There is no Batman in Gotham City comics.

Chapter 86, Act 2

It took about ten minutes to drill through the wall. Qin Wei glanced at his watch; the time was basically within his expectations.

Due to the Independence Day speech, most of the GCPD's forces were deployed at Robinson Square today to protect Mayor Polk's safety. Even without considering traffic, it would take at least 45 minutes for this large force to arrive.

"Friends, are you really going to stand here like idiots?! Do you want to be blown to smithereens like this wall?"

Demolition expert Willie had already inserted the detonator into the wall. He gripped the fuse, his whole body trembling with adrenaline. It was strange; he acted like a coward during recruitment, but once it came to his expertise, the eccentricities hidden deep within this short, bespectacled man burst forth uncontrollably.

Gotham is indeed full of strange people.

The group retreated to the corner.

boom!

Several explosions merged into one, the power system tripped, and the entire underground vault shook from the shock of the gunpowder.

Qin Wei brushed the dust off his clothes that had fallen from the ceiling and peeked out with a flashlight.

Behind the shattered walls, the charred rotating hydraulic door, blackened by the explosion, stands as the last defender of Maroni's secret.

"Willie, keep going, let this guy taste your skills!"

"Of course! Of course! I've been preparing for this day for a very, very long time!"

Willie crouched on the ground, trembling, and carefully took out a small canister of liquid bomb from the metal box he carried with him.

"This is the precious equipment I specially designed for this door! You see, this door can withstand an explosion equivalent to 10 tons of TNT, which is the energy released by a small tactical nuclear weapon. But every mechanical structure has a weakness. See those hydraulic valves? As long as the explosion hits there, it will destroy..."

"Alright, alright, there are no spectators here, no need for such a detailed explanation!" Qin Wei glanced at his watch again.

"What an oblivious fellow! Explosions are a gift of nature to humankind, an art form!"

Willie pouted and muttered to himself.

After a flurry of activity, a similar scene played out again. However, this time the explosion was much smaller. Everyone covered their ears, expecting a cataclysmic explosion, but what they got in the end was a melodious fart.

The vault door still stood firmly in front of them, but a large pool of dark blue, viscous liquid was flowing out from the crack in the door.

Qin Wei, who had been doubtful, was completely relieved; it seemed the hydraulic device had been damaged.

The group rushed forward and, gripping the handles, used brute force to open the vault door.

A dry, cool breeze carrying the scent of ink blew in their faces, and the group stopped in their tracks, savoring the decadent atmosphere of extravagance.

If Oswald were there, he would surely laugh at himself a few months earlier for trying to frame Maroney with five million dollars in front of Falcone.

Five million US dollars might be a fortune enough to support three generations of an ordinary citizen. But compared to this mountain of money that reached the ceiling and filled almost half a vault, it was utterly insignificant.

Even Royce, the self-proclaimed lazy worker, was shocked, and the cigarette in his mouth fell out, sparking a dazzling burst of light in the darkness.

"Bag it!"

Qin Wei's shouts woke everyone up.

"You have fifteen minutes. Fill it up as much as you can. I'll start pouring the gasoline as soon as the time is up."

After explaining the precautions, his gaze fell on the safe in the corner.

That contained the purpose of his trip, a shocking secret that could bring down Maroni.

Selena ran over before him, a flashlight in her mouth. She first squatted in front of the cabinet and fumbled around for a while, then took out a stethoscope and listened to the cabinet from both sides through the wall.

"Just as I thought, there was a strange noise. It must be some kind of anti-theft device. Considering that Maroni's secrets are hidden inside, the device will be triggered if the password is entered incorrectly repeatedly."

"And what was the result?"

"It might blow me to pieces, or it might destroy the documents, who knows?"

She described the situation as terrible, but the girl didn't show any anxiety on her face. She shrugged and attached the stethoscope to the multi-tiered turntable of the safe.

"Be careful, if you're not confident..."

"Shut up, you're disturbing me! Go and help them load the money, and load as much as you can for me!" Selena pouted and complained.

After getting rid of the troublesome man, she could finally calm down and study the complicated safe.

The remnants of the old era usually harbored an innate distrust of electronic products. Selena had visited many mansions and mansions, and without exception, these rich people loved to use mechanical safes, some with 5-layer passwords and some with 8-layer passwords. But she had never encountered a safe with 12-layer passwords that she had specially commissioned.

With each additional layer, the number of disturbances increases by 2. The first layer has 6 options, the second layer has 8, the third layer has 12, and the last layer reaches an astonishing 138.

Selena closed her eyes tightly, trying to block out all the noise around her.

Click!

Click!

Click!

The faint, crisp sound of the turntable echoed in my ears.

Because of her profession, Selena needs to pay attention to her surroundings at all times and be distracted by external noise, but today she can focus all her attention on this complex mechanical turntable.

"2"

"6"

"A"

"F"

"Γ"

"Ω"

……

The code was deciphered much faster than she had imagined.

As the last digit was inserted into the slot, Selena pressed the switch, and with a pleasant whirring sound of gears turning, the safe popped open a crack.

Exhausted, the girl collapsed to the ground, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

A hand was just in time to reach out in front of me.

"You guys got it sorted out?" Selena looked up with a smile, hoping to hear some sincere praise, but her gaze was immediately drawn to Qin Wei's stern face.

"Please, ma'am, it's been twenty-two minutes! We've finished pouring the gas, get up quickly, don't delay my plans!"

Always able to ruin the most emotional moment, Sigma men never fall into the trap of love.

The contents of the safe were exactly as Selena had predicted: a small liquid bomb that would detonate and destroy the secrets inside if the password was wrong.

Qin Wei held up two fingers and carefully pulled out a stack of folders.

There was no time to disassemble and study it; Freud had already sent a signal.

A chorus of police sirens blared from the distant street corner; everyone needed to evacuate as quickly as possible before the GCPD surrounded the area.