Naturally, all of the megas had scrambled to investigate the mystery decker who so blithely defied their finest computer security, but there was no trace. It was as if he had simply materialized out of nowhere and then disappeared back to wherever he had come from. Aneki knew through Renraku’s intelligence operatives that the other megacorporations had been as concerned as Renraku about the danger to their systems, but too distrustful of each other to cooperate in finding the culprit, on the suspicion he might be working for a corporate rival.