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."

he turned to the team. "It's keyed

moment

whispered. "As in,

"That's the one. Can you do

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

again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the

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

happened. Then, with

swung open.

it!" Rico

Jack said, reaching into the box.

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

it?" Mia

empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The box

fell over

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

head. "Nothing. Not a

cleaner's almost at the

cursed. "Alright, we're

night, they could

into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face

he turned to the team. "Change of plans. We're not going back to base. We've

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

disappearing into the darkness. Behind them, the bank stood

suspicious about how easy this was-no ordinary bank. This was bank operated by the Mafia.

team was lost in thought, wondering what they had

a dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them

a row truck replaced it, and the entire crew was

them, early risers starting their day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded in the heart of their financial

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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