Then he turned his head and saw the C4 explosives stuck to the code-locked door!

And the red numbers on the detonator, constantly changing!!

"Shift!"

He lunged fiercely toward the wall outside—

Boom!!!!!!!

Boom!!!!!!!

Boom!!!!!!!

The deafening explosions pierced his eardrums!

Countless bricks and iron pieces crashed down on him!

"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough!!"

Big-Faced Cat wiped the blood off his face and shouted:

"Damn it... Aren't you supposed to be a code expert? Is this how you crack codes!?"

"Just tell me, is it efficient or not?"

Henry Clark walked over, covering his ears, and pointed at the collapsed wall ahead:

"Look, that's the warehouse inside."

Big-Faced Cat cursed as he climbed up:

"Experts, not a single one is reliable..."

...

Henry Clark walked into the huge hole blasted in the wall.

This was his first time in a bank vault, but it was nothing like he had imagined...

"Why isn't there a single cent?"

The warehouse was empty.

No piles of cash as he had imagined, nor mountains of gold bars like in the movies.

All around the warehouse, the walls were inlaid with one safe after another, neatly arranged.

Henry Clark walked closer to take a look.

Each safe had a different person's name written on it.

William Carter.

Lily Green.

James Webb.

Henry Clark.

Wang——

???

Henry Clark took a step back, staring at the name on the previous safe.

【Henry Clark】

Absolutely genuine.

Why would his own name appear on this safe?

Click.

Behind him, a scorching gun barrel pressed against the back of his head.

"Bro, have mercy."

Henry Clark immediately raised his hands in surrender:

"Bro, come on, be reasonable. I haven't stolen anything, nor have I flirted with your wife. Even if you're cleaning house, you can't pin this on me, right?"

"Alright, Bro, I admit it, I did trick you. Actually, I'm not a code expert at all... I was just wandering around the square, picked up an Ultraman mask for fun, and then you suddenly showed up, dragged me into the car without a word!"

"But I didn't know that Ultraman mask was your secret signal! Honestly, I just fooled you for fun, I didn't mean you any harm."

"Besides... if you had brought the real code expert today, who knows, maybe even by dawn they wouldn't have cracked the code! Meeting me was your lucky break!"

Pfft—

A silvery, bell-like laugh came from behind:

"I'm not that stupid! If I couldn't crack the code door by dawn... what kind of code expert would I be?"

With that, the scorching gun barrel left Henry Clark's scalp.

Henry Clark turned around.

He saw that the person behind him was a slim woman, her hair tied up, wearing an Ultraman mask identical to his.

"Where's my Bro?"

The woman pointed her chin at her feet.

Big-Faced Cat, wearing a cat mask, was lying in a pool of blood, gun in hand, a huge hole in the back of his head.

"You killed him?"

"If I hadn't, you'd be the one dead right now."

The woman kicked the corpse aside:

"He was planning to kill all of you and take the money for himself. Not a good guy."

"Your team is really hard to manage..."

"Don't include me, I'm not with them."

The woman pushed past Henry Clark and walked toward the safes on the wall:

"This is my first time meeting him too. I don't know him, I only recognize the cartoon cat mask."

"Could your secret signal be any more old-fashioned?"

The woman ignored Henry Clark.

She brushed past him, her gaze sweeping over the safes on the wall one by one.

Finally, she stopped in front of the safe labeled 【Henry Clark】.

Looking at the eight code dials on the box, she snorted and tossed aside the small computer in her hand:

"It's actually a mechanical lock..."

The woman pressed her ear to the safe and clicked the code dials.

"What's in this 【Henry Clark】 safe?" Henry Clark leaned in from behind.

"No idea."

"Do you know Henry Clark?"

"No."

"Then why are you opening his safe?"

"Why do you have so many questions?"

Through the Ultraman mask, the woman glared fiercely at Henry Clark:

"Go cool off somewhere else!"

She continued fiddling with the code lock.

Henry Clark stared at the eight code dials on the safe, deep in thought...

"Try 19990320."

"What?"

The woman looked at Henry Clark impatiently.

"I said, for that safe, try the code 19990320."

"What number is that?"

"My birthday," Henry Clark answered confidently.

"......"

"......"

"Are you out of your mind?!" the woman asked sincerely.

"Listen."

Henry Clark took a deep breath.

His serious gaze met the other Ultraman through the mask:

"The alarm could go off at any moment. No one would joke around in a situation like this. You and I have the same goal, and honestly... I'm even more curious than you about what's hidden in that safe."