1 Chapter 01 - Start

The frantic pounding on the door caused Naomi to wake up abruptly, but her brain seemed to be still asleep. It was then that she heard the shrill cries of Mr. Noboru, the apartment manager, that Naomi fully awoke.

And then she got up from her desk, where she had fallen asleep the night before with pain in her neck, and walked to a door, in the dark, stumbling over some boxes scattered on the floor that made her fall, but soon she got up and opened the door. And before Naomi could say "Good morning," Noboru said:

"Naomi, the three-day deadline I gave you to pay the four months you owe me has passed. And I am here to collect what you owe me."

"Mr. Noboru, I still don't have the rent money." Naomi said, trying to calm the situation. "My client is delaying my payment ..."

The nervous Noboru interrupts Naomi and says:

" I don't care about your financial problems. I want you to pay the four months' rent you owe me, one way or another. Do something, sell your body on the distracted red or borrow money from the Yakuza, or you, pay me what you owe, or you will be out on the street."

"Mr. Noboru, please give me one more day. I promise you will have the money and I will pay you everything."

"Look, girl. I've already given you three days, and nothing from my payment." Noboru said grudgingly. "Very well, I will give you one more day. If you don't pay tomorrow, you can take your things and leave."

"Thank you, Mr. Noboru. I will get the money." Naomi said.

As soon as Noboru leaves, Naomi sighs fearfully, not knowing how to pay her four months' back rent. The money her uncle had paid her the day she returned to Japan had already run out.

" Tsc..." Naomi gritted her teeth. " What do I do now? How did this happen? "

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⚜ Past⚜

At the age of nine, Naomi and her parents moved to Brazil. After the company where her father worked transferred him to one of its subsidiaries. They settled in Brazil and began to enjoy better economic conditions than they had in Japan.

However, the price of this change was high. Naomi began to see herself less and less like her father, and whenever he was home, he would get completely drunk and very aggressive.

Her mother became anxious and, as a consequence, fell into a depressive state that worsened every day.

The speeches and violence became constant. Amidst this scenario, Naomi distanced herself more and more from her family and locked herself in her room, so she would not see her father beating her mother.

Alone in her room, among codes and data, Naomi discovered a hidden talent she never thought she would have. Hacking into the school system, altering her grades is how she began to take her first steps into the world of hackers. Then she set out to profit from this and decided to get into systems for large companies.

Shortly after achieving her first data theft, Naomi caught the attention of a mysterious and newly formed black hat group. They were looking for a member to compose a hacking plan, and without a second thought, Naomi accepted. However, on the day that the group organized to carry out the cyberattack, the police investigating the group set a trap that allowed them to find the location of each member and arrested them in the act.

It didn't take long for the police to arrive at Naomi's house and take her to the police station. At the police station, Naomi had to explain everything, while her mother cried with disappointment. In the end, she received a lenient sentence, as she was only 14 years old at the time.

And on the evening of that same day, after returning from the police station, Naomi witnessed the worst argument her parents had ever had, which marked the end of their marriage.

It was then that her mother sank even deeper into antidepressant medication to the point of being completely doped out. And when she was not taking her medication, she blamed Naomi for all the misfortune that had befallen her family. But it all came to an end when one day Naomi came home from school to find her mother lying on the kitchen floor with deep cuts on her wrists and a large pool of blood beside her.

The terror of feeling her mother's frozen body in her arms was inexplicable. All she could do was scream for help until neighbors arrived and called an ambulance.

But it was no longer any use. The life of his mother was already over.

After the funeral, Naomi went to live with her father, a man with serious alcoholic problems. But because of his condition, he decided to send Naomi back to Japan to live with an uncle. And so Naomi never heard from her father again.

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⚜ Present ⚜

Naomi had been in Japan for about seven years, and when she came of age, she went to live alone in a small apartment in Tokyo.

And as soon as she turned 20, Naomi stopped receiving financial support from her uncle and started working part-time in bars and convenience stores. But even though the money was a lot, she managed to save enough to buy the equipment she needed to fulfill her dream.

After two years, she manages to buy all the equipment and decides that it would be the right time to start working in the white hat business, assisting companies and taking care of system security.

But not everything has turned out as Naomi had hoped. The few clients who accepted her services were constantly late with their payments, and no matter how much she complained, she always received futile justifications.

"What do I do? " said Naomi." I don't want to have to sell my body, as Mr. Noboru suggested. " wailing. "I need an idea!"

And like a divine sign, the phone rang. Without much interest. Naomi stretched her arm to pick up the cell phone that was next to the speaker, and when she saw that it was Dark Flow, one of his partners who helped him at the beginning of his career as a Hacker, and immediately Naomi answered and said:

" Hello! DF, please say you have good news. "

" haha! What is it? Good morning, first. And yes, I have good news. "

" huuum ... That's great. Tell me about it. "

" Ok ... The good news is that... "said DF in suspense.

"Stop this suspense. You don't see the extent of my anguish. " Naomi said impatiently.

" Hahaha! You are very anxious. "

" Grrrrr! Of course, it does! "

" Haha! So here we go. A new client hired me to do some research. It seems his competitor stole some data, and he wants to make sure before taking it to court. He's going to pay me good money. And I need your help, please."

" huumm... I understand that. But who will be the target of the investigation? "

" Will be the company Avant Kaisha. "

Upon hearing the name of that company, Naomi was silent for a few minutes and then continued:

" Avant Kaisha? The technology company run by the Mori family? "

" Yes, that's the one. " said DF reassuringly. "The company of this family."

" huum..." did Naomi. " No, thank you. "

" Why not? " DF asked with astonishment.

" And you ask me why? Don't you know the rumors that the Mori family is involved in the underworld? I need money, not a reason to die." Naomi said nervously.

The Mori family runs a large conglomerate of businesses such as stores, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, and technology companies. The reason for this rumor was that some of these businesses were located in Kabukicho, Tokyo, in the Shinjuku area, which is considered to be the largest red-light district, where the Yakusa's are very busy.

"Naomi, I know, but the police have never found evidence to prove your involvement. Besides, we are not stealing anything from you. "

" But still, what if they find out and end up misunderstanding us? They could sell our organs, or even worse. They could sell us as slaves to a sadistic Old Man."

"Really? Come on, breathe. It's not going to happen. And we are not stealing anything. And they won't even know we're coming. And I will split the money 50-50 with you. "

Naomi took a deep breath before replying, but what other choice would she have. She needed the money, or she would not have a roof over her head.

" Okay, DF, I agree to help you, but I need to get paid today. My rent is late. The landlord has only given me one day to pay. "

" Oh! Okay! When it's all over, I'll make the transfers today. But first, I have to explain how we are going to do this. "

"OK then! "

" We will perform an attack using the Spyware metadata. We'll get in through an administration employee's server, luring the right bait that we can get in quickly, and then access the system from the host computer. "

" Huum... I see. What kind of bait are we going to use? " Naomi asked.

" I thought about using the bait about the security vulnerability. We will send an e-mail with the attachment to download and hack the executable program."

" That's easy. " Naomi said. " This way, it's harder to detect, so I'm calmer. "

" So, let's get started. Good-bye."

" Good-bye! Bye! "

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