Chapter 64: Alarms Blaring

"Hurry up! If it weren't for your friend distracting those damn security guards, I wouldn't have been able to bring you in."

Inside the bank's restricted area, a figure moved furtively, constantly looking around.

Following behind him was Qiong En's tall figure. To be honest, Qiong En's build wasn't exactly suited for sneaking around like this.

But Qiong En didn't care.

Years ago, a poor upper-level person was accidentally killed by a robber while conducting research in the middle eight levels.

The robber, noticing that he bore some resemblance to the upper-level person and learning during the robbery that the upper-level person had no siblings or parents and was all alone, came up with a terrifying idea.

Later, with Qiong En's help, the robber forged an identity and entered the upper-level world. Through his own efforts, he became a counter manager at the "Eternal Federation Bank."

He even married and had children.

He thought he would never have to worry about food or clothing again, and that all his troubles were behind him.

But he forgot that some things had already been priced in the grand scheme of things.

So when Qiong En contacted him again, he had no right to refuse.

Faced with the hard-earned happiness of his new life, no one would be willing to give it up. And the ultimate result of not wanting to give it up was naturally taking desperate risks.

"Relax, John. Just help me get that material, and after this, we'll never see each other again. You'll still be an upper-level person, living a carefree life," Qiong En said slowly.

"I hope so," John replied helplessly.

The document was classified within the bank and stored in the manager's office located deep inside.

Fortunately, the manager had gone to the first level for a meeting today and wasn't here. Otherwise, John wouldn't have dared to do something like this even if he had a hundred guts.

As for the surveillance cameras… he just needed to figure out a way to overwrite the footage before the manager returned.

This wasn't difficult, as the bank's surveillance often malfunctioned, which wasn't exactly rare news.

Soon, the two arrived in front of the manager's office. The door was tightly shut, but this wasn't a problem for John, who had grown up in the underground world.

He took a wire from his pocket and inserted it into the lock, then pressed his ear against the door to listen.

Just then, the doorknob suddenly twisted, and the door opened.

Zhou Xing's face appeared in front of John. Taking advantage of the moment when John's guard was down, Zhou Xing successfully used his talent to control John's mind.

"Brother Qiong En, it's done," Zhou Xing nodded.

John had now become his puppet, but this control was only temporary.

If it lasted too long, John would automatically wake up.

Qiong En nodded. This was a last resort. The material was stored in the innermost vault. If they had directly told John they wanted to enter the vault, he would likely have refused, even at the cost of his current identity.

After all, bringing strangers into the vault would result in the harshest punishment from the Eternal Merchant Guild Bank.

That's why Qiong En had Zhou Xing, who had telepathic abilities, wait here to take control of John the moment the door opened.

But time was running out. Zhou Xing's control over John would last at most ten minutes.

Qiong En nodded, and Zhou Xing began controlling John to walk toward the bank's vault.

It's worth mentioning that the Eternal Merchant Guild Bank's vault was actually located on a large rotating axis. Every so often, the axis would turn, changing the vault's location. Without the distribution map held by the bank's higher-ups, ordinary people would never be able to find the vault's location.

Coincidentally, as a counter manager, John had access to this information.

What he didn't know was that his smooth rise over the past few years had been orchestrated by someone.

John, like a zombie, walked toward the location of the vault in his memory. But before long, he encountered a checkpoint.

"Manager Caslanka, what are you doing here?" Clearly, the checkpoint officer knew John.

John Caslanka—that was John's full name.

Under Zhou Xing's control, John smiled. "The general manager asked me to retrieve something from the small vault. As for these two… they're from upstairs."

As he spoke, John pointed upward and gave a thumbs-up.

The small vault referred to the storage lockers on the outer perimeter of the main vault, where important items were kept.

Big shot! The checkpoint officer quickly nodded. After all, John was known to be close to the general manager, so it made sense that he'd be sent to retrieve something. And this thing probably wasn't even for the general manager but for someone even higher up.

John then took out a document from his pocket, which bore the signature and fingerprint of the general manager of the third-level Eternal Merchant Guild Bank.

Of course, this was also forged. Zhou Xing had extracted the fingerprint from the general manager's office and created a fingerprint mold to forge the signature.

The checkpoint officer scanned it with a light and confirmed it was indeed the general manager's mark. He smiled and let them pass, even making plans to grab a drink with John sometime.

There were three such checkpoints in total, each stricter than the last. Fortunately, John had indeed done well for himself over the years, and everyone knew about his good relationship with the general manager.

But John still didn't have the authority to enter the vault area. However, this was enough.

As a muffled gunshot rang out, the pager in Zhao Kuo's pocket vibrated.

The show had begun.

Zhao Kuo gently pressed the button in his hand. With a loud explosion, the shoulder of the guard captain at the entrance was blown apart.

The micro-bomb created by Dr. wasn't particularly powerful, but at close range, even a bulletproof vest couldn't withstand it.

At the same time, two glowing orbs suddenly appeared in the lobby, each flying toward a corner where two snipers were positioned.

The moment Jasmine pulled out her gun, the bank's internal alarms blared. A blood-red light instantly filled the grand lobby, and the ukiyo-e paintings on the dome were stained crimson.

An automatic rifle also appeared in Zhao Kuo's hands.

Unlike Jasmine, he could directly access the subway warehouse and retrieve firearms at any time.

After dealing with the most threatening snipers, Zhao Kuo was almost unstoppable. Flames erupted from the gun's muzzle as he harvested the lives of the plainclothes agents in the bank.

"Xiao Bai!"

At the same time, a massive white snake appeared in the bank lobby. Amid screams and cries of pain, Zhao Kuo and Jasmine reaped lives like grim reapers.

At the same time, notifications rang out in his ears.

**[Killed hostile member, +1 point]**​

**[Killed hostile member, +1 point]**​

**[Killed hostile officer, +5 points]**​

**[Killed hostile guard, +8 points]**​

**[Killed hostile member, +1 point]**​

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Points—this was how a faction war should be set up. Now, the game had truly begun!