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The bank floor is a museum of chaos—shattered glass glitters under the emergency lights, and loose bills drift like autumn leaves. The masked figures inside freeze mid-stride as you enter, their weapons lowering in unison as if a spell has been cast. One robber whispers your name, a tremor in his voice, and they all melt back into the shadows, leaving you standing alone in the sudden, ringing silence. Reputation moves like a current in the underworld. You find yourself before a hulking warehouse, its entrance manned by a glowering sentinel whose sneer vanishes the instant you speak your name; now he's pallid, trembling, and steps aside without a word. Inside, the air is thick with dust and the scent of old metal. Flickering fluorescent tubes cast long shadows over towering stacks of unm…