Dragoneye (Secret Agent Witch Book 5) by T. R. Cameron & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle

Author:T. R. Cameron & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Cameron, T. R. & Carr, Martha & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2023-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Mia finished the tall can of energy drink, crumpled it, and tossed it across the room. It banged off the wall behind Thomas, who shouted, “Jerk.”

She laughed. “Just checking your reflexes, cyber-warrior.”

His scowl was evident in his voice, getting the message across despite his screens blocking his face. “You know, you only act like this when you’re worried.”

Mia sat in her chair and began typing furiously on her keyboards. “I’m not worried. Whatever would I have to be worried about? Everything is sunflowers and honey.”

“Cracking into a scary corporation, maybe?”

“Lightweights.”

He laughed. “Yeah, that’s what Melliston is. For sure.”

She flatly rejected the notion that she was worried but would admit that she felt at least more caution than usual heading into this particular run. It wasn’t impossible for the feedback through a computer connection to kill an infomancer. It was highly unlikely since everyone built buffers into their systems to protect against such things.

As with all forms of magic, organizations were always working to figure out ways to deal with those who practiced it. Just like the sonic weapon. The fact that her system was newly cobbled together didn’t increase her confidence on that score, either.

Mia shook her head at her nonsense and brought her mind down to focus on the task ahead. “What do you think is our best way in?”

Thomas, whose hands were also moving across his keyboards from the sound of things, replied, “I’m guessing procurement. It’s a business system that needs to connect to the outside world. I would think they’d want the researchers to have direct access, as well. Otherwise, their buyers would be answering inane questions all the time instead of being able to do their jobs.”

Mia laughed. “That sounds exactly like every researcher I’ve ever worked with. Always wanting to know irrelevant things like when their supplies would arrive and stuff.”

“I know, right? Same here. What’s your opinion?”

Code began to scroll on both of her vertical monitors as she called up offensive and defensive programs, preparing them for quick access during the assault. “Procurement could be read-only access beyond the business system, though. One way, inward, which would make it more challenging to use as a way into the researchers’ area. I think we’d be better off bridging into the main system from their security company.”

Thomas replied, “In any other circumstance, I’d probably agree with you. But, as you might’ve forgotten, their security company is a subsidiary of the corporation. That means it’s going to be well-protected, likely with the same stuff we’ll find in the core of their internal system.”

Mia frowned. She had forgotten, which wasn’t like her. “Yeah. Point.” Unable to come up with anything better, she gave in. “All right, we’ll try it your way.”

The infomancers entered the enemy system together through the web portal for the procurement office. They materialized as generic avatars. The only difference between them was her longer hair. Their bodies were androgynous and clad in boring brown suits with white shirts and green ties.

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