““Starting next year, a new faculty will be created at the Academy,” the colonel began his story. “It doesn’t have a name yet; it is not mentioned at all in open documents and documents for official use; in secret papers it is designated by the letter “X.” So to speak, X-faculty. Doesn’t it remind you of anything? – It does. There was such a movie - “The X-Files”. In English - “X-files”. About all the mysticism there. – In our case, I hope it will do without mysticism. – For the first time during the conversation, Ivan seemed to hear a note of uncertainty in the colonel’s voice. – But you noticed the essence correctly – X-faculty, secret faculty. So secret that I, for example, don’t even know who exactly they are going to train there. “You don’t know?!” “I don’t know,” the colonel threw up his hands. “And yet, I suggest you submit documents for him.” “Wait,” Ivan desperately shook his head, trying to concentrate. - This is some kind of nonsense. Go there - I don’t know where... “You can’t say more precisely,” the owner grinned. “But if you think about it, aren’t you already in exactly the same situation right now?..”