DISCLAIMER
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used factitiously
and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organisations, or persons, living or dead,
is entirely coincidental. Public personages, both living and dead, may appear in the story under their right names.
Scenes and dialogue involving them, with or without fictitious characters, are of course invented.
Any other usage of real people’s names is coincidental.
Any sayings, philosophies, prejudices or opinions expressed in this novel are not necessarily those of the author.
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NOTE
2023.2 is the novel sequel to 2023.
That is why it begins with chapter thirty-one.
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