Chapter 283: Going Dark

Chapter 283: Going Dark



Emir's intentions were evident indeed, as he was simply adjusting the shades to sit properly on his head...

"Aha, it's fine then."

A signal for their operation to begin.

Lyra, who noticed his gesture, nodded and proceeded to leave without saying anything.

The guard let out a sigh of relief, watching her go, while bowing his head repeatedly. "Thank you, Sir, thank you, really. I appreciate you being so understanding."

"It's fine, it's fine, don't worry about it."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

At his accepting words, the guard went back to their small cubicle, and the gate suddenly rattled as it swung open, allowing them entry.

"Please, go ahead."

Emir nodded, not needing any more prompting.

"Thanks."

Surprised, the guard looked back at Emir as he entered the complex.

It appeared the rumors were far from the truth; their new professor was a good guy!

Or so he thought.

But then a sudden, whoosh... grabbed his attention.

"Hm... What was the sound?"

He looked around in an attempt to identify the source, but as he saw nothing, his eyes returned to the center console and terminal before him.

The camera feed showed no one sneaking around, so he knew that the Brain wasn't going through a malfunction of sorts...

And since everything seemed to be working perfectly, there was no need for him to take any further action.

After all, his job description was to only act when the system experienced an error, which seldom happened, or when it identified an intruder.

So, with all that in mind, he came to a natural conclusion:

"It must've been the wind."

And he spoke true.

It was actually the wind-a very weak but unnatural gust of it.

One caused by Lyra's quick movements.

While covered by shadows, she entered the cubicle, directly accessed the console, and added a zip file.

One named {Boss Ext TL 8 pm.}

If opened, it would disable the entire network for a few seconds, as the Brain would need time to process all the data.

How? Well, it wasn't a normal zip file, but a zip bomb.

A file that contained Yottabytes of data.

To fathom how much that was, one needed to know that a Yottabyte amounted to one thousand Zettabytes. While a Zettabyte equaled a thousand Exabytes which equaled a billion Terabytes and a trillion Gigabytes.

Now that thirty seconds had passed, they bid goodbye to the kid, each in their own way, and

walked off the balcony, dropping down in a momentary free fall.

Emir then slowed their descent with Aether, making sure that they wouldn't make a sound,

and landed himself and her softly on the ground.

Their feet moved quickly as they exited the courtyard they found themselves in.

In just ten seconds, they rushed past the security gate and reentered the building. With another ten, they ran past many rooms on the ground floor and reached Arthur's. His room neared the end of the hall, and thankfully there weren't any students around, so they had no reason to knock anyone out.

'Let's see here...'

While Emir brought his head closer to the door, Lyra began the telepathic countdown as only

ten seconds remained.

[Ten...]

[Nine...]

In two seconds, he confirmed that no one was inside, so he stepped back and stood next to his

partner.

[Clear.] [Eight...]

A nodding Lyra continued counting down while silently wishing that her calculations were

correct.

[Seven...]

After all, this was never done before...

[Six...]

She had nothing to back her plan.

[Five...]

No example to go off of, and no extra time.

[Four...]

So she couldn't help but feel nervous.

[Three...]

Yet none of that showed on her face.

[Two...]

Like the smiling Emir, she showed calm still as a clear lake.

[One...]

And now...

[Going dark.]

It was time to see the results.