When he thought of that scenario, a treacherous smile appeared on Hugo's face.
But Aaron wasn't affected at all. He didn't show any unusual expressions. On the contrary, he looked even more indifferent to the situation. Slowly, he stood up and walked to Hugo. Staring at his face which had been damaged by age and time, Aaron sneered while saying slowly, "Do you really believe that I hadn't taken sufficient precautions before I captured you?" Hugo was stunned by Aaron's fearless voice. Seeing the expressions on his face, Aaron smirked, "Her secret will remain a secret forever."
Hugo was so astonished by how domineeringly Aaron was that he couldn't even respond right away. A while later, he laughed grimly and said, "That's impossible!" His tone was arrogant. Even though he could not be sure about anything else, he was very confident about his own programs.
"Self-confidence is good," Shawn said in a joking tone. He folded the Swiss army knife and turned to look at Hugo. Slowly, he continued, "Nobody can compare with you in terms of talent, but..." Shawn paused and shook his head, as if he felt sorry for Hugo. "Considering that the age of 'Y' ended many years ago, are you sure that you're still unbeatable?" He slowly turned the laptop towards Hugo.
Hugo looked at the screen which still had the big 'Y' made up of countless small 'Y's. Hugo burst into laughter. Arrogantly, he declared, "You will never decode—" He stopped mid-way as he fixed his eyes on the screen. The image began to change gradually. It looked like the big 'Y' was being decomposed by somebody. In a very short time, countless small dots appeared all over the screen. After a ray of white light slid across the screen once, the normal system interface appeared.
"What happened? How could this be..." Hugo mumbled, looking at the screen with his eyes wide open. "That's impossible, impossible... Absolutely impossible!"
"Oh no..." Shawn said lazily. Leaning against the backrest of the chair, he looked at Hugo with false sympathy on his charming face. "Nothing is absolute in this world." Nobody could absolutely control anything.
The whole incident looked like a farce to the citizens of QY Island. Late in the afternoon, all the video devices in the island were fixed. Nobody had the chance to read the end of the long file that had been on display. The evening news only covered the efforts of the Security Bureau of QY Island, talking about how they had taken targeted measures and remedial solutions to react to the hacking. In the end, it said that internet security had been regained and normal living order of the public had not been affected. Meanwhile, the identity of the hacker and his fate, and the unfinished story were left to people's imagination.
"His Highness has arranged a private plane for you to A City," Ken said to Shawn, who was busy throwing darts. "The plane is ready to take off at any time."
"Hmm..." Shawn answered. He threw the last of the darts, and it all hit the bull's eye. He said, "I'll leave right away." As he walked out, he added, "You don't need to give me a ride. I can go to the airport myself. If anybody comes looking for me, tell them that you haven't seen me."
"Okay," Ken replied, though he didn't think that he could successfully conceal Shawn's whereabouts.
Shawn went directly to the airport. He took the private plane to A City. He knew that Yuri would not stop chasing him unless he hid himself at Brian's place. After all, Yuri cared about Brian's impression on her and would not act devilishly in front of him.
Shawn closed his eyes cheerfully. With a roar from the engine, the plane took off into the sky. At that time, he didn't know that what was waiting for him in A City was Yuri's brutality.
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