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

a moment of

Mia whispered. "As in,

"That's the one. Can you do

took a deep breath. "I think so. I've got some public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his wife.

cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe ten minutes before they reach the vault

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 cruise ship party.

happened. Then, with a soft click,

swung open.

did it!"

Jack said, reaching into the box. "Now let's see what

hand groped inside the box, feeling around. His

it?" Mia

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

silence fell

all that security? There's got

"Nothing. Not a damn

urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault. You need

cursed. "Alright,

the vault quickly, their footsteps echoing in the empty bank as they made their way back to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a

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, sir. I understand.

plans. We're not going back to

mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they

disappearing into the darkness. Behind them,

bank.

drove through the quiet streets, each member of the team

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

replaced it, and the entire crew was

starting their day, unaware of the

been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors

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