After the divorce, I became a god that my ex-wife couldn’t reach.

Chapter 2285 It Can't Be Such a Coincidence

The headquarters building of the Iwasaki Society.

After the morning's setback, Iwasaki was furious.

Although he is usually quite reserved and doesn't show his emotions easily, today's defeat has caused him to break down.

He sent Iwasaki Sora in person to invite Ishihara Ryosuke to the headquarters building.

He didn't want to experience the failure of the morning a second time.

When he saw Ryosuke Ishihara, a hint of doubt, even disappointment, flashed in his eyes.

Standing before him was Ryosuke Ishihara, who was not yet thirty. He was less than 1.6 meters tall, unkempt, and wore glasses that obscured his eyes.

It's only May, but he was wearing cheap plastic slippers, and his clothes smelled sour from afar.

This doesn't seem like a skilled hacker; it's more like a "cardboard box hermit" who lives in a cardboard box on the street.

Not only was Iwasaki Masashi astonished, but Iwasaki-ya, Iwasaki Tetsuya, and others were also filled with suspicion.

"President, this is Mr. Ryosuke Ishihara, the expert who won third place in the World Hacking Competition three years ago."

Iwasaki Masashi's hand twitched, but he didn't dare to reach out. He could only smile awkwardly and say, "Mr. Ishihara, thank you for coming."

Ryosuke Ishihara didn't care about any of that. He casually sat down at the coffee table, picked up the teacup without a care whose it was, and drank it all down.

Then he said, "President Iwasaki, do you know my price?"

Iwasaki was slightly taken aback, then asked, "I'm not quite sure. Mr. Ishihara, what is the price?"

“President Iwasaki, I won’t ask for more from you,” Ryosuke Ishihara said slowly. “According to industry practice, our fee is 25 million yen for dealing with ordinary attacks. If it’s a more complex attack, the price will double.”

Hearing this, Iwasaki and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

They were worried that Ryosuke Ishihara would ask for an exorbitant price. Now it seems their worries were unnecessary.

Tens of millions of yen is just a drop in the ocean for the Iwasaki family.

“Alright, as long as Mr. Ishihara can help us block their attack, there won’t be any problem with the payment,” Iwasaki Masashi said earnestly.

Ryosuke Ishihara spoke slowly again, "Don't rush me, I haven't finished yet."

Iwasaki gave an awkward smile. "Go on," he said.

Ryosuke Ishihara said, "If it's to deal with an attack from a world-class expert, then the price wouldn't be like this; it would be five hundred million!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Iwasaki-ya, Iwasaki Aozora, and the others changed slightly.

Five hundred million is indeed no small sum.

Iwasaki Masato hesitated for a moment, but he still gritted his teeth and nodded, saying, "Okay, no problem."

“I have another rule: I must collect payment before working for anyone,” Ishihara Ryosuke said again. “President Iwasaki, is that alright?”

Before Iwasaki Masashi could speak, Iwasaki Tetsuya couldn't help but say, "Mr. Ishihara, isn't this against the rules? What if we pay money, but you ultimately fail to block their attack? What then?"

Ryosuke Ishihara sneered and said arrogantly, "Do you think I can't withstand their attack?"

Before Iwasaki Tetsuya could ask any more questions, Iwasaki Shoichi waved his hand and said decisively, "No problem! We trust Mr. Ishihara's abilities and will follow his rules."

Ryosuke Ishihara took out a bank card and placed it on the coffee table, saying calmly, "Let's make the payment according to the medium difficulty level for now. We'll see how things go later, and we'll refund any overpayment or make up any underpayment. It's very fair."

“Fair!” Iwasaki Masashi answered without hesitation, then turned to Iwasaki-ya and said, “Iwasaki-ya, go and transfer fifty million yen to this card!”

Iwasaki-ya's eyelids twitched, but he still picked up the card from the coffee table and went to the finance department.

Soon, Iwasaki returned with the card, saying, "It's been forwarded. Please check it, Mr. Ishihara."

Ryosuke Ishihara stood up, took the card from his hand, casually put it in his pocket, and said casually, "No need, I believe that such a big organization as Iwasaki would not lie to me. Shinogasa-kun, now take me to the computer room."

Saburo Shinogasa, who had been waiting on the side, immediately agreed and then looked at Tadashi Iwasaki.

Iwasaki waved his hand and said, "Shinogasa, you cooperate well with Mr. Ishihara."

"Yes!" Saburo Shinogasa respectfully replied and left with Ryosuke Ishihara.

After they left, Iwasaki immediately frowned and said, "Quick, go and ask the cleaning staff to come and spray some air freshener here."

As he spoke, he fanned his nose with his hand and strode outside.

Iwasakiya, Iwasaki Aozora and others quickly followed.

They, too, couldn't stand the sour smell in the air.

"Father, do you think this Ishihara Ryosuke... is reliable?"

After leaving the financial markets department, Iwasaki Aozora asked somewhat hesitantly.

Iwasaki said, "Aozora, don't judge a book by its cover. The more unassuming a person is, the more skilled they often are. Besides, he has achieved a world ranking; I believe he must have real talent."

Tetsuya Iwasaki said thoughtfully, "Third place in the world rankings, then who are the first and second place?"

Iwasaki turned to look at him and asked, "Why are you interested in this ranking?"

Tetsuya Iwasaki said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little curious. Ryosuke Ishihara is the third-ranked fighter in the world. I don't think the Golden Tripod Consortium could possibly have found the number one or two fighters in the world, right?"

Iwasaki Masashi frowned slightly, a hint of unease flashing through his mind.

At this moment, Iwasaki Sora said, "Father, don't worry, they won't be able to find those two people."

Iwasaki was slightly taken aback, and looked at him with surprise and asked, "Why?"

"The world's number two is named Leopold, and he's from Eastern Europe. After the competition, he was hired by Roche for a high price and has been working for Roche ever since!"

Iwasaki Aozora said.

Iwasaki said "Oh," and then asked, "What about the number one ranked person? Why didn't the Luo family invite the number one ranked person?"

Iwasaki Sora said, "It's strange, but the first place is actually empty."

This time, not only Iwasaki Masashi was also curious, and Iwasaki Tetsuya also asked, "What do you mean?"

Iwasaki Sora said, "When I went to invite Ishihara, I asked him these questions. He told me that after several rounds of competition, the top 100 players in the world were finally ranked among the hundreds of online players who participated in the competition."

"Originally, Leopold was ranked first, and Ishihara should have been second."

"Then why is Ishihara in third place now?" Tetsuya Iwasaki became increasingly curious.

Iwasaki Sora said, "At that time, the competition had just ended when their server was hacked and crashed. All the participating experts found it unbelievable and went down to try to find out what happened."

"The final conclusion was that someone attacked their competition server and successfully cracked their firewall."

"This ignited the fighting spirit of these cyber experts, who quickly improved their server firewalls and launched reverse engineering attacks, hoping to take down the opponent's server. But... the result..."

Tetsuya Iwasaki asked in astonishment, "What was the result?"

Iwasaki Sora shook his head with a wry smile, "All the experts joined forces and engaged in a remote offensive and defensive battle with the other side. In the end, all their computers were compromised by the other side, and a red wolf appeared on the screen when they were turned on!"

"This...this is unbelievable!" Tetsuya Iwasaki exclaimed in shock. "A top ten fighter in the world was defeated by this one person?"

"Yes, not just the top ten, but hundreds of experts who couldn't defeat him," Iwasaki Sora said excitedly. "So, they re-ranked him, and that mysterious expert, whom they called Red Wolf, was placed first. Everyone else was moved down one place..."

Iwasaki nodded and said, "I understand now. No wonder Ishihara is third. That's how it came about."

Tetsuya Iwasaki said, "That red wolf is absolutely amazing!"

Iwasaki Masanori said with some concern, "If... the one they've hired is Red Wolf, can Ishihara handle him?"

Iwasaki Aozora immediately shook her head and said with absolute certainty, "That's impossible! This Red Wolf's identity is still a mystery. No one knows who he is. We don't even know which country he's from or whether he's male or female. Such a master cannot be easily summoned."

Iwasaki breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good! I don't think we'd be so unlucky as to run into this problem."