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Chapter 6
TheHosakarattledthroughpolicereports,corporateespionagerecords,andnewsfiles.CasewatchedCortoworkcorporatedefectorsinLisbonandMarrakesh,whereheseemedtogrowobsessedwiththeideaofbetrayal,toloathethescientistsandtechniciansheboughtoutforhisemployers.Drunk,inSingapore,hebeataRussianengineertodeathinahotelandsetfiretohisroom.
NexthesurfacedinThailand,asoverseerofaheroinfactory.ThenasenforcerforaCaliforniagamblingcartel,thenasapaidkillerintheruinsofBonn.HerobbedabankinWichita.Therecordgrewvague,shadowy,thegapslonger.
Oneday,hesaid,inatapedsegmentthatsuggestedchemicalinterrogation,everythinghadgonegray.
TranslatedFrenchmedicalrecordsexplainedthatamanwithoutidentificationhadbeentakentoaParismentalhealthunitanddiagnosedasschizophrenic.HebecamecatatonicandwassenttoagovernmentinstitutionontheoutskirtsofToulon.Hebecameasubjectinanexperimentalprogramthatsoughttoreverseschizophreniathroughtheapplicationofcyberneticmodels.Arandomselectionofpatientswereprovidedwithmicrocomputersandencouraged,withhelpfromstudents,toprogramthem.Hewascured,theonlysuccessintheentireexperiment.
Therecordendedthere.
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