Chapter 2764 - 1871: Fanning the Flames (A Joke from the Ancient Era 4) (Part 2)

Chapter 2764: Chapter 1871: Fanning the Flames (A Joke from the Ancient Era 4) (Part 2)

"The premise is exposure, which is why I came to you."

Duanmu Huai looked at Jiutoulong Naito.

"After all, you’re also a victim of this system. Money probably doesn’t matter to you, but you’re the only one who almost lost your life. Given your background, you know people in that area, so I came to you, hoping you could connect me with some media folks. When the time comes, I’ll get in touch with them and expose this matter... Hehehe, that would be interesting."

"But if that’s the case, wouldn’t Hope Peak... and my brother too..."

Jiutoulong Naito wasn’t a fool; she knew the consequences for Hope Peak Academy if this matter were exposed.

"This is also for your brother."

Duanmu Huai stared at Jiutoulong Naito, speaking in a low voice.

"I can’t discuss the details, but you should know, this plan involves sacrificing talented individuals... You wouldn’t want your brother to be a sacrifice, would you?"

"A sacrifice..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Jiutoulong Naito trembled slightly. His voice quietly crept into the depths of her heart as if countless mouths were whispering within her.

Don’t you want revenge? You’ve sacrificed so much for this hope, but it all turned out to be fake...

Exactly, we must show Hope Peak a lesson!

This is also for my brother...

"..."

Gradually, Jiutoulong Naito’s eyes became resolute, and she lifted her head to look at Duanmu Huai.

"Alright, teacher, I’ll find someone to contact you."

"I’ll leave it to you then."

Duanmu Huai couldn’t leave the school, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t find someone to help—well, the methods of the Ancient Dominator are sometimes quite useful.

Jiutoulong Naito acted swiftly. Two days after leaving school, she called Duanmu Huai and introduced him to a media reporter. Duanmu Huai contacted him and passed on some of his data. Although the reporter was uneasy about the matter, given that Hope Peak Academy had a wide influence, and once this was reported, it could cause a major uproar.

But under Duanmu Huai’s "reassurance," he eventually decided, like Jiutoulong Naito, to sacrifice for humanity and justice and make sure to expose the matter!

The best part of modern society is the vast and fast spread of media information. Almost within a day, the internet was flooded with news about Hope Peak Academy establishing preparatory courses to gather money for human experimentation.

"Good, good."

Standing on the teaching building’s top, Duanmu Huai nodded in satisfaction as he watched the bustling entrance below. Not only were there students from the preparatory courses at the gate, but also many media reporters. In fact, the most infuriated by this exposure were the preparatory course students who came here lured by a vague hope, only to pay a large sum of money. Now to be told it was all a lie and they were tricked into coming here for money?

How can this be tolerated?

Students are the easiest to incite, and soon those from the preparatory courses gathered to protest loudly, joined by their parents. The tuition for preparatory courses was expensive, forcing ordinary people to exhaust their resources. Furthermore, wealthy families, like those of Jiutoulong Naito, had influential parents among the students.

They were naturally outraged, voicing their accusations to the media.

Not to mention, to draw attention, Duanmu Huai even exposed a part of the Shinza Ichiru’s plan, saying the subjects for human experimentation would be chosen from the preparatory courses!

Now everyone was in an uproar.

Not only do you want our money, but you also want our lives? What kind of school are you, Hope Peak? A scam?

Good, good, I really want to see how the school plans to resolve this.

Duanmu Huai watched with a smile as the crowd below protested loudly, and those security guards desperately trying to prevent students from rushing into the campus, nodding in satisfaction.

Don’t you, Cunning Deception, enjoy change? Then how about I give you something big, like a nuclear option?

Just as Duanmu Huai anticipated, at Hope Peak Academy’s board meeting, it was already a chaotic situation.

"What’s going on? How did this plan get leaked out!"

"Our top priority now is to immediately state that all of this is unfounded..."

"They have evidence! Do you want to deny the stamps on those documents are from you?"

"That’s the issue. The Shinza Ichiru plan was a top-secret document; how did it get leaked?"

"Was it you? I’ve always known you opposed this plan..."

"What makes you think it’s me? I oppose the plan, but I’m not stupid enough to expose the unfavorable parts!"

The old principal sat in his chair, brow furrowed, as he watched the quarreling board members with a serious expression. He also disapproved of the artificial genius plan, but he couldn’t understand who would turn the tables this way. Although the old principal knew there were dissenters on the board, their goal was merely to seize power. Previously, their struggles were conducted below the surface, not in such a direct confrontation.

Given the situation, continuing operation of Hope Peak Academy was in question. In fact, the government had already applied substantial pressure on them...

"What if we just publicly share this plan?"

However, at that moment, the old principal heard a surprising suggestion. He looked up at the board member proposing this idea.

"What are you talking about? Are you mad?"

"I’m not! We supported this plan because we believed it could advance humanity, right? I believe it’s not only us who think this way. Since things have reached this point, we might as well clarify everything, tell people we’re making a great genius for humanity’s future! In that case..."

"You’re insane, this is simply..."

"No, hold on, he has a point. I supported this plan because of its future promise, didn’t I?"

"But revealing it to the public would certainly cause unrest!"

"I think it’s also a good approach! We haven’t even conducted human experimentation yet! We’re still in the theoretical and preliminary research phases!"

"Putting it that way... it seems reasonable..."

Soon, the sentiment shifted, and many supporters agreed with the proposal. After all, though they were Hope Peak’s board members, they weren’t maniacs desiring world destruction. They supported the research because they genuinely believed this plan could benefit humanity.

They cared more about honor and status since if the plan succeeded, they’d be immortalized as initiators and advocates!

So they didn’t originally see it as something needing concealment!

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, the old principal furrowed his brows even more. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a tall, burly figure at the corner behind everyone, fiddling with a phone. But when he blinked and looked again, there was nothing.

Maybe my old eyes are deceiving me.

After that, the discussion continued for an hour before it was decided to partially disclose the plan’s content to the public to seek their understanding and support.

"Then, it’s settled!"

With the chairperson’s final decision, the board members breathed a sigh of relief and opened their phones, but their expressions quickly changed.

"No, this is bad!"

"What is it?"

The old principal asked, seeing the pale face of a nearby board member.

"Just half an hour ago, the media released another piece of news!"

The board member swallowed nervously, looking at the old principal.

"They claim our plan intends to resurrect the creator of the academy—Shinza Ichiru!"

"...???"

At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded.