The hacker arrived before the bullet.
[Scan detected, cybernetic eye reboot 13%↑]
John received a notification.
It was as if a slender blade had been inserted into the port behind his ear, his vision instantly became blurry, with mosaics and fragments of red data constantly flickering.
Swish—
[Channel authorization invite/confirm]
Oulos pulled John into her subnet.
The skyscrapers and streets before him were instantly divided by deep green data.
Scarlet data chains shot from the sky towards them, shattering into code just within reach.
A brief standoff lasted for a few seconds.
[Warning: Hack terminated]
A pop-up window blocked the enemy hacker's intrusion, the data chains shifted to green, disintegrating along the path they came from.
Oulos's cybernetic eye flashed repeatedly, as if her soul had been drained.
Her consciousness was operating within the cyberspace.
John returned to normal, carrying her body and rushed out.
"Huff, huff..."
