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FREE Travel like with this season’s briefcase essentials 1 THE TRAVEL ISSUE TRAVEL THE Knolling – the fine art of precision packing. Knolling – the fine art of precision our favourite definitive guide to Your short haul hitman hot spots. Sharp looks for Spring ‘16 that you definitely Sharp looks for Spring ‘16 that you definitely get blood stained. won’t want to The Essentials Travel Fashion 08 10 02 15 12 14 Personality Test Handler Q&A Agony Agent Unravel the mysteries of the mysteries Unravel the murderous mind with our killer psych test. Applicants, accidents and of contract the future killing – we chat with a world class handler. and a shoulder- Sage words HIT’s from to-cry-on resident agony aunt. 11 04 06 Blend in like a boss Blend in like with this month’s disguise masterclass. problem. No weapons? No tips for ad hoc Top kills on the fly. with our Get creative canapés. cadaverous As winter fades into spring, chat amongst the team at the team chat amongst spring, fades into As winter focused on one thing: travel. has HIT magazine towers isn’t just a way we do, travel Underpinning all that B: it represents everything we love A to from about our Quick thinking Excitement. shadowy world. Planning. - Thrilling and disappear. the chance to and ultimately, with surprises and challenges - life as packed exhausting, killera global contract is as addictive as it is satisfying. this issue of dedicate to pleasure So it gives me great Filled Hitman. you: the International HIT magazine to with city guides, packing essentials, and improv ideas for providedquick thinking disguises and ad-hoc kills, we’ve with let you hit the road information and support to your safehouse richer. confidence, to and return agents. Bon Voyage, in Devils disguise Agent Improv Jet Set Dining Contents Letter Editor’s

Not for actual sale Fashion If looks could kill Your essential guide to slick looks for the International assassin 4 C True style never goes out of fashion. This season – as always – HIT magazine’s style team ALL TIED UP are here to guide you through the International Hitman’s key looks. The rules are simple. No outfit is complete without Keep it classic. Buy only the highest quality. And ties must always be red. a red tie. The epitome of style, the skinny shape is 6.5cm at Your look should whisper understated elegance, allowing you to blend it’s widest point. Made from seemlessly amongst the Paris fashion crowd, or slip unnoticed through on your sleeve the highest quality twill woven airports. Practicality is also key: fingerprints are unforgivable, so a great The perfect finishing touch to silk, this tie is utter perfection. pair of gloves are a must. Our essential guide gives you a versatile, 3 any French cuff dress shirt. timeless look that can take you from day to evening, looking fresh CONCEALMENT Necktie and feeling razor sharp. CYPHER Cufflinks Musterbrand Musterbrand £24 Who said you can’t buy good taste? £24

The signature blazer Elegant and inconspicuous on the outside, the inside is full of an extra clip lavish, surprising details. Perfect The perfect 1 for the professional assassin. supplement to your any colour - red tie, this will keep INTRIGUE Blazer “ 5 your outfit looking Musterbrand clean, sharp and £114 so long as efficient. Just like you. EMISSARY Tie Clip it’s red Musterbrand £24 ” musterbrand.com/collections/hitman

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2 3 Fashion Devils in disguise

Now you see me, now you don’t…

Great disguises are at the heart of the hitman’s trade. Blending in seemlessly with a team of highly trained security guards, or slipping unnoticed through a north African souk takes skill and guts. Attention to detail is king – if you want to stay alive.

The latest Sanguine collection, ICE, On trips to warmer climes, a hat provides It’s a classic look. Long white coat, ID has quite a dramatic look. But be sure welcome shade – and a way to hide card – and don’t forget a pen or two in the you only wear this type of outfit when your face. And the street, factory or pocket. But the icing on top of this outfit you want to be centre of attention… shopworker look involving an apron is so is the ID card. If it’s access you need, the useful if a contract starts getting messy. Lab tech look is the way to go. Simple. In some ways, the perfect full-body disguise. But you’ll still need skill to pull this off convincingly – in a lab situation, you’re sure to be mingling with some smart cookies. You’ll also need a change of clothes when you leave.

If in doubt ... keep it light

Nothing beats a well cut suit if you want to look the part among the stylish crowd in town. If that town happens to be Channeling those security guard/ The high-vis vest and jumpsuit give Perfect when travels take you to sun-drenched and police officer vibes, the trusty blue that trustworthy worker vibe. Rush Eastern Europe, why not “replace” coastal, this light- tones shout authority. You’ll have about as if you’re on an important a military guard to gain access to coloured suit will keep no issues getting through security job and no-one will blink an eye. secure areas? The air of superiority you looking cool. checkpoints or into surveillance rooms, and control is bound to reap results. which is about as good as it gets.

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The appliance Gravity is a bitch of science Balconies are great for the view, and sometimes a gentle shove over C Water + electricity = some railings is all that’s needed to trouble! Household finish the job. Of course, they also appliances are often make great vantage points for the involved in nasty little sniper – so you can kill two birds with accidents. If you find one stone. What’s not to love? yourself struggling to complete an objective, Dumpster delights faulty wiring offers plenty of options for a down- B More than just a great place to get home hit. rid of a body – dumpsters are also an excellent source of make-shift weapons and tools. Find your inner Grim Reaper amongst the garbage – but don’t forget to Agent shower afterwards. Improv

Improvising with tools found on-the-fly can help keep contracting fresh. If you find yourself in an unplanned situation, just keep a cool head, Radio killed the video star and take a good look around you. Being canny B Everyone loves a banging tune, with your improvised kills can be most rewarding especially when it muffles your banging - there’s fun to be had free-styling. Here are guns as you take out your target. At clubs, some ideas to get your creative juices flowing. bars and events, large and heavy speakers can also provide a simple way to squash your target. Crank up the bass!

Light entertainment With a head for heights, you can set up spectacularly theatrical “accidents”. Ready to crash the party? At upmarket venues, Chandeliers – set off with the smallest of charges - plunge like a deadly dream. Home is where Health & Safety the hit is Top notch toxins B Health and safety equipment doesn’t have to be either! Need Nature calls B There are plenty of ways to make a a distraction? Why not set off a meal to die for. But don’t forget – there’s fire alarm, throwing a panicky D Toilet time comes to us all – and it’s B When there’s action going down more to poison than plain old death. evacuation into the mix? normally a solo affair. So the patient in the kitchen, you’ll have plenty of Sedatives and sickness can also play Perfectly to the point – if a little hitman can wait in the smallest room for opportunities to freestyle. From kitchen their part, taking people out temporarily, messy – the humble fire axe may their victim to answer nature’s call... and electricals and cooking equipment to buying you the freedom and time to also come in handy if you’re hey presto! With their head down the slippery floors, this is the perfect place to complete your mission. dealing with tricky targets. toilet, it’ll be job done in no time. cook up your very own kitchen nightmare.

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Packing Heat

To be precise is to be disciplined. To be disciplined is to succeed.

There are no exceptions. As you would plan, so should you pack. Methodical, calm, beautiful even... the glory of an ordered briefcase is a joy to behold.

Are your fibre wires curled evenly? Do your banknotes align? Is your rubber duck nestled, happy and secure? Straighten your lines. Adjust your angles. Check height, check depth, then check and check again. Leave nothing to chance.

Finally, when all is packed, breathe in the soothing calm of the order that is the right angle and the parallel line.

Then go forth and kill.

Silenced ICA-19 Black Jaeger SR Ammunition Fibre Wire Syringes The weapon of choice 12.5mm rounds A tradition of the trade Lethal, Emetic, Sedative

ICA-19 Ammunition Boarding Pass Mobile Phone Rubber Duck .45 ACP rounds CPH - CDG, First Class 4G, secure line Always useful

Jaeger Sniper Rifle Money Combat Knife Long-range scope Euros, Dollars, Yen, etc. Corrosion resistant

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The Traveller’s Guide to Gourmet Deaths

Spice up your global hits with our top 3 poisonous foods

JAPAN - Fugu 100% Efficiency Simply slip amongst some sushi then serve up, sit back and relax. Classic, effective, this makes a nice twist to any Japanese contract.

JAMAICA - Ackee 85% Efficiency This fun Jamaican fruit doubles as a sure-fire coffin-filler and works perfectly for the hitman who finds himself in a hotel buffet situation. Be sure to Above, Sapienza xhausted by sojourns to Chile, C Paris: the perfect pairing of beauty planned or ad-hoc contracts alike. A more serve unripened and add the Below, Paris China and beyond, this month and culture. But café culture and a sharp laid back lifestyle offers a sleepier vibe seeds to double the dose. The whole Opposite, Marrakech E sees our focus shift closer to home. eye for fashion is a double edged sword. than the bustle of a metropolis, so you From Paris to North Africa, via Italy, our In public places, witnesses abound, may wish to plan accordingly. Outdoor city guides give you a heads-up for hitmen often eagle eyed and well attuned to that living and a reliably balmy climate provide world in travelling short-haul this spring. most unfortunate of passtimes: people great visibility, and less chance a target watching. An abundance of international will be predominantly indoors. It would be business travellers allows for a variety of criminal to leave the Amalfi coast without your disguises, while the jumbled road layout sampling the local food: make time to visit and efficient Metro systems provide an ice cream shop or food market pre or quick access to a warren of hide outs. Well post kill. sights connected for onward travel, it’s simple to C The Marrakech climate could have N.EUROPE - Death Cap plan your getaway. For the more creative been designed for the Hitman. Amid 100% Efficiency among you, a reputation for gastronomic the dust and heat, many of the locals keep Deadly by name, deadly by superiority provides scope for interesting face and mouth covered, allowing for a nature, the Death Cap mushroom The definitive opportunities using poison. beautifully simple and virtually immediate is perfect for adding variety C Stunning Sapienza is pure delight. disguise. Markets and souks offer the and flair to any European kill. travel guide for the A sublime blend of high vantage points, perfect blend of chaos and confusion, so Sprinkle on crostini, pasta expansive scenery and crowded alleyways prepare for a crowded environment and dishes or bruschetta. International hitman. make this Italian town a joy for well- the type of planning that requires.

10 11 personal How do you rate? Silent Assassin You are a ghost. The From stealthy sniping to explosions As long as the target majority of your kills is dead by the end will never be confirmed galore, the same contract can play of the mission, How often do that’s all that counts. you encounter as anything other What is a successful collateral damage? out very differently from agent mission to you? than natural causes or to agent. Our quiz will help you A good job, that can't unfortunate accidents. be traced back to me, Always discrete and uncover your own signature style. and a satisfied client. 100% effective, you are Almost always. Only if the perfect choice for the It's their own fault absolutely Yes. I need the Yes. Silently for getting in the necessary. client that can afford it. upper body scaling a way of my target. You are the urban legend strength to building is that assassins are told of dispose of physically bodies. demanding. before they go to bed. The world is a dangerous place. Do you like Accidents happen How do you all the time. to keep fit? prefer to kill your target? Silently…

A syringe with a Of course Professional Contract accepted. Excellent. I need combination of Ever been caught? not. I don’t Any target, any time, Heading to safe something to do Pancuronium exist. anywhere – you’re nothing house location. before I leave Bromide, Sodium Location and if not capable. Your moral the country. Pentothal and Usually target appropriate Potassium Chloride. Fugu fish compass is green and weaponry. aligns with whoever has What will you pack? Perhaps, but Once, but I the best offer. You prefer nobody will escaped by No that would be Firearms. They are to go around obstacles a great backup in notice if there's disguising as counterproductive, case of an alarm. nobody to notice. a bodyguard. social networks rather than through them, Where is your When a bartender asks makes you easily but if a civilian gets in the "What's your poison?" traceable. way you are not above safe house? Do you have What's your first thought? subduing them to fulfil friends? I have friends, your contract... colleagues, acquiantances and targets. A cabin in the Middle class suburbia. Sometimes woods, for It's easier to blend in amongst they overlap. undisturbed the civilian population. Methodical research target practise. underpins any successful mission. It's time to plan your job. Loose Cannon Sniper rifle, precision What's your approach? I tend to make from a distance. it up as I go. Subtlety is not your strong Shotgun or point. You are the agent sniper rifle? Shotgun, a blast to the face reduces clients use when they target identifiability. Only if it's part BOOM! want to send a message. of the mission BOOM! Your tactics are brutal No, I try to Yes! I usually aim for the subtlety, objectives. BOOM! and collateral damage Is that your preferred avoid it if I can. but sometimes it can be hard is almost always in the method of killing? Ever considered to reach the surveillance room. double digits. So far you Have you ever a more subtle have emerged unscathed seen a guy fly approach? No. Offense is Are hidden explosives through a room? always the best a good idea? from every mission, but It's so entertaining. defence. it’s probably just a matter of time before you go out in a blaze of glory.

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HIT magazine’s Trade secrets Agony Agent

HIT magazine spent a morning with a Personal, physical, or professional problems? leading ‘handler’, who revealed what Our straight-shooting Agony Aunt helps you to man up. it takes to be the best of the best.

s storm clouds gather on the global Keep your ducks Love, lies and A economic horizon, many hitmen are shunning independent contracts, seeking instead the security that comes with agency in a row orphanages membership. To keep the trade secrets exactly that, we’ve promised not to reveal any information that could lead to our interviewees I’ve always been a big fan of knolling. My new girlfriend has asked to meet identity. Nevertheless, we’re confident that our At first I just liked to keep my weapons my parents. Should I tell her I’m a source will have information that you’ll find case neatly ordered… very neatly genetically engineered clone? very useful. ordered. But yesterday I was thrown out of my local supermarket for restacking the shelves - Mr. N, London Q: Thanks for your time, it’s an honour. Firstly, using a protractor and a set square. The random tell us a little about yourself. How did you come A: Obviously, the ability to misalignment made me angry. I’m sweating I’ve a feeling she won’t take kindly to the truth. And to be a handler with your agency? execute.. I mean execute a just thinking about it. Where will it end? you won’t be around for much longer if you start People will be plan that is [laughs].. and get blabbing about your “childhood”. Remember - what A: I’m afraid that’s classified. I could tell you, out fast. Preferably make it - Mr. D, Surrey happened in Romania, stays in Romania. I recommend but I’d have to have you killed. look like an accident. a heartbreaking lie – perhaps you were orphaned aged having a lot more I feel your pain, my friend. But you must put the baked 8 after a tragic ski accident? I think you’ll find the Q: Ok, let’s keep things moving. What do you do But of course, that’s not all. bean tins down. In a world of chaos and disorder, we sympathy most rewarding. to ensure excellence in this business? We need to ensure our agents are the equalisers. You’re better than this. Take that accidents in 2016 are mentally dependable, that rage, and lock it deep inside with all your other nasty Life as a A: I expect a thorough, committed approach we can rely on them to be rock little secrets. It’ll be there when you really need it. And hitman can from all my operatives. We should always solid, to be totally focused, for now… maybe consider doing your shopping online? be tough deliver above and beyond our clients’ whoever the target. The bottom line is that you expectations. They want us to sort their nasty need to be prepared to do whatever it takes, little problems, so we like to take the pressure dedicate as much time as it takes and get the Mid-life off them in that regard. We don’t judge. It’s not job done to the best of your ability. It sounds our place to say who’s right or wrong, and that simple, but it’s not. And that’s why we need to meltdown requires a certain moral impartiality. But we make sure we’ve got the best people to do this look after our clients, and they know that. work. I turn 40 next month and I’m restless. Q: So let’s talk about clients. There are rumours Q: Finally, tell us a little about 2016. What new Is there more to life than targets, you work for the FBI, the UN, MI6 and many trends can we see coming through in the world weaponry and disguises? more. of assassination? - Mr. B, Copenhagen A: We may work with a number of THE ICA A: Creativity. We’re seeing a lot more improv Governmental agencies. We may not. I couldn’t Intrigue surrounds the work, and that’s produced some excellent Not if you want to stay alive to blow out the candles confirm or deny that and I don’t want you to ICA - its shadowy nature results. Choking, tripping, nasty falls.. people on your cake. Targets, weaponry and disguises have an “accident” on the way home, so don’t is testament to its ability will be having a lot more accidents in 2016. are your very best friends. Yoga and mindfulness ask me for names. The bottom line is, our to exist under the radar. We’re also booking up a few jobs in the US, so won’t help when you’re staring down the barrel of partners know they can rely on us to help them Rumoured to have global that’s going to be an influence on methodology a gun. Remember your training. Stay focused. to “put out the trash”. links to a wealth of affiliates, for sure. I’m excited to see just how creative Treat yourself to a new red tie, or set of Silverballers – it’s employees are quite our Operatives will be. And in terms of style? but leave the sports cars to the footballers. Q: What do you look for in a successful simply the best of the best. Oh come on [chuckles]…well who doesn’t look candidate? great in a red tie?

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