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Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 137: Eliminated
"Go ahead. I'll meet you. I just have to deal with something real quick," Levi stroked Brooklyn's hair and glanced in the direction of the desktop. She nodded, dropped her iPad and headed out when she suddenly cussed, "Shit..." She turned around and rushed to the bedside drawer. Levi looked at her for a minute wondering why she was panicking but he already put the headphones and just then, the host spoke, "We'll all just have to wait till the time for the challenge to elapse so other teams who have already gotten through to the next stage can take a break." "Great, my back is aching. Blackwing, you narcissistic rascal, you are back?" Valkyrie spoke when she saw that Levi was typing. [Yes but I'm going to log off now. I'll be back just in time] [Okay. I'll just log off then and study more codes. I assume, the challenge will only get harder from now on]- Slime sent a message and logged off almost immediately. [Great job... See you guys later]- Chubby didn't stay online for too lo
Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 138: Second Stage
[Attention please! The next stage will commence immediately. The remaining eight hundred teams will be advancing to the second stage now] Levi sat back comfortably on the swiveling chair awaiting the host continuation. Ding! [Anyone made a wild guess at what the next challenge might be?]- Chubby sent a message to their group chat. [Who knows? I spent my break going through more tactics about firewalls. It's inevitable in this case]- Slime sounded impassive but he was also eagerly waiting on what the next challenge would be. [Same here. I'm a bit weak in the firewalls aspects so I tried to study some... Didn't expect it would be so difficult]- Valkyrie added a sticker that showed a girl collapsing from exhaustion. [Pfft!]- Chubby flooded the group chats with laughing emoticons and stickers. Levi shook his head helplessly at Valkyrie's words. Lazy thing... If you want to survive as a hacker, you need to know at least the basics in firewall tactics. [If you pay attention, you will
Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 139: The Real Victory
Levi's brows knitted as he watched the screen with a discerning look. The timer continually slowly counted down. His eyes flashed with realization and he had just adjusted his mic to say something when Chubby's voice came through, "I have an idea! We can all start sending random code to the virus. It might confuse it and slow it down, giving us time to get past it." "Sounds like a good idea. Let's get on with it. There are only four minutes left," Valkyrie drew her keyboard closer. Levi, seeing they agreed with it, didn't voice out his own opinions. As soon as they began to type furiously, he joined. Tap! Tap! Tap! Strings of code appeared on the screen as their fingers worked hastily across the screen. The spider seemed to pause for a moment, as if it was trying to make sense of the information it was receiving. "Good job Chubby!" Slime praised when he saw the spider paused movement. He attempted to move his icon forward to the finish line when— The spider started to move a
Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 140: The Real Hero
[Congratulations once again the Hacksmiths. The creator of that virus will specially have a word with you all after this challenge is over regardless of the results]The host sent another wave of shock across the tournament arena. Hackers who didn't even know about the Hacksmiths before began to click on the profiles of each team member to know who they were.The community chat of course was on fire.[What?! Is that the sound of my jaw breaking in the background?][Isn't that team the one that Blackwing belongs to? Oh my God!][Who would have thought— this is too shocking][I didn't want to say this earlier but now I'm not afraid, I'm officially a fan of the Hacksmiths especially Blackwing. He's so cool][Guys, I just created a betting poll. I drew up the list of leading teams. You can vote till your heart's content for your favorite teams. Note, this is only for the audience only. Participants of the tournament are not eligible to vote]The hacker that dropped this message added a l
Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 141: Playing Against Another
The next day, just after breakfast, Levi opened the window's blinds to allow the rays of sunlight to illuminate the room.He picked up a piece of clothing Brooklyn must have dropped while rushing that morning and returned it to its original position.A little smile danced on his lips as he remembered how upset she had been because she missed the alarm due to their hectic tossing around in the bed.But that couldn't be compared to the horrific expression she had when she saw the long trail of hickeys he had left on her body in the most revealing spots.Once again, he was banned from touching her for a month. Pst! That's only her wishful thinking.Ding!Ding!His phone lit up with notifications. There were mails of the reports from his newly acquired print media companies back in San Jose but Brooklyn's message was what caught his eye.[The dinner is starting by 7 pm. The chauffeur will pick you up from home. Please be ready by then]He chuckled at the sticker she sent. It was of a doll
Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 142: Opponents Located
[Opponent Located][Vikings vs Quantums]Dark Cipher couldn't help but sag his shoulders in disappointment. He was expecting to go against the Hacksmiths.Is this thing rigged? Damn it!"Well, I think even if we paired with the Hacksmiths, they are only unknown hackers who got the spotlight for being lucky yesterday, we would have defeated them."His eyes darkened at the words of one of his female teammates. He moved his mouse cursor again, circling around Levi's name.After what happened yesterday, he couldn't exactly agree with the fact that they might beat the Hacksmiths if they were to go against them.That's more of the reason he wanted them to be paired against each other."I wonder which team got the Wickers. As long as it's not us, I'm fine with any other team," Phantom also spoke.[Hacksmiths vs Wickers]"Woohoo! We didn't get the Vikings," Valkyrie danced in her chair.Levi's brows contracted in disappointment. Why? Is this damn system rigged? Why couldn't it have allocated
Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 143: His Conquest
[Congratulations Hacksmiths. You have won this contest!]Cracked and the rest of his team members were speechless.Then he saw that while they were busy figuring out a way to infiltrate the Hacksmiths firewall, one of the members already created a secret path to their base, stole their flag and returned without them noticing."What the fuck!" His teammates cursed on the other side but Cracked was even more focused on seeing the icon of the team member who had stolen their flag successfully.Once the screen interface changed and they were logged out of the set up, he quickly searched and once he found that person's profile, his eyes displayed an intrigued glint."Blackwing?" He smiled and clicked on his mouse.The cursor moved quickly and a request to be comrades was sent to Levi.On the other side,"Woohoo! We did it!" Valkyrie didn't realise what had happened as she had been sitting comfortably in her chair doing nothing until the message displayed on the desktop screen."Ahem! Senpa
Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top 144: Finally Met
Once the arena was coordinated, the host continued, "For the final round of our annual hacker contest, we will be having a Network Intrusion Simulation challenge."Huh? Every hacker paid attention to his words. Levi sat back and stroked his chin. Network Intrusion Simulation challenge?As if the host heard his words, he affirmed, "Yes, Network Intrusion Simulation challenge. In this round, all teams have to infiltrate a highly secured network system to plant the teams digital flags""You will be provided a simulated network environment representing a fictional organisation's IT infrastructure."Levi stroked his chin with a thoughtful look. Hmm, interesting..."Note, you all will be assailed by bobby traps like firewalls, viruses and many others. All you have to do is to successfully get into the system and plant your digital key at the core to demonstrate a successful infiltration."The host paused for a second for them to assimilate the information before continuing,"The core of the
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235: The End II
Juan is right. He really owes Laura even in the next lifetime. She trusted him, loved him but he tore their family apart and couldn't even cherish the one person she left behind. Did he still deserve to live? __________ A few weeks later after the news of what had befallen the madam of Hernandez family broke out, Levi was in the ward speaking to his father who was about to be taken away to the Wales by Cyrus, Marie and Lincoln when a guard walked in. "Sir, the young madam's father has come for a visit. He is currently with her." Heading this, Levi brows furrowed and he stood. He looked down at his father who didn't even react like he had heard his words and sighed. "Father, be good, okay? I'll come with Brooklyn to visit you sometime when she has fully recovered. Bye." He turned to his uncle, aunt and cousin with a grateful look. They all shared a hug and he told them, "I wish you a safe trip and please tell grandfather I sent my greetings." With that, they bade farewell and h
234: The End I
Juan simply gave Luis a look that made him feel like he was a fool and walked around him, going straight to Yolanda and completely ignoring him. "Should I tell them about the aphrodisiac or you will?"When he said these words, Yolanda's eyes widened in fear and she panicked. He didn't stop there, "Or I should talk about the vitamins instead. I'm sure my brother will like to learn more about Andy."Yolanda's knees turned weak and she almost collapsed if it weren't for the cops holding her. Seeing her reaction, Luis walked up to them. "What are you talking about?"Juan finally gave him attention and pointed at him, "You are such a fool. I can't believe you cheated with this thing on Laura. You should atone for your sins at her grave for the rest of your life!"Luis gritted angrily and his fingers balled into fists but he knew he stood no chance against Juan if he attempted to strike."That's enough Juan," Grandfather Hernandez stepped in. "What's all this fuss about? Ask the cops to l
233: Game Over II
"Here are records of her purchasing many illegal drugs from this black market trader. They managed to track her transactions and realized that besides purchasing a potent poison within different time frames and a few other drugs yet to be identified, she also purchased a strong aphrodisiac that has been banned for years."Levi's expression turned rigid upon hearing this. Aphrodisiac? He looked at the hospital bed where Brooklyn was sleeping peacefully wrapped in bandages and suddenly remembered the first time he had met her.She had run down the street trying to escape from Larry. He could still remember how strong he had felt the scent of the aphrodisiac from her.All those times, he used to think Larry was the one behind the aphrodisiac but what if he had an accomplice.Larry might have wrongfully listed after Brooklyn but Levi knew he was too chickenhearted to purchase that contraband himself.So it must have been someone who gave it to him and that person could be Yolanda."Uncle,
232: Game Over
Gunshots suddenly rang out in the warehouse and the guns in the thugs hands began to fall to the ground one after the other as they cried in pain,"Argh!""Ah!!!!""Argh!!!!""Ow!!!"Noah's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets as he watched all his men fall to the floor and writhe in pain. "You bastard!" He yelled into the microphone as he watched cops emerge. "Are you so foolish? Do you think your wife will go Scot free now? Just a word from me and her mutilated body parts will be sent to your doorstep!"Levi's eyes darkened at his words. He looked around because he knew Noah could see him. "Do you know what has become of your accomplice, Billy? Just surrender now or your term will be worse."Noah laughed and the warehouse echoed with his laughter. "That was all my plan, you fool! He was after my ring too so how could I let him remain with me?! He is no longer useful so I tossed him out.""You have gone against me and I can see you value the ring more than your wife. That is w
231: Come Get It
As the chaos subsided, Juan received a call and stepped away from the gathering. He found a quiet place and answered the call just before it was disconnected."Hello, did you find out anything?" He was a bit anxious about what the other person was going to say. If Luis is really declared guilty, he won't spare him."Sir, we tracked his call records and his bank records even deleted transactions but found nothing unusual."Juan didn't know why he released a sigh of relief. He wasn't wrong after all. Luis might be temperamental and easily pissed off but he won't do anything to hurt his own family. Then who tampered with the vitamins? Because Juan had a bit of knowledge in medicine, he knew the vitamins were manufactured by a popular pharmaceutical company and they were original products.Which means someone must have tampered with the vitamins after they were purchased? He had almost forgotten that he was on a call until the person spoke again."Sir, we also checked the call records of
230: Lloyd's of Wales
"She's missing," Hector announced as he walked into the sitting room where the cops were handling Billy and the bloody mess he had causedLevi was on a sofa with an oppressive expression that showed one shouldn't come closer to him."Oh no! Our poor Brooke! She only just got released and she's gone again!" Yolanda was on the other side of the room crying her eyes out.This sound made Levi's fingers clench with every passing second. Why act like she cares?"Mr Lloyd, do you know who could be behind this?" A cop was asking Levi for the umpteenth time yet was receiving no response.Luis walked up to them furiously and pointed at him. "How dare you act nonchalant?! Officer, hold him responsible if anything happens to my daughter!"Levi's face hardened but he refused to say a word and just sat there listening to Luis' rants. Images of Brooklyn's current state kept on running through his mind and he almost couldn't breathe."Levi!" The door the cops were entering and leaving through suddenl
229: End Of You
Brooklyn was walking down the hallway to her room when she felt someone sprinted across the hallway. She didn't think too much about it as she was still upset about what had happened in the sitting room.She has never seen her father so angry and that too at his own brother. These days, she feels her father is gradually turning into someone they all don't know anymore.Not to mention the cold war he has been engaging with these days.Tap!She halted when she saw the shadow of the person sprinting across the hallway again. She was suddenly scared and called out, "Who is there?!"No one answered her and she turned around. The hallway was silent. "Maybe I'm just being paranoid," She mumbled to herself.No one could get into this house anyway. But as she shook her thoughts away and took another step, someone suddenly strangled her from behind."Ah—" Her shout was muffled as a cloth was put over her nose. Her body went paralyzed with fear as she realized what was happening.She wanted to s
228: Don't Dare Me
"This wasn't what we both agreed to. I don't agree to this," Billy kicked a chair as he flared.Noah Lloyd didn't bat an eye at his actions. He simply said, "If you want to get Levi, this will be your only way.""Why do I have to go in there and get his wife himself? You have so many men they could easily carry out the job. Why me? It feels like you are sending me straight to the enemy's trap."Billy hated to admit it but he was a bit scared about facing Levi. Now he has to find a way to sneak into the Hernandez family residence himself, knock Brooklyn out and find a way to sneak her out.Noah's plan didn't sound feasible to him and he wasn't a fool. No way will he do that.Noah smiled craftily. He knew it. Billy wasn't as foolish as he thinks so there was no way he could keep him now. He just has to get rid of him.Besides, the dumbo also wants his ring. All the more reason for him not to survive but first he had to convince the fool."Your first attempt at the hospital was a complet
227: Familial Ties
"I'm certainly not a tour guide now."Levi chuckled at Juan's words but waited for him to continue. He relished the taste of the first food he grabbed and wondered if Brooklyn had her dinner yet."I think... I should keep what I do as a secret but it has nothing to do with our family's business.""That's not fair uncle. What's with the suspense?" Levi frowned and Juan laughed.The former was quite curious about this eldest son of Hernandez's family that has managed to evade the discerning eyes of paparazzi for years.Although Juan was estranged from the family, he appeared to be living better than his younger brother, Luis.Heck if they were to stand together one wouldn't be able to judge who was the younger one or the older one."Let's keep that aside now. Maybe someday... What I just want to say is whatever my brother does, just know he means no harm. He is ambitious and all but doesn't take it to heart. Go easy on him."Levi paused and swallowed the food in his mouth. One would hav
