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    In the sparsely furnished room that V’ass had allocated him on the small building next to the clinic, Gabriele Ferrari, local Eastern Arch-Agent for the Confregation, was lying bare-chest on his bed. Despite the heat outside, the dark hair on his chest, and the lack of air-conditioning in the room, he was not sweating —the result of a total control on his chakras, a training the completion of which constituted the first requirement in accessing to the upper echelon of Arch-Agent.

    That Agent V was promising, he could tell. She was still a bit wayward and impulsive in her decisions, but spontaneity was an asset in their job. Mmm, better not get distracted now. Plan B was at stake.

    :fleuron: :fleuron: :fleuron:

    A few years before, Roma, Italy, at The Confregation Headquarters

    — I’m afraid this Dr B. isn’t very reliable. We got reports from the investigations you commissioned on his past, and upon further study of his Internet connections that we…
    — Spare me the details, Agent W.
    — Yes Principate, sorry Principate.
    — Thing is he has shown some mental instabilities, and early signs of schizophrenia.
    — Mmm… We both know schizophrenia is just a pathological sign of accessing other aspects of self… Nothing that can’t be dealt with with appropriate measures.
    — Yes Principate
    — Agent W, you know what is as stake, right?
    — Err…
    — Let me explain to you very clearly and simply Agent W. The artifact that we arranged for Dr B. to find and access the information sealed into it, this artifact, Agent W, is of utmost importance. That artifact is of course well encapsulated into the computer machinery we have provided the Doctor unbeknown to him… It is thus very important that you ensure the good progression of these works. But, despite his… de-ranged mind, as you may say… Dr B. is a brilliant scientist, and his works must proceed at all cost. If need be, send him a local agent to make sure of that.
    — Yes Principate.

    :fleuron2:

    Principate Haniel was quite concerned.
    It was a mere handful of years that thanks to the progress of computers they had managed to decipher parts of the encoded informations. The crystal skull that the Confregation had retrieved centuries ago from the greed and ignorance of Crusaders had waited long before they could start to be privy of its secrets. Centuries of patience would not be thwarted by mere negligence.
    Strangely the information they had deciphered were related to genetic encodings. The genome decryption of most of Earth species had not yet matched the pattern that was found inside the chunk of information until very recently, in an unexpected breed of spiders…

    Hoperfully Agent W would take the appropriate measures, Principate Haniel smiled ethereally. She would see to that.

    :fleuron2:

    Auckland, New Zealand, a week later

    — Agent V.
    — Agent W. Arch-Agent G.
    — We’ve be summoning you for some urgent matter that requires a local assistance. Arch-Agent G. here has advised that your service would be the most appropriate for this delicate matter. Are you aware of the dossier Operation Spider ?
    — Yes Agent W. Arch-Agent G has most kindly forwarded to me the details.
    — You’ll be leaving for the island at the end of the week, after you’ve been briefed on the most sensitive details.
    — Details Agent W? I thought everything was in the dossier?
    — There is a backup plan that has been devised from our best advised consultagents. Let’s call it Plan B for the moment. B as Bee-hive.
    — Very well Agent W.