Chapter Four: The Two-Hundred-Million Medical

“This center is specified by contract,” Harris said. “Refusal constitutes voluntary termination.” “Then we stay,” Lu replied. “But inspect the equipment.” An engineer opened the nerve tester. Beside the motherboard sat an unmarked module. It could not create illness, but it could delay a normal signal by twelve milliseconds—enough to manufacture peripheral neuropathy on a report. Kane's face hardened. Harris turned toward the exit and found a guard in his way. “A maintenance error,” he said. “Nothing to do with Oracle.” Lu could not prove who had installed it. Then a young center-back in the waiting area rose for a photograph with Kane and shook Lu's hand. 【NOAH COSTA. TWELVE-MONTH TRUE PERFORMANCE VALUE: €18 MILLION.】