Ch. 1851..1855: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1851-1855

Chapter 1851

Nobody had thought that the opposition would launch a counterattack on Rowdon so suddenly, and with such impressive speed that the second wave was unleashed shortly after the first, making it impossible for Rowdon to respond or recuperate.

"It's the same as before. You're still too slow in bringing up the defenses," Zeke sneered coldly, as he proceeded to roll out the third wave of attack.

His movements were light, as if he had already made his mind up on what he was going to do.

At that instant, a thought dawned upon Rowdon's mind, 'This...this attack...it seems familiar...'

"You're...you're Specter?!" Rowdon's eyes widened in astonishment as he screamed Zeke's pseudonym.

In return, Zeke frowned; he had never expected Rowdon to expose his pseudonym so loudly in public.

His eyes suddenly darkened. "Cheets, as a webmaster, you've violated the customer agreement and disclosed customer information."

It was only then that Rowdon came to his senses, realizing that he had loudly shouted Zeke's hacker name in public, effectively breaching the contract and exposing clientele secrets.

"I-I was only guessing.' Rowdon's attitude toward Zeke changed drastically.

"I never thought...you, you were him!" Rowdon said in surprise.

Prior to this, Rowdon had gone against Specter once before, where the two of them took on the mission of two rival companies. Rowdon had lost to Specter, and the way in which Specter had denounced him was of the same as Zeke was doing.

Ever since then, Rowdon had been steering clear of Specter, as the latter had partnered with Lucifer. The two of them paired together we're invincible, and Rowdon was careful enough to keep them at a respectful distance. It was beyond his imagination to even think that he would bump into them today.

'Even the heavens are turning a blind eye to me, forcing me to go head-to-head with Specter! Give me a break!' he agonized.

At that juncture, the expression on Rowdon's face was a mixture of shock and terror, and violating the customer agreement was the least of his worries now. Meanwhile, Zeke was silently hoping that nobody had heard his name being called out earlier. Unfortunately, his hopes went down the drain as the sharp-eared host had heard them loud and clear.

As soon as the host had heard Rowdon addressing Zeke as Specter, he immediately came over. "Rowdon, earlier you mentioned the name, Specter. Were you referring to the second-best hacker of the same name?"

'Wow, it seems that the host this year knows his stuff about the talents in this industry.'

Rowdon noticed that he could not hide the matter anymore, and so, he admitted in embarrassment, "Yes..."

'What can I do? I was forced to! How embarrassing would it be if I had not exposed his identity? I'd have to live as the guy who got ousted by a high-schooler, will I not?! Now that everyone knows he's the second most renowned hacker in the world, I'll have nothing to be ashamed of,' Rowdon thought to himself, before sighing in relief.

'And violating the customer agreement? Please. I'm the owner of the website. What is there to be afraid of!?' he added.

Zeke's face turned sour as he watched Rowdon openly expose his identity, 'I'm done for...I've kept my identity secret for such a long time. I guess I can't hide it forever, but, being exposed during such a lame competition for high-schoolers is definitely not worth it!'

At this time, the audience were in an uproar.

"Specter?"

"Is he really the second-best hacker, Specter?!"

"Goodness, he's just a high school kid!"

"It's no wonder he is so good at it. He easily defeated the fifth ranking hacker!"

"You go Specter!!"

Everyone at the event who knew a thing or two about Specter cheered him on.

'I didn't expect that coming to participate in a competition would result in me being pitted against such experts! This is becoming way too cool!'

Chapter 1852

Nicole raised her eyebrows as she looked at the commotion on the stage. 'Zeke is being way too careless with his effort in keeping his identity a secret. His life will not be peaceful in the near future.'

Zeke's complexion became very pale as the host excitedly trotted over. As of now, Zeke was expressionless.

"It's no wonder Zeke here was so brilliant tonight! He's none other than one of the most well-known hackers in the international stage! This must be an easy competition for you, don't you think? Are you aiming to win first place?" The host bombarded him with compliments without missing a beat, while the other contestants sitting in the audience were demotivated by the sudden realization that Specter was in the competition.

Director Monroe, on the other hand, had a ubiquitous expression on her face. In spite of the fact that she knew how capable Zeke was, there was no way in which she could have foreseen that he was one of the greatest hackers.

'Come to think of it, both Ryder and Nicole were already prodigies, but they are still far from becoming professional hackers. From the looks of it, the loss Ryder had suffered last year was not a complete loss. This year, however...' Director Monroe sighed as she thought about the situation.

"It seems that we don't have much hope of winning the championships this year...," Director Monroe remarked with a look of helplessness of her face, as if she was ready to admit defeat.

Sitting just a few seats away was Mr. Hardy, who could not sit still as he was shouting, "Did you all see that!! That's my student right there!"

Mr. Hardy then proceeded to attract more attention. "My student is a hacking expert!!"

Nicole, meanwhile, was utterly revolted by the actions of Mr. Hardy. 'I can't believe Zeke has such a teacher leading his team.'

In a twist turn of events, Mr. Hardy clumsily stumbled onto Director Monroe's feet before scrambling onto the stage after he was done boasting about Zeke, just so that he could bask in the limelight as well.

"Sh*t!"

Mr. Hardy was too overwhelmed to stand up straight and fell sprawling onto the ground. His face became stained with dirt. It was just in the nick of time for the cameras to capture the moment.

A mere second later, the entire venue erupted into laughter.

"My goodness! How embarrassing!"

"That person is Specter's coach?"

"Did you see the way he was hopping around? A true clown is what he is..." the audience mocked.

Mr. Hardy became furious for a while before admitting that he had messed up. He got up and turned around to notice that it was Director Monroe who had tripped him.

"You did this on purpose, didn't you!? You were jealous of my student! You just didn't want to accept the fact," Mr. Hardy vented angrily at Director Monroe.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Director Monroe. The audience immediately recognized her for who she was.

"Isn't that the coach from Royal Creek?"

"Weren't the students from that school the ones who had won the championship last year?"

"No wonder she tripped him...it's so pathetic."

Director Monroe stared at Mr. Hardy with a look of innocence on her face. "Don't point fingers at me. It was obvious that you had tripped over my feet!"

Director Monroe was too caught up with her thoughts to have noticed a frantically scrambling Mr. Hardy, who had tripped over feet before he went on to spew his hogwash.

Mr. Hardy, on the other hand, strongly believed that Director Monroe had done it on purpose. Otherwise, she would not have embarrassed him in front of so many people.

"Point fingers? It's obvious that you have ill intentions here. A teacher with a morality like yours? How can you produce good students!?" he yelled.

The expression on the students of Royal Creek immediately became cold as they heard their teacher was being slandered.

This prompted Ryder to yell, "Mr. Hardy, don't you think it's a bit too much for you to talk to her like that?! Director Monroe is one of the best teachers in our school. We won't tolerate slanderous remarks like this."

Mr. Hardy saw how daring Ryder was, and that was when he stood up, pointed at the boy, and cursed. "You lost, so what right do you have to speak to me? First, it was the teacher without manners, and now, we have students without manners as well. How can a school like yours even think about winning the championship? Get lost!"

Chapter 1853

"You!!" Ryder was flabbergasted as he did not expect Mr. Hardy to speak so harshly.

He had to restrain himself while none of the others dared to step forward.

Nicole raised her eyebrows and rubbed her ears before retorting, "This teacher here is swearing like a sailor. Talking much about keeping the rights of a quality a teacher should have and what not. He must be really shameless considering that he is one himself."

Nicole's voice was not loud, but it was clear enough for everyone in the audience to hear it.

When Mr. Hardy noticed that it was Nicole, he bellowed, "What right do you have to speak to me? This is all about skills. The Finley brothers have none, and you should remember that!"

Zeke, who was still onstage, noticed that Mr. Hardy was going to provoke Nicole once more. He quickly rushed off the stage without an ounce of care for what the host wanted to say.

"Mr. Hardy!"

Noticing that Zeke was coming toward him, Mr. Hardy's pride swelled to astronomical proportions.

"Do you see that? That's my student. The champion of the previous competition, and second in the world! You should be ashamed of yourselves if you can't even enter the top ten! Don't embarrass yourself any further, and just go home!"

Zeke noticed the smug look on Mr. Hardy's face, and he looked at Nicole apologetically as if begging her not to make things worse.

At that moment, Nicole calmed down and said, "Your student is a master, but what are you? Why are you being so cocky? As* kisser."

Nicole's words were like knives piercing through Mr. Hardy's pride.

The students of Royal Creek busted out laughing. Ryder too could not help himself from shooting Nicole a glance. He did not expect her to have such disdain for Mr. Hardy. It was all but cruel.

"Who are you calling an *ss kisser!" Mr. Hardy became furious, and instinctively attempted to rush over, but was stopped by Director Monroe who blocked him.

"That's enough! You can create as much commotion as you'd like but leave my students alone or I'll make you pay for it," she warned.

Mr. Hardy was stunned for a moment, before noticing that Gary, Ryder, and the others had stood up. He immediately felt timid at that sight.

Then, he glared at Nicole and said, "For their sake, I'll let you have this one for free!"

Mr. Hardy had wanted to utter harsher words, but was stopped by Nicole's snorting.

"I'll leave it up to you," Nicole's voice became icy in an instant. "However, I'll make sure you leave this place crying today."

Nicole's expression was grim, as if she was declaring war on Mr. Hardy, which made him nervous.

'I can't fathom how and where did this high school kid find her confidence,' Mr. Hardy thought to himself, and just as he was about to muster a comeback, he noticed the looks given to him by the Finley brothers.

"Keep boasting! I'll see who gets the last laugh."

"Mr. Hardy! Stop talking!" Zeke yelled, trying to get Mr. Hardy out of the sticky situation as he realized that Nicole was serious.

Nicole watched as Zeke left, and the blank expression on her face remained. 'I guess it is destined that I am not to go easy on Zeke today.'

At that time, Ryder came over and patted Nicole on the shoulder. "It's okay. Don't be so anxious. I know that you're here to make a comeback. Even if you lose to him, it's not something to be embarrassed about, okay?"

Nicole looked at Ryder indifferently. "I just said that I won't lose, and that means I won't lose."

Nicole sat down after she had made her statement loud and clear, leaving Ryder standing there in embarrassment while looking at Director Monroe.

Director Monroe was also upset, and had gone over to sit down, trying to avoid overthinking about the situation.

'I'm glad that one of us was able to talk our way out and save our school's reputation,' Director Monroe thought to herself while considering how difficult it was for them to win the competition now.

 

Chapter 1854

While the students of Royal Creek were bummed out, the students of Northon Institute were celebrating. Everyone gathered around Zeke when he returned to his seat.

"Zeke, why didn't you tell us you were Specter!?"

"That was one crazy competition!"

"I heard you've partnered with the number one hacker!"

"Have you met her in person?"

Many in Zeke's entourage bombarded him with question after question. The barrage left him with a headache, and he silently looked at Nicole's direction.

'These people are already excited to know that I'm ranked second. If they knew that Nicole is here, wouldn't they all sh*t their pants? I guess Mr. Hardy will be in for it later, Nicole seems to be seething...,' Zeke thought to himself.

The competition progressed on, followed up by contestants completing their turns, with more than half being eliminated. On the main seat, Sebastian was spectating the entire competition where he often peered over to look at Nicole from time to time.

'This girl seems to be holding herself back in the first two rounds. Nobody in the competition knows for sure what her actual strengths are. But it can be considered a good thing, a hidden ace in the deck,' Sebastian thought to himself.

Nicole did not seem to be looking at Sebastian's direction, and she did not seem to be requesting for him either. After all, Sebastian was just a spectator watching as the competition progressed.

It was not long until the semi-finals of the competition was announced, with the trio of Nicole, Gary, and Ryder having made it, while Zeke had skipped it and entered the finals as he had defeated Rowdon. The next match was a three vs. three.

For Royal Creek, only Nicole, Ryder, Gary, and Preston were left standing, prompting Director Monroe to quickly choose. "Gary, Ryder, you two are to be in a team together. The tacit cooperation between the two of you can increase our chances of winning. Nicole and Preston, which one of you is sure to secure a win to bring glory to our school?"

Preston smiled and looked at Nicole. "Without a doubt, it would be Nicole."

'What kind of sick joke is this? How can Nicole be any better than Preston? Should we pick the one who is more worthy?'

Director Monroe hesitated. 'Both Ryder and Gary are of university standards and to pick Nicole...it would be a bit too much for her to enter the finals since she's still a kid. They might not make it into the finals anyway, so I guess it doesn't make much of a difference who goes and who doesn't.'

"In that case, let's have Nicole on the team. Preston, you can find other people to team up with. Just try to keep yourself in the competition and enter the finals," Director Monroe concluded.

"Okay, don't worry," Preston smiled.

He could easily form a team with others, and if he did not come head-to-head with Nicole and Zeke, the possibility of him entering the finals would still be in the plan.

"Then it's settled," Director Monroe decided before turning to Nicole to comfort her. "For a person of your age, it's okay to be nervous, but don't be afraid. Both you and Ryder are of the same class, so don't worry too much about it."

Nicole noticed that Director Monroe was attempting to comfort her, but the words that came out did not sound reassuring at all; it was a mixture of awkwardness and honesty.

In reply, Nicole said, "I know."

Director Monroe watched as they went up to the stage together. This round was a team effort, each representing the school in a team competition. If they won, they would advance to the next stage and if they lost, they would all be eliminated.

Ryder became extremely nervous as he sat down on his chair, and Gary, who noticed this, tried to comfort him.

"It's okay, Ryder. Don't be nervous. We can still win this."

Ryder noticed that his brother was being unusually relaxed, so he frowned, "You were more nervous than I was earlier. Is it your turn to give me all that pep talk now?"

Gary smiled and looked at Nicole, thinking, 'It's because I'm teaming up with Nicole, which is a lifelong dream of mine! Being in the same team with the best hacker of all time, and to have her lead us into an easy victory ought to be a dream come true!'

Chapter 1855

"Won't you just look at who's on my team?" Gary said from the bottom of his heart.

Ryder thought that Gary was talking about him, and so, he mustered an affectionate smile. "You jerk. You've finally come to your senses. Don't you worry, I'll do my best to bring you guys to the next round."

Gary was stunned as he realized that Ryder had misunderstood what he just said.

He was about to explain himself, but Ryder had already put on his pair of earphones, prompting Gary to shake his head and give up on the idea.

'I guess it's good for him to regain some of his confidence first,' he thought to himself.

Nicole was already by then, casually waiting for the contest to begin.

Then, Ryder said, "Even though our opponents aren't from Northon Institute, they're still very capable. So, we can't underestimate them. I'm going to be very aggressive in the beginning. All you guys have to do is support me."

Gary looked at Nicole awkwardly. 'It's sad that Ryder still doesn't know what's going on.'

However, he figured that it was not his place to tell Ryder about Nicole's real identity, and thus, he said, "Okay."

Ryder thought that Nicole agreed with him, as she was just keeping mom. Then, she looked away from her.

Shortly after, their opponents came over and sat directly across them.

There were no rules in forming a team, so every contestant who wanted to win could chose the people who were good at computing to be a part of their team.

There were nineteen contestants who had made it to the semi-final. Zeke had already advanced into the next stage, and half of the remaining contestants were going to be eliminated from the contest.

Nicole, Ryder, and Gary were from the same school. Similarly, their opponents had formed teams with their own schoolmates to maximize their chances of winning.

Nicole studied her opponents from head to toe. They saw her and began gossiping about her in mocking fashion. "Ryder is the best among them. The Finley brothers truly are something, but they have a rookie among them. I guess our chances of winning are pretty high."

"Come on. I'm all set to take this victory," the three people sitting opposite her tittered and jeered.

A grimace appeared on Ryder's face as he jabbed, "Teasing a girl like this is such a shameless thing to do."

In response, Nicole looked at Ryder, and in a flat tone of voice, she said, "I don't need you to stand up for me."

Ryder frowned slightly. 'Why is she so arrogant?'

Their opponent could not help but chuckle. "Ryder, did you hear that? She doesn't appreciate your help at all. You should just keep your kindness to yourself. You can't be... in love with her, right?"

"S-shut up!" Ryder was suddenly filled with rage.

Gary wanted to step in for his brother, but he noticed a strangely guilty look on Ryder's face.

"Hahaha. Look at how nervous he became. I guess what I said is right," his opponent continued in an effort to make fun of him.

Ryder's face blushed a shade of deep red, but it was then that Nicole retorted with a smile on her face. "Seems like your team is really good at running your mouths, don't you think? I wonder what your performance is going to be like later on. You better not cry for your mom when you lose."

Their faces immediately darkened. "We're not going to lose to a rookie like you! You probably don't know who we are! We were the champions before Ryder ever was!"

"We're the best in team games!"

Nicole sneered after she had heard what they had to say. "Well, why weren't you able to beat Ryder and Zeke in the past two years if you're so good at this?"

Their faces suddenly turned deep red after hearing what Nicole had said.

Gary could not help but look at Nicole in admiration. 'She doesn't speak very often, but no one can ever stomp her in a verbal spat once she opens her mouth!'

At that point, their opponents still had things to say, but the host went on to announce that the contest had begun!

Then, the timer started running.

"We didn't win in the past two years because we've been competing alone! Since we're working in the same team this year, we're not going to lose. You and your team are going to be out of this contest before you know it!" their opponents uttered boldly and started the battle.

Nicole sneered. 'Do they really think they can beat me?'

"I'll have to disappoint you then. You're not going to beat me even if there were ten of you, let alone three," she retorted.

Nicole chuckled after saying that and began getting busy too.