The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 128

MISTAKE 128

Chapter 128: The agency makes its move

For the next hour, Rico and Mia worked in tandem, trying every trick in their considerable arsenal to bypass the box's security. The tension in the vault was thick; every failed attempt pushed up the stress.

"Guys," Leo's voice came through their earpieces, "we've got movement. A car just pulled into the parking lot."

"Shit," Jack hissed. "How many?"

"Just one person. Looks like a cleaner."

Jack ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, we've still got time. Rico, Mia, where are we at?"

Mia looked up, frustration evident on her face. "We've bypassed the biometrics, but this voice recognition is killing us. It's like nothing I've ever seen before." "Wait a second," Rico said, his eyes lighting up." "What if we don't need to bypass it? What if

we could trick it instead?"

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

Rico grinned. "Mia, pull up that voice modulation program you used on the Stephenson job. If we can get a sample of the right voice, we might be able to synthesize it."

Mia's eyes widened. "That... that might actually work. But we'd need to know whose voice it's looking for."

Jack thought for a moment, then pulled out his phone. He dialed a number, speaking quietly

Chapter 128. The agency makes its thave

when it connected. "Sir, we're at the box, but we're stuck on voice recognition. Any ideas. whose voice

it might be keyed to?"

He listened for a moment, then his face paled. "Are you sure? Alright, we'll try it."

to the team.

moment

whispered. "As in, the actual

the one. Can you do it,

deep breath. "I think so. I've got some public speeches of his in

came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe ten minutes before they reach the vault area." "Hurry, Mia,"

to the voice recognition panel. A slightly robotic but recognizable version of Anya's voice emanated from the device. "What do you mean? Password: Dad," the first sentence was pulled from the government archives of a

moment, nothing happened. Then, with a soft click, the safe

swung open.

did it!" Rico

team," Jack said, reaching into the box. "Now

hand groped inside the box, feeling

is it?"

pulled his hand out, empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The box is

silence fell over

that security?

his head. "Nothing.

cut in urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault. You need to get out

Jack cursed. "Alright,

their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up

call connected, "we got into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there."

team. "Change of plans. We're not going back

van, the team exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling that their troubles. were only just

from the curb, disappearing into the darkness. Behind

ordinary bank. This was bank

through the quiet streets, each member of the team was lost in thought, wondering what

a dark van slammed into

and a row truck replaced it, and the entire

city began to wake around them, early risers starting their day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded in the

of a major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come to fruition in

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