Chapter 143 New enemy?


    miamatter of seconds, the lights went out, the monitors went dark, and the entire building of Metaconex was plunged into darkness. The hum of electricity ceased, braving only the sound of their breathing and the distant noise of convoices from other parts of the building. For a moment, there was silence. Then, ire spoke, her voice echoing in the darkness. "Did we stop 7"


    Matthew sighed, the sound filled with instration and resignation. "We stopped it for now. But we''ll need to bring the system back up and assess the damage." "Let the power off for another minute so they wouldn''t beach our system again." She turned to her employee. "Check the elevator if there are people who are stuck inside and if so, being the power back on Tcan''t risk my employer getting stuck in the elevator."


    ise stood up from the chair looking deadly serious. "Sandia, Matthew, I want you to case with me."


    As they


    were out of the room, ale turned to Sandra "I want you to send an email to all of the employee about the sudden power off and write an apology once the power is back on


    Sandra nodded. "Right away, miss,


    ire headed to the emergency stairs with Matthew beside her since the elevator wasn''t functioning.


    re turned to Matthew, her expression serious. "I''m sorry forestting the power, but I couldn''t take the risk."


    Matthew nodded, his frustration melting into understanding. "ilmow it''s time. You did what you have to do."


    ire''s angersimmeted beneath the surface as she worked. "I can''t believe someone managed to breach our system," she fumed. "Who the heck could do that? No one should be able to breach Metacortex."


    Matthew ced a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "We''ll find whoever did this, ire. I promise."


    I


    As they climbed the emergency stalks, ire''s mind raced. After a moment of silence, she voiced her concem. "If they managed to breach Metacortex and evenunted us with that text, they might be capable of gettingto Cryptonic too." Matthew shook his head in disagreement. "That''s impossible, ite, You designed Cryptose yourself. So far, people have only been able to get past the firewall, nothing more."


    "Lean''t take any chances," ire replied, her voice firm. "It they find out about it, it could be dangerous for me. They''ll know what I do.


    Matthew tried to calmber down. "Cale, it''s not like what you''re doing is legal"


    "Maybe not," she said, "but I still want to keep my side projects a secret."


    Finally reaching her office, ire copsed onto the couch, panting heavily. She pulled out her phone and quickly called Sandra "Sandra, turn the power source back on. Now. "yes, ma''am," Sandra replied, her voice tinged with urgency as she hurried toply


    Matthew copsed next to ire, his suit open and the undone. "Ereally need to work out more," he said between breaths.


    ireughed, despite the situation. "I need to improve my cardio too. This was a workout coits own


    Matthew chuckled. "Let''s not do this again next time!


    "hundred percent agree." ise thought for a moment. "We need to analyze the breach. Find out how they got in and who they are. We can''t let this happen again." "Agreed," Matthew said. "I will get the beam on it right away."


    ire sighed, feeling the weight of the situation pressing down omber. "I can''t believe this is happening. Metacotes is supposed to be imprable." "We''ll figure it out," Matthew and her. "We always.do."


    * know, I just hate feeling like we are a step behind."


    Just then, Sandra called back. "The power source is back on, ata. Peterson Everything is stable for now on."


    *Thank you, Sandra," ire replied. "Keep monitoring the system. Let me know if anything changes."


    "Will do," Sandra continued before hanging up.


    Matthew stood up, straightening his suit. "Let''s get to work"


    They headed back to the control room, ready to dive into the data and uncover the identity of their mysterious intruders.


    ir and Matthew fried back down to the control area after spending a minute or two in ire''s office. As they entered the room, they were


    of their team already back working at their stations, lines of code and data streaming across multiple monitors.


    ire and Matthew quickly joined in


    We need to find that hacker," ire said, her voice fem and determined. "No more slip-ups."


    Matthew nodded, his fingers already flying across the keyboard. "Got it. Let''s track this bastard down."


    y were greeted by the sight


    Hours passed by, the room filled with the constant tapping of keyboards and the asional mumer of discussion lie was deeply engrossed in her work inputting lines of code and using various programs to trace the hacker, Suddenly, her eyes lit up as a breakthrough appeared on her screen


    #pot reximed, her voice a mix of self and lumph


    Matthew quickly turned to be monitor, pering over her shoulder. "Let me see."


    ire clicked on the rare, revealing a series of locations. But instead of a single point, the screen disyed multiple red dots scattered about nd and even


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    "What the hell?" ire mattered, confusion creasing her forehead. "There are too many locations. Its he trying to confuse us?"


    Matthew frowned, his eyes scanning the chaotic map. "Looks like he''s using multiple proxies or something to throw us off."


    ire nodded, biting her lip in frustration. "I will try another tactic." She typed furiously, attempting to narrow down the search. But each attempt only resulted in more scattered locations. She grumbled under her breath, feeling a wave of irritation. "1 thought this would be easier," she admitted, her voice tinged with anger. "I''m so close, but it seems whoever the person is manage to toy with me."Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    Matthew ced a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "You''ll get him, ire. We just need to keep at it."


    Just then, a new message popped up on ire''s monitor. B


    Both she and Matthew stated at it, sharing a look before clicking it open.


    The message read: "Can''t catch me" with aughing emoji.


    ire''s blood boiled at the mocking tone. She couldn''t believe that someone had managed to beat her at her own game. "This is infuciating," she said, her fists clenched in anger. "He thinks he can just toy with us."


    "He is smart ire. We need to y smart to get him," Matthew, sensing her growing determination, asked, "What are you going to do now?"


    Ignoring his question, ire focused intently on her work, her eyes namwing with resolve. The rest of the team noticed the change in her demeanor and watched with curiosity and concem.


    Without looking up, ire started typing a response. "I won''t let this slide," she muttered. "If he thinks he can taunt me, he''s got another thinging. After all he is not the only one that can taunt me.


    Matthew, trying to keep up, asked again, "ire, what are you doing?"


    ire didn''t answer immediately, her fingers moving swiftly across the keyboard. She typed out a message that read: "I wille and get you" with kits emoji a hit send.