Zhang Heng wrapped the broken blade in a piece of canvas. Just then, he heard footsteps behind him.
"We've improved the plan according to what you said. Do you want to see it?" Little Boy asked.
"Okay, we'll be there soon," Zhang Heng replied. However, he did not move. Instead, he pointed at a brightly lit arch bridge in front of him. "Is that the new bridge?"
"Yes, the new bridge is also called Pont Pierre. It was built in the 16th century and has been under construction for almost a hundred years. It's still in use today, and it's considered a scenic spot in Toulouse." Little Boy walked over and stood with Zhang Heng.
Under the night sky, the new bridge and its own reflection on the river looked very beautiful against the background of the landscape lights.
After Little Boy said this, both of them fell into silence. They just quietly looked at the scenery in the distance. After a while, Little Boy spoke again, "If everything goes well, we'll pick up those guys from the newspaper forum tomorrow. When Edward is done with the interview, we'll move him to a safe place … What's your plan after that?"
"Huh?"
"Will you return to your own country?"
"Oh, if everything goes well. After all, my passport is about to expire," Zhang Heng said.
Once the 90-day game time was up, all players would be forced to return to the real world. This was something that Zhang Heng could not tell the people in 01. That was why he used his passport as an excuse. It just so happened that his passport was also valid for 90 days.
"I still don't know why you are willing to get involved in this matter. You are different from us. After all, you don't live in this land. Anyway, I still want to thank you." Little Boy paused.
"Don't thank me. I have learned a lot of useful things from you guys during this time. We are helping each other," Zhang Heng said.
Little Boy nodded. Just as she was about to return to the cabin, she heard Zhang Heng say, "Make more friends in the future and live a happy life."
"What?" Little Boy wondered if there was something wrong with her ears.
"Other than 01 people, you don't have any other friends, right?"
"How did you know about this?" Little Boy was a little surprised, and then said, "We are geeks. We don't need to care about the public's opinions.
For me, 01 is enough. "
"… Maybe you are right. I take back what I said before," Zhang Heng said.
"Will we ever meet again?" asked the little boy.
"Maybe one day," Zhang Heng said. "I'd like to try your cookies then."
The little boy frowned. "Alright, I'll learn when I'm free, but I can't guarantee that it'll be delicious."
"Believe me, although you don't have much talent in cooking, when it comes to baking cookies, you're already comparable to a Michelin chef."
Zhang Heng said as he returned the handheld with Tetris to the little boy.
The highest record was now 999999 for him.
"Is it my imagination? You seem to be very familiar with me." Little Boy took the game console and asked in confusion.
"No, I just know someone who looks like you."
"Is she your friend?"
"Well, she is also my landlord," Zhang Heng said. "Rest early. We will be busy from tomorrow onwards."
…
In the conference room, Vincent could clearly sense Mr. Coffee's excitement. In contrast, the woman who was sent with him was now gone.
After the explosion in the parking lot, she simply bandaged her wounds, returned to her residence, packed up her things, booked her own ticket, and took a taxi to the airport. Three hours later, she had already left Toulouse.
Everyone in Black Nest was stunned. After Mr. Coffee's rectification campaign, the whole team was in a state of mourning. Now, many people complained about the two people sent by the headquarters, and many even hoped that Vincent could step in and stop them.
However, they were all rejected by Vincent. After handing over the command, he did everything Mr. Coffee asked of him, but no one knew what he was thinking from his expressionless face.
"That's the situation. We fixed the loophole in Zero so that the other party can no longer use Zero to collect information like we did." The technician wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and ended the report.
"So, what you mean is that what happened in the swimming pool was because the other party used Zero to find Edward?" Mr. Coffee's legs were on the table, and one hand was playing with the spoon.
"Yes, yes …" The technician felt even more nervous.
"Relax, I'm just asking a few questions. Even if you don't answer well, I can't kill you with this little spoon, right?" Mr. Coffee told a joke that wasn't funny, but the technician still tried his best to squeeze out a fake smile on his face.
"I just find it a little hard to accept that an expensive toy that costs tens of billions of euros has such weak protection. Didn't you tell me that this thing is very safe? Even if someone could find a loophole, it would take more than two or three months. But now … this thing has only been online for less than four weeks, right?" Mr. Coffee knocked the spoon on the table.
"I … I don't know." The technician felt like he was about to cry.
He did promise Vincent and the others before, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so quickly. The technical team was still amazed by the other party's ability to find and exploit loopholes. It was hard to imagine that someone could do all this in such a short period of time.
"Who could it be? Edward? He doesn't know CTOS very well, and he's a very good hacker, right?"
"No, after studying it, everyone agreed that this is not Edward's usual way of attacking."
"Then who is it?"
"I don't know," the technician said awkwardly.
"Will Zero be attacked by other things?"
"Probably not. Uh, I … I don't know." The technician no longer had the confidence he had before.
"Do you have any other lines besides saying you don't know?" Mr. Coffee sighed, "I can just spend a few euros to hire someone to replace you. You can tell me you don't know for the whole day."
Vincent then said, "We met a very powerful technical team in Grenoble. It's possible that they did it."
"See? That's professionalism," Mr. Coffee said. "In this way, we will have to consider the existence of this team of technicians when we make plans. Okay, next question: why did Edward choose to hide in Toulouse?"
"We have already found out about this. He has a friendship with a man named Gilm, who hates Black Nest because of the accident that happened to his son," the technician answered.
"No, he is waiting for someone," Vincent said. "He wants to disclose the information about CTOS to the public, but he was worried about his sister and didn't dare to do it. Now, he no longer has that concern."
"How does he plan to disclose it?" Mr. Coffee asked curiously.
"With Edward's character, he won't just choose one channel. Once he makes a move, it will be fatal."
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