Chapter 7: Don't Trust a Man with a Pizza!

That night, Franco sat in his usual café, trying to enjoy a rare moment of calm. But he forgot something important…

In this world, there is no such thing as a "moment of calm".

"Franco the lover!" Marco shouted as he sat in front of him, holding a giant slice of pizza.

Franco sighed. "Are you still insisting on that title?"

Marco took a bite of the pizza and said with his mouth full: "Of course! It suits you!"

"I wish the bullet I fired yesterday had hit you instead of the target!"

Salvo, who was sitting next to them, raised an eyebrow and said: "By the way, who trained you to aim? The devil himself?"

Franco smiled proudly. "Actually, I learned from the best."

Marco laughed. "Yes, of course, I learned from the best… after three hours of running and screaming!"

Franco decided to ignore him, but he noticed something strange. Marco, who usually didn't show any tension, looked a little flustered.

"Marco, what's up?"

Marco stopped eating, then looked around and whispered:

"We have a mission tonight."

Franco froze. "A mission? What kind of mission?"

Marco smiled and said: "Your favorite mission… sneaking around and stealing something valuable."

Franco hit his head on the table. "Why me?"

Salvo said coldly: "Because you're new, and because we need someone the other gang members don't know yet."

Franco sighed and said: "Well… what should we steal?"

Marco smiled and said:

"Pizza."

Franco froze. "Pizza? Is this a joke?"

Marco laughed and said: "Of course not, I was just kidding! The pizza is mine… As for you, you're going to steal confidential documents from one of Zacrota's men."

Sneaking in… and trying to survive

A few hours later, Franco stands in front of an old building, dressed in black, and feels that this is the worst idea of his life.

"Why am I here? Why didn't I choose a normal life? I could have been a happy ice cream seller!"

Marco, who was hiding in a nearby car, spoke through the communicator: "Stop crying, Franco! Get into the building and get the documents!"

Franco muttered: "I'm sure this is my last night alive…"

Cautiously, he entered through an open window, and found himself in a dark room. Everything was going well until…

"Meow!"

"Damn! A cat?!"

The cat looked at him, then began to meow loudly.

"Shut up, you saboteur! I'm on a secret mission!"

But the cat decided that she didn't care about him, and started running around the room, bumping into things, and dropping vases on the floor.

"Oh my god, I'll be done before I even start!"

Emergency plan

Franco quickly sneaked into the office, and started looking for documents. But the problem?

All the drawers were locked with a key.

"Great, that wasn't in the plan!"

He spoke through the device: "Marco, the drawers are locked, what do I do?"

Marco answered coldly: "Break them!"

Franco shouted in a low voice: "Do you think I'm Rambo?! Any loud noise will give me away!"

Salvo, who was also listening, said calmly: "Try using a hair clip."

Franco froze. "Where did I get a hair clip? Does it look like I use one?!"

Marco said sarcastically: "Since you're the mysterious lover, I expected you to always have one!"

"Stop joking!"

But suddenly, Franco came up with a brilliant solution… He grabbed a bank card he found on the table, and inserted it between the drawer and the lock…

"Clack!"

The drawer opened!

"I did it!"

He started searching inside the drawer until he found a large file labeled "Confidential Documents - Do Not Open".

"Well, when someone writes do not open, it means it is very important!"

He took the file and closed the drawer, then started to quietly leave...

But when he reached the window, he heard a voice from behind.

"Who are you?!"

Franco froze. He turned slowly, and saw a huge man, looking at him angrily.

"I... I'm just a cleaner!"

The man raised his eyebrow. "In the middle of the night?"

Franco thought quickly, then said: "Yes! Because I like quiet work at night!"

The man was not convinced. "And where are the cleaning supplies?"

Franco smiled and said:

"Outside... by the car... where my colleague Marco is waiting for me!"

The man crossed his arms and said: "Marco? There is no cleaner here named Marco!"

Franco muttered: "Okay, I'm done!"

The Great Escape… and the Expected Chaos

Without thinking, Franco grabbed a nearby vase, threw it at the man, and ran at full speed to the window.

The man shouted, "Get him!"

But Franco jumped out the window, landing on a trash can.

"Aaaah! This hurts more than it looks in the movies!"

Marco opened the car door and said, "Come on! Before they catch you!"

Franco ran and jumped into the car, panting.

Marco laughed and said, "How was the mission?"

Franco stared at him and said,

"Next time, send me to steal pizza instead of documents!"