Zeke was at a loss for words, and there, he gave up on the idea of telling Mr. Hardy the truth.Even though he knew that his chances of winning were not high, Mr. Hardy was right. He was representing Northon Institute.'It seems that I've got to be serious this time,' he concluded."I got it, Mr. Hardy," Zeke said.Mr. Hardy heaved a sigh of relief when he had finally received some reassurance from Zeke's eyes. "Do your best if that's the case. Don't let me down."However, Zeke sighed after hearing Mr. Hardy's words.He had started out hacking for fun, and he was not expecting pressure like this at all.Undoubtedly, Nicole had gained a lot of attention after her performance at the semi-finals, so much so that even Rowdon became a little curious. 'The way she codes looks really familiar...'However, he did not dare to think any further than that. He had already met a master in Zeke, and he could not afford to go up against another genius in this contest.Rowdon then took a deep
Zeke did not look as laid-back as last year anymore. Instead, he became very serious.On the contrary... Nicole was smiling faintly without moving her hands, looking very unperturbed.Mr. Zach's heart dropped upon seeing that."Nicole... hurry up!" he reminded Nicole softly.However, Nicole was not feeling nervous at all. Instead, she began observing her opponents' progress.Ryder and Gary, who were working in peace, had switched to the mode of attacking their opponents aggressively. Because they knew who Nicole was, they decided to give the battle their all. Even though they could never be a match for her, it was an honor for them to be able to compete alongside their idol!Nicole swept her gaze across them and teased, "You guys are too slow."A cold chuckle issued from her, and that was when she started typing away on her keyboard. Lines of codes began appearing on her screen, and the flow of the game changed at an instant.The nine finalists were supposed to be battling one
Such an invasion had left her opponent no way to fight back. Even the host had never seen such an intense competition before. "In our past competitions, most people just crashed their opponents' computers. This is the first time someone has blacked out their opponent's computer directly."The atmosphere was exhilarating! Just as the host and the crowd were cheering, Gary could not hold on any longer and shouted, "I can't take it anymore!"Immediately, his computer blacked out. However, unlike others, his face showed no sense of defeat. Instead, he felt a sense of satisfaction. "Sheesh! This match was spectacular!" Gary exclaimed. He finally fulfilled his long-awaited dream to compete until he was worn out while taking on his idol. Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Gary turned to look at Ryder.Ryder was typing very intensely and quickly on the keyboard. His forehead was littered with sweat too. However, he was doomed to failure with no power to turn the tables. After two minutes, Ry
They had no idea that Rowdon and the host had heard their entire conversation. Both of them were dumbstruck."Master Lynch. Did I hear that right?" The host looked at Rowdon, stunned. 'Did Zeke say he was trying to beat the first-ranked player on the international hacker leaderboard?'"Could that girl be...?""Lucifer?!" Rowdon and the host exclaimed in unison. The crowd was in an uproar."Lucifer?""Did the host just say that the girl was Lucifer?""No way?! The Lucifer that's on the international hacker leaderboard?""It must be her! Zeke just said that himself! He said he was going to try and beat the first-ranked player!""Oh my gosh! It's really Lucifer!" The crowd was in a frenzy, with some people even standing up."Oh, my God! The first and second-ranked top hackers are battling here?!""This is a scene not even money could buy!""Unbelievable! The first and second-ranked top hackers are high schoolers?"The shouts of surprise and cheers came one after another!"Com
Zeke tried to fight back. But then, with a swish, his computer screen went black. Zeke was stunned into silence. He had lost so thoroughly with no room to maneuver. He tried so hard, yet he still lost to her. After all this while, after he had put so much effort into improving himself, he still had a long way to go to catch up to Nicole.At that moment, the crowd went silent for a brief moment before erupting in cheers."She won!""Lucifer won!""As expected for the top hacker on the leaderboard! That was amazing!""Incredible!" Everyone could not help but cheer for Nicole.Meanwhile, Royal Creek Institute students were all jumping excitedly. "Nicole won!""We've taken back the championship!"Even Mr. Zach was emotional, with tears in his eyes. He led the students and rushed over to Nicole. "Congratulations, Nicole!"Nicole never expected Mr. Zach to be so excited as it was just a competition to her. She felt a little helpless at the sight of her classmates looking up to her.
No one had expected Nicole to be a top hacker. If Sebastian had known, he would have called her to help with things in the Wyance family.Nicole smiled. "Thank you."Sebastian then presented the awards to Zeke and Ryder. A loud bang sounded as the confetti cannons went off, raining glittering papers down on them. The teachers went on stage to take pictures with the winners. Mr. Zach instantly came over to Nicole. He took a picture with Nicole and Ryder proudly.Mr. Hardy approached Zeke with a gloomy expression while enviously glancing at Mr. Zach. His once enthusiastic-expression to Zeke was nowhere to be seen. However, Zeke did not care. The people in school had no idea about his real identity, so it was normal for the teachers to treat him this way. It was better for him now that Mr. Hardy would not bother him anymore.After taking the pictures, the people from Royal Creek Institute wanted to leave. Mr. Hardy suddenly thought of the things Mr. Zach had done to him and got angry.
With that thought in mind, Mr. Hardy straightened up and said firmly, "There's a defamation law as well!"Nicole saw that he was incorrigible and said coldly, "Don't worry. There are many surveillance cameras on the scene. We could definitely check if I defamed you or not."Mr. Hardy now panicked. He only thought of dealing with Mr. Zach just now and forgot that there were surveillance cameras. "There were so many people on stage just now. Are you sure the surveillance camera from afar could have gotten any footage?" Mr. Hardy tried to argue, hoping to weasel his way out.Nicole chuckled at his actions. "Even though the surveillance cameras are far away, did you forget there are cameras everywhere?" Nicole said while glancing at the audience. Only then did Mr. Hardy realize that the cameras might have captured his every move.At this moment, Sebastian, who was ready to present his closing speech on stage, walked up to them. He narrowed his brows. "What happened?" Just now he saw a
'If I knew that little girl knew the governor, I would've never opposed her!' Mr. Hardy thought."Let the police handle the case. We cannot tolerate such people," Sebastian ordered coldly.The director immediately instructed, "Security! Get him out of here! Report to the police when you're on the way.""Yes, sir!" The security guards went straight up to Mr. Hardy and took him away.Mr. Hardy gave a horrible shriek. "No! I was wrong! Don't treat me like this!"Northon Institute cared about reputation the most! If he was sent to the police during the competition, he would definitely lose his job! However, no one was paying attention to him. Even Zeke and the students at Northon Institute thought he had brought shame to the school.After this incident passed, the host hurriedly resumed and let Sebastian begin his closing speech. The crowd continued to cooperate behind him. Under the director's commands, the shooting of the competition finally ended.After everyone left, Zeke told N