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           TheSense/Neticehadacceptedhisentryasaroutinetransferfromtheconsortium’sLosAngelescomplex.Hewasinside.Behindhim,viralsubprogramspeeledoff,meshingwiththegate’scodefabric,readytodeflecttherealLosAngelesdatawhenitarrived.

           Heflippedagain.Mollywasstrollingpasttheenormouscircularreceptiondeskattherearofthelobby.

           12:01:20asthereadoutflaredinheropticnerve.

           Atmidnight,synchedwiththechipbehindMolly’seye,thelinkmaninJerseyhadgivenhiscommand.`Mainline.’NineModerns,scatteredalongtwohundredmilesoftheSprawl,hadsimultaneouslydialedMAXEMERGfrompayphones.EachModerndeliveredashortsetspeech,hungup,anddriftedoutintothenight,peelingoffsurgicalgloves.NinedifferentpolicedepartmentsandpublicsecurityagencieswereabsorbingtheinformationthatanobscuresubsectofmilitantChristianfundamentalistshadjusttakencreditforhavingintroducedclinicallevelsofanoutlawedpsychoactiveagentknownasBlueNineintotheventilationsystemoftheSense/NetPyramid.BlueNine,knowninCaliforniaasGrievousAngel,hadbeenshowntoproduceacuteparanoiaandhomicidalpsychosisineighty-fivepercentofexperimentalsubjects.

           CasehittheswitchashisprogramsurgedthroughthegatesofthesubsystemthatcontrolledsecurityfortheSense/Netresearchlibrary.Hefoundhimselfsteppingintoanelevator.