The plotline started in advance

Stellart District, on top of the black armored car.

Jonas leaned his head against the window and stared boredly at the passing landscape.

As if struck by a sudden realization, he smiled and asked, "Miss Tianyu must have seen the video already, right?"

"An hour ago, an anonymous rogue successfully decrypted the encrypted content with the ES-X solution and left surfing traces," replied the girl named Eiffel, who was holding the steering wheel as if she was answering Jonas.

"Ah, things have indeed gotten complicated..." Although he said that, Jonas' tone was indifferent.

Without turning back, Eiffel said ruthlessly, "Isn't this the situation you wanted to see?"

The Weiting Consortium's security system would not be so easy to hack... Jonas had switched the prisoner room's surface system to E2-S encryption.

In other words, Tianyu's efforts were just a trap carefully devised by Jonas.

"I only made an insignificant contribution." Jonas looked Eiffel in the eye through the car's rearview mirror but didn't contradict her, smiling instead as he continued, "Most of the credit goes to Miss Tianyu herself, don't you think?"

"Your behavior is really despicable," Eiffel stated bluntly.

You play with people's minds, you're cunning and deceitful.

In this incident, Jonas displayed exactly the qualities expected of a syndicate leader.

Although the plan had not yet been finalized, Eiffel could already foresee Miss Tianyu's miserable end.

—Truly pathetic.

The unfortunate prey had become deeply entangled in the intricately woven net and only realized the danger when it was already too late...

"No matter how complicated the trap is, its purpose is to catch the prey..." Jonas seemed to guess what Eiffel was thinking and continued: "And to make sure the prey can't escape once it's caught, the trap often consists of several layers that seal the prey's fate as soon as it steps inside."

Surprised by his words, Eiffel asked curiously: "Did you learn that from the documentary?"

"Not quite." Jonas grinned. "It's just a question of a capitalist's self-cultivation."

"...I think I'm starting to believe some of the things you said earlier," Eiffel concluded.

—This man named Jonas Weiting was a born scoundrel.

"Perhaps no one is better suited to lead the Weiting Consortium than you," Eiffel praised Margarita, called "Steward"

Meanwhile...

It's now exactly three days since the Alt Street Riot took place.

The impact of the incident has been downplayed by the Weiting Consortium, as if the ripples caused by the incident have completely died down.

In reality, however, the consequences of the incident have not yet been fully mitigated.

Weiting Consortium, Alt Street Branch.

Eiffel carefully analyzed the damage caused by the Alt Street riot and submitted a report to Jonas.

"Following the attack by the riot, the Alt Street district's server firewall was also significantly damaged..." "This damage not only brings financial burdens in the form of maintenance costs, but also a significant number of unknown hackers attempting to crack the firewall. The cost of outsourcing the hackers is also significant."

The table before Eiffel showed quite detailed data, with the Alt Street Branch firewall accounting for the majority of the expenditure.

After all, the Alt Street Branch database contains a lot of important information. If they were lost, the damage would amount to millions of credits.

If such a significant business error were to occur at this sensitive time, it would undoubtedly attract a lot of attention.

At this point, Jonas' joining the board would also be affected.

However, leaving the firewall issue unresolved for so long is not a good decision either.

After all, most of the costs for maintaining the firewall are borne by Jonas himself, and most of these costs are deducted from Jonas' account.

The longer it drags on, the more money is spent.

"How much longer until the firewall maintenance is completed?" Jonas rubbed his temples and asked.

"At the moment, it will take at least twenty days," Eiffel replied, pausing before adding, "Because hacker attacks can slow down the speed of firewall maintenance, unless the firewall maintenance is guaranteed not to be affected by hackers, otherwise the maintenance time will only get longer."

But now that they are looking for an outsourcing team, it is already very difficult to ensure the normal maintenance of the firewall. If they want to solve this problem, they need to find a high-level genius hacker ... who defends the firewall with billions of dollars of calculations.

The Weiting consortium has no shortage of such talent, but how could the group of people on the board who are eager for Jonas to make mistakes approve such personnel changes?

Obviously, Jonas is now in a dilemma.

He rubbed his forehead and thought about a solution.

After a moment, he had a flash of inspiration and suddenly seemed to remember something, his eyes lit up.

"A hacker... Yeah, how could I forget them?"

—The "neural hacker" Ellis.

She's also the character who most betrayed the original owner in the original story.

While it's not very reassuring to use such a person, at the moment he may not care if she betrays him again later.

Subjective factors aside, Ms. Ellis' talent is still pretty scary. Dealing with a hacker attack at this level is more than enough.

And if I remember correctly, Ellis isn't currently involved in the plot.

Jonas took a deep breath and said, "Eiffel, get the car ready for me. I'm going to the slums."

It seems I need to take the initiative to move the plot around this "neural hacker" Ellis one step further.