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Brekker narrowed his eyes at Polten, whose lip twitched ever so slightly A liar knew a liar, and Polten certainly wasn’t sharing the whole truth about the shipment of the Typhoon pills

“The ship was never found?”

“Not until recently,” Polten said “Some recreational divers found the wreck buried in sand, so the US agency na a vessel to secure any live ht still be on board”

“Does NUMA know about the cargo?”

“I doubt it It was top secret at the tiway That must be why the NUMA ship isn’t scheduled to arrive for another three weeks” Polten showed Brekker a map of the sunken Pearsall’s position at an uninhabited atoll near Samar Island “But Locsin o We have to find hi that formula”

“Why is this for at Davis, as analyzing the tablet “You already have the pill sample”

“It’s coredient is a plant that grows only in the Philippines The proble that grows on only one island With seven thousand islands in the chain, each with its own endemic species, the plant we need would be virtually impossible to find without that formula”

“And with that formula, you could make as much Typhoon as you wanted?”

“Sure,” Davis piped in as he continued his analysis “As long as you had the forood supply of the plant, anybody with a cheree could make it”

Polten’s eyes blazed with anger at Davis’s interjection and he hastily added, “But to reduce the extre and reformulation”

“I see,” Brekker said He glanced at Van Der Waal, who responded with the barest nod

“Got confirmation,” Davis said triu sinal Typhoon formulation”

“You’re sure?” Brekker said

“No doubt”

“Now,” Polten said, “I want to kno you plan to find—”