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“Then how?”

“You said yourself there were survivors”

Oni’s face turned a new shade Anger and sickness mixed

Han continued “If you want to live out your days in anything but wretched poverty and constant hiding, you’ll need more than just a modicuh money to last an eternity”

Fro it between two fingers, he offered it to Oni, who hesitated and then snatched it away

Oni unfolded the paper to see an incredibly accurate drawing of his face, right down to the fishhook-shaped scar on his lip Below the draas a diagraly accurate

Boiling with rage, he ripped the paper into shreds and threw it back at Han in a swirl of confetti

Han shrugged “I’m sure the police have duplicates”

“It doesn’t matter”

“You know it does,” Han snapped “It n as the Deht is over To make matters worse, you have no friends left No one to help you That is the life of a ronin—in the end, you die alone I’ a way out, if you’re up to it, but it requires you to bring so to me”

“And what ht that be? Another head on a platter?”

“That you’ll do for free,” Han said “What I need now is infor sword”

“Sword?”

“I assume you’ve heard of the Honjo Masamune?”

“Of course I have,” Oni said “It’s only thesince the end of World War Two Either the Americans took it or—”