Inukai stared in horror, his eyes wide, and hurriedly backed away from Dan Heng, his lips trembling involuntarily.
"Y-you, how did you get here?! Yamada, why didn't you tell me he was here!"
"Don't bother struggling. String Bean intercepted your network signals long ago. No matter what happens outside, you have no way of knowing."
"What! Yamada-"
Inukai called for Yamada over and over, but only silence answered him. Yamada said nothing, like an ostrich burying its head in the dirt.
"It seems he's already abandoned you and run."
Dan Heng coldly stated the truth. Unlike Inukai, Yamada had no physical body. As the person who had single-handedly built Los Angeles's data network, even with String Bean taking action, it was impossible to seal off every location completely. There had to be some secret channels only he knew about.
Inukai, however, wasn't so lucky.
Meanwhile, Amir, who thought he had hit the jackpot, was in a club, surrounded by beautiful women. He sprawled out, holding a glass of fine wine whose price he didn't know.
He was completely unaware of his situation.
"That Himeko, that damned Huaxia woman, was just lucky. She started with a fully equipped train. When it comes down to it, I'm much stronger than her now. If I get the chance, I'll have to let her know who's really the strongest."
Amir clenched his fist, and the tremendous strength of his cybernetic implant crushed the glass in his hand.
The waiter standing beside him smiled and offered a polite reminder.
"Sir, you'll have to pay for that."
"Oh?"
Amir looked up and slapped the waiter across the face. Several teeth flew from the waiter's mouth, and he fell straight to the floor, half his face swollen. Amir rinsed his hand with red wine.
"You dare question