On the other side…
In a penthouse at Royal Peak, Tressa unleashed her frustration over the phone.
"What the hell are you doing? It's been a week, and you haven't found a single piece of information about an ordinary girl like her... If you can't handle such a simple job, what's the point of calling yourself a hacker?" Tressa's voice reverberated with anger as she berated the person on the line.
"We've tried our best, Princess, but the person protecting her data has formidable hacking skills," the hacker replied meekly.
Tressa seethed with impatience. "If you can't provide me with anything useful about her within the next two days, prepare to face the consequences," she warned before abruptly ending the call and flinging her phone onto the bed in frustration.
Meanwhile, after Tressa ended the call...
The person on the other end clenched his fist and struck the wall, his frustration boiling over. "Who does she think she is? Always bossing us around... Does she think we have nothing better to do than cater to her whims?"
"Easy, buddy, someone might overhear you... Despite not being the queen's biological daughter, she wields considerable influence," his friend Tim cautioned.
"And you know as well as I do that going against her would spell disaster, just like it did for Victor," Tim added.
"But how can I stay silent when she constantly exploits us like this? We're not her lackeys..." David's protest was cut short by Tim's interjection.
"Even if she abuses her power, we're powerless to act. She has plenty of sycophants eager to curry favor with her," Tim reminded him.
"In this place, evidence is paramount, and with their help, she can fabricate as much as she pleases. If we oppose her, we're finished. So let's calm down and figure out what she wants so we can be done with it," Tim suggested.
"But that's the problem—I've exhausted every avenue, and I can't uncover anything about this girl. Even the second prince sought details from the chief, but even he came up empty-handed," David confessed.
"What? The chief couldn't find someone's information? Why wasn't I informed about this?" Tim exclaimed.
"Lower your voice! What if someone overhears us?" David glanced around cautiously before continuing. "The second prince instructed the chief to keep it under wraps. I only know because the chief reached out for assistance as the Deputy Chief was on vacation."
"Our systems were nearly fried by a virus when he delved deeper into her records," David added grimly.
"Unbelievable. The chief ranks among the top ten on the legendary list," Tim muttered incredulously.
"Is she truly just an ordinary girl? If the chief was stonewalled, that hacker must outrank him to conceal her data so effectively. And could a girl with that level of backing be ordinary?"
"I'm at a loss, buddy... And I can't even disclose this to the spoiled princess, given the chief's directive to keep it confidential," David sighed, with Tim offering a comforting pat on his shoulder.