Chapter 781
Alpha, a hacker who didn’t even bother with a real name, took the world by storm by cracking the most advanced encryption firewall on the planet.
Alpha once broke into Riviera’s weapon system within five minutes, stopping a covert massacre and exposing a major scandal. He left only the mark of “A” before vanishing without a trace.
He could solve problems that others couldn’t. Many organizations tried to recruit him, but he was nowhere to be found.
Over time, Alpha started showing up less and less, almost fading into the background. He only came out of hiding when there was a problem so tough-and so dangerous to the country or society-that no one else could handle it.
At some point, rumors began to spread that Alpha was a man in his early forties who had already joined the State Security Bureau. People gradually started to believe it.
The State Security Bureau only reached out to Alpha because of his reputation for always doing the right thing.
Tessa thought, ‘If Owen knows Ned isn’t Alpha, then he must know who Alpha really is.’ Suppressing her shock, she asked, “Then who is Alpha?”
‘Sorry, Ms. Langford, but I can’t reveal her identity without her permission,” Owen replied.
“That’s fair,” Tessa said.
Owen smiled gently and said, “If there’s nothing else, I’m going to go find my girlfriend.”
The Skills Evaluation was starting tomorrow, and Owen and Aria wouldn’t see each other for half a month. Owen wanted to spend more time with Aria before the competition.
Tessa pondered, ‘Ned’s skills are indeed undeniable. But he has done some things that don’t exactly follow the Bureau’s rules. We only put up with it because he is Alpha. If he weren’t an Alpha, things would be different. She felt a bit overwhelmed.
Lost in her thoughts, she simply replied, “Alright, go ahead.”
Owen nodded and walked away.
In another direction, a group of people was walking toward the cafeteria.
Mike spotted Owen and froze. He muttered, “Why is Mr. Shaw here?”
Mike was the newest recruit at the State Security Bureau this year, the only one who had passed all the tests.
Hearing his words, the six people in the group looked up.
Clifford asked, “Do you know him?”
Mike nodded and said, “He’s my mentor’s boyfriend. I didn’t expect to run into him here.”
Zoey frowned when she heard that. She thought, ‘Isn’t he the boyfriend of that new recruit Tessa personally recruited?”
A bald guy said with a fawning grin, “Let’s not get involved in their business. Let’s just go eat. With Gerald on our side, we’ve actually got a shot at taking the title.
“Fabian’s team is really strong. If we can team up with the other groups to take them out first, that would be ideal. Cathy’s
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team is the weakest, and they’ve got an untrained newbie. We don’t even need to worry about them.”
Zoey glanced at Gerald and asked. “What do you think, Gerald?”
Gerald kept a straight face and replied. “I’m just here to do my job as a technician. The rest is up to you guys” What he meant was, he wasn’t planning to help the others much.
When they invited him to join, Gerald had already given them a heads-up about this.
Clifford said, “Let’s just wait for the Skills Evaluation to start and play it by ear. Let’s go
Aria and Owen’s dorms were assigned temporarily, right across the hall from each other. They were the only ones living on he entire floor.
Owen knew Aria hadn’t eaten much, so he got the number from Tessa and ordered two meals. The cafeteria brought them p in no time.
owen asked, “Madelyn, what’s the story with Ned? Did he pretend to be Vanessa?”
ria nodded and said, “Yeah, Ned is Vanessa’s senior-they both learned from the same teacher. Vanessa started working ith computers when she was just three, and her talent was off the charts.
By the time she was sixteen, she was already way ahead of Ned. Ned couldn’t stand being surpassed by a junior more than n years younger than him, so he colluded with Riviera to set Vanessa up
was there to take out an official from Riviera when I ran into them. Vanessa begged me to save her. I stabbed Ned and too e barely-alive Vanessa away.”
nessa focused on recovering and stayed out of sight. Ned assumed she hadn’t survived, so he naturally took over the entity of Alpha.
led might try to kill you to keep you quiet,” Owen said.
