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 Anya

was a moment of

"As

"That's the one. Can you

got some public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his

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

recognizable 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 cruise ship party. The password was produced by a deep fake

happened. Then, with a soft click, the safe

swung open.

did it!"

box. "Now let's

groped inside the box, feeling around.

it?" Mia

out, empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The box is

stunned silence fell

Rico said. "After all that security? There's

his head. "Nothing. Not

almost at the vault. You need to get out

"Alright, we're

slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up inside. Once

it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes, sir. I understand. We're on our

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

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

disappearing into the darkness. Behind them, the bank

this was-no ordinary bank. This was bank operated by the Mafia.

each member of the team was

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

replaced it, and the entire crew was dragged away

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

and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come

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