Majeneral Wang』s voy of 4x4s drove through the gates of the former No. 455 Military Hospital on Shanghai』s Huaihai Road and stopped in front of the dilapidated Southern Ameri mansion on the grounds. The headlights from the vehicles revealed white paint peeling off ns of crumbling crete. In the surrounding darkhe untended hedges of the garden threw strange shadows. High above, yellow light streamed out into the night from open French windows.
The PLA driver prodded Lieutenant Liu, who was sn in the front passenger seat. The lieutenant rubbed his eyes sleepily, realized where he was and quickly got out of the car and opehe door for the majeneral who gave him a disapproving look. The door to the dilapidated mansion opened and another PLA officer came out to greet the majeneral.
「Majeneral Wang, hope you had a good trip sir,」 the officer said ceremoniously.
「What is the situation?」 the majeneral asked, as he lit a cigarette. He was tired and had no patience for protocol. The fact that the Shanghaiese officer was not being a sycophant did not go unnoticed.
「The servers are in the trol room. Everything is ready for the iion.」
「And the tingency Plan?」
「Everything is ready, awaiting your and majeneral.」 The PLA man hahe majeneral a small silver device. The device disappeared into the majeneral』s inside jacket pocket.
「Double the guard on the main facility and increase patrols of the grounds. We are expeg unwele guests. If there are any intruders, let them in, inform me personally and follow them closely,」 the majeneral ordered.
The small army of PLA followed the majeneral』s bulk into the mansion. The gravity of the situation was evident on their faces as they trudged through the main foyer of the house and up a spiral staircase to the trol room. The servers had been unpacked a up on a worktop to one side of the room. A bank of twelve plasma monitors showed the vital signs of the work and its subjects. On a work table below the monitors sat an array of green -built virtual reality gloves and goggles. The population figures on the monitors still read 2009 and on seeing this Lieutenant Liu and his team of teis moved towards a bank of soles and started wearily tapping at keyboards.
Majeneral Wang stood to one side of the trol room rapt in thought. If the AI was successfully ied and the hacker caught, he may yet be able to salvage the projed his future. The tide was beginning to turn. He had received a couple of calls on his cell while on his way to the hospital that indicated that things were on the mend. The assassin had met with success. Miakahashi was no more. Tomorrow the Yamaguchi-gumi would be in chaos as various fa heads fought for the leadership. The Tokyo police would clude that this was an assassination by one of the gang leaders in an attempt to assume the leadership. Surveillan the gang would be stepped up. Rival gangs would attempt to use the fusion to muscle in on the Yamaguchi』s numerous territories. The gang would splinter, heads would roll and amid all the chaos they would fet all about Kenzo Yamamoto』s little scheme to infiltrate his work.
Three of the Yakuza』s members had been apprehe Hongqiao Airport and at this very moment were being driven to the hospital. These were the meo kill him? He would make sure they fessed and then subject them to a living hell. There was no news yet on the hacker Caldwell but the majeneral khat he would surfa Shanghai and if he was as g