Codebreakers: The Detective and the Hacker (Cipher Chronicles 1)

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“Sabi ko na nga ba't maling pumunta pa rito.” we are the real family but seems like we are the extra. Sila na nga itong kabit, sila pa ang galit. Si mama ang unang pinakasalan kahit labag sa kalooban ng mga kapatid at kapamilya ni papa, pero may isang pagkakamali ang hindi napansin ni mama noon dahil sa nabulag siya sa pagmamahal kay papa.

Peke ang certificate of marriage nila, kaya nakaya niyang mangabit ng iba.

What's worse is real certificate of marriage ang sa kanila ng kabit niya ngayon. Horrifying isn't it? My childhood messed up because of them.

At ang rason kung bakit narito kami? Dahil sa pagmamahal ng ina ko sa tarantado naming ama. Napairap ako. Oo, sinusustensyahan kami ng ama namin. Pero lihim iyon. I used to admire my father when i was still a kid. But that was before. After that incident happened, i lost my trust to him.

Muling bumukas ang entrance at napunta roon ang spotlight maging ang atensyon ng mga bisita. Narito narin ang ibang mga local na opisyales ng bayan na ito. Muling nagsalita ang emcee, pumasok ang mayor kasama ang buong pamilya but what makes my attention gets is—ZhiLei Moles, is standing—together with 3 guys who's not far our ages—behind the mayor and his wife.

That purple eyed guy is one of the son of the mayor in this city. Hawak parin nito ang libro at nakatutok parin ang atensyon roon. Hindi inalintana ang mga matang nanonood at nagmamatyag sa mga galaw nila. Moles. Now, it make sense. His lastname's Moles. Napatingin ako sa mas matangkad sa kaniyang kanan. Seryoso lamang ito at walang mababakas na ekspresyon. Inaninag ko ang mga mata, pero dahil sa may kalayuan ay hindi ko matukoy kung anong kulay nito. JunWei Moles—The older among the three. It's more like a matured version of Lei, batid ko'y isa o dalawang taon ang tanda nito sa amin, ang kaibahan lang nila ay ang height at ayos ng mga buhok maging ang pinakamaliit sa kanila. ZhiTao Moles—The youngest among them, the opposite one. Sa kanilang tatlo, siya lang itong masayang-masaya sa nakukuhang atensyon. By his apearance, he looks bubbly. Ibang-iba sa pinapakitang ekspresyon ng kaniyang mga kuya. He looks 3 years younger than our age.

Hindi pumasok sa isip ko ang bagay na iyon. Kahit sa TV ay hindi sila naibabalita. What i just heard is, the mayor has 3 sons. I don't know that it includes purple eyed guy.

“He's a son of a mayor?” hindi parin makapaniwalang saad ng kapatid ko sa tabi ko.

Well, i bet tommorrow this will all over the news and the whole campus gossips.

And i hit it right. Every corner of this campus gossips is all about that incident night. That was the first time, the mayor introduced his sons. Pati ata pader, poste, halaman at kung ano-ano pang kagamitan rito ay nagsasalita narin at bukambibig iyon. I rolled my eyes. This happened a years ago too. The difference is, we are the subject.

At kung minamalas ka nga naman sa makakasalubong mo pa. They're smiling like a psycopath when they notice my presense.

“Oh, A trash, pakalat-kalat.” maarteng saad ng anak ng kabit.

“Is there any janitor here? Bakit hindi nila ginagawa ang work nila?” gatong rin ng isa sa mga pinsan namin.

Hindi ko sila pinansin at nilagpasan lang. They can throw trash on me, they can spit me words but they can't touch me.

I managed to go to the library even though everyone's gossip started to irritates me. At least here, it's silent. Madalas ako rito, hindi para magbasa, kundi para gawin ang trabaho ko. Hindi rin bilang assistant ng library or any work related to school or library. It's my own work. Being a hacker.

I have a message to my own blog. There's a client needing my help. Sabi nito'y na-scam 'raw ng isang itinuring niyang kliyente sa digital arts ang pera niya sa kaniyang paypal account. Hindi lang 'raw siya ang naisahan nito at marami na rin 'raw. I sighed. I am not a detective, a part of the FBI nor a part of the police or anything else. I am a hacker on my own.

The client sends me screenshots. Ang bilis pala mauto nito? She didn't even think that the email in her spam is a scam? What's the use of spam in her gmail? Napapikit ako. Mabilis lamang ang trabahong 'to. I just need to reveal the identity of the scammer and get back the money this scammer stole from their victims.

Kung tutuusin, basahin palang ang email na ito na kunwari'y galing 'raw sa paypal na hindi 'raw maipapasa ang bayad ng kaniyang kliyente dahil hindi naka business account ang kaniyang paypal kung kaya't kailangan niya ng $200 para mapalitan 'raw ito, ay informal written na at kahina-hinala na. Napatampal ako sa noo. Kumagat naman ang kliyente ko. Seriously? Important and famed paypal has an email named paypal101@gmail.com? Nagapapatawa ba ang scammer na ito? Who would've thought about that email eh? You can just remove the number, why is there a number there? And a paypal doesn't have a gmail in the last. The real one is, for example: service@intl.paypal.com.

Napairap ako't inayos nalang ang problema. The scammer is not a good scammer huh. Ang dali niyang matrack, her client even used a dummy account or a faked account on facebook but sorry not sorry. Like what i have said my client's client is not a good scammer. Yung fake email pa nga hindi niya maayos. Tama nga at nakahide ang kaniyang contacts but that doesn't mean i cannot see it. I type codes on my laptop to get it's hidden contact.

I smiled at the outcome. Pagkakita ng kaniyang contact number, i started to trace it. Pero kumunot ang noo ko sa nakuhang location ng contact number na ito. Active na active pa ito at nandito lang sa cagayan. I tap the area where it locates para mas makita kung saang lugar ito ngayon pero mas lalong nangunot ang noo ko noong nakita kung saan mapadako ang screen ng laptop ko.

What? The scammer is located here in the Academy?

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WARNING: THE HACKER SERIES (CIPHER CHRONICLES) I HAVE WRITTEN IS NOT INTENDED TO PROMOTE OR GLORIFY HACKING IN ANY WAY. INSTEAD, IT AIMS TO EXPLORE THE FASCINATING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY, SOLVING MYSTERIES, AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A LENS THAT MAY INVOLVE HACKING ELEMENTS.

Hacker's Series 1; Codebreakers: The Detective and the Hacker (Cipher Chronicles 1)

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