In the car, there was a brief silence between Percival and Vivienne before Percival broke it, his grip tightening on Vivienne's hand. "We need to split up. I'm heading over to Vanguard Agency to confront Vance. He's up to his neck in this heist, and I'm sure he's involved. You should visit your grandpa. With this mess involving the ancient warrior lineage, he might know how to help."
Vivienne suddenly remembered that Leopold's imprisonment was due to pressure from members of the ancient warrior lineage, which left the Vanguard Agency unable to intervene.
The Perez family might just have a solution.
With that thought, Vivienne's eyes narrowed imperceptibly.
She had spent ten years training at the Emerald Monastery, taking time each year to build her circle of influence.
She founded the Nine Mystics Society, strengthening the Monastery's influence, believing she had become strong enough to protect those she cared about. Yet, facing the ancient warrior lineage, her power seemed insignificant.
The Nine Mystics Society was like an ant in front of the ancient warrior lineage, easily crushed.
And her control over GTO, which she thought was firm, had slipped through her fingers.
It was time to act.
"Okay, I'm on it," Vivienne said, squeezing Percival's hand back. "Make it quick. We can't let anything happen to Leopold."
"Right. Our Husky? No one's going to pluck him without a fight."
They parted ways then and there, Percival driving straight to Vanguard Agency.
Thomas, Anna, and Soren were all waiting in the deputy director's office, trying to get a hold of Leopold.
When they saw Percival return, they all approached him eagerly. "Deputy!"
"Where's Vance?" Percival's voice was grim.
the others, "In his office, Soren's been
Vanguard Agency, smart enough to guess Vance's
wrong inside the agency, and there was no
deputy director. To have kept such a secret from him until the
learning about this, Thomas and the others had been
and tossed his jacket on the sofa,
but Percival
choice, Soren remained in
Vance's office door
It was Leopold's phone.
teased Leopold about
seeing Percival enter, silently pocketed the phone. "What
it?" Percival walked over and pulled
Percival grabbed Vance by the collar, pinning
looked as if he might snap
resist, taking all of Percival's anger. "I wondered why Soren and Anna were hovering around the director's office
cursed or got physical with his superiors,
he could not
Vance expect him to sit
everyone in the agency. Percival loosened his tie. "Get out,
linger, and even the other agency heads did not try to
was like a raging lion, a fierce warrior one dared
they had
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