A Beauty With Multiple Masks

A new message showed up on the screen: It seems like you dislike my present for you. That‘s strange. I thought you hated Shandie.

Arielle balled her hands into fists, then replied, “Who are you? What are you trying to do?”

There came another message shortly after the previous one: I think you’ve misunderstood me, Ms. Moore. I was simply trying to help you, but it appears / caused you some problems instead. I’m truly sorry about that.

Without waiting for Arielle’s reply, a new sentence popped up: Ms. Moore, why don‘t you consider joining our team? I commend your skillfulness in hacking.

As soon as Arielle came across the word “hacking,” all she could think of was the recent explosion of the building. She narrowed her eyes and answered, “You’re the one who’s trying to kill Vinson.”

Another line of text appeared: Aren‘t you a clever one, Ms. Moore? How about joining us? I‘m sure you‘ll become one of the world‘s highest–ranking hackers in no time, a normal computer with no cybersecurity software to protect her from malicious attacks. Thus, it had been a piece of cake for the experienced hacker to infiltrate her computer.

intermediate firewall to prevent the

only strong, but it could also immediately lock on to the attacker’s IP address

uncover the mastermind behind

phone number. A few seconds flew by before Vinson answered the

magnetic. Arielle was distracted by his alluring voice for a short while before she managed to clear her thoughts and mutter, “The person who was attempting to assassinate

 under my guidance. However, if you choose to refuse, then you become our

with some underground hacker who doesn’t even dare reveal their identity to their

a different message emerged on the screen: Don’t reject us so soon, Ms. Moore. You have three days to consider this carefully. See you

worry about looking for me because I’ll

the computer shut down automatically before