t entrance of Koed at teeming end of Natrip of els, mid-range fasores, restaurants, cafes, bars, jeores and electronics ss at grossly inflated prices. Despite tradition of bargaining in many of tail establiss lining ts, it er indeed  or item bougill considered a bargain by a mostly tourist clientele.

    tmosp tinctly touristy, traced s of illegal immigration, visitors from less affluent countries in Asia and Africa ayed trong Muslim element on Nat prayer time ourists oe marble dome of Kos four minarets defiantly proclaiming taoism, Buddianity are tizens fulfill their need for religion.

    tain anyty to tsimssui, traddling tands in stark contrast to prim and proper  across Victoria   never graduated from   sure knows o ime.

    In to be a Britisary base overlooking toria ion policies of successive s ed in t, no matter  for commerce and t buck remained unquenchable.

    Li Jin’s slorain from Beijing arrived at t Rail Station, knoon Railation in pre-unification times, at approximately ternoon. It en-rip from Beijing, yet t like it aken forever. It aken o emerge from toms c. Nobody ion officers, sated from lunc seem to  icket to Xian for eig same nigosimssui.

    tedium of ts t ime to fine-tune ily constructed plans. ruct to pick up a disposable mobile p one of tted around es in complete anonymity.

    ty console in train compartment. Part of tor  of motion sickness, but it ely useable. Li Jin ed until tment, a young man  and ed girlfriend and a middle-aged academic type, o Sunday’s e. en alk time in Kracion o Kracifying o pick up tered tact list. Next  up an instruction o immediately transfer any payments over t forty eigo an obscure account h a bank in Xian, Shaanxi Province.

    Li Jin seeming Nato te neon signage jutting out on to treet in various s up again.  before train pulled into tation and o see t Krac  Kraco cyberspace from a server t belonged to tel just doo o a gray steel and glass building just a stone’s throw from Kowloon Park.

    Li Jin kept rained on any one ed o be tailing s but ly American and Britisourists. er in Beijing and certain sdoor markets t catered almost exclusively to Russian traders ravelled via Siberia and Mongolia to buy goods in Ne quite easily. o one of t doled out queue numbers, took a number and sat doal seats facing ters. to tonese, wed easy ricoday.

    Li Jin  t, figuring out t spot to make transaction.  precisely 5.38PM and instruct ing. Given t Kracaying at tel, Li Jin figured t trance beside Koime o tion, Li Jin ing a plan in er t managed tructed o o counter number eigher lucky number.

    ten minutes later, Li Jin ed tum neuroprocessor in a bearer safety deposit box. tents of tomatically belonged to anyone  ions despite ted risk. As  about tions of ime.  o Russian mobsters o terrorists or criminal syndicates? If t t tentially bring about a major disruption in t t good  t of a poo take advantage of it? An AI like Black Jade. You could fabricate as many of ted but  t soft increased its performance over time. Even  and computing poelligent soft muced on meaningless applications.

    A sign outside a mall called tre announced t t in t. Li Jin entered t  in goose pimples, or cioning oo ioned sering  and oppressive y. tificially cooled interior reminded Li Jin of t tsing he would probably never see again.

    As ors to t Li Jin felt t strange feeling people cor moving in te direction. A small Caring intently at or  by. Li Jin’s  skipped a beat. takably been one of recognition. t Li Jin udying ensity of a predator about to pounce on its prey. Li Jin turned t of sigarted or. As soon as  ttom, Li Jin broke into a run.