"Well now, what are you doing my dear Ryu baby, well whatever that may be it's not sleeping, at least that much I can guarantee. Well it's 3:05 at night so most probably that x-rated playboy is busy on some blue flim site.

If I call him over the cell it will be useless since most probably they are already tapping my phone, but if I video call him over Snoop Chat with the local wifi then it will take them almost a minute and a half to hack into my phone.", as Asher thought of this, he immediately called Ryu over Snoop Chat on video.

Asher : You idiot! What the fuck did you do to your phone, why can't I call you directly?

Ryu : What, I don't know, aren't you the expert on those things?

Asher : Shut up! How would I know from here how you fucked your phone this time?

Ryu : No you can't do that to me, aren't you my friend, just fix it for me naa, just like last time.

Asher : Okay-ok, it seems I'm having some connection issues, let's just chat over a private forum, since your phone can't be reached I'm just outright reciting you the link so at least write it down properly.

Ryu : Yeah! Yeah! I know! I know! I ain't actually a freaking donkey you know.

As he dictated the link to Ryu, even though death was inches away of his neck's reach, he couldn't stop laughing in his mind as he kept thinking," Suck it you bitches! I don't care if you're some national intelligence or even some international who knows what, but I sure would have loved to see the look on your faces after you found out that I escaped right under the nose of your 24 hours surveillance, I dare your whole analysis wing to dig out the link told over a video call that you just didn't happen to monitor."

[ A few moments later over a private forum ]

Asher : You there?

Ryu : Yeah! Yeah! I'm here, are you going to make me repair it myself, seems exciting.

Asher : Yup! But you don't have to do much, I've already contacted the telecom services for help, you will be receiving two OTPs just about any moment.

Ryu : Here, it's here 154233*** and 25442***.

Asher : Great, job done, now delete those messages, go to settings and reset your phone, if you don't have anything important other than the contacts no need for back up.

Ryu : Nope, all of my life's worth is with you in my hard drive, but what about my contacts?

Asher : No worries, I've already linked them with your google account, now after it completes the reboot process keep it switched off for atleast 24 hours.

Ryu : Okay. But bro, why were you calling me so late at night? You never do that!

Asher : Well, cause after tonight you won't be able to reach me for sometime, I'm planning to elope.

Ryu : What, why would you do something like that? Have you gone nuts? Are they trying to send you to another foster home?

Asher : No, no, no, it's nothing like that, you remember Joe, right?

Ryu : How could I ever forget that demon? He's from the deepest parts of hell I tell you, don't you remember that time he smashed 3 of my teeth, thank God those were milk-teeth, otherwise I won't be able to get married in this lifetime.

Asher : Yeah, that son of a fucking bully ass- hat, he recently gave me his laptop for repair but that moron tried to threaten me when it came to paying for it, so I fucked up his laptop real good?

Ryu : What! You did what? Now he and his little gang of bullies are going to beat you to a pulp if they find you, they may even hire yakuzas to do their dirty work.

Asher : Right, that's why I'm trying to ghost for a few days, since you know this won't be the first time they sent somebody to the hospital.

Ryu : Now I also think you should elope, don't worry I won't spill your secrets to anybody.

Asher : Thanks bro, you are a true brother, I'm sending you all my game accounts, don't let my avatar slack off?

Ryu : Don't worry brother, you are entrusting the right person, I'll never let you down.

Asher : Well I've to prepare, so I'll be leaving now.

Ryu : Best of luck brother.

Asher : And listen even if they make the police involved, you say you know nothing okay.

Ryu : Yeah, yeah! I know what they will do, your friend's life is in danger.....bad people are chasing him... No worries, I don't know anything.

Asher : That's what I call a bright boy, bye now.

Ryu : Sayonara.

Asher met Ryuzaki when he was in 5th grade, he was a really unlucky fellow who used to get bashed up every now and then by Joe and his gang, once Asher happened to save him and took him to the nurse's office.

From then on he became attached to Asher, and always nagged him like a little puppy, although Asher tried to avoid him at first but later gave in to his persistence.

They've been friends since, he isn't too bright with cell phones and computers but blindly trusts Asher's every word on them.

Deleting the forum, Asher looked into his account, both the headmaster and Mr. Abiola, his employer credited a good sum into his account.

It was a result of his photoshopping efforts to make a picture of the damped wall and cracked doors and windows which he emailed both of them along with an application asking for money for the renovations with his newly created account from Ryuzaki's number.

His employer, Mr. Abiola is very sympathetic to him due to the fact of him being an orphan at a young age and always tries to help Asher.

After he finished packing, Asher looked at the clock, it was already 5 in the morning, Asher almost crawled to the washroom since he hadn't forgotten the shot that almost killed him a few hours earlier while being asleep.

After he freshened up he sat on his computer for the final phase of his escape plan.

[ Inside a surveillance van, a few blocks away ]

Colonel : Any updates on the target?

Analyst 1 : Target called someone named Ryu Kanzaki over video but it was too short lived, we couldn't get in.

Analyst 2 : We are currently in his system, after the call, it seems he chatted with someone in a private game forum, then watched some porn and it's been quite sometime since he is playing games from the target's account.

Analyst 1 : But we can't get into his phone, it's switched off.

Colonel : What intel do we have on that Ryuzaki kid?

Analyst 1 : He is student who goes to  target's school. His family has been living in this city for five generations now, there is nothing suspicious about him.

First Lieutenant : Sir, I think he is most probably a distraction that the target is using to divert us.

Colonel : Yes, that seems to be the case Lieutenant. Do we have eyes on target?

First Lieutenant : Yes sir! we have four of our men blend in and constantly watch the target's every movement.

Colonel : Squads get ready, we will be intercepting the target tonight.