Chapter 96
Under the watch of the surveillance cameras.
lan clutched his laptop and hid in a small, completely sealed room.
The moment he approached the room, the surveillance feed crackled with static.
“Clever kid, knowing to hide in a room that blocks surveillance and listening devices to do his work p>
Mr. Harrison was smiling when he said this, but it was an icy smile.
After all, lan was a student he had brought here. Who would have thought his own student would pull something like this?
He remembered when Serena had reminded him to keep a close eye on lan. He had truly felt it was a shame a shame that such a talented individual had such poor character. It was also a shame that he himself had poured his heart into cultivating a student, only to raise an ungrateful traitor.
The surveillance feed crackled for over a minute before finally settling down, the image becoming perfectly clear again.
An expert next to him couldn’t help but click his tongue and sigh softly. “As expected of Miss Lancaster. She anticipated he would use anti-surveillance tools to avoid detection and had already planted a new program in the laptop p>
Serena’s laptop was bait-bait for a very big fish.
And so, through the crystal-clear surveillance feed, they watched as lan connected
a special device and attempted to crack into Serena’s computer.
As time went on, lan broke out in a sweat, his expression growing more frantic and his temper more frayed.
He tried every method, every command, deploying all of his skills.
However, the computer was like an iron fortress, giving him absolutely no opening to breach it.
“Damn it! What level of encryption is this? Why can’t I crack it?!” lan’s face was ashen, and sweat poured down, nearly soaking his shirt.
The more agitated he became, the harder it was to break through the complex program before him.
Red warnings for “ACCESS DENIED” and “ILLEGAL INTRUSION” continuously flashed on the screen.
Suddenly, the computer emitted a piercing alarm.
A new red warning popped up on the screen-TRACKING PROGRAM ACTIVATED!
The glaring red light made lan’s face instantly turn pale. An indescribable fear spread through his heart.
In that moment, he seemed to realize something p>
Serena’s identity and abilities were likely far beyond his imagination. It was highly possible that Serena was even far superior to Mr. Harrison.
lan’s face grew paler, almost gray, and his heart pounded so hard it felt like it would leap out of his throat.
He stared at the red alert on the screen, his trembling fingers reaching for his own laptop. He opened a heavily encrypted communication program and contacted someone.
In the main control room, Mr.
Harrison watched lan’s terrified
expression and the entire process of
him contacting his handler. He
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clenched his fists tightly. No one. could
of
accept seeing such an act espionage, especially when the person involved was a student he once had such high hopes for.
“Ian triggered the tracking alert. To save himself and to claim credit, he will definitely contact his master for protection and support,” Serena said, her gaze on the screen growing colder. “And the core data for ‘Project Aegis
On the screen, lan’s conversation with someone named “Siphon” was’-this bait is one they will certainly take.” displayed in full, along with the IP address of the message he received.
Her slender fingers tapped on the console. “The chain of evidence is complete. Monitor all communication bands and suspicious signals. Prepare to close the net p>
“We’ve been watching Siphon’s
network in East Asia for a long time.
This time, thanks to you Miss Langester, we can lure the snake
from its hole and pull it out by the roots,” Nicholas said, his posture still relaxed, a slight curl at the corner of his eye.
But the moment he picked up the communicator, his entire demeanor sharpened. “The fish is on the hook, the snake has struck. Prepare to close the net. Ensure they are caught red-handed p>
Mr. Harrison looked at the two of them standing so close together. Although they barely spoke, their every move was perfectly synchronized, as if they knew what the other needed without a word being said.
Mr. Harrison ran a hand through his graying hair. He knew it was all over now. With Serena on the case, there was no escape for the other party.
He finally relaxed, sighing inwardly. Ah, to be young!
Government action was swift. Acting on the precise location provided by the Elyndor Institute of Advanced Sciences, agents from the Department of Defense broke down the door and apprehended lan before he even had a chance to react, catching him red-handed.
Simultaneously, following the trail from “Siphon,” the Department of Defense launched a swift, covert operation. They successfully
captured several Norvane spiel
hiding in Vaelion City, as wellas the individuals behind Siphon Using a program provided by Serena t the destroyed all network data related to their attempts to steal the core technology of “Project Aegis p>
Five days passed in a flash.
During those five days, Isabella was on edge.
Ever since she had delivered Serena’s laptop to lan, she hadn’t been able to contact him at all. Her calls went from unanswered to his phone being turned off.
She had been waiting for him to dig up some dirt on Serena, but now that he was unreachable, she started to panic. She had no idea where lan had taken Serena’s computer or what he planned to do with it.
She even went to D University to ask about him, only to hear that no one had seen lan for five days. Five days ago—the same day she had given him Serena’s laptop.
The more Isabella thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, her anxiety growing… She wondered if she should tell Serena about this. What if lan had done something with the laptop and Serena found out? What if the family found out?
The more she thought, the more she panicked.
She returned home, still debating whether to say anything p>