Chapter 275


    As her fingers danced across the buttons next to her wristwatch, the camera overhead seemed to fritz


    out, and the monitor room’s feed remained frozen on the scene where Curtis had just approached the


    two people. It was as if the image was stuck in time.


    Now was her moment. Mirabe made her move.


    In the security hub.


    “Uh, the second floor’s feed’s got the jitters.” Wyatt, who was vigntly watching every corner, quickly


    noticed that the entire feed from the second–floor gallery had be static.


    “Signal interference.” James spat out coldly, as a familiar scenario unfolded before him.


    He rose from his chair. His gaze swept over the second–floor gallery screen before locking onto a


    figure in the crowd. It was a person wearing a baseball cap, never once lifting his head. He pointed a


    commanding finger. “Check out that guy’s ID.”


    There was something about the cap–wearer that set off his instincts, despite the person’s. seemingly


    normal appearance.


    After giving the order, James strode out with an air of deadly seriousness. Wyatt nced in the


    direction his boss had left, then quickly instructed his team to spring into action. He too


    stepped out of the security room.


    Meanwhile, Mirabe silently counted the seconds. At the precise moment the ss case. housing the


    emerald was cut open, she closed in on the two people, reaching in first and effortlessly lifting the


    artifact out. Her speed was so swift that those two barely registered what had happened.


    Mirabe nced down at the artifact, admiring its beauty, but as her fingers touched its base, she


    frowned. Had she really spent a good fifty bucks on cab fare for this fake trinket?


    Mirabe’s expression darkened in an instant, and she stuffed the object back into the case. Whoever


    wanted it could take it.


    When the people came to their senses and saw the emerald back in its ce, fear shed across their


    eyes.


    Suddenly, Mirabe felt the air thicken with a new, potent sense of danger. She lifted her gaze but


    couldn’t spot the source of this malice. Taking a step back, she sidestepped Curtis‘ advance and


    quickly headed towards the restroom corridor.


    Under her watchful eye, the corridor entrance wasced with a densework of infrared beams.


    Anyone approaching would be immediately detected, especially with two guards stationed there.


    ncing back, Mirabe noticed the esctors to both the first and second floors had been


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    Chapter 275


    shut down.


    Her signal jammer would be cracked in a minute, tops. By her calctions, she had about ten seconds


    before the security feeds were back online, which meant she had to get out in less


    than that.


    Mirabe sifted through the building’s escape routes in her mind and then set her sights on the nearby


    fire rm. With the security personnel distracted, she stealthily approached and smashed her hand


    down on the rm.


    Instantly, the shrill sound of the building’s rm system filled the air, amplifying the fear already lurking


    in the hearts of the visitors shrouded in darkness.


    In the gloom, the lone, illuminated emergency exit sign seemed like a beacon to everyone there. In an


    instant, the basic human instinct for survival kicked in. Without a moment to ponder what had


    transpired, everyone rushed towards the exit indicated by the sign.


    Even the most sophisticated of technologies could not contain the primal survival instinct of a crowd in


    panic. Thus, the sealed passages were forced open.