The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 680: Backhandedly Hacked the Opponent’s Computer_1

"What’s her major?" Phoebe Hoffman’s interest piqued as she slanted a look at him.

"She..." Wallace Radcliff seemed unsure how to begin, but since Phoebe had asked, it would be rude not to answer, "...Chinese Medicine."

"Chinese Medicine?!" Phoebe’s voice rose three octaves; her headache grew worse. She rubbed her temples incredulously and said, "You got a student of Chinese Medicine to help us look at the autonomous driving programming source code? Is this a joke?"

Frustrated, she paced back and forth, saying, "I’ve been stuck on that source code for three months, and I just wanted Amadeus to take a look... If Amadeus is unwell, I could just go back and ponder over it some more. Even if I couldn’t figure it out, it would still be better than asking someone so unreliable for help."

Phoebe Hoffman prided herself as The Ninth Institute’s number one IT programmer and had never really acknowledged anyone else’s skill. She couldn’t fathom that, with her talent, someone else could solve a puzzle she had failed to crack in three months.

Especially not a high school student.

She felt like Wallace Radcliff was wasting time!

...

Compared to her anxious distress, another person in the ward was much calmer. Brian Bonette didn’t barrage Wallace Radcliff with questions like she did. Instead, he lifted his head to look at the man on the hospital bed and asked in a mild voice, "Can the high school student that Radcliff mentioned handle it?"

Lying on the hospital bed, propping up a small table with a laptop on it, Amadeus Yancey’s face was slightly pale, showing he was still ill. On hearing the question, he raised his hand to rub his temples and didn’t directly answer, only saying, "Didn’t The Ninth Institute lose a chip before?"

"Yes. I know; I’ve heard about it."

The incident where Alfred Garland carelessly allowed the chip to be stolen had caused quite a stir, especially since the thief used the stolen chip to invade The Ninth Institute’s systems and tried to steal confidential information.

Apparently, Radcliff’s team had managed to settle the matter afterward.

The details of how they settled it remained unclear to him, but one of Radcliff’s men, Xavier Rabenstein, had impressive hacker skills and could match Phoebe Hoffman’s expertise.

It was probably Xavier who took care of it.

Not giving it much thought, Brian crossed his legs and asked, "Was it Xavier who settled it?"

"Tsk," Amadeus chuckled lightly, with a hint of pride, "No."

"Not Xavier?" Brian was surprised, asking reflexively, "If not Xavier, then who?"

To his knowledge, amongst Radcliff’s group, it was Xavier who excelled the most in hacking and programming. Someone like Radcliff was more into software development and not particularly skilled with hacking techniques.

Could there be a third person involved?

Amadeus Yancey, with lazy elegance, rested his hand on the laptop and glanced sideways at him with a dignified air, "None of the ten or so people in Radcliff’s team managed it. It was the person I told you about; she stepped in and settled the issue in the end. She even counter-hacked the other party’s computer, and while she was at it, implanted a virus and destroyed the chip that had fallen into their hands..."

"Damn, you’re saying she single-handedly intercepted all their attacks and then counter-hacked their computer?" Brian’s face finally showed a trace of seriousness as he straightened up, remembering Nathalie Quinlan, whom Sadam Vinson had been harping about lately.

It seemed to be the same name.

Nathalie Quinlan.

From what Sadam had said, this ’Nathalie’ played the Konghou extremely well, overshadowing Caryn Zachmann at Mr. Norton’s birthday and causing quite a scene.

Mr. Norton had publicly recognized her as his student.

His gaze somewhat astonished, he looked at the man and couldn’t help exclaiming, "Are high school students these days really this formidable?"

He remembered his own school days when high schoolers were still cramming English vocabulary and immersed in math, physics, and chemistry, with their heads full of university entrance exams, oblivious to the world outside their windows, focused only on their books – and even then, not all had great grades!