Chapter 162 - Neo's Revenge Pt.4

According to his estimations, Zhuang Wei had only two options right now. Walk away from the desk and risk him breaking further into the system. Or he could sit there and read all of his comments until he was able to regain control. The more likely answer was the latter and so he could continue to attack with taunts, since the other could not leave. 

He did not know much about the other's personality but he could feel that they would not take the comments lightly. The taunts he was making were not for their physical appearance nor something else they could overlook. Comments against the skills are the most volatile ones and the most poisonous ones. Zhuang Wei would also not be able to ignore the comments, the curiosity of what was being continued to appear on his screen would not let him. 

If he could completely trace the location back and pinpoint the coordinates, he would have tried to hack into some security cameras. The additional joy of seeing his target lose their cool would be the cherry on top. Unfortunately, he did not have the liberty at this moment and had to settle for what he could do reasonably. 

Giving a couple of minutes for the words to sink in, he inputted a couple other codes so he was able to see the keystrokes being made. It appeared on his second screen with a keyboard outline displayed and the keys clicked being lit up. They were slightly delayed behind Zhuang Wei but the timing was close enough. 

On a third screen, he used a couple more codes to generate a mirror of the other's screen. So whatever he was typing and sending there, the final form would be visible to him. Just so if he made an error or to see if there were any modifications to be made. Adding on, that with those screens it became visible to Ying Yue and Ming Ming what he was doing. 

It would be easier for him to just show them, rather then have them ask questions. Plus, he did not have the ability to keep answering them while maintaining his typing speed. He knew he could not keep them waiting the entire time and their curiosity would run out of patience in a couple more minutes. Which was understandable, he was typing on this keyboard for close to fifteen minutes and they had no clue what he was doing from start to finish. The only crumb of information they had was that it was against Zhuang Wei, that he was mad, and that he was deleting the code created against them. 

Those factors automatically gave a broad answer for what he could do. They expected some restraint from him but what his limits are, were unknown. It had been a couple months since he had been this angry, so he even he could not guess how he would exact his revenge completely. His reasonable side and Ying Yue's feelings were the only things keeping him grounded.

Even if she was not explicit in her words nor did she really define her relationship with Xi Long, he could tell that she held positive sentiments. It did not take a genius to see that there was this deep attraction with that man. When he first found out she had him sleep over in her apartment, that was both a shocker and a confirmation of her feelings.

Anyone who grew up in a dangerous environment knew that the period when you sleep was the most vulnerable. At that time, you were very vulnerable and practically open for a lot of attacks that could kill you. Yes, Ying Yue was used to waking up in the middle of the night and fighting assassins but being used to something and allowing that something to happen were two different notions. 

Allowing Xi Long into her apartment meant that she trusted him to a strong degree and that he at minimum, was not a threat against her life. Today's mistake aside, that lack of danger feeling still persisted. Then to let him into her room, albeit the floor it was still another big jump. She did not sleep with a knife or a gun by her side either, he knew that for a fact. It would cause to many suspicions and in general, would cause unnecessary questions. They did have a plethora of weapons layered into apartment and the walls but had kept her room fairly empty. 

That was done on purpose with the assumption that she would have something on her. There were also a lot of security defences put in place before someone could reach her room. The walls had been reinforced with steel and her door had bars inside that once triggered, would become like a pillar holding it closed. 

There were just so many subtle signs to showcase her proof of affection. He knew it was not so deep that she could not leave him if need be, she always put herself last on priorities. What came first, was the mission and her friends. Anything harming that would have to be eliminated no matter the price, thankfully such a step did not need to be taken now. She would probably have mourned the relationship and what could have been between them for a long time after, so he was a little pleased to have avoided such a scenario. 

He hated seeing her upset, so that feeling of protection he felt is what kept him rational. If it were any other man who had tried this foolish act, he would have destroyed the computer as his first step. Second, was to pinpoint the address no matter how long it took he would have ensured that he found it. Using that address, he would go in person and physically teach them a lesson. If he could not find them or they were not easily accessible, he would find others to destroy them. 

From physical to psychological, he would slowly rip them apart piece by piece. No one's lives were considered above theirs in his perspective, especially for what they were trying to do. It would be a different story if they were an innocent but that was never a consideration for people in their line of work. Once you had dirtied your hands there was no way to wipe yourself clean. So whoever he found on the other side of the screen would get the punishment and he would feel no guilt. 

If they were just a lackey for someone bigger then he would destroy the roots. It didn't matter how many different scenarios were presented, he was clear on what he could have done. Zhuang Wei was probably irritated at most from his taunts but had lucked out entirely from what could have happened. The man had been protected by his relationship with Xi Long and suffered maybe a 10% damage in total. 

"No way Neo, did you really write that?!"

"BAHAHA. This is so funny. Ying Yue do you think he's mad or just ignoring that?"

"I promise you this man gets angry easily, I can tell that it will affect him. Ah I wish I could see his face right now,  it would give me so much joy."

"I wish we could see it together, Neo can you hack into the cameras? Is there any cameras?? I want to seeeeee!"

"No, there probably isn't any where Zhuang Wei is. I'm not too sure about their situation but I know there is probably a lot of underground bases available to them. No way he built that much influence without an information source or a good area to hide away intel. There are no cameras in ours so I bet there are none in his either. So unfortunately, we can only imagine for today."

You could hear the regret dripping from her tone as if she had missed a good sale. It was funny to process since it meant that she equated his suffering to a good market sale. As if, watching someone get irritated or tortured was a premier film movie. Ming Ming was no better, you could hear her grumblings from behind as she lamented on the lack of cameras. More than anyone else, Ming Ming was a top class popcorn eater. She loved to watch drama and sometimes, instigate it for a good show. It was a great skill when used against enemies and to trip them up. However, was just comedic for them since they were never on the receiving end of it. 

They saw it as a 'cute' side to her personality and a little flare into their daily lives. Though if anyone of their enemies were to hear this, they would probably cry tears of blood. She was equivalent to Helen of Troy, capable of bringing down two empires with just her existence or words in this case.