At the airfield, as the luggage was loaded onto the private jet, Juniper adjusted her baseball cap and nced up at the scowling man. "Make sure you have the


    medicinal broth every day."


    She had personally prepared the form to help his wounds heal faster.


    "I will," Shanley replied obediently, despite his displeasure.


    "As for the Sigma Network team..." Juniper put on her sunsses, looking utterly formidable. "I won''t need them for now. I''m more than enough on my own."


    "You''re going to take on the Huntsman Institute single-handedly?" Shanley''s lips thinned, his handsome face etched with worry.


    "Is there a problem?" Juniper''s lips curved into a faintly wicked smile. "I did it when I was a kid. This time, it''s just a homing."


    A homing? She called going to that hell on earth, the Huntsman Institute, a homing? She really had no fear.


    "Call me if you need anything," Shanley said, his voice hoarse as he gently adjusted


    her cap.


    "Deal." Juniper slung her backpack over her shoulder with a cool swagger and strode toward the ne.


    Shanley stood watching until the jet was in the air, then turned to Felton and Flint, his tone icy. "Let''s go."


    "Boss," Felton and Flint hesitated, not daring to move. "Ms. Payne told you not to follow. What if she gets angry when you show up?"


    "It''s fine." Shanley didn''t break his stride, a fond smile tugging at his lips. "Worst case, I''ll let her shoot me again."


    He had to recover anyway; one more wound wouldn''t make a difference.


    Felton and Flint said no more and hurried to catch up. To hell with it. If the boss wasn''t scared, why should they be? They''d just make sure to slip away before Ms. Payne truly lost her temper.


    The Amazon Rainforest, vast and sprawling, is the world''srgest tropical rainforest, boasting unparalleled biodiversity. The infamous Huntsman Institute was hidden deep within its confines-mysterious, dangerous, and forbidding.


    Afternding, Juniper transferred to a helicopter, then an off-road vehicle, and finally took a boat across a hidden river to reach the Institute''s perimeter.


    "Ms. Payne, the boss ordered us to apany you," a member of Sigma Network said respectfully.


    "No need," Juniper said, checking her weapons and ammunition, an eyebrow slightly arched. "It''s not safe here. You should head back."


    The Huntsman Institute was riddled with traps and advanced weaponry, and its personnel were exceptionally skilled. Their presence would only slow her down.


    "But the boss''s orders..." The men were sworn to obey and hesitated to leave.


    "I said go," Juniper''s brow furrowed with impatience. "You listen to Shanley, and Shanley listens to me. Got it? Don''t worry, with me here, he won''t dare get angry with you."


    Their boss hadn''t specified who the woman was, only that they were to protect her at all costs. The men exchanged nces, stunned by the sheer force of her presence. In the end, they obediently departed.


    A few steps away, one of them immediately contacted Shanley.


    "Let her be," Shanley said. His ne had justnded, and he didn''t dare get too


    close. "Have the Sigma Network team here stand by, ready to move at a moment''s notice."


    "Yes, Boss."


    "Into the rainforest," Shanley


    ordered, fossing his phone to Felton.


    The movement was too sharp,


    pulling at his injury His face paled and a maceof paiiterossee his features.


    "Boss, are you alright?" Flint asked, concerned. "Maybe we should rest for a bit before continuing?"


    "Drive," Shanley waved him off, bending to get into the car and closing his eyes. He needed to show Juniper that no matter when, no matter where, he would always be by her side.


    At the Huntsman Institute, in the director''s office, a tall, broad, dark-skinned middle-aged man sat at his desk, flipping through the resignation letter Ebony Fex had submitted.


    *BAM!*


    After a mere nce, the man mmed the papers down, sending them flying. The letter hit Ebony Fox in the face, the pages scattering to the floor.


    "I spent twenty years, a fortune, and everything I had training you, and now you want to leave?"


    Ewan slowly rose from his chair. He walked unsteadily to Ebony Fox, grabbed her chin with his rough fingers, and sneered, "I hear you found your family?"