Summary

Jazz manages to dodge the knife attack and pushes the man out into the hotel hallway. A security guard chases the man away. Jazz surmises that the assassin was sent to kill Jin Chu, but she does not know why. In the hotel room safe, she finds a box containing a sample of “ZAFO” (162), that appears to be an ordinary fiber-optic cable. She brings the sample to Svoboda, who offers to examine for free “because you’re my friend” (164). Jazz then goes to a busy shopping area, activates her Gizmo, places it under a bench, and then watches from a distance. She believes the assassin and law enforcement will track her Gizmo and converge. Rudy finds Jazz at her vantage point. He informs her that Sanchez Aluminum is owned by O Palácio, Brazil’s largest crime syndicate. When the assassin appears, Rudy runs...