Chapter 151 - Elfie's Matchmaking Plan

There were many different kinds of feelings for the teens who attended the reunion party. For some, it was nostalgic. For others, it was sheer joy. There were a few who felt that it was awkward but the one feeling that everyone had was joy.

Elfie was no different. He was happy to see everyone again after so long. In fact, he was over the moon when he found out that the people he knew from six years ago hadn't changed much even after so much time had passed. They were still the same kind of people they were except that many of them have matured mentally and physically. Their personalities haven't altered much and the hacker found that to be very welcoming.

Still, Elfie felt slightly bad and nervous for a different reason. Ever since he had that talk with Alex, the girl had agreed to aid him financially and now that he had given his word, Elfie couldn't turn around and pretend that the second condition didn't exist. He needed to set up a meeting between that guy and Scarlet somehow. Knowing his colleague's personality, he would create hell on Earth if Elfie didn't fulfil his end of the bargain. The hacker wanted to cry. For two strangers to sit down in a random café at his request to meet up sounded very much like a blind date and that idea was simply tacky. They were in the twenty-first century for crying out loud, why did they have to resort to blind dates when dating apps were a thing? Still, Elfie cannot imagine asking his colleague and Scarlet creating dating profiles. Firstly, his friend wasn't a people person and secondly, Scarlet was way too busy for dating apps. As a famous actress and singer, Scarlet wasn't lacking in dating candidates. This was just too awkward!

After mulling over this for two days and two nights, the hacker finally came to a great conclusion. He could always plan a virtual date between the two by giving them the opportunity to meet online first. How it progresses from then on will be none of his business and if that person failed, he couldn't blame Elfie for not upholding his part of the deal.

With a huge chunk of his worries gone, Elfie enjoyed the rest of the reunion party.

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After the chaotic barbecue night, a lot of the teens slept in. Elfie was not one of them. In fact, the hacker was busy talking to the friend who requested a meeting with Scarlet.

Gandalf: It's me.

Jedi: You're up at an odd hour again?

Gandalf: No, for once I'm doing it American time. There was a class reunion party last night so everyone's still sleeping but I'm awake at eight in the morning.

Jedi: That's a change. So, what's up? It's not like you to contact me first thing in the morning unless it's work-related.

Gandalf: You know the girl you've wanted to meet? Yes, that same girl who's sticking her nose into places it doesn't belong according to you? I was thinking I could hook the both of you up via the chat room. How does that sound? I'll admin it the first time then you can subsequently find her using a special ID that alerts you whenever she's online.

Jedi: Sounds fun. I'm assuming you haven't told her about me?

Gandalf: Now now, that's not my secret to tell. Also, why does a university student like you have so much time to chat with me? Don't you have morning lectures to crash?

Jedi: Nah, not today. Say, does she attend school too?

Gandalf: She used to but she graduated real early. No clue if she wants to pursue higher education but she's rather successful in her current career so…

Jedi: Oh well, I thought it would be nice to act like a normal student in the springtime of his youth for once. Are you sure she's not a student?

Gandalf: Absolutely sure. She used to be my classmate while school was still a thing for me. We're still very close in touch so I know what she eats weekly.

Jedi: Sounds like a stalker

Gandalf: Oh, you got no idea. But if it's stalking, she's had worse experiences than me stalking her. There are some real creeps in the world and I worry. She doesn't understand what staying out of danger means.

Jedi: Why are you still friends with her then? It sounds like nothing but trouble. Also, the big bad wolf that we're trying to catch sounds like he's very interested in your friend. What's the relationship?

Gandalf: Classified for now but if you can win her trust enough to ask for a meetup irl then you'll understand everything

Jedi: Deal! Now give me the details of her username. Your chat room is open to the public and I'm assuming she's a regular user?

Gandalf: Yes but I know she likes to switch her nickname regularly. With the new patch update coming soon, you'll be able to tell by her code number system assigned regardless of what nickname she changes it to. Don't tell anyone that yet, it's not in the release notes. Also, I don't want her creating more than one account for the chat room without my knowing. She could be up to real no good.

Jedi: Well, like I said. If the girl doesn't interest me enough, I'm not extending my collaboration with you. You've been on it for years with that team but you've not found much. If anything, I would ditch you and work directly with that friend of yours since she was the real reason why you got a direction to start digging for dirt.

Gandalf: Don't you dare. If she's harmed in any form or way, I won't be the first person you should be worried about coming after you. It doesn't matter what kind of background you have, you're a dead man walking.

Jedi: Is she really that powerful?

Gandalf: No, but the company around her are. You don't think that the people in my class were normal folks, did you?

Jedi: Ah, I forgot. What was it again? The Special Class you said? I haven't seen anything very special so far but if you insist, I guess I'll humour you.

Elfie rolled his eyes. Leave it to the son of the Interpol's General Secretariat. On the surface, Edward Bayon was just another dreamy French university student who was on the nerd side but had a healthy social life. Not many people would pay attention to such an ordinary person and that was exactly what Edward wanted, a monotonous life without attention to him.

Elfie got to know Edward when they were younger. Edward used to be the youngest intelligence officer who worked with the a.d.u.l.ts before Elfie came along. While Edward was older than Elfie by three years, they got along really well. Edward was an expert in information gathering while Elfie was good at hacking. Whenever they teamed up to work on a tough case, the results were miraculous.

Yet, Anastasia was one tough cookie that neither boy was able to gain ground on without Scarlet's input. This made Edward very interested in getting to know the girl who gave his best buddy the leads that were hard to attain even by professional spies and undercover agents. Over the years, Edward's side had gathered more intel based on the tips Elfie received from Scarlet and the trained agents have been working tirelessly to infiltrate Anastasia's organisations. The mafia boss' contacts had also been infiltrated but not even the trained undercover agents could find anything damning other than a few doc.u.ments from top executives siphoning the company's money for their personal use.

How Scarlet found out about the firearms remained a mystery. None of the spies was able to uncover that or make the connection with Russia but Scarlet was the first to point out a missing link. Naturally, that discovery gave Edward a very good reason to end more agents to investigate it privately. Elfie wasn't too pleased with Scarlet's discovery even if the information she provided turned out to be a very crucial turning point in their investigations. He wasn't happy that she was putting herself in danger to uncover the information they needed and wanted her to stop. Hence, Elfie decided that one of the best ways to do it was to use Edward as a leash to watch Scarlet carefully from the shadows. Who knew that the usually mild-tempered boy would be interested in the young writer and insist on knowing her personally?

Still, what was done was done. There was no use crying over spilt milk. If Elfie was destined to play cupid for his best buddy and first friend, then he would just have to do a good job and make sure that nobody's hearts were going to be broken at the end of it all. The hacker shut down his laptop after finalising technical details with Edward and groaned into a pillow. Why did he have to play matchmaker of all things when he was still single and miserable? The world was being too unfair to him!