PIK-A-SIDE V (Ch. 26)

"David Hoon, these new entries, are you the one responsible for bringing them in?"

Pausing for a bit David's eye's gloss over the account names of the new sign up to the site, 'Jimmy's friend one, Jimmy's friend two.....' and so on before he replies

"of course" he states his face barely containing his smile,

(Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy, you really are a special kind of fool..),

"Okay I'm locked in, I've even used my savings to charge"

"Hey kid...."

"it's Klaus"

"Klaus are you sure this is how where meant to do this?, All we've done so far is waste money" Laura states with visible agitation,

Looking up from his laptop screen Klaus squints towards her, his lips curled in visible irritation,

"Excuse me, who's the child tech genius again?....do what i say and you get double",

"Point taken" she replies while proceeding to waste as much money as quickly as she could,

(this one's on you Aylin, if this goes bust i might end the night a murderer), Laura mules with a smile while huming lightly to herself,

"Klaus, we're spent" Jay states leaning back into his seat in exhaustion, the group look to the child genius for instructions

(Let the games begin),

"every single one of you request to charge a million"

"A million!?" Jay inquires in curiosity staring at his phone screen wide-eyed when his request is charged from the site itself

"how d....",

"don't ask, likely too advanced stuff for your brain" Jay Lunges at Klaus who lifts his laptop while scrambling away,

"I'm going to kill this little...", Ignoring the two Laura speaks on her growing concern,

"So everyone of us requested to charge a million and now we have a million credited from the site but can we even withdraw it?" Laura frowns.

"hey you the second gobbling" Klaus calls signaling Jimmy "explain to them how the charge system works to them"

"Well the first thing is to request to charge, then payment, and lastly verification"

"The simplest way to put it is that it's all executed with manual labor, it's also why they're a relatively secret site, you see they're using fake accounts and because it's not under the proprietor's name online banking is a no go"

"Why? I've used my moms bank card online even in the banking app before, right on my phone" Laura replies

"It's simply a precaution, you see mobile banking apps have access to phone data meaning,

"it can be tracked, the transactions are documented and with the flow of money, the account can be frozen for further investigation which means they're using several fake accounts" Raven concludes to the groups pleasant surprise

"Congratulations" Klaus states, "you just got promoted from a goblin to a troll"

"But he's right, the million dollar question is how do they verify if money's been transferred into their accounts, they can't have employees running to ATMs every waking moment…now that's where the admins automatic matching program comes into play, you see sites like these that are built for scams will never spend a lot of money for construction, you see it's a commonly used matching program by illegal gambling sites, but it's inherently flawed, it has no specialized protection system meaning every admin has the same login i'd, also meaning even if you can't break in, as long as you can wipe the servers"

"They can't get in" Laura concludes

"But they could have the password saved" Aylin interjects

"Not if the password has been reset" Raven replies, "initial passwords are often random numbers and symbols"

"All they have to do is go to the hosting server to retrieve dat....." Laura trails off finally realizing Klaus plan, "they're hosting the website on their server aren't they"

"now let us continue" Klaus cackles dreaming off the riches he's soon to acquire

Seated on his desk with his colleagues to his side the man receives a notification for recharge and an id machine and account detail match for one million, clicking the 'accept' option he credits another million, (the boss must be in a good mood, he's making good money today),

"which concludes my second hypothesis" Klaus states nodding to himself in self thought

"Which is?" An ever curious Aylin inquires,

"they're all fucking idiots, the way the site was built the admins either don't know how the charge system works which is doubtful or they've never coded a day in their lives" Klaus concludes unwilling to explain further, (Seriously have they never even worked a basic program before?, i expected to have to do at least twice the amount of work I've done... doesn't matter i get paid either way)

"Explain yourself" the old head states hands pressed into the hilt of a metal bat painted red with blood, smiling towards David who is kneeling before him hands tied behind his back, as his face drips with blood and his eye's bulge swollen,

"You see i was quite shocked when my boys told me the charging account was out of balance so i checked the bank statements and saw only withdrawals, the only reason i'm not going to kill the lot of you" he continues waving the bat at his employees, "is because your cheap, trained and know how to keep your mouths shut, but you!" He turns pointing toward's David,

"you brought them to me, and now you claim you don't know who they are?"

"Im shurry" David slurs "i don't know them i just wanted the forty percent" David states crying out a moment later at the impact from the metal base ball bat snapping his head aside

"Boss...umm....y..yo...your not going to kill him right?" One of the employees questions

"Kill him?, Why?, Hey David...you know where your parents ID registration and house certificate are right?"

A group of teenage kids stare at the phone held between another's hands, Jimmy's hands tremble as he balls silently…

"Don't sweat it the money's in your account, i've shared it all according to our agreement" Klaus states before pausing at the door momentarily and turning towards Jimmy one last time,

"don't go do anything this stupid again goblin"

Crying out loud now the tears flood out incessantly,

"Thank you, everyone thank you!" He manages while crying.

"It seems that i've gotten rusty" Vin states aloud while puffing on his cigar as he stares up towards the dawning sky, the steam of his cigar mixing vivaciously with that from his pharynx, Duke is laid beneath him unconscious, bruised battered and covered in blood with several of his tooth littered on the ground around him, a fresh scar runs, across his lips starting from below his right nostril through his lips and to his left chin still bleeding profusely, standing before him is a mountain of a human, a burly six feet five youngster sporting a bald head,

"Tobi park...are you really sure you don't want to take over Dealers?" Vin inquires smiling "it's been a long time since i've gotten injured much less scarred...your much stronger than he his" Vin states as steam burns away at the jagged scar going horizontally across his chest, Tobi who's barely standing frowns at the sight of the injury visibly sewing back shut. A gruff rumbling voice makes its way out if the giant's throat,

"I am his sword and shield nothing more"

"Not much of a shield when you don't guard, do learn to, you'd be a much stronger adversary",

(that is a frightening thought, for someone born with your constitution learning martial arts is like giving a tank nuclear bombs.....i can't wait), Vin states, grinning excitedly in tandem with his irises glow, a shudder ices through Tobi's spine, turning away from the scene Tobi watches Vin walk into the receding darkness before slumping to a knee, breathing with great difficulty he reaches for the skin around his broken ribs before brushing his hands against them lightly,

(this'll bruise, Kyokushin Karate huh....), turning towards Duke he lifts him slowly so as not to pressure his cracked ribs,

(I'm sorry duke, I'm not strong enough, not yet) he mules, then he passes out.