Chapter 875 - Bounty On Goose's Head

Altair and Vega did not discuss the Mona Lisa painting nor show off their knowledge of various artworks in the Louvre Museum. Both were accustomed to always acting humble and not attracting the attention of their friends.

Once they were happy with the museum tour and took notes and discussed the contents, they finally returned to their hotel. Altair and Vega asked Mr. Rhieu for permission to skip dinner because they had made a dinner appointment with Nicolae, Marion, and JM.

Mr. Rhieu finally agreed after Nicolae called him to make sure that the two students didn't lie and just made excuses to wander by themselves. No matter what, as the teacher, he was fully responsible for the safety of his students while they were in France.

"All right, you may leave," said Mr. Rhieu when they arrived at the lobby. "Don't stay up too late. You have to rest well. Tomorrow we will travel quite far to Versailles and visit the palace. It is massive and the garden is also huge. You will be tired."

"Yes, Sir," said Altair, winking. Of course, he knew how big the palace of Versailles was. His grandfather lived there for several years as the guest of Louis XIV before the French revolution and had shared his experiences while staying there.

The twins happily took a taxi back to the Nobel Hotel. JM and her mother still hadn't arrived from the photoshoot, but Nicolae was already waiting for them both on the top floor. Caspar told the man to occupy his penthouse at the Nobel Hotel while he was supervising the twins in Paris.

Caspar had considered the young man like his own son. Not only because he used to be Aleksis' boyfriend in the past, but also because Nicolae was Alaric's older brother. Alaric was his son-in-law. Caspar always made a big deal out of it when he heard that Nicolae would come to Paris and not stay in his property.

"Hey ... welcome," Nicolae said happily as he opened the door to the penthouse to welcome his two children. "Please come in. I really miss you, Guys. "

Vega and Altair hugged him alternately. The two then looked around at the whole penthouse and laughed at their very small standard room in the Amaryllis Hotel. They had stayed several times in this penthouse before, but every time they came here they always liked seeing the design.

Although their grandfather owned a penthouse in every hotel belonged to the Schneider Group, you could say the penthouse in Paris was quite special. The design was classic and filled with all kinds of antique furniture that made it look very elegant and luxurious. It felt like entering the palace of a European King.

"I heard a few days ago there was a massive blackout in Paris," Nicolae commented while boiling water to make tea for them. "It's strange, a metropolitan city as big as Paris can still experience blackouts."

"Is that so? JM didn't say anything about a blackout," said Altair in surprise.

"Maybe she doesn't know. Jean-Marie arrived only two days before you," Nicolae said with a shrug. "She must be busy working so she doesn't have time to hear all sorts of news."

"Oh, that's right," said Altair. "But, do you think this isn't strange? Don't tell me it's a terrorist attack or something ..."

Nicolae laughed at that. "Haha ... you and your conspiracy theories."

"Why not? It's been a long time since there had been a blackout in a big city, especially as modern as Paris," Nicolae said. "Have you checked what the people said in the underground?"

Altair's words made Nicolae frown. He really hadn't checked Darknet in a long time. He used to be the number 1 hacker in the world and was very famous in Darknet under the nickname of 'Wolf', but he had long since resigned from his profession. He only checked in occasionally to laugh at people who thought he was dead.

Now, when he opened Darknet and saw a thread about his identity and gossip that Wolf was dead, he would appear and write comments that he was actually still alive and kicking and enjoying a peaceful retirement.

In the past, there was a new hacker who became famous after Nicolae retired and became the number 1 hacker, his nickname was Goose. He also had disappeared and then the number 1 hacker position was contested by many people. Two years ago Goose finally returned and until now he had not been defeated.

"That's quite interesting," Nicolae said when he heard Altair's proposal to find out what people thought about the blackout in Paris a few days ago. He then took his tablet and opened Darknet.

His forehead creased when he saw that there were several threads tagging all professional hackers and bounty hunters to hunt down one person.

"What is this?" he murmured in astonishment. He opened a thread and found that his name was also tagged.

[Calling all hackers and professional bounty hunters to catch Goose. The prize is ten million dollars for anyone who catches Goose alive. All information that successfully leads to his identity and location will be valued at one hundred thousand dollars.]

Crazy! This is a really big bounty for one person's head, Nicolae thought. What did Goose possibly do?

He remembered the time when he was hunted by Rhionen Assassins, his head was valued at one million dollars.

Who on earth was the person Goose offended that he mobilized the whole world to capture him?

Ten million dollars.

Even for Nicolae, that was not a small amount of money.

His lips curved up a little as he thought it would certainly be interesting for him to find out Goose's identity. The bounty was number two. Number one, he only wanted to know what Goose did to get himself involved in such a bad situation.

If it turned out that Goose was innocent, Nicolae might want to help him. He didn't lose anything if he helped a fellow hacker. Besides, he was currently not busy. His classes were over and there won't be a new one until September. His trip with Terry would only take place in two weeks. And while his children explored Paris with their friends, he could sit in the penthouse and investigate Goose.

He felt happy because he would have a busy life. Nicolae had not been involved in activities that induce adrenaline like this.

"Who is Goose?" Vega asked in surprise.

"Hmmm ... he's a hacker. He has been very famous for the past few years. Apparently, he's now in trouble," Nicolae answered.

"Will you help him?" Vega asked again. "Don't you feel bad seeing one person being chased like that by so many people?"

Nicolae frowned. "It depends. We do not know what he did to deserve this. If he did evil things, for example, and caused the death of someone's loved one, and they are now after him to take revenge ... I cannot do anything. Every evil deed must be punished. But if he is not evil, then I will help him. "

Vega nodded. "That is true."

Nicolae was about to say something more, but Altair happily said that JM and her mother had arrived and would soon be going up to the penthouse to have dinner together.