Brainrush 04 - Everlast 01: Everlast by Bard Richard

Author:Bard, Richard [Bard, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Retail
ISBN: 9780692321362
Publisher: Richard\Bard
Published: 2014-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Hong Kong

WITNESSING THE SCENE on several live video feeds in the Hong Kong control room, Jiaolong bolted to his feet when the American disappeared over the sill. “He jumped out the window,” he shouted into his headset to the guards hunkering down in the hallway outside the room. “After him, you idiots.”

The images jiggled and bounced as the three guards scrambled down the stairs and out the front door. They panned left and right but there was no sign of Bronson.

“Split up and find him!” Jiaolong ordered. He ripped off the headset and tossed it into his command chair. The techs and engineers averted their gazes. Even Lin stepped back. But sister Zhin kept her cool and took control of the situation.

“Activate Passcode,” she ordered. “Tap into the city’s surveillance and facial recognition systems. I want every camera in Amsterdam looking for him.” Hands blurred over keyboards and the large wall screen split into dozens of smaller views of people on sidewalks, cafes, parks, plazas, and public transportation areas, digital squares jumping from face to face as each was analyzed against the blueprint of Jake Bronson’s features.

The speed with which the Passcode system had penetrated the secure system was astounding, Jiaolong thought, and the fact that its owners would be unaware their system had been hijacked brought a smile to his face.

All because of his video game.

Zhin added, “Have one of our Interpol teams input a BOLO for the Netherlands, and be prepared to expand it to neighboring countries if we don’t locate him within the hour.”

“Should we include an order to apprehend?” Pak asked.

Zhin took a moment to consider. “Yes, but only as a person of interest, a key witness. We don’t want someone to shoot him by mistake.”

Jiaolong stopped pacing and nodded his approval. Lin moved beside him. “You are truly brilliant,” she said softly, motioning toward the video wall. “Look at what your system allows you to do. And this is only a single facet of the jewel that you have created.”

“I am pleased,” he admitted. “But my grandfather—”

“Mr. Bronson will be in our hands soon enough, my love. And from what we witnessed earlier, he can save him.”

He nodded, recalling the interaction they’d watched between Bronson and his grandfather, captured from various angles by the hidden cameras Jiaolong’s people had installed throughout the Everlast facility. When his grandfather had revealed the true nature of his health condition, Jiaolong had seen the flicker of compassion in Bronson’s expression, and when the two of them had been mentally linked, his grandfather had responded like never before, his artificial voice remaining calm throughout the process. His grandfather had come out of it convinced Bronson could make it happen. But something had frightened the American and he’d shrunk back from the prospect of helping, leaving Jiaolong’s dying grandfather without so much as a backward glance.

You will pay for that.

“The video footage was useful, was it not?” Lin asked.

“It was outstanding,” he agreed. He thought back to the interrogation. “Though sister Min’s methods could use a little work.

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