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?”

addresses, but my analysis puts them

her eyes 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

“Could be another smokescreen.”

“So, what now?”

then spoke with calm

looks like they’re chasing the same outcome we are. So keep pressing the attack. If the

the subordinate replied

story is at

monitors burst into a flurry of flashing red alerts. The screens blinked with warnings like fireflies in a forest blaze — his defense system

is bigger than the last — the number of active nodes has doubled! And

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

“What’s next — are you going to tell me it’s ST and Polaris teaming up? Don’t make me laugh. There’s no universe where those two would join forces. And it’s even less likely that two different genius-level groups would decide to

his voice dropping like