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Curse the Mainframe! - Chapter 323

Published at 3rd of May 2020 04:20:20 AM


Chapter 323

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"Are you crazy?!" The woman said to the man with a sweet smile on her face. "How could you go ahead with the operation without any approval?"

The man replied in the same manner, smiling at the woman dotingly. "I'm not going to sit around and wait for that bitch when we're hit with the prime opportunity to strike. With or without permission, of course I was going to take it when I saw the chance. A chance that wouldn't have come without a good number of years, mind you."

Despite the words that were less than sweet, the tone that they were spoken with was very pleasant and soothing, almost like they were having a normal everyday conversation with each other.

Their tone was one that new couples used with each other, as if they were still flirting with every gesture.

Since they came across as a normal couple, along with the calm tone that they used to speak, if someone wasn't paying attention, they would never have known about the less-than innocent connotations to their words.

The woman sighed and looked a little put out, but her tone was full of doting affection. Almost as if she couldn't berate the man. "Well, at least it worked out. The higher-ups might give us a bit of trouble for not following our superior officer, but not if we can prove that what we did worked out perfectly."

"Exactly," the man said, pleased. He cupped the woman's face, before kissing her deeply.

Alec was suddenly confused. Maybe they weren't really playing the part at all. Surely if it was fake, they wouldn't go as far as to kiss in public?

Then he suddenly noticed the various listeners out of the corner of his eye turn their eyes away from the public display of affection politely, and thought to himself, 'Maybe not?'.

It sure got the people around them to be careful not to pay the 'couple' any attention. It was a rather good way to make sure that no one was staring at them too closely.

Alec silently remembered it so that he could use it in the future if he was on a mission with a subordinate.

The 'couple's' affections continued on for a disturbing amount of time, and other than Blanche and Alec who didn't seem affected, the rest of the people who were previously chilling in the café started to leave one after the other.

Some people even shot the 'couple' a few dirty looks as if they were being indecent.

Alec took it in with great curiosity but didn't otherwise show any reaction as he read his book while keeping an ear on the two.

Blanche just elegantly sipped her tea. It might not be what she was used to, but it was pleasant enough.

Now that the two targets were here, she wasn't as bored as she had been before this.

Their male and female targets moved closer together, the woman all but sitting in the man's lap as they supposedly exchanged sweet nothings.

With Blanche and Alec's hearing, however, they knew that the words that were exchanged were anything but.


The only sounds left in the café were sporadic giggles from the woman, as well as the low whispers exchanged between them punctuated by the occasional sound of Alec flipping a page, or Blanche's teacup clinking the slightest on the saucer.

The man bit the woman's neck, drawing a scandalized gasp from her, and a flirty giggle. The woman secretly pinched the man hard under the table.

"Don't you fucking go too far, you fucking bastard! Especially not here! We're only pretending, you fucktard."

The man snorted. "Darling, I know you love it," he said particularly loudly.

The woman smacked his shoulder with a loud sound, but obviously did no damage. "Stop it! She resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

"Anyway, other than our successful heist, there's nothing much to report. That bitch also didn't give me any other orders to follow, so I'm just waiting."

The woman hummed. "Later tonight, there's going to be another meeting. At the same place. You know the time."

"Ah, fuck," the man swore, but still maintained the sweet smile on his face. "That nosy bastard must not have kept it to himself."

"No, indeed. He immediately reported it as per protocol, and as far as I know, the higher-ups went crazy after receiving the information, saying something like it wasn't time yet or whatnot. Anyway, one of the higher-ups are coming down tonight, so you better behave yourself."

"Ugh."

"I'm being serious here. Everyone knows that whenever one of the higher-ups come down, it's never anything good. So, you better not piss them off any, or it'll be your head that goes flying."

"I know, I know," the man said impatiently.

"It was your call that landed us in this situation, so you're on your own." The woman resisted the urge to sneer. She had no affection for this man in front of her, and if she could get out of kissing him, then all the better. But she was still slightly obliged to inform him of the consequences. If he did it anyway, then it was his own problem, not hers.

The man snorted softly, muffling it in the woman's neck. "So much for camaraderie, huh?"

The woman turned her head into his hair and sneered. "You should have thought about that before you joined up the organization if you were so worried about things like that."

The man let out a frustrated sound. "Yeah, whatever." His voice sounded the slightest bit bitter.

Alec and Blanche didn't so much as exchange a look, which was practically the basics, so that they wouldn't give anything away. Alec took a moment to admire that Blanche had a whole lot more experience in playing 'not interested' than him, which he chalked up to the various tea parties she'd been forced to attend.

The 'couple' either eventually caught on that neither Blanche nor Alec were going to leave them be, or that they had finished exchanging information, so they left the café together after paying.

Five minutes later, Blanche and Alec also left the café.

Blanche nodded at Alec before disappearing down the walkway, where the two had disappeared. She trailed quietly behind the woman, blending in without giving herself away.

Alec trailed after the man, making sure that he never once knew he was being followed.

The man checked his surroundings often, not complacent, but he also wasn't that well-versed in spotting a tail, which made Alec's life easier.

The man disappeared down an alleyway before ducking into a building. Since he didn't come out again, Alec squatted on the rooftop of the building, thinking to himself about any big news.

Then, his eyes flashed. He remembered now. It had been spoken in very hushed voices in the bar, but he had heard it nonetheless.

Apparently, a few days ago, the daughter of the mayor had went missing, but everyone chalked it up to the girl running away with her lover.

What they neglected to mention was that it appeared as if the daughter's lover had mysteriously disappeared a few days before the girl's disappearance.

It was probably the mayor's daughter that this group had abducted. Her lover was probably dead in a ditch somewhere.

If Alec had to fashion a guess, they probably used the lover's name to draw the poor girl out before whisking her away in the night.

It wasn't *bad* for a plan, but there were other ways they could have done it as well.

But, he supposed, for a group that should be lacking in vast strength, this was about as good as it got.

Alec turned his eyes down to the building that the man was still in, wondering what else they would discover tonight.




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