"You do what I tell you to do!" Zhou Yuxi snapped, her voice carrying the absolute authority of someone who had commanded soldiers, who had led operations, who had made life-and-death decisions in fractions of seconds and never second-guessed herself.
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She shoved open the service door with her shoulder, the man's grip had loosened in his confusion, and pulled him out into the harsh sunlight of the parking lot.
The area was mostly empty now, cleared by security. A few stragglers were still running toward the perimeter, but the bulk of the evacuation had focused on the main entrances.
Good.
Zhou Yuxi scanned the area with a tactical eye, calculating distances, assessing cover, and measuring blast radii in her head with the ease of long practice.
There is a service road behind the parking structure, leading to the hospital's waste management area. Industrial dumpsters, concrete barriers, and distance from the main building.
Perfect.
