Unexpected Unlock

Halt.

The Ninja’s relentless footsteps momentarily faltered. It seemed he hadn’t expected me to succeed in the Security Unlock at such unbelievable timing.

The problem was I had absolutely no idea this would happen either.

I stood there for a moment with my mouth hanging open in dumbfoundment, and only after realizing what was going on did I quickly reach out and pull the Memory Drive plugged into the terminal.

Why a randomly drawn pattern was approved as a code, and what I was supposed to do with this now - my head was filled with all sorts of questions, but now was not the time to weigh my options.

It was time to act first rather than think.

Download complete. Thank you for using the Chiba Data Account Bank.

“…!”

It was truly a Hair’s Breadth difference.

The Ninja moved much faster than me, and I almost had the data stolen from me while spacing out, but fortunately, I was much closer, and thanks to that, I was able to snatch the memory in time...