Better than the 3n+1 game[1]. That one can really get you.

[1] https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-mathematicians-still-cant...

That's what they... er, you... er, somebody wants you to think?

2n for me, probably

Context https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-...

That reminds me of the escalating “trace buster” scene in “The Big Hit.”

https://youtu.be/2VY_xxL2jL0?si=9hf6ibvtHFCGuCNL

Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket. I myself, I have fourteen cover stories with an infinite loop at number 10 that directs you back to 4.

Plot twist, I'm actually undercover as you.