Chapter 447: Feeling Himself
The little kid stared at the camera with wide, pleading eyes, practically dripping with innocence. Wearing a one-piece bear pajama set, he tilted his head slightly, looking absurdly cute and painfully effective at getting his way. Olivia felt a headache creeping in. She loved money, but turning this little gremlin over to the military… With what he had done, there was no way he was getting off with just a stern lecture.
She typed out a message, and on his screen, Little Wendigo pulled up a banner. “Did you create the Grim Reaper Knocking on Doors Virus?” The second the kid saw a response from his so-called idol, he lit up. “Yeah. I made it!” Then, after a pause, he added enthusiastically, “I saw the Grim Reaper Knocking on Doors meme online, and I thought it was so catchy! The song was stuck in my head, so I figured—why not share it with everyone?”
His original goal? Just spreading a meme. He had planned to make a small program to help the video go viral, but before he knew it, things spiraled out of control, and he had accidentally coded a full-on virus. By the time he saw the chaos on the hacker forums, he just went along with it.
Olivia stared blankly at the screen. Who would’ve guessed The Grim Reaper Knocking on Doors Virus, the cyberattack that crippled half of Cyperia… was created because some kid got obsessed with a meme? “Annoying little brat… but damn, he’s got talent.” The little kid blinked and proudly puffed out his chest. “Master, I’m not some little brat anymore! I’m already five!” Olivia thought, oh, this kid’s really feeling himself. Who the heck agreed to be your master?
She let out a quiet sigh and had Little Wendigo start clearing out the virus’s source code from the kid’s system.
As his entire virus was wiped out, the kid didn’t seem even a little mad. Instead, he stared at Little Wendigo with pure fascination, analyzing its every move. “Master! Did you really integrate AI into this super defense system?” Olivia ignored him completely. But the kid just kept talking.
“Master, this is insane. A system this complex must require a crazy amount of processing power, right? The bigger the data load, the more bugs you’d expect, but you even managed to integrate an AI… You might actually be the most skilled hacker I’ve ever seen! If this kind of super defense system could be transferred into a mechanical framework, wouldn’t that mean we could theoretically build a fully functional AI robot…?” His eyes lit up, like he had just uncovered the key to a whole new world. Using everything he had read about Olivia’s super system on the hacker forums, he started rapidly brainstorming even bigger possibilities. Olivia completely ignored the kid’s nonstop chatter.
Instead, she focused on wiping out every last trace of his virus—making sure there was nothing left behind that could lead anyone else to his computer. The next person who tracked him down? They probably wouldn’t be as merciful as she was.
In her past life, after the Grim Reaper Knocking on Doors Virus hit, the world had named him ToxiQ. But then—he vanished. No sightings. No digital footprints. Not even a single record of him being caught. It was like he had never existed at all. Olivia had no idea what happened to him in her past life.
“Master, don’t ignore me! Just take me as your apprentice already… I promise I’ll be good!” The little kid blinked up at her, eyes wide and pleading.
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