Putting on their robber masks, the operation officially began.
The previous recon had basically mapped out the interior. Now, Zack and the others' goal was to find the car dealership manager and get the key card from him.
According to the mission briefing, the target was a balding man in a suit, but they didn't know where he was.
"How do we go?" Ben looked at Zack, waiting for his professional instructions for this heist.
"We can't go through the front. We'll go through the parking lot and hack the electrical box to open the door," Zack suggested after considering the dealership's layout.
They had already put on their masks and drawn their guns.
Going in through the front door openly and then heading to the back corridor's fire escape was no longer realistic.
Even though it was a game and not real life, and the NPCs were a bit deaf and blind, it wasn't reasonable to have three masked bandits with guns running past them without any reaction.
Furthermore, according to the information they'd gathered, the adjacent parking lot also provided access to the dealership. However, there were two patrolling security guards to watch out for.
After a brief discussion, the three of them sneakily approached the green belt outside the parking lot. They opened the electrical box, hacked into it, and opened the gate. Using the parked cars as cover, they quickly reached a back door.
However, they were faced with two choices: either take out the security guards and get the key cards from them, or pick the lock on the back door.
But considering that this operation was planned as a stealth mission, and the two patrolling guards were within the camera's surveillance range, there was no choice.
"I'll pick the lock. You two keep watch. If those two guards come over, take them down on the spot. Don't let them call the police or use their radios," she said. As a Ghost with stealth talents, her lock-picking speed was faster than others, so this was her job.
"No problem." Zack and Ben clutched their guns, lurking on the ground like spies, watching the two guards' positions through the gaps in the car chassis.
Hannah, meanwhile, took out a wire and a buckle from her pocket and started fiddling with the lock.
"One is coming this way!" Zack whispered into the voice channel with great immersion.
In his view, the leather shoes were getting closer and closer.
He could even hear footsteps.
Their location wasn't a blind spot; it was only covered by a black sedan.
So if this guard got close, he would definitely find them. What was even more critical was that this guard was within the camera's surveillance range, and they hadn't dealt with the cameras beforehand.
This meant they had to rely on their luck. If the guard spotted them while still within the monitor's view, the infiltration would fail.
Zack and Ben, holding their guns, felt a bit tense. But then, Hannah brought good news.
"One second left… Done! Quick, get in!"
Hannah said, looking at the progress bar. With a click, the back door was successfully opened.
The moment it opened, the three of them tiptoed inside.
After entering through the back door, the guard outside approached the door.
Probably hearing the door close, the guard outside looked confused. At the same time, Zack and the others inside saw a blue question mark appear above the guard's head.
Leaning against the door, Zack and the others were very tense, holding silenced pistols. The three guns were pointed at the door.
As soon as the guard outside came in, they would make him understand why the flowers were so red.
To their relief, the blue question mark above the guard's head quickly disappeared.
Listening to the footsteps gradually fading away, Zack, Ben, and Hannah let out a sigh of relief.
They had done open robberies countless times, and had eliminated at least eight hundred to a thousand enemies.
But this kind of undetected infiltration also gave them a thrill.
"A perfect infiltration!" Ben exclaimed.
"But what do we do next? There's a camera ahead, should we take it out directly?" Zack asked cautiously as they crept closer to the security door.
Opening the door ahead would allow them to enter the car dealership's interior, and then they could go to the second floor via the fire escape. But the problem was the camera at the turn.
"Should I shoot it with the silencer?" Ben asked.
"Shooting it with the silencer might alert them. I'll install an ECM jammer. Based on the previous setup, I think one less is not a big problem," Hannah rejected the plan.
"Let's install the ECM jammer," Zack agreed after thinking about it.
As a professional bandit who had been to many crime scenes, Hannah pulled out an ECM jammer, which looked like a phone, from her dimensional backpack and prepared to install it on the ground.
However, at that moment, a click echoed from the security door connecting to the car dealership in the hallway.
A patrolling guard, yawning, pushed the door open and walked in, seemingly wanting to get some fresh air.
The game seemed to enter silent mode for a moment. The guard looked at the three masked bandits with a bewildered expression, not reacting for a moment. A blue question mark appeared above his head.
Then, the question mark instantly turned into a crimson exclamation mark. At the same time, the guard's hand reached for the radio on his chest, and the other hand went to the pistol on his waist, preparing to shout.
But at that moment.
'Peep peep peep…'
A series of silenced gunshots rang out. Several bullet holes appeared on the guard's body, and he slumped down softly.
Hannah, fully immersed in the game, rushed forward and grabbed the guard's falling body.
Zack picked up the radio from the ground and faked a conversation with the guard on the other end.
Ben quietly closed the door.
"It's okay, we weren't exposed," Zack said in a low voice, looking at the startled Ben and Hannah.
"That's right, if we eliminate the person who discovered us, we weren't exposed," Ben agreed, his words sounding like a typical Assassin.
"So what do we do now?" Hannah asked, looking at the body on the ground.
"No big deal, let's change his clothes and find him a place," Zack said, pulling out a body bag from his pocket.
Whether it was a beneficial condition purchased earlier or how this part was designed, there were two trash cans in the corridor, perfect for hiding a body.
Zack put the body into the black bag, then opened a trash can.
With a thud, he threw it in, and then Zack took a deep breath.
"Come on, let's continue installing the ECM. Our infiltration is going perfectly so far, and no one has discovered us!"
(End of chapter)