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Under the sneaky manipulation of Valentina, the big screen at Times Square in Montavia that was showing the advertisements of a famous brand suddenly interrupted. Then, miraculously, it started playing the national anthem of Thawville. The corresponding video showed heroes from Thawville's war era bravely charging on the battlefield defending the territory, the establishment of Thawville later on, and its prosperity today. People in the square gathered under the big screen, at first puzzled, then starting to curse loudly. At the moment the national anthem began to play, the few Thawville in the square were thrilled. The patriotic feelings surged within them, they started singing along unconsciously, their eyes gradually getting wet with emotion. Initially, it was thought to be an error by the staff, but unexpectedly, once the song finished, it started playing again, and then it began to play repeatedly. Then everyone saw a line of text under the big screen, extremely arrogant. "Thawville hackers are the coolest - S". Montavia was just the beginning. One after another, landmarks in many other countries experienced the same situation, with this video suddenly being played on their big screens. The national anthem of Thawville echoed in multiple countries. Also attached was that same arrogant sentence, without exception. It wasn’t a mistake by the staff, but a passionate response from Thawville's hacker, the father of all hackers, S. Valentina immediately sent a message to William. Then she entered the secret hacker group hidden below the screen. In a group of merely ten people, five or six were active. It was lively every day over the past year. When the news that S was from Thawville first broke out, eight of the big shots in the group, excluding Valentina and William, were all @Hacker S. They first asked if it was true or false. Seeing that S didn't respond, they all took the news that Hacker S was Thawville as a joke and ridiculed Thawville's network technology. And right now, they were discussing something. Valentina couldn't be bothered to watch, so she mentioned Y in the group. "They're bullying us right on our doorstep, won't you lift a finger?" "Ah, it's S!" "Attention everyone, God S is on the loose!" "I never thought I could see S speak in the group in my lifetime. Hurry up and stop him from running away!" "Huh? What does S mean by that? I don't get it. Bullying?" "What happened? Do S and this newcomer Y really know each other privately?" "@Y, God S is calling you, aren't you coming out?" "@Y, What on earth happened that made S unhappy? You're pretty much the first person in history to do so." ... Y: [@S, that was just messing around. My business duties distracted me." "If they played their anthem on our squares' LED screens like you played our national anthem in Times Square in Montavia, at least I would have found out from the news. But they only dare to strike at our young students." "I'm lost. What are you talking about? Times Square in Montavia?" "Times Square is continuously playing the national anthem of Thawville, placed by S. Also, there's a message from S. Is S... from Thawville?" "Not just Montavia, even the screen in my country is playing it." Tom directly uploaded a picture, a distant shot of the big screen on Times Square, where the Thawville national anthem video was distinctly playing. The area under the big screen was crowded with people. The group chat quieted down, oddly eerie. After the silence, the group erupted. "Is S a Thawville citizen?" "Is S actually from Thawville?" "So is Y..." "I'm finding this hard to digest, S, if you've been kidnapped, blink. I'll rescue you." "Bloody hell..." "I can't believe it either. I always thought God S was or Montavia." Valentina then asked, "Who is Reiz’s master?" "Who? Don't know him." Everyone said they did not know. At this time, one person claimed to be - Kiev. Kiev was the former Rank 2 hacker who was edged out by William. Valentina typed, "Given those technical skills, I guessed it was you. Tell Reiz when he comes to Thawville, he must obey our rules." In the computer competition between Biddeford University and Sunnydale Institute of Technology, Valentina only said that she knew S and Y at the scene, and ambiguously mentioned that there were more than one hackers from Thawville in the top ten. But the vindictive Reiz intentionally sensationalized it, twisting Valentina's words into the claim that Hacker S was from Thawville, and spreading this around the hacker community. S had never made a public explanation, so everyone concluded Valentina was bragging. Kiev had always looked down on Thawville hackers. Having had minor clashes with S and Y in the group, he had spared no effort in mocking and bullying the Thawville hackers. Before Kiev could respond to S's words, the screen in front of him suddenly blacked out - he had been hacked by S. He was so outraged that he smashed his keyboard. "Kiev was always stirring up trouble in the group, let me make it clear, I never participated from beginning to end." "Neither did I, no matter which country you are from, S, I will always be your most loyal follower." "Same here." "Same here." "I'll pack my bags and travel to S's homeland right now, meet up in person, S?" The news about S coming from Thawville shook the whole hacker world. Her hacking skills soon appeared on social media around the globe. Thawville hackers had always been treated unjustly in the hacker empire due to their technical level. Internationally, even the phrase "Are you from Thawville?" was used to ridicule inferior hackers. Thawville hackers had always been self-aware. However, Valentina's ignorant and face-saving behavior made them a laughingstock, and they have become the target of public criticism. Within this year, Thawville hackers had gone to war with hackers from various nations. After the losses, they were ridiculed and dumped all their anger onto Valentina, the audacious one who had instigated trouble. Some even proposed to teach Valentina a lesson. However, upon learning Valentina was the incumbent who paralyzed the national network, they fell silent. Today, Hacker S forcefully retorted and revealed her identity to the world. It was so relieving!