Under the heiress facade

Chapter 489

Chapter 489

Roland grew defensive and protested loudly, "We're not your dogs, you know! Why should we have to prove to everyone that we didn't cheat?"

"Mrs. Atkins, don't expect us to apologize if you can't prove my brother's accusations are false. If anything, your son should apologize to my brother for pushing him and bruising his back," Gideon said with lethal calm as he stared at Mabel. Mabel bristled. She couldn't believe a family of nobodies had the nerve to go against the Atkinses.

Determined to put them in their place, she turned to Silas and said, "Silas, show them how you work the claw machine and shut these yapping lapdogs up! I want everyone here to see the Everetts for the unreasonable bottom-feeders that they are!"

A smug look flickered across Silas' face. It was true that he hadn't managed to pick up the console earlier. The claw machine looked like the common variant found in malls and arcades, but it had actually been modified by XS Corporation for hackers to challenge each other's programming skills.

particular, had been coded with an algorithm that affected the claw's grip. By decoding and reprogramming it, a hacker could adjust the grip of the claw and increase their chances of picking up a prize

earlier. If he proceeded with the

said. "But where's the fun in a one-sided demonstration? Let's have a friendly match. The person who picks up

Gideon, his gaze full of malicious glee. He was determined to make the latter pay for humiliating him in front of the other guests. He ranked 99 on the Global Hacker List, and he would be damned if he

win. He piped up arrogantly, "Well, how about it? Are

"I'm

generosity and suggested, "You could have your brother help you. I wouldn't want these people to think I

works," Gino argued

guests began to swarm around the claw machine when they caught word that a match was going on. Some of

the other side of the hall, Tyler had only just introduced Hera to Jim Hawkins, the Deputy Commissioner of the National Space Administration, when they heard the commotion on

Douglas