A Beauty With Multiple Masks
She knew she should have been more vigilant.
Unaware of the expression on her face, the deputy captain bowed respectfully at her.
“Not at all. You have been a great help to us. I‘ll see you around.”
Arielle was accorded respect not just because she was Vinson‘s friend, but also because she had
demonstrated her capabilities earlier.
Therefore, he was filled with admiration for her.
At the same time, everyone else bowed one by one.
Within the Specialized Forces, the technical team was the proudest of them all. Other than Vinson, they
would not bow to anyone else.
However, Arielle didn‘t realize the significance of that. Instead, she walked out with a disheartened
expression.
“Boss! No, Ms. Moore! Please wait!” someone called out to her from behind.
Stopping in her tracks, Arielle turned around.
When she saw it was one of the technical team members, she asked, “Is there anything else?”
Bowing to her, the man exclaimed, “Please… please take me in as your student!”
“Huh?” Arielle was confused.
The captain of the technical team straightened his posture and explained, “Ms. Moore, I am ranked forty
second on the international dark web hacker chart. Within Chanaea, only Mr. Morgan ranks higher than
me. It‘s now evident that I still have much to learn. If you don‘t mind, can you take me in as your
student?”
Arielle shook her head.
Filled with regret, the captain scratched his head. “I knew it. You look down upon me.”
Arielle shook her head again. “No, it isn‘t that. It‘s because I‘m not worthy. There should have been a
different way to crack the code without triggering the virus‘ auto–deletion mechanism. However, I didn‘t
think of it and neither did I successfully crack it. Therefore, I don‘t deserve to be your teacher.”
“Ms. Moore, but–”
“I‘m going off now.”
Arielle interrupted him as she could guess what he was going to say. After nodding slightly, she turned
and left.
What happened that day dealt a huge blow to her. Hence, she needed some space to regain her
composure.
When Rayson saw Arielle approaching from afar, he hurried up to her and asked, “Ms. Moore, how did it
go?”
Arielle shook her head. “The surveillance feed is gone.”
When Rayson noticed the look on her face, he didn‘t ask any further. “In that case, do you want me to
send you back to the headquarters of Nightshire Group or Maple Mansion? Mr. Nightshire mentioned
that once he is done with his work, he will return to Maple Mansion.”
“Neither.” Pausing briefly, Arielle continued, “Take me to Jadeborough University.”
“Right away,” Rayson acknowledged and hurriedly opened the door for Arielle.
Jadeborough University was twenty minutes away from where the Specialized Forces were. Given
Rayson‘s prolific driving skills, they arrived at the university entrance in no time.
Coincidentally, it was the evening and school had just ended.
Due to Donovan‘s delay, the preparatory class was still in session while every other class had left for the
day.
After he explained the last revision question, Donovan caught a glimpse of a man standing outside the
window.
The man was dressed in a strange manner. Although the weather was scorching hot, he was wearing a
baseball cap, face mask, and sunglasses. His entire face was wrapped so tightly that he looked as if he
could suffocate.
What intrigued Donovan further was that he kept peeking into the class as if he was a thief.
In response, Donovan began to furrow his eyebrows.
Putting down his lesson plan, he instructed, “For your homework, finish these two papers that I am giving
out. I‘ll mark them tomorrow morning while you are having other lessons. After that, I‘ll go through them
in the afternoon with you. That‘s all. Class is dismissed.”
Just as he spoke, Donovan headed out to confront the man who was acting suspiciously.
“Hello,” Donovan asked, “who are you looking for?”
Caught by surprise, the man didn‘t notice Donovan approaching him.
Tipping down his baseball cap to hide his face, the man replied, “I‘m here to see Arielle.”
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