?Chapter 434


    "Where are you? Do you want me to bring the food over there instead?" Hera asked deliberately.


    It was rare for Hera to act so clingy, so Bernard was actually feeling very happy. But at the same time, he also felt guilty for lying to her.


    "I''m at Dusk City discussing a possible business coboration. It''s a bit far, so there''s no need for you to bother. I''ll go meet you once I''m done."


    Hera''s hands paused after hearing that Bernard was at Dusk City as Astral Nova was located beside it.


    "What time''s your appointment?" She probed.Content rights belong to N?velDrama.Org.


    Bernard replied, "Two in the afternoon."


    Hera said regretfully, "Oh, then I don''t think I''ll be able to make it in time. Just go and do what you need to do."


    "Good girl. I''ll try to finish up as soon as possible and head to the Everett residence to meet you."


    "Alright," Hera said before ending the call. Then, she opened her WhatsApp and changed to her other ount, Shadow. After that, she sent the Grandmaster of Astral Nova a message before turning Bernard''sputer on.


    She remembered that during the first time she had hacked into the Grandmaster''sputer, his IP address indicated that he was at Shuttle Ventures.


    Furthermore, Bernard had requested backup during the attack at Greecia Lakeside. However, the backup came from a helicopter that held the Astral Nova symbol.


    Was it really all just a coincidence? She remembered how the Grandmaster of Astral Nova had asked for her picture.


    But despite showing up as someonepletely different, even a different gender, the Grandmaster wasn''t the slightest bit surprised. It was almost as if he already knew who she was. She took out a USB drive from her bag and connected it to hisptop.


    At the same time, Bernard was currently at Astral Nova''s skyscraper. He looked at his chat message with Shadow and frowned.


    Shadow had just sent him a message: "All the money for those special medications has been credited into your ount, right? Prepare the money, and I''ll head over to collect it at two in the afternoon."


    What was Hera doing? Why was she acting so out of the blue today? Did she realize something?


    Back at Shuttle Ventures, Hera used her codes to run through all the documents on Bernard''sptop but failed to find anything rted to Astral Nova.


    At the same time, she found something interesting. The timestamps for the modification of theputer files had veryrge gaps in between. There would only be a few timestamps throughout the whole year. Furthermore, all of the applications used formunicating had been deleted thoroughly. It was obvious that theputer before her was barely used toplete work. Was it just for decoration?


    Then, she proceeded to hack into thepany''s internalwork and began searching through the cameras by the building''s entrance. She used times 16 yback speed to watch through today''s recording, but there weren''t any signs of Bernard entering thepany today.


    It was a one-time thing. She continued to look through old footage and realized there weren''t any signs of


    Bernard. So, where exactly did Bernard work if he came to Norburgh every weekday?


    Bernard had not been doing well in the Killian family, yet he did note to work. Hera felt like things weren''t adding up and that Bernard wasn''t who he imed to be.


    At the same time, she had also hid her real identity from him, so she believed they were both equally at fault. But now, not only was Bernard not who he imed to be, but he was also much better at pretending than she was!


    At that moment, her phone lit up as she received a notification. She opened her chat.


    It was a message from the Grandmaster of Astral Nova. The message wrote, "Sure. You can head straight to the skyscraper."


    What? He didn''t reject her?


    Hera immediately quit hispany''swork and removed her traces. She pulled out the USB drive and called a cab to head toward Astral Nova.


    In the conference room within the skyscraper, Bernard was the only person present around the round meeting table, whereas a 3D hologram filled in the seats for the Ten Elders.


    Although the 3D holograms were covered in ck, they had an emerald ring on their index finger. Each ring had a different color, symbolizing the different elders.


    Today''s meeting was an online meeting with Astral Nova''s upper management. An Al processed everyone''s voices and automatically converted them to thenguage set by the receiving end.


    The meeting had just started when Bernard''s phone lit up, indicating a call from Hera.