Ethan left Ricky's place with more questions than he had answers to.The organization that had approached Ricky to purchase the security codes of Rix was an anonymous conglomerate that had been active for more than a decade.An entire ring of hackers had hacked so many companies from around the world, with almost a hundred trillion in stolen funds.Ethan wasn't sure if he could take them on without putting his friends at risk but then, he began to understand what Mr. Brewster had meant about Reginald having quite a bit of backing when he'd stolen the money from Players.Taking a moment to weigh his options, he soon decided on his next course of action.He got into his car and left the vicinity, returning home before using his laptop to get into the dark web.Once there, it was child's play to reach out to a member of the organization.Just as he waited for a response, Ethan put on the mask he used to play his role as Ghost.A video soon appeared on the screen, revealing a masked perso

Having been liberated from Lucius, Mira didn't want to rely on anyone ever again.She wished to be independent as she felt that if only her mother was independent, she wouldn't have decided to marry a bastard like Lucius.Worried that Ethan would someday change and kick them out or maybe he'd be forced to kick them out for some reason, Mira felt the need to prepare properly for that day.Even if it meant going back to work at Panda's Gate, it would all be worth it as long as she could properly cater for her siblings.Also, even though she couldn't go to school, she wanted Rodney and Lulu to have that privilege, especially for Lulu since the little child was not completely okay.But Ethan was telling her she couldn't work anymore and so, she got scared.What if he wanted to turn her into a maid without pay?... At that moment, she found herself falling back into the PTSD Lucius gave her causing her to instinctively tremble.Anna reached out to softly touch her palm at that moment, drawi

Khalid could hardly believe his ears as he stared at Kiara in utter disbelief.If it were fellow gamers on par with him, he wouldn't have felt so insulted but for some random nobody to be paired up with Kiara alone caused Khalid's blood to boil.What the hell made the bastard good enough that he didn't have?He immediately glared at Ethan with the desire to put him in his place.“You must be him, right?” Khalid began, barely hiding the animosity he felt towards Ethan.Kiara tried to intervene as she remarked. “Can you just stop this?”“Shut up!” Khalid spat coldly. “I wasn't talking to you.” Taken aback, Kiara was just about to strike back in a similar vein when Ethan raised a hand, asking that she calm down.Seeing this, Khalid grew even more incensed as he glared hatefully at Ethan.“I don't know what you are talking about.” Ethan calmly remarked causing Khalid to snort.“The fucking wannabe that managed to win first place at Mr. Brewster's housewarming game competition.”“I wouldn

The middle-aged man took one look at the black card on the floor and then back at Ethan before stepping forward to pick up the card.“I presume we have a deal.” Ethan calmly remarked.“It would be difficult to convince others.” The middle-aged man intoned.“Then it would be difficult to not do something we'd both regret next time. So for the sake of those too stupid to understand, you'd best convince them.” Ethan candidly said without mincing words.The middle-aged man nodded. “I'll make sure to pass across the message.”“Pleasure doing business with you.” Ethan intoned before adding. “Also, I'll be taking your car.”The man tried to speak but glancing at Ethan's car that had been totalled by the truck, he replied. “No problem.”Satisfied with the response, Ethan walked back to the messed up car and picked up Kiara after which he made his way toward the middle-aged man's car.Once in, he drove away without issue, leaving the man and his thugs who weren't pleased that Ethan was left al

Jason's cry drew the attention of most in the hall as they glanced at Ethan, pondering why Jason had referred to him with the name, Zero.That was a title that resonated deeply not only with the gaming community but with the entire city as well.Zero was the number one gamer as well as a philanthropist and cash cow.During his golden years, he'd received so many investments, that people began to use the phrase, ‘invest in Zero, expect to several zeroes in profit’So naturally, their reactions were expected though no one believed that Ethan was Zero.Thanks to Ethan's pleas, law enforcement hasn't released information about his release from jail and thanks to the Williams, all information about him after he left had been erased so as far as anyone was concerned, Zero was still in jail serving out his sentence.Ethan maintained a calm composure as he knew reacting improperly would draw the attention of the masses and that was something he hoped to avoid.He'd done a bit of makeup to hid