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He walked calmly now No need to draw attention to hilanced inside The Zavala replica was at the wheel just as he was supposed to be, but Nagano’s facsimile was nowhere to be found Too bad

Han cli lot and directly to the factory”

If he could get to the helicopter, he would be out of Japanese airspace in less than an hour

The Zavala robot put the car in gear, drove a few feet and then stopped “Will this be cash or credit?”

“What?”

“Transportation program requires the use of currency”

Han thought he was hearing things The voice soundedhe would have approved What the hell kind of accent had Gao downloaded anyway? “Override all programs and drive me to the CNR factory,” he ordered “Immediately”

The answer sounded like an old machine from sixties television “Instruction errorDoes not computeInstruction errorDoes not compute”

“I’ you a direct command!”

At this, the figure in the front seat turned toward hirinned at him with a wicked smile “And I’m Joe Zavala,” it said, the voice suddenly normal “And you are not the boss of me”

The childish joke was enough for Han to see the truth He grabbed for the door, but it swung open before he could touch the handle

Austin, Nagano and a squad of policerabbed hiainst the car, Austin grinned sly “Humans: three,” he said “Robots: one Game over”

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SHANGHAI

AT THE OFFICE in Shanghai, Wen Li and General Zhang watched the incident unfold live Replays and descriptions ran in an endless loop Co co of Han’s mechanical assassin