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Chapter 1

           22longrifle,andCasewould’vepreferredleadazideexplosivestothesimpleChinesehollowpointsShinhadsoldhim.Still,itwasahandgunandnineroundsofammunition,andashemadehiswaydownShigafromthesushistallhecradleditinhisjacketpocket.Thegripswerebrightredplasticmoldedinaraiseddragonmotif,somethingtorunyourthumbacrossinthedark.He’dconsignedthecobratoadumpcanisteronNinseianddry-swallowedanotheroctagon.

           ThepilllithiscircuitsandherodetherushdownShigatoNinsei,thenovertoBaiitsu.Histail,he’ddecided,wasgone,andthatwasfine.Hehadcallstomake,biztotransact,anditwouldn’twait.AblockdownBaiitsu,towardtheport,stoodafeaturelessten-storyofficebuildinginuglyyellowbrick.Itswindowsweredarknow,butafaintglowfromtheroofwasvisibleifyoucranedyourneck.AnunlitneonsignnearthemainentranceofferedCHEAPHOTELunderaclusterofideograms.Iftheplacehadanothername,Casedidn’tknowit;itwasalwaysreferredtoasCheapHotel.YoureacheditthroughanalleyoffBaiitsu,whereanelevatorwaitedatthefootofatransparentshaft.Theelevator,likeCheapHotel,wasanafterthought,lashedtothebuildingwithbambooandepoxy.Caseclimbedintotheplasticcageandusedhiskey,anunmarkedlengthofrigidmagnetictape.

           Casehadrentedacoffinhere,onaweeklybasis,sincehe’darrivedinChiba,buthe’dneversleptinCheapHotel.Hesleptincheaperplaces.

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