Chapter 1612: Chapter 1591: Lockpicking Expert Antonio arrived, carrying a small backpack and hurriedly walked out from the terminal. Seeing Antonio, Gao Yang shouted, “Antonio, over here!” Antonio saw Gao Yang, then changed direction and quickly walked towards him. After embracing Gao Yang warmly in typical South American fashion, he grabbed Gao Yang’s shoulders, looking eager and said, “Buddy, it’s really great to see you again. I’m thrilled that you invited me here. Now, let’s go crack open that safe.” Antonio spoke so quickly, like a machine gun, that he immediately wanted to open the safe right away. Gao Yang said with a wry smile, “Buddy, I remember telling you that we need to wait for the right opportunity to open the safe, didn’t I?” Antonio tilted his head and said with a smirk, “Of course, of course, we can’t just break in and open the safe directly. What I mean is you should take me to check out the environment now. Reconnaissance and planning are part of safecracking; it’s preparation work.” Gao Yang chuckled, “Alright, we’ll take you to do some on-site observations immediately. Are you sure you don’t need to rest a bit? You just had an intercontinental flight, after all.” Antonio waved his hand eagerly, “I can sleep in the car. Let’s get going quickly.” Though he’s a thief, or rather a grand thief, cracking someone else’s safe isn’t a job just anyone can do. Antonio is also a technical expert, and he seems to be quite the enthusiast—an enthusiastic techie. Taylor drove, Karima sat in the front passenger seat, while Gao Yang and Antonio sat in the back. As soon as Antonio got in the car, he couldn’t wait any longer and said, “Let’s move quickly. I’m getting a bit impatient, and I feel like I’m about to explode with excitement! Six safes, oh my God, six of the most top-tier safes, what a feast this is!” After saying that, Antonio looked at Gao Yang with a distressed expression and said, “You know what, buddy? Since the last time I helped you crack a safe, I haven’t touched a safe door again. I’m going crazy here. I’m really grateful you invited me. Of course, I must commend you—your choice was wise. You know I’m the best, right?” Gao Yang forced a couple of laughs and then whispered, “Buddy, do you have any research on the safes from the Döttling Company?” Antonio said confidently, “Of course, of course I do. The company’s products always present a challenge, which I’ve always wanted to tackle. I’ve conducted in-depth research on their entire product line. So far, I’ve had a decent unlocking rate of twenty-five percent.” Gao Yang exclaimed, “Twenty-five percent!” Antonio shrugged and pouted, “I’ve opened four in total and succeeded with one. It doesn’t sound like a high success rate, but you need to understand, I’m one of only three people in the world who can forcibly open this company’s safes without a password. The other two are core technicians from this company—most of the safe models are designed by those two.” After saying that, Antonio said with a face of pride, “So you have to understand one thing: my success rate is only twenty-five percent, but for everyone else, it’s zero, zero, zero! Got it?” At this moment, Karima, sitting in the front passenger seat, said solemnly, “Mr. Antonio, here is the information on the safes. The models are already marked.” Antonio said with a face full of surprise, “Ah, you’ve figured out what models they are? Great.” Taking the information, Antonio impatiently started flipping through it, then immediately looked up and said, “This safe is specifically for storing luxury watches, very expensive, super expensive. However, I can open it because I’ve successfully opened this model before.” Happy with that, Antonio flipped a page and then said, “Ah oh, this lock core is a bit different. This is a jewelry safe—small, but hard to open. Hmm, it’s also a relatively lower-end product. I should be able to handle it.” After turning another page, Antonio excitedly said, “Just different sizes, but the locks are the same. Let me see, hmm, a custom-made specialty cabinet. Looks is your target. By the size, it does seem to be for storing guns and has temperature and humidity control features—two of them the same, I should be able to handle it.” Flipping to the last page, Antonio hesitated, then with a face full of gravity and excitement, trembled, “Wow, extraordinary indeed—the top-tier safe! The best, called the unbreakable fortress. I never thought I’d see one.” After saying that, Antonio turned the information to Gao Yang and said loudly, “Look at this, Döttling Company’s products are graded. One of their watch safes is priced at one hundred thousand US dollars. A safe itself is a kind of luxury, but it’s not the best Döttling Company offers. The top-of-the-line product is this, claimed to have six layers of protection, starting at a million US dollars. Do you know why this safe is used? To store the highest level of secrets.” Antonio flipped the information back, looking down and extremely excited, “These safes can be big or small. The main point is the lock. Only those multinational enterprises or national-level secrets would use this safe. Such a high-end safe—who would keep this at home?” After muttering to himself, Antonio raised his head towards Gao Yang and said, “Sorry, I forgot that the owner of this safe is a multinational enterprise boss and is about to become president. He is supposed to have this kind of safe.” Gao Yang sighed and smiled wryly, “Can it be opened?” Antonio shook his head and shrugged, “I don’t know, no confidence, completely no confidence, because this is the safe that the two designers at Döttling Company claim even they can’t open without the password. Of course, for me, it’s going to be very difficult because I’ve never studied this kind of safe.” ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel•fire.net Gao Yang wasn’t too concerned because what he wanted was in the relatively simple safe; whether or not he could open Poloneshenko’s safe for storing core secrets didn’t matter to him. Antonio sighed with regret, “I can’t guarantee I can open them all now because this is indeed too difficult. But being able to research it up close is still good because I never had access to such safes. My usual clients don’t purchase this kind of safe, and it’s impossible for me to buy one for research. When Döttling sells these safes, they even verify the customer’s identity, and clearly I’m not qualified.” (To be continued. If you work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to recommend tickets, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)