Level Three: Chapters 28-33 Summary

In Chapter 28, Wade is arrested under his aliases name for an unpaid IOI credit card. IOI has an indentured servant program for people who fail to pay their debts. Wade is taken forcefully from his apartment, stripped of his haptic suit, and loaded into a van to be transported to IOI headquarters.

In Chapter 29, Wade goes through the indentured servant initiation process at IOI, including having an anklet placed on his ankle that can sedate him if he tries to run, and a tiny camera placed on his ear so that IOI can watch everything he does. Wade is given a job as a technical support operator. After having lunch, Wade is directed to his living quarters, a coffin like cubical with a small entertainment unit on which he can watch training videos.

In Chapter 30, Wade works...