After leaving Unit 14, Adam did not go straight home.
He still had another line to pull.
The company had the push now. Kiri had the file. Kenji and Shinju understood enough to move. That meant Adam's next work was outside the office again, and the first person he needed to use was Gonda.
Adam changed routes twice, found a telephone booth far from Old Switch Lane, and called him.
Gonda answered after the second ring.
"Send me the details of both gangs," Adam said. "The one willing to come in and the one refusing. Names, leaders, locations, and anything useful."
He did not greet him. He did not explain.
Gonda opened his mouth, but the call ended before he could ask why Wil needed both sides.
For a few seconds he sat in silence with the phone still against his ear.
Then his fingers tightened around it.
This alliance felt wrong.
