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. "It's keyed to

was a moment of

"As in, the

"That's the one. Can you do

got some public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his wife. Give me

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

robotic but recognizable version of Anya's voice emanated from the device. "What do you mean? Password: Dad," the first sentence

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

swung open.

it!" Rico

into the box. "Now let's see what all

inside the box, feeling around. His brow furrowed. "What the

is it?"

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

silence fell

impossible," Rico said. "After all that security?

his head. "Nothing. Not a damn

"The cleaner's almost at the vault.

"Alright,

their way back to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up inside. Once they were safely away from the bank, huddled in their getaway van, Jack

"we got into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes, sir. I understand. We're on

We're not going back to

the van, the team exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions

curb, disappearing into

were oddly suspicious about how easy this was-no ordinary bank. This was bank operated

drove through the quiet streets, each member of the team was lost in thought, wondering what they had gotten

van slammed into their

a well-oiled machine, the Van withdrew and a row truck replaced it, and the entire crew was dragged away in the car

their day, unaware

major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come to fruition in ways no one could have anticipated.

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