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"How does this work?" I ask

She walks over and nods at an On button hovering near the surface of the desk, but doesn’t try to touch it "You’re the only one who can turn on your work area," she says "Press that"

I touch it The instant I do, the previously blank desk lights up soft stripes in our teae for raphic screen rises up from the desk It’s a standard desktop display--except it’s floating in midair These types of desktops have only recently started shipping in the States, and they’re, of course, way out of e

Hammie smiles at my expression "Swipe the screen toward your walls," she says

I touch the screen with two fingers, thenThe display on the screen followsfrom the screen onto the wall, where it fills up the entire space, fullyroom has the best work area, of course," Hammie adds "But this is in all of our roos"

If the same system is installed downstairs, then each room’s desktop isn’t nearly as secure as she thinks it is I can work et into each of their individual systeardless of who the work area is tailored for I seous, wall-size display "Thanks"

"I was starting to think no American would ever be the number one pick" Hammie tucks a curl behind her ear "Nice to have you on the teae" She winks and turns away before I can respond

I stay where I am until she steps out of my room and the door slides shut behind her Then I put my hands on my hips and admire the room My space In the Phoenix Riders’ official house I walk over to where s have been delivered and placed byI prop them carefully up on the shelf They look sine Dad standing beside lasses up Well, well

At the thought of oes to ainst the door, it slides open, revealing a space as large as the studio where Keira and I lived

Holy hell

The closet is already filled with an assorth-end brand I stare in disbelief before I walk inside, running ers Each item is easily worth thousands--shirts, jeans, dresses, coats, shoes, purses and clutches, belts and jewelry My hand stops at the shoe rack, where I pick up an exquisite pair of white, red, and green kicks that sold studs Like everything else in the closet, the shoes still have a tag hanging on the card

GUCCI

Official Sponsor of

Warcross Chaifts No wonder every professional player always looks like they just stepped off a runway I slip off my orn boots, tuck them carefully in one corner, and then try on the new shoes They fit like a glove

An hour flies by while I feverishly try on everything in my closet There’s even a shelf dedicated to face masks in all colors and patterns, an accessory I’ve seen worn all over Tokyo I try a few of the their straps over each of ht be a good thing to have if I need to go around the city unrecognized

When I’m done, I stand there, still decked out in lavish ite in here costs more than my entire debt before Hideo erased it

Hideo

I shakeback, and step out of my closet There’ll be plenty of time later to admire all of this--for now, back to work Hideo had made sure that I would be drafted onto a team, but noould be up to er the Phoenix Riders stay in the chaate the players

At this very moment, other hunters are probably hot on Zero’s trail, reporting their findings to Hideo while I gape at my neardrobe They would have been at the Wardraft, too What if they also saw the dark silhouette perched in the ceiling’s scaffolding? Right now, soht already be doo around inup my shields and switch to the anonymous, invisible version of e of my bed and pull up the screenshot I’d taken earlier of the doe is a 3-D capture, one that I can rotate froht all of the data and code running in the dome at the moment of capture