Chapter 718


    The following day, Vivienne was still curled up in Percival''s arms, sleeping like a log.


    Trending topics about her were skyrocketing, with a mix ofments from fans and possibly paid trolls sprawling below the


    headlines.


    [Hawthorn Family Heiress Rampage]


    [Vivienne Bullying]


    A uniform wave of negative press.Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    [Who is this Vivienne? Never heard of her. How dare she mess with our sweet Ramona?]


    [Poor Ramona, what is her team doing? They set her up with this no-name brand, and she gets harassed at the party!]


    [Hawthorn family perfume? Our Ramona was doing them a favor representing them, and this is how they repay her!]


    Vivienne was jolted awake by the insistent ringing of her phone.


    Wi''s voice came through, and Vivienne muffled by sleep, "What''s up, Aunt Wi?"


    "Vivienne,e to the hospital. Someone broke inst night."


    Vivienne and Percival rushed to the hospital in record time. In the ward, Wi was already seated by Karen''s bedside waiting for


    them.


    Vivienne, usuallyposed, looked unusually serious. Without waiting for Wi to speak, she asked, "What happened?"


    Percival followed closely behind her. "What''s that in your hand?"


    He had remained calm, the first to notice the syringe Wi was holding. In the shaft of morning sunlight, the clear liquid in the


    white syringe shimmered with a warm glow.


    Wi didn’t answer right away but nced at Karen, who looked as peaceful as if she were merely asleep. "I can tell their target


    was specific. They weren''t trying to kill your mother; they wanted her to test some drug."


    "Testing drugs?" Vivienne''s gaze finally fixed on the potion in the syringe, "But why involve my mother?"


    Wi shook her head and handed the syringe to Vivienne, her ignorance evident.


    Considering the skill of the attacker from the night before, she asked, "Vivienne, how much do you know about the ancient


    warrior lineage?"


    At that, Vivienne paused, "Apart from the Perez and Martinez families, there''s the Littleton and Abernathy families."


    As she listed the few families she had some knowledge of, she turned to Percival, "Mr. Wolf, what do you know?"


    Percival''s eyes darkened as he shook his head slowly. "I only knew of the ancient warrior lineage through the Abernathy family,


    nothing more than you''ve mentioned.”


    These families had centuries-old legacies, many secrets unknown even to insiders like Vance.


    The surface-level information was scant; without these individuals revealing themselves, they might as well be any ordinary


    person.


    Vivienne understood that Wi wouldn''t bring this up without reason. She inspected the syringe in her hand and then said, "Aunt


    Wi, are you suggesting that the attack on my mother is rted to the ancient warrior lineage?"


    "Exactly," Wi nodded. "I''ve spent years tracking down the F-Poison, but I''ve also learned a lot about the ancient warrior


    lineage."


    “Let''s not waste time on the lesser-known families. At the pinnacle of their sphere, there are five major families!"


    Of course, including the Sheldons would make it six.


    Each family''s martial skills and abilities differed.


    Besides the Perez, Martinez, and Abernathy families, there remained the Grimshaw and Boyd families!


    "| don''t know if any of them are in cahoots with F-Poison,” Wi continued, pulling out a humanoid figure from under the bed, "but


    whoever uses androids like this is GTO. They''re likely tied up in all this somehow."


    Thomas and Leopold, following Vivienne and Percival, nearly jumped out of their skins at Wi''s nonchnt reveal.


    Leopold thought to himself, ‘Scared the daylights out of me. Vivienne''s aunt is as fierce as she is—does she really think she can


    just whip out something like this without warning?’


    Thomas had to agree.


    Wi was tough as nails!


    Anna remained unfazed by the android, although she did distance herself from the two men, scrutinizing the hole in its head.


    “Hold on," Vivienne suddenly crouched down, "Is this Huxley Boyd?"


    Meanwhile, in a secluded upstairs room of an upscale room.


    Arthur sat at the head of the table, his aura of authority making everyone else sweat bullets. Despite their innocence, they


    couldn''t shake a feeling of guilt under his gaze.


    Arthur''s slender, finely jointed fingers tapped on the documents before him, the sound like the tolling of a death knell.


    “After checking for so long, are these all you got?"


    The man closest to Arthur nearly


    buried his head in his chest as he


    said, "War God, this i ave uh


    antheRroaks FAY. We''ve turned


    the Brooks family upside down,


    including their servants from that


    year; we haven''t found the person


    you''re looking for." Please read the


    original content at NovelDrama.Org.


    Arthur was far from content with the conclusion. "Are you telling me that a person just vanished into thin air from the Brooks


    estate?" he questioned with a mixture of incredulity and irritation in his voice.


    The man seated across from him


    shifted ufortably in his chair


    before hesitantly speaking UP, (


    it''s not ex ctv thax ts Jost that


    Adee named Winnie


    associated with the Brooks family.


    We''ve checked - the main family, the


    servants, even the guests who''ve


    passed through. No one by that


    name exists." Please read the original


    content at NovelDrama.Org.


    Arthur''s brow furrowed deeply, a storm brewing on his face. He should have known better than to delegate this. He should have


    looked into it himself, but his duties had been pressing at the time, leaving him no room to investigate.


    He sat motionless in his chair, fingers tapping slowly on the desktop, the atmosphere heavy with tension.


    The man opposite Arthur swallowed hard, breaking the silence. "War God, we might not have found anyone named Winnie, but...


    | dide across someone named Karen."


    Arthur''s tapping fingers paused, and he arched an eyebrow, signaling for the man to continue.


    "Karen was Scott''s fiancée. They


    were set to marry, but she vanished


    the day before the wedding. Sheter


    married a Dorian fr hs Haverorh


    feryiycani tied &''daughter Rumor


    has it that she was already pregnant


    with this daughter when she left


    Scott. Karen passed away, somehow


    came back to life, and was spotted at


    Vanguard Agency not long ago. And


    then, she just disappeared without a


    trace." Please read the original


    content at NovelDrama.Org.


    The man paused, then seemed to remember an important detail. "Oh, and Karen''s daughter? Her name is Vivienne Hawthorn."