The "Destruction Plan" was the ill-fated op that Karen led with the Vanguard Agency's elite squad, ending in a devastating failure.

After the mission's collapse, Lark went AWOL, Micah vanished into obscurity, and Vance Edwards went deep undercover while the rest of the special squad was nearly wiped out. Years later, Lark's deputy team leader, Daphne, met a mysterious end.

Lark herself ended it all with a supposed suicide.

Due to the tragic consequences of the mission, the "Destruction Plan" was classified as top secret by the headquarters, never to be spoken of again.

For years, Percival had been itching to unravel the whole story, but his clearance level was far from sufficient.

Now, however, no longer being a part of the Vanguard Agency, he found himself with more freedom to act.

Vance rubbed his temples, his voice grave. "You should know that even with my clearance, I can't access those files."

"You just need to give me the "Destruction Plan" code. I know you remember it better than anyone."

The past haunted every surviving member, and Vance had once climbed to the rank of second-in-command at the Sea City Vanguard Agency HQ.

He definitely had access to the detailed case files and that unforgettable sequence of numbers.

Vance hesitated. "You're asking me to make a mistake."

"You've done it before, Vance. It's important to me."

Silence stretched on the other end of the line before Vance finally spoke, "245214216589."

After getting the information, Percival hung up and entered the code into his computer.

Seconds later, the connected printer whirred to life, detailing the "Destruction Plan" documents.

report, scrutinizing every word,

Plan" files but always hit a wall at the final

how skilled the hacker, without the correct file code,

counter-hack sequence, pinpointing the intruder's location

Vivienne had never succeeded-until

a glass of juice,

passed the papers to Percival and began rapidly

printer came to life once more. Standing up, he compared the new

the original operation

clearly showing GTO's movements during the "Destruction Plan." The routes

it wasn't the Vanguard Agency chasing GTO but rather GTO ambushing the special

on GTO's location provided to the "Destruction Plan" was a

squad, orchestrated by an insider in cahoots with GTO! Percival's

have realized there was a mole

page, her finger tracing a red line on the map. "This route? My mom

first squad survived, though they eventually walked into an ambush. Still, it was a better fate than the total loss

also because of her decision that the Agency suspected her, leading to the relentless pursuit," Vivienne added, pointing at an image of the squad's uniform. "Our pursuers wore this. I remember." Her words tightened

He remembered.

trusted only him and Micah within the Vanguard

hunted from all sides, she never revealed to Percival who was after

and whether Percival would have survived was anybody's guess. Back then, his power was not yet fully developed, and even Karen was in dire straits.

Percival had never imagined that someone within the Agency had also been gunning for

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