Fox is a mindnet hacker, one of the best. He and fellow hackers work for a mysterious man known only as King, and they spend their time uncovering dangerous secrets and releasing them to the public.<br><br>Those who dig up trouble are bound to find it, and despite their best precautions, King is captured by an unknown government. While Fox and his team try desperately to find a way to free him, Fox meets another mysterious man who is only known by a number -- Seven. Seven works for the other side, but sometimes, uncovering secrets also raises doubts.<br><br>Fox and company need all the help they can get. Will Seven help them, and at what cost?

All the King's Men

His head gave another throb, and his back molars ached fiercely. It was a bit strange, because foxes didn’t have molars like humans, but they felt like they were real.


Great. That probably meant that when he finally logged out of the Cerebrum, his physical head would hurt like a bitch, too.


He hoped the agents behind him were suffering equally.


This wasn’t working. There was no way for him to pull ahead, even as a fox, he just wasn’t fast or smart enough to lose them. He had to go somewhere, to an established domain, a social networking platform or something. There would be tons of people there. He really didn’t like involving the public in his hazardous lifestyle, but if he didn’t, eventually the MindHacks would catch him. He knew he didn’t have the endurance to outrun five agents.


Chapter 5