Chapter 214: Teach Them a Harsh Lesson!

Hayley’s POV:

I heard Thomas’s voice in my car. “Alpha, I’m tracking them as hard as I can, but they’re too sly, and my skills just can’t compete with theirs. You’ll have to step in personally,” Thomas reported urgently.

“Keep them occupied for now. I’ll be there soon,” I replied.

After I hung up, I quickly had Henry inform the teacher and then rushed to Laguna Tower. Once I arrived, I didn’t rush to track them down. Instead, I tried contacting the other party.

“What do you want?” I sent the message and waited for a response.

In less than two minutes, that hacker replied with a smiling emoji. Thomas couldn’t hold back his frustration. He cursed, “Motherf*cker! Who’s this idiot?!”

I furrowed my brow and typed quickly on the keyboard. “I assume you don’t mean any harm. Otherwise, you wouldn’t keep playing these games with us, right?”

He responded with another smiling emoji, and this time, Thomas really couldn’t hold himself back. “Boss, let’s give them a serious lesson!”

I stared at the emoji they sent. My expression darkened, and while continuing the conversation, I opened another window and started writing some code.

“Do you know me?” I sent the message, but he didn’t reply right away. My code was ready, so I injected it into their system. In less than two minutes, I had their IP. Then, he sent me another message, “Waiting for you.”

It was just two words, but I knew it was intentional. It was obvious they had detected my actions, yet they still gave me their IP.

“Alpha, let me go with you,” Thomas suggested. But as soon as he finished speaking, a new message appeared on the screen: “Just you alone.”

Thomas’s face went pale, and he said, “This person definitely has some hidden agenda. Alpha, don’t go alone. Don’t deal with this idiot.”

I pressed my lips together and said, “It’s fine. I’ll go alone.”

“But…

I intended those words to reassure both Thomas and myself. Hera’s calm presence inside me made me feel that this person might actually know me—and that they didn’t mean any harm. I decided to try it out.

“I’ll send you a signal every half hour. If you don’t hear from me in an hour, send someone to back me up.”

Thomas was still concerned, but once I made up my mind, there was no turning back. Reluctantly, he agreed. “Don’t worry, Alpha. I know what to do.”

“Give me your car keys.”

Thomas quickly pulled the keys from his pocket and handed them to me. I took them and turned to leave. The IP location was in the suburbs, so I drove straight there.

An hour later, I checked my phone’s map, glancing at the desolate surroundings. I was sure I was in the right place, but there were no people around. I started to wonder if I had taken a wrong turn. I slowed down and kept driving along the road.

Just then, I saw a luxurious villa hidden behind some trees. Cautiously scanning the area, I parked the car and got out. I walked toward the pond in front of the villa’s garden, and two black shepherd dogs suddenly charged toward me.

Seeing them, my heart leaped. “Potato! Tomato!” The dogs came rushing to my feet, wagging their tails enthusiastically. I quickly crouched down and petted their heads. “OMG, how are you here? Is Godfather here?”

Just as I finished speaking, a deep voice belonging to a middle-aged man unexpectedly rang out from behind me. “Hayz!”