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Chapter 22: The Boardroom Ghost
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2025-12-12 21:20:00The laptop screen flickered, casting an eerie glow on May's face. Her fingers danced across the keyboard, each keystroke a calculated risk. Disguised behind a complex web of proxy IPs and encrypted connections, she was a ghost in the machine, a phantom hacker reaching out to touch the real world.
"Almost ready," she muttered, her voice barely audible above the hum of the laptop's cooling fan. "Just need to craft the perfect message."Alex stood behind her, his gaze fixed on
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