Hotaru no Haka

[Eppy]

Tekashi Saito knew he was in trouble.

Someone had broken into their computers; it was well done, but there were always traces. He was staring at the code remnants on his terminal now. They hadn't tried to hack any money; no, that would have made his life so much easier, the Shogun would cover all of Samura's losses there, but the Vice President of Rheinland Distribution (Junior Executive's Office Suite, Shinagawa Station) now had much, much bigger problems on his hands. Specifically, Kyosuke Mishima.

Mishima Mobilization was the name of a relatively small shipping firm; it controlled about sixty or so freighters of varying sizes, the largest of which were its six Advanced Trains. It was an independent hauler of Deuterium for a small offshoot of Kruger Mining and Metals, who preferred its services to the larger shipping firms because, for a slightly higher price per ton, fuels could arrive next day instead of the week or so it took an order to process through BowEx or Samura's own distribution apparatus. They didn't make up a particularly large dent in Samura's profits; they were insignificant.

Or they would have been. But Saito's associates on of the sides of Kusari that didn't have to pay taxes had it that the Lane Hackers had been the ones slicing Saito's mainframe. They had also noticed that, apparently, the numbers were off. By quite a bit, in fact; a good $500,000,000 had appeared a scant month ago in one of Saito's personal acounts on Kyushu. The data had gone to 'the highest bidder'. Mishima had a brother who ran away from home; they were famous back at Primary School, the Deadly Duo. Kyosuke provided the muscle and planning, Hatsuharu the computer skills and good appearances. Chances were there was only one person at that particular data auction.

Tekashi knew there was only one thing to do. Much as he hated this kind of cat's paw, his ass was on the line, and an embezzlement trial was not on his mind. He pulled up his messenger and began to type; the Hogosha would have to take care of this one. Azure Tanto, specifically; he came highly recommended. Time to put some of that hard-stolen money to work...

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.