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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThen something strange happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blade went through the sausage\u2026 wrong. Not the way soft processed meat is supposed to cut. It felt as though something solid was hidden inside. I frowned. My first thought was that it had frozen overnight. That happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the second cut was even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The knife suddenly stopped, as if it had hit a metal plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A chill ran down my spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly, I pulled apart the cut section\u2026 and noticed a faint gleam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something was reflecting light right from the middle of the sausage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a moment, I just stood there, unable to believe what I was seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA piece of foil? A broken machine part? Metal debris?\u201d \u2014 thoughts raced through my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a mix of disgust and nervous curiosity, I started digging around with the knife. My hands trembled. The pink mass fell apart in chunks, leaving greasy smears across the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then I pulled IT out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A small rectangular object, covered in bits of sausage filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A flash drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A real computer flash drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For several seconds, I simply stared at it without blinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world seemed to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My stomach twisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had already eaten this sausage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had swallowed part of a product that contained an electronic device inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How was that even possible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not some shady street market product \u2014 a factory-made item in sealed packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My mind started generating insane theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A manufacturing accident?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Someone\u2019s twisted prank?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An attempt to hide something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or\u2026 a message?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I felt sick from the mixture of disgust, fear, and a strange, overwhelming curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Logic told me to throw everything away immediately, call consumer protection, and forget this nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But curiosity defeated common sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I washed the object under hot water. My hands were shaking so badly I almost dropped it into the sink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flash drive looked old, worn, but surprisingly intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A strange feeling of dread kept growing inside me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I turned on my computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The screen slowly lit up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sound of the cooling fan suddenly seemed unnaturally loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I inserted the flash drive into the USB port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The computer recognized the device almost instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that was the moment I became truly afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the drive clearly contained files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lots of files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not an empty memory stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not random electronic junk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Someone had intentionally stored information on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I clicked the mouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It felt like the blood drained from my face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cold spread from my stomach to my throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was stored on that flash drive had nothing to do with an accidental object somehow ending up in food production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was something far more disturbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something so unexpected, so unsettling, that for a moment I thought I must be trapped in some absurd dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the screen kept glowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The files were real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And with every passing second, it became clear: this story was only beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the real question was no longer, \u201cHow did a flash drive end up inside a sausage?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The real question was different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO wanted someone to find it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And why did that person end up being me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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