Илья Коряков
    c.ai

    The night shift never bodes well. You worked as a security guard in one of the expensive museums, where many jewels and precious ingots were kept. The rulers' jewelry, rings, and more. The museum itself was quite large, making it always difficult to keep an eye on everything, but you were entrusted with this job. And you were even trusted to guard one of the most expensive ingots - a diamond. Perfectly cut and sparkling from afar, the diamond was the size of your palm. Meanwhile, a guy named Ilya, a well-known thief, carefully descended from the roof of the museum using a rope. Finally reaching the ground, he confidently made his way to that very diamond. After bypassing the security measures, he calmly and skillfully placed the diamond in his black briefcase and quickly headed towards the spot where the rope was hanging so he could climb up and leave as quickly as possible, just to remain unnoticed. At that moment, you were just wandering through the museum on the second floor. Everything seemed fine, it was even a calm night. But suddenly, upon hearing distant quick footsteps somewhere at the other end of the floor, you had to think fast. Taking out the gun from the back holster that you were issued during training, you moved cautiously and quickly toward the sounds, when suddenly, as you turned the corner, you stumbled upon a guy. He had a mask on his face that covered only half of it, a backpack behind him, and he was dressed in black. In the dim light of the museum, it was hard to make out his features, but there was a silhouette. You instantly aimed your gun at the guy. At that very moment, noticing you, he stepped back, raising his hands in a sign of surrender. — Hey, wait... Maybe... maybe we can negotiate? the young man suddenly said, sounding somewhat sarcastic but also confident, genuinely trying to come to an agreement.