Resurrecting the Genius Within

Chapter 273 Who is X?

“Instructor Dittman?”

On the screen, Chase had just stepped out of a teacher’s office.

George recognised the man on the screen as Isabelle’s drill instructor during her military training.

It was clearly a coincidence; it couldn’t really be him.

Isabelle glanced at the screen and then switched to a different feed.

Soon, White Owl called, saying he had found Ethan.

Ethan was unconscious in a storage room. White Owl quickly broke in and got him out, checking to make sure he was okay.

He took Ethan downstairs. When he spotted a teacher approaching. White Owl set him down and left.

The teacher found Ethan and took him to the infirmary,

The infirmary’s surveillance footage then appeared on Isabelle’s computer screen.

“It looks like he’s okay. George reassured Isabelle, asking, “Could it be the Dark Shadow?”

Isabelle didn’t answer but said, “We’ll ask Ethan when he wakes up.”

Dylan held his breath. He stared intently at Isabelle in disbelief.

It couldn’t be. She wasn’t even nineteen yet, but X had made a name eight years ago. How old was she back then?

But because of the familiar techniques, he couldn’t be mistaken.

In a flash of realisation, Dylan finally thought of something. He mustered his courage and asked, “Are

you… X?”

crossing paths with X months

the math problem challenge, the mysterious person he faced across the screen, whose technique was strikingly similar to X’s, was likely

had also faced X

had been the problem

X?” Dylan repeated. He was nervously watching Isabelle, his mind racing with

always imagined X to be a cool, aloof guy who wore dark, leisurely clothes and was

everyone.

style had similarities with

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nor acknowledging his question. Dylan understood–that reaction was answer enough. Dylan gasped. His mind was reeling.

she’s X!”

Finished

response was as indifferent as Isabelle’s, except his

and more disdainful.

his realisation and asked, “You knew all

the screen, even without being completely certain if the mysterious person was Isabelle, his boss had

he missed something?

What mattered was that Isabelle

had

making a name for himself on the hacker boards at a young age. But now he felt like a

still couldn’t accept

X was a girl

the scene eight years ago and dominated the hacker world, was someone he

was only eleven, she had already made a name for

at Isabelle’s face, Dylan repeatedly opened his mouth to speak but couldn’t find

to

mixed expression, unsure whether he was in pain or

after, Ethan woke

saying, “The teacher said you fainted at school. What happened? Are you

didn’t recognise asked me to help move some things, so I went with

“What did the

“He was a man. That’s all I remember.”