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COMMANDER LI KUNG’S PULSE QUICKENED and his eyes widened like a child on Christmas morning. It happened every day when he clicked on the Potential Persons of Interest list; it fueled his passion for his work and had proven his value to his superiors. Today he quickly narrowed his excitement to a single person: a woman.
Li sat at his desk in one of the main buildings at 6:00 am per his usual schedule. The printed summary of the daily external threat reports, from his system of managing potential threats to Zhongnanhai and the president, were stacked neatly on his desk awaiting his arrival. Duplicate copies were on the President’s desk. The hardcopies were created for the President’s benefit and Li ignored them as he logged into his computer to access the system and data behind the repo
