Kojima Kanako looked at Suzuki Shinji. He hadn't recognized her yet. The Kanako from before had been dirty and ugly, intentionally unremarkable, like a jiaozi out of place in the city. The current her was a product of Xisheng's elite assembly line, a crystallization of Honma Noriko's excellent genetic material.
"The neural network engineer, Xu Yang, who defected from the Kyushu High Pavilion, do you know him?" Mireya got straight to the point.
"What Xu Yang?" Suzuki Shinji had completely forgotten. "Or was it Xu Sheep?"
"Please have his will etched into the consciousness chip for scanning the data, my company will pay." Mireya addressed the staff behind Suzuki Shinji.
"Yes." The staff extended their hand, ready to take Suzuki Shinji away.
"Stop! I remember! I remember!" Suzuki Shinji shouted. "I remember—a hacker came, helped us take down the Toshiaki Megastore."