Chapter 9 Summary

All at once, The Black Sun goes fuzzy around him, and he realizes that the hypercard that Juanita has given him contains a massive amount of data. Juanita tells Hiro to stay away from Raven and Snow Crash. Hiro makes his way over to Da5id and tells Da5id that Juanita was trying to warn him about someone peddling a drug called Snow Crash. Da5id pulls out a hypercard that he received from the black-and-white avatar at the door. The card reads, "SNOW CRASH tear this card in half to release your free sample". Hiro is surprised that Da5id took the card, but Da5id replies that he has so much antiviral medication that nothing can touch him. Da5id tears the card in half, and a small avatar appears on the table, beckons to Da5id, then whispers something...