Agent X, a secret operative working for SHADE, has just been given his breakthrough case. Even with the help of a super-coder, Hacker, and his superior, Sheaf, this mission will be the most challenging one X has ever taken up.
The task is simple: i...
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"Isn't this the code for my bee drone?" Agent X asked, lips curled in a confused frown.
Hacker turned around to face him and smiled mischievously, her eyes twinkling. "Yes, it is. I was reading your code today morning, great job once again, by the way, I realised that there are a few improvements I could make."
X raised his eyebrows in pleasant surprise, but Hacker mistook the sentiment. "I've tagged all the changes, so you can undo them if you don't like it." She hastened to explain. X shook his head slowly, reading the changes. "No, that won't be necessary. These improvements are actually remarkable. I've wanted to reduce that buzzing sound but haven't been able to find a solution till now" He admitted sheepishly.
Hacker grinned delightedly and added the finishing touches to the code. X took a seat beside her and waited till she was done. Then he asked her about any progress made on the coffee shop mystery.
Hacker shook her head. "I researched about it for a long time, even ran it through our database of enemy secret locations, but nothing came up. It seems like just another coffee shop." She shrugged
X narrowed his eyes thoughtfully. "Since this is our only lead as of now, I think we should pursue it. we'll have to check out this place and see for ourselves."
X pulled out the bee drone from his pocket and held it in his open palm. He rolled over to the screen and typed in something and the bee achieved lift-off once again. But this time it was much quieter. He practically beamed at the improvement. "You have no idea for how long I've wanted to correct that stupid noise. I've even stayed up late, trying to fix it. In fact, the loud buzzing almost got me caught quite a few times" He laughed.
Hacker smiled secretly. She had another surprise in mind and was preparing for it but decided to only tell him about it once it was ready. Then she shook her head. "Shall we begin then?"
X nodded and stood up. "So I'll first carry a stakeout of the place and get important details before we proceed with this." He nodded a bye to her and briskly walked out of the place. It barely took his time to get to the coffee shop, his constant walking dramatically increasing his speed. Within no time he was pushing open the doors of a quaint little café tucked in a corner of the street.
He stopped for a moment and surveyed his surroundings. The place was quite cosy on the inside, the kind of place one would expect to see in a movie. Round white tables dotted the warm room, accompanied by matching chairs.
X sat down at a chair and picked up the newspaper laid out at each table. While pretending to read the paper, he carefully surveyed the room for any suspicious behaviour. Nothing stuck out to him, but he was very patient by nature, so he ordered a few things and took his time for the mystery to start unravelling slowly.
After a while, he began to notice a pattern in a few of the customers. Some of them were just ordering a coffee before asking around for the bathroom in an inconspicuous way. To anyone else, it would have seemed normal, but for X's trained eyes, his instincts buzzed. Something was up.
