Bernard turned his laptop on and said, "At this time, the orbit of UTA-224 just happens to cross our location."
Aaron's head snapped up to look at the sky.
It caused quite the commotion across the globe when Hera hacked into Miridian's military satellite back then. Everyone tried to find out who Raven was. Needless to say, the sight was rather spectacular.
It was then that Aaron became more impressed with Hera. The Miridians were so full of themselves when they tried interfering with Jadonia's satellite signals back then.
But after Hera pulled that trick, the Miridians shut their trap for good.
After connecting his laptop to his mobile hotspot, Bernard's fingers started pressing rapidly on the keyboard, and the codes he typed flew across the screen.
Aaron knew nothing about coding, but he could see the little green ticks on the screen, which told him that everything was going without a hitch.
As Aaron looked on, Bernard kept his eyes glued to the screen while he worked. More and more codes appeared on the screen, and somehow, the sense of familiarity Bernard felt in his subconscious became stronger.
He felt like he had once hacked into the system like this for someone. He couldn't recall who that person was, but he remembered a person who went by the nickname "Raven" who once hacked the satellite system and gained quite the fame because of it.
"Raven," he repeated the name in his mind so that he wouldn't forget it.
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At the Miridian military air base, an alarmed staff member glanced up at the screen that lit up with an odd and eerie red light.
The staff member yelped, "There's something off with UTA-224's orbit!"
The other staff members in the office immediately shifted into emergency mode. After looking into the problem, someone exclaimed, "Is this for real? That person's back at it again after so long!"
One of the newer staff members was confused. "Who?"
Bernard and Aaron went over to the computer to check. The footage was zoomed in and focused at the entrance of a cave where the snow was smeared red with blood.
The animal tracks in the snow were messy. A pack of more than ten wolves were growling and baring their teeth at the cave. Upon closer inspection, one could even make out human footsteps in the animal tracks. The cave was actually the wolves' den.
It was true. The thing Aaron was worried about had happened. Warily, he turned to look at Bernard, whose intent gaze was fixed on the blood in the snow shown on the screen.
Bernard abruptly got up from his chair and headed outside. Aaron followed suit.
"Gather all our men who are well-equipped to head north to back us up," Aaron gave out the order. "The rest of the people will head back to our base."
Due to the blizzard, they couldn't dispatch too many people to go to Hera's rescue. They set off in two off-road vehicles.
Bernard's heart was just as messed up as the road they took up the mountains. The journey should've taken just 20 minutes, but the blizzard made it so that the entire trip took an hour. Time passed excruciatingly slowly.
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