“But it’s out of left field.” “At this point,” Rishards said. “Five murders and not one molecule of analyzable data.” “I’d like to bring up something, an idea,” Matt spoke quietly. Nevertheless, they were there, I need to know why they didn’t register.” “I’ll do my best.” Inside, Rishards and Doctor Taylor sat around the table and viewed the data scrolling down the screen the chief was not in attendance. Matt whispered, “I need you to look into whether it is possible to turn off a chip’s tracking feature, or if it’s possible to for that to be faulty.” “I don’t think so, but I’ll look.” “The two who attacked me the system was up, but it said I was alone.” “Yeah, will do. The Trust? If such an organization did exist, the killer could be one of them. The men who attacked him certainly didn’t look like people who survived from hiding, begging, and stealing. Was it possible to make palm chips that could be turned off? He could see how it could be useful for the government or certain corporate entities to have people that could move around untracked. How would they live, was it possible that someone could live on the fringes in a colony like Sirius? Another thought occurred to him. They would also not have access to buildings, money, or anything else a person would need to survive. Why not palm chips? A person with such a chip could wander the city with impunity. Was it possible that some of the colonists had faulty palm units? It made sense nothing ever worked perfectly, defects happened in all product lines. He thought about telling him that the city tracking system sometimes failed to record the presence of people at all, like the two who attacked him. I’ll bring it with.” “Sounds good.” Perry was one of the few people that he trusted. I have something coming out of the oven in a little while. I’ll need your help moving stuff afterward.” “Yeah, sure. “Perry?” “Yes, detective.” “The chief scheduled a mandatory meeting with my shrink. Chapter 36 Matt confronted Perry before they went into the daily meeting.
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