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Chapter 1

           HistotalassetswerequicklyconvertedtoNewYen,afatsheafoftheoldpapercurrencythatcirculatedendlesslythroughtheclosedcircuitoftheworld’sblackmarketsliketheseashellsoftheTrobriandislanders.ItwasdifficulttotransactlegitimatebusinesswithcashintheSprawl;inJapan,itwasalreadyillegal.

           InJapan,he’dknownwithaclenchedandabsolutecertainty,he’dfindhiscure.InChiba.Eitherinaregisteredclinicorintheshadowlandofblackmedicine.Synonymouswithimplants,nerve-splicing,andmicrobionics,ChibawasamagnetfortheSprawl’stechno-criminalsubcultures.

           InChiba,he’dwatchedhisNewYenvanishinatwo-monthroundofexaminationsandconsultations.Themenintheblackclinics,hislasthope,hadadmiredtheexpertisewithwhichhe’dbeenmaimed,andthenslowlyshakentheirheads.

           Nowhesleptinthecheapestcoffins,theonesnearesttheport,beneaththequartz-halogenfloodsthatlitthedocksallnightlikevaststages;whereyoucouldn’tseethelightsofTokyofortheglareofthetelevisionsky,noteventhetoweringhologramlogooftheFujiElectricCompany,andTokyoBaywasablackexpansewheregullswheeledabovedriftingshoalsofwhitestyrofoam.Behindtheportlaythecity,factorydomesdominatedbythevastcubesofcorporatearcologies.Portandcityweredividedbyanarrowborderlandofolderstreets,anareawithnoofficialname.NightCity,withNinseiitsheart.

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