Case took the pink handset from its cradle and punched a Hongkong number from memory. He let it ring five times, then hung up. His buyer for the three megabytes of hot RAM in the Hitachi wasn’t taking calls.
He punched a Tokyo number in Shinjuku.
A woman answered, something in Japanese.
`Snake Man there?’
`Very good to hear from you,’ said Snake Man, coming in on an extension. `I’ve been expecting your call.’
`I got the music you wanted.’ Glancing at the cooler.
`I’m very glad to hear that. We have a cash flow problem. Can you front?’
`Oh, man, I really need the money bad…’
Snake Man hung up.
`You shit,’ Case said to the humming receiver. He stared at the cheap little pistol.
`Iffy,’ he said, `it’s all looking very iffy tonight.’
RNN ??
Neuromancer. (Unrelated, evidently Apple TV is releasing a Neuromancer series in January.)
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