The devil's den, most feared hacker and his best friend have one plan. Build an empire in the gaming industry, after winning the Game development world championships.
Everything goes according to plan until they get disqualified by a claim that the...
"Think of the money..think of the glory..There's no one else as talented as you.." Ace was practically begging at this point considering the flattery. We had gone through fifty different potential players and we were down to the last good gamer Ace knew.
The guy sighed. "I'm sorry I can't. You know I'd give a leg to help you guys out, but I promised to take my girlfriend on a vacation to Tuscany and I can't cancel the trip. I'm turning 30 and if I lose this girlfriend I'll never find another one that understands the importance of buying things in games."
Ace sunk in his seat. "We're screwed."
"We can say goodbye to our futures." I dropped my head down on the table.
The guy sighed. "I'm sorry guys."
"It's not your fault." Ace shrugged. "I had a feeling it would come down to this."
The guy scratched his head. "There is one more person you could ask."
"Who? Ace and I both jumped from our seats.
"Wait wait.." The guy raised his hands. " I'm not sure how good she is. My friend has a younger sister and he constantly complains about her gaming all the time.."
We sunk back in our seats again with a heavy sigh. That didn't mean she was good.
"But.. He did say she was ranked first. He doesn't play at all so he couldn't tell me which game it was, but rank one is still pretty good."
"Call your friend right now." Ace said with a glint of hope in his eyes. "At this point, we have nothing to lose."
***
We rang the bell of the apartment. The door opened and a tall skinny guy in his 30's with greasy hair and giant glasses was standing there smiling at us.
"You must be the ones looking for my sister." He gestured for us to come in.
Despite his shabby appearance, the place didn't look too bad. We walked in the living room and sat down on the couch.
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"Anything to drink?" He asked.
"Just water is fine." I replied.
He opened the fridge, took out the water bottle and poured us two tall glasses.
"You have to wait a bit, she went out to buy snacks, but she'll be back soon."
We sat there awkwardly in silence. He sat down across from us and crossed his legs pulling out a pack of cigarettes. "You smoke?"
"No." We both replied.
"Do you mind?" He said as he pulled out a zippo and lit the cigarettes before we answered.
