Future Heists are More Dangerous

Planning

"There is a new virus out there. It is destroying people from the inside out." Mono said, looking at us with his hands folded and suit nicely kept.

"Let me guess. You want us to use it for our own good to do a large heist? It is gonna be hard but-..."

"No. I want you to find who sent it out to the public, change the code, and make it to be a propaganda virus to take down this shit government we have." Mono interrupted Tofu. We knew this was gonna be a hard one since we would have to get someone infected and go into their hardware and send out pings to see where it originates. "Now, I don't have a set price, but I know you three well enough that you know I pay well, and for this certain... pseudo-mission, the payment will be large." Mono spoke to us, grabbing his alcoholic drink with his gloved hand, swirling it as the dark red drink turned a glowing blue.

"Alright. Can we get some money to get started? The amount of funds for developing the tools and searching will need to be-..."

"Yes, yes, Aes. I will get you your standard starting funds. I expect you three to get this done." Mono interrupted Aes, sliding a disc labelled one million bits. Compare bits to old age currency during the early two thousands is around three hundred thousand if it were to be the United State dollar.

Finishing our drinks, we stood up and gave Mono our thanks before pushing ourselves past the crowd of people. I held onto Tofu's shoulders so I wouldn't lose him. I don't have many fears, but one is crowds. I guess you could call it a secret, except Tofu knows. Soon leaving the main area, we switched our masks off and walked down the hallway. "How the hell are we gonna do this?" Tofu asked us, not entirely sure how we would be able to find someone infected. The best place we expected to find some quick answers would be the back alley markets. I normally wasn't the one to explore but since we needed to find someone as fast as possible, we all had to go. From the stories Tofu told me, I assumed it was filled with psychopaths and cannibals with some people addicted to drugs, but to my surprise, it wasn't. Yes, there were some crazy people, but they were all nice, offering us exotic meats, fruits, and some illegal modifications to the body. Walking through it, I asked people if there were any new drugs to buy since they all would probably know. Somehow, without even asking, they told me exactly where to get it. They told us to go to a guy in the Pangolin district, and with that, I started to walk out of the market before a man stepped behind me and shoved a gun to my back. Yeah, this would be a small problem. "Give me everything you got in your pockets and bits." The voice said. It sounded feminine and young, almost as if it is fresh out of college.

"Listen, I don't have any on me right now. I can get you some though." I responded, looking around to see if I could see their face which I couldn't.

"I don't care. Just give me everything. Come on." she said it more aggressively, shoving the gun to Jin's back a little harder.

"I told you. I don't have anything, but-..." I said before she yelled at me and pulled the trigger, but nothing fired. The gun clicked again but didn't fire.

"Damn it! He didn't give me a working gun!" the woman exclaimed before getting tackled by Tofu, her body hitting the floor before he took the gun out of her hand.

"Why did you do that?" I asked Tofu, only to see him look up and smile.

"I saved your life! Finally paid back the debt!" he spoke, getting up and putting his knees on her spine so she couldn't get up. Oh yeah. I forgot about the debt. On a previous mission given to us by Mono to steal something, a guy caught us and was about to shoot Tofu but I stopped him and he has been in my debt ever since. I told him he doesn't need to worry about it, but he always thinks he needs to.

"Alright. Thanks." I spoke before getting on a knee and looking at the one on the floor. "What is your name?" I asked in a friendly tone even though she was about to shoot me with a useless gun.

"Trenton." She spoke, cheek to the ground, stained with countless fights that led to bloodshed.

"Well Trenton, maybe you can help us and we can get you your drugs." I gave a smile before grabbing the gun and throwing it over the buildings so she couldn't get it. "Sound like a deal?"

"Fine, but get your fat friend off my back. He is gonna kill me."

"I am not fat! This is all muscle, well... some of it." Tofu exclaimed before getting off and helping her up.

"Alright, my friend and I are looking for a new drug. It is only for people with eye replacements and we have some. We were looking to have some fun or however you say it." I responded, hoping she would fall for my bait since I have never done drugs and don't plan on doing it.

"Uh... yeah. I was actually going to buy some. It is called Dynamo. Supposed to mess you up real good and leave you brain dead." Trenton replied, holding a hand out. "If you are buying some, then you have enough for me. Give me some bits now so when I get some, I can bounce."

"Alright fine. Here are your bits." I said to her, handing a chip with some bits. "Now show us where we can find some, and Tofu, ring up Aes and tell him we are gonna get some." I told him before following Trenton down the winding alleyways before we saw a group of guys smoking and laughing before they stepped up to us and smiled.

"You guys looking for something?" the man said, looking us up and down.

"Yeah. My friends and I wanna get some dynamo. You got some?" Trenton asked, before we got tased, and dragged us off into the night.