While she was thinking about it, Nora said, "No, it's fine."
Brenda was taken aback. "Huh?"
Nora's lips curled into a smile. "Q alone is more than enough to deal with her."
Brenda was a little dumbfounded at first.
The next moment, however, she suddenly realized something. She swallowed hard. "Nora, you... you have Q
helping you out? W-where is he?"
No wonder Nora wasn't in a panic all this time!
"... Q has been here all along."
Brenda became even more astonished. "But we did not notice a third person in the room!... Oh, I see!"
Brenda exclaimed. Just as Nora thought that she had finally understood what she meant, she instead heard Brenda say, "Does Q only need to provide support online? So, he doesn't have to be present at all?!"
Nora:"..."
Never mind. Since she had misunderstood, then so be it.
Seeing that she wasn't saying anything, Brenda assumed tacit agreement. She immediately started to tease her. "Nora, have you seen Q in person before?"
"... Yes."
After all, she had to look in the mirror every morning after she woke up and went to wash up, right?!
Brenda became even more interested. "Then... is he handsome?"
Nora:"?"
"He must be very handsome, right?! People with technical skills are usually very handsome! Nora, how sneaky! How can you hide a handsome guy all to yourself and not introduce him to me?!"
Nora, who found her really noisy, cut her off. "I've found Yvonne."
Morris' voice rang out in a timely fashion. "Arrest her at
once!"
In a small dark room somewhere.
Yvonne had been brought there after she came out of prison.
This was a room in a small guest house and was only a few square feet big. Apart from a single bed, the only other thing in the room was the computer.
Even the toilet in the room she used to occupy when she was living in the Smiths' manor was bigger than this!
But she knew she had no right to protest.
She and Hillary had both taken the genetic modification drug. Hillary had died because she couldn't withstand the drug's effects.
But she had succeeded.
God knows how excited she had been when she discovered that her understanding of hacking had become so clear that it was like the fog lifting!
She knew that she would be able to take her revenge very soon!
Those among the Smiths who had looked down on her, those who had bullied her... all of them would receive retribution very soon!
She was in a very good mood. Those people would be suffering while she welcomed a new life and became the new god of hacking!
Q?
Y?
What was the big deal about them? From now on, the world of hackers would be hers to triumph in!
Yvonne was so excited at the thought that she was even trembling a little.
Why did the computer in front of her suddenly blackout, though?
Yvonne's first reaction was that the computer's electricity supply had gone out—because, given her skills, she didn't think that anything would go wrong with her hacking!
But when she went to look at the power supply, she found that the power supply was plugged in.
She was taken aback. When she stayed there and thought for a while, the computer screen turned on again.
A few words appeared on the screen:
'Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you know a little bit of hacking?'
This was... she had been invaded!
She stared flabbergasted at her flawless defensive firewall.
Her fingers trembled as she typed: 'Who are you?'
The other party: 'Q.'
As the alphabet appeared, Yvonne immediately understood something.
She sprung to her feet. Just as she was about to run to the door, someone suddenly kicked the door open. Then, a group of people rushed in!
"Freeze!"
"You're under arrest!"
"We've caught her."
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Charming Lady Hard to Chase After Being Dumped