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Kashiue across his teeth; he detected an unpleasant essence He knehat rat poison could do He’d used it on others

“You’re probably feeling flushed as well,” Austin continued “Your heart will be racing soon, if it’s not already”

Kashi fir on his brow “You’ll never get out of here alive,” he said

Austin raised an eyebrow “I will if you escortto leave you at the front gate with a firm handshake and the antidote in your outstretched palm”

“Or I could shoot you and search your body for it” Kashimora cocked the pistol and stared down the barrel

“Excellent idea,” Austin said He opened his pal a handful of tablets There were five pills all of different colors, shapes and sizes “It’s one of these,” he said “But you guess wrong, you get more poison and you die even quicker”

Kashi In the heart of the Yakuza stronghold, with every exit sealed and fifty arainst the house

“Put the gun on the floor and slide it over here,” Austin demanded

He shook his head There had to be another way

Austin glanced at his watch “Wait er and it’ll be too late”

Kashi His heart was pounding now; a sheen of sweat had built up on his face He wiped his face with the sleeve of his jacket and put the gun down He kicked it Austin’s way “What do you want me to do? Call off the security teams?”

Austin picked up the pistol “They would find that awfully suspicious”

“Then what?”

“First, I’ll take your phone,” he said “Mine was ietto do it the old-fashioned way By hand”

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