Ch. 1446..1450: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1446-1450

Chapter 1446

At the same time, the robot scanned the weapons that Nicole had on her person and immediately asked Carl if it should engage her or not.

Seeing that the droid was about to commence with its attack protocol, he immediately ordered, "Halt, Robot A1! Withdraw. Cancel alert."

"Guards, allow that car at the distance in." Carl gave the order before rushing downstairs.

Nicole watched as the droid began backing away and the main gate opening up. Knowing that Carl had seen her, she got back into the car and drove into the base.

After she had reached, Carl was already there to greet her.

"Nicole, why are you here?" Carl, who was initially happy, put on an icy look the instant he saw Nicole.

"What's with that look? Are you not happy to see me?" Nicole said as he grimaced.

Car! looked around and said, "Stay here and guard this place.

"You, follow me,” he said to her.

He brought Nicole to the rooftop, after which he turned to look at her.

"You didn't bother to even arrange a place for me to rest up. Instead, you've brought me all the way here to the rooftop. Don’t you know how exhausted I am?" She raised her eyebrow at him.

"How can you come here alone like this? Don’t you know how dangerous it is? The exits are all..." "Surrounded by members of the Raven? I know. They didn't manage to do anything to me and still lost an entire team,” Nicole said confidently, not wanting

Carl to worry.

"You should've told me that you were coming beforehand, so that I could give you a warmer reception," Carl argued, faulting Nicole for not informing him before she came here.

"Am I not standing before you in one piece right now?" she asked. “I know you are worried for me, but you know what I'm capable of. Those grunts are no match for me.” "If there's nothing else, please get a place fixed up for me so that I can get some rest." Nicole raised her eyebrow.

Carl sighed as he looked at Nicole in the eyes. "You sure drive me up the wall."

He then took Nicole to the room next to his. "You can stay here if you're not in a hurry to leave." "Of course I'm not in a hurry to leave. It took me much effort to get here. And what do you mean by that? You want to see me gone that badly?" Nicole snapped back and glared at him.

"Yeah. It's better if you leave now." Carl, who was standing at the doorway, said flatly.

"Carl, your fuse sure has become shorter in the days when we've not met. You actually dare to talk to me like this now, huh?"

Nicole leaned against the bed as she looked at Carl in the eyes with a frown.

Carl took a deep breath and turned his face away from her.

"Either you come in and take a seat, or go. Don't just stand there at the door.” Nicole said, sounding somewhat peeved.

Although Carl was angry, he did not wish to leave. He had barely exchanged a few words with her after meeting her. Moreover,

Nicole was a slightly ticked off by his demeanor as well.

Closing the door, Carl made a beeline for the chair opposite of Nicole.

"Why are you here, all of a sudden, Nicole?" he finally asked.

He was so preoccupied at being concerned and angry with her that he forgot to ask her why she was here.

"Who said I came here all of the sudden? Am I not allowed to come here for a trip?" Nicole replied, wishing not to give him a proper answer.

Chapter 1447

Car! noticed that Nicole was mad at him, and so, he had to make the first move and apologize. "Don't get too upset at me, okay?

You know I said those things because I was worried about you. Since you're here already, you can stay as long as you wart. I'll definitely protect you."

"Now, that sounds a lot better. I thought you were about to bite my head off, for a second there." Nicole walked past him, noticing that he was looking down at the floor.

Seeing that Nicole had calmed down, Carl continued asking, "So, can you tell me now? Did you come here for something?"

CarI stared at Nicole's eyes and sized her up. ‘She must have gotten herself into trouble. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to such a dangerous place without telling me. Or am I wrong, and that she simply misses me?"

"It's because of you. We haven't met in such a long time, so I thought of giving you a surprise." Nicole replied, not wanting to tell him the truth, as she was being tailed by a group of unknown people.

CarI's base was the best possible safe house for her, in part because there were a lot of men from the Raven guarding each and every point of entry. The people tailing her could never enter the place. Even if they managed to break through and survive the

Raven's assault, they would not be able to reach the base.

If she had told Carl about it, he would have become more worried, and bombarded her with more questions. Nicole did not want to complicate things. The best way out for her was for her to deal with

the people as discreetly as possible. As for the person who had sounded the alarm, she would discover who he was once she met Zeke.

"Surprise me? No one would believe you.” Carl looked at Nicole with his brows furrowed.

Indeed, she had given him an excuse, thinking she could fool him the way she could fool a kid.

"It's up to you whether you choose to buy it or not. After all, I really did come here to give you a surprise." Nicole said with a look of indifference on her face.

Then, she closed her eyes and took a nap.

“I'm going to take a nap,” she said. "You should get busy."

Did she just give me an order to leave? Carl glanced at Nicole, turned around and left.

Then, he gently closed the door behind him and went to the master control room.

Hearing the door closing, Nicole opened her eyes and tiptoed to the door.

She heaved a sigh of relief after Carl had walked away. ‘I did not expect Carl to have such a keen eye. He could actually tell that I was lying to him. Did my expression give it away? I guess it wouldn't be easy to keep it a secret from Carl.’

"Are there any strange occurrences outside?" Carl walked into the master control room and asked.

“Nothing unusual, but it seems that there are few members from the Raven hovering outside the base,” his subordinates reported to him.

“Hovering? Can we see them?” Carl asked.

"We can see some of them," his subordinate said. “However, we can't see them clearly because they are a little too far away."

"Zoom in."

All they could see was a small group of people, who were busy doing something at the entrance road to the base. The corner of Car''s lips curled up in response, forming a prideful smile.

‘It must be the place where Nicole had broken through,” he said. "They must be recovering from the ambush.”

"Keep a close eye on them. Don't let them enter,” Carl ordered.

"Understood."

Then, Carl went down to examine all of the sites at the base. As he was walking past the production site, he noticed Olaf there, and went in.

“Olaf, are the droids ready to resume operation?" Carl asked.

“Almost. The only part that needs to be repaired are these. The rest are pretty much done,” Olaf reported the situation to him as he saw Carl approaching.

"That's good. We must resume production as soon as possible. We are in crucial need of powerful droids like Brave." Carl looked at Olaf solemnly and said.

"Understood." Olaf returned the stare with the same degree of seriousness.

He knew of the Brave's importance to everyone. If it wasn't for Brave, they might have been overwhelmed and defeated by the

Raven, with the Brave falling into their hands as well.

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"Thank you for your hard work. I'll proceed to the other departments now.” Carl patted Olafs shoulder and left.

As soon as he reached Door D, Carl noticed that the workers looked exhausted.

Seeing this, he asked, "How long have you guys been guarding this section?

"We've been here for five days."

"Five days."

CarI stopped and thought for a moment. Then, he took his walkie-talkie out and ordered, "The guards who have been watching the doors will be heading to the lounge to catch some rest. Group Four will take their post over."

"Understood."

After he had given his orders, Carl continued to the next area for his inspection.

Meanwhile, Nicole, who was in the room, had already woken up from her nap. Checking the time, she realized that it was already evening.

She stood up and stretched contentedly. For the past few days, she had not gotten any good sleep, as she had been too busy hiding herself from that group of people who were following her. It was only after arriving in Carl's base that she had finally managed to get a good sleep.

Then, Nicole whipped her phone out to contact Zeke, as she wanted to know where he was.

[Zeke, are you safe?]

However, even after waiting for a few minutes, she did not hear back from Zeke. Noticing this, she guessed that Zeke might still be on the run, and therefore, it was inconvenient for him to give her a reply at once.

It was at that moment that Nicole's stomach began to rumble. She knew she had to eat something to satiate her hunger first.

She walked out of the room to find that nobody was in the corridor. Nicole then walked toward the opposite direction from where she had come, and after covering several yards, a group of people on patrol duty appeared in front of her.

Having spotted someone at last, Nicole hurried over and yelled, "Hey! Wait!"

The instant the squad heard her voice, they suddenly stopped and whirled around. Upon noticing that it was Nicole, they immediately stood at attention. As those men were from Zane's organization, they could recognize her.

"Where is the cafeteria?" Nicole asked casually, for even if they were her subordinates, she would have to fill her own stomach first.

"It's downstairs,” one of them replied.

"Okay. You may continue with your patrol duty." Nicole ordered them with a stern look on her face.

"Roger that." The team then continued patrolling the base.

Nicole followed their directions and made her way downstairs. On her way, though, she bumped into Carl.

"You're up?" Carl asked as he noticed Nicole coming down.

"Yeah."

"Where are you heading to?" Carl continued.

"I want to grab something to eat at the cafeteria," Nicole replied bluntly, as there was no shame in being starved.

"All of you may head back to the lounge to catch a break." Carl ordered the band of mercenaries behind him.

"Got it,” they said.

Then, Carl turned back to Nicole and said, "I'm hungry too. Let's go there together."

Carl proceeded to make his way downstairs with Nicole following closely behind him.

"Although this is a production base, the internal structures are a little complex. Here, take this.” Carl passed a walkie-talkie to Nicole.

Nicole grabbed and pocketed it.

Then, she looked at Carl and asked, “It's just a production base. Why do things have to be so complicated?"

"I don't know. Perhaps, it was designed as such in fear of saboteurs breaking in,” he replied.

In fact, it had taken Carl an entire day to familiarize himself with the whole place.

"I guess the man at the helm of Curley Corporation must have anticipated that this day would come when he built this place."

Nicole pondered as she walked.

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"Well, who knows?" Carl said. "It is only right that they take such necessary precautions, as this is an important project.

Otherwise, the Raven's forces wouldn't have made so little progress in their last assault."

"Now that I think about it, it's all thanks to the complex structure that we had gained enough precious time to equip the Brave and send the Raven back,” he continued.

The instant Nicole heard those words, she looked at Carl in shock. "The Raven's forces had launched an attack before?"

It was then that Carl realized that he had accidentally spilled a secret.

He coughed awkwardly and said, "It's all in the past. Here's the cafeteria."

Hearing this, Nicole could tell that Carl was obviously avoiding her question.

Meanwhile, Carl knew what Nicole liked to eat, so he ordered two portions and placed them in front of Nicole.

"These are your favorite dishes. Give them a taste and let me know if it's authentic or not." Carl looked at Nicole with a smile on his face.

However, Nicole's was still thinking about what Carl had said. "Erm, Carl, did you get hurt?"

Although talking about the past was of no use to any of them, Nicole was still concerned if Carl had sustained any injuries.

"Nope. With my skills and experiences, how could I get hurt? Let's not talk about it anymore. Try this food. I doubt it'd be as good once it's cold," Carl said, not wanting to discuss this matter anymore.

"Thank God you're fine,” Nicole said, feeling relieved.

"It seems like it has been a while since we last had a meal together.” Nicole looked at Carl.

"Yeah, it'd seem that way,” he said.

“But you still remember my favorite dishes,” she replied.

"Of course, and it's not just your favorite dishes. I still remember all the things that you like."

Carl was taken aback by his own words too, the same words he had blurted without a second thought.

"Nicole, the car that you drove here was modified. So, it seems that you came here prepared?" Carl raised his eyebrows and asked.

"That's right. Things are quite messy out here. On top of that, you're guarding the base, so it's safe to say that things can get pretty dangerous. It's only right for me to come here prepared. Otherwise, I'd be driving myself into my own grave.” Nicole smirked.

"Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered something important." Nicole's face assumed a more solemn expression.

"What is it?” he asked.

“Before I came over, I went snooping around the Raven's command post. The one who's taking the lead this time around is Cara," Nicole said, reporting her findings to Carl.

The moment Carl heard those words, his eyes widened in shock. "You went to the Raven’s command post? Do you have a death wish?!"

"Don't get so worked up. I'm still alive and well, am I not?" Nicole immediately assured when she noticed his expression.

"Nicole, I think you're becoming too much of a daredevil. You actually have the guts to break into the Raven's command post alone. Do you know how dangerous it is?”

Car! could not calm himself down. Nicole's recklessness did indeed bother him. Undeniably, Nicole was a very capable woman, who could dwarf him in skill and experience. However, the Raven's command post was not the safest place to be.

Carl was already worried and angry that Nicole had taken the risk to find him at the base, but little did he know that Nicole had gone ahead to inspect the Raven's command post before arriving here. As such, he was on the verge of fainting upon hearing that from her.

“Calm down," she said, attempting to put him at ease, but to no avail.

"Sit down!" Nicole yelled, as her gentle approach was not taken kindly.

Hearing the sudden outburst from her, Carl calmed himself down and sat down slowly. However, his eyes were still brimming with anger and anxiety.

"It isn't as bad as you imagine," she said. "Besides, I've experienced worse throughout the years. A small command post wouldn't give me any trouble.”

"But..." Carl uttered, but as soon as his eyes met Nicole's, he swallowed the words that he was about to say.

"I know you're worried about me, and that you think that I was acting rashly. But let me assure you, I wouldn't do things that I'm not uncertain about. Besides, I've gained a lot of intel from this visit," Nicole said, and once she had finished her sentence, a wicked smile crossed her face

Car! looked at Nicole’s face with his brows furrowed. "What do you mean?"

 

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Now, we not only know where the Raven's command post is, but we also know who is leading them. Wouldn't you say that such information is essential?” Nicole asked as she raised her eyebrows.

"Definitely. As the saying goes, ‘To know one's own strength and the enemy's is the surest way to victory’.” Carl replied.

"That's right. I don't really know much about Cara. But now that we know their name, it'll be easy for me to look up this person's details. On top of that, with our knowledge of the command post's exact location, we can do a precision strike when we need to.”

Nicole said with a smirk.

"If we can defeat them, we'd rid ourselves of the current obstacle, clearing a path for our supplies to enter. And the cherry on top? We'll be free to transport our items in and out while we set up defenses at key areas. When that is done, it would be a lot easier for us to bring our supplies in.” Nicole explained the plan as she looked Carl in the eyes.

"You're right. If we do that, we could cripple the Raven's forces, and they would lose one of their key members. That's one hurdle out of the way if we ever wish to take them down in the future," Carl said, having finally understood Nicole's intentions.

A look of admiration then appeared on his face. "Nicole, you're really amazing. I guess everything is in your hands now."

"Moments ago, I was still concerned about your safety. I didn't stop to think that you had such a brilliant strategy in mind. All I can say is, I'm actually pretty happy to have you here." Carl said, finally speaking his mind.

Nicole looked at him with a smile. "We've known each other for years. Do you think I wouldn't know what you're up to?"

“Let's finish this quickly. Later on, we'll go to the central control room and discuss our next step in detail.” Nicole said to Carl.

“Alright.”

After they were done eating, the both of them made their way to the central control room. Then, Carl brought a map out for Nicole to peruse.

“Take a look. This is where we're at now.” Carl pointed on the map for Nicole.

"It seems like that person wasn't lying. There really are two entrances and two exit routes." Nicole stared at the map of the base and said.

Then, she carefully searched for the command post where Cara was.

"This is the main street. This is... Why can’t I find it?” Nicole asked, unable to locate the command post even after staring at the map for a long time.

"We're not in a hurry. Come, sit down and look through it slowly." Carl advised.

“I'm not in a hurry. This map doesn't seem to be detailed enough. Do you have a more detailed one?” Nicole asked, thinking that she could not have misinterpreted or overlooked anything on the map.

"Let me find it." Carl opened a drawer and began to flip through the stack within it.

"I've found it. There’s a better one here." Carl took the map out and laid it open on the table.

"This one is a lot more detailed compared to the one before.” Nicole commented before continuing to locate the Raven's command post.

“I've found it."

"Where?" Carl hurried over to see.