Chapter Four: A Dead Man’s Twenty-Million-Credit Debt

Prism’s probability of death crashed from 99.7 percent to 41. The Exchange revalued the position. 【RMB 97,000,000 liability has been securitized.】 【Value, due to discovery of a recoverable concealed obligor: 31,000,000 credits.】 【Seller’s discovery award: 8,000,000 credits.】 Lu’s liquid balance cleared eight million in an instant. Pei rose, slamming his cane against the floor. “Lu Chen!” He used his real voice. Every eye turned. The old man tore away his wig and peeled elderly silicone from half his face. A thirty-two-year-old emerged beneath the wrinkles, a fresh burn scar crossing his right brow. “Who died in the warehouse?” Lu asked. “A man willing to sell me his name.” A bell chimed across the Exchange.