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."

turned to the team. "It's keyed to

moment of stunned

"As in,

one. Can you do

so. I've got some public speeches of

inside the building. You've got maybe ten minutes before they reach the vault area."

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

with a soft

swung open.

did it!"

box.

feeling around.

it?"

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

silence fell over the

impossible," Rico said. "After all that security? There's got to

shook his head. "Nothing.

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

cursed. "Alright, we're leaving.

out into the night, they could hear the

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

the team. "Change of plans. We're not going back to base. We've got a new

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

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

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

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

time to process what happened when a dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them several times and sending them into

withdrew and a row truck replaced it, and the entire crew was dragged away in the car and all into the

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

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

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