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Because Mei-ling said, “Do it.”

I quickly stepped out from behind her, my gun aimed at the man’s head.

“Get away from the computer,” I ordered.

I knew he understood me. Mei-ling had said he was fluent in English.

Gongsun’s eyes stared at the gun in shock –

And then, stupidly, he glanced back at the screen and reached for the mouse.

Rather than shoot him and announce our presence, I settled for pistol-whipping him.

One blow across the face sent him reeling to the ground.

“Try anything,” I snarled as I pointed the gun at him, “and I’ll kill you.”

He cowered on the floor with his hands over his head.

“Keep the door closed,” I said to Mei-ling as I sat in Gongsun’s office chair.

I peered at the monitor and clicked through open browser tabs until I found what I was looking for.

I immediately recognized the layout for Kryptexa, one of the largest international crypto trading platforms. I had an account myself.

Gongsun had kept his Kryptexa account page in English, thank God.

I checked the screen for the amount of crypto in the account –

And froze in shock.

Total assets were listed as 4167 Bitcoin.

Over 250 million dollars US.

Either Gongsun was a moron to keep that much crypto in one place…

Or this was merely what flowed in and out daily.

If that was the case, the Syndicate was a multi-billion-dollar operation –

And a much bigger organized crime front than I had realized.

Whatever the case, my bad luck had turned around in an instant.

I quickly navigated to the Transfer screen and entered the 36-digit address for one of my own crypto accounts.

Then, in the ‘Total Amount To Transfer’ box, I entered 4165 Bitcoins, which left two Bitcoins for transfer fees.

The screen prompted me for a two-factor authentication code, which make it harder for hackers to steal your money. The codes were generated by special apps on a cell phone and refreshed every 60 seconds.

Luckily for me, Gongsun had left his cell phone on his desk.

I looked for the app used by Kryptexa –

Ah, there it is.

Seconds later, I typed the authentication code into Kryptexa and the transfer was cleared to go.

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