Alfred Volunteers
- Here's a textbook case of irony: behind the scenes, Vaz had guided Günberk Braun and Keiko Mitsuri into their positions. And now they're making his life difficult by investigating his secret mind control experiment.
- Vaz argues that they need to be secretive when they investigate the UCSD biotech labs.
- Günberk Braun and Keiko Mitsuri are worried about Rabbit. They don't think he's Chinese or American government—but he might be an Artificial Intelligence.
- On the plus side, Günberk Braun has discovered that all of Rabbit's credit comes from one source: Credit Suisse. So if Rabbit becomes a problem, they can just pull the plug on Credit Suisse, which would ruin Rabbit (and also really screw with the European economy).
- So they decide that they need someone on the ground to supervise. And with a chapter title like "Alfred volunteers," can you guess who volunteers for that mission?