Chapter 1848


    Mr. Hardy frowned and looked at Zeke. "Did I offend her?! She was the one who offended me! Anyway,


    regardless of who offended who, don''t go easy on her! Do you hear me?!" Mr. Hardy stormed off,


    missing Zeke''s pale face along the way.


    ''I''m the one in trouble if I encounter her! It''s hard to predict who will be the one showing mercy to the


    other! Nicole initially had no intentions of squaring off against me! Yet, Mr. Hardy had taken the liberty


    to screw it up for me! Ugh! This really pisses me off!'' Zeke thought.


    N?velDrama.Org ? content.


    Nicole and Mr. Zach had returned to their seat by then, with thetter saying to Nicole, "Thank you for


    earlier. Don''t let this affect youter. Go and get yourself ready for the next round."


    Ryder nodded his head. "Alright."


    Nicole only nodded lightly, showing that she had heard him. Mr. Zach felt that Nicole was even more


    mysterious. The next round was in full preparation, and everyone was anticipating the duel between


    Zeke and Rowdon. This was essentially apetition between the sitting champion and a famous


    hacker, an intense match that nobody had expected to witness when they came to participate in the


    competition. The crowd was rubbing their hands together in anticipation.


    While the organizer was preparing professional equipment for Rowdon on stage, other participants had


    also taken their seats.


    Mr. Hardy led Zeke to his position, not forgetting to remind him. "Good luck! You''ll bring glory to the


    school if you defeat that famous hacker and enter the finals directly!"


    Mr. Hardy would never pass up the opportunity for Zeke to make a name for himself.


    Then, Zeke looked at Rowdon coldly, and calmly replied to Mr. Hardy, "Don''t worry. I''ll definitely skip the


    semi-finals and advance to the finals."


    Zeke would never miss the chance to save some time if he could.


    At that point, Rowdon looked at Zeke with mockery in his eyes. "Well, don''t you have a big mouth? Still,


    I do admire your bravery. You''re not even flustered at the thought of facing a professional hacker like


    me. After thepetition ends, I might consider letting you join The Hunters."


    Zeke sneered. "Wait till you know who I am before you say those things."


    Rowdon was left bbergasted at Zeke''s arrogant behavior. ''Who could he be? Who could this high-


    schooler even be?''


    Rowdon''s eye''s then turned cold as he suspected Zeke was just bluffing.


    He would not let Zeke pass this time, for this was his month-long effort. After all, the duel had


    everything to do with his reputation.


    ''As the webmaster of The Hunters, ranking fifth in the international hacker''s leaderboard, wouldn''t it be


    a joke if I lose to a high schr? I would be theughingstock of everyone around me,'' Rowdon


    thought to himself as he began to prepare for thepetition.


    The match was a head-to-headpetition. The previous round depended on the speed by which they


    could crack the master-level programs. Now it was a direct confrontation between the two, to see who


    could hack into the opponent''s CPU first. It was a ratherpetitive match, and everyone was paying


    close attention to it.


    On the other hand, Nicole was up against Edwin, who could not resist himself fromining, "Ugh!


    How did we end up together?"


    Nicole shot him a yful look. "What''s wrong? Are you not happy with that?"