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John struggled against the strong tape restraining him to the chair and tightly sealing his mouth shut.

“You hacked into the wrong system, kid,” the man in the black suit and sunglasses said. “You’re good, don’t get me wrong.  It took us a while to find you, but not quite good enough. ”

He started executing some code on John’s laptop.

“In fact, I probably don’t want you seeing any of this either.”

He picked up the roll of tape and John struggled even harder as more tape was wrapped several times around his face so that when he was finished all that was left was a small slit under his nose so he could still breathe.

“There, that’s better,” the man said, “Now once this code has executed we have to decide what to do with you.  Do I bring you in and make you an asset or do we dispose of you?”