I Hate That I Loved You!

45- Hackathon (4)

"Fratello! This is going to be so much fun!"
Francesco took a sip of champagne from his glass and excitingly occupied his seat.

"Yes. Let's see what they got." Zain spoke with the usual stoic face. His green eyes, following the movement of the pink-haired lady.

All the participants occupied their workstations.

The live scoreboard displayed and a 1-hour timer started with a beep sound.

The first round began.

Every group diligently focused on their laptops. Their fingers typing like a pro and sounds of keystrokes, mouse clicks, and faint murmured among the team members were heard.

"Fuck it! Hell Yeah!" Zack shouted and raised a fist in the air. Team Alpha has hacked the site in 10 minutes.

Rizi and Abby nodded at each other in appreciation.

"Wow. They are good." Francesco observed the Alpha team in black who complete their first level in just 10 minutes. He was impressed by their speed and skill.

Soon after, the team gladiator in the yellow hacked the website in 15 minutes.

The live scoreboard got updated.

After an hour, only ten out of thirty teams were successful in hacking the site. The remaining groups got eliminated at the end of the timer.

Few curses heard out of frustration.

There was a 15 minutes break before the Second round begins.

In Central Ford City:

A man was sitting on his office leather chair. His legs folded, and fingers tapping on his desk in a rhythm.

His evil eyes evaluating something in his mind.

"Sir, our team has cleared the first round. Now we are in round two." His assistant informed him in a low voice breaking him out of his deep thoughts.

"Hmm. Were they the first ones?" The man squinted his eyes.

His Assistant gulped and stuttered "N-No sir, T-There is this another new Team Alpha. They were the first one, and our team is second."

The man gnashed his teeth at his assistant's words.

"Tell them to win by hook or by crook. Else, do not bother to show me their faces. " The man raised his voice.

"Yes Sir. Right away." His Assistant quickly left the office and dialed a number to convey his boss's instructions.

At BugHackX Hackathon:

After a 15-minute break ended, the top 10 teams who won and cleared the first round occupied their seats.

The rest other eliminated teams were now seating among the audience.

A live scoreboard displayed the score of each team, and a countdown timer of 1 hour started again.

The second round begins.

Every group has to detect, identify, and remove the malware from the infected system, that they had hacked into during the first round.

They have to destroy and remove the malware, take control back, and clean the system.

The malware injected into those systems was the most advanced malware which was difficult to detect and destroy.

No one was able to decode it and destroy it once it is affected into the computer.

Rizi sat on her chair and slightly rolled up the sleeves of her hoodie. Her slender fair delicate arm came into the sight.

She adjusted her mask, narrowed her eyes, and her finger started typing on the keyboard at an ultra amazing speed.

Her eyebrows were knitted.

Her eyes glued fix on the laptop screens in front of her.

She was turning and moving her chair in-between to access all three laptops simultaneously.

Her slender finger typing some commands in the first laptop, then quickly she moved and typed something into the second laptop, then the third one. Again, she repeated her action every time increasing her typing speed.

Zack and Abby were lazily sitting next to her doing literally nothing.

"Go A1. We are proud of you! Woot! Woot!" Zack elated enthusiastically.

Well, they were already aware of her speed and skills.
Rizi was an expert and was capable of handling this round alone.

It was better to watch her in action from the sidelines rather than disturbing her focus.

Zain and Francesco looked at each other.

Their eyes were full of amazement.

The pink-haired lady was typing at the lightening speed and switching from one laptop to another in a swift fluid motions.

Lots of different screens in blue and black executing different commands were popping up on all the three laptops.

She was extremely focused on her task.

The other two were lazily sitting around and watching her from sidelines.

After 15 minutes, one of the laptop screens displayed a message in huge blocked letters.

[The malware was successfully removed. System cleaning in progress.]

In another minute, the same laptop screen turned green, and it displayed a new message.

[System cleaned successfully. All Clear!]

She took a deep breath and turned around to gave a hi-fi to both of her teammates.

Zain and Francesco were astonished and impressed.

That pink-haired lady not only found the malware but also destroyed it and cleaned the affected system in 16 minutes only.

16 fucking minutes! She is a genius!

Francesco's mouth turned into a big 'O'.

"Mama Mia! That is fucking great! She is my goddess!" Francesco stood up from his seat abruptly and clapped loudly.

Zain had impressed expression on his straight face. There are not many female hackers or experts in this word. He was highly impressed that this small petite pink-haired lady was such a genius.

Rizi looked upwards towards the sound of the clap and nodded at Francesco in acknowledgment.

The gladiator team's leader was annoyed at this.

He was shocked to see that the Alpha team had defeated them again and completed their task first.

He turned to look at the Alpha team members who were cheering each other and resting on their chairs like big hot shot bosses.

His team's expressions were not so good. Three of their team members were working on this task, and are yet to complete it. He encouraged them to focus and be fast. They increased their speed, and after five more minutes, they were successful and cleared the second round successfully.

The live scoreboard got updated.

The first position was Team Alpha again, followed by Team gladiator in the second position.