The Wife Is A Superstar 3

Chapter 426 - I'll Return Soon

At the beginning, Eagle emulated Fantom's style. As time passed, however, it became apparent that his personal style was completely different.

Fantom's style was very indifferent to others' opinions and also had a distinct "my pace" quality to it. He never felt compelled to prove his skills to anyone or show them off just to make his name known far and wide. In fact, it was other hackers who named him Fantom because he was like a phantom, barely leaving any traces behind. And if he did leave a trace, it was usually out of boredom and an obvious attempt to entertain himself, not because he wanted recognition.

As a result, many claimed to be Fantom, but they could never keep the façade up. They started insisting that they were Fantom and the moment they did so, they automatically proved that they weren't because the real Fantom would never be so fame-hungry.

Fantom never concerned himself about others taking credit for his own accomplishments. It was as if he lived on a completely different dimension to the other hackers who competed against each other, while he just pranced around whenever he felt like it looking for something fun to do. He just let his own superior skills speak for themselves, instead of tooting his own horn like what the other hackers were doing.

Unlike Fantom's self-assuredness, Eagle loved showing off his skills. It was only at the beginning that he tried following Fantom's mysterious and indifferent style. But when it didn't give him the attention and recognition that he wanted, he started making big splashes here and there to make his name known. Despite this, he would still revert to imitating Fantom's mysterious style now and then.

If it was really Eagle who was hacking Manoban Corporation right now and the one who hacked into the other top companies earlier that day, then he must've been imitating Fantom again. After all, he only breached the companies' systems to check out the data, not really causing any damage.

It resembled Fantom's style which was, for the most part, non-malicious. Hacking was mainly to satisfy curiousity, relieve boredom and to entertain.

Clearly, the hacker that day couldn't fully imitate Fantom's style. If it was Fantom who hacked into these top companies, they wouldn't be able to detect any hacking at all unless Fantom left his iconic "notes" behind which would probably say something along these lines:

"Your system is trash. So many vulnerabilities. But I had fun plugging all of them! I can't wait for you to improve your system so that I can have more fun hunting for vulnerabilities and plugging them all again. And oh, your CFO is embezzling your company funds. Just want to let you know. That's all. Till next time. Bye!"

This was one of Fantom's most well-known quirks. Depending on his mood, he would sometimes help others strengthen their cybersecurity. But if he discovered something he didn't like or angered him during one of his "fun" hacking excursions, the companies or organizations he hacked into better prepare themselves if they wanted to survive complete collapse.

In contrast, Eagle—if it was really him—didn't conceal the fact that he breached into these companies' systems. Although he didn't cause any irreparable damage to these companies (except for Manoban Corporation right now), it seemed that he still wanted everyone to know that he hacked into their systems.

It was like he was showing off that he could do whatever he wanted with their systems, but they couldn't do anything to stop him. That was until he encountered a formidable opponent while hacking Manoban Corporation. All of a sudden, the gates were slammed shut in front of him and he couldn't slip inside even further anymore no matter how hard he tried.

Back in the main computer control room, Lisa's employees were all in awe at the possibility that the two hackers currently battling it out right in front of their eyes might be Drakon and Eagle who were considered to be two of the greatest hackers of the new generation after Fantom.