“Go,” Valentina said, glancing briefly at Martin before shifting her gaze back to the thugs.“I’m fine.”There was a reason Valentina rejected Martin’s request.As a former special forces operative, she understood one fundamental rule of hostage rescue missions:the team leader’s safety always came first.He was the one everyone protected.In this mission, that person was Martin.Valentina knew exactly what she had to do.Rather than allowing Martin to risk himself against these people, she chose to follow protocol.Martin had to be the priority.“I can handle them,” Valentina added calmly.“There’s no need to worry about me.”“About that—”Martin was about to say that formalities didn’t matter right now, and that Quinn’s safety was far more important.But before he could finish, the thugs who had been trembling moments ago suddenly began shouting again.“Hey, devil! Don’t think you’ve won!”“I’ll chop your body into pieces and feed it to the dogs! Hiiyaaa!”No one knew where they got

At first, the Black Spider members couldn’t understand why the notoriously savage and ferocious Red Skull had suddenly fallen into fear.Especially when they realized that their opponents were merely two people who didn’t look special at all.But their confusion was fully repaid the moment they witnessed what Martin and Valentina were capable of.The abilities of these two were far beyond those of ordinary humans.As drug dealers operating in Havenport, Black Spider was no stranger to the existence of that serum—though they had never had the chance to use it themselves.“So the rumors were true,” the boss thought as he watched Martin and Valentina take down Red Skull thugs with a single punch each. “That serum’s effects are terrifying.”Yet despite how nearly impossible it was to fight the two head-on, the boss realized something.“But no matter how strong a human is… they still kneel before firearms, don’t they?”Lowering his gaze to the AK-47 in his hands, the solution was right in