Michael stared at the USB that popped out of the calculator in disbelief. Isnât this a little too easy? How did Sophia guess the thousand-digit password that the Mitchell family couldnât get right even though they tried so hard? Itâs a thousand-digit password. If she pressed a wrong number, all efforts before would be lost. Why was she so sure that the numbers were all correct?
Even though Michael had tons of questions, he decided to see what was in the USB first.
The USB was very old and the design looked antique. If this USB was really left by Cooper, it would have been hidden for over ten years. More than ten years ago, Mitchell Hi-Tech Group invented the worldâs first generation of USB flash drives and even applied for a patent. Nowadays, any manufacturer in the world that produced USBs had to pay Mitchell Hi-Tech Group the patent fee. This USB was definitely the most advanced technology at that time.
It was also developed by Cooper and his team. With one high-tech gadget, he made the Mitchell family rise to the top. Even now, the Mitchell family was still living off of that money. The USB in Michaelâs hand was probably one of the first generation USBs in the world but it could still function after being plugged into the laptop.
The laptop showed that the USB had 16 gigabytes of storage. When USBs were first produced, the largest storage space was only 100 megabytes. It was astonishing that Cooper had the foresight to make a 16 gigabytes USB more than a decade ago.
There was a folder in the drive but it was encrypted. Sophia clicked on the folder. Then, Michael watched as her small hands typed speedily on the keyboard. Not long after, Sophia managed to decrypt the folder and could finally see the treasured information inside.
Seeing this, Michael asked, âHow did you decrypt the folder?â
Without turning her head, Sophia replied, âGemma taught me.â
After hearing this, Michael was speechless.
Gemma was indeed a genius in computers. When Michael adopted Gemma when she was very young, he had discovered her talent in computers so he provided the best materials and conditions to train her.
However, how did she manage to teach Sophia to be an expert in computers under my watch?
Sophia was wearing a pair of big glasses as she looked at the laptop screen intently. âFortunately, the encryption is an old technology that dates back to more than ten years ago.
There is a code cracking program written by Gemma in my laptop that barely managed to crack the encryption. If the encryption was a little more advanced than this, Iâm afraid only Gemma would be able to crack it.â
Hearing this, Michael asked curiously, âHow did you know what the thousand-digit password was?â
Sophia replied, âCooper once composed a piano piece using PI, which happened to have 1,000 notes. It canât be a coincidence.â
The thousand-digit password turned out to be the number of PI!
Sophia then placed the laptop on the small table on the bed before she leaned against Michaelâs chest and clicked on the files in the folder.
âIt looks like Cooperâs work diary, which includes video recordings of some top-secret people he had met.
Look, every video file has a date record.â
Michael got up, put on his pants, and called Abel. This was the first time he felt excited ever since his search for Cooper started. He had a feeling that a shocking secret was about to be revealed!
Soon, Sophia compressed the files together and sent them to Abel. Then, she curiously clicked open Cooperâs files to see what was recorded in his top-secret video files. As soon as she saw what they were, she was dumbfounded. He met with the president of Moscov⦠He also met with the leader of the worldâs biggest mafia⦠And the leader of an extremist organization in the Middle Eastâ¦
Sophia randomly clicked on a folder and it was filled with secret videos of Cooper meeting these people.
Their conversation was about sensitive topics that would get someone killed.
Sophia was stunned when she found out that Cooper had also participated in the behind-the-scenes planning of big events that shocked the world.
What kind of business was Cooper in?
All of a sudden, she spotted a name among the dozen work diary records that sent a chill down her spine: 200x/06/03 â Meeting with the second generation Phantom Wolf.
Phantom Wolf! Turns out that Cooper even contacted members of Phantom Wolf! No one in the world has a video of the Phantom Wolf. I didnât expect Cooper to have them here!
Michael was so nervous and excited that his hands trembled as he impatiently clicked on the video. The video started playing and something appeared on the screen. The venue of the meeting was Cooperâs study. Two people were sitting on both sides of the leather sofa in the center of the screen. A man with black hair that was dressed in an elegant tuxedo sat casually on the sofa, swirling the glass of red wine in his hand. That man was Cooper.
Looking at the time stamp, at that period, Cooper had already taken over the position of family head. He was no longer the joyful young man in the Bayside University promotional video. His unique brown eyes were glowing with an extraordinary brilliance and his sharp features made him look handsome and full of elegance.
The person that was sitting on the opposite end of the sofa was probably the Phantom Wolf leader.
Unfortunately, the camera wasnât placed at a good angleâthe sunlight spilled in from the windows behind the man and they could only see a dark shadow. Behind the dark shadow stood another man, and he seemed young. Similarly, they couldnât see his face. All of a sudden, Michael felt the blood in his body rush to his brain.
That man is the leader of Phantom Wolf! Phantom Wolf is a title passed down from one generation to the next. The person sitting on the chair is probably the second generation Phantom Wolf, and the current Phantom Wolf should be the third generation! The person that killed Celine six years ago is probably the third generation Phantom Wolf! The young man standing behind the second generation Phantom Wolf is probably who weâre looking for!
Michael squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the young man but unfortunately, he still couldnât see what he looked like!
F*ck!
The video was only a few minutes long. In it, Cooper and the Phantom Wolf were speaking in a very low volume. Sophia listened carefully and could only make out that the Phantom Wolf was asking Cooper for a favor. It seemed that he wanted to use Cooperâs influence to achieve his goal but Cooper sonorously refused. âIâm sorry, Phantom Wolf. This land in Cethos belongs to me and I wonât allow you to cause trouble in my territory.â
Sophia heard this sentence clearly because when Cooper said this, his tone sounded determined and non-negotiable. In the end, the two of them didnât reach an agreement, so the Phantom Wolf led the young man and got up to leave. Cooper too stood up to send them off.
All of a sudden, two figures rushed in from outside the door and chased around Cooperâs legs happily.
The two figures were a boy and a girl. Cooper stretched out his hand and easily hugged one and took the otherâs small hand. His sonorous voice suddenly became gentle, as if he was whispering something to them. After Sophia maximized the volume, she leaned her ear close to the speaker and heard a voice.
â⦠Stan, Sean, Iâll take you two out to play.â
Hearing this, Sophia was speechless.
Turns out that the pair of children was Stanley Fletcher and Sean Mitchell! They met the two generations of Phantom Wolf before!
Because of Sophiaâs important discovery, Abel didnât sleep all night. He rushed over from Bayside City and watched the videos in Cooperâs USB over and over again. Since the video was from over ten years ago, the second generation Phantom Wolf leader was already dead. The young man behind him was probably the third generation Phantom Wolf leader, the culprit that murdered Justinâs beloved wife!