27. Test

Maximilian Philips looks from side to side before entering the dark building at the end of the street, its glass doors preventing any curious onlookers from seeing what goes on inside.

As expected, as soon as he takes the first steps on the dirty and dusty ground floor, two menacing brutes approach him, not seeming very inclined to ask before striking.

"Your boss summoned me," he says as a greeting, raising his hands in the air. One of them holds a small envelope.

"What's the password?" one of the brutes asks.

"Great White Shark."

Seconds of silence.

The other brute, who could very well be the twin of the first, juts his chin to appear larger and superior. He snatches the envelope from Maximilian's still-raised hands and opens it rudely.

After counting the hundred-dollar bills, he signals to the other man, who starts frisking Maximilian from top to bottom. The entire operation takes less than twenty seconds.

"He's clean," Security One growls, as Maximilian mentally decides to call him