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."

up, he turned to the team. "It's keyed to

was a moment

"As in, the

nodded grimly. "That's the one. Can you do it,

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

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

from the device. "What do you mean? Password: Dad," the first sentence was pulled from the government archives of a cruise ship party. The

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

swung open.

did it!"

box. "Now let's

feeling around. His brow

it?"

"It's...

stunned silence fell

all that

"Nothing.

Leo's voice cut in urgently. "The cleaner's almost

cursed. "Alright, we're leaving.

the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up

he said when the call connected, "we got into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes,

of plans. We're not going back

had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking

from the curb, disappearing into the darkness. Behind them, the bank

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

of the team was lost in thought, wondering what

a dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them

well-oiled machine, the Van withdrew and a row truck replaced it, and the

their day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded in the heart of their financial

agency's headquarters buzzed with an undercurrent of tension. Rumors of a 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. Chapter 128

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