Chapter 1863


    Zeke tried to fight back. But then, with a swish, hisputer screen went ck. Zeke was stunned into


    silence. He had lost so thoroughly with no room to maneuver. He tried so hard, yet he still lost to her.


    After all this while, after he had put so much effort into improving himself, he still had a long way to go


    to catch up to Nicole.


    At that moment, the crowd went silent for a brief moment before erupting in cheers.


    "She won!"


    "Lucifer won!"


    "As expected for the top hacker on the leaderboard! That was amazing!"


    "Incredible!" Everyone could not help but cheer for Nicole.


    Meanwhile, Royal Creek Institute students were all jumping excitedly. "Nicole won!"


    "We''ve taken back the championship!"


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    Even Mr. Zach was emotional, with tears in his eyes. He led the students and rushed over to Nicole.


    "Congrattions, Nicole!"


    Nicole never expected Mr. Zach to be so excited as it was just apetition to her. She felt a little


    helpless at the sight of her ssmates looking up to her. Although she did not care about the


    competition, it seemed that everyone in Royal Creek Institute wanted to win after losingst year. That


    was the reason why they were all so excited.


    "Nicole, that was amazing!" Bradley hurried over and congratted her.


    Gary could not help but admire her. "That was quite a show."


    Ryder remained silent, but his eyes were full of admiration. He had been observing both of their


    situations. Unlike Zeke, who was nervous, Nicole was calm andposed. Even though they were the


    first and second-ranked hackers on the leaderboard, there was still arge gap between them.


    The host ran over and shouted, "Alright! We have our champion! Nicole Riddle from Royal Creek


    Institute! The first runner-up is Zeke Guzman! And the second runner-up is Ryder Finley!"


    The people from Royal Cheek Institute were cheering, while the students in the audience cheered at


    the sight of this god-levelpetition. Only the people from Northon Institute looked defeated. Coming


    to thepetition, everyone was upbeat and confident that Zeke would win. They thought they were


    on the cusp of victory when they found out Zeke was ranked second on the hacker''s leaderboard. They


    never expected their final ending would be losing thepetition.


    Mr. Hardy was the most devastated. At this point, he was dumbstruck. He felt too embarrassed to get


    on stage.


    Zeke watched as everyone congratted Nicole. He collected his emotions, took a deep breath, stood


    up, and walked toward Nicole. He extended his hand to congratte her. "Congrattions."


    Zeke looked at Nicole calmly. Although he was a little upset, he was still proud and happy for Nicole.


    They were partners, after all. If Nicole won, he could still congratte her fully at ease.


    "Congrattions to you too." Nicole smiled. "You''re my only opponent. Keep it up."


    Nicole''s affirmation made everyone look at Zeke. Such high praise led everyone to feel envious of


    Zeke. Zeke himself was also thrilled. "I got it. I''ll definitely win against you next time."


    "I''ll be waiting," Nicole said, smirking. Zeke had nothing to feel bad about, since Nicole was like his


    teacher.


    Nicole, Zeke, and Ryder remained on stage with the host, proceeding with the award ceremony. Shortly


    after, Sebastian walked up the stage. As the highest-status person in the entire crowd, Sebastian was


    in charge of presenting the award.


    Seeing Nicole, Sebastian smiled. "You did well."


    Nicole once more astounded the entire crowd. They had not seen each other in so many days.