The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 441

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.

began. The YQ and TCL labs had merged, keeping

the lab first, taking in the familiar

one her

the past month meticulously restoring

mother working diligently as she approached the

her mother had

within, followed by a

of YQ lab, Holden had been orienting his team to the lab's environment and its

catching an unfinished experimental

trying to replicate that 3D biological printer, but we're

month of operation, Holden and his team had been busy with

several errors on the report and said, "These numbers are correct, but you've

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

Admiration was an understatement.

research fanatics, and seeing Vivienne's expertise, they eagerly surrounded her

brief discussion, Vivienne asked, "Who's

crowd parted, revealing a young man holding a 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 working

sized him up, feeling an odd sense of

Rex. He's a recent hire. Young, yes, but a medical prodigy and quite insightful about potions."

handed over his half-finished report.

nodded, impressed

unclear about. I'll report back to the director once I've figured them out," Rex said,

scribbled a series

numbers for a moment, his

said, "How long have you been working

the report as he headed

explanation. "Ma'am, he's utterly devoted to medicine. We're all used to it

dedication reminded her of

spoke, Percival

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