Sol Arbiter Box Set: Books 1-5 by Chaney J.N. & Shen Jia

Author:Chaney, J.N. & Shen, Jia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Variant Publications
Published: 2021-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

11

I was afraid Ivanovich might have wandered off, but there wasn’t really anywhere for the man to go. The other passengers had continued on into the lead car, but Ivanovich had stopped in the adjacent one. We found him sitting with his legs stretched out, looking as pleased as I had ever seen him look. “What’s so funny, Ivanovich?” asked Jones. “You do realize we almost died there?”

Sasha shrugged. “Of course. I am thankful for the protection of such… highly trained professionals.” He waved his hand in a wide sweep through the air as he said it and we all just looked at him, unsure of whether he was mocking us somehow or not.

I concluded that he was just happy he had someone else to do his fighting for him. Or his dying, if it came to that.

“Never mind him.” I turned to Jones and Veraldi. “What was that all about? There’s no way a low-rent outfit like Geneicide has the resources for that.”

Vincenzo was staring out the window, looking for the next threat. “I agree. That wasn’t Geneicide. That wasn’t any syndicate. As powerful as they are here, they just don’t have the ability to create anything like that. And they don’t have the money to buy it either.”

“Don’t keep us in suspense.” Andrew Jones was examining his wound, which turned out to not be as serious as it had initially looked despite producing a lot of blood. Even so, the front of his shirt was wet and sticky, and there was blood running down his body and pooling on the floor at his feet. He winced as he examined the shallow cuts. “My guts aren’t going to fall out on the floor anytime soon. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I’m a fucking mess.”

Veraldi turned and saw what he was doing. “We need a first aid kit, but for now we’ll have to get some more clothes somehow and tear off strips to bind that up.” He turned back to the window as the train crossed a bridge, looking down on the rooftops below. “To me, the nanosuits and augments suggest a government-backed unit. You don’t get that kind of money from crime. You get it from taxes.”

Ivanovich laughed. “And the difference is?”

Veraldi scowled at him. “So, you’re one of those. I should have guessed.”

“Well, Sasha?” I asked. “What about it? Were those cyborgs from Ares Terrestrial, or weren’t they?”

“Oh, they’re definitely from the company. I built them.”

Jones frowned at him. “Explain.”

“The two cyborgs we just saw were created in my Nursery. In a way, they are my children. Of course, these children have no sense of gratitude. They’d probably take special delight in tearing me apart.”

“Then why do you look so goddamn happy about it?” asked Jones. “For a creepy guy, you’re acting outright unhinged.”

“I suppose in a way it’s just hysteria, a reaction to the fact that I’m still alive. Whatever. There’s some pride in knowing that my creations are every bit as formidable as I intended them to be.

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