Nociceptor: A Military Cyberpunk Thriller by J. N. Chaney & Jia Shen
Author:J. N. Chaney & Jia Shen [Chaney, J. N. & Shen, Jia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Cyberpunk
ISBN: 9798710195277
Amazon: B08WSHBL9D
Publisher: Independently published
Published: 2021-02-15T22:00:00+00:00
14
I returned to London that afternoon and went directly to the safehouse in Chelsea. When I walked in, there was no one in sight.
âEdward? Anyone here?â I lifted my voice to carry through the rooms.
âOne minute, Jean-Paul,â Edward called from his bedroom. I sat down on a chair in the living room and checked my messages. I gestured in the air and tabbed through, noticing a confirmation that Samara had already updated my prescriptions.
Edward came out of his room a moment later, swiping through something himself. His eyes were unfocused, and his attention distracted, yet he walked through the living room as though heâd lived here for months.
I watched him pace along the couch. Iâd never seen this absentminded side of his personality before, but I assumed he was reviewing something he intended to show me. When he finally stopped, he looked down at me and said, âIâm sending you what I have.â
The file transferred to my dataspike in seconds, and I opened it to find an archive with dozens of entries.
âWhat am I looking at here?â I asked him, seeing only that it had something to do with Jovani Pang.
âI think I found a connection, although Iâm not sure what it means. It might explain why Pang seems to think heâs so important. Take a look at his past addresses.â
I scrolled through and brought it up. There were gaps in Pangâs history, but the addresses showed that he had mostly lived in the Xiâan area, with stints in St. Petersburg and even Siberia.
âNow take a look at the collection titled Location Subject Two.â
I brought that up as well and saw considerable overlap between the two lists. They werenât an exact match by any means, but Subject Two had spent time in the same cities, at roughly the same times, and in the same order. The pattern suggested that one of the two was actively trying to follow the other one. And based on the timing, it looked like Pang was following Subject Two.
âOkay, more than a little interesting,â I admitted.
âNow have a look at the bank transfers between Pang and the Solomon Company.â
I reviewed the transfers and saw that the Solomon Company had made a number of payments to Pang over the years, in varying but fairly large amounts.
âOkay.â I nodded. âSo what does the Solomon Company do?â
âThey donât seem to do anything. In theory, theyâre an investment company, but I couldnât find any evidence that anyone but Jovani Pang had ever invested in anything.â
âCompany ownership?â
âI gave it a try, but the Solomon Company is owned by another completely notional corporation, which is owned by yet another, which is owned by still another. Itâs a shell corporation to obscure the real ownership. Take a look at the collection marked Transfers to SC.â
I saw that the Solomon Company had received a large transfer from the Benison Fund. âThat name sounds familiar.â
âThe Benison Fund?â he replied. âA private charity, mostly known for its disaster relief donations. Founded by Ivan Solovyov.â
A chill ran down my neck at the name.
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