Chapter 448: Going All In on Flattery

Olivia wasn’t planning to entertain him. But after a brief pause, she changed her mind.

“I’ll take you in, but only if you agree to three conditions.”

The kid’s eyes sparkled.

“Master, forget three—I’ll agree to thirty!”

Olivia typed, “First, you need to make a public apology on the hacker forum tomorrow.”

The kid agreed instantly.

“Got it! What about the other two?”

Olivia continued, “Haven’t decided yet. I’ll tell you when I do.”

The kid froze mid-breath. So my master just makes up conditions as they go? Is this what peak hacker wisdom looks like?

Olivia typed, “Start working on your apology now. When you’re done, I’ll review it.”

Eager to earn favor, the kid immediately hunched over his keyboard and started typing away.

Seeing the kid behaving so obediently, Olivia felt pretty pleased. Since she had nothing else to do, she scanned his room through the camera. The lighting was dim, and aside from the desk in front of him, there wasn’t much she could see. For all his hacker skills, at the end of the day—he was still a little kid.

Olivia had already counted—he had made twelve typos. Even Little Wendigo on his screen had had enough. It hopped onto his cursor and slammed its paw down on the typo, as if personally offended.

The kid stared in confusion.

“Master, is your super defense system trying to play with me?”

Olivia said nothing. No, it’s just fed up with your terrible spelling.

Once he was almost done, Olivia made sure he added one last line:

“Under the wise guidance of Taylor, I now fully understand my mistakes. I sincerely apologize for the unnecessary trouble I have caused everyone.”

“Master, who’s Taylor?”

Olivia replied, “Me.” If she was going to be famous, she might as well have a proper alias.

The kid beamed.

“Master, that name sounds so cool!”

His suck-up skills were maxed out. Once the kid finished his apology, Olivia read through it. Aside from a couple of typos, it was good to go. She had ToxiQ post it straight to the hacker forum. Then, she forwarded the post to Brogan, making sure to point out that the “wise and mighty Taylor” mentioned in the post was, in fact, her.

There was no way Olivia was letting this bounty money slip away. So, fine, she’d reluctantly accept this kid as an apprentice if it meant getting paid. She also sent Brogan a quick message:

“After my relentless efforts, ToxiQ has finally turned over a new leaf. He has reformed and embraced the light. Being the kindhearted person I am, I couldn’t let him get locked up for life, so I took care of the situation for you. Since I’m already keeping an eye on him, I won’t charge you extra for supervision. Consider it a gift. Just send my labor fee to this account, 890*”

Brogan was completely dumbfounded. Then he immediately responded.

“I thought our deal was that you’d find him for us.”

Olivia replied, “And I did. You never said I had to hand him over. I’m even being nice enough to supervise him for you. If you feel bad about getting free labor, I’d be happy to take a small fee.”

Brogan was shocked by her sheer audacity. Who the heck felt bad about freeloading? She was absolutely scamming him on purpose.

At the same time, on the hacker forum, top-tier hackers stared at the error-riddled apology post, collectively trying to process what they were seeing.

Chapter 449: I’ll Avenge You