13 The Dark Forum!
The inside of the car was extremely big and one drove the car and the other sat next to Chris. Even with that, Chris had ample space.
As Chris was thinking about what he saw, one of the man handed him a computer and a manila folder.
"What do you want me to do?" Chris asked.
The black man pointed at the computer and did not say anything.
"Open it now?" Chris asked.
The man simply nodded and looked away from Chris.
'I'm not up for this right now,' Chris sighed as he opened the computer.
As the computer turned on and started to load, the FBI logo started to spin around on the screen. When the logo finally disappeared, the computer's screen turned blue and the only thing seen was an onion on the top left corner on the screen.
'Tch, how long has it been since I saw that...' Chris felt nostalgic as he smiled a little.
He immediately clicked on the onion and the browser opened.
Congratulations! This browser is configured to use Tor.
Chris set aside the computer and opened the manila folder. Inside were 3 sheets of paper.
FBI TOP SECRET
CASE 17801
Erika Miyamura
Age: 15
School: Queens High School
Cause: Forze Unite has kidnapped her. Other gangs might have been part of it as well.
Reiko Ayakashi
...
Christine Aguilar
...
As Chris read through the 3 pages, he saw that dozens of women at the ages of 12-40 disappeared in the past 2 weeks all over the USA.
"Fucking sick bastards!' Chris thought as his breathing started to get heavier and his calm expression quickly became an angry one.
He quickly got back onto his computer and started typing. When he stopped, the computer screen went onto a site with a black background and looked similar to that of reddit.
The Dark Forum: Everything about the Dark Web is here!
On the corner of the webpage was a login button.
"I never thought I had to come here again," Chris said to himself.
As Chris was putting his username and password, the man that gave Chris the computer and the manila folder looked at the screen.
'The Dark Forum, the place where information of the Dark Web is plenty. However, as the FBI, who doesn't know about the Dark Forum. We checked everywhere, but there was no signs of Forze Unite or the girl's disappearance,'
The man who looked at Chris with indifference now looked at Chris with disdain.
Chris noticed the man next to him staring, but compared to the current case, the man looking down on him did not matter. He quickly logged on and the instead of going to the same page as before, it suddenly turned into a chat that had the words The Dark Forum Chat on the top of the page. In the chat box, a notification popped up to announce Chris' arrival.
Bot: Dark Forum Elder Humility is now online after 735 days of inactivity! Welcome back!
The chat went wild.
Dark Forum Elder DarkLord: Elder Humility welcome back to the chat!
Dark Forum Elder Jiu Tian: I thought you left the Dark Forum forever! Well glad you're back!
Dark Forum Leader Justice: I'm glad that my favorite elder has returned from inactivity. :)
As Chris saw these messages, his heart was filled with warmth. He felt as if these guys he has never met before felt more like his family than his actual family members.
Dark Forum Elder Humility: It's great to be back. I had couple of instances at home where I just didn't want to come back to the Dark Web ever again. However, I'm back now and ready to explore the world of the Dark Web once again.
Dark Forum Co-Leader Tiamat: Well either way glad to have you back! We're all here for the sake of the secrets of the Dark Web and our final goal is the Mariana's Web!
As the man who looked at Chris with disdain started to notice what was happening, his looked of disdain changed into a look of surprise.
'Isn't this... isn't this the well-known Dark Forum Chat that's rumored to have the 100 highest ranking members in the Dark Forum?! To get in, they had to be recruited by high ranking members who are all known as information gods! Every single member regardless of rank has information that even the government may not have. They're also all known as the Explorers of the Dark Web! This kid is a member of that legendary chat?!'
The man who looked at Chris with disdain now looked at him with admiration.
Dark Forum Elder Dragon: I see that your skills with your computer is still shitty. Your ghost hacking is still pretty garbage. I'm surprised that you're not dead from that gang that you exposed to the FBI.
Dark Forum Co-Leader Christina: Come on, you know that's not him. The only reason he's alive is because Justice used his power to completely annihilate that no-name gang that had shitty security.
Dark Forum Leader Justice: Hey Christina, we're all family here. Since I had the power to help a fellow member out, I did. No need to put him down. You too Dragon, calm down. Your hacking skills are pretty shit as well. I could hack it in a matter of seconds.
Dark Forum Elder Dragon: Then do it! I've yet to see a person hack into my computer. Justice if you can hack it, I guess you can see my secret porn stash I hid up there ;).
Dark Forum Member Justice: Oh god, I don't want to see that shit. Well whatever. Humility, you came back after 2 years. What's up?
Chris looked at the chat with a strange expression.
Dark Forum Elder Humility: You all are as eccentric as ever. Once again, thanks Justice for saving me from that gang. Well the reason why I am here is because I came up with a case that made me fucking pissed off. There are a couple of gangs led by Forze Unite. It seems that they kidnapped dozens of girls, but I don't know why they did such a thing. I think it's for selling them as sex slaves, but I'm not 100% sure about it. I came here to ask you about it.
Dark Forum Leader Justice: WHAT?! Forze Unite dare do something under my nose?! Those fucking bastards told me that they were lying low and won't do anything too excessive. Damn it, I knew I should've killed them all off when I had the chance!
As the man next to Chris looked at what was being said, his eyes started getting bigger and bigger and he could not believe what he was reading.
'Who are these people. Especially that leader Justice. He said he could annihilate Forze Unite, the gang that we, the FBI, have the avoid? Just how much power would that require?'
Dark Forum Co-Leader Hughes: Hmmm... Recently, I heard about the Abyss Auction being reborn. I think that might be related to them.
Dark Forum Elder Dragon: Those damn gangs are too arrogant! Are you telling me the Abyss Auction that sells black market items and kidnapped women is back again?!
Dark Forum Co-Leader Hughes: Yeah, one of the members under me said that they heard the Abyss Auction opening again and that they are selling mostly women this time. Oh wait, I just got a new message from the same member. Apparently, his friend has access to the Abyss Auction through various means and they just added a girl named Erika Miyamura to the list. Is that it Humility.
Dark Forum Elder Humility: Yeah. A girl named Erika was kidnapped recently so this is the right one. Can you send me a link to the Abyss Auction.
Dark Forum Co-Leader Hughes: Yeah, the member that tipped me off gave the site URL. Here it is.
Hughes then posted a long list of letters and numbers mushed up together.
Dark Forum Leader Justice: Since you're the one that mentioned this to us, you handle the online work Humility. If they somehow find out about you, I'll take care of protecting your friends and family so even if you fail, go all out.
Dark Forum Elder Humility: Yes sir.
Chris quickly copied the link and pasted it onto the search engine and when he did, a black screen appeared and in the center was a small box that simply said password popped up.
As Chris was getting ready to hack the website, he heard a notification.
Ding!
-Host has triggered an Immediate Quest. Do not let evil get away! Hack the Abyss Auction, get all the information needed and report it to the FBI to get the leaders of the gangs responsible arrested.
Reward: 50000 Hacker Points, 1 Golden Lottery Ticket, Book of Hacking I-
Chris stopped everything and started to process everything in his head.
'Holy shit... 50,000 Hacker Points, a Golden Lottery Ticket, and a Book! Alright I need to fucking get this mission done!'
Chris got pumped up and got ready to hack the Abyss Auction.