Zico

Zico (ジーコ, Jīko) was a top hacker who lived in Neal Darts. Robby recommended him to Guy when the latter wanted to contact someone who knows or could look up things that even Robby couldn’t. This meant that as far as dingos and hackers go, Zico was at the very top. There was no security he couldn’t crack – any information, anywhere, could be had, for a certain price.

## Appearance

Zico was a youth with shoulder-length, dark violet hair and eyes to match. He had beautiful and fine facial features and well-defined lips. Although his voice was so soft that it sounded like it hadn’t finished breaking yet, his eyes held a hard glint, out of tune with his outward appearance.

## Attitude to Business

The stark gap between his outward appearance and his nature was proportional to his vast experience. In a sense, Zico was already a seasoned professional. He was a businessman through and through.

Zico didn’t discriminate between social classes among his clientele and had no qualms doing business with slum mongrels. He also didn’t try to double cross them or short-change them. He possessed experienced calm and multi-faceted skills, and had experience in acting poised in critical situations.

> I deal in trust. The privacy of my clients is my highest concern.
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His words, spoken with unwavering politeness, reflected his steadfast self-confidence and unshakable pride.

## Workplace

Zico’s office was located underground, reachable by a trapdoor elevator that lowered the guests into an orange-lit passageway. At the end of the passageway stood an old-fashioned, manual grey door. On the other side of it was a spacious and luxurious drawing room covered from wall to wall with a brightly-colored carpet.

In the center of the room stood an exquisite low table and divans. The walls were adorned with holographic art of scenes of the Veela myths. The room also included a bar with a counter top.

At the far end of the room, behind a biometric-equipped door lay his office. It was a secret chamber whose interior had nothing to do with the glamorous room for business-related discussions.

This is where Zico became “Zico of Neal Darts” - the top cyber-hacker whom no security could resist. The walls were completely covered with the circuitry of his most trusted partner, a bio-computer, or rather, his other half that responded only to his brainwaves. It was through this close relationship with his mainframe that he could achieve the level of hacking skill he was notorious for.

## Getting in Touch

   Getting to meet him was tricky. Because hackers and informants moved in different circles, not even Robby could arrange a direct meeting. Any contact with Zico had to be done through a contact person, for a hefty price. In order to get to Zico himself, the contact would provide a map-enabled mobile receiver and night-vision goggles, otherwise it would be impossible for ordinary people to navigate Neal Darts by themselves.

## Sleeper

Unbeknownst to probably anyone around him, Zico worked for Tanagura, directly under Katze’s command. Zico's role in Neal Darts involved espionage where the Midas Police was at a loss in that lair of criminals. In other words, he was a special undercover operative under the direct supervision of Tanagura, known in Midas as a Sleeper.

When needed, he was expected to feed his clients information plausible enough not to arouse suspicion, but incomplete, or false enough to not endanger any of Tanagura’s secrets.