Chapter 230

Juniper: [OK.]

Binary Oracle: [They're claiming they can find J within a week.]

Within a week? If she didn't want to be found, they could have thirty years and they still wouldn't find her. A bunch of amateurs.

Juniper: [I don't need to teach you how to be sarcastic, do I?]

She bit into a slice of orange, the crunch echoing her annoyance. It was clear how much she despised the people at Sigma Network, not just their hacker collective, Cybernetic Shadows.

Binary Oracle: [Nope, we're experts at it.]

Binary Oracle and Cybernetic Shadows were bitter rivals, constantly trading barbs online. They knew the drill.

Juniper: [Tell them if they find J in a week, Binary Oracle will become their lackeys.] Binary Oracle: [...]

Damn. Wasn't that a bit extreme? J wasn't a complete ghost; finding J wasn't impossible. Why was the boss so confident? Did she know J personally?

The team member didn't dare ask. They posted Juniper's exact words online, making sure the people at Cybernetic Shadows would see it by making the title bold, oversized, and tagging them directly.

Cybernetic Shadows: [???]

How arrogant!

Furious, the members of Cybernetic Shadows immediately took a screenshot and sent it to their Leader.

Shanley was in the kitchen, cooking for Juniper. When his phone vibrated, he glanced at the picture his subordinate had sent. A meaningful smile crossed his handsome face, his deep eyes narrowing slightly. After all these years, the people at Binary Oracle were still so bafflingly overconfident. It seemed it was time to teach them a lesson.

Shanley glanced back at the beautiful girl on the sofa, his smile widening.

J, was it? So far away, and yet so close. He could find her whenever he wanted. He just wasn't sure of the client's intentions, so he couldn't reveal Juniper's identity just yet.

Shanley: [Tell them that not just any trash can become a lackey for Cybernetic Shadows. And we may not even need a week to find J.]

[Yes, Leader.]

The team at Cybernetic Shadows mimicked their rivals, taking a screenshot and posting it.

Binary Oracle: [Our boss said it's impossible, so it's impossible! Wanna bet? If you lose, Cybernetic Shadows has to call our boss 'Grandmaster'!!!]

Cybernetic Shadows: [Our Leader said it won't take a week. Just because you're useless doesn't mean we are.]

Binary Oracle: [If you've got the guts, come face us in person!]

Cybernetic Shadows: [You come here!]

Binary Oracle: [No, you come here!]

Cybernetic Shadows: [You come here!]

The two groups engaged in a furious war of words, neither willing to back down, but neither brave enough to reveal their actual location.

Trash? Huh?

"Thud-"

Seeing the response from the leader of Cybernetic Shadows, Juniper was so enraged she threw her phone on the floor.

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That old bastard! He'd better hope she never got her hands on him, or she'd skin him alive. Whatever her Binary Oracle did, Cybernetic Shadows always had to interfere. The resentment between them had been building for years ready to explode at any moment.

"What's wrong?"

Hearing the noise, Shanley quickly put down what he was doing and rushed into the

living room. The phone lay on the floor, its screen dark.

"Ran into an idiot," Juniper grumbled, looking up at Shanley. She was so angry she

had lost her appetite for orange.

"I see," Shanley said, picking up the

phone wiping it clean and placing it

Ther

table. He gently stroked "Who was this idiot?"

He leaned in closer, his voice a soothing murmur. “Tell me, and I'll take care of them for you."