“Is Miss Lawrence referring to his Cheyenne?” Kelvin asked with a hint of doubt. Despite this, he still pulled Jerry out of the trunk by the collar, gripping him tightly.
Jerry landed on the ground and let out two painful screams. “Ouch! Be gentle.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. If you dare to deceive me, I’ll make sure you know what it means to suffer!” Kelvin threatened while clenching his fists so hard that they made a crisp sound at the knuckles. Even from afar, Jerry was frightened and felt weak in the knees.
He wondered if Mr. Foley had discovered that he was ranked third on the hacker leaderboard? Initially, when he accepted this job offer and knew his target was the Foley Group, it was too late for him to back out since violating his contract meant double compensation or even death.
Being poor and afraid of dying; all he could do was attack the Foley Group’s website with gritted teeth.
Chris didn’t believe what Jerry said.
“Sir,” Chris spoke up hesitantly while eyeing Jerry suspiciously. “I don’t think we can trust him; something about him doesn’t seem right.” He suggested beating him up before interrogating further.
Jerry almost vomited blood upon hearing Chris’s suggestion and quickly protected himself by revealing who he really is. “Please don’t hurt me! My name is Jerry and I’m a student at Akloit College. Miss Lawrence helped me before so I came here today to repay her kindness.”
“Akloit College student?” Kelvin raised an eyebrow skeptically as he scrutinized Jerry’s appearance closely – becoming even colder when hearing that Cheyenne knew this guy personally.
“If you’re really Cheyenne’s friend then why haven’t I seen you before?”
Jerry couldn’t help but cough softly before quietly answering, “Strictly speaking, we are online friends.”
“Oh?” Chris responded.
Meanwhile, within that short span of time, Chris had managed to investigate the person’s identity and was somewhat surprised by the results. This individual was indeed acquainted with Miss Lawrence, based on their call logs, which dated back over half a year. There was also a record of a transfer amounting to millions.
At first glance, there seemed to be no apparent connection between him and Miss Lawrence, except for one significant similarity-they were both hackers.
Kelvin’s team behind him is not to be underestimated either. In such a short time, they followed the clues and found Jerry’s pseudonym. “CutieLovesAutumn.”
As soon as this name appeared, it triggered Kelvin’s memories. The events of four years ago flooded back and his eyes turned cold.
The deep-set eyes under the mask narrowed and he placed a hand on Jerry’s arm, his voice full of threat. “If you really help me rescue Cheyenne, then what happened four years ago will be forgotten.”
“Rescue… rescue?”
Jerry was immediately intimidated. His original plan was just to provide them with some clues.
To join in on the operation? He knew exactly how tricky it was to deal with their enemies.
With tears in his eyes, he begged them. “Mr. Foley… can I just drop you off at the door? I’m scared!”
Kelvin glanced at him with a smirk; naturally, the answer was no!
The mistake this guy made almost caused the Foley Group significant losses before; now that Kelvin gave him an opportunity for redemption; it was already showing mercy!
So Jerry could only reluctantly follow them onto TWILIGHT’s car. Along the way, his expression looked like a child who couldn’t get his toy – pitiful yet curious.
Chris drove while Kelvin sat next to him in silence at quite some distance away from each other on the back seat of car. He kept hugging himself tightly against the door throughout their journey.
Kelvin didn’t realize how cold he seemed until later when Jerry kept avoiding him and asked softly. “What do you know?”
Was he asking about himself?
Jerry shivered involuntarily but turned around carefully before spilling everything he knew.
“I followed Nora all the way from Akloit to Onistead five days ago where I found Danielle who should have been imprisoned originally.”
“She thought Miss Lawrence put her there so she wanted revenge.”
“Sure enough, three days ago, Danielle kidnapped Nora and took her to a new location. She mysteriously disappeared after arriving at a bar.”
“This bar, Mr. Foley should have heard of it – it’s TWILIGHT! The people who supported Danielle getting out of prison are from TWILIGHT, so if we find her location, we can definitely find Miss Cheyenne.”
He spoke confidently and Kelvin quickly grasped the key point and asked directly. “So have you found Nora’s exact location?”
“Do you have a computer?”
“Yes!”
Chris pointed to the back seat of the car and Kelvin reached over to grab the laptop from inside. He handed it over to Jerry.
As soon as he got his hands on the computer, Jerry immediately transformed into a different person with an intense focus.
Without even using a mouse, his not-so-pretty fingers flew across the keyboard at lightning speed.
One by one long strings of characters appeared on the screen as he built up an information database and opened corresponding program instructions allowing him to freely intercept resources between browsers.
After pressing down on that last spacebar key, those strange words scattered away leaving behind only one thing – a map.
Beep beep beep… A small red dot in bottom right corner of map was flashing continuously with light.
“Here! I found it!”
Jerry excitedly turned his laptop around for Kelvin to see.
The red marked spot on the map had letters written next to it – Picborg Mountain!
This was a mountain within Xona territory.
Damn it! It was obvious that Cheyenne had been hidden by those people in Xona. So there was no doubt about who kidnapped her.
Cheyenne… wait for me… I’ll come save you soon!