My Wife is a Hacker (Nicole Riddle and Jared) novel Chapter 1856

Ryder was all set to begin his invasion as he was about to signal Nicole and Gary to back him up. However, it was then that he realized that Nicole was already a few steps ahead of him! Suddenly, Nicole had taken the lead!

Ryder was shocked. "Nicole! What are you doing? Don't act rashly!"

Gary looked at him awkwardly and thought to himself. 'Does he still think that he's the best among us?'

Nicole swept her gaze across Ryder. "I don't really like these three people. Just sit there and catch a break."

"What?!" Ryder was stunned. 'What does she mean? Did she just ask us to do nothing in this team battle?'

However, Gary did not listen to her. He could not just sit there and do nothing when he finally had the chance to work with his idol.

"No way. Nicole, please tell me what to do. I'd like to help you!" he protested.

Hearing that, Ryder had no idea what was going on. "Gary, what are you doing?"

'Is he cracking a joke? Why does he wish to back Nicole up?!' he wondered.

Gary looked at Ryder in resignation. "Bro, Nicole is actually better than you back in school."

Ryder frowned, stared at his brother, and in a tone of frustration, he said, "I know. She may be better than me, but she has never participated in a contest like this! This is a team battle. It's not the time for her to show her abilities off!"

Ryder figured that Nicole's skills and her ability to win in a team battle were two different things, regardless of how good she was. He had only acted so cautiously because he wanted them to stay in the contest for as long as they could. Nicole messing up his plan was the last thing he would want.

Gary gave his brother, who appeared to be very tense, a look of resignation. "So, sit down and back Nicole up!"

He was worried that his brother would regret not doing his best today if he ever found out about Nicole's real identity.

Then, after the exchange had ended, he began doing what he was supposed to.