Gunshots echoed through the lab, but the Vanguard Agency was ready for anything. The GTO guards left behind were caught off-guard, especially since their boss had hightailed it out of there. It was a spectacular defeat, like watching petals swept away by a swift stream.

Vivienne continued to monitor the screens, her fingers dancing over the keyboard with urgency, "The left passage is clear. Follow it."

She was analyzing the layout of the building, switching to real-time mode, and connecting to infrared imaging to track Scott's possible escape routes.

Although Percival had come prepared, they were short on hands, what with all the kids around.

Scott knew the place like the back of his hand; if he had planned an escape route in advance, he would be a tough one to catch.

Suddenly, Vivienne spotted a blinking light on the screen. "Mr. Wolf, watch out, there's a bomb!"

A loud explosion rocked the area 800 meters from the lab entrance.

The thermal imager fizzled out, and the screen became a flurry of scrambling red dots.

Vivienne cursed under her breath, slammed her laptop shut, and sprinted toward the blast site.

"Mr. Wolf! You oka..."

"Vivienne." Percival emerged from the ashes, one hand gripping Thomas, the other holding Leopold. "I'm fine. Check on these two."

Leopold let out a groan. "Vivienne, my hand's done for."

Thomas gestured to his own left hand. "Same here."

Breathing a sigh of relief, Vivienne quickly picked up some scattered wooden planks and expertly fashioned splints for their broken hands.

"This will do for now. We'll get it fixed back at the base. It's not a big deal."

Vivienne's gaze met Percival's.

He was staring into the rubble, his expression grave, eyes sharp as blades.

She understood his frustration.

been so close to

a new type of bomb was buried here, one that even their detectors had not

dealing with more than just a couple of broken hands. Whether they would even be found in one piece was up for debate! Vivienne stepped forward, placing a hand on Percival's shoulder. "Mr. Wolf,

Scott was GTO's third in command, not someone they could easily apprehend. "Captain, we've found all the missing

blinked at the term

except Leopold looking at her

the 'ma'am' was

engaged, not married! 'Ma'am' sounds so

my blessing to be called that? Keep babbling nonsense, and

'little Husky's' outburst, focusing instead

back to the situation, patting her subordinate's shoulder, "Call me Vivienne next

she rushed to the

team member, "Husky's bonus is yours this

The team member beamed, then thanked Leopold,

clench his fist, a jolt of pain reminded

heartless man!' But, of course, these

Percival's phone rang. Checking the caller ID, his

announced,

not even delay it for a

reach of our adversaries is surprisingly long." Percival's

We'll deal with that man slowly." Vivienne

the team captain responsible for national security and having someone pull strings over his

smile. "Yes, we'll take care of them one

the situation with

it was not just them; all the

new type of sedative. Though it was meant to foster organ growth for their

had already been cut open,

with fury as she realized GTO's

Such inhuman cruelty!

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