My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

Chapter 1846

Chapter 1846

"A mere high school student. This student from Northon Institute is truly a conceited one," the crowd discussed among themselves.

Mr. Hardy flew into a rage. "What's wrong with having a high-schooler? Everyone has witnessed Zeke is capable of. It's still early too decide who the conceited one is!"

The crowd went silent after Mr. Hardy, a teacher from the Northon Institute, lashed out at them, after which Mr. Hardy sat down triumphantly.

Mr. Zach, who was beside him, rolled his eyes. "Even if Zeke is skilled, you shouldn't be too confident. How do you think it would look if he fails?"

Mr. Hardy turned to glare at Mr. Zach and mocked, "You're just jealous. Rather than worrying about me, you should worry about the losers in your school. They're not even done cracking the program. At this point, I'm not even certain if they could enter the next round. Hmph!"

In turn, Mr. Hardy's words rendered Mr. Zach speechless. "Why you!"

On the side, Bradley held Mr. Zach off. "Just ignore him, Mr. Zach. Rest assured, we will certainly win this year."

Mr. Zach became skeptical as he saw the look of confidence on Bradley's face. 'Why is this child so sure?'

Nonetheless, the thought of Bradley comforting him made him sigh. "It's alright. I'll accept every outcome. I'm just hoping that someone could bring honor to the school."

And upon noticing that Mr. Zach understood that he was trying to comfort him, Bradley smiled. "Have faith in Nicole."

Mr. Zach could not help but narrow his brows. 'Bradley asked me to put my faith in Nicole, but not Ryder or Gary.'

It was only then that Mr. Zach looked at Nicole differently, noticing that she was rather chilled, as compared to Gary and Ryder. She seemed to have a well-thought-out plan and was typing really slowly, as if she had figured a way to decode the program; unlike Ryder, who was nervous and was repeatedly double-checking his work.

'If that's the case, why is she typing so slowly?' he wondered.

In addition, no one expected that Nicole had been typing so slowly because she was bored of decoding this pointless program. 'This dude might just have outed himself as a nincompoop. This program is trash.'

She was afraid that she would crack it in a second and attract unwanted attention if she tried a little harder. As for whether she wanted to get first place or not, it would depend on her mood in the final round.

She yawned and unconsciously typed two more lines of code, but that was when she heard a sudden, "Ding!"

"The second student who has cracked the program is here! Number 13, Nicole from the Royal Creek Institute!" The host's resonant voice blared out.

Nicole raised her brows and stared down at her own hands. 'Gosh, I guess old habits die hard. All I did was type a few more lines of code when I was relaxing, and voila, program cracked. Who knew I would have surpassed Ryder for second place? I'm afraid that he will be depressed later on.'

Unsurprisingly, Ryder's expression changed. However, he could not stop. With a grim expression, he continued typing away. Ten minutes later, he finally cracked the program, though he was sweating profusely. He looked up and turned to Nicole, his face brimming with resentment.

Nicole sighed. She had deliberately planned to give the former champion a quarter and not steal his limelight. Yet, fate had a different plan.

"What are you looking at? Be quicker next time. I don't have all day." Nicole rolled her eyes and left her seat.

Ryder frowned. Sensing that something was odd, he turned to look at Gary, "What did she mean by that?"

'Is it possible that she was purposely waiting for me? She had cracked it earlier?' Ryder asked himself.