A Replacement Bride

Chapter 92

"Z?" Joaquin narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

Jordan purely thought Joaquin didn't know who Z was, so he briefed his boss at once. "Z is a dark horse that emerged out of nowhere three years ago. They not only won that year's hacking competition but also hacked into Misvalco, Yevera, Giarona, and a few other countries' security centers. Until now, no one has been able to crack the super trojan they set up. They're an absolute legend in the hacking world. But I have a feeling Miss Cornell's ability is no less than Z's and might even actually surpass Z." The man got more excited the further he explained but then got disappointed mid-speaking. "Too bad Miss Cornell doesn't want to join Area Seven or teach us, or Cechirus' hacking techniques will become the forefront of the world."

"Are you for real? Is she really that good?" Ben's excitement stirred from hearing Jordan's story.

He was honestly shocked by Katherine's ability. Up till now, he hadn't seen anything the young woman wasn't capable of.

"Of course." Jordan nodded with affirmation, then turned excitedly to Joaquin. "Boss, can we really not have her join the team?"

"No," Joaquin answered impassively. Seeing that it was getting late and that the issue had been resolved, he led Ben out of Area Seven under Jordan's longing stare.

"Say, Joaquin, how do you suppose Miss Cornell learned all of this? Just how is it that she's able to learn so many things? Of course, she's pretty young, isn't she?" Ben still couldn't help reeling in Katherine's ability after getting into the car outside Area Seven.

Joaquin quirked a brow in response, just as baffled as Ben was. Previously, he had dug into Katherine and found that she had a pretty clean background.

If there was anything unusual about her, it'd be the five years she spent in Fontan. Nothing about her from that period could be fished out. Then again, it was practically impossible for someone to master medical science and advanced hacking techniques within a mere five years.

Very quickly, Joaquin diverted his attention to Ben, taking a gander at the latter and noting plainly, "You seem pretty concerned about her."

Chills ran down Ben's spine in an instant, and he hurriedly denied it with a shaking head. "No, no. I'm just rambling out loud. Are we going home or Soulin? That reminds me. The address I gave that big shot is Soulin's. They said they'll deliver it via intra-city express."

"Intra-city express?" Joaquin repeated with furrowed brows.

"Yeah, intra—" It wasn't until Ben reiterated that he realized what it meant. "Holy sh*t! Intra-city express! Boss is in the same city as me?! They're also here in Hovington?!"

roll his eyes at the sight of his friend's buffoonery. "To Soulin

in acknowledgment and started the engine, leaving

was still early when they arrived at Soulin International, and Ben took a couple of ganders toward Katherine's unit. But too bad for him, the young woman never

a plastic bag hanging silently on the doorknob. The bag looked like just about any other random

grumbling, "Just what meathead is so

he saw what was written on it, his hand

stammering, unable

latter turned to his friend. "What

This is the neurotoxin the… the b-big guy

vial only to widen his eyes in disbelief when he saw the word 'Xyadin'. At that, he

customer's items

he hurriedly unlocked the door, entered a room with the item in his hand, and switched the computer on to retrieve the surveillance footage at the

in the footage. After a moment of silence, he compiled the surveillance data

got to work using the recovery program he wrote himself as soon as he got the

thought as he looked at the ceramic

that big shot is in Hovington

reason, Katherine's face flashed across his mind, but the next second,

can

now," said Ben with utter delight. The Red Web was no

hand, the big shot held a super high membership tier in the Red Web and was even noted as the OG. It was evident that they were one of the creators of the Red

However, their profile picture was dimmed.