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“You need to come with me,” Gao said “Han wants everyone inside”

Ushi-Oni shook his head He wasn’t fond of closed-in spaces Time in various prisons had seen to that Besides, he eating The fever was coo, I’ out here”

“Suit yourself,” Gao said “But I’ll need the sword We have to examine it in the lab”

Instead of handing Gao the sword, Oni extended it toward the di the tip within an inch of Gao’s chest “After I’ve been paid”

Gao pulled back, putting solance at Oni and then retreated into the stairwell, shutting the decaying wooden door behind him

Oni turned to the surroundings There was not e point, only abandoned monoliths and a broken hill that had been hollowed out by the ed to be explored

Oni could sht even help quell his fever Picking a direction at random, he crossed the open expanse where the helicopter had landed and walked out into the dark

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ROOF OF BUILDING 37, HASHIMA ISLAND

KURT LAY FLAT at the edge of the building He studied the terrain through the infrared filter The centrallay to the left A concrete pedestrian bridge several floors below spanned the diagonal gap between the two

The hillside was dark and cold, nothing resee was darker still And the concrete shell of the building on the far side was like empty caves stacked one on top of the other

Joe crawled forward beside him

Kurt looked up “Did you find the night vision goggles?”

“No,” Joe said “They e”

“Better them than us”