Renraku’s agent turned out to be more capable, or more fortunate, than those of the other corporations. He was able to trace the mystery decker’s clues to a facility hidden in northern Africa, a facility no one even knew existed, so sophisticated were the electronic defensive systems hiding it from the watchful eyes of orbiting satellites and other means of detection. And in that amazing facility, Renraku’s agent discovered Leonardo, the elven genius capable of building such a place and of creating a cyberdeck sophisticated enough to break into the finest corporate systems in the world.