Resurrecting the Genius Within

Chapter 286 Dark Shadow’s Strike

It seemed like everyone was waiting for the other to make a move.

Or perhaps they were all preparing for something

The weather remained cold.

Finished

Ethan added an extra coat over his school uniform and braved the chilly wind as he left school to buy some workbooks from the bookstore.

On his way back, he passed a shopping mall and noticed a black wool coat on a mannequin in a second- floor window display.

Ethan paused to admire the coat before crossing the street and entering the mall.

The coat had a simple yet elegant design, perfect for Isabelle’s height and figure.

He thought she’d look great in it.

After paying for the coat, Ethan went to the men’s section and bought a warm jacket for his father, planning to mail it later.

He carried the clothes and headed to the restroom.

However, much time passed, and he never came out.

As night fell, Isabelle was driving back after refueling her car.

She glanced idly out the window while waiting at a red light. Suddenly, she froze.

She quickly turned around to look again.

Across the street, a tall, slender young man standing at 1.8 meters, wearing a black jacket, walked out of a store with his purchase.

His pale, almost sickly skin gave off a gloomy, solitary vibe. He turned and disappeared down an alley.

Isabelle recognized the face and was momentarily stunned.

turned

sped through the intersection, then took a turn and parked her car outside

store.

headed towards the

was

quickened her pace and went after

phone, which she had left in the car, started to ring just as she got out to pursue

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Dark

was dinner time, and the sounds and smells

Finished

gradually slowed her steps, standing still, lost in thought

so much

couldn’t help but

walking

her body, leaned back against the seat, and

scar from a gunshot wound in her previous life,

her back to the present. She answered, “What’s up?”

car sped through the city, breaking red lights and

had been abducted.

a tracking device.

the city center. While Ethan’s watch tracker

location about two kilometers away from

stopped moving or discarded the

drove a short

stopped the car abruptly when he saw someone lying motionless

out of the car and

“Ethan?”

turned Ethan

Ethan was unconscious but alive,

that Ethan had either jumped from a vehicle or thrown out. Someone had forcibly removed

wake him, but he got no

placed Ethan in the car, ensuring he was