Chương 423: Chapter 424: This job is cursed

[OracleRomy (Elysium): I still don't get it. 😵💫] [NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): That's because this is the first streamer you have ever really watched Romy. Streamer chats often tease or roast the streamer when they make a mistake because it adds to their enjoyment.] [RealOtaku (Earth): Here on Earth, there are even streamers who mess up on purpose, as that is what their viewers enjoy watching.] [Animefangirl (Earth): Don't forget the ones that grief other streamers.] [RealOtaku (Earth): True.] [OracleRomy (Elysium): Ummm, ok. 🫤]"Was that Diva Aphrodite and Diva Lorelie's voices?" Koki asked in surprise as she heard the two divas speak.

"That's right. We are currently hanging out together," Rowena replied before saying, "I called because there was something I wanted to ask you."

"What would that be?" Koki asked.

"Did you hire the Noir Family to steal the financial data from Alpha Entertainment's computer core?" Rowena asked, causing Koki's eyes to widen in shock and fear. [Whostolemyduck (Earth): Damn. She just came right out and asked that.]"Calm down, I have no interest in informing the authorities or Leiko about this," Rowena said while raising her free hand in a passive gesture.

"Then why would you ask me such a question?" Koki asked suspiciously.

"Well, we are currently here at Alpha Entertainment using one of their studios for a photoshoot, when to our surprise, the Noir Family arrived and started attempting to break into the computer core. Imagine our surprise when it turned out that the thing they were after was Alpha Entertainment's financial records from Universal Year Thirty-Two Thirty-Six," Rowena replied, causing Koki's eyes to widen in surprise even more before she asked.

"How could you have possibly seen what the Noir Family was after?"

"You would be surprised what my granddaughter's boyfriend is capable of," Rowena replied with a proud smile before adding, "Even I was surprised to learn that he has a copy of the information that the Noir Family was trying to steal."

"He has a copy?" Koki asked in surprise before adding?

"How did he manage to get that?"

"That's a family secret, I'm afraid," Rowena replied with her signature smirk. [1000yearsofdeath (Earth): Family secret? He streamed it to the entire universe. Kekeke.] [Prestigious3horns (Vinox 2): It's not exactly the entire universe, to be fair.] [Superior4horns (Vinox 3): It will be once clips of it are posted on Xer-verse.] [Prestigious3horns (Vinox 2): That's true.]"Though my granddaughter's boyfriend is willing to sell you the information for a reasonable price if you're interested," Rowena added with a business smile while Adam gave her a questioning look.

"Why would I want to purchase that information from your granddaughter's boyfriend if, and I'm just speculating here. If I hired the Noir Family to acquire the information? Also, from what you said before, it sounds like they successfully acquired said information." Koki replied.

"That's a good question," Rowena replied before looking at Adam and asking, "Would you mind?" Adam shook his head in understanding before thinking, {Spector. Do you still have access to Rowena's uniband and can you transmit the stream to Koki through it?} [[Affirmative.]] The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.

"What's this?" Koki asked in surprise as two more holographic screens appeared above her uniband next to the holographic screen featuring Rowena. [Beinglittleisnotadisadvantage (Strathorp 7): He can transmit the stream that way?] [Whostolemyduck (Earth): Is that strange?] [Beinglittleisnotadisadvantage (Strathorp 7): Of course. The streaming platforms made it impossible to do such a thing years ago, so that individuals would have to watch streams on their platforms.] [1000yearsofdeath (Earth): Doesn't seem so impossible to me. Kekeke.]"Thank you," Rowena said with a smile to Adam before turning back to Koki and saying, "What you're witnessing is what we are watching. Those individuals are the members of the Noir Family that you hired. I must say. I'm surprised that you still had enough credits eleven years after the collapse of Omega Entertainment to hire six members of the Noir Family, one of them even being a rank one.

You must have made some wise investments with what little money you had left."

"Why are you showing me this?" Koki asked instead of replying to Rowena's remark.

"Because this is a good business opportunity for you," Rowena replied.

"How do you mean?" Koki asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Let's just watch the show first, then we can talk business after," Rowena replied before nodding to Adam again.

"Lock them in," Adam instructed as everyone saw teams one and two quickly descending their individual staircases. [[Affirmative.]] As everyone watched, they suddenly heard Number Ninety-Three say, {"Fuck. I have a major issue here?"} {"What issue? And why are you still not out of the building?"} Number Nine asked as she dashed down another flight of stairs. {"That's what I'm trying to tell you. I'm stuck in the security office."} {"Stuck. What do you mean you're stuck?"} {"The door to the security office won't open. Nobody's uniband can open it."} {"What the fuck is wrong with this building? Did the damn company not keep up its maintenance?"} Number Nine asked in an annoyed tone before asking, {"Team two, what's your status?"} {"We're about to reach the emergency exit."} The leader of team two replied just before he reached the emergency exit and went to open it by pressing the emergency release button of the wall next to the door, only for nothing to happen.

The viewers watched with amusement as the leader of team two kept jabbing the button repeatedly, only for nothing to happen. [MercheadAnderson (Palaxia): How many times does he need to hit the button before he realises that it's not going to work?] [DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): Well, they are in a rush to escape with the information they were hired to collect.] {"Fuck, the emergency exit is broken, it won't open."} The leader of team two cursed.

[1000yearsofdeath (Earth): Is the universe like Earth, where one of the first things they teach you when you start work somewhere is the location of all the emergency exits? Because it looks like that information is kind of useless. Kekeke.] [Beinglittleisnotadisadvantage (Strathorp 7): It is when you have a super advanced AI locking down the building you're in.] {"What the fuck do you mean the emergency exit won't open? What sort of emergency exit doesn't open?"} Number Nine asked in a frantic tone.

[Whostolemyduck (Earth): It does kind of make the whole point of it being an emergency exit redundant. 🤣] [Emojisonly (Earth): 🤣] {"I don't fucking know, it just wont open."} The leader of team two snapped in response. {"Then find another way. Jump out a first-floor window if you have to."} Number Nine ordered. {"I swear this job is fucking cursed."} The leader of team two cursed before leading his team back up the staircase. [StealthAssassin9 (Earth): Yeah, cursed by the streamer.] {"This better fucking work."} Number Nine said as she reached the ground-floor doorway of her staircase and tried to open the door, only to discover that it was sealed shut. {"FUCK."} {"Let me guess, your door won't open?"} The leader of team two asked before adding in a sarcastic tone, {"Maybe you should try jumping out of a first-floor window."} {"Don't you use that sass on me."} Number Nine snapped before leading her team back up the staircase.

[Noobkiller9000 (Earth): They're losing it, they're losing their cool.] [AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): I guess even professional thieves lose their cool when everything goes wrong.]"What on Felinia Seven is going on?" Koki asked as she watched the Noir Family members getting trapped.

"This is just the start of it," Adam replied before saying, "Put me through to Chief Ryu." [[Affirmative.]]"This is Ryu," Chief Ryu answered after a few seconds.

"Chief, we have the criminals captured," Adam said as Spector once again synthesised his voice to sound like Number Ninty-Three.

"Good work, where are they?" Ryo asked in excitement.

"Three of them are in the main staircase, another three are in the emergency staircase, both of which are heading for the ground floor. Also, we found a mole that was working with them here in the security office."

"A mole?" Ryu asked in surprise before ordering, "Hold him there until we arrive. We will go and apprehend the others first. Also inform the boss."

"Copy that, chief," Adam replied before ending the call as everyone saw Chief Ryu split his team in two before he led his team towards the main staircase and the other team went towards the emergency staircase.

"Who even is this boyfriend of your granddaughter?" Koki asked before adding, "He managed to trap seven members of the Noir Family. Wait…. Isn't he the man who is also dating Diva Lorelie?"

"Oh, you've heard about him?" Rowena asked.

"Of course. If you're connected with the entertainment industry, you can't help but have heard that Diva Lorelie is sharing her boyfriend with your granddaughter. I just forgot it for a moment because of our previous conversation," Koki replied.

"He is rather impressive, isn't he?" Rowena replied as she shot Adam a strange smile that he had never seen her use before, after which she asked, "So, shall we discuss our business deal now?"