"I doubt Sarang won't make it in this round" Jae Suk spoke out of nowhere.
They stopped eating and gave him a questioning look.
It was a break time for the contestants to have lunch. Sarang was having her lunch with her friends who still couldn't believe her performance in the past two rounds.
"Why are you saying that?" Chan Woo nudged him.
"Do you know who is organizing 'Open College Talent'?" Jae Suk asked them.
"Sarang, Byeol and I are from another city so we don't know" GaEun shrugged her shoulders. Sarang and Byeol shook their head.
"I'm not in this country for a while so I don't know" Chan Woo casually said.
"Hey is that important? Who cares about the organizer?" Sarang focused on munching her chicken wings.
"Why do you even participated in this if you don't know about the organizer" Jae Suk rubbed his forehead.
"Hey come to the point. Why did you said that?" Byeol asked him.
"The organizer for this talent competition is Nabi group of companies. They're the number one cyber security and malware protection company. They also developing Apps, Mobile games etc. They also have a top hackers in their company.
During the competition they let the contestants to go one and one with their hackers. The hackers will be selected based on the scores of the contestants in the second round.
Our Sarang is currently higher than the other contestants. I think she will face Joo Won in the third round. He is the second top ranked hacker in the country. No one ever beats him in hacking. Even Mina couldn't able to handle him. She won because she was the one who lasted long among the contestants" Jae Suk shared the information which he know.
Chan Woo dropped the spoon which he held in his hands. GaEun's mind went blank. Byeol blinked continuously because she couldn't understand what Jae Suk said.
"Mina don't have any talent. She just used some tricks to last long" Sarang said to them. She was the one who taught Mina those tricks in her previous life. She was so stupid to let her enemy know the tricks.
"Girl, you're missing the point here. I know about Joo Won. He is like a god in the Hackers world. You can't beat him" GaEun's eyes sparkled when she talked about her idol.
This was the first time Sarang and Byeol know that GaEun can be this cute.
"If he is the second, then who's the first?" Sarang asked her.
"No one knows about that person. He's kind of mystery. Only that person can defeat Joo Won. He used to wear mask so we really don't know who is he " GaEun still remember the fierce fight between Joo Won and the mysterious player five years ago. It was heart racing moment in her life. That's the reason she decided to focus on computers.
"Sarang, it's okay if you don't win. We are proud that you did your best" Byeol patted Sarang's head.
"Yeah, we are really proud of you. So don't worry if you lose" Chan Woo said to her.
"Guys, stop being dramatic. If I win, I want you to fulfill my wish. If I lose, I will fulfill each one of your wish" Sarang tried to tempt them with her offer.
"Are you sure? What if I ask you to date me?" Chan Woo leaned on her shoulder and wiggled his eyebrows.
GaEun smack his head, "Stop spouting nonsense" she turned to Sarang, "I will agree with you"
"Me too" Byeol raised her hands.
"Count me in" Jae Suk pulled pouting Chan Woo "count him as well"
"That's cool. Let's go" Sarang smiling face made them shiver.
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"Should I go easy on her?" Joo Won asked SungJin.
"No, give your best" SungJin said to him. "Are you sure? I heard she's your girl" Joo Won teased him.
SungJin glared at Beom Seok who shook his head saying that he didn't tell him. Only Beom Seok knows how much he felt relieved when he complained to Joo Won that his friend was gone mad because of a girl.
"You don't have to go easy on her. Just do your best" SungJin believed that Sarang can defeat Joo Won in this round.
"I'll do as you said. But don't blame me if she cries after losing to me" Joo Won started to laugh.
'Don't you think you're digging a grave for yourself. Look at the young master face. He might kill you now' Jae Bum shook his head by seeing Joo Won.
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The third round started. The contestants only know that they are competing with the hackers according to their scores because hackers and contestants will not be present in the same room. They will be in different rooms, so they don't know with whom they're competing.
Only the highest score contestant will be able to compete with Joo Won because he was the top hacker in Nabi group of companies.
Sarang fingers typed so fast that no one couldn't able to see her finger. Joo Won smirked when Sarang tried to break the code.
Hackers can remotely scan severs to determine vulnerabilities within that system. Once they find a vulnerability, they exploit it by sending a command or data to the server that will cause the application to crash and will then start executing code.
The smirk on Joo Won's face started to fade. When he know that he was going to lose, his lips turned pale. Joo Won's hand slipped for a second because he started to panic.
Sarang used that chance to hack the server. And she did it within thirty minutes.
The crowd gasped. Thirty minutes? She defeated the god of hacking in only thirty minutes. Is she a human or a monster?
Last year the last round went for more than three hours. But still the winner was Joo Won. How could she able defeat him?
The same thought ran through Beom Seok and Jae Bum's mind. They looked at Joo Won whose mouth was wide opened because of shock.
SungJin especially allocated separate room for Joo Won so that he can monitor Sarang as well.
"Oh my god. I can't believe there would be a person other than SungJin who can defeat me. It's awesome" Joo Won overwhelmed in joy.
"Are you gone crazy? You're not upset for losing?" Now it's Beom Seok turn to be shock.
"Why should I? It's no fun for me if I win always. SungJin took fifteen minutes to defeat me and she took thirty minutes. You guys are really match made in heaven" Joo Won clapped his hands, "Can you introduce her to me? I want to know how she did it. How long she was into this field?"
"If you know you'll get hurt. It's better if you know less" Jae Bum patted Joo Won's shoulder who got confused by his words.
SungJin didn't heard what they were saying. All his attention were only on one person. He never know in his life that someone can make him to lose his mind. He just want to ran over and hug her, praise her. Even he wants to kiss her.
SungJin hit his head for having those kind of thoughts. It's not the right time for her to know about him.