Spoiled by Eight Uncles

After an all-nighter, Cloud successfully traced an IP address starting from the internet café. He closed the system backstage, ensuring there were no traces left, and stretched his tired muscles.

“Hey, Calvin, I’m here. Sorry I’m late, there was a traffic jam,” the substitute network administrator hurriedly greeted Cloud.

Cloud smiled and reassured him, “No worries, I was just finishing up a game. Take your time.”

The substitute network administrator marveled at how friendly Calvin was and began the handover process.

“Wait, something seems off with the 25 dollars,” the substitute network administrator remarked.

Cloud nodded, “Oh, there was this guy who went crazy and paid with underworld currency to access the internet.”

He pointed to two underworld banknotes in the corner and whispered, “Have you noticed anything unusual happening in our county recently? Something that just looks abnormal at first sight?”

The substitute network administrator was scared as he saw the underworld currency!

Oh my…

“Well, nothing out of the ordinary…” The substitute network administrator replied nervously, “There was an elderly lady in the southern part of the city who committed suicide by jumping off a building. But that’s unfortunately not uncommon… Could she be the one who was accessing the internet last night?”

Cloud shook his head, “No, it was just a regular young man.”

The substitute network administrator pondered for a moment and added, “I did hear about a man getting hit by a bicycle the day before yesterday and being rushed to the hospital. The doctors said he couldn’t be saved… But the next day, he disappeared.”

Cloud speculated, “Could he have come to our internet café?”

substitute network administrator cautioned, “Come on, Calvin, don’t say

realized that he could not find any abnormal people or incidents in the county. He patted his colleague on the shoulder

the internet café. However, he quickly added a warning at the end, urging his friend not to talk about it, as it could affect the café’s business negatively and the boss might kill

he returned, he noticed that the substitute network administrator was still recording a

why don’t I just take up that part-time job you mentioned yesterday? I can earn 2,000 dollars a month just by taking photos, which is only 500 dollars

glanced at him, intrigued by the mention of a part-time job involving

of part-time job is it? Count me in if the pay well!”

that an environmental research organization needs people to take photos to document

“What kind of pictures? Is it that

his head, “Doesn’t sound too difficult. It seems they want photos of the vegetation, the overall forest environment, and such. They said

that led up the mountain. Residents often

“Okay, take me with

administrator’s WhatsApp or contact information, as he did not want to appear too eager or suspicious. After discussing

outside, he came face to face with a man in black. The man had a sharp and somewhat sinister appearance, and

himself slightly sideways as if giving way to

do. After all, the man appeared rather suspicious. But he reminded himself of his

responded with a perplexed expression and asked, “What are you staring

black chuckled and scratched his

Cloud walked ahead, but as soon as he turned his back to the man, his eyes

wrong

facial expressions, suggested a malevolent intent. Drawing upon his professional training, Cloud’s