The peak of Pacific Heights.

Finn Taylor stood with his arms by his side—he was truly enraged.

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As Pukwudgie, Wampus, Thunderbird, and Horned Serpent arrived one after another, they stood silently by the side, not daring to make a sound.

They could all feel the strange atmosphere in the room. They had no idea what had happened, but the murderous intent that Master Peregrine exuded made it obvious just how serious this matter was.

Finally, Merlin and Swallowtail arrived, and they silently took their places beside Horned Serpent. Both of them were drenched in sweat.

It wasn't a result of the fatigue from running here, but a result of the fear deep within their souls.

Along the way, the pair had already started looking into the reason Finn Taylor had suddenly gathered all of them.

Indeed, the pair had found a clue—Yvette Larson had been bullied.

"You're all here," said Finn Taylor calmly as he turned around.

But none of them dared to speak up.

"You're all still alive!" His words took a sudden turn, and his tone was now chilling.

The six of them immediately got down on their knees, not daring to look up.

"Great, you're all alive. I thought that you were all dead."

These words terrified all six of them, especially the four guardians because they had no idea what had even happened.

Merlin hesitantly took a step forward before hitting his head against the ground. "Master Peregrine, I deserve to die!"

Merlin was a man and was willing to bear sole responsibility for everything. He wasn't going to drag anyone down with him.

He knew that it was entirely his fault. Master Peregrine had treated him well and had ordered him to stay in the neighborhood to protect Yvette Larson at all times. However, there were many times she wasn't in the neighborhood. At those times, there was no need for him to follow her.

But this time, Yvette Larson's incident had indeed occurred within the neighborhood. There was no running away from it.

Finn Taylor sneered. "You should thank the heavens that nothing happened to my wife. If anything had happened to her, you'd already be a corpse by now."

To Finn Taylor, Yvette Larson was his everything. Everything he did was for her sake. If anything happened to her, he would go crazy and would do anything to take revenge for her.

"Investigate it! I want you to find the culprits by today. Otherwise, you don't need to come back either." Finn Taylor spread his palms to reveal the Master Peregrine Order.

This was the first time Finn Taylor had ever used it. The four guardians, Merlin, and Swallowtail were dumbfounded, and their faces drained of blood.

Nobody had expected him to use the Master Peregrine Order. But because the Master Peregrine Order had been invoked, none of them dared to slack off.

They quickly rushed off.

Within the next hour, the entire network system in San Francisco crashed. Everyone realized that they were no longer able to access the internet.

Of course, it wasn't because any lines had been damaged. It was only because the men from Peregrine Hall were using it that it had crashed.

They were searching all over San Francisco.

"That's right. Can you get a clearer image of these people?" Very quickly, the six of them got hold of the surveillance footage of Yvette Larson's accident.

There were a total of five beggars, and their faces were currently being analyzed by big data.

This was a project on a massive level. It would take a few days at the very least—even up to months or years—to look for them.

But they didn't have that much time; all they had was a day.

"Horned Serpent!" Pukwudgie called out.

He was actually a computer genius. It was just that many years had gone by without him having any chance to show off his abilities.

Because of that, many had already forgotten how he had joined Peregrine Hall in the first place. In fact, even he had almost forgotten about it.

'It seems like I'm going to make my comeback today.' Horned Serpent took his seat in front of the computer, his fingers flying over the keyboard gently.

His fingers were naturally longer than an average person's. This meant that he typed faster than average too.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

The only sound that could be heard in the room was Horned Serpent's fingers tapping against the keyboard.

Everyone held their breaths, not daring to make a sound for fear that they would disturb him.

This concerned all of their lives.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

His fingers continued tapping on the keyboard.

Time had passed without anyone realizing it.

Three hours had passed when Horned Serpent suddenly stopped.

Everyone rushed to look at the computer screen, but there was nothing.

Just as they were about to voice their doubts, Horned Serpent finally made one last move and tapped on the spacebar key.

Five faces then appeared on the screen.

Everyone's eyes scanned these five faces; they took a good look at each of these faces.

Horned Serpent's fingers then flew across the keyboard once again, and a map appeared on the screen.

Five red circles appeared on the map as well—these five circles showed these five people's exact locations.

"Horned Serpent, stay here. The rest of you, get going. We'll each catch one of them." As the head of the four guardians, Pukwudgie quickly made a decision and gave his orders.

Upon receiving their orders, Wampus, Thunderbird, Merlin, and Swallowtail immediately set off.

Of course, Horned Serpent wasn't slacking off either. He provided the other five with details of the culprits' locations in real time.

With this information, catching them didn't pose much of a problem.

Although those beggars had been vicious and fierce toward Yvette Larson, they behaved like worms the moment Peregrine Hall's men showed up.

Very quickly, the culprits were dragged up to Pacific Heights.

The six of them shared a glance. Although they had caught the culprits, they still felt a little guilty. After all, it was true that Yvette Larson had nearly gotten hurt this time.

Master Peregrine had already told them that Merlin would've been a corpse a long time ago if his wife had gotten the slightest cut.

To be honest, not a single one of them doubted him. They were sure that Master Peregrine was capable of doing that.

"What should we do?" They all turned toward Pukwudgie. He was the most senior of them all, so he had to come up with an idea.

However, Pukwudgie was a mess as well. He didn't know what to do in front of Master Peregrine.

"I'll take responsibility for my actions. I'll take full blame for everything after we hand these people over." Merlin spoke up, and he took the blame for everything as usual.

The rest seemed to want to say something but remained silent in the end.

All six of them headed toward Pacific Heights with the five culprits in tow.

There, Finn Taylor was admiring the view of San Francisco.

'I've been bullied my whole life, and now, I can't even protect my own wife. Am I too weak, or does everyone think that they can bully my wife? I can be a matrilocal son-in-law and let my wife bully me, but that's no excuse for all of you to challenge my limits.' Finn Taylor was still deep in thought when Pukwudgie and the rest arrived.