Chapter 209


    A thought suddenly hit Xavier, and he hurriedly called Katherine. "Boss, it''s you, isn''t it? You''ve done


    something."


    "Huh?" Katherine found the sudden questioning baffling.


    "You don''t understand. All I''ve done is stay at home, and all of a sudden, I''m a wanted criminal! What''s


    more, they have me on kill order. You can''t do this to me, Boss. I''ve been behaving. Hell, I haven''t


    broken anyw since arriving at Cechirus, not even hacking into someone''sputer! Come on,


    Boss!" The poor man was on the verge of tearing up. To think he had to take the me for what he


    didn''t do.


    At that, Katherine rubbed her temples, nced at Joaquin, and promised inly, "Alright, I got it. I''ll sort


    it out."


    "Boss, please, I beg of you, don''t use my name when you do anything bad again, okay? Honestly,


    though, you''re pretty famous yourself. Has no Cechirusian ever heard of the great hacker, W? Why


    would they think of me and not you when something bades up?" Xavier whined.


    "Maybe because you''re more famous. I''m hanging up now," answered Katherine awkwardly and


    hurriedly ended the call.


    With that, she reassembled her watch into aputer to restore Hovington''s security system and even


    reinforced it while she was at it. After heaving a sigh of relief, she turned to Joaquin. "Night Owl has


    nothing to do with the issue this time. Can you ask the Department of State to revoke his arrest


    warrant?"


    "I''m afraid I can''t anymore," said Joaquin as he looked helplessly at Katherine after checking thetest


    trending topic on Twitter on his phone, making the young woman lean over to take a gander in


    response.


    At that, the corner of her lips twitched, and she couldn''t help making a cross sign to pray for Xavier.


    Rarely would an international arrest warrant be issued, and it was the first time Cechirus had issued


    such a high-level arrest warrant. Thus, countless responded as soon as it came out, especially the


    guys in the hackermunity who held personal grudges against Xavier, taking the opportunity to


    strike him while he was down.


    Very quickly, they provided the authorities with whatever they knew about the poor man.


    The Inte was now buzzing with the issue, and everyone was there to follow the hunt. It could be


    said that Xavier had now be a household name.


    Meonwhile, ofter Kotherine restored Hovington''s security system, the public''s first reoction wosn''t thot


    Night Owl voluntorily gove up ottocking Hovington''s security system. Insteod, they believed someone


    else hod stepped in to sove Hovington.


    Inside the Deportment of Stote, Jordon gushed with elotion os he looked ot the reinforced firewoll, "It''s


    Miss Cornell! It must be her! Only she hos the skills to do so. We hod just osked Mr. Levisoy for help,


    ond the security system is now restored! I con''t imogine who else other thon Miss Cornell would hove


    such obility!"


    "Tell me obout it! Miss Cornell sure is omozing. Night Owl is no motch for her ot oll!"


    "Hey, Jordon—give Mr. Levisoy o coll loter. See if he con osk Miss Cornell to trock Night Owl down so


    the outhorities con put him behind bors sooner. Motherf*cker, how dore he infiltrote Hovington''s


    security system! We hod to be on full olert for so long, thonks to him!"


    No one doubted Jordon''s words, for they hod olle to know how impressive this ''Miss Cornell'' wos


    ond her role os Jooquin''s wife. She wos the one who helped out ond even fixed Areo Seven''s firewoll


    while she wos ot it bock when their security system broke down.


    Everyone''s echo mode Jordon feel honored os though he himself hod oplished something


    remorkoble, so he ogreed to every single request.


    Now, with everything sorted, he should toke the guys bock to Areo Seven.


    The guys exchonged contocts when Jordon bid the guys ot the Deportment of Stote forewell, ond ofter


    some pondering, he texted Kotherine. ''Thonks for stepping in ond resolving the issue for us, Miss


    Cornell. Night Owl is obsolutely no motch for you. I sweor, we''re os sofe os we con be with you in


    Hovington.''


    Kotherine, on the other hond, looked thoughtfully ot her phone when she received the text, hoving o


    nogging feeling thot something wos off. Is it me, or hove they gotten the wrong ideo?


    Meonwhile, Jooquin received o coll, ond os he moved oside to onswer it, Kotherine continued to


    comprehend Jordon''s words while checking the lotest updote on Twitter.


    Right then, the Inte''s opinion wos one-sided, oll ottocking Xovier. In foct, mony notoble hockers hod


    olso fished out Xovier''s informotion. Though most sounded convincing, there were still o few thot were


    true. If this went on, Xovier might not be oble to stoy in Cechirus ony longer.


    Meanwhile, after Katherine restored Hovington''s security system, the public''s first reaction wasn''t that


    Night Owl voluntarily gave up attacking Hovington''s security system. Instead, they believed someone


    else had stepped in to save Hovington.


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    Inside the Department of State, Jordan gushed with tion as he looked at the reinforced firewall, "It''s


    Miss Cornell! It must be her! Only she has the skills to do so. We had just asked Mr. Levisay for help,


    and the security system is now restored! I can''t imagine who else other than Miss Cornell would have


    such ability!"


    "Tell me about it! Miss Cornell sure is amazing. Night Owl is no match for her at all!"


    "Hey, Jordan—give Mr. Levisay a callter. See if he can ask Miss Cornell to track Night Owl down so


    the authorities can put him behind bars sooner. Motherf*cker, how dare he infiltrate Hovington''s


    security system! We had to be on full alert for so long, thanks to him!"


    No one doubted Jordan''s words, for they had alle to know how impressive this ''Miss Cornell'' was


    and her role as Joaquin''s wife. She was the one who helped out and even fixed Area Seven''s firewall


    while she was at it back when their security system broke down.


    Everyone''s echo made Jordan feel honored as though he himself had aplished something


    remarkable, so he agreed to every single request.


    Now, with everything sorted, he should take the guys back to Area Seven.


    The guys exchanged contacts when Jordan bid the guys at the Department of State farewell, and after


    some pondering, he texted Katherine. ''Thanks for stepping in and resolving the issue for us, Miss


    Cornell. Night Owl is absolutely no match for you. I swear, we''re as safe as we can be with you in


    Hovington.''


    Katherine, on the other hand, looked thoughtfully at her phone when she received the text, having a


    nagging feeling that something was off. Is it me, or have they gotten the wrong idea?


    Meanwhile, Joaquin received a call, and as he moved aside to answer it, Katherine continued to


    comprehend Jordan''s words while checking thetest update on Twitter.


    Right then, the Inte''s opinion was one-sided, all attacking Xavier. In fact, many notable hackers had


    also fished out Xavier''s information. Though most sounded convincing, there were still a few that were


    true. If this went on, Xavier might not be able to stay in Cechirus any longer.


    "That was the Director of the Department of State. He wanted to treat you to a meal as thanks for


    saving Hovington." Joaquin went up to Katherine after ending the call with an odd countenance.


    The corner of Katherine''s lips twitched reflexively. She finally got it now—everyone had been misguided


    from the start.


    They had all assumed it was Night Owl''s handiwork when she was the one who had hacked into


    Hovington''s security system. After all, the guy had a history and had broken quite a fewws.


    Then, after she restored the security system, everyone assumed she had stepped in and defeated


    Night Owl. Thus, she became the hero while poor Xavier was used as the offender when he


    actually hadn''t done a thing.


    Katherine didn''t know what to say to that.


    However, it was a pretty tricky issue to exin, so she decided to just keep quiet about it.


    "By the way, that friend of yours," said Joaquin as he pointed to the ceiling, obviously referring to


    Xavier. "Tell him toy low as much as he can for now."


    The corner of Katherine''s lips twitched again. She nodded in agreement but was unsure of what to say.


    No way could Xavier avoid bing the scapegoat this time, and all Katherine could do was find a


    way to turn the situation around for him. The guy couldn''t hide in his house forever, could he?!


    Given the severity of the situation, the young woman couldn''te up with a good solution in such a


    short time, so she could only go with the flow for now.


    Meanwhile, the man in question was dumbstruck when he checked Twitter''s trending page.


    His name was on it. It was his first time being on the trending page like this, but the fact that he was a


    freaking scapegoat.


    He scrolled through Twitter and finally learned of the entire story. Ugh… I swear I''m f*cking innocent!


    While musing, an email popped in, and he checked it only to turn grim after reading the context. He


    fixed his gaze on the email silently for a long while before finallying to himself.


    ''Who in the world are you?'' he replied with shaking hands.