Unless they were using it for shadowrunning. Could the rewards of applying it subversively be greater than the killing to be made on the open market? The AI had been present in the Hidden Circle’s architecture. Dodger’s investigations had revealed no significant connection between Renraku and the Circle. There were the usual minor connections between some of the druids’ corporations and the megacorp, but no more than could be expected in the interconnecting world of modern business. Renraku had contracts with the British government, but Dodger had been unable to detect any unusual activity or connections there, either. Normally, he would have assumed that everything was just too well hidden. But with the AI involved, he couldn’t be sure. The Hidden Circle’s antics just weren’t Renraku’s style.