"Who the fuck did you say we're stealing from?!?!?" asked Lei Shi at the top of his voice.
At this point, both he and Leng Shi sobered up, the crazed look in their eyes vanished like a wisp of smoke
You couldn't blame them; their minds couldn't afford to be inactive when their lives were at stake.
"This guy is Insane" declared Leng Shi.
"Come on, guys..." said Wuwei Shi as he tried persuading them.
"Come and do what? Die?" asked Lei Shi sarcastically.
"Fuck off Bro. We ain't suicidal" said Leng Shi.
"Hold up, guys. Hear me out" said Wuwei Shi, and not giving them a chance to curse at him again, he spoke, squeezing out all the experience he got, and the tricks he learned throughout his life as a business man "Although the Mission is ranked at A, it actually isn't even as difficult as some Rank-C Missions"
"Of course it would be Ranked A! The A stands for Asinine, because only an absolute idiot would attempt such a suicide mission. This is Acme Company were talking about!" interjected Lei Shi.
"I always knew you wanted us dead. To think you'd borrow someone else's knife to do it. Smart!" said Leng Shi
Acme Company was one of the leading companies of the time. They possessed great minds, and were one of those few companies who created the much revered and powerful High Tech Body Suits and High Level Weapons. They were segmented into two main parts, namely: Acme Tech Company and Acme Research Company. Acme Tech Company were responsible for the marketing, sale and mass production of their products such as the HTB suits while Acme Research Company was were the invention, testing of prototypes, development of their products and other researches took place.
"Fuck! Let me finish" screamed Wuwei Shi. He lowered his voice and continued "I won't tell you guys to do something that will lead to your deaths, at least not intentionally".
"Can you believe this guy?!" Lei Shi was about to lose it.
Wuwei Shi didn't give Lei Shi the chance to continue and forcefully continued speaking "The mission is actually rather simple. It entails that you 'take' a vial from Acme's Research Company, that's all. It isn't going to be as hard as you expect because it is the Research Company you're infiltrating, and not the Tech Company, therefore the defenses would be much, much lower. Secondly, the part of the Research Company that the vial is located shouldn't be where the Researches on HTB suits are carried out, thereby lowering the danger level even more. Thirdly, they wouldn't be expecting you. It's a simple in and out. In the worst case, you guys may just have to knock out two or three guards, and you're home free". He paused and embodying the top-tier businessman persona that he had cultivated since childhood, he continued "I know what you guys are truly worried about. You're worried about being chased down to the ends of the earth by Acme Company, but here, I am telling you that there's nothing to be worried about. Before you guys go for the mission, Zhen Shi will disguise you guys, he'll change the color of your HTB suit's Electricity to Red and Leng Shi's HTB suit's Ice to White, and since no one expects you two to own Rank 4 HTB suits, coupled with the fact that you guys will be wearing the helmets of your HTB suits, which are also masks, no one will suspect you. Besides, after the mission, we would trade your rank 4 HTB suits, and the 200,000 units reward for the mission completion, for Rank 5 HTB suits. At that point, you would be dissimilar both in Power and looks". After talking to this point, he paused once more and added in a heavy tone "Now shall we begin".
"Fuck!" exclaimed Lei Shi without saying any more.
"You silver tongued devil" remarked Leng Shi.
*Silence* no one said anything for more than half a minute.
"Fuck!" Lei Shi iterated his profanity with more anger and said in a heroic tone "I am Lei Shi, when have I ever shied away from a battle? Mission Accepted!"
"When did my guts grow so small? Bring it on! Worst case scenario is that we die and meet again after 18 years" roared Leng Shi, firming his will.
"You kids just keep getting flashier and flashier ways to court death" said their Dad after sighing deeply.
Their discussion ended with the twins giving their HTB suits to Zhen Shi who, as Wuwei Shi instructed, changed the color of Lei Shi's HTB suit's Electricity to Red and Leng Shi's HTB suit's Ice to White. Wuwei Shi on the other hand, went to the Dark Star Agency and accepted the mission.
The reason the Dark Star Agency made it so that one must accept a mission before carrying it out was to prevent the clashing of two people carrying out the same mission. Secondly, it was so that someone doesn't take someone else's credit for accomplishing a mission by arriving at the agency before that person, and taking his or her reward. But this didn't mean that there weren't missions that more than one person could attempt at a time.
Three days after accepting the mission, and having being done with their preparations, the twins set out for the mission.
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On planet Earth, at India, on the first-floor of the branch headquarters of Acme Research Company, Lei Shi and Leng Shi were wearing masks, dressed in lab coats, looking nerdy, as they stood in a crowd of intern scientists listening to an instructor who was in a suit.
As they were listening, the clock struck 10AM.
A few minutes after that, two scientists that were unkempt in their dressing walked into the building after descending with their jetpacks. But as they were on their way to the stairs, Leng Shi pushed a button at his collar. A few seconds later, the scientists held their stomachs and quickly rushed to the restroom of the first-floor. The scientists had suddenly developed diarrhea, appalling them. Maybe it was because of the tiny pellets that were put in their breakfast by the new waiter at their favorite restaurant who went by the name Zhen Shi.
"Now, as you all know, the energy of HTB suits is gotten from sun and atmospheric..." "Excuse me, Sir" Leng Shi interrupted the instructor who was talking.
"Don't worry, there will be time for questions" the instructor dismissively said and continued speaking.
"No, it's not that Sir, We want to take a dump, Sir." said Lei Shi after he raised his arm.
"Hahaha" the crowd around them gave a little laugh upon hearing his vulgar yet dignified way of speaking.
"Don't bother me" the instructor said before ignoring them.
"Since that didn't work, then don't blame me for being rude" said Lei Shi as he prepared to drop a nuke.
Like an assassin, he released a silent, earth-stifling and heaven-suffocating fart.
"Goddammit" cursed the instructor as he turned around to look at the interns behind him. "Who did that?" he asked.
All the interns looked in the direction of Lei Shi and Leng Shi, with some holding their noses, and some secretly pointing their fingers at them, gesturing to the instructor that it was one of them.
Seeing how easily they were abandoned, and how everyone's gaze was on them, Lei Shi pointed at Leng Shi. And Leng Shi, seeing that he was about to receive the greatest scam of his life, pointed back at Lei Shi.
Lei Shi gave Leng Shi a gaze that read "What the fuck are you doing Bro? I do the deed, you take the fall. Why are you going back on your words?" and Leng Shi replied with a gaze that read "I can't afford to be cheated, I would've taken the fall since this is part of the mission, but accepting the blame for this isn't taking the fall, it's being thrown into an abyss"
The instructor was further enraged upon seeing the hostile gazes they were giving each other that he said harshly "You fucking pigs, the restroom is down that corridor". He then pointed at a corridor and added "While you're at it, make sure you call the fire brigade because our auto-flush toilets aren't advanced enough to handle this crap".
Hearing his words, Lei Shi and Leng Shi were surprised, then delighted. They had actually thought that he would dismiss at least one of them out of anger, or let one of them go to the restroom, and then that person would use that chance to knock out one of the scientists, steal his identity, and sneak into other areas to search for the vial. But luckily, this instructor excused the both of them, which meant the both of them would be able to search after swapping identities with the scientists.
They smiled and walked delightfully towards the corridor, leaving behind the group looking at them with scorn and disgust.
Only after they entered the restroom did the group of interns with their instructor look away and continue their lecture.
A few minutes later, two ordinary tired-looking scientists with unkempt hair and slightly dirty coffee stained lab coats walked out of the restroom.
These scientists didn't even look around and directly walked towards the staircase, all the while looking at the ground, as if they were counting the tiles.
Only after reaching the second floor did Leng Shi and Lei Shi look up. The reason they put up this act was simple, that was how those two scientists behaved and looked.
As they searched the building, they passed many research rooms and scientists.
Surprisingly, other scientists barely looked at their faces. They always seemed to be thinking about something. The guards they met were ordinary, and not the slightest bit alert, they didn't even notice any difference, because to them, all the scientists looked alike. Moreover, they didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to infiltrate the Research Company
After searching the nine-storey building for more than an hour, the twins finally smiled, they had found their target.