18. Codes in Barcelona (5 pgs.) – Champions Renaissance

ACT I - CHAPTER 18

CODES IN BARCELONA

Tuesday February 27, 2018

Barcelona Spain

The day was sunny, the breeze soft and the temperature pleasant. The red cones they used in training contrasted with the green of the grass and the yellow bibs with the club’s shirts. That morning, they trained the “zone defense” tactic. They had to mark the opponent who had the ball and the attackers made a wall pass to enter the goal through the middle. The defenders covered the area in defensive triangles. The exercise had helped them develop peripheral vision without losing sight of the ball.

While drying himself in the dressing room, Alexandre thought about the next green envelope that Ronald had left him. When he got to his apartment, he opened it and read.

Who are you? he thought, I think Ronald brought it up earlier.

He reviewed the notes that were not completely organized and had indeed touched on the topic before. But now he focused in more detail by asking that question.

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The first answer that came to his mind, especially after skydiving, was that he was mortal. He then read Ronald’s notes that he had prepared for that occasion and still had not yet read. Who are you? Aristotle, said that the soul of man was its reason but it ceased to exist when his physical body died; Plato, said that the soul of man existed separate from its physical body, in another dimension, and reincarnated in a new physical body, life after life. Aristotle’s self, was mortal; Plato’s, immortal. They were two contradictory ways of answering the question, who are you? Although humanity had always had doubts, what was clear was that one could not be mortal and immortal at the same time; reincarnation, could not exist and not exist at the same time; God, could not exist and not exist at the same time; life after death, could not exist and not exist at the same time. A was A.

After much reflection, he concluded that choosing to live life as mortal or immortal was a personal decision, but like any choice, once made it had absolute consequences. The worst option was to choose not to choose, since evasion produced the worst results.

As he left the dressing room, Alexandre read the news and saw that he had a message from Victoria: “I LOVE YOU”. He recalled the journey from Manchester to Cambridge in the suite on the luxury train. They had always wanted to make love on a moving train.

“NUCLEAR TENSION CONTINUES. NORTH KOREA THREATENS JAPAN WITH DELETING IT FROM THE MAP”, he read on the screen of his cell phone.

At that moment he received a message. “SIROB: 6:00 pm”.

He would meet him later. After progressing through the book, Alexandre headed to the cafe in his sweatshirt, hoodie, and sunglasses. When he entered, he saw that Boris was at the back table.

“I deciphered Ronald’s message,” he said, “it’s written in Spanish.”

“What does it say?”

“Codes-on-pendrive” Boris responded and explained that the letters in the message were arranged next to the next in the alphabet.

“Now that you say it, it seems easy,” Alexandre said after checking it and asked, “What do you think it means?”

“I suspect Ronald discovered some type of code, possibly military, related to some type of large-scale operation.”

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“What evidence do you base on to say that?”

“My hacker friends recorded a secret meeting of The Family,” he said, taking out his cell phone and activating the audio.

“What is The Family?” Alexandre asked.

“It’s a secret society,” Boris answered.

“A sect?”

“Not exactly, although the mind control is the same. It could be said that they have copied some of their methods from the Freemasons and other similar secret societies, but this one, although it has a healthy base, is run by criminal psychopaths.”

“What do they say at the meeting?”

“Put on your headphones,” Boris said and Alexandre listened.

‘GC IS GLAD THAT THE CODES REMAIN SECURE; OTHERWISE, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO WAIT TWENTY MORE YEARS TO CREATE THE SAME ENDING THAT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. WE WILL BE REBORN FROM THE ASHES AFTER WATCHING THE FIREWORKS FROM THE SOUTH. PEOPLE WILL BEG US TO PUT THE CHAINS ON THEM TO BUILD THE WORLD FOR THEIR CHILDREN.’

“What do you think?” Boris asked.

“It sounds apocalyptic. What do they mean by ‘the codes remain secure?’ The codes on the pendrive?” Alexandre asked.

“I don’t know, but if Ronald sent you that message, he knew of the existence of some codes and perhaps they are the same codes that were referred to in that meeting. If so, it’s likely that Ronald knew they were on some pendrive.”

“But they could refer to any other code. How to know?” Alexandre asked skeptically.

“Who is the detective here?” Boris asked, “I know the difference between a clue and an absurdity, but sometimes the most absurd clues solve the case,” he added.

“What do you think is in those codes?” Alexandre asked.

“I don’t know, but from what they say in the recording, it’s obvious that they are related to some event that The Family wants to produce to change the world,” Boris said.

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“In the recording they say that they are going to be reborn from the ashes and that people will beg to be put in chains to build the world for their children. What do they refer to?” Alexandre asked.

“I don’t know yet, but I suspect it’s something big.”

“Something like September 11 in New York?”

“Maybe,” Boris said and added, “Look, I don’t know the details now, but they are applying the old recipe: problem, reaction, solution. Rulers, in order to impose something that the ruled would not accept under normal conditions, first create an artificial problem for the ruled to react to. The ruled react and demand that the rulers give them the solution. The ruler gives them the solution and, in doing so, the ruled accepts what he would never have accepted without the problem. What the ruled do not know is that the problem was artificially created by the rulers, to produce an expected reaction that suits them, not the ruled. An example could be climate change or a future pandemic to reduce the freedom of the ruled. They know how to tilt the court using psychological topology. Democracy and free trade, with a dishonest financial system or imperialist economic sanctions, are an illusion,” said Boris.

“Like those who manufacture viruses to sell antivirus?”

“Well, that’s a minor thing, but the principle is the same: problem, reaction, solution. I suspect that they will manufacture a big artificial problem that will produce a big reaction so that people demand a big solution that the rulers have already designed in advance. I have several hypotheses, but I must investigate further. What I can assure you is that it will be big,” Boris said and then asked, “Are you sure Ronald didn’t work for MI6?”

“MI6, do you mean the British secret service?”

“Yes.”

“Sure,” Alexandre answered and thought, It would be incredible if you had hidden it from me.

“We are not sure who Ronald worked for, but the fact is that Bolt was confirmed to be the best hacker in the world and worked as an independent contractor for several secret services, including MI6. Maybe Ronald worked as a hacker there, and that’s where he found out about Bolt’s existence, because he kept his identity completely anonymous. Also, Ronald was British, right?” Boris asked.

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“Yes, he was born in London, but I don’t think he worked in MI6.”

“Did Ronald tell you about The Family?”

“No.”

“Well, anyway, the fact is that Ronald knew about the existence of the codes. It should not be ruled out that he worked for some secret service, or perhaps he belonged to The Family.”

“That he belonged to a secret sect of assassins? Boris, you are going too far with your speculations,” Alexandre said and, in his mind, he began to dig something into his memories, CIA? MI6? Codes on pendrive? He was about to ask Boris to find the pendrive to decipher the mystery, but he stopped himself because it was absurd. Where would he look for it?

Shortly after they said goodbye and when he returned to his apartment, he read the news on his cell phone:

“TERRORIST ATTACK IN MANCHESTER STADIUM LEAVES MORE THAN 80 DEAD”.

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