She glanced at Soren's retreating figure, knowing full well her recent tie in combat was just a stroke of luck.

Soren was still nursing an old injury, not yet back in top form.

Percival approached with the detached professionalism of a captain, addressing Anna, "A month from now will be the final assessment. Pass that, and I'll arrange for you to start interning in the lab while carrying out missions."

Anna saluted smartly. "Yes, sir. I won't let you or Vivienne down."

Vivienne watched her with a hint of amusement. The girl was a quick study.

While Leopold drove Vivienne and Percival back to their estate, Anna was left at the Vanguard Agency's training camp to hone her skills.

On the way, Leopold queried, "Vivienne, do you think Anna's got what it takes? The Agency's training isn't for the faint of heart."

Despite Anna's draw with Soren, he was worried.

"If you made it through, she will too," Vivienne replied nonchalantly, leaning on Percival's shoulder.

Percival nodded in agreement, "Right, makes sense."

Leopold glanced in the rear-view mirror, catching the couple's affectionate display, and asked belatedly, "Hang on. What do you mean 'if I made it through'? I'm way better than Anna, okay?" Vivienne lifted her gaze lazily, "She's nineteen. How old are you?"

Leopold fell silent.

Alright, he asked for it. He should just shut up!

With a snap, he pulled down the visor.

Out of sight, out of mind, right?

A month later.

Agency officially began. The YQ and TCL labs had merged, keeping

lab first, taking in the

just like the one her mother, Karen, had established years

the past month meticulously restoring it to its former

could almost see her mother working

path her mother

within, followed by a group

Holden had been orienting his team to the lab's environment and

in acknowledgment, her eyes catching an unfinished experimental report

trying to replicate that 3D biological

his team had been busy with experiments

numbers are

researchers' eyes lit up. They had been stuck for a month, but

Admiration was an understatement.

seeing Vivienne's expertise, they eagerly surrounded her

a brief discussion, Vivienne asked, "Who's handling the

copy of Hippocrates' Corpus. His hair was neatly trimmed, his nails clean, and he wore silver-rimmed glasses with a naive yet profound smile. "Ma'am, I'm

feeling an odd sense

the young man's capabilities, Holden quickly added, “Ma'am, his name is Rex. He's a recent hire. Young, yes, but a medical prodigy and quite insightful about

half-finished report. Each word was

impressed

I'll report back to the director once I've figured them out,"

it and scribbled

moment, his eyes brightening. "Yes,

said, "How long have you been working on

as he headed to his

to medicine. We're all used to it

bothered. However, Rex's dedication reminded her of someone, though that person was not

they spoke, Percival

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