I saw the future. Chapter 1

    It was hard for him to sleep that night. He was lying on the bed and watched as the light of street lamps haze spreads through the curtains. In the morning, there should be a presentation of his project, on which Daniel Wilsby worked for nearly five years. Thousands of thoughts were spinning in his head, he repeatedly repeated the text of the presentation to himself, presented the faces of the admissions committee, played script after script, the outcome of which will be determined only in the morning.
    Being a professional, whom he was, is too responsible. He could not be allowed even the smallest oversight, this would be tantamount to career suicide, his future fate will be decided in the morning, and he perfectly understood this.
    To stay in this time, to delay it, to think a little more, not to allow yourself to fall asleep, so that you should plan everything properly. Anxiety and pacification fought each other, unable to win.

    Daniel opened his eyes and turned off the alarm a minute before the “rise” signal. He reached out, rubbed his eyes and yawned into the shower, which should finally wake him. A light breakfast was prepared on the stove at the appointed time, and the kettle heated the water for morning coffee with all its might. Pleasant music played throughout the house, setting the rhythm for the whole day. Daniel devoted his whole life to the creation of smart things, his pedantry knew no bounds, and it was thanks to her and his stubbornness that he became what he was - a designer of intelligence systems for automated living arrangement. The last stable model of such a system controlled his whole life, from wastewater treatment to reuse them, and ending with the toilet air freshening. She still went through the stage of adaptation to her master and did not always do everything as needed.
    An incoming call signal rolled around the house, it was Edward, his assistant, who was calling.
     - Hi Dan! Good thing you woke up already. Mr. Shizoku called me again, he is very nervous, he again asks me to conduct a preliminary screening for him. I can not do anything with him, he is very uptight, does not give me the passage.
     “Ed, you know very well my opinion on this matter.” There will be no preliminary demonstrations! Think of something and get rid of it. Not for that much time we hid the details, soon everyone will know about everything.
     “It's easy for you to talk, but he already got me.” He rushes after me everywhere, yesterday he even appeared at a diner near my house, Merian almost burst into tears at dinner.
     - Bear with it a little more, soon everything will be decided, there is no turning back, either everything - either ... well, you know it yourself.
     - Okay chef, the chef will be done ...
     - Stop calling me that, don’t be a child, before communication.
     - Bye Bye.
    Edward Solvato was his longtime friend and best friend, they were friends from school and always supported each other. Together they graduated from college and worked together. True male friendship, they did everything together and always achieved excellent results.

    It's time to move to the laboratory, a lot of things need to be prepared and checked, there should be no mistakes. Daniel walked over to the closet and dressed in suit number nine, which smelled pleasantly and emanated warmth from recent ironing. Taking a briefcase with technical documentation, he immediately changed the security code, everything should be perfect. Outside the window, from the technical floor, the car was already descending - it was necessary to catch the traffic jams. Well, everything is ready, he thought to himself. It’s time to go.

    His hands fell on the steering wheel, on which the lights immediately ran, stopping under the pillows of his fingers. An instant later, the motor rustled slightly, and the chair, bending slightly, entangled him with protective nets. The sun was shining brightly on the street and the car's windshield switched to polarization mode, setting the desired level of tinting. At the exit from the residential complex, the car number in the form of a bar code was quickly recognized by the scanner and the gate immediately went underground. It was still early and there were no traffic jams yet.
    Upon reaching the track, Daniel turned on the auto-navigation system, then the car moved itself, in accordance with the traffic rules broadcast on this stretch of road. There was no traffic data yet and the speed limit was not limited.
     “Show me the news,” he told the on-board system, and the image of a local television network announcer lit up on the windshield. He joyfully broadcast about the morning news, about new birth control measures and food production, something about the morality and spiritual greatness of the nation. The news rating was in the green sector, which means that nothing particularly important has happened. Daniel asked to turn off the news and turn on the music audio channel, he did not want to think about anything now.