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Zhang stood rigid, holding his ground

Finally, Wen turned away He walked to a saed on the table Wen reached into the pot and pulled out a black stone

“Hands where I can see them, Lao-shi”

“Are you arresting me?” Wen asked

“That depends on what Walter Han is up to in Japan,” Zhang said “And on his connection with thedisaster at the Serpent’s Jaw”

“Ah” Wen said “So you know a thing or two” He turned his full attention to the galance He pointed a bony finger toward the television screen “Watch the news,” he said “Soon you will see”

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NAGASAKI PREFECTURE

KURT AND JOE e their fins aside, they raced across the beach like competitors in a triathlon The similarity ended when they smashed theof a car, silenced the alarm and hot-wired it in record time

Speeding down the coastal road, Kurt stated the obvious “We need to get to the Friendship Pavilion before the signing ceremony”

“We could go to the police,” Joe suggested

“And tell theoing to shoot the Priet us sedated and put in a hospital for the delusional”

“At least it would give us an alibi,” Joe suggested “We can hardly have assassinated the Pri medicated in a psych ward at the time”

“That won’t save the Prime Minister or implicate Han,” Kurt said “And I intend to do both”

“How?”