What was the plan ? Well it wasn't a plan . No ! Saying it was a plan would be like highly modified overstatement.

It was more along the lines of bet . Now there were several crucial factors that I had to consider while initiating the plan to capture my stalker. First , I had to think very carefully about what angle I wanted to pursue . Whether I wanted to see my stalker as a simple stalker like extreme fangirl or fanboy or a stalker because they were sent by government to kill me . The fact that my stalker pursued me by fizzing with cameras and avoiding sights and all doesn't imply that he or she wanted me to notice. That means it was a covert stalker. Generally, stalkers are driven by passion or romance so they are not afraid to hide things . According to psychology, the fact that they stalk you instead of just asking you out or talking to you directly is because they want you to notice them in unconventional manners but my stalker didn't react that way .

That meant that there was a high probability that it was probably an assassin or spy sent to keep eye on me and wait for perfect moment. Now that my conjecture has settled on this, how should I go about confronting it?

Well! If it was a spy , it must mean that my room has been bugged or else there would have been no way to keep track of my movement . When did bugging happen ? That was something that I couldn't arbitrarily decide or establish now. If I look at my situation with different eyes , it could be when I entered school gate the very first moment or when I decided on my room partner to be Cistella so then someone in class could have done that implying spy was there .It could have been done on Clare, Claude and then fallen off discreetly in my room ! There was really no way to trace that path . That was a fixed point . Now I couldn't remove it but I could most definitely use it . But then again, the possibility that I would spot the bug and try to manipulate that person ,must be something that my stalker would have known. So it couldn't be me who pulls off the charade. It may be that she or he has been watching my pattern and studying it for so quite a time so my usual patterns won't work. I needed to use something much more fascinating and discreet.

Thoth's Pov

"Well Adrial! Nice to command you . Call me mam." Selica barely held her laughter.

"I am certainly not calling you that . What is with the voice ? It sounds like a machine." He asked confused.

"Well! Max has strict protocols so I can't have you knowing my identity. Anyway, call me Hertz. So listen,  I need you to go to Room 10-B and ask for a red packet from Tyler." 

"Ok! What for?" He asked as he proceeded in the hallway.

"Exactly." She sighed.

"Wait ! You don't know..." Adrial raised his eyebrows.

"Well!  I can't exactly know everything now,  can I or tell even if I know, since that would ruin the fun  ?" She clarified.

"Max told you that , didn't he?" He laughed.

"Maybe! Ok ! Contact me once you collect it , after that pick up white packet from Ila from 35-C and then contact me . I want to check in on Max's date." She giggled.

"Max is on a  date?" Adrial looked suprised but he carried on .

10 minutes later

"Ok! I have collected all seven packets from random people. Now what?" Adrial enquired.

"Well! Go to Max's dorm and say these exact words to Cistella  "Max is asking her to come to Raul's place . It is quite urgent." Selica told him.

"Alright! Though I don't know Max's dorm." Adrial revealed.

"You should learn it by heart . Anyway ! 107-A. " Adrial did as he was told and saw Cistella running all the way down the stairs as quickly as she could.

"Now quickly!  Don't speak a single word out aloud. Say exactly as I say and pretend like I am not communicating with you. If you understand, cough once." At which he coughed.

"Now put the packets down on table. Sit down and tear them apart one by one ." She commanded. Adrial tore pages one by one as granules of iron , thermite, aluminum foil , bullet casings, and a vial of sodium pentatonic came out.

"What the hell have I been collecting? "Adrial thought but continued to follow her instructions.

"Well! Looks like everything is in order. Civilians neutralized! Tools collected. Target Max Ryder arriving in less than 120 seconds . Mission 9871 Initiated." Adrial said as he waited patiently.

All of sudden, the door was thrown open with a person wearing mask .Before Adrial could respond, he was knocked down to ground.

"What the hell I am supposed to do ?" Adrial gasped as the masked person tried to choke him.

"Would be a good time to use your gymnastic skills !" Selica suggested as Adrial fend off his attacker.

"Just hold him or her off for like 45 seconds. Max is quite fast . He is on his way right now ." She told him.

"Is that a relief news? Doesn't feel like it." Adrial sighed.

"What are you babbling on about?" The masked person glared at him threatningly.

"Oh! Just wondering as to why are you hiding your face and how the hell I ended up in this mess !" He groaned.

"The moment you decided to harm Mr Ryder was your doom." The attacker jumped on him pinning him down forcefully.

"Wait ! Wait ! Can I just say something?" Adrial gasped out of breath.

"What ?" The person growled.

"Has it been 45 seconds?" He asked.

"What ?" The masked person looked at him confused.

"I wasn't talking to you ." He smirked as the door fell open with Max knocking out the masked person.

"Well done Adrial holding him off. I mean you almost got choked to death but still.." Max smiled.

"I don't know how I feel towards you right now but don't expect anything positive." Adrial sat on bed breathing heavily.

"That is perfectly fine and quite understandable. Thanks Zee. I will take it from here . " Max sat on the chair as he reposed the person on bed.

"Zee? Just who is it behind these comms ? A girl or a boy. And who is the boss? And what was point of all this?" Adrial asked.

"Great questions? Hold on to them until I have a chat with our masked friend." Max shoved his hands into pocket nonchalantly.

Au revoir readers! Keep posted for the next chapter