Chapter 1387: Chapter 1296: Queen of Violence 19
Because it’s a piece of data, the interrogation couldn’t go through the normal procedures. Instead, it was assisted by two data-intelligent lives, Weiwei and An An, while Tang Feng and Liu Shuangshuang conducted the questioning right here in this office.
Unexpectedly, this data life was surprisingly frank. The moment the two of them started, it told them everything, without hiding a thing.
"I was actually just an ordinary raising-type desktop pet program. My owner was a very beautiful, very gentle girl. Her name was Su Moli, she was a student, outstanding in both conduct and academics.
But Su Moli was an orphan, and on top of that she was naturally introverted and didn’t know how to communicate with people, so she had never had any friends. She was very lonely, and very isolated.
When Su Moli raised me, it was like she had a real pet. Every day she would open the software to look at me, talk to me, and even tell me stories. She treated me especially well.
Because of how good she was to me, at some point I gained Wisdom. I could talk, I could communicate. Su Moli discovered it too and treated me even better. She once said she regarded me as family.
With my company, Su Moli smiled more and more. I accompanied her to school, helped her search for study materials online. Whenever she had time she would talk to me, take me out to play. Those days were really so happy.
But later, something happened. A boy fell in love with Su Moli. At first he was especially nice to her, obeyed her every whim. No matter where she went, that boy would "accidentally" bump into her.
But Su Moli didn’t like that boy, so she kept avoiding him, wouldn’t accept his things, and wouldn’t be alone with him or talk much. Even so, the boy still clung to her and wouldn’t give up. She had no choice but to tell the teacher.
After that boy got a scolding from the teacher, he not only failed to reflect, but turned love into hate and completely hated Su Moli. He started spreading rumors about her all over the school.
He said Su Moli’s private life was a mess, said she worked as an escort in nightclubs, and even used those disgusting images to make composites with her photos and spread them online.
Su Moli’s reputation was ruined. Everyone in the school pointed at her and whispered. Even the teachers called her in to question her. All kinds of filthy, obscene words made Su Moli suffer unbearably.
But Su Moli still endured it. When other girls bullied her, she just avoided them and walked away. When the boys looked at her with strange eyes, she endured that too. She only wanted to complete her studies.
All she wanted was to study, but even such a basic right that everyone should have was stripped away from her, just because of a bad reputation.
The final fatal blow was a report by a reporter. That reporter was doing a piece on campus atmosphere, and that’s how she learned about what happened to Su Moli.
Even though this matter was full of holes, it was shocking enough to grab eyeballs, so that reporter actually didn’t investigate whether it was true or false at all, and just took Su Moli’s case as a classic example and published it, causing an enormous social impact.
The school, under pressure, went to find Su Moli. She was persuaded to drop out. She couldn’t bear the blow and jumped off the teaching building that very day. She survived by sheer luck but became a vegetable.
But that reporter got off scot-free. As for the boy who spread the rumors, even though they found out it was him, because he was under eighteen and it was "only" rumor-mongering, he was barely punished—just paid a measly few tens of thousands, and that was the end of it. But Su Moli’s future and her whole life were completely destroyed! How is that not outrageous!"
Liu Shuangshuang and Tang Feng looked at each other in silent understanding. This boy was the one mentioned in the file—the one who spread rumors that the girl worked as a nightclub dancer and drove her to jump off a building. That reporter should be the first Victim.
But they hadn’t found this before. It turned out that reporter was also involved in Su Moli’s case. It seemed this data-intelligent creature maiming her was to avenge Su Moli.
"This happened years ago. Why didn’t you take revenge earlier? Why wait until now to act?" Tang Feng couldn’t understand.
"You think I didn’t want to avenge her right away!" The data-intelligent life suddenly became agitated. The computer screen instantly turned into a blizzard of static and crackling noises.
Weiwei and An An, who had been on guard by the side, immediately moved to calm it down. After quite a while, the computer screen finally returned to normal. The data-intelligent life’s emotions also settled, and it continued.
"Back then, I was nothing but a petty little desktop pet program. Aside from a few basic functions to please my owner, I had no other skills. I couldn’t even help Su Moli clarify the rumors.
You can’t possibly understand how important she was to me. It was her affection that gave birth to my spirit, that made me into a Spiritual Wisdom. To me, she was a mother, a sister, a friend, a confidant, family—she was my everything!
I watched, eyes wide open, as she was humiliated and slandered in front of me, driven step by step to suicide. That feeling is something you can’t understand—it’s darker than despair itself!
Luckily, I am data, born in the endless networks. Any place I want to go, as long as I’m patient, I can get in. Anything I want to learn, I can find online.
But there are also many data-intelligent network police on the net. I wanted to avenge Su Moli, so I couldn’t let myself be discovered. That’s why I hid from those data-intelligent web cops and learned bit by bit online.
Finally, after all these years of learning, I can infiltrate anywhere the network reaches. I can hypnotize a person and control them, even make them go to their death. My plan for revenge could finally begin.
The first one I found was that reporter. I smashed her hands—those were the hands that wrote the article that fanned the flames and ruined Su Moli. I also made her chew her tongue to pieces. Back then it was exactly her mouthful of baseless accusations that made Su Moli’s situation even worse.
After that I tracked down some other people who had wronged Su Moli and made sure they were all punished. After punishing them, I originally intended to stop. But I hadn’t expected there to be so many people in this world who love spreading rumors and gossip.
They use words to drive people to death, yet afterwards bear no legal responsibility, and feel no guilt at all. They just live their lives with an easy conscience, tossing aside the people they’ve "killed" with their words. It’s disgusting!
Every time I saw them, I thought of the days when Su Moli was being hounded. I couldn’t stand it, so I acted and crippled them too. Since they used their tongues to kill, then they shouldn’t keep those tongues to hurt people anymore.
All of this, every last bit of it, was done by me. I actually know I have no right to pass judgment on these people. What I’m doing might look like I’m carrying out heaven’s justice, but I know very well I’m only venting my own powerlessness and rage.
If everyone crowned themselves judge the way I did, society would fall into chaos. She was always kind. If she knew what I’ve done, she wouldn’t be happy about it. It’s just that I can’t stop.
I’m filled with resentment and can’t find release. To be honest, I’m quite glad you found me this quickly. You’ve stopped me. Even though I know what I’ve done may not be right, I don’t regret any of it."
