Chapter 15

Hours later, the sleek transport jet touched down smoothly on a hidden mountain airstrip nestled amidst the freezing, snow-capped peaks of Switzerland. A heavily armored convoy of local security contractors met them on the tarmac, escorting them to a fortified communications outpost near Geneva. Inside the subterranean bunker, banks of glowing server racks hummed with relentless power, processing millions of international transactions every single second. Liam sat down at the master terminal, inserting the gold-plated master drive into the primary routing slot with steady fingers.
The system screen flashed from angry crimson to a brilliant, inviting green as root administrative privileges were successfully established across the network. "Access granted... downloading complete dossier of offshore accounts, political bribes, and global assassinations," the automated terminal voice echoed. Data began transferring at unprecedented speeds, cascading down the monitors in endless cryptographic verification codes that couldn't be deleted. Outside the fortified bunker, the distant sound of approaching syndicate helicopters echoed ominously through the freezing mountain valley.