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"Are you kidding?" Giordino piped in "The old et back here when he heard you were "
The elder Pitt s a tour of Northeast Asia without rinned
"We hed in reply
Pitt visibly warineer brimmed with a radiant serenity at the world that had recently changed around him His personal life had been corown children just a few years earlier whom he never knew existed But they quickly beca him in his
underwater work, as well as sharing personal time with hied him to take stock of his life and he had finally resswoes continued, as even his professional life saw an upheaval With Ad the vice presidency, Pitt was suddenly thrust into the top spot at NUMA While special projects director, he experienced several lifeties that took hilobe The hazards had taken a toll on hilad to ease back on the orous demands of the job As NUMA's chief director, his administrative and political duties often exceeded his interests, but he still ensured that he and Al spent plenty of ti prospectivethe lihtly when it ca an ancient mystery and his old-fashioned sense of propriety never waned The kidnapping of his children and the sinking of the Sea Rover triggered an anger inside that brought back the old resolve he'd felt tiht in the world
"Dad, what's the situation with the toxic Japanese cargo ship in the Philippines?" Dirk asked "I understand that it was leaky che the reef kill"
"That's right, a mixture of mustard and lewisite in this case More biochemical hazards left over from World War Two We actually have the leak contained Nobody was volunteering to conduct a costly excavation and re Bury them"
"Lucky for us that underwater sandbank was right there," Giordino explained "We just fired up a water puo hold with sand, then sealed it back up As long as nobody goes digging around down there, there should be no ed reef should rejuvenate itself in a few years"
An adh the door and spoke to Gunn "Sir, the video feed fro now," she said, then disappeared out the door like a rabbit down a hole
Gunn seized the moment to introduce the Homeland Security and FBI e, flat-panelin a few quick commands on a keyboard, the screen suddenly illue, enclosed dockyard The ca a series of e time, the video ended and the screen went blank
"That's Kang's facility, no doubt about it But there's no sign of the Baekje" Dirk said
"The Navy report stated that a s and a speedboat were the only vessels observed on Kang's property," Gunn said "Like Elvis, the Baekje has apparently left the building"
Webster cleared his throat "I have confirmed with Interpol and the Korean National Police that Inchon port traffic has been monitored around the clock since the crew of the Sea Rover were rescued and the alert bulletin issued No vesselor departing the port since"
"Someone's on the take," Giordino sneered
Webster returned the conant look "A remote possibility but not likely Despite its heavy traffic, Inchon is not a particularly large port So her depart"