You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Chapter 2083: Must Save Reuben hid in a stone cave, with bushes in front to conceal him. He couldn't stay hidden for long and had already been exposed. His handgun was out of bullets. Unexpectedly, reinforcements from the Imperial Household Agency arrived, and standing before him were Luther and Darrin.

He was stunned and stepped out of the cave. "Mr. Warner, why are you in Rohomes?" "I'll explain later. It's good you're safe." Luther handed Reuben a gun for protection. "We captured someone from the Yoshikawa family. We thought Clint was heading this way, but it turned out to be you." Reuben said anxiously, "Damn Hirota! He wants to killand Clint and frJoyce. Then, using the pretext of the Heath family warlords killing the crown prince, he plans to invade Pascaylia and provoke a war between the two countries. We can't let him succeed!" "What!" Luther was shocked. It was worse than he thought; not just coercing the Heath family into sending troops to Rohomes but igniting war on Pascaylia's soil.

Darrin was also stunned. Hirota not only wanted to be emperor but was also a warmonger. Such a dangerous person must not reach the pinnacle of power.

"We need to rescue Clint immediately. We can deal with the throne later. We can't let Hirota succeed," Reuben said urgently.

At that moment, the satellite communicator Darrin had taken from the Yoshikawa family's guards rang again.

"Females can be shot on sight, repeat, females can be shot on sight. Pascaylia people can be shot on sight, repeat, Pascaylia people can be shot on sight." Before the message finished, Luther's expression turned cold. Damn it! "Contact the young commander immediately!" Luther ordered.

Darrin took out their own satellite communicator, trying to connect with Joyce's gun-shaped brooch pinned to her collar, but the interference was too strong.

"Young commander, young commander, please respond." "We have rescued Prince Reuben." But there was no response from Joyce except for static.

Darrin tried using the satellite communicator taken from the Yoshikawa family again but only got interference.

Luther frowned. "Damn it! They interfered with the satellite after sending their last message." They had discovered Joyce and knew that the Imperial Household Agency had sent reinforcements. These madmen would stop at nothing now that they were cornered.

"Damn it! The Yoshikawa family disrupted the satellite. We can't contact anyone, and neither can they. They've cut off everyone's retreat," Darrin cursed.

"Mr. Warner, do you have anti-electromagnetic pulse equipment?" Reuben asked, remembering Luther had some.

Luther shook his head. "No, I left all that in Pascaylia. I chere by commercial flight; there's no way I could bring such equipment through security." If they had anti-electromagnetic pulse devices now, they could ignore the interference. This is why everyone wanted those blueprints so badly; they were invaluable in warfare.

Luther pressed his temples in frustration, trying to control his anger. He wanted to take on the danger himself, but ultimately, she faced the greatest peril.

Reuben was extremely anxious. They were like blind men walking at night, completely lost and not knowing what to do.

On another side of the forest...

Joyce and Grizela led a team of guards heading southwest to rescue Reuben but encountered stronger firepower than expected. Worst of all, they were discovered.

In a fierce battle in the dark with low visibility, Joyce and Grizela got separated.

Most of their guards stayed near Grizela.

To escape and confuse their opponents, Grizela threw smoke grenades that obscured directions in the night.

Joyce realized she was alone.

Fortunately, amidst the chaos, she obtained a sniper rifle and already had two handguns for self-defense.

The TRG-42 rifle was relatively light but felt heavy on Joyce's back due to her anxiety because Hirota had deployed snipers-she didn't know how many but certainly more than one.

She noticed a shadow flicker as the smoke cleared.

Joyce becalert and leaped over a bush, firing several shots at shadows in the west forest.

At such close range, she easily took down five men. The area fell silent until another shadow jumped out from hidden grass.

Joyce threw a small knife backward without hesitation, hitting her target who fell after struggling briefly.

She didn't have her boomerang but carried dozens of small knives for emergencies; after using several earlier, she had three left now.

Suddenly she felt a red dot sweep over her head-sniper! Joyce quickly dropped to the ground when a hand pulled her into sbushes by her wrist before she could react or scream.

In an instant, she collided with a male body and instinctively raised her knife towards his neck when he spoke in a familiar low voice.

"Don't move; it's me." That voice-it was Clint! Suddenly Clint tackled her down into deeper cover behind a large rock just as a bullet embedded itself into nearby stone with explosive force leaving a crater behind them.

"It's a long-range sniper," Clint said coldly.

Joyce knew this well enough already; still shaken she glanced at Clint beside her-how could it be him? She and Grizela were supposed to rescue Reuben! "What? Disappointed I'm not dead?" Clint glanced at Joyce who ignored him entirely instead explaining their dire situation calmly despite everything happening around them rapidly escalating beyond control: "The enemy uses TAC-50 sniper rifles capable of reaching targets up to 3 kilometers away favored by intelligence agencies worldwide over my current weapon which means we need new positions fast sincę both forever." She handed him her sniper rifle saying they'd split up soon after pointing out two large rocks diagonally ahead suggesting he take right while she handled left providing suppressive fire until reaching higher ground giving them better tactical advantage against attackers below unable easily scale heights quickly enough counter effectively: this rock won't protect us since et "You take right side coveringthen stop moving once my shotsz cease allowing reposition safely afterward meeting again higher ground securing better vantage point ensuring survival together.