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.

Soren's been keeping an

all elite members of Vanguard

inside the agency, and there was

the trial was nigh meant no one

Thomas and the others had been closely

tossed his jacket on the sofa, storming

moved to follow, but Percival shoved him

choice, Soren remained in the

did not even knock; he pushed open Vance's office door and overheard

It was Leopold's phone.

had teased Leopold about that custom ringtone

enter, silently pocketed the phone. "What brings you here

here with Leopold's phone, messaging Thomas. Amusing, is it?" Percival walked over and pulled open Vance's drawer without ceremony. There it was, Leopold's phone and

Percival grabbed

looked as if he might snap Vance's neck

not resist, taking all of Percival's anger. "I wondered why Soren and Anna were hovering around the director's office today. Percival, sit down, let me explain." Percival

rarely cursed or got physical with his superiors, regardless of

time, he could not

him to sit down and

everyone in the agency. Percival loosened his

nobody dared linger, and even the other agency heads did not try to

like a raging lion, a fierce warrior one dared not

yet they had not expected Percival to explode with such fury, to strike

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