714: Chapter 706: Treasure 714: Chapter 706: Treasure Antonio stood in front of the photo wall, but after glancing at it twice, he shook his head.
Then, after sniffing hard several times, he whispered, “Believe me, there’s nothing of value on this wall.”
Kesen squinted at Antonio and said loudly, “Did you find something?”
Antonio nodded and after sniffing vigorously again with his nose, he exclaimed, “I smell US Dollars.
There must be money here, a lot of money!”
Gao Yang couldn’t help but laugh, “Man, your nose is really something.”
Ignoring Gao Yang, Antonio looked around the room and suddenly walked to the bed.
He lifted the sheets, checked that the big bed had a solid structure, then threw everything on the bed down and lifted the Simmons mattress.
He said in a deep voice, “Get this mattress outside.”
Frey and Glolov carried the Simmons mattress outside.
Once the mattress was lifted, there was a movable bed board underneath.
Antonio then pulled out a board, and immediately beneath it, a metal plate was revealed.
“Aha, just as I suspected!”
On seeing the metal plate, Antonio shouted joyfully and then removed the remaining three large bed boards, revealing a huge safe.
The safe was enormous; it occupied the space of a two-meter by two-meter bed laid flat on the ground.
Looking at the huge safe, Gao Yang immediately perked up, while Antonio lay on top of the safe, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath with abandon.
With a blissful expression, he said, “I love this feeling, it’s fantastic, truly nostalgic.
Trust me guys, this is stuffed entirely with crisp new green bills.”
However, Kesen showed no excitement.
He looked astonished and then quickly shook his head, saying, “This is the first time I’ve encountered such a situation, being a cleaner and getting involved in a treasure hunt.”
Gao Yang coughed lightly and said, “Mr.
Kesen, it seems you’re not very happy?”
Kesen shrugged and replied, “Whatever we find, it’s yours.
What’s there for me to be happy about?”
Gao Yang and Glolov exchanged glances, then Gao Yang looked at Kesen and pointed at the safe, “Are you saying that everything found here has nothing to do with you?”
Kesen shrugged again, stating, “Of course, we do have professional ethics.
You guys knock off a guy, find some stuff in his house; it’s clearly yours.”
Gao Yang smiled, “I respect your professional ethics.
However, think of it this way: we open the safe and then use the money inside to pay your commission.
Would that make you feel a bit better?”
Kesen shook his head, “I don’t like cash, it’s too bothersome, and too risky.”
Meanwhile, Antonio had been squatting in front of the safe for a while, completely ignoring the conversation between Gao Yang and Kesen.
Suddenly, he said, “This type of safe is quite common, often seen in the houses of the wealthy, but this type of combination lock is very rare.
Boss, take a look, this doesn’t seem like the type of combination lock that those wealthy folks would use at home, right?”
Kesen moved to the combination lock, glanced at it briefly, and then exclaimed loudly, “F**k, damn KGB, I hate these bastards!”
Antonio smacked his lips, “That’s correct, isn’t it?”
Kesen sighed, “Indeed, it’s correct.”
Kesen and Antonio were making gestures quietly when Gao Yang urgently said, “What are you talking about?
What’s with the safe?
Can’t it be opened?”
Kesen stood up, clapped his hands, and said, “The safe is common, but the combination lock is rare.
This type of lock, usually used for safes that hold important documents, if you enter the wrong code, the contents inside will either burn to ashes or, more terrifyingly, it could explode!”
After saying this, Kesen sighed and added, “Trust me, if those damn bastards from the KGB are using this type of lock, it’s not just going to burn the contents to ashes in case of a mistake.
Just one wrong code or if the safe is tampered with forcefully, then this safe will definitely become a huge bomb.”
Gao Yang was stunned and Glolov awkwardly didn’t know what to say.
At that moment, Frey asked urgently, “What do we do then?
Can you guys open it?”
Antonio scratched his head, “We should be able to, but it’s very dangerous.”
Kesen shrugged, “There, you heard him.
It can be opened, but it’s dangerous.
Treasure hunting isn’t part of our job description, so, you understand, right?”
Gao Yang nodded, “I understand.
How do you want to split it?”
Kesen touched his chin, “If you’re willing to split it fifty-fifty, then I think the risk is worth taking.”
Gao Yang shook his head and said, “Considering the size of this safe, it could easily hold 10,000,000 US Dollars.
Splitting it in half doesn’t seem fair.
Here’s my proposal: we use the money inside to pay your commission.
If there’s any left over, we split it equally.
How does that sound?”
Kesen slapped his hand and then extended it to Gao Yang, saying, “Deal!”
As Gao Yang and Kesen shook hands, Gao suddenly said, “But what if there isn’t any self-destruct mechanism in the safe at all?”
Kesen confidently said, “Then consider it a courtesy help.
Everything inside will be yours.”
After reaching an agreement with Kesen, Kesen seemed rejuvenated.
He stood next to Antonio and loudly said, “Buddy, it’s half ours, what do you think?
Can you open it?”
Antonio stroked his chin, subconsciously nodded, and said, “It should be possible.
I need some time.
If there were a password, that would be great.
I don’t know how many wrong entries trigger the self-destruct; it might be three, maybe ten, but it could also be just one wrong entry.”
Kesen said bitterly, “Trust me, those damn KGB wouldn’t set it to just a few wrong tries.
Their style guarantees there’s only one chance, just one!
One wrong move, and it explodes!”
Gao Yang also leaned towards the digital keypad, which had a small LCD screen and nine numeric keys, unlike the more common dial-type combination locks for safes.
Staring at the keypad, Gao Yang said with a headache, “How on earth are we supposed to open this?”
Antonio said confidently, “If it’s a lock, it can be opened.
Definitely.”
After speaking, Antonio stood up and said to Kesen, “Boss, the tools I brought are too simple; I can’t open this lock with them.
I need to go home for my tools.”
Kesen nodded and said, “Go get them.”
As Antonio turned to leave, Kesen sat on the safe, leisurely saying, “Alright, now we wait and witness the moment of surprise.”
Gao Yang also sat down and said, “That Antonio, he’s a professional at this, and he seems very familiar with you.
Is he also CIA?”
Kesen laughed and said, “I personally recruited him.
The guy is a Mexican who used to be a safe-cracker targeting the residences of wealthy people, and specifically those of drug lords in Mexico.
You know, only drug lords keep large amounts of cash at home.
Later, we accidentally caught him, and I brought him from Mexico to America to join the CIA.
He specializes in cracking tough locks.
Let’s just say, although he’s a wild card, he’s much better than our previous lock specialists.”
Gao Yang couldn’t help but remark, “Your organization really does have a lot of talent.”
Kesen proudly smiled and said, “We thrive on skills, how could we not have talented people?
You are a second-tier client, so I can brag a bit to you.
If it were a lower-tier client, they wouldn’t even meet me.
But that also means I have fewer chances to show off, ha ha.”
At that moment, Fleisching said excitedly, “Boss, I think maybe these photos are hiding the safe’s password.
Think about it, isn’t it done like that in the movies?
To prevent forgetting the password, they hide it in some seemingly obvious places.”
Gao Yang laughed and said, “That makes sense, let’s take a look.”
Glolov also stood in front of the photo wall with keen interest.
After a few glances, he loudly said, “Nothing special here, no numbers either.”
Fley said urgently, “Turn them over and look.”
Fley turned over a photo and immediately shouted, “There are words!
June 26, 1978.”
Upon hearing this, Glolov also took down a photo, flipped it, and exclaimed, “Mine too, it’s September 2, 1991!”
Gao Yang also took down a photo and said excitedly, “Indeed, they all have words.
Flip over all the photos and remember the order.”
Though excited, Gao Yang immediately frowned and said, “No, no, if Dusselyev wanted to hide his money, why would he set such an obvious clue?
Even if he was worried about forgetting the password, he wouldn’t set such an easily discovered code.”
Kesen laughed heartily and said, “You’ve finally noticed?
Trust me, if you input the numbers in order from the photos, that safe will definitely explode.
Everyone can see these photos don’t make sense.
If that dead guy were not an idiot, he definitely wouldn’t hide the password here.
In my opinion, he deliberately set up this photo wall to trick someone.”
After saying that, Kesen shrugged and said, “There might be one photo where the numbers on the back are the password, but we have no idea which one.
So even if the password is indeed hidden in these photos, they are meaningless to us.”
Just then, Gao Yang’s breathing grew heavy.
He hadn’t carefully inspected the wall of photos initially, but now his eyes fixed on a large photo still hanging on the wall.
Hearing Kesen’s words, Gao Yang gasped and said, “No, you’re wrong.
This photo is very meaningful, immensely meaningful to me personally!” (To be continued.
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