Grand Theft Rapier

[Zettsu]

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He nodded and left Adachi's ship. Newport once used to be a Junker station, but was abandoned after Yanagi Pocket was cleared out by ALG. Some Freelancers took it over, looking for a quiet place of refuge, and soon the news started spreading around Rheinland, Kusari and even Omicrons about its reopening. Very much like a Freeport, free flow of any type of goods here was permitted, and even encouraged. It was as easy to buy a shipful of Cardamine as to get a shiv in the ribs.

He looked around their landing bay. Not many people were around, some skeleton crew providing with repairs and one other small freighter. Its pilot was nowhere to be found. Zettsu felt a bit lost, so he directed his steps to the most obvious place possible - the bar.

He sat by the counter, ordered a cup of mint tea and looked around. Some bored GMG miners were here, probably looking for a break from the job at Naha and Helgoland. A man of a difficult to judge profession talked to an ALG employee. A lone Chrysanthemum woman sat in the corner, seemingly ready to fire a headshot to the first guy trying to make a pass at her.

The last person sitting in the bar was an older dude sipping beer under the wall. Zettsu looked a bit more carefully and noticed a small tube running from his nose to somewhere under the man's clothing. "Bingo," he said under his breath and smiled lightly. He turned back towards the counter and started drinking the tea. Adachi will have the target.

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