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

Chapter 1173: Ouch!

Everyone was searching for Penny, Zoren, and Mark. Since all of the enemies had been subdued and locked up, and the hostages rescued, everyone formed a team solely to find those three.

They had already searched every room in every building.

So, where did they go?

They couldn't have just disappeared into thin air, right?

The answer was...

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[Earlier...]

'Third - Third Brother?' Penny mentally gasped, her eyes widening as she watched Slater approach the enemy. Slater aimed his rifle at the man, stopping when the muzzle pressed against the man's chest.

A part of her was telling her to stop watching and look away. Another part of her was telling her to jump out and stop Slater from harming the man. She didn't want to think too much about it. After all, in a situation like this, anyone would have to muster the courage to pick up a weapon to defend themselves.

"Where's my sister?" Slater asked quietly, but the silence in the corridor carried his voice to the ends of every wall. "You said there was a woman here-where is she?"

"I don't know," the man breathed out. "I was just hiding during all the chaos. Please, I'm not going to fight back."

clenched. "Was

"I don't know!"

"Was she!?"

his chest, the last thing he wanted was for Slater to pull the trigger. "I... I'm not sure, but I did peek. She's not hurt if anything, she hurt everyone

how could this man act so worriedly about someone who clearly dominated the battlefield? Unbeknownst to him, the woman Slater was talking about was different from the woman the

but the man had only seen Mint. Considering there were

trailed off, telling herself to show herself. However, somewhere in her heart, she wanted to see what

a clear look at Slater's side profile. Unlike what she expected, he didn't look cornered or frightened. If anything, he

he didn't look like someone forced to pick up a weapon to defend themselves. He... Slater... looked very

going on?' Penny wondered, only to feel a light tug on her back. Startled, Penny turned with her rifle ready, only to see a little girl looking up at her. Deep lines appeared between her

under-eye was dark, but she had a look of hope in her eyes. Penny intuitively assumed she was one of the

hem of Penny's ripped dress and pointed in a direction. Penny followed the direction the little girl was pointing, only to snap her eyes back to the little

I'll take you somewhere safe." The little girl shook her head

the wall. As soon as she did, she saw Slater knocking the

against the wall. Slater hadn't opened fire, but he struck the man hard enough to knock him out. Penny gulped and looked back at the

again. But the little girl only answered by

on Penny's forehead deepened, but all the little girl did was tug her dress. When Penny didn't move, the little

pause as she looked back at where

her teeth and

smaller entrances-the back entrance. She knew there were probably more