Chapter 271


    Aside from thinking that Bernard feared she''d run away to leave him untreated, Hera couldn''te up with any other reason for Bernard shadowing her like a prisoner for thest few days.


    Bernard gazed at her intently. He wasn''t afraid that she might run away but was afraid she might disappear again.


    "Yes," he said, confirming her assumption.


    Hera was momentarily speechless.


    "You can rest assured. I have medical ethics. I''ll take responsibility for you," she said, then turned and entered the café.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    "Dous."


    Bernard looked at the driver''s seat, and Dous immediately understood.


    Led by the waiter, Hera was taken to a private room reserved by Leon. She knocked and entered.


    Inside the room, only Leon was present. He was engrossed in a discussion on Cyber Web''s forum.


    Discussions have been rampant recently about the UTA-224 hacking incident and the International Police''s bounty of 100 thousand dors for Raven''s capture.


    Everyone on the forum spected about Raven''s true identity and whereabouts, while another hotly debated topic was the identity of the person who hacked the satellite.


    "Boss, take a look at this. Someone on the forum is specting that S might have been your partner in the UTA-224 hacking. Is that true?" Leon turned theputer screen toward Hera upon her arrival.


    Hera immediately nced at the post''s contents but realized it was mere gossip. Most people were just specting about S and Vulcan.


    Both were legends in the hacking world and bitter rivals. Their fans, who typically didn''t get along, were now engaged in heated exchanges on the forum.


    They were ming the opposing side for the trouble brewing, as though they were afraid that their idols were wanted criminals.


    Vulcan''s fans imed, "Raven is wanted, so obviously his mentor, S, must be involved."


    S'' fans countered, "Vulcan is just copying S to shift the me. How despicable!"


    Onlookersmented, "Truly top-tier hackers. They can even hack into Miridian''s military satellite. Impressive!"


    Hera was rendered speechless.


    She was curious about this gossip herself. She wondered if it was true and who the other person might be. S hadn''t responded to her yet. But now wasn''t the time to indulge in gossip.


    "Where is it?" she asked.


    Leon extracted a small ck memory card from hisputer and gave it to Hera.


    It was


    256MB microSD card, a relic


    from the era when phones had. buttons. It had been a while:


    those days. Content belop


    "Do you have the card reader?" she asked.


    "Here."


    to


    Leon took out a card reader from his bag and handed it to her.


    Hera


    herptop over and sat


    Cim. She inserted the S theputer. Content thenie


    the reader and then


    to


    Leon immediately got up and went over to Hera''s side to watch.


    Hera clicked on the card''s icon on herputer and realized it was empty.


    At that moment, a waiter brought in


    a cup


    of coffee and asked, "Miss, is


    the gentleman outside your friend?"


    Hera peeked through the door crack and saw Dous standing outside the private room.


    Leon also spotted Dous and knew he was Bernard''s personal assistant.


    He asked, "Should we invite him in?"


    "No," Hera refused.


    She wasn''t ready for Bernard to know her true identity.


    She told the waiter, "Get him a cup oftte and ask him to wait outside."


    "Sure," the waiter replied and left, not forgetting to close the door.


    Leon caught her meaning.


    "Hey, aren''t you nning to tell him your real identity?"


    Hera raised an eyebrow.


    "Tell him, and then wait for him to turn me in for the 100-thousand-dor bounty?"