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."

the news of her cousin's safety. "There are people on the rooftop - men and women. All of

Mint, we can gather

shoulder. "Keep the felons there, and keep the hostages away from them.

cousin and Butler Lee had nothing but praise for her, they didn't feel the need to question her. There was nothing to check. They had seen the gruesome aftermath of the battle

in a safe room. If you want, feel free

all those felons are

one of them, while the other reported their

with Zoren Pierson, but I

if Penny was on the rooftop, but with Mint

least one of us check the rooftop?" one of them asked sincerely and politely. "Until we check it ourselves, we can't report back that

without checking just because I

of our

side. "But be gentle, though. Those

in case something went wrong. However, when they opened the door and checked, they understood why Mint

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

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

her eyes lowered. Her hands were filled with dirt, blood, and sweat. She could even smell the scent

the end... I still chose duty over

that, but there had been many times

it weighed

f

fighting, one of the men had used the hostages as shields to make her stop. Although she managed to turn the tables, she realized that leaving those people unsupervised would only complicate things. Even though many of them had cowered in the corners, a few were

words, Mint had to restore order before more of them got

deserve to