The police copy finishes burning into Gwen’s locked case file. Razor’s hardened array is disconnected and packed for transport; the spare export token is gone, while the restrained bounty hunter remains secured in the sealed garage.
Gwen Armitage
I stay outside the official chain from here. If anyone asks, this is an unsanctioned field lead, and I never received the copy.
Reina sweeps the residence exit with a handheld spectrum reader, checking license pings, drone reflections, and dormant municipal sensors before unlocking the service passage.
Reina Sato
No active tail. Two cameras are blind, but one traffic node refreshed its handshake. We move before it finishes correlating the route.
Vesper takes the lead through rain-wet maintenance corridors, Razor’s jacket still closed around her shoulders. Gwen follows beside Razor, while Reina ghosts behind them, watching the network.
Vesper
The club is popular enough to attract executives, fixers, and their disposable confidants. Its back channels may identify which Lazarus personnel kept company with the victims.
Reina Sato
If Lazarus is watching the club, they will expect Vesper to return alone. They will not expect three vectors and a hardened archive.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach Vesper’s club
✓ Quest Accepted
Determine whether Vesper is a reliable guide to the Lazarus conspiracy