Chapter 1850


    Edwin mmed the ''defeat'' button at once. At that juncture, Nicole immediately became the first


    person to secure a victory in the first round. This surprised the audience, who nced at Zeke before


    turning back to look at Nicole.


    "Who is she?"


    "I don''t know...but one thing is for sure, she''s really good. Her opponent seems to be Edwin Bradford."


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    "Yeah, he got fifth cest year."


    "I think so, but why did he admit defeat so easily?"


    People were talking among themselves; they could not shake off how amazing Nicole was, and some


    even went as far as to think that Edwin might have regressed.


    Yet, nobody present was aware that Edwin''s technology and skill had progressed to great heights. He


    had thought that if he could secure a winning spot in thispetition, he would be able to attract


    enough attention to promote hispany and recruit fresh graduates along the way. He had not


    foreseen the idea that he would be crossing paths with Nicole and getting himself eliminated at such an


    early stage in thepetition.


    Edwin went over to Nicole before leaving the stage, "Thepany''s reputation solely depends on you


    now."


    Nicole gave him a helpless look. "Gotcha."


    ''To be up against Nicole, anyone pitted against her stands no chance. I should just consider myself


    unlucky,'' he thought.


    Director Monroe had breathed a sigh of relief as Nicole sauntered off the stage. Edwin was also a


    student at Royal Creek Institute, but Director Monroe had inexplicably thrown most of her support at


    Nicole. Between the two of them, Director Monroe had directed the bulk of her attention to Nicole due


    to the fact she was only a high-schooler.


    Director Monroe then waited for the two of them toe back, after which sheforted Edwin before


    asking Nicole, "Why did youunch your counterattack after ten minutes?"


    "I allowed him to have a head start," Nicole said inly.


    "Huh." Edwin was ashamed.


    With just a single sentence from Nicole, he felt as though he had been yed like a fiddle. Director


    Monroe then realized that Nicole had gone easy on Edwin.


    ''She...she really is that formidable of apetitor. Otherwise, how could she keep herposure at a


    time like this, right?''


    At that moment, Zeke and Rowdon were up,peting against each other on stage. The both of them


    were in the state of having each other in deadlocks, both starting off strong, attempting to suppress one


    another. Rowdon had attempted to take Zeke down from the very beginning and had utilized every


    professional method in the book to hold Zeke down. As the audience spectated thepetition, they


    were frowning in anticipation.


    "This is disrespectful, bullying high school kids with professional techniques..."


    "Yeah! Even if Zeke is a professional hacker, this can be way too challenging for him, especially


    because he is facing a real hacker."


    "Maybe... let''s keep watching..." the audience murmured while sharing disapproving nces.


    On the stage, Rowdon did not bother with what others had to say. All he wanted was to finish what he


    had started, which was to teach Zeke a lesson. However, at this moment, Zeke was scrutinizing and


    testing Rowdon''s strategies carefully.


    It was not long before the thought of victory entered Rowdon''s mind, and he cockily typed into his


    keyboard, saying, "Kid, what''s the matter? Are you too much of a coward now that you''re faced with a


    professional hacker? Weren''t you running around trying to show your skills off earlier? I guess it''s


    nothing but a fa?ade, huh?"


    Zeke nced at Rowdon indifferently, capturing Rowdon''s w just in time, and that was when he


    smirked. "Dude, you haven''t changed one bit. The stuff you''ve ced here are not much of a


    challenge, and your ability to attack my firewall is still as weak as before. It''s teeming with loopholes!"


    After Zeke had spoken, he darted his fingers across his keyboard. While Rowdon had broken through


    60% of Zeke''s firewall, Zeke was able to turn the tables around instantly, dwarfing Rowdon''s speed by


    a wide margin. As it turned out, Zeke had swiftly prated Rowdon''s weakest code before expanding


    his range of attack to erase Rowdon''s firewall easily, removing oneyer after another in a fashion akin


    to peeling onions.


    "D*mn it!" Rowdon screamed, scrambling to fix the damage caused by the attacks.