reason to speak well of him. In fact, during that phase, many people who had known Chu Bamboo chose to kick him while he was down. Very few remained silent, and the number who actually spoke up for him was next to none. There were only two in total."
"One was Zhao Shao, the President of Z Intelligent Company. The other was Lin Xia, the former CEO of C Mechanical Company and current General Manager of Z Intelligent Company..."
"So that could only have been what he truly thought."
"Of course, this piece of information probably didn’t get much traction. The video where he said it was heavily criticized by a lot of people... In the end, it seems it was forcibly taken down, scrubbed from the internet, and all discussion about it was suppressed. Anyway, that’s the gist of it!"
"Second, Chu Bamboo must have had shares in Z Intelligent Company at the start! I’m not sure of the exact percentage... but we are certain that after he left for the White-headed Eagle Country, Chu Bamboo had no way of interfering with Z Intelligent Company!"
"Friends, can you imagine if Z, C, and Celestial Net Company were all controlled by the White-headed Eagle? Can you fathom how terrifying that would be? I, for one, can’t even bear to think about it!"
Big Rat’s voice held a trace of lingering fear. "I’d go so far as to say that in the decade surrounding that event, it was the closest the White-headed Eagle ever came to completely dominating the world again! And you think Chu Bamboo didn’t know? He was a globally recognized genius! A bona fide super-genius! The man hailed as a real-life Iron Man! Of course he knew what was happening!"
"Based on all the available information, I can say with certainty: he did it on purpose."
"Back then, he may have been setting the board for a much larger game... And I’m not just spouting some ’grand chessboard’ conspiracy theory! All the signs point to it!"
"In fact, judging from all the signs... the White-headed Eagle Country... probably... most likely... maybe... didn’t trust Chu Bamboo at all, did they?"
"In a situation where both sides distrusted each other, where they were holding things back and actively undermining one another, you’re telling me Chu Bamboo changed his nationality to defect to the ’free world’? If you believe that, I seriously have to question your intelligence..."
"...To this day, I still suspect that the reason Chu Bamboo later committed those horrific acts—things I can’t even mention in this video—is because something happened to his family in the White-headed Eagle Country. This whole thing might have been a trap for him from the very beginning."
"?" A vein twitched in Chu Bamboo’s temple. ’Be a little more specific, would you? What’s that about "horrific acts"? And "things I can’t even mention"? You mean you’d get censored if you said it, right?’
And... family!
Big Rat continued his narration. "That’s why Chu Bamboo was later charged with crimes against humanity! That’s why he relentlessly sought revenge against the Western world and publicly issued that famous proclamation—"
"He said: ’Beneath the surface of the Western world, there lurks a deep state controlled by aliens! If they are not stopped, and completely and utterly exterminated, then humanity will sooner or later walk the path to self-destruction and extinction!’"
"But regardless, here was a man who, as a member of a discriminated and oppressed minority in White-headed Eagle society, rose to the Peak of the world... At his zenith, he could use C Mechanical Company to interfere in the affairs of most of the world’s regions, easily topple a small nation, and was hailed as the man who single-handedly pushed the world one giant leap closer to a Cyberpunk Society. His actions, his terrifying talent, his horrifyingly strong vengefulness, and his ideology—all of these made him a figure of both infamy and acclaim worldwide."
"Even within the White-headed Eagle Country itself, Chu Bamboo has countless admirers. This fanatical fervor is so strong that even the White-headed Eagle Officials can’t suppress it. The only thing they can do is give any news related to him the cold shoulder treatment..."
"Here’s another fun fact for you. The currently popular New Religion in the White-headed Eagle Country is called the ’First Church’! Its original divine prototype was likely Chu Bamboo himself. The ’First’ is ’Chu’—as in his surname. To avoid Official suppression, they likely took a Chinese homophone for his surname, ’chū’ which means ’first,’ translated *that* into English, and then founded the church. It’s a classic case of an idea being exported, re-imported with a new label, and then exported all over again."
"Yeah, I know, a lot of you are probably going to call me out on this. So I’m posting the evidence right here... This has actually been circulating on forums outside the country for a while now. It’s just, you know, Western censorship is incredibly tight! *Ahem*..."
"There’s actually one more thing that strongly suggests Chu Bamboo never held any real animosity toward the Divine Continent. And that is... you can actually discuss him online in the Divine Continent! He isn’t one of those taboo subjects you can’t even mention."
"You’ve all probably noticed that, right? I mean, if he were truly a forbidden topic... I wouldn’t be able to post this video, would I? If you really think about it, the Official attitude here tells you a lot. Even after Chu Bamboo’s death was confirmed, our side was... well, how should I put it... Anyway, I think that’s ironclad proof right there!"
