Chapter 17
"Access granted... root administrative privileges established across all European nodes," the automated synthesized voice echoed through the bunker.
"Download the complete dossier of offshore accounts, political bribes, and assassinations to the federal DOJ server," Clara commanded firmly.
Data began transferring at unprecedented speeds, cascading down the monitors in endless streams of cryptographic verification codes.
Alarms suddenly blared across the Swiss bunker as the Iron Crown's central defense AI detected the unauthorized data extraction protocol.
"We've been flagged! They're locking down the Zurich routing nodes and initiating an automated data purge!" Sarah shouted over the blaring klaxons.
"Override their purge sequence with a counter-virus loop; do not let them erase a single file!" Clara demanded, typing with furious intensity.
Outside the fortified bunker, the distant sound of approaching military transport helicopters echoed through the freezing mountain valley.
"We have less than three minutes before their tactical strike team breaches this perimeter, Mr. Thorne," the lead local security contractor warned urgently.
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Arthur loaded a heavy assault rifle with calm, methodical precision, walking over to the reinforced steel entrance door without blinking.
"Let them come; they're about to find out what happens when you corner an American family that refuses to break," Arthur declared coldly.
