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The guard gave the ID back after a thorough review and said, “Vá para dentro” Go inside

Juan, who’d been studying Portuguese for the last six weeks in preparation for this ado” He entered the warehouse and followed the oods and materials from Ricardo Ferreira’s factories all over Brazil

They took a freight elevator two levels down The doors opened to a broad tunnel that extended two hundred yards ahead of the his left arht pull in his skin from the two puckered scars, it felt no different than before he’d been shot

When they reached the end of the tunnel, they entered another elevator that was located under the seely abandoned cannery Two stories up, the doors opened to reveal a vast, well-litplant

The only product on the assembly line were dozens of Slipstream submarine drones Juan had only seen a prototype on Ferreira’s yacht Orders froone into full-scale production The first finished copies were about to roll off the line

Juan saw a palatial office overlooking the factory floor, and aon his phone The nized him instantly as Ricardo Ferreira He was alone

Thanks to Calvo, Juan knew exactly where the stairs up to the office were He peeled away from the other workers and headed down the hallway toward the stairs where a single guard was on duty As soon as he was in the corridor, he took out a handkerchief and held it to his face like he had a bloody nose

“Eu preciso do banheiro,” he said I need the bathroom

“The bathroouard replied in English and Portugueseas he did so

When his hand was up and away frouard’s head against his knee The , but it would be long enough

Juan pocketed the guard’s semiautomatic pistol and looked at his watch He went to the nearby fire exit, which was chained shut and alarmed Juan swiftly picked the padlock and deactivated the alarm

When he opened the door, four people clad in black coear and ski masks swarmed in Each was armed with a suppressed AR-15 assault rifle One of them also had a carbon fiber crossbow

“Right on time,” Eddie said

“Have any trouble?” Juan asked as they crept toward the stairs

“A couple of guards are going to have headaches in the ,” Linc said