Chapter 74 - the psychological profile
Returning to the war room, Leo utilized his profound psychological expertise to build a precise, devastating profile of their attacker. He knew exactly how a toxic, narcissistic mind operated.
"He needs recognition," Leo analyzed, pointing to the syntax of the ransom message on the screen. "He felt slighted by the tech community. He was likely a former prodigy who was expelled or discredited by our own foundation."
Max's fingers flew across the illuminated keyboards, cross-referencing Leo's psychological profile with the foundation's massive database of rejected grant applicants and dismissed contractors.
Within three agonizing hours, the system produced a single, undeniable match: Caleb Vance, a disgraced former tech genius who had been expelled from Max's elite academy five years ago for conducting highly illegal, unethical AI experiments.
"He operates out of an abandoned, subterranean military bunker in the freezing mountains of eastern Europe," Max confirmed, tracing the microscopic digital signature Caleb had arrogantly left behind. "He thinks his physical location is entirely untraceable."
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Leo stood up, buttoning his sharp, tailored suit. "He thought wrong. We are not just going to shut down his servers. We are going to rip him out of the dark."
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