Chapter 1576

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But if his enemies discovered the truth, they would absolutely interfere, and there was no guarantee the girl would come back in one piece.

“Copy that, Captain. I’m en route.”

Darcey was a dedicated officer who followed orders flawlessly.

Whatever the captain commanded, she executed without hesitation.

She desperately wanted to join the pursuit, but Joe’s critical condition required immediate attention.

He was her partner; she couldn’t just leave him bleeding out in the wreckage.

It was an open secret in the precinct that Joe harbored a massive crush on her.

By assigning her to save his life, Stephen was subtly giving them a profound moment amidst the chaos.

Beneath his stoically ruthless exterior, the captain possessed a deeply compassionate heart.

“Captain, what about you? Are you alright?”

Stephen had rattled off Joe’s vitals but completely ignored his own.

Surviving a catastrophic impact like that without a scratch was mathematically impossible.

No one believed the universe had let him off that easily.

When pressed, Stephen maintained a perfectly calm facade. “I’m fine.”

If you ignored the radio completely saturated in his own blood, it almost sounded convincing.

Dane took one look at the detective’s grisly injuries and slowly shook his head.

“Captain, you need to get to an ER. We’ll handle the pursuit,” Dane urged.

He was genuinely terrified Stephen was going to pass out from blood loss halfway down the road.

Claire adored her older cousin, and Dane couldn’t stomach the thought of letting the man die.

Moreover, Stephen was a hero-a relentless protector who had bled for this city countless times.

A man like that didn’t deserve to die crushed in a twisted pile of metal.

This massacre had the Daybreak Syndicate’s fingerprints all over it.

The sheer audacity of a Sundara intelligence ring executing a terrorist attack on Solenian soil was an absolute insult to the nation.

They had to drag Graves out of the shadows and violently crush his entire organization!

Dane rarely let his fury show, but the syndicate had officially crossed a lethal line.

The crash had cost them precious minutes, and the anxiety of losing Claire’s trail was suffocating.

The enemy was terrifyingly cunning; they had to push harder.

“I’m not going to a hospital. I’ve already called for a backup cruiser.”

Stephen shot down the suggestion instantly.

“These operatives are unhinged. Riding with us just put a massive target on your back.”

“Mr. Green, you need to go to the hospital and get checked for a concussion…”

Stephen’s implication was crystal

clear: the operation had just

n

escalated into a bloodbath, and he didn’t want Dane

sa bullet

Rescuing Claire was already a logistical nightmare.

If a billionaire titan like Dane got himself killed in the crossfire, the geopolitical fallout

would be apocalyptic.

After all, Dane was Claire’s fiancé. If

Stephen saved the girl but let her

man die he wouldn’t know

look his cousm in the eye.

Dane stared coldly at the blood soaking through Stephen’s shirt. “You need a doctor

a hell of a lot more than I do.”

“Captain, the precinct won’t burn down if you take a night off. But if you push yourself like this and something happens…”

If Stephen delayed his treatment and died, would Claire ever forgive herself?

She would carry the guilt of her cousin’s death for the rest of her life.

Stephen’s jaw tightened with

absolute resolve. “I’m not just he

cousin I’m the captain of this task forge lead this operation from the front, and I am not abandoning my post.”

Realizing neither man was going to back down, they compromised by piling into the newly arrived backup cruiser.

The young patrolman behind the wheel stared in horror at the battered, blood- soaked men filling his car.

“Uh, Captain… are you absolutely sure we shouldn’t swing by the ER first?”

The rookie’s voice trembled.

His commanding officer was an absolute madman-bleeding out, half-broken, and

still ruthlessly hunting down kidnappers.

Was the man entirely immune to blood loss?

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