Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 744:

He hesitated briefly before continuing,

“And get this — I just picked up on someone else hammering at the ship’s defense net. They’re no amateur. Boss… don’t tell me you jumped in because you thought I was drowning over here?”

Maia was at a loss.

“That wasn’t me,” she denied without hesitation. “I figured you and Polaris could handle a cargo ship’s system in your sleep.”

“Huh? Then who the heck is it?” the subordinate asked, his voice trailing into puzzled silence.

A subtle furrow appeared on Maia’s brow, a trace of realization dawning.

“If you noticed them, you must’ve gotten a trace. What did the IP point to?”

puts them somewhere in Wront,” he reported honestly. “That’s

narrowed. Now her curiosity was utterly piqued. Who else was playing in her backyard? She herself was in Wront and hadn’t heard whispers of any other elite hackers operating in

“Could be another smokescreen.”

“So, what now?”

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the same outcome we are. So keep pressing the

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domain, a wall of monitors burst into a flurry of flashing red alerts. The screens blinked with warnings like fireflies in

wave of attacks!” a covert operative reported, his voice tight with urgency, sweat beading along his temples. “This batch is bigger than the last — the number of active nodes has doubled!

had been reclining with the ease of a man in control, straightened with a

make me laugh. There’s no universe where those two would join forces. And it’s

leaned forward, his voice dropping like