An old tinted minivan quickly pulled into the underground parking garage. No one paid any attention to this. Not the sleepy security guards at the shopping center, long accustomed to catching only petty thieves and drunken hooligans from time...

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“Nooo,” the girl replied slowly, rolling her eyes slightly in contempt. “Modern games don't appeal to me at all. They're too simple and based on chance. They're for single-celled organisms...” “Then what?” “Chess.” “Really?” Alexei asked with interest. “I know how to...