My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

While the students of Royal Creek were bummed out, the students of Northon Institute were celebrating. Everyone gathered around Zeke when he returned to his seat.

"Zeke, why didn't you tell us you were Specter!?"

"That was one crazy competition!"

"I heard you've partnered with the number one hacker!"

"Have you met her in person?"

Many in Zeke's entourage bombarded him with question after question. The barrage left him with a headache, and he silently looked at Nicole's direction.

'These people are already excited to know that I'm ranked second. If they knew that Nicole is here, wouldn't they all sh*t their pants? I guess Mr. Hardy will be in for it later, Nicole seems to be seething...,' Zeke thought to himself.

followed up by contestants completing their turns, with more than half being eliminated. On the main seat, Sebastian was spectating the entire competition where

sure what her actual strengths are. But it

seem to be

trio of Nicole, Gary, and Ryder having made it, while Zeke had skipped it and entered the finals as he had defeated Rowdon. The

Gary, and Preston were left standing, prompting Director Monroe to quickly choose. "Gary, Ryder, you two are to be in a team together. The tacit cooperation between the two of you can increase our chances of winning. Nicole and Preston, which one of you is sure to secure

smiled and looked at Nicole. "Without a doubt,

sick joke is this? How can Nicole be any

hesitated. 'Both Ryder and Gary are of university standards and to pick Nicole...it would be a bit too much for her to enter the finals since she's still a kid. They might not make it into the finals anyway, so I guess it doesn't make much of a difference

people to team up with. Just try to keep yourself in the competition and enter the finals," Director Monroe

worry," Preston

not come head-to-head with

Monroe decided before turning to Nicole to comfort her. "For a person of your age, it's okay to be