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nAt this time, the others of the zoo still didn't know that their teacher was already planing to reel in their archnemesis to become their junior brother (or sister).

nIf they knew, they would probably all be thinking the same thing…

nThis is a little too much okay!?

nThis is the person that they have been observing for half a year, already having taken them for a sworn enemy, now, to jump from that to a sworn brother… even the God of Mischief would have to bow down to that gameplay.

nThankfully they didn't know, or they might really just be too distracted, questioning what they had been doing for the past months.

nQuestioning why they had suffered so much, being reprimanded by the boss and his subordinates, every day while their mentor was away in seclusion.

nAhhh, life feels so hard!

nAt this time, the Captain and the others were already 70% certain that the opponent was the TWO that they knew.

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"This little monster… he would be able to improve so much in such a short time. There's no mistaking his style.

" Falcon said without any reservations, confirming Master Giovanni's speculations that his disciples had traded moves with the opponent before.

nMaster Giovanni's interest grew.

nHis theory that this other kid's potential was notable was promptly confirmed.

nJust from Falcon's reluctantly voiced words, it was clear that if the opponent's skills and improvement weren't a fact, he would never be willing to admit it!

nAs for Falcon, though his gut feeling told him that this was TWO, simply because TWO's style couldn't be replicated by just anyone, considering how much smoother this person was and the considerably higher skill level plus the new moves, there was still a trace of doubt.

nAnother thing was; why would TWO want Margrete Lenin's information in the first place?

nThis was a rather pressing point.

nIt wasn't just one or two of them wondering whether TWO had already figured something out while trying to dig out information on his attackers, which were them.

nMargo was a rather weak link when it came to information privacy, after all, she wasn't a hacker herself.

nThankfully Master Giovanni, Margo's eldest uncle, didn't leave this detail out.

nHe had always known that his job was rather dangerous at times, and so he had his own precautions when it came to the safety of his family.

nHe was the only person greatly adept at computer sciences in his family.

nNow that Giovanni thought about it, it was actually quite funny how their family ended up branching off.

nHis parents were both in the political scene and they gave birth to three children.

nThree boys to be exact.

nGiovanni was the eldest, having become an international hacker. Still a bachelor to this day.

nSloth's father was the middle child, he was the only one who followed their parent's path into the political scene. With how busy he always was, Giovanni, the one who never had a chance to have a child was the one who mainly took care of Sloth.

nBut it wasn't really his choice, he was reluctant at first, but we can get to that later...

nLast but certainly not least, there was Margo and her elder brother Lennie's father, who became a farmer. Lennie would go on to pick up his father's farm while Margo went into business.

nThere was a hacker, a politician, and a farmer.

nThough their career paths had truly drifted a little far... to the point where it was a little absurd just thinking about it, they were still quite close and they would oftentimes help each other out.

nThese three seemingly unrelated jobs actually interacted more than one imagined.

nGiovanni would always make sure his brother's and their family's information was properly kept and the parts that needed to be concealed would be done so appropriately.

nThe need for such a thing was obvious for the politician, and well, Margo's father wasn't necessarily a 'NORMAL' farmer.

nIn fact, oftentimes, his work needed more information privacy than Sloth's father.

nThe second brother would help with the more technical parts of land-owning, animal centers, and really all the more real-life problems for the youngest brother while serving as a connection from the government to Giovanni, who often also took governmental assignments.

nAs for the youngest of the three, as the youngest, he was often spoiled in his family. When he had a hobby, a passion, he simply went for it.

nHis brothers would clear the path for him!

nHowever, what wasn't known to the outsiders, was the fact that this youngest brother was in fact the smartest of the three, in both IQ and EQ.

nWhen the two elder brothers had their own troubles, they would oftentimes subconsciously go seek the youngest's advice.

nYou couldn't look down on someone who could do what many others couldn't. He was able to preserve the lives of countless animals who were ready to go extinct.

nIn fact, animals that many others, those not in the know, believed to have already gone extinct!

nHis determination and intelligence couldn't be looked down upon.

nAfter all, he had built the whole high-tech 'farm', if you could even still label it as such, from the ground up!

nBack to the point about Sloth.

nHis father, the politician, greatly believed in letting his children choose their own path in life.

nThis worked great with his eldest son, who ended up choosing to follow his own steps as a politician.

nBut his second son, now known by his closest people by the codename Sloth... he was an anomaly, such a plan that gave this level of freedom of choice would never work for him.

nIf Sloth had the freedom of choice to such an extent, he would have long become a couch potato with no purpose in life.

nEven his father didn't know what to do with him.

nIn the end, he cut his own son a deal.

nHe could do whatever he wanted, with the condition that he did SOMETHING, sleeping and eating all day not included, and then stick to it!

nHonestly, his best choices were to follow the path of one of the people in his family, after all, then someone could lay the foundations for him.

nAt least those were Sloth's thoughts at the time, which weren't at all wrong.

nSo now he had 3 main choices.

nPolitician, farmer, or hacker.

nTo Sloth, Politician was completely out of the picture.

nIn fact, before he even started considering it, he had already thrown that option out the window!

nOf course, that was only metaphorically.

nIt would be way too much trouble actually throwing something out the window.

nSloth had already seen how hard his father and brother worked, even though he was sleeping at the time, every once in a while, when he woke up because of some noises, he would see his father burning the midnight oil.

nHe simply couldn't imagine that kind of work style.

nNext was the farmer option.

nNo.

nJust, NO.

nAnd lastly, Sloth was left with becoming a hacker.

nIn his imagination, that was someone who sat in front of a desk staring at the computer all day, and since he would also have quite some free time, he would be able to sleep as much as he liked!

n'Win-win situation.' he thought

nThat was the stupidest conclusion he had ever come to in his whole life.

nIn fact, though Sloth's initial thoughts were the 'someone will lay the foundation for me' = 'less work', he didn't take into account the fact that there were countless more jobs out there that required less work and more importantly, less training!

nHe could become a burger flipper for all his father cared.

nEven better, he could have become a stock investor. After all, their family had money, he didn't necessarily have to be good at whatever he did, nor did he HAVE to earn his own income.

nThey could support him for life, his father simply didn't want him to live without purpose.

nThough of course if he really did become a burger flipper, this wouldn't look good for their political image, that could all be dealt with secondarily, after all, their family history in the politics wasn't just a matter that occurred in a generation or two.

nBut in the rush of the moment, Sloth and made a poor, rushed decision…

nNow, he became a hacker.

nThe initial training was pretty much a death warrant for Sloth.

nAs someone who spent hours in front of the computer, his uncle had stated clearly that his physical health couldn't be forgone.

nAnd their lied his biggest problem… his uncle.

nHe could have had so many options, but he just had to go and chose his uncle as his teacher… his uncle, someone who had some actual authority over him!

nThat was his biggest slip-up.

nIf it had been anyone else, he may have been able to coerce them, but not his uncle.

nHe had dug a hole for himself, and he simply couldn't jump out of it anymore.

nIt was part of his agreement with his father.

nSloth had promised his father, that whatever he chose, no matter what it was, he would stick to it for at least a year before he even considered quitting, and that was if he really disliked it.

nThe dilemma was, though he disliked hacking, he wasn't willing to give up that year of hard work he had put into it, fearing that he would have to do the same in the next job.

nHe was too lazy to learn something new after that year of hell training.

nAnd thus, a not so virtuous cycle of, not wanting to be here, but not wanting to be there, even more, began.

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