Chapter 245

Santo Domingo, Rancho Coronado.

From here, one could directly see the dam and mountain road marked with “Petrochem.” A little farther beyond the end of the view was Laguna Bend, where Judy had once invited Motoko to go diving with her, and also the old home where she had lived during childhood.

Like Pacifica, this was also an area where cops rarely appeared. Local security was mainly handled by veterans, former police officers, former corporate security agents, and “civilians” who had undergone accelerated combat training…