>>5384062“Look, I know what you're trying to pull.” he says immediately, no greeting or anything. “And the answer is no. There's no way in hell I'm letting you PTO bastards get any sort of access into my system. Especially not you, Drunk Savant.”
“I'll take that as a compliment.” you reply amicably, not letting anything show on your face. “But I don't want into your security. I want <span class="mu-i">you</span> to catch this rat, by setting a trap inside your security.”
“A trap? You're implying someone can get past my impenetrable defenses.” he replies, a bit too confidently. You're tempted to take his security system down entirely, as even with him at the helm fighting you it shouldn't take more than a few minutes, tops. But instead you decide to try the diplomatic route.
“Not only have they gotten past, they've been hiding behind your defenses while attacking the PTO's systems.” you tell him. “Now, I doubt that it was you, or anyone in your family honestly. I doubt you all would be working with those Lin Kuei you all tried to exterminate not too long ago. And if you don't believe me, just check through the access logs. Or, do you not even keep track of who's doing what on your network?”
“Of COURSE I keep track!” he responds heatedly, your tone and provocation firing him up as his fingers fly over two separate keyboards. “See, just as I thought. There has been no one other than my family accessing....Wait...”
His self-righteous tone completely vanishes as his eyes widen, no doubt seeing a clear inconsistency in his information.
“N-No way. That mother fucker!” Milluki shouts, slamming a fist down on one of the many keyboards spread around him. Keys go flying everywhere, but he pays them no mind with his furious glare still on his screen. He then whirls back towards you, murderous rage in his eyes as he seethes at you through clenched teeth. “If this is you, I'm going to kill you.”
“I haven't gone past your network's outer defenses since you first set them up.” you answer honestly, leaving out that you'd cracked his defenses within an hour the day his network had gone online. But not knowing how they attacked at you through their system without his notice is leaving you curious. “What happened?”
“The bastard. They didn't send up any flags while going through our private network because they were using an existing account.” he declares, then after a moment adds with much less fire. “My brother's.”
“How didn't your brother notice?” you ask, confused. “Aren't there systems set up to prevent multiple log ins on...”
But seeing the expression on his face you trail off, feeling that you've somehow stepped over some sort of line.