บท 146: Give Me the Code, and Rob and Run

"Mr. Takagi, I do not care about the data from your headquarters. I only need the code," the unknown man said in his mellow voice.

"What do you want, exactly?" said the old man named Takagi.

"Nakatomi Corporation made a fortune in the past two years. We know that there's a secret vault underneath your tower, with 640 million dollars in bearer bonds," said the man.

Luke now realized why the forty criminals were attracted to this place: They were going after 640 million dollars!

Bearer bonds sounded like a sophisticated product, but there weren't as many of them nowadays, since it was the best means by which criminals could transfer money.

They were no longer released in most countries, and bearer bonds redeemed by the government were then destroyed.

The old man named Takagi was angry. "What kind of terrorists are you? You just want money?"