[Ding!!!][System activated!]Suddenly, a sound rang in Adrian’s head, and a translucent black screen appeared in front of him, floating in the air. Fonts and edges glowing with faint golden light.Hearing a sound so close, he stumbled backward on instinct. His shoulder slammed into someone walking behind him.“Watch where you're going, asshole!” The man shouted.“S-Sorry.” Adrian apologized and stepped aside immediately. His eyes never leaving the floating panel.“Deepshit” The man muttered and walked away.Adrian's breathing had become heavy. His heartbeat beating faster.A—am I… hallucinating?[Hacking System][Host: Adrian Miles][System level: 1]— — — — —[Skills:][Hacking level: Beginner]The interface suddenly shifted from landscape to portrait, and lines of text were scrolling downward.“How the hell does this thing know my name?” Adrian stared in disbelief.He raised his hand to touch the panel. But before he could touch it, the black panel expanded and a series of golden l

Time passed. The POS terminal was much harder than the Wi-Fi. Adrian’s fingers began to ache, his neck hurting, his shoulders stiff.[Attempt failed.]Come on.Adrian tried a different approach.[Attempt failed.]Adrian clenched his teeth. He stared at the screen and took a few moments to stretch his body. Then he start typing again, and finally—[Hacking successful][Hacking skill upgraded to Intermediate]He slowly leaned back.Sigh!His fingers were cramping, his neck was killing him. But he has done it. He hacked into the restaurant's POS system.Finally.“Adrian. We are closing soon. If you're going to order something, you should probably do it now.” Adrian looked up and saw Kaitlyn stood beside his table. Kaitlyn lowered her voice and said it. Then he looked toward the restaurant and saw the dining room had begun to empty.“Actually… I was thinking about treating you to dinner.” Adrian looked at her and smiled a little wider.“Me?” Kaitlyn blinked.“Yeah. I figured I should wai

[Hacking successful]“Ahh…Finally.” He slowly leaned back and dragged both hands down his face.“Now let's see what you've got.” A tired grin appeared on his face.Adrian began exploring. At first, he didn't find anything particularly interesting. Some university documents, a few games, pictures from parties, and messages.Then he found something that made him stop, a folder. He clicked it open. There were dozens of private photographs.“Well, well… I never thought you liked swordplay.” Adrian made a disgusting face.Then a new panel appeared.[Potential Target Detected][Target: Gunther's Instagram Account][Security Rating: ★][Estimated Success Rate: 98%]Adrian blinked as a slow grin appeared across his face, his eyes moving between the system panel and the private photographs he had discovered on Gunther's computer while a particularly dangerous thought slowly formed in his mind.“Ah… System, don't give me naughty ideas.”The moment he finished speaking, Adrian burst into laughte

The cafeteria was already crowded when Adrian and Kaitlyn walked inside, with students filling most of the tables and the entire room buzzing with conversations, laughter, and the occasional loud clatter of trays against the counters.Adrian glanced around the room and immediately noticed that finding an empty table wasn't going to be easy, especially since most of the better spots had already been claimed by groups of students who were either eating breakfast or pretending to study while spending most of their time talking.“Looks like half the university had the same idea we did.” Kaitlyn looked around the crowded cafeteria with a small sigh, clearly disappointed that they might have to squeeze themselves into one of the remaining tables surrounded by noisy groups.“Don't worry. I'll find us a good spot.” Adrian looked around again, refusing to accept that he had come all this way only to end up sitting beside a group of freshmen screaming across the table at each other.They joined

At the library, Adrian immediately headed toward one of the quieter corners and occupied a small table between two tall bookshelves. Then he put his backpack onto the chair beside him and pulled his laptop out of his backpack and switched it on.He was breathing heavily, not because he was tired from walking across the campus, but because of the anger he was holding since leaving the vice president's office.Kaitlyn sat down beside him and watched him silently for a few seconds. As she noticed the way Adrian’s jaw remained clenched, she reached into her backpack and pulled out a bottle of water.“Here. Drink this first.” Kaitlyn held out the bottle toward him; her voice was low because of the quiet around them, and she gave him a concerned look as she was worried about him.“Thank you.” Adrian took the bottle from her and immediately twisted the cap open before drinking more than half of it in a few long gulps. The cold water didn’t help to extinguish the anger inside him but at least