Chapter 85
After that, Simone was brought into an office
Idris shot Simone a warning look. “If you can’t prove your worth to me, I promise you’ll die miserably”
ter in front of her
“Don’t worry. You’ll be impressed. Simone nodded, forcing down her fear as she turned on the computer in
Simone spent the entire day glued to the computer, not daring to stop for even a second. It wasn’t until noon the next day that she finally finished the game she was working on
Cyrus watched the screen the whole time. When Simone finally completed the last test and the game ran perfectly, Cyrus was totally shocked.
What stunned him wasn’t just that Simone, so young, could make such an incredible game; it was that the official credits didn’t list her as the
creator
This was the very same game Simone had played in Cyrus office before. It was called Peak Showdown.
Since its release, it exploded in popularity nationwide. It was the only high–quality game in the country, far surpassing Ameritopia’s. Ir topped Twitter trends for months, making the nation proud because it proved their talent outshone that of Ameritopia.
However, the company behind the game was the Torres Group from Capitalion, and the credited developer was one of their employees, not
Simone.
Cyrus wondered, “What’s wrong? This was Simone’s game. How did it end up as the Torres Group’s achievement? Did Infinity Island sell the game to them, or was there something else going on!
Idris was thrilled when he saw the game
pame Simone had made. As expected, he no longer did anything cruel to her.
Finally, Simone could enjoy some peace.
Cyrus thought that would be the end of it and that they would finally leave Simone alone. To his surprise, however, they just kept pushing her. forcing her to keep developing more games for them.
To survive, Simone had no choice but to agree. She was locked up in a pitch–black room all day, only allowed to eat after she finished whatever project they threw at her.
It didn’t take long before Simone’s stomach started acting up. Sometimes, right in the middle of coding, a wave of pain would hit her so hard that she would end up rolling on the floor. Even then, no one bothered to get her a doctor
After watching her for a while, they realized Simone’s skills went way beyond just making games, and their ambitions grew even darker.
They started asking Simone to hack into rival companies to steal trade secrets or break into bank systems to steal money. However, Simone stood her ground and refused.
“How dare you defy me? Do you want me to kill you?” Idris hadn’t expected Simone to say no. He pressed a gun on her head and said, “Do you think I won’t kill you? Then kicked her hard, sending her sprawling.
“Go ahead and kill me.” Simone gasped, clutching her stomach, her whole body shaking as she stared at the gun in his hand. Even so, her resolve Jiever wavered.
To her making games and programs for them was merely a means of survival, but stealing company secrets was illegal. It could lead to massive financial losses, company bankruptcies, and even family destruction.
Hacking into banks was also illegal. Simone was young and innocent, but she had lines she would never cross
Her deliance only made Idns even angrier.
From then on, Simone faced brutal beatings every d
day.
Idris made it clear that unless she gave in, he would beat her to death.
Watching Simone being tortured, Cyrus felt so helpless that he could hardly breathe. For a moment, he wished she would just give in because if she did, at least she wouldn’t get hurt.
However, Simone held firmly to her principles and refused to cross any legal boundaries.
Sering how stubborn Simone was, Idris finally realized that if he beat her to death, he would lose his only programmer. In the end, he had no choice but to stop torturing her
A few days later, Simone was brought to a four–person dorm room. Inside were four men and one woman, and with Simone–the only kid–there
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were five people in total.
No one cut Samone any slack just because she was young. Instead, they seemed to go out of their way to make things harder for her.
Simone tried to climb onto the empty top bunk one night, but as soon as she set foot on the ladder, someone kicked her hard, sending her flying to
the floor.
Simone numbled across the smooth floor, sliding quite a distance before coming to a stop. That was when she got a good look at the person who had kicked her. It was a middle–aged man wearing glasses, his gaze filled with utter disdain.
“Why did you push me! Simone got up, limped over to him, and stared him down, demanding an answer.
“Tuck off. That’s where I keep my stuff, the man named Justin Ross said coldly, tossing his thir
nto the bunk on purpose his things up ontol
“That’s the bed they assigned to me, Simone argued, still clueless about how things worked here, but refusing to hack down
“Assigned” I’m the only boss here.” Justin said. He slapped Simone hard across the face, grabbed her by the hair, and shoved her head into a large tank in the comer.
Simone couldn’t swim. The moment her head was forced underwater, she began struggling desperately. It wasn’t until she stopped moving that Justin finally let go.
The other four just watched with bl
blank faces, acting like it had nothing to do with them.
Simone woke up the next day. Realizing i
g how powerless she was, she laid her bedding out on the floor that night.
Justin kept his eyes on Simone the whole time. After cleaning his feet, he dumped the dirty water right onto Simone’s bedding on the floor
Simone was furious, but she didn’t dare say a word.
With her bedding soaked, Simone had no choice but to crouch in the corner. After two days here, she had figured out who everyone in the room
Justin, who had shoved her head into the tank was a doctor, brilliant at both medicine and pharmaceuticals. He had created a lot of value for Idris, and that made him the top dog in this room.
The middle–aged woman was Melissa Jones. She specialized in making medical equipment and all sorts of high–tech gadgets, so in this room, her influence was second only to Justin
Of the other two men, one was Holden Grant, a bit older, a traditional medicine doctor who could handle even the trickiest illnesses.
The other was Justin’s assistant, Walter Ellis. Like Simone, he didn’t have much influence here, but the fact that he had made it into this room meant he had his strengths,
Simone quickly realized that if she wanted a volce here, she would have to get stronger and make herself more valuable.
Therefore, over the next stretch of time, Simone tried to get close to the four of thein, going out of her way to win them over just to pick up some medical knowledge she didn’t know
At first, they thought Simone was just a weak little girl and didn’t take her seriously, but soon, they realized how talented she was in medicine.
