Chapter 1854

While the students of Royal Creek were bummed out, the students of Northon Institute were celebrating. Everyone gathered around Zeke when he returned to his seat. "Zeke, why didn't you tell us you were Specter!?" "That was one crazy competition!" "I heard you've partnered with the number one hacker!" "Have you met her in person?" Many in Zeke's entourage bombarded him with question after question. The barrage left him with a headache, and he silently looked at Nicole's direction. 'These people are already excited to know that I'm ranked second. If they knew that Nicole is here, wouldn't they all sh*t their pants? I guess Mr. Hardy will be in for it later, Nicole seems to be seething...,' Zeke thought to himself. The competition progressed on, followed up by contestants completing their turns, with more than half being eliminated. On the main seat, Sebastian was spectating the entire competition where he often peered over to look at Nicole from time to time. 'This girl seems to