You're Out Daddy

Chapter 408

Kenneth kept quiet as he watched Miguel fight his opponent.

As the windows flashed on the screen, Miguel's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Finally, with a loud thump, Miguel smacked his hands on the keyboard.

“What's wrong?” Kenneth asked.

“I...” Miguel hesitantly started, finding it hard to answer Kenneth.

“You lost?” Kenneth quirked a brow.

Despite his reluctance to admit it, it was still a fact. Hence, Miguel nodded with much difficulty. “The other person has tracked me down. Now, not only do they know that I've been stalking them, but they even know our location.”

“Is it that simple?”

Miguel drew his brows together as if he had been humiliated by Kenneth's dubious gaze. “I...”

He wanted to say something, but he did not know how to phrase his words. After a while of thinking about it, he uttered, “There aren't many people in this world who are better at this than me. One is Shadow Seeker, and the other is Anonymous. There are two more, actually, but those two never appeared after the competition ranking at Hacker Community was published. So, I'm not bluffing when I say that I'm in fifth place!”

“Fifth place... Are you sure about that?”

“Of course. Or at least, that's the case at the Hacker Community's ranking,” Miguel replied.

Kenneth raised his brows at the sight of Miguel's agitated demeanor. “If not for the ranking?”

“It'll be hard to say if we put aside the ranking, but hackers will all come to the Hacker Community to compete with each other. Who would know who's better if not for the ranking?” Miguel uttered.

A hint of gloom then flashed past Miguel's face as he looked at his computer. “Why am I bumping into so many experts recently? This is so strange.”

With that, Miguel began chatting with the other person.

He typed: May I have the honor of knowing your name?

The other person was silent for a moment before replying: I am nameless.

Miguel asked: Nameless? Why haven't I heard of you before? Did you not join the Hacker Community's competition?

The other person typed: Miguel, it seems like you aren't as smart as I thought you'd be.

Miguel's eyes widened before he rapidly typed: You know who I am? How did you know it was me?

The other person gloomily replied to his questions: I genuinely don't know how you ended up in the top five with a brain like this.

Miguel turned speechless.

At that very moment, he knew well that the other person was much, much more skillful than him.

Nevertheless, the other person did not seem to have any malicious intent, so Miguel answered: I admit that I'm not as skillful as you, but you can't say that I'm stupid. I have a high IQ!

The person: Yes, yes. Sure.

Miguel typed: Who are you, really?

The person: Take a guess.

Miguel mulled over it before responding: Are you Shadow Seeker?

The person: No. I'm Shadow Seeker's fan.

At that, Miguel gasped and typed: You're Anonymous?

The person: My, you're not as dumb as I think you are.

Again, Miguel was rendered speechless.

He had only guessed it was Anonymous because he heard others talk about how Anonymous was Shadow Seeker's fan, for Anonymous had chatted about it in private. Although one was in the first place and the other was in the second, the second place felt no envy at all, nor did he seem to want to surpass the first place. It was as if Anonymous was content with being a protector of the other.

Miguel typed in disbelief: Are you really Anonymous?

Anonymous: What's the matter? Do you have a problem with that?

Miguel agitatedly typed: I... I just never thought I'd be able to interact with you one day. Even though I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, I... I'm your fan!

Anonymous was speechless for a while.

Is it that easy to get a fan? he wondered.

Miguel proceeded to write in excitement: Where are you? Can we meet?

Anonymous: Sorry. I can't.

Miguel: Then... Then can you leave your contact details? I'd like to get to know you!

Anonymous wasted no time rejecting him: No.

Miguel: All right...

Miguel was disappointed by Anonymous' outright rejection. Right then, Kenneth peeked at the conversation between Miguel and the other person before frowning. “How did you know he's Anonymous?”

Miguel responded, “I was chatting with a few hacker friends the other day, and one had the pleasure of interacting with Anonymous. At that time, someone tried to sow discord between him and Shadow Seeker, but Anonymous told them he was Shadow Seeker's fan and that Shadow Seeker deserved first place. He even announced that whoever wanted to challenge Shadow Seeker would have to go through him first. News about that incident soon spread among the hackers, but it's nothing verified. I'm just making a bold guess today.”

Hearing that, Kenneth frowned again.

At that moment, Miguel's gossip mode activated, and he added, “Someone even said that Anonymous admires Shadow Seeker, and that's why Anonymous is willing to guard Shadow Seeker and let Shadow Seeker remain in the first place.”

That only made Kenneth scrunch his brows even more.

Guard Shadow Seeker? Why have I never heard about this person before?