Out Of The Shadows Tilda’s Brilliant Second Life novel Chapter 403

“Got any leads on your side?”

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Tilda shook her head. “I already looked into this group while you guys were busy. They’re spotless. Just a simple charity project.”

“Erm…”

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If even Tilda said that, then…

Jarrett and the others exchanged confused looks.

Attacking a foreign charity went against everything Comet Squad stood for and the reason they were founded.

But Benedict said they had to destroy the foundation’s servers to get full autonomy.

Now their mission orders and beliefs sat on opposite sides of a scale.

The squad didn’t know what to do.

One by one, they turned to Tilda.

She closed her eyes for a moment, then stood up.

Everyone thought she had made her choice.

Instead…

“Let’s go eat.”

“Eat?”

They all stared at her, dumbfounded.

“It’s already eight at night. We didn’t even have lunch. Work matters, but health comes first.

“If we don’t have our health, we’ve got nothing. Besides, we already know what the Rosales Foundation really is. We’ve still got plenty of time left before the 24–hour limit.”

Astrid couldn’t hold back. “But … Queen, they demanded to wipe the data, and we …‘

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“What we’re going to do is eat first. Then we’ll come back and dig deeper into everything about the Rosales Foundation. Got it?”

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Chapter 403 Walking Away

The second she said it, the whole squad understood her decision.

“Sure!”

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The call came the next day, around 4:00 p.m.

Benedict picked up. “Well? Did you completely wipe the Rosales Foundation’s data?”

Wesley happened to be nearby, sorting through files. He froze at his brother’s words, then looked at him with a strange expression.

“We didn’t destroy their data,” Tilda said flatly.

“Comet Squad cracked the Rosales servers in three hours. But we spent the next 20 hours investigating everything about them.

“After careful study, we found the Rosales Foundation is a real charity. No lies. No cover–up.

“Comet Squad will never attack a group like that.”

Her voice was cold.

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But…

“This kind of honor isn’t what Cetherland needs. And it’s not something Comet Squad will ever chase.

“If gaining autonomy means breaking our own bottom line and killing our conscience, then we’ll never do it.

“Mr. Lamb, maybe you don’t know where our line is. So I’ll say it again.

“First, we don’t harm national security.

“Second, we don’t betray basic human decency.

“Third, we never stand against the innocent.

“Your mission breaks all three. So sorry, but we won’t help you.”

Tilda’s voice rose into a near–roar.

Benedict’s so–called trial was nothing but an insult to Comet Squad.

If a human threw away their bottom line, they were no better than the Jensons scum who destroyed lives without a care.

Tilda would never trade her conscience for a mission. She’d always fight for things in the right

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If the heads of Cetherland’s National Cyber Security Center were really people like Benedict Lamb, then she was beyond disappointed. She knew one thing for sure–she would never work with them in this lifetime.

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