Chapter 408


    Keh kept quiet as he watched Miguel fight his opponent.


    As the windows shed on the screen, Miguel''s brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Finally, with a


    loud thump, Miguel smacked his hands on the keyboard.


    “What''s wrong?” Keh asked.


    “I...” Miguel hesitantly started, finding it hard to answer Keh.


    “You lost?” Keh quirked a brow.


    Despite his reluctance to admit it, it was still a fact. Hence, Miguel nodded with much difficulty. “The


    other person has tracked me down. Now, not only do they know that I''ve been stalking them, but


    they even know our location.”


    “Is it that simple?”


    Miguel drew his brows together as if he had been humiliated by Keh''s dubious gaze. “I...”


    He wanted to say something, but he did not know how to phrase his words. After a while of thinking


    about it, he uttered, “There aren''t many people in this world who are better at this than me. One is


    Shadow Seeker, and the other is Anonymous. There are two more, actually, but those two never


    appeared after thepetition ranking at Hacker Community was published. So, I''m not bluffing


    when I say that I''m in fifth ce!”


    “Fifth ce... Are you sure about that?”


    “Of course. Or at least, that''s the case at the Hacker Community''s ranking,” Miguel replied.


    Keh raised his brows at the sight of Miguel''s agitated demeanor. “If not for the ranking?”


    “It''ll be hard to say if we put aside the ranking, but hackers will alle to the Hacker Community to


    compete with each other. Who would know who''s better if not for the ranking?” Miguel uttered.


    A hint of gloom then shed past Miguel''s face as he looked at hisputer. “Why am I bumping


    into so many experts recently? This is so strange.”


    With that, Miguel began chatting with the other person.


    He typed: May I have the honor of knowing your name?


    The other person was silent for a moment before replying: I am nameless.


    Miguel asked: Nameless? Why haven''t I heard of you before? Did you not join the Hacker


    Community''spetition?


    The other person typed: Miguel, it seems like you aren''t as smart as I thought you''d be.


    Miguel''s eyes widened before he rapidly typed: You know who I am? How did you know it was me?


    The other person gloomily replied to his questions: I genuinely don''t know how you ended up in the


    top five with a brain like this.


    Miguel turned speechless.


    At that very moment, he knew well that the other person was much, much more skillful than him.


    Nevertheless, the other person did not seem to have any malicious intent, so Miguel answered: I


    admit that I''m not as skillful as you, but you can''t say that I''m stupid. I have a high IQ!


    The person: Yes, yes. Sure.


    Miguel typed: Who are you, really?


    The person: Take a guess.


    Miguel mulled over it before responding: Are you Shadow Seeker?


    The person: No. I''m Shadow Seeker''s fan.


    At that, Miguel gasped and typed: You''re Anonymous?


    The person: My, you''re not as dumb as I think you are.


    Again, Miguel was rendered speechless.


    He had only guessed it was Anonymous because he heard others talk about how Anonymous was


    Shadow Seeker''s fan, for Anonymous had chatted about it in private. Although one was in the first


    ce and the other was in the second, the second ce felt no envy at all, nor did he seem to want


    to surpass the first ce. It was as if Anonymous was content with being a protector of the other.


    Miguel typed in disbelief: Are you really Anonymous?


    Anonymous: What''s the matter? Do you have a problem with that?


    Miguel agitatedly typed: I... I just never thought I''d be able to interact with you one day. Even though


    I''ve been looking forward to this day for a long time, I... I''m your fan!


    Anonymous was speechless for a while.


    Is it that easy to get a fan? he wondered.


    Miguel proceeded to write in excitement: Where are you? Can we meet?


    Anonymous: Sorry. I can''t.


    Miguel: Then... Then can you leave your contact details? I''d like to get to know you!


    Anonymous wasted no time rejecting him: No.


    Miguel: All right...


    Miguel was disappointed by Anonymous'' outright rejection. Right then, Keh peeked at the


    conversation between Miguel and the other person before frowning. “How did you know he''s


    Anonymous?”


    Miguel responded, “I was chatting with a few hacker friends the other day, and one had the pleasure


    of interacting with Anonymous. At that time, someone tried to sow discord between him and


    Shadow Seeker, but Anonymous told them he was Shadow Seeker''s fan and that Shadow Seeker


    deserved first ce. He even announced that whoever wanted to challenge Shadow Seeker would


    have to go through him first. News about that incident soon spread among the hackers, but it''s


    nothing verified. I''m just making a bold guess today.”


    Hearing that, Keh frowned again.


    At that moment, Miguel''s gossip mode activated, and he added, “Someone even said that


    Anonymous admires Shadow Seeker, and that''s why Anonymous is willing to guard Shadow Seeker


    and let Shadow Seeker remain in the first ce.”


    That only made Keh scrunch his brows even more.


    Guard Shadow Seeker? Why have I never heard about this person before?


    Keh could ignore all other people, but Anonymous... somehow made him feel ill at ease.


    It was a sense of familiarity in between feelings that he could not quite describe with words.


    A beat of contemtionter, Keh said, “Ask him why he''s tracking you down.”


    Miguel saw sense in his instructions, so he immediately typed: Who''s the person I''m tracking to


    you?


    Sitting in the chair, Anthony nced at Benjamin, who was on his phone, and replied: Someone I''m


    protecting.


    After reading that, Miguel lifted his head to look at Keh.


    Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    So Benjamin''s connected to Anonymous too? Is it because of Natasha?


    All of a sudden, it felt as if an invisible man had erected a wall between them.


    Miguel then asked, “Mr. Hamilton, the person you''re tracking must know Anonymous. Could you


    introduce me to them?”


    Keh''s eyes flicked toward him before he frowned.


    Anthony messaged: Why are you tracking him down?


    Miguel: Um...


    Anonymous: Did someone instruct you to look into this?


    Miguel was speechless for a while.


    I got it, came the message from the other end.


    Again, Miguel was speechless.


    It was as though Anonymous had grown a pair of X-ray eyes that allowed him to see through the


    net at them.


    Miguel could not help but feel even more admiration for the other person.


    Anonymous threatened: Stop wasting your effort and stop trying to track them down. I won''t hold


    back otherwise.


    Keh was reading the conversation as he stood behind Miguel, and the frown he had turned


    even more intense.


    It looks like there are things I still don''t know about. Oh my dear son, how many more secrets have


    you kept from me?