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is search and turned toward Yevchenko “The lab was annihilated We used enough explosives to bring down a city block The ther to cinders All record of what they were atte was destroyed And, before that, I shot every one of those poor bastards myself”

“Someone survived”

“Impossible”

“The experiain,” Yevchenko explained, “in secret”

Gregorovich looked away, taking a deep breath of the pure Siberian air He figured there was a less sinister explanation

“You kneerethe inevitable,” he said “If this scientific theory is valid, eventually someone else will stumble onto it and coe will come from another avenue One day, there will be a solar panel that is one hundred percent efficient or a way to econoy from the tides or the waves or the wind When that happens, there will be no more need for the Gazproms, Aramcos, or Exxons of this world”

“Yes, of course!” Yevchenko shouted “But let it happen a hundred years from now We’ve spent a hundred billion dollars over the last three years, buying up new reserves of oil and natural gas Huge portions of the governone into infrastructure for our industry We cannot have those investments be wasted Not now, not at this juncture”

Gregorovich went back to his search, pressing down the long grass with his boots, following the trail of blood “Even if the Japanese develop this system, it will take decades to build out the infrastructure,” he said “Decades e the world”

“No,” Yevchenko said “When the change coadgets of the rich Now they blanket the Earth The trillion dollars spent on landlines for the world’s phone co worthlessness”

Gregorovich still hadn’t found the pigeon He paused to focus on his old mentor once more “Not like you to show fear, my friend Perhaps you’ve lived in the co”

“No need for jealousy, you could have joined me”

“And live in fear like you?” Gregorovich shook his head “You’re screa-shot possibility That doesn’t add up to me What is it that really scares you?”

Yevchenko seemed to shiver a little more He hesitated and then finally spoke “I’ve received a threat It claims ill suffer for e did It comes from Thero himself It includes details only someone as there would know It proed, that their blood will be repaid a ned for peace will now be used for war”

Gregorovich considered this He couldn’t i the explosions and fire he’d caused The lab had been turned into a s crater two hundred feet wide The fire had burned so hot that Gregorovich and another co distance away “So his name to scare you”