My Wife is a Hacker (Nicole Riddle and Jared) novel Chapter 1843

"That's right. This year's competition feels more professional," Wayne complained.

Bradley tagged along as an extra and said indifferently, "It doesn't matter if we win or lose. I'm fine as long as we get to see Nicole compete."

Nicole's skill was obviously better than Ryder's. It was up to Nicole whether they could beat Northon Institute. He said, "Hopefully Nicole could help Royal Creek Institute win first place."

Every student defeated by Northon Institute had the same anticipation. At this moment, the rest of the participants entered the second round of the competition. Three-quarters of the contestants were eliminated in the first round of the competition. There were only thirty-plus people left for the second round.

The competition format was a one-to-one battle. Two people competed to see who was quicker to break through the program created by the organizer. These kinds of competitions were rather worth watching. After all, the judge of this round was the one who designed the program.

"The programmer for today is the director of the International Hackers' Alliance. He's also the webmaster of the largest hacking website locally and internationally, The Hunters. Let's welcome him as the judge of our competition!"

Everyone familiar with computers shot admiring glances once they heard that it was the webmaster of The Hunters. It was a known fact that the webmaster of The Hunters was a top-notch hacker, ranked fifth on The Hunters' international leaderboard.

This international hacking competition was indeed extraordinary. The organizers even got an international-level judge to host the competition.

Ryder's eyes were sparkling. It had been Gary and his lifelong wish to enter the top ten international hacker leaderboard. They both have an account on The Hunters, but their ranking was not even in the top hundred. Ryder was thrilled to be able to meet the fifth-ranked top player.

"I never expected to meet the webmaster of The Hunters here. The fifth-ranked top hacker! This competition is worth the trip," Ryder exclaimed.