I Hired An MI6 Spy To Help Me Disappear - Summary

Summary

The text is a transcript of a humorous and suspenseful challenge between a private investigator, Ken, and a man named Mike. Mike, who has a history of working with the British government, is being trained by an MI6 agent on how to evade surveillance. The challenge is to escape Ken, a private investigator, within 30 minutes without running or entering any vehicles. If Mike is caught, he has to watch Ken eat a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. If he succeeds, Ken will respect him.

Mike transforms himself into a pregnant woman as part of his disguise, but forgets to zip up the back of his dress, leaving his bra straps and lower back exposed. He manages to evade Ken for the duration of the challenge, and Ken, impressed by Mike's success, respects him. Mike then writes a letter of recommendation for Ken to work at MI6, and Ken agrees to let Mike watch him eat the cereal.

Facts

1. The text is a dialogue between two characters, one of whom is a former MI6 agent and the other is a private investigator.
2. The MI6 agent is training the private investigator on how to wear a practical disguise.
3. The MI6 agent has experience in the British Army, the Special Air Service, and Manchester's Secret Intelligence Service.
4. The MI6 agent has been arrested for murder and diamond smuggling in Sierra Leone, but has been cleared of the latter charge.
5. The MI6 agent has been trained in a number of skills including helicopter piloting, unarmed combat, free-fall parachuting, infiltration and exfiltration into hostile territory, embarking and disembarking from submarines, and surveillance.
6. The MI6 agent is being asked to help the private investigator disappear from a private investigator who is following him.
7. The MI6 agent suggests that if the private investigator successfully follows his strategy, he will write a letter of recommendation for the private investigator to work at MI6.
8. If the private investigator fails to follow the strategy, the MI6 agent will punish him by making him write a 30-second song in a musical genre he does not like and then record a music video of him performing it.
9. The MI6 agent has a 90% confidence in the private investigator's ability to succeed in the challenge.
10. The private investigator has been following the MI6 agent for nearly 20 years and specializes in surveillance.
11. The MI6 agent will be under the private investigator's wing for the next two hours to train him.
12. The challenge involves the private investigator following the MI6 agent for 30 minutes.
13. If the private investigator sees the MI6 agent at the end of the 30 minutes, he can touch him and the MI6 agent will fall to the ground.
14. If the private investigator wins the challenge, he will give the MI6 agent his respect. If he loses, he will punish the MI6 agent by making him watch him eat a bowl of cereal.
15. The MI6 agent suggests that the private investigator should assume that everyone is following him and go about his business like it's a normal day.
16. The MI6 agent disguises himself as a pregnant woman to escape the private investigator.
17. The MI6 agent is about two blocks away from where they started when he decides to show the private investigator how he escaped.
18. The MI6 agent wins the challenge and decides to show the private investigator how he escaped.
19. The MI6 agent writes a letter of recommendation for the private investigator to work at MI6.
20. The MI6 agent sings a song about his experiences and the private investigator films him.