Chapter 339

A few minutes later, inside Michael's study. On the long desk sat four sleek, high-end laptops-all identical, all screens lit up. Michael stood with his hands behind his back, looking every bit like an old-school professor testing his students. He cleared his throat and pointed at the laptops. "There's a custom Trojan virus installed on each of these. It's my latest little experiment-not too tricky, to be honest." After a beat, he reached back and carefully pulled a book wrapped in brown kraft paper from the shelf behind him. "Whoever cracks it first gets this-my Cipher Archive." Cipher Archive?! The eyes of all four people in the room lit up instantly. Michael had written the book himself. It was never published, practically a holy grail in cyber security circles. Usually, even catching a glimpse of it was impossible-he guarded it like a dragon hoarding treasure. And now he was just... giving it away? Elias was first to react, pulling a pained face. "Professor, you know I suck at viru