The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 688

When Vivienne and Percival turned to look again, the woman in red had vanished without a trace.

Vivienne wanted to chase after her, but Percival grabbed her wrist. "Vivienne, let it go. She hasn't shown us her full hand yet."

Even for Vivienne and Percival, it had been a stalemate at best. If they pursued her, their chances of victory were slim.

Besides, their main reason for coming to M State was to rescue people, and now that they had, their mission was complete. However, they still hadn't figured out why the puppet master behind this charade had gone to such lengths.

Vivienne peered in the direction the red-clad woman had disappeared, her gaze murky and unreadable.

Atop a nearby hill, the woman in red stood, her eyes fixed on the scene below where she could see Vivienne's group.

Lucky for her, she had packed a smoke grenade, which briefly obscured their vision, allowing her a swift escape.

It had been years, and it was time for her to return to Veridia.

She scoffed disdainfully, snapped her fan shut, and walked away. "Wait for it. We'll meet again."

Elsewhere.

Huxley had fainted from fright during the scuffle and was now jabbed awake by Vivienne's needle.

"You guys alright?" Vivienne asked, looking toward Larry and Carl.

Larry, clutching his chest, replied, "Vivienne, we're fine."

He had sustained some injuries, but they weren't a big deal for him.

Carl shook his head, too, indicating he was fine.

Huxley, however, was a different story. Upon waking and finding familiar faces - and the red-clad woman gone - he knew he had been saved and burst into tears.

"I thought I was a goner..."

Larry looked at him and wanted to punch him out of frustration but restrained himself for Vivienne's sake.

"Did anyone see what she looked like under that mask?" Yuri couldn't help asking. The woman had given him an odd sense of familiarity as if they had met before. The mention of having held Vivienne as a child had also piqued his curiosity. However, he combed through his memory but found no trace of her.

"Uncle, it's no use. The face under the mask was probably not her own."

These people are masters of disguise; they wouldn't dare show their true faces in public.

Larry stood up. "Vivienne, she mentioned Samantha. What's that about?"

He had been on a solo mission from Vivienne, part of which was to investigate Samantha's whereabouts. Instead, he ended up being the one kidnapped, a humiliating turn of events for him. Vivienne chuckled, looking at Percival. "Mr. Wolf, it's time to head home. Some webs need untangling."

The uncles were full of questions, wondering why they were returning home without having completed their mission. Were they just going to leave the woman in red unchased? "Okay," Percival nodded.

the woman in red. However, she was not exactly going to cause a problem. After

here in M State? Apart from being third wheels, what else did we accomplish?" Vivienne's three uncles

and Percival:

get

was the first time Vivienne had encountered such tactics. The silver needles from her fan were coated in

them and finding only minor injuries, a cracked rib for Larry, and a severely shaken Huxley, Vivienne addressed the latter, "Didn't F-Poison capture you? How did you end up here?" Huxley's tale of woe began. "I have no idea! Back then, Mom lost everything for that man, leaving my sister and I with only each other to depend on. Later, I

was hell! It was torture! But when I almost lost it, she suddenly brought me to this sanatorium, where I found Carl. You guys know

Vivienne's eyelids lowered, hiding the look in her

come back with

Huxley replied

a mysterious

heard outside. The uncles peeked

"Just two planes? How will

first. In a day, someone will come to take you back to

to look again, the

"Vivienne, let it go. She hasn't shown us her full

a stalemate at best. If they pursued her, their chances of victory were

their main reason for coming to M State was to rescue people, and now that they had, their mission was

direction the red-clad woman had disappeared, her gaze murky

hill, the woman in red stood, her eyes fixed on

smoke grenade, which briefly obscured their vision,

it was time for her to

her fan shut, and walked away. "Wait

Elsewhere.

had fainted from fright during the scuffle and was now jabbed awake by

Vivienne asked, looking toward Larry

clutching his chest, replied,

some injuries, but they weren't

too, indicating he

familiar faces - and the red-clad woman gone - he knew he had been saved and burst into

thought I was a

him out

an odd sense of familiarity as if they had met before. The mention of having held Vivienne as a child had also piqued

no use. The face under the mask was probably

disguise; they wouldn't dare show their true faces in

up. "Vivienne, she mentioned Samantha.

the one kidnapped, a

why they were returning home without having completed their mission. Were they just

to cause a

was our purpose here in M State? Apart from being third wheels,

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