The Matrix spun in and out of focus behind Kimihiko's eyes as is search routines changes his viewpoint. Finally, a short summary on the Sons scrolled in a neon green window in fornt of him. The information had the smell of ozone.
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A highly motivated band of techno-rebels, terrorists seeking to halt and reverse the tide of technology. The movement is strong among students (and often those many graduates who were turned down by the zaibatsu when they applied for a job). The Sons of Oedo target the high-tech zaibatsu and high-tech projects. They have agents in all the technology-orientated multinationals an so have a good idea of what is going on. Funds are secured either by embezzlement or the running of various Sons of Oedo 'new-age' religion stores dotted around Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
Being intelligent, the Sons of Oedo are ingenious in their sabotage, destruction and violence, using any and all tactics and equipment. Members will not have cybernetic or retrogenic alterations as a rule, neither will they favour high-tech gear, but, they are intelligent pragmatists, and if use of such things furthers the cause, then they will not flinch from employing it. A thin veneer of mysticism overlays Sons of Oedo thought, they believe in karma, the Tau and the I Ching. They are obsessed with new age mysticism and magic. No particular dress style. The group's symbol is the Yin Yang symbol with the white Yin in blood-red and not white.
Jenkins' improved eyesight didn't help much with discerning additional information. The only really unusual sight was two policemen standing ready with LAWs, as if they expected th defend against a tank.
Then it was their turn to be inspected. A uniformed police officer knocked on the driver's window, bowed politely and requested Jenkins' drivers licence and the car papers. Two other policemen peered inside the car from the other side, also bowing politely, their eyes suspicious. One had a microcamera attached on the side of his hat, doubtlessly taking the pictures of the team. His focus lingered on Agent 19 twice as long as on the others. More policemen with various firearms ready, trying to not look too frigthening. The image of the police force was tarnished by recent scandals, and they had instructions to be at their best, most unobtrusive behaviour.