"Approve the hostile takeover."
Ryan Parker typed the execution command into his smartphone.
"You cannot afford to buy a federal bank Ryan," Victoria Price pleaded. "The regulatory fees alone will drain your operational capital."
Ryan ignored her warning. He engaged the golden System interface.
[Initiating Module: Capital Suppression.]
[Target: Pacific Global Bank Tokyo Branch. Liquidating sovereign reserves.]
Victoria stared at her tablet. Her jaw dropped.
"The ownership registry just flipped," Victoria gasped. "You just bought the entire Asian branch."
"I bought their vault," Ryan corrected her.
He pressed a button on the glass desk to dial the Tokyo branch manager. The secure satellite line connected instantly.
"Who is this?" the branch manager demanded. "This is a restricted
