Chapter 34- Origin Computing Hacker
Hearing Kai's cold words sent a shiver down the man's spine. His face slightly paled as he looked at the ever-fading silhouette of Kai, walking behind the fog. He was a skilled hitman and someone who faced some powerful individuals before.
Yet, those words that Kai said still made him feel as if his death was set in stone. It was simply a matter of time.
"What kind of freak did I stumble upon? Who is that guy?!" He said as he nervously clicked on the keyboard, revealing a closer picture of Kai. The man did some research on him but couldn't find anything noteworthy which meant that Kai had a fake identity and even a fake background.
This rooted the idea that Kai was just like him, a hitman with a fake identity and a pretty amazing ability to hide his own traces. The man was confident that no matter who it was, he will be able to unravel their mysteries yet he couldn't find a single thing about Kai.
"Someone with his skill should have at least some traces. Who could he be? No! This isn't the time to think about that! I need to kil- Huh?" As his mind wandered as to how he can kill this mysterious boy, a weird pop-up appeared on his screen.
"Huh?! Is someone trying to infiltrate my computer?!"
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Meanwhile, inside an internet cafe somewhere in Lunaria, Kai sat down on one of the posts and opened the computer. Then, he took a look at the earpiece in his hand.
'This thing is linked to that man's computer. If I hack it, I should be able to locate him easily.'
Although the computer he will use wasn't made for such uses, Kai didn't really find it to be a problem.
So, with that in mind, he put the earpiece on the table and then used a small quantity of Origin to link the earpiece to the computer. Origin power can also be a substitute for electricity and could even work as a data transfer medium which opened a new field of computer science called 'Origin Computing'.
It allowed users to turn their normal computers into weapons, very strong ones at that. A skilled Origin Computing hacker can control anything that is a machine with only his keyboard and a screen.
Anyway, after making sure that the link was sturdy, Kai's hands moved to the keyboard and started tapping on it at an extremely fast speed. His eyes kept looking at the screen without bothering to check for keys or wrong inputs.
A few seconds passed before the black command prompts started appearing on the screen. Words and numbers filled them quickly.
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"He is attacking me from all angles! How fast is he?!" The man gulped down a mouthful of saliva as he moved his fingers skillfully across the keyboard. With each pop-up that appears, he quickly blocks it and then deletes it.
However, the more he deleted, the more appeared as if they were multiplying in numbers instead of decreasing. In other words, whoever was infiltrating his computer was gradually increasing the speed of his hacking as if he was toying with the man.
"Fuck!!"
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"*Yawn* So boring." Kai yawned as he continued attacking the man's computer. With each failed attempt, he will increase his speed to the point where unnoticeably, smoke was starting to rise from the keyboard as the keys were getting burned from friction.
Minutes passed silently until finally, one of the commands was activated and a huge map appeared on the screen. On it, a cursor started moving quickly and then stopped at a certain location in Lunaria.
"As I thought, he was in Lunaria." Saying that Kai picked up the earpiece and crushed it to pieces with his hand before he walked out of the internet cafe and vanished from sight.
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"Shit! Shit! Shit!! You gotta be kidding!" The man smashed the keyboard as he stood up. "I need to leave this place now! My hiding location has been revealed!!"
His heart was beating loudly in his chest and his breathing was erratic, to say the least. The fear of those words, the cold glare on the boy's face, and his inhuman powers that made his jaw drop, the man didn't know what to fear more.
As he ran toward the door of the house, it was suddenly kicked open as it flew inside the house, smashing right into the man.
A silhouette then barged into the house casually. His face was stoic and his hands were tucked in his pockets as if he was going inside a supermarket.
"UGH!!" The man pushed the door to the side as he held his face. "Hiiiii!!!" The moment he saw Kai, he screeched from fear.
'He reached here in a few seconds?! How is that even possible?! Who is this guy?!' He yelled in his head as he tried to back away.
Kai simply stared at him as he stepped forward, slowly. As if he was enjoying torturing the man mentally.
"Name." He suddenly said in a low tone.
"Huh?!"
Kai immediately vanished from where he stood and appeared right in front of the man before he picked him from the ground by the neck.
"Your name."
"M-Matthew."
"I don't care about your real name. I want your agent number." Kai replied coldly. A 'name' in the terms of the guild wasn't the real name but the code assigned to that individual. It was to keep anonymity between members.
"I-I'm agent 879." The man replied.
'879? Have they already reached that number in mere 5 years?' Kai wondered before he looked up again.
When he left the hitman guild, the newest number was Agent 258. The fact that it quadrupled in mere 5 years made Kai frown slightly. More hitmen mean more trouble and more idiots he needs to take care of in case his identity was revealed.
"You're a newcomer. Did you target one of the Lavine family members because of money?"
"Y-Yes!! S-She has a huge bounty on her head! 150 million dollars!"
'Wait, why would Eva have a bounty on her head? She's still in the guild. Guild members can't target each other.'
It was very questionable as this was one of the main rules of the guild. No hitman has the right of killing another hitman unless it was an official duel. Or the punishment will be death. Yet, the fact that Eva has a bounty means only two possibilities; either she left the guild without permission just like Kai did or…
'Someone is targeting her. Someone that can ignore the rules and never take consequences.' Kai's eyes turned a degree colder as he reached that conclusion.
If what he was thinking of was the case, then this matter wasn't a mere game. This was a clear threat to Kai's peaceful life since Eva had integrated herself into it.
'But, who could it be? Did she turn one of the high orders against her? No, I doubt that is the case. Those old geezers never contact the hitmen unless it's a very special case.'
The more Kai thought about it the more it sounded confusing. Why would a high officer target Eva? High officers are extremely influential people that could turn whole nations into chaos with their connections. Even with Eva's influence, she wouldn't be actively approached by a high officer unless there was a very important reason behind it.
"P-Please spare me!! I only wanted the money!! You're a hitman too, right? You can't kill me!! It's against the ru-"
"I don't follow your rules."
After that, with a speed faster than the eye could blink, Kai severed the man's four limbs with his bare hands.
"UUUUUUUUUUGHHHHH!!!" A shriek akin to a pig being slaughtered echoed in the house.
"However, I won't kill you. A hacker without limbs is a dead man." Saying that Kai tossed the man to the side and turned around to leave.
In his head, the matter still lingered. Deep inside, he had no idea whether he should divulge deeper into it or not. Eva was being targeted, potentially by a high officer and he could end up getting entangled in it.
On one hand, if he tried to get to the roots of the matter, it means he will have to go back to the underworld which was something he would try to avoid as much as he could. On the other hand, if he didn't do anything, he will leave the potential risk that his identity will be revealed and he will end up bidding his normal life farewell.
"Annoying…" Murmuring to himself with a chilling tone, Kai's silhouette vanished away, like an illusory image.
For the first time in 5 years or so, Kai was annoyed by something.