A hacker in the wild (update 3/3)

The so-called immortal Succubus Queen isn't that bullets can't kill her, but rather that there aren't enough bullets available.

Of the 1,000 bullets that Shazo bought on the black market, a full 600 of them hit Melissa.

Later, he emptied the fortress's armory and used all sorts of weapons to test the limits of the Succubus's physical defense.

Melissa resisted, struggled, seduced, pleaded, screamed, and cursed, but ultimately died.

Shazo licked his lips savoring the memory, then completely forgot about the Succubus.

There's no need to dwell on the dead Succubus.

He drove absentmindedly, his mind replaying the successful revenge operation.

Then, compare the previous failed actions with the successful experiences and lessons learned from the failures.

After careful consideration, Shazo realized that while his own strength was a crucial factor in successfully dealing with Melissa, finding her location information through electromagnetic signals was an even more important prerequisite.

He chuckled to himself, "I really have to thank Naruto Shazo; his deduction of [Electromagnetic Wave Perception] is incredibly useful."

"Without this ability, finding Melissa would be ten or a hundred times more difficult. I'd have to trek back and forth through the rainforest, and I might even attract unnecessary trouble."

"United Fruit Company is no longer what it used to be, but S.H.I.E.L.D.. and the CIA are in real trouble."

"If we encounter Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D. as S. H. I. E. L. D., that would be even more troublesome."

"The unassuming Drug Enforcement Administration can summon three fighter-bombers with just one phone call, delivering six heavy missiles and one Fuel-Air Bomb."

"If it were another, even more ruthless department, they might even be able to develop Tactical Nuclear Weapons."

"The level of military power in modern technology is indeed extremely high, terrifyingly so."

"From now on, I can't leave the city at will, and I can't go to war zones without concealment. Even if I have to go, I have to get in and out as quickly as possible."

Shazo quickly thought of a second point. Because he was bored and impatient while waiting, he bought a bunch of weapons and unintentionally created a camouflage of firepower.

His precise and magical Gun Fu not only terrified the gunmen, but also tricked Melissa, the Succubus, into misjudging the situation, causing her to grab her weapon and rush up to fight him instead of immediately fleeing.

This is very important.

Melissa, as expected of Succubus, possessed a multitude of bizarre and unpredictable methods. After being captured, she attempted various escape and counterattack maneuvers, many of which were completely incomprehensible to Shazo.

It's a pity she was too close to Shazo.

Even the most impressive skills require energy to achieve.

Within close-quarters combat, Shazo forcefully suppressed the energy fluctuations within the Succubus's body using magnetic force, ignoring all techniques and not needing to worry about specific countermeasures, thus rendering the Succubus helpless.

Looking back now, at least three of the techniques used by the Succubus triggered Liao Kong, suggesting she was trying to open the Gates of Hell.

If Melissa successfully opens the Gates of Hell, whether she intends to escape back to Hell, summon a massive number of cannon fodder, or seek help from the big shots in Hell, it will make the situation quite troublesome.

Shazo smiled with a hint of relief, "Pretending to be Gun Fu expert seems quite interesting, and very useful."

"Hehe, when the enemy finally manages to snatch the gun from my hand after exhausting all their tricks, or when they run out of ammunition and rush at me seeking revenge, then I'll show them what the real Master Shazo is."

Thirdly, I can't think of anything right now.

Shazo shook his head, changing his approach. "We need to practice [Electromagnetic Wave Perception] more to increase our proficiency."

"First, let's try to locate and monitor Kingpin, to avoid the embarrassing situation of not being able to find him again next time we take action."

Shazo looked toward the striking Wilson Building in Hell's Kitchen; Kingpin had returned and was living in that building.

Kingpin's sinister empire amassed too many dark profits, and he had too many enemies to count.

When Kingpin forced to leave New York, his power New York diminished, and enemies emerged like mushrooms after rain.

First, there's Daredevil and his crew, actively disrupting Kingpin's business.

Next up is the Punisher, the nemesis of evil, who focuses on killing Kingpin's henchmen and robbing them of weapons and money.

Finally, there are the underworld gangs whose origins are unclear, who have become active in seizing Kingpin occupying territory.

The gangland conflict in New York quickly reached its climax.

As Kingpin's remaining forces dwindled, various underworld gangs seized large tracts of territory, initiating a new round of competition among them.

The vigilantes on the streets have once again set their sights on them, and the Punisher is happily killing gangsters and robbing them of their dirty money.

Violent clashes erupt every night in New York, with bombings, shootings, murders, arson, and other heinous crimes occurring frequently.

The New York Police Department was in a complete mess, which was one of the reasons why the deputy commissioner stepped in to pass the message to Shazo.

After Officer Shazo accepted Kingpin's apology, the Underworld Emperor returned to New York with his Private Army and moved back into Wilson Building.

Kingpin's strength should not be underestimated. He personally took action and on the very first day, he routed the vigilantes on the streets.

It is said that Daredevil was seriously injured that day, one of his friends was killed on the spot, and even Daredevil's girlfriend fell into Kingpin's hands.

Next came those messy gangs, numerous in number but weak in strength, some of whom were entrenched in Kingpin's former territory.

These look like a bunch of weaklings who jumped onto the cutting board on their own, and they even thoughtfully struck a pose of lying down to get beaten up.

Kingpin unleashed his well-equipped Private Army, wiping out more than 30 gangs of varying sizes overnight and reunifying the New York underworld under his control.

Starting Saturday, New York's nights returned to quiet.

This is the value of Kingpin.

Therefore, he was able to gain the tacit approval of the official forces and become the Underworld Emperor.

Because he was tacitly allowed to exist by official forces, Kingpin had to offer a large sum of cash as an apology after his failed assassination attempt on Officer Shazo.

So, this law-abiding Underworld Emperor shouldn't be angry after being monitored by Shazo a few times.

Shazo laughed, nonchalantly devising a plan to monitor Kingpin, as if the fat man hadn't offered a $10 million apology.

He was absolutely certain that Kingpin's law-abiding demeanor was all a facade, and that Kingpin was definitely plotting against him, searching everywhere for a skilled assassin to kill him.

He will seize any opportunity without hesitation.

It doesn't matter what price he has to pay afterward, or how he has to explain, apologize, or atone to the important people.

Kingpin's enemies are dead, but he is still alive—that is the greatest victory, the victory that allows him to intimidate all enemies in the underworld.

After that, Shazo began to openly monitor Kingpin. During each patrol, he would circle Wilson Building two, three, or even more times to show his presence and warn Kingpin to have any wicked thoughts.

In reality, Shazo intercepted electromagnetic signals from the Wilson Building nearby, searching for Kingpin's secret communications within the radio waves and memorizing their electromagnetic characteristics.

This job is actually not difficult at all.

Because the [Electromagnetic Wave Perception] ability is so overpowered, it takes professional hackers a long time, like a blind man groping in the dark, to indirectly analyze communication channels, but Shazo can see it at a glance.

He quickly located Kingpin's communications channel and, following the trail, found his encrypted satellite and cable channels.

In particular, the newly laid encrypted cable channel actually went through a fiber optic channel before leaving Wilson Building, making it undetectable by Shazo's [Electromagnetic Wave Perception].

It was by chance that Shazo discovered a radio cable with Kingpin's special communication characteristics, which only connected the two ends within the Wilson Building.

He couldn't understand why Kingpin would use an encrypted private line even though they were both inside the same building.

So Shazo reached out and hooked out the radio cable. After careful inspection, he discovered the encrypted fiber optic channel.

Fortunately, Shazo's Physics level was at the high school level, and he knew that light was also an electromagnetic wave.

After several days of research and adjustments, Shazo included fiber optic communication in the category of [Electromagnetic Wave Perception], but it required them to be very close together.

At this point, Kingpin's communication methods under Shazo control, and he no longer needed to make several trips Tenten.

However, the biggest problem also emerged: all of Kingpin's communications were encrypted, and when Shazo intercepted them, they could only appear as gibberish in his mind, and could not be converted into direct text, sound, and images.

It seems that Kingpin, and therefore he specifically trained experts in electromagnetic counter-surveillance techniques to protect his communications.

No wonder it was so difficult to track this guy last time.

It's worth noting that even though Shazo managed to get help from the New York Police Department's Technical Department through his connections, he still lost the cyberwar and was never able to locate Kingpin.

So this is Kingpin's confidence. As long as he can avoid being found by Shazo in the first place, he can live long enough to have someone speak on his behalf.

Shazo understood the cause of the matter, but felt even more annoyed.

As we all know, garbled text is a particularly annoying thing, especially when you painstakingly download a huge file, only to find gibberish instead of a video when you open it.

That feeling of going crazy, those who know, know.

Without decoding, we don't know what Kingpin did or where he'll go next, so how can we track him down?

Shazo began to consider how to decode the information. Only by obtaining more intelligence could he pinpoint Kingpin's whereabouts and lay the foundation for his visit a few months later and a heart-to-heart talk with him.

However, Shazo didn't want to learn decoding on his own because he knew he couldn't.

It's not a matter of lacking Talent, it's purely a matter of incompatibility. Just seeing it gives me a headache and makes me want to sleep.

After thinking it over for a long time, Shazo decided to find someone.

In this increasingly prosperous technological world, simply relying on one's own special abilities to gather intelligence is indeed somewhat lacking.

Previously, Shazo's strength was not very strong, so he was not particularly conspicuous and did not need to form his own organization. He could live well by relying on the local power of the New York Police Department.

But now his strength seems, probably, perhaps is far too great, so great that even the New York Police Department can no longer cover him or hide him.

Moreover, with 2008 approaching, the number of future supervillains will explode, and they are likely to form groups to clash with him, making it somewhat difficult for him to continue fighting alone.

It's not that Shazo thinks he can't beat them, but if he's completely clueless, he'll be at a disadvantage and suffer unnecessary losses.

See, he lost face in front of Kingpin.

We still need to strengthen intelligence work and enhance intelligence gathering capabilities. The best way is to recruit a trustworthy hacker to work with Shazo's [Electromagnetic Wave Perception] to achieve godlike status on the Internet.

As one of New York City's star police officers, Shazo has a wide network of contacts. He knows many hackers affiliated with the police department, as well as many hackers who have committed crimes and whose names have been attached to the police force.

But those guys had quite the temper; they all looked down on everyone.

The Kingpin escape incident proved that these guys' technical skills were mediocre and their abilities were not trustworthy.

The real hacking geniuses are all recruited by departments with higher authority; the New York Police Department has no chance.

This is not surprising; the New York Police Department is merely a local force, lacking the prestige to attract truly powerful hackers.

Shazo not only disliked these Hacking, but he also disliked their character, as they were all on the police's radar for committing cybercrimes.

Shazo wouldn't dare confide in someone whose character isn't trustworthy.

Luck, within just a few days, Shazo discovered a wild hacker using his [Electromagnetic Wave Perception].

He didn't know the hacker's name, nor had he ever seen his face, but he had "seen" the electromagnetic signals the guy generated when transmitting data.

Those enormous signal bars represented an incredibly large amount of data, undoubtedly saturating the bandwidth in an era with less than 10 megabits per second.

This is certainly not something that ordinary network users can do. Even with the highest efficiency of P2P transmission, there will be enough redundancy to combat noise and abnormal operations.

Only computer experts could manually modify the settings to utilize the bandwidth to such an extreme degree.

Therefore, the source of the electromagnetic signal must be a network expert.

Shortly after the patrol began, Shazo spotted the distinctive giant signal pillar again and quickly located the source of the signal.

It was a dilapidated minivan parked on the side of the road.

He parked the police car behind the van, got out, slowly walked over, and knocked on the back door of the van.

Soon, a girl carrying a laptop opened the car door. She looked at Shazo with doe-like eyes and asked with a puzzled expression, "Officer, is there a problem?"

Shazo looked at the disheveled, half-Western girl and smiled, saying, "Miss, you can't park here for long. If you don't leave immediately, I'll give you a ticket."

"Okay, officer, I'll be leaving now."

The girl hurriedly returned to the driver's seat, tossed the computer to the passenger seat, then quickly started the car and drove off down the street, billowing black smoke.