The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 765: Traced to Phoebe Hoffman_1

Nathalie Quinlan came from a top-notch hacker family, and with her own talent in this area, she acted very carefully and cautiously.

The technical department found nothing when they checked the surveillance.

It wasn’t until the second time that Xavier Rabenstein realized the surveillance footage had been tampered with; his own skills were not bad, and upon discovering this flaw, he immediately tried to restore the data.

But Nathalie Quinlan was very cautious, and Xavier Rabenstein searched through several surveillance camera feeds without finding any compelling evidence.

It was only when he checked the footage from a normally unused and hidden surveillance camera by the technical department’s side door that he found a clip.

The footage was very clear.

Last night at nine ten, the woman who should have been locked out appeared outside of the technical department, swiped her card to open the door, and after sneaking in, she found the USB flash drive stored in Wallace Radcliff’s drawer and connected the found USB flash drive to the computer...

The person was apparently afraid of being discovered since she never turned on the lights throughout.

However, the white glow from the computer screen still illuminated her face clearly.

An angle with her head turned to the side.

Everyone saw the face of the person who sneaked into the technical department and stole Wallace Radcliff’s USB flash drive—Nathalie Quinlan!

"Mr. Hoffman?" Mario Cagwin was relatively naive and didn’t think as much as Wallace Radcliff. He never suspected Nathalie Quinlan, so when he saw the thief was her, he was dumbfounded, and exclaimed in shock, "How could it be her?"

"Why would Mr. Hoffman plant a Trojan virus in the USB flash drive? Doesn’t she know that today a group of experts from overseas are visiting The Ninth Institute, and Mr. Radcliff is going to demonstrate the unmanned operating system? If it’s found that the system can’t be used during the demonstration, then..."

The entire Ninth Institute would lose face!

No, that’s not right, if Nathalie Quinlan did this, the domestic research experts would also be disgraced!

After all, The Ninth Institute was also representing the nation’s top technology in international exchanges and guidance this time.

What on earth was Nathalie Quinlan doing!

Mario Cagwin spoke halfway, and the rest of his words hesitated, yet everyone at The Ninth Institute understood very well, knowing what he wanted to say.

Because what he was about to say was what everyone was thinking at that moment.

As for why Nathalie Quinlan did it, many in the technical department could guess: it had to do with her repeatedly hitting a wall and being disgraced after Nathalie Quinlan arrived, overcome with anger, she wanted to reclaim her ground.

There’s no blame in that, everyone could understand her feelings. After all, Nathalie Quinlan can be considered a pride of heaven, having a smooth-sailing life and a high status in The Ninth Institute.

Nathalie Quinlan was blamed twice because of Nathalie Quinlan and was even forced to apologize; it was normal for her wanting to make a move.

But what The Ninth Institute folks found hard to forgive was—you’re upset and want to reclaim your ground, fine, but to disregard the honor of The Ninth Institute, to ignore the efforts of domestic researchers like Master Cadmus who are devoted to their research, to do something that hurts others without benefiting yourself, that they could not forgive.

In contrast, Nathalie Quinlan, a foreigner, stepped in on behalf of Wallace Radcliff, resolved the crisis, and saved The Ninth Institute from disgrace.

The differences between the two’s gains and losses were clear and evident.

Those from Team Two who previously found trouble with Nathalie Quinlan and continuously doubted her capabilities stopped talking, their faces taut, looking quite uncomfortable.

Wanting to apologize but not knowing where to begin.

Xavier Rabenstein played the surveillance footage from the beginning again, the actions of Nathalie Quinlan in the surveillance footage was like a slap in the face to the people of Team Two.

The more they had defended Nathalie Quinlan before, the more painful it was for them now.

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Nathalie Quinlan was still replying to Sadam Vinson’s messages.

Sadam Vinson asked her if she was in McKinney, she just replied that she wasn’t, she was in Beijing.

Then Sadam Vinson’s phone call came in.