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.

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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

intersection, then took

store.

got out and headed towards

man was already

her pace and went after

the car, started to ring just as she got out to pursue the individual.

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Dark

just seen. It was dinner time, and the sounds and smells

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was bustling, the noise bringing Isabelle back to reality. She gradually slowed her steps, standing still, lost

looked so much like

help

turned to leave, walking slowly, her mind

leaned back against the seat,

an old scar from a gunshot wound in her previous life, but she knew it was no longer

snapped her back to the present. She

the city, breaking red lights and weaving

had been abducted.

phone had a tracking device.

the signal, which led them out of the city center. While Ethan’s watch tracker kept moving rapidly, his phone’s device had been stationary for over ten minutes.

two kilometers away from White Owl.

either stopped moving or discarded

he drove a short

when he

out of the car and approached that

“Ethan?”

crouched and turned Ethan over.

but alive, with several external injuries. Why had they abandoned him on the

either jumped from a vehicle or thrown out. Someone had forcibly removed the watch with

to wake him,

carefully placed Ethan in the