Akloit College men's dormitory, 11:50 PM, the school implements a unified lights-out and internet-off mode. This was to prevent students who "pretended to sleep" in the middle of the night from feeling tired during class the next day, which was also why Akloit College had maintained its top-notch academic standards for so many years.
But for a mature hacker like Jerry, this wasn't an issue at all. As long as there was signal somewhere, he could freely access the internet.
Jerry specifically chose lightproof curtains, so his roommates wouldn't know he was secretly online.
The mouse and keyboard were also modified with silent settings. The quiet of night is the best time to write code and he didn't want to disturb anyone else.
Just back from the Lawrence Villa, Cheyenne started assigning him tasks again. If it were just about money, he could let it go, but what bothers him more was how obedient he'd been lately.
This task was actually much simpler than last time - just steal some surveillance video data from Crown Hotel.
There was a small table on Jerry's bed that measured sixty centimeters across - perfect size for his laptop.
Jerry curled up half-leaning against his headboard with a toast in his mouth while both hands dance quickly over the keyboard.
His typing speed had been honed over time; two hundred sixty letters per minute without breaking a sweat while keeping an eye on screen and fingers following instinctively along with what he saw.
Stealing video data wasn't difficult but finding information about hotel guests staying that day among hundreds of megabytes worth of footage including Kate's room number and movements would be tough work indeed!
At 3:46 AM after staying up most of the night, Jerry watched yesterday's hotel surveillance video twice as fast as normal speed.
From Kate entering at 7 PM until they left after dinner around 10 PM, there were several people who got drunk along their way to restrooms only to end up urinating in hallways instead.
It was worth noting that during these few hours, two distinguished guests arrived at this hotel; one man and one woman walked through VIP exclusive passages using private elevators straight up into Presidential Suite where they checked in.
Jerry looked up how much it costs per night for Presidential Suites in this hotel – 20, 000 dollars! It made him envious beyond words!
The man's face wasn't clear enough on camera but judging by his expensive attire, it was obvious that either rich or powerful or both! The lady beside him wore white haute couture dress which caught everyone's attention too!
He had no concept of women's skirts, but because Nora liked to read fashion magazines, he secretly paid attention too.
This white lace long skirt seemed to be Chanel's new summer style just released this year, priced at one hundred thousand dollars. The GC silk scarf around the neck looked so light and thin but it cost thousands of dollars.
Jerry thought sourly that if it were instant noodles instead, he could eat them for half a lifetime!
Curious, he searched the hotel guest list system. The column for the presidential suite did not have any information written on it; it was only marked in red.
It was a pity that there was no information showing their identities.
After ten o'clock in the evening, Kate came out from the lobby where she had been drinking and stumbled behind a figure who followed her surreptitiously.
It was a man.
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