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?!"

twitched, and he had the urge to roll his eyes at the sight of his friend's

started the

Ben took a couple of ganders toward Katherine's unit. But too bad for him,

at Joaquin's apartment, they found a plastic bag hanging silently on

the bag down and reached for its content while grumbling, "Just what meathead is so unethical

hand shuddered from overwhelming emotions, after which he nearly dropped

toward Joaquin while stammering, unable to

freak-out caught Joaquin's attention, and the latter turned

This is the neurotoxin

upon hearing Ben's words, and he grabbed the vial only to widen his eyes in disbelief when he saw the word 'Xyadin'. At that, he looked

items like

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

compiled the surveillance data and sent them

the recovery program he wrote himself as soon as he got the data, but

as he looked at

man come out of the room. "Joaquin, are you saying that big shot is in Hovington

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

way can it be

Ben with utter delight. The Red Web was no ordinary channel. Only a small group of people knew of its existence, and Ben had actually

high membership tier in the Red Web and was even noted as

picture was dimmed. Clearly, they weren't online. Just the