Tessier-Ashpool Special Ops
Tessier-Ashpool are known for cloning their own assassins, "vat-grown" ninjas who follow their orders without question.
In the novel, Hideo is a cybernetically-modified, genetically-engineered clone bodyguard/assassin in service of the Tessier-Ashpools. Highly trained in ninja martial arts, he is loyal and dangerous.
