Chapter one
The first chapter was a normal day...
Normal to the extent that it does not foreshow anything.
Zetsu has reached his 18th age a few weeks ago, working in a simple job to appoint himself, returning in a stressful evening, opens his phone, browses Facebook, monitors the lives of others, and convinces himself that tomorrow will be better.
That night, while he was turning the screen indifferently, a small, familiar, cold-worded window appeared:
"You've been logged out. Please enter the password."
His finger stopped in the air.
He whispered to himself:
— Strange... I didn't get out of the account.
Write the password.Rejected by the site.Try again.
Then he rejected it
The message that made his heart fall to his stomach appeared:
"Your account has been temporarily locked for security reasons."
Zetsu sat leaning against the wall, staring at the phone as if he betrayed him.
The account was not just photos and posts... It was his only window to the world.
Friends... When fear moves away
The next day, he took refuge in his friends.
Send messages, explain what happened, ask for help.
Some of them didn't answer.Some said: I don't know
And some of them... Delete his friendship.
Zetsu laughed bitterly:
— As if the account is a infectious disease... Like I have corona.
For the first time, he felt that loss was not always physical.
Then just mention an old name...
A name disappeared a while ago.
Black.
Black... A friend who knows too much
Black was a dear friend, he knew him for years.
Quiet, mysterious, doesn't appear much, but when he speaks,everyone listens.Zetsu called him hesitantly.
— «Zetsu?... I didn't expect to call."
"You needed to help me. My account is closed."
A short silence, then Black said in a steady tone:
"We can see the matter. Come after work."
The room
Zetsu entered Black's room in the evening.
It was a room unlike any other room.
Screens, wires, devices, open programs, files with strange names.
The light is dim, and the place is noisy with heavy silence.
Black sat in front of the computer:"Not every account we can return."
- "What does it mean?"
"In the ways... But it's not superficial."
Zetsu hesitated and then asked:
"How do you work?"
Black smiled a short smile:
"From under the surface... From the deep web.»
"What's the Deep Web?"
Black raised his eyes to him:
"A world that no one likes to know."
The mistake
Black asked for permission to go out for a few minutes to the bathroom Zetsu remained alone.Zetsu remained alone.
His curiosity prevailed.
He saw an icon at the bottom of the screen...
It looks strange, like a black onion.
Pressure.
Open a browser... Normal shape.
But the links... It wasn't normal.
Enter a site.
Then another.
Market.
Not like a market I've known before.
Stolen accounts, fake money, cards, weapons...
Then something made him freeze.Humans for sale.His hands trembled.
Before closing the page, a dark-colored link appeared:
Hit Hunter
Pressure... Unconsciously.
A message appeared:
"As long as you're here, abide by the laws:
No names. No questions. Don't back down."
Buttons only:
Cancel - OK
Hesitation.
Then press OK.
A second message appeared:Price: 30,000 BTC.No return after acceptance."
- "What is Bitcoin?"
He muttered sarcastically:
— "Of course his work is like the intensity of crying."
Press OK again.
Location
In a moment...
A globe appeared.
I did...
Then I stopped.
Red mark... Above his location.
The door suddenly opened.
- «Zetsu!»
Black's voice was different... Sharp.He jumped to the computer, turned his face, then ran and cut off the power.
"What did you do?!"
"I didn't do anything!"
"Did you enter the dark web?"
— "I said you work in it!"
- "Don't play, stupid!"
Zitsu's phone rang.
One message:
"Your request has been confirmed.
You will be contacted when you arrive at the airport."
The blood froze in his veins.
Black opened his phone...
It was the same message.
Black looked at him for a long time,The blood froze in his veins.
Black opened his phone...
It was the same message.
Black looked at him for a long time, then said in a low voice:
- "Select our location...»
There was silence.
At that moment...
Zetsu didn't know that this was the last normal moment in
His life