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Chapter 30

Stanley was momentarily simed.

His mind was still a bit fogaty, and it took him a moment to prosess what she said. He spun around, turned on the computer, and glanced at the game interface. What had once had only a few million users now boasted over a billion

At the same time, his phone started buzzing non–stop in his pocket. He pulled it out and saw his Hacker Alliance groupe chat blowing up with notifications.

Stanley tapped into the chat and saw the chaos unfolding

Is it true? Did that girl actually steal the game’s source code from DigitalKey Group today?!

[Wow, this is insane! You guys have no idea–the chans outside was nuts after the game got updated.)

Stanley skimmed through the messages and found out that, while they were getting wiped out left and right in the game, DigitalKey Group had reported the source code theft to the police and issued a notice telling all users to stop playing

But not long after, players started flooding the comments, saying not only could the game still be played, but it was also running smoother and was way more fun than before.

As more players chimed in, some of the hardcore fans suggested that professional eSports teams and popular streamers should give it a shot. Within two hours of the update going live, the servers crashed–everyone got wiped out and booted

offline.

That one chaotic battle turned the game into a viral sensation,

While eSports teams and streamers were stuck grinding away in a hellish dungeon, the game’s user base, once practically invisible, shot up to over a billion players.

Realizing what was happening, DigitalKey Group was completely stunned. No one was asking for a cut of the profits, Eventually, they retracted their police report and updated their website, posting a friendly invite for the hacker behind the source code theft to join DigitalKey Group.

The twist was so wild that it became the top headline on every major news platform.

Even the police, who had been played for fools, were in their office venting their frustration.

“Well, great. This time, it’s the Economic Crime Unit that got duped. A serious hacker theft case turned into a job offer,” one officer muttered, shaking his head.

“Well, serves them right. Remember how they laughed at us when we were stuck in that neighborhood dispute? Then we cracked a huge drug case. The look on their faces when we pulled it off was so satisfying!” another officer said, laughing.

took a slow sip of his coffee and listened to his team gossip with exaggerated detail. Lately, he couldn’t shake the feeling that

get a lead. Sometimes, they’d spend weeks in the station, doing nothing but waiting.

with the rich kids, for example, they’d been taken all the way to the border, and the complaints at the police department had piled up, but when they got busy dealing with the case, those kids

was that jewelry store robbery–the hostage situation at the massive mall. If that drunk guy had pulled the trigger, it could’ve triggered a full–blown panic, and they would’ve had a real disaster on their

were also drug busts and teacher misconduct cases. Every single

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with mind–blowing speed.

back on it all, he realized there had been one

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victim in that one? Did she have anything to do with it?” Bennett asked, narrowing his eves

the officers glanced at him, furrowing his brow as he thought for a moment. “I don’t think so. You don’t think she was the one who helped those kids escape,

pretty incredible things in the past couple of weeks. But then he paused. Maybe he was just overthinking it–he had been paying way too

situation. I’ve heard they’ve got a leader now. They might be planning something

officer replied, giving a sharp nod before turning back

but she had no clue she was the talk of the town. The Hacker

system. After a couple of rounds of fighting them off, she traced their IP addresses–and to her surprise, all of them were coming from

and rushed to find her, looking serious. “Just got a private message from DigitalKey Group. They told me we need to be extra careful. Some international game company hired hackers to dig up your identity.”

stayed focused on the firewall and

doorframe. “Business wars these days are just as cutthroat as real gunfights. “He gave her a look that said she had no idea how deep this rabbit hole went. “If they figure out who you are, they might bribe

the last patch and then stared at him, confused, “Bribe

and maybe even a green card to

just shrugged. I

his shoulders in a resigned way, thinking that compared to all that, a small cake would probably be more tempting to Quinlyn. “But DigitalKey Group is a huge deal. The boss personally messaged me. He wants to meet

just polite to reply to someone who reached out

reminder. [Your other games have

been sipping water, suddenly sprayed it all over

harsh her reply was.

top game companies in the country, known for its top–tier graphics and fun levels. And here was Quinlyn–sitting in

felt it was almost laughable.