Chapter 112 - Team Ace (1/2)

”How are you doing, Skye?” It was the happy voice of a young man in his early twenties. Senon is the youngest and new officer on the team. He smiled brightly when his eyes fell on Anya Owen. If Jason was Anya's idol, she was this young man's idol.

Skye was Anya's hacker name. Usually, hackers keep gender-neutral nicknames or some code names. However, Anya preferred her gender. In their field, even criminals make fun of females. So she wanted to use her gender to normalize.

”Officer Owen.” A tall man in his early thirties greeted her formally. Paxton talks less, is attentive to team members, and is a standby officer in the absence of Jason.

Another man late twenties nodded at her with an amiable smile. Melvin was born mute which didn't stop him from becoming an excellent programmer. He helps every team member in their missions by collecting data, sometimes helping them build secure software.

”Anya, was this mission adventurous?” A lady in her late twenties excitedly asked, approaching Anya. ”I asked Chief Jason if I could join you on the ship, he scolded me.” She grumbled in a low voice without letting Jason hear her. Luna might seem loud, she was a mood booster by making everyone happy with her nonsense.

Last but not the least, Anya Owen ends the beginning of the conversation with her eyes or a simple smile. Only people working close to her knew, provoking her was deadly.

This group is like a small family. Each one has their personality and they accept each other as they are.

One who brought them together was Jason. He was a whole package. Outsiders might just know him as a terror officer, only these five know the hard work he put in for it. There were times, he hardly slept for many days consecutively.

Jason looked at his teammates who were together after a long time. This time, the other four members arrived there just to meet Anya Owen.

They all had their different projects and also multiple projects at hand. The most complex one and longest one was Anya's so they naturally came to show their support.

Anya flashed a smile at Melvin, and she nodded in response to the rest.

Before she could open her lips to respond to their question, Jason signaled the four by his hand, saying Anya's mood wasn't good.

Everyone tactfully understood. Paxton took the lead, cutting off Anya's possible words, ”Alright, let's not disturb Officer Owen.”

”Yeah, we will catch up back in the city,” Luna added cheerfully as she hugged Anya.

”Skye, have this.” The youngest man handed her a lollipop and added, ”You have to tell me about the ship network after you are back.”

Before Anya could say anything, Luna chased after Senon, ”Hey, why do you always give chocolate to her? I want one.”

”No, you are not Skye.” He argued, running around the car.

Melvin held out his fist and Anya gently bumped her fist. Then the four officers soon got into a car and left.

Anya looked at Jason who behaved as if he didn't know what happened just now and went to the elevator. She breathed a sigh out. It was true she wasn't in a mood to speak but a few words with her team won't hurt her.

In the elevator, Jason wasn't serious, rather he looked murderous, his lips were arced in a vicious smile. ”The Chief Justice is probably going to ask if you could handle the case on your own.” He meant the Chief Justice might consider handing over the remaining case to somebody else.

Anya's eyes glinted sharply. It wasn't just asking her, somebody was trying to take credit for her work by taking over her mission in the end.

He looked at Anya who was aloof, ”And you know what to do, don't you?” He sneered with a hint of mockery for the man who was trying to snatch her hard work. He could solve it by talking but some fools don't understand until they slap themselves in the face.

Her words were no less sharp than her eyes that glowed in confidence, ”Let me see who got the guts this time to go against Team Ace.”

Team Ace was a small team separated from the main cyber security team. With Jason and his former chief's rigorous efforts, team Ace was formed to mainly operate on secret missions involving highly confidential information. The identity of these five officers to the world would be general cyber security officers but the special identity was only known to the insiders.

Jason is chief to the five officers who are specially chosen, trained, and hold special benefits than regular officers. Thus some people in the main cyber security team often try to challenge them, either to get into the Team Ace or to dissolve the Team Ace.

The officers who genuinely would like to work in a top-notch team will have the opportunity every six months. Only the shady officer will have wicked thoughts of snatching the almost complete mission by challenging the Ace Officer.