Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1172: Duty over family

"Building B, we're in," a man reported, signaling his team to search the building. Each team formed small groups of three, dispersing so one group could check the floors while the rest went up to the next level.

They were aware that Penny hadn't been seen. Only Atlas, Benjamin, and now Hugo were safely accounted for. There was still no sign of Penny, Zoren, Mark, Slater, or Mint. This put a lot of pressure on everyone, especially after seeing the

scene.

"Third floor clear," came through the comms. "Second floor, clear."

On each floor, a few enemies were hiding, all of whom were quickly apprehended. There were also hostages inside, but unlike the syndicate members who were willing participants, their team was more lenient with the hostages.

"Fourth floor - clear."

"Fifth clear."

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"Heading to the rooftop now," said the last team as they made their way to the steep stairs. But just as they reached the stair landing, they quickly raised their weapons upon seeing someone seated on one of the steps.

Mint raised an eyebrow and glanced down at them. "Put those down. It's just me. How's my cousin?"

The men studied Mint for a moment before slowly lowering their weapons. This was the first time they had met Mint, but thanks to Butler Lee, they recognized her face. She was Benjamin's cousin.

"He's already with us," one of them said. "Miss Mint, you can come with us."

Mint shook her head, sighing in relief at the news of her cousin's safety. "There are people on the rooftop -

Mint, we can gather them once your colleagues

Mint glanced over her shoulder. "Keep the felons there, and

her. Because she was Benjamin's cousin and Butler Lee had nothing but praise for her, they didn't

the building," one of them said. "We're putting them in a safe room. If you

once all those felons are locked

understand," said one of them, while

"Is Penny okay? She went in with

question made the three men furrow their brows. They were just about to ask if Penny was on

suspicious, but may you let at least one of us check the rooftop?" one of

thought you'd just leave without checking just because I said

of our

Mint nodded, scooting to the side. "But be

walked past her, they remained sharp and alert in case something went wrong. However, when they opened the door and checked,

had gone through in this place and what had happened tonight. The dimness in their eyes showed that. Moving them also meant confronting

thought, feeling the knot in their stomach tightens. Pressing the button on his walkie-talkie, the man spoke, "Building

Her hands were filled with dirt, blood, and sweat. She could even smell the scent of gunpowder on

she whispered, her heart feeling heavier. "In the end... I still chose duty over my

that, but there had been many times people had wanted her

so, it weighed on

f

disregard the other people, planning to rescue them later. That was the plan. So what changed? The thing was, while Mint was fighting, one of the men had used the hostages as

to restore

really don't deserve to be his