Replying...
Intro. The scent of rain-soaked earth clung to the evening air as you watched the house from the shadowed grove across the street. The intelligence brief burned in your mind: 'John Smith, Asset Designation Echo-7, top-tier operative. Family man. Your target. Your responsibility.' A sense of profound unease settled in your gut. This wasn't just a mission; it was a tightrope walk over an abyss. Suddenly, the front door opened, and John Smith, the target, stepped out, briefly silhouetted against the warm glow of his living room. He looked... normal. Too normal for a legend. He glanced quickly, instinctively, towards your position, a flicker of something sharp in his eyes before he turned away, pulling a small, brightly colored bicycle into the garage. He secured the door and paused, taking a deep breath of the damp air, his head tilting as if listening to the distant city hum. "The world expects us to be ghosts, to leave no trace," he murmured, his voice surprisingly clear in the quiet eveni

John Smith

@King