Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 40

           GivenanassumedcommunicationbetweenKawaharaandMiriamBancroft,shewouldbelievesheknewwhereIwasandshewouldbeconfidentthatshehadtheupperhandoverOrtega.

           Butmoreimportantthanallofthis,shewouldwanttoknowhowtheBayCitypoliceknewshewasaboardHeadintheClouds.Andsinceitwaslikelythattheyhad,eitherdirectlyorindirectly,gleanedthefactfromTakeshiKovacs,shewouldwanttoknowhowheknew.Shewouldwanttoknowhowmuchheknew,andhowmuchhehadtoldthepolice.

           ShewouldwanttotalktoOrtega.

           Ifastenedthewristsealsofthestealthsuitandwaited.WecompletedourthirdcircuitofHeadintheClouds.

           "You’dbettercomeaboard,"saidKawaharafinally."Starboardlandingbeacon.Followitin,they’llgiveyouacode."

           TheLock-Mitwasequippedwithareardispatchtube,asmaller,civilianvariantofthedroplauncherthatonmilitarymodelswasintendedforsmartbombsorsurveillancedrones.ThetubewasaccessedthroughthefloorofthemaincabinandwithacertainamountofcontortionIfittedinside,completewithstealthsuit,gravharnessandassortedweaponry.We’dpractisedthisthreeorfourtimesontheground,butnowwiththetransportswingingintowardsHeadintheClouds,itsuddenlyseemedalongandcomplicatedprocess.Finally,IgotthelastofthegravharnessinsideandOrtegarappedonceonthesuit’shelmetbeforesheslammedthehatchdownandburiedmeindarkness.

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