945 Fantom, the Legend (1/2)
If this was before, she could go on for days battling other hackers and even successfully tracking down their real identities and locations at the same time. Now, however, she was unable to do any of that safely because of her difficult pregnancy.
She wished that she could've done something more substantial during this hacking battle and tracked down the opponent's identity and whereabouts. Unfortunately, she had to adjust her action plan based on her current pregnant body's condition. Her main priority was protecting her AI children from the opponent.
As a result of focusing on just this one thing, she decided to go the uncomplicated route and outright fry the other hacker's computer, deeming it unusable except for metal scraps.
Although disappointed in herself for not being able to acquire any of the opponent's personal information, at least she identified his hacker name. She knew who he was as a hacker.
He was someone whose techniques were eerily similar to her original hacking style.
Her original hacker identity in her previous life had now become a major legend in the hacking world. There were many hackers striving to be the next her.
This person was one of them.
At the possibility of facing a lot of other hackers who had adopted her original hacking style as their own as if they had indirectly taken her as their master and treated her style like a religion, she couldn't help but release a long sigh.
She felt proud, of course.
Who wouldn't be if others looked up to you, admired the skills that you worked so hard to improve every day, and wanted to emulate you as their role model?
Aside from the pride, however, she felt that it was a pity that other hackers weren't striving to be an original instead of becoming the next Fantom. Even she herself had already abandoned her previous hacker identity and embraced her new one, Drakon.
Compared to the mysteriousness of Fantom, Drakon was more of an aggressive straight shooter with a clear purpose.
Back when she was still Fantom, the underlying purpose of her working so hard to improve her hacking abilities was relieving boredom. Since living as a member of the infamous Vetrov family severely restricted her freedom in exploring the real world, she channelled her desire to be free in the cyberworld instead.
In contrast to now, she wasn't merely using her hacking skills to alleviate boredom and entertain herself but to obtain specific goals. That was the biggest difference between Fantom and Drakon—the past her and the new her as a hacker.
Likewise, she never bothered caring about the opinions of these so-called expert hackers. Fantom would always have a special place in her heart. It was the hacker identity that she started with and allowed her to face off against many top hackers in the world.
But she was Drakon now.