Chapter: 256

“Just skip the questions you don't need to ask. Anything new happened lately?" Sean asked.

Sean glanced down and typed out a response. “Did I upset you?"

"No, Phillip should have filled you in on most of this. A foreign princess who needed medical treatment had been desperately Looking for information on the Supernatural Doctor, going so far as to turn to Sacredice once with tons of money in return for any leads," the voice in his earpiece reported.

"I get it, but from this point, we're not sharing any info on the Supernatural Doctor," Sean instructed.

Then, another message showed up in the chat window. “No, I'm just really curious about you."

Seeing this, Sean paused before replying, "What are you curious about?"

"Okay, I'll block any info leaks about the Supernatural Doctor. Going to check the forums again. If that 'Moon' tries to hit you again later, I've got your back," the voice replied.

"I'm wondering whether you're a guy or a girl, what kind of person you are, and what you look like," Norah replied.

Sean sensed Moon was after all his details. He chose not to reply, yet the messages kept coming. "You've got real talent. Why don't we become friends?"

Both of them having topped the hacker leaderboard for years without much interaction, this marked their first exchange, albeit under less -than-ideal circumstances.

"I'm all for being friends, as long as you steer clear of my firewall." With that, Sean awaited a response.

Norah seemed to be typing for a while, before finally sending over a message. "Sure thing. I make a great friend. Just so you know, if I really wanted to, breaking through your firewall to get your info would be a piece of cake."

Reading this, Sean couldn't help feeling uneasy. He was aware of Moon's capabilities and her potential to follow through on her warning. His message had, at least for now, kept Moon from pressing the attack further.

"Hello, new friend." Amazed by Moon's hacking skills, Sean felt no harm in their being friends, seeing potential for future collaborations.

Norah glanced at her computer screen, a smile playing on her Lips.

She always enjoyed connecting with talented people. "Hey there, new friend. Let's share some tech tips when we find the time."

“Sounds good."

Initially, Norah hadn't planned on befriending "N". Her original goal was merely to learn more about N. But now that they were friends, she put aside her plans to dig up information on N online.

Kason ended the call and held his breath. The group searching for him had approached his hiding spot.

"Where did he go? He ran this way!"

"He's been hit, right? He can't be too far!"

“We need to find him and bring him back, or we're going to face serious consequences!"

Hidden in the bushes, Kason listened as the voices grew nearer, his heartbeat thundering in his ears.

The blood loss and stress were making him lightheaded. He feared he was moments away from being discovered and captured.