Evie nodded, recognizing the name. As the tech geek of the team, she made it her business to know the competition. There was also an unspoken rule among the more well-known and skilled Ronin that they wouldn't hack each other outside of opposing contracts. In a technologically advanced society like Neo-Japan, a lot of chaos could be introduced by tech savvy Ronin just constantly screwing around with each other. Too much chaos was bad for business. Short-Jack had a pretty impressive list of achievements to his name. [color=ed1c24]"If Short-Jack's the one handling cyber security, we're in fairly good hands. Don't quite know about the rest of his crew, but he's one of the few Ronin I keep an open back channel with."[/color] Evie added to her team. They probably had faith in Mr T's intel anyway, but at least that was one less problem to worry about.

When Mr T mentioned legwork, however, Evie groaned. She had just come back from a mission, taken a shower, and was looking forward to at least getting some down time before hitting the streets again. Opening up the list of potential contacts to run down, Evie spotted a familiar name and raised an eyebrow. Lil Red was an information broker and a genius when it came to hacking; and "genius" was not a compliment the quirky Ronin used lightly.

She was also the one Evie had hired to wipe her existence from any databases after her parents' deaths. She was the only one who knew that Evie Asada was very much alive and on the hunt for her parents' killers. Lil Red probably had the means to find out who might be interested in that information, even though that might have earned her quite a paycheck. Evie supposed she might as well pay her a visit. Whatever the hacker had was bound to be solid intel, plus she didn't want to risk someone else going there and finding out who she was.

It wasn't as if she didn't trust her team to know her real identity, she just didn't want it to become a big deal. Her team members had only been interested in her work history and they rarely bothered to share personal stories. Either they didn't care, or had been in the business long enough to know not to ask. Either way, the question had never been broached and so she had never thought it relevant to bring up. It was simply better if they heard it from her own lips rather than something Lil Red let slip. Especially since the Ronin suspected it was the hacker who brought Evie to Mr T's attention.

[color=ed1c24]"Lil Red and I have some history. I can go check her out."[/color] She volunteered quietly, scanning the table for objections or to see if anyone wanted to come along. [color=ed1c24]"Making contact alone is safe. Not sure about securing payment. She has unusual business practices."[/color] That was an understatement, but Evie was scanning to table to see if anyone wanted to come with her. Worst case scenario, she went to Lil Red's alone and would have to call one of them later hoping they weren't all in deep shit trying to run their leads down.