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 green..

through the intersection, then took a turn and parked

store.

out and headed

was already gone.

quickened her pace and went after

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

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Dark

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

Finished

reality. She gradually slowed her steps, standing still, lost in thought about the face she had just seen.

looked so much like

couldn’t help

walking slowly, her

her body, leaned back against the seat,

an old scar from a gunshot wound in her previous life, but she knew it was

her back to

black sports car sped through the city, breaking red lights and weaving through

had been

had a tracking device.

center. While Ethan’s watch tracker kept moving rapidly, his phone’s device had been

about two kilometers away from White Owl.

stopped moving or discarded the phone.

drove a short

he saw someone lying motionless by

jumped out of the

“Ethan?”

crouched and turned

sighed in relief. Ethan was unconscious but alive, with several external injuries. Why

or thrown out. Someone had forcibly removed the

White Owl tried to wake him, but

placed Ethan in the car, ensuring he