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."

he turned to the team. "It's

a moment of stunned

whispered. "As in, the

nodded grimly. "That's the one. Can you

some public speeches of his in my database,

on her tablet, Leo's voice came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe

voice emanated from the device. "What do you mean? Password: Dad," the first

Then, with a soft click, the

swung open.

it!" Rico

box. "Now let's see

groped inside the box, feeling around.

is it?"

"It's... There's nothing here.

stunned silence fell over the

impossible," Rico said. "After all that

his head. "Nothing. Not

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

cursed. "Alright, we're leaving.

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 pulled out his

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

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

team exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling

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

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

member of the team was lost in thought, wondering what they had

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

and the entire crew

unaware of the drama that had

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

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