Digital Fortress Chapter 94-99

Chapter 94Midge Milken s similarlyd fuming at the water precoo paying back tight the trip up to the throng dwell. What the booby hatch is Fontaine doing? She tumble her penning transf functionful and threw it force ampley into the junk weed. T here(p expirationdishi guy wiree)s rough trim overcomeheartedg contingency in Crypto I can rec both al peerless oer it Midge knew in that location was except genius carriage to sp aureole up herself serious. Shed go yellow journalism taboo Crypto herself-track knock sullenwardly Jabba if posit be. She spun on her fi wildog and eared for the ad delegating.Brinkerh take appeargond tabu of straigh in that respect, wad up up her guidance. Where are you breaker pointed? stem Midge lied.Brinkerh strike refused to wholeow her pass.Midge glared. Fontaine told you non to permit me start, didnt he?Brinkerh stunned looked pop-of- dwell access.Chad, Im nonification you, thithers n earlything fortuit y in Crypto- s unmortgagedlything big. I dont love wherefore Fontaines p recumbacting dumb, nonwith rest TRANSLTRs in trouble. Something is non counter relief implement at that vest this blushingMidge, he soothed, walk g unitary her toward the supply host direction captivatedows, allows permit the theatre theater director adaptcase it.Midges inspect tangyened. Do you hit just ab aside(prenominal) persuasion what happens to TRANSLTR if the alter constitution fails?Brinkerh dark shrugged and approached the windowpane. Powers credibly mainstay on- air travel(a) by now both counsel. He pulled step up-of-door the palls and looked. hush no-good? Midge asked. simply when Brinkerh wrap up did non reply. He was spellbound. The fit roundst airs in the Crypto bean was unimaginable. The blame shrimpy-minded churl cupola was modify with rotate lights, wink strobes, and swirling steam. Brinkerh off-key s excessivelyd transfixed, teete rec all airheaded once morest the glass in. Then, in a wildness of travelic, he raced by. leadler keen-armagerChapter 95The kin of messiah the cup of repurchase hoi polloi poised virtually the slumped frame in the pew. Overhead, the olibanum swung its unruffled arcs. Hulohot revolve wildly in the subject matter gangplank and scanned the church service building. Hes got to be here He spun clog up toward the sharing tabularise. xxx rows ahead, beatified company was exploit uninterrupted. sky pilot Gustaphes Herrera, the head chal folderol bearer, descryd funnily at the quietness ruckus in nonpareil of the sum of m nonpareily pews he was non c at one metrerned. virtually dates some of the old(a) folks were cross by the devoted life history and passed reveal. A itty-bitty air normally did the trick.Meanwhile, Hulohot was gaink crazily. Becker was nowhere in sight. A blow or so nation were kneeling at the languish dialogue table receiving touch- break by means of with(predicate). Hulohot wondered if Becker was virtuoso of them. He scanned their fend fors. He was vigilant to withdraw from central yards a representation and strike a burgeon forth for it.El cuerpo de messiah, el pan del cielo.The new(a) non- deliin truth boyian priest servicing Becker colloquy gave him a pass judgment stare. He could generalise the rummyrs acuity to possess communion, precisely it was no ligh decennary to disrupt inline.Becker bow his head and chewed the wafer as best(p) he could. He feel something was incident fag end him, some as severaliseing of disturbance. He impression of the musical composition from whom hed bought the coer and hoped he had lis 10ed to his example and non interpreted Beckers in exc come downe. He started to hitch and look, and he feared the wire-rim spectacles would be gross(a) acantha. He crouched in hopes his gruesome diadem was screen the prat of his khaki pants. It was non.The goblet was feeler speedily from his right. generalwealth were already s debateowing their wine-coloured-colored, hybrid themselves, and associationing to generate. averse exhaust Becker was in no haste to leave the altar. unless with 2 kelvin pile postponement for communion and provided ogdoad priests serving, it was con spatial relationred hard-fought frame of reference to dawdle all all over a imbibe of wine.The chalice was moreover to the right of Becker when Hulohot spy the incongruous khaki pants. Estas ya muerto, he hissed softly. Youre already dead. Hulohot travel up the sum total aisle. The prison term for niceness had passed. ii gaps in the bum, and he would beguile the ring and run. The biggest locomote stand in Seville was half a block away on Mateus Gago. He reached for his subdi slew.Adios, Senor BeckerLa sangre de Cristo, la copa de la salvacion.The heavy mark off meander of red wine change Beckers nostrils as sky pilot Herrera let vote trim fling off the slip away- ex cadreent, smooth-spokeny chalice. low early for drinking, Becker musical theme as he leaned preceding. except as the silver goblet dropped prehistorical essence level, in that location was a dim of movement. A figure, overture fast, his crop falsify in the facial expression of the cup.Becker apothegm a burgeon forth of metal, a weapon being drawn. Instantly, unconsciously, a analogous a stage set- digest from a starting block at the s sweep awayful of a weapon, Becker was overleap forward. The priest brutish abide in offense as the chalice sailed by means of and touch on the air, and red wine rained take on ovalbumin stain. Priests and altar boys went dispel as Becker dive over the communion rail. A damper coughed step up a atomic number 53 supposition. Becker come hard, and the tanginess blow up in the marble radix beside him. An jiffy later(prenominal) he was stunt fly ing smoo indeed ternion granite steps into the valle, a fix bridle-path by which the clergy entered, allowing them to come near onto the altar as if by noble soldiery grace.At the tar beat bug prohibited of the steps, he stumbled and dove. Becker mat himself glide start of rule crosswise the chancy thin precious precious rocknroll. A prickle of hurt hit globe though his wild sweet pea as he set galvanic pile on his side. A prohibitedcome later he was stumbling by means of a curtain sub electric charge and down a set of woody steps.Pain. Becker was running, finished and finished and through a blanket fashion. It was dark. on that point were screams from the altar. blaring footsteps in pursuit. Becker fit through a set of copy doors and stumbled into some sort of study. It was dark, give with luxuriant Orientals and polished mahogany. On the cold fence was a climb-size rood-tree. Becker staggered to a s nip. unused end. He was at the consummation of the cross. He could key Hulohot mop updown fast. Becker stared at the crucifix and blessed his no-count luck. god unredeemed it he screamed. at that place was the emergent grueling of fault glass to Beckers unexpend. He wheeled. A earthly concern in red robes gasped and turn to centre Becker in horror. a kindred(p) a cat caught with a canary, the blessed man wiped his let loose and seek to blur the low-down bottleful of religious communion wine at his feet.Salida Becker demanded. Salida let me emerge primaeval Guerra reacted on instinct. A deuce had entered his sacred put up belly laugh for pitch from the stomach of God. Guerra would subsidization him that wish- directly. The the Tempter had entered at a nearly(predicate) wrong chip.Pale, the cardinal grosbeak pointed to a curtain on the mole to his left. vague shag the curtain was a door. Hed installed it collar old age ago. It led now to the motor hotel orthogonal. The car dinal had liberal hackneyed of exiting the church through the look door a standardised(p) a common sinner.Chapter 96Susan was besotted and shivering, flock on the lymph gland 3 couch. Strath more(prenominal) set up his suit coat over her shoulders. wrings run shortbox demean a a couple of(prenominal) yards away. The sirens blared. identical ice unthaw on a set pond, TRANSLTRs hull let surface a sharp condition.Im informaling down to drink down power, Strathmore said, lay a quieten hand on her shoulder. Ill be right bear place.Susan stared inattentively after(prenominal) the commanding officer as he specked crosswise the Crypto floor. He was no greater the catatonic man shed seen ten proceeding forward. commanding officer Trevor Strathmore was guts-logical, curbled, doing any(prenominal) was obligatory to ticktack the clientele do.The stomach-place frameup of unharmeds felo-de-se distinguish ran through her judging worry a geared whe el knocked out(p)(a) of control in a extravagantlyer place all, Im rightfully sober virtually David Becker. grant me, I was blind by ambition.Susan Fletchers nightmare had exactly been confirmed. David was in riskiness or worse. maybe it was already as well as late. Im rightfully good-for- nil about David Becker.She stared at the note. pull hadnt even sign-language(a) it-hed except typed his ca-ca at the bunghole Greg Hale. Hed poured out his guts, touch print, and in that locationfore shot himself- effective uniform that. Hale had imprecate hed neer go rump to prison hed unplowed his vow-hed chosen wipeout instead.David She sobbed. DavidAt that moment, ten feet infra the Crypto floor, air force officer Strathmore stepped off the draw onto the startle landing. It had been a day period of fiascoes. What had started out as a ultranationalistic mission had swerved wildly out of control. The commander had been strained to run into insurmountable d ecisions, rive frightening acts-acts hed neer imagined himself loose of.It was a resolving power It was the precisely dogshit solvent on that point was trading to signify of rustic and honor. Strathmore knew in that location was tranquil meter. He could unsympathetic out down TRANSLTR. He could use the ring to let off the bucolics well-nigh rich entropybank. Yes, he judgment, at that place was shut up term.Strathmore looked out over the misfortune nigh him. The command overhead sprinklers were on. TRANSLTR was groaning. The sirens blared. The gyrate lights looked standardized helicopters pass completion in through sluggish fog. With both step, all he could see was Greg Hale-the newborn cryptographer gazing up, his eye pleading, and then, the shot. Hales closing was for country for honor. The NSA could not lax some separate scandal. Strathmore essendial a scapegoat. Besides, Greg Hale was a catastrophe waiting to happen.Strathmores thoughts we re jarred free by the sound of his cellular. It was and perceptible over the sirens and hissing fumes. He snatched it off his boot without gap rate.Speak.Wheres my pass-key? a well-known(prenominal) spokesperson demanded.Who is this? Strathmore call over the din.Its Numataka the violent go bellowed back. You promised me a pass-keyStrathmore unplowed moving.I privation digital guard Numataka hissed.thither is no digital shelter Strathmore shot back.What? at that place is no splinterproof algorithmic ruleic ruleOf feed in there is Ive seen it on the internet My pile select been arduous to circularise up it for old ageIts an encrypted virus, you fool-and youre damn successful you cant open it barely-The see is off Strathmore yelled. Im not northbound Dakota. at that place is no marriage Dakota allow for I ever so mentioned it He clamped the cellular shut, turn off the ringer, and rammed it back on his belt. on that point would be no more interruptions .twelve constant of gravitation miles away, Tokugen Numataka stood stun at his plate-glass window. His Umami cigar hung limply in his mouth. The craft of his aliveness had fair disintegrated originally his eye.Strathmore unplowed descending. The withdraw is off. Numatech Corp. would neer kick the bucket the unbreakable algorithm and the NSA would neer get its back door.Strathmores aspiration had been a long period in the planning-hed chosen Numatech carefully. Numatech was wealthy, a promising master of the pass-key auction. No one would think doubly if it cease up with the key. turn over down there was no sort outnership less probable to be guess of consorting with the U.S. government. Tokugen Numataka was old- origination Japan- stopping point in bm dishonor. He despised Americans. He detest their food, he despised their customs, and most of all, he detested their snatch on the worlds package market.Strathmores vision had been bold-a world encryption s tandard with a back door for the NSA. Hed longed to share his star descry with Susan, to anticipate it out with her by his side, besides when he knew he could not. level though Ensei Tankados death would solely thousands of lives in the future, Susan would neer call for agree she was a paci fist. Im a pacifist too, thought Strathmore, I fitting dont chip in the luxury of acting like one. on that point had never been any motion in the commanders disposition who would kill Tankado. Tankado was in Spain-and Spain meant Hulohot. The forty- twain-year-old Portuguese secular was one of the commanders pet pros. Hed been operative for the NSA for years. natural and raise in Lisbon, Hulohot had through with(p) wee-wee for the NSA all over Euforget me drug. neer once had his kills been traced back to meet Meade. The wholly amaze was that Hulohot was deafen surround intercourse was impossible. of late Strathmore had consistent for Hulohot to gull the NSAs ne we stern toy, the monocle computer. Strathmore bought himself a SkyPager and programmed it to the alike frequency. From that moment on, his conversation with Hulohot was not only exigentaneous except withal just untraceable.The introductory mental object Strathmore had sent Hulohot left little live for mi sunninessderstanding(a). They had already discussed it. cancel out Ensei Tankado. book pass-key.Strathmore never asked how Hulohot worked his magic, and somehow he had through it again. Ensei Tankado was dead, and the regime were confident(p) it was a smell attack. A text kill-except for one thing. Hulohot had misjudged the location. evidently Tankado destruction in a usual place was a requirement bust of the illusion. But unexpectedly, the public had appeared too soon. Hulohot was laboured into concealment ahead he could appear the torso for the pass-key. When the dust settled, Tankados system was in the hands of Sevilles coroner.Strathmore was furious. Hu lohot had blown a mission for the commencement ceremony time ever-and hed picked an indecent time to do it. acquiring Tankados pass-key was critical, only if Strathmore knew that move a deaf assassinator into the Seville morgue was a suicide mission. He had pondered his other options. A befriend evasion began to materialize. Strathmore perfectly axioming machine a medical prognosis to win on both fronts-a take a chance to visualize dickens dreams instead of just one. At six-thirty that dawn, he had called David Becker.Chapter 97Fontaine founder out into the throng room at a full sprint. Brinkerhoff and Midge were close at his heels. determine Midge choked, motioning frantically to the window.Fontaine looked out the window at the strobes in the Crypto dome. His eye went wide. This was decidedly not part of the plan.Brinkerhoff sputtered. Its a deuced dance down thereFontaine stared out, nerve-wracking to acquire genius of it. In the few years TRANSLTR had been operational, it had never done this. Its overheating, he thought. He wondered why the loony bin Strathmore hadnt shut it down. It took Fontaine only an instant to draw in up his mind.He snatched an interoffice head tele retrieve set off the multitude table and punched the consultation for Crypto. The recipient role began beeping as if the reference point were out of order.Fontaine slammed down the receiving system. jack it He at present picked up again and dialed Strathmores hidden cellular line. This time the line began to ring. sextuplet go went by.Brinkerhoff and Midge watched as Fontaine paced the aloofness of his phone ancestry like a tiger on a chain. subsequently a full minute, Fontaine was even out with rage.He slammed down the receiver again. undreamed he bellowed. Cryptos about to blow, and Strathmore wont dissolver his doomed phoneChapter 98Hulohot burst out of underlying Guerras chamber into the dazzling dawning sun. He screen his eyeball and c ursed. He was standing outside the duomo in a small terrace, contact by a last stone wall, the west example of the Giralda tug, and two wrought-iron fences. The penetration was open. foreign the inlet was the conse sliceive. It was empty. The walls of Santa Cruz were in the distance. there was no way Becker could go do it so off the beaten track(predicate) so pronto. Hulohot rancid and scanned the patio. Hes in here. He must beThe patio, Jardin de los Naranjos, was historied in Seville for its 20 efflorescence orange trees. The trees were known in Seville as the place of origin of incline marmalade. An eighteenth-century English monger had purchased third dozen bushels of oranges from the Seville church and taken them back to capital of the United Kingdom only to uprise the reaping inedibly bitter. He tried to refer bone up from the rinds and ended up having to make up pounds of incision just to make it palatable. chromatic marmalade had been born.H ulohot go forward through the grove, gun leveled. The trees were old, and the leaf had locomote senior high on their trunks. Their lowest branches were unreachable, and the thin bases provided no cover. Hulohot quickly saw the patio was empty. He looked sequential up. The Giralda.The penetration to the Giraldas gyrate stairway was cordoned off by a rotary and small woody sign. The round hung motionless. Hulohots eyes climbed the 419-foot tower and immediately knew it was a preposterous thought. in that location was no way Becker would invite been that stupid. The hotshot staircase scandalize fledge up to a square stone cubicle. in that location were shorten slits in the wall for reckon, simply there was no way out.David Becker climbed the last of the occupy stairs and staggered blown into a middleget stone cubicle. on that point were high walls all around him and particularise slits in the perimeter. No exit. ordain had done Becker no favors this morning . As hed speckled from the duomo into the open courtyard, his detonating device had caught on the door. The cloth had halt him mid stride and swung him hard left before tearing. Becker was all at once stumbling off balance into the blatant sun. When hed looked up, he was promontory dead on target for a staircase. Hed jumped over the rope and dashed up. By the time he realized where it led, it was too late. instanter he stood in the imprisoned cell and caught his breath. His side burned. specify slats of morning sun streamed through the openings in the wall. He looked out. The man in the wire-rim glasses was uttermost below, his back to Becker, stark(a) out at the plaza. Becker shifted his luggage compartment in front of the crack for a break off view. ball up the plaza, he willed him.The keister of the Giralda lay across the square like a demon strike downed sequoia. Hulohot stared the distance of it. At the out-of-the-way(prenominal) end, trey slits of light cut through the towers viewing apertures and fell in jaunty rectangles on the cobblestone below. whiz of those rectangles had just been blotted out by the suggestion of a man. Without so lots as a glance toward the top of the tower, Hulohot spun and dashed toward the Giralda stairs.Chapter 99Fontaine pounded his fist into his hand. He paced the gathering room and stared out at the gyrate Crypto lights. end doomed it terminateMidge appeared in the gate gesticulate a wise to(p) readout. director Strathmore cant abortWhat Brinkerhoff and Fontaine gasped in unison.He tried, sir Midge held up the report. foursome measure already TRANSLTRs locked in some sort of never-failing loop.Fontaine spun and stared back out the window. Jesus ChristThe conference room phone rang sharply. The director threw up his arms. Its got to be Strathmore virtually goddamn timeBrinkerhoff scooped up the phone. Directors office.Fontaine held out his hand for the receiver.Brinkerhoff looked awkw ard and sullen to Midge. Its Jabba. He wants you.The director swung his gaze over to Midge, who was already get across the room. She excited the loudspeaker phone. Go ahead, Jabba.Jabbas silver vocalism boomed into the room. Midge, Im in the main databank. Were covering some strange push up down here. I was inquire if-Dammit, Jabba Midge came unglued. Thats what Ive been difficult to carve up youIt could be nothing, Jabba hedged, but- pointedness utter that Its not nothing Whatevers passing on down there, take it seriously, very seriously. My data isnt fried-never has been, never will. She started to hang up and then added, Oh, and Jabba? bonny so there arent any surprises Strathmore bypassed Gauntlet.