It was early in the morning. I went to Albert's room to meet up with him. We left the hotel to familiarize ourselves with the surroundings.
My first target was the guy who lived at Noir street. There were some universities near Noir street. It would be easy for me keep an eye on the guy who lived here and help Albert with his problem. I would first target those who live alone. This guy on Noir street lived alone.
"Hey, Albert, my name is Bolt, but everyone in my village call me Kyle. I would like you to call me Kyle as well." That way Albert would feel closer to me and his trust in me would increase as well.
"Sure. Is that your nickname?"
"No, They gave this name because of my personality. Do you know the meaning of this name?"
"Well... I... don't know. Actually, I don't even know what my name means. Haha." He remained silent after that.
Just as expected. Even your face says you are stupid.
"Haha. Why did you stop talking? It's not such a big deal. Even I didn't know meaning behind the name Kyle, unless my parents enlightened me about it." It was true that my parents told me about its meaning.
"You are right. Haha. Now that I think about it, it's not such a big deal. It's not important to know the meaning behind your name." It seemed he had gained his confidence.
"Then, what's the meaning behind your name?"
"The name Kyle means trust, confidence and reliance. Everyone in my village thinks, I'm trustable, full of confidence and reliable. Eventually, they started calling me Kyle instead of Bolt."
"Oh! There sure is a deep meaning behind your name."
We had already reached Noir street and were standing in front of 'Metricular' University. It was a huge university. It had a grand entrance, on the huge gate, 'Metricular University' was written. Albert was surprised after seeing the university.
"Why are you so surprised? You will be studying at this university soon enough."
"I have only seen such huge university on TV and internet. It's really big. I'm getting excited, I want to go inside and see how it looks like from inside. It's not decided that, I will be studying here. I haven't given the entrance exam. I don't know if I will be accepted. By the way Kyle, which university are you applying for?"
"No need to look so down. I will help you for the entrance exam. I have already applied for this university and they accepted me. I didn't need to give entrance exams." I said while smiling.
"What! You look smart but I didn't thought that your grade were good to the point that you would get accepted without giving entrance exam." He said excitedly.
"Now, let's head inside and take care of your application."
We went inside and filled up Albert's application for entrance exam. After that we went back to the Noir street. We entered a restaurant for having lunch. The main reason we came back to Noir Street was so I could keep an eye on Louis, one of my targets, who lived here. After a while I saw Louis leaving his apartment and started to follow him, while keeping Albert in the dark.
"Where are we going?"
"To the outskirts of the city," I said, pulling out two masks from my pocket and a cap. I gave him one of the mask. "Wear that mask. I went there yesterday to take a look of outskirts, it smelled really bad. My nose is very sensitive to smells. I didn't have a mask on me yesterday, so I brought some with me today."
"Is that so?" He said while wearing the mask I gave him and asked,"Then what's the reason for that black cap?"
"It's to protect my eyes from the Sun."
"Dude, you look really weird wearing all that stuff. It's as if you are trying to spy on someone."
"Does it really look that weird? Besides, spying on someone, that sounds cool, doesn't it?" Humorously I said.
"It does sound cool, but, aren't you embarrassed looking like that?"
" 'Don't care about what other's think about you, you should do what you are comfortable with' once a great man said. I don't care about what others think of me. I just to do what I like to do. Let's get going."
"I have no words left to say. You are great, I think I finally understand why your name is Kyle."
We started roaming around the outskirts, actually we were following Louis. I followed Louis while checking out the area with Albert. After about an hour of walking, Louis finally went into a place that looked like a bar. It's name was, 'Want A Drink'. It was a weird name.
"I'm a little hungry. Let's have something to eat and return back to hotel."
"Finally I can have some rest. We kept walking for more than an hour, my legs are starting to hurt."
I stayed quiet. We went inside a restaurant next to that weird named place. It had awful management and looked really old.
"You should place your order. I'm going to the toilet."
"Okay."
I asked the worker there, where was the toilet but I didn't go there. I headed to the bar next to the restaurant. The stench of alcohol filled the place. I started to search for Louis but I couldn't find him. I moved to the first floor of the building, I saw Louis with three other people. I took a closer look at them and they were all people who I knew. I listened to their conversation for a while, but nothing important came out. I was only able to confirm that they visited this place most of the time. I returned back to the restaurant. I decided to get myself a part-time job there.
We returned to the hotel after eating our food. The food was better than I expected. After returning to the hotel, I helped Albert with his study. He wasn't the type who enjoyed studying and working hard. The next day, I went back to the outskirts to get a part-time job.