Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 689

If that happened, the old fox leading Sigma Network would surely find an opening.

“Besides, I don’t want Shanley to know what I went through back then,” she added.

Luella fell silent. She was right. Juniper had endured immense hardship to build Subterra Vanguard from the ground up. Just when things were finally looking up, Sigma Network had emerged as a formidable rival. It was as if their organizations shared a single brain, constantly converging on the same markets, resources, and research. But there was only room for one king on the mountain, and for one to thrive, the other had to suffer.

To protect their interests, Sigma Network struck first. They came in hard, bombing a Subterra Vanguard cargo ship. Juniper had been asleep on board and barely escaped the inferno. That incident ignited an all-out war.

For years, neither side had rested. It was a constant cycle of retaliation—a gunshot for a gunshot, a bomb for a bomb. Juniper, still just a teenager, had suffered immensely in her fight against them. The worst was when a bullet went straight through her head, leaving her inches from death. That was why Subterra Vanguard considered Sigma Network their public enemy number one.

“Sigma Network has probably heard that Binary Oracle is participating in the World Hacker Competition,” Luella said, her voice laced with hatred at the mention of Juniper’s alias. “They’ll be ready for us. Juniper, this is going to be a tough fight. You need to be prepared.”

“Prepared?” A humorless smile touched Juniper’s lips, her eyes glowing with a dark light. “I’m not the one who needs to be prepared. They are.”

The islands of Moralia Country were open to anyone, and as it happened, one of Subterra Vanguard’s ships was anchored nearby. The hardware on that ship was enough to blow their enemies to kingdom come and back a hundred times.

“That’s our Specter,” Luella chuckled. After a bit more small talk, she hung up.

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