strictlysupreme Chapter 103 The Great Attack: The Genius Hacker
Chapter 103 The Great Attack: The Genius Hacker
After school, Ming and Bai Mu walked along the path and soon arrived at the entrance of a Chinese restaurant.
Wow! You're so generous, bro, you actually brought me here for Chinese food!
Bai Mu patted Ming's back hard again, which Ming found very annoying.
"No fun... I already told the Itsuka family in advance that I wouldn't be going over tonight, and Shido can cook anyway, so don't worry about it."
The two went into the store and found a seat by the window. Ming picked up the menu, looked at it, and then called the waiter to order.
"Give me a bowl of Mapo Tofu with rice, what else do you want, Bai Muzhong?"
"Then I'll have a Mapo Tofu rice bowl too, it looks pretty good," Bai Muzhong said with a smile. Ming frowned slightly, thinking that this guy really had no creativity.
Before long, two steaming hot Mapo Tofu rice bowls were served. Bai Mu couldn't wait to take a bite, and his eyes widened instantly.
"So spicy! What the hell is this?!"
Ming looked at Bai Muzhong with a calm and composed expression, and casually picked up a piece of Mapo Tofu from his plate and put it in his mouth.
"Who told you to order the same thing as me? This is authentic Mapo Tofu rice bowl, it's spicy to be good!"
"Damn it, do you elves have no sense of taste?!"
"Don't use 'you guys' when you talk, because if we really didn't have a sense of taste, Tohka wouldn't like soybean flour bread."
"Huh?! That seems to be true."
After the sun had completely set, Ming and Bai Mu finally took a taxi from Tiangong City back to the Gangfeng family mansion.
As soon as he got out of the car, Bai Muzhong stared straight at the entrance of the mansion, looking on in shock.
"This...this is your home?"
"Otherwise what? It's not like it's your home."
"Damn, to buy such a large piece of land at Japanese prices, and it looks quite old, what kind of powerful family do you belong to?"
Ming glanced at Bai Muzhong, too lazy to pay him any attention, and went straight inside.
"Wait! You haven't answered me yet!" He quickly caught up with Ming, wanting to ask him more questions.
"Aren't you a hacker? Can't you find it yourself?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Mu scratched his head and muttered:
"That seems to be true."
Upon entering the courtyard, Bai Mu curiously looked around until…
"Hehe~ Little Erya let her big sister touch her~"
"How could you say that? If we're talking about seniority, you should at least call me 'Auntie,' little Miku!"
The two voices echoed in the corner of the room. Hearing the sounds, Bai Mu looked over, bewildered, and then asked Ming with a puzzled expression:
"This is... hiss..."
"Oh, it's nothing. It's probably Miku and Nia doing something. Don't worry about it."
"How can I not care? This is definitely the voice of my two younger sisters! You've been keeping mistresses in a golden house! You look so innocent and celibate, but I never expected you to be like this. Let your brother see you!" After saying this, Bai Mu ran over as fast as he could.
Ming sighed helplessly and walked towards the room, with Bai Mu following closely behind like a curious child.
Pushing open the door, one sees Nia holding a comic book, entangled with Miku. When Miku sees Ming enter, she stops.
"Welcome back! Lord Flame Beast and..."
When Miku saw Hyakume follow her in, her brows furrowed slightly and her eyes became lifeless.
"...How could there be a man here? He even stepped into Xiao Erya's room! Get out of here, you filthy thing!"
Bai Mu was startled by Mei Jiu's sudden reprimand. Ming quickly explained:
“Miku, he is my friend and has no ill intentions.”
"Ugh?!"
Miku paused slightly, then put away her previous expression of extreme disgust and put on her signature fake idol smile. At this moment, Hyakume looked at Ming with a gradually strange expression.
Bai Mu finally leaned closer to Ming and whispered:
"You rascal, how many secrets do you have? First, the only male elf, and now two strange girls have appeared."
"They're not girls, just my two tenants."
Ming lied without batting an eye, explaining that from Hyakume's perspective, if he gave away Miku, a late-stage spirit, Shido would be able to take her down.
Miku smiled again and bowed slightly to Hyakume. Although she was trembling all over due to her misogyny, she still showed her most understanding self in front of Ming.
"I'm so sorry, I was a bit out of line just now." Bai Muzhong scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.
Niya closed the comic book and looked at Hyakume with curiosity.
"Young man, who are you? You seem a bit slow-witted."
"She's just my colleague. Speaking of which, what's Miku doing here today? Isn't she an idol?"
"I'm off today, so I came to play with you and Xiao Erya, sir," Mei Jiu said cheerfully. Bai Mu nodded, seemingly understanding.
After chatting casually for a while, Ming dragged Bai Mu, who was drooling and grinning like a pervert, out of the room.
"Ah, my two beautiful girls!" This was his last cry before he was dragged away.
After Bai Mu was roughly dragged into another room like an object.
An amazing thing happened—his previously cloudy eyes suddenly became clear and bright, radiating a mysterious and profound light.
He slowly stood up from the ground, his movements elegant yet graceful. He first gently brushed the dust off his clothes.
"Hey bro, you're really ruthless."
“There’s nothing I can do, who told you to do this…” Ming also sensed something was off in his words, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"I have no problem helping you develop a computer virus, but before that, let's have a proper talk, Klein brothers..."
Then, he fixed his gaze on Ming, his eyes like two beams of cold lightning, as if they could see right through a person.
"Let's talk about the two little girls from earlier. One of them is Miku Izayoi, a former famous idol in Japan. I don't know why she's at your house, but there's something about her that I'm really curious about~"
Bai Mu finally brought his eyes close to Ming's, his expression turning playful, before continuing to speak:
"How does she know your identification name? And why does she address you as 'Sir'..."
"What do you want to say? Just say it." Ming's expression turned somewhat displeased.
"It's very simple. I don't even need to check her identity. With a simple process of elimination, you can find that anyone who can talk to you is someone who can benefit from you. Let's do another process of elimination. What do you think her identity is?"
"Tsk."
Ming clicked his tongue after a moment of silence:
"No matter who she is, it's none of your business."
“Brother Klein, don’t forget, we’re partners now. If there are too many uncertainties around you, I’ll find it hard to work with you with peace of mind.” Bai Mu shook his head and chuckled.
"She won't affect our affairs. Besides, this is also part of my revenge against the Primal Spirit. According to what we said back then, she shouldn't have the right to interfere, right?"
"That's true. But I'm a very curious person. If you don't tell me, I'll have to investigate on my own. If I accidentally reveal something I shouldn't, that wouldn't be good."
Ming crossed his arms, his eyes carrying a hint of warning:
"Hyakume, knowing too much about some things won't do you any good. You'd better leave things at that regarding Miku."
Bai Mu finally spread his hands, feigning innocence: "Alright, alright, anyway, this has nothing to do with me. Let's talk about serious matters, about the creation of those [Phantom Beasts]."
Ming's expression softened slightly, and he took out some documents from his suit pocket and handed them to Bai Muzhong.
Bai Mu finally took it, took out a pocket watch from his pocket, opened it, projected an electronic keyboard, glanced at the design drawing a few times, and then began to type on the keyboard.
"how long it takes?"
"Without concrete data, it will probably take some time. If it's 7:30 now, it will take at least until 9:30 in the evening to finish."
"So short?"
"This is actually a long time for me. To a normal hacker, it would be impossible to crack this in just two hours, but for me, two hours is a long time. Now you know how valuable it was for my boss to recruit me from a Japanese prison, right?"
Bai Mu finished speaking, revealing a smug smile, but that was unimportant to Ming.
Feeling the headache growing stronger each night, I silently turned around and prepared to go back to my room.
"Should we go find those two beautiful girls?"
"You know I'm not that kind of person, don't bother me with this nonsense."
"Okay, okay, it's true that for someone like you, usefulness might be more important than looks."
"Say what you want, goodbye." With that, she pushed open the door and left, walking slowly back to her room.
(Aside: "Miku has been helping Nia find inspiration for her novel, but she's probably more often playing video games while having an episode.")