Wolf & Goose

The twins had stayed several times in this penthouse before, but every time they came here they always liked seeing the design.

Although their grandfather owned a penthouse in every hotel belonged to the Schneider Group, you could say the penthouse in Paris was quite special. The design was classic and filled with all kinds of antique furniture that made it look very elegant and luxurious. It felt like entering the palace of a European King.

The penthouses in other cities were usually designed with a modern and minimalist style, so the one here looked very different.

"I heard a few days ago there was a massive blackout in Paris," Nicolae commented while boiling water to make tea for them. "It's strange, a metropolitan city as big as Paris can still experience blackouts."

"Is that so? JM didn't say anything about a blackout," said Altair in surprise.

"Maybe she doesn't know. Jean-Marie arrived only two days before you," Nicolae said with a shrug. "She must be busy working so she doesn't have time to hear all sorts of news."

"Oh, that's right," said Altair. "But, do you think this isn't strange? Don't tell me it's a terrorist attack or something ..."

Nicolae laughed at that. "Haha ... you and your conspiracy theories."

"Why not? It's been a long time since there had been a blackout in a big city, especially as modern as Paris," Nicolae said. "Have you checked what the people said in the underground?"

Altair's words made Nicolae frown. He really hadn't checked Darknet in a long time. He used to be the number 1 hacker in the world and was very famous in Darknet under the nickname of 'Wolf', but he had long since resigned from his profession. He only checked in occasionally to laugh at people who thought he was dead.

Now, when he opened Darknet and saw a thread about his identity and gossip that Wolf was dead, he would appear and write comments that he was actually still alive and kicking and enjoying a peaceful retirement.

In the past, there was a new hacker who became famous after Nicolae retired and became the number 1 hacker, his nickname was Goose. He also had disappeared and then the number 1 hacker position was contested by many people. Two years ago Goose finally returned and until now he had not been defeated.

"That's quite interesting," Nicolae said when he heard Altair's proposal to find out what people thought about the blackout in Paris a few days ago. He then took his tablet and opened Darknet.

His forehead creased when he saw that there were several threads tagging all professional hackers and bounty hunters to hunt down one person.

"What is this?" he murmured in astonishment. He opened a thread and found that his name was also tagged.

[Calling all hackers and professional bounty hunters to catch Goose. The prize is ten million dollars for anyone who catches Goose alive. All information that successfully leads to his identity and location will be valued at one hundred thousand dollars.]

Crazy! This is a really big bounty for one person's head, Nicolae thought. What did Goose possibly do?

He remembered the time when he was hunted by Rhionen Assassins, when he and Elios didn't know that they were brothers, his head was valued at one million dollars.

Who on earth was the person Goose offended that he mobilized the whole world to capture him?

Ten million dollars.

Even for Nicolae, that was not a small amount of money.

His lips curved up a little as he thought it would certainly be interesting for him to find out Goose's identity. The bounty was number two. Number one, he only wanted to know what Goose did to get himself involved in such a bad situation.

If it turned out that Goose was innocent, Nicolae might want to help him. He didn't lose anything if he helped a fellow hacker. Besides, he was currently not busy. His classes were over and there won't be a new one until September.

His trip with Terry would only take place in two weeks. And while his children explored Paris with their friends, he could sit in the penthouse and investigate Goose.

He felt happy because he would have a busy life. Nicolae had not been involved in activities that induce adrenaline like this for a long time.

"Who is Goose?" Vega asked in surprise.

"Hmmm ... he's a hacker. He has been very famous for the past few years. Apparently, he's now in trouble," Nicolae answered.

"Will you help him?" Vega asked again. "Don't you feel bad seeing one person being chased like that by so many people?"

Nicolae frowned. "It depends. We do not know what he did to deserve this. If he did evil things, for example, and caused the death of someone's loved one, and they are now after him to take revenge ... I cannot do anything. Every evil deed must be punished. But if he is not evil, then I will help him. "

Vega nodded. "That is true."

Nicolae was about to say something more, but Altair happily said that JM and her mother had arrived and would soon be going up to the penthouse to have dinner together.