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

and sped through the intersection, then took a turn

store.

headed

man was already

pace and went after

ring just as she got out to pursue the individual.

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Dark

time, and the sounds and smells

Finished

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

much like him..

couldn’t help but wonder.

leave, walking slowly, her

the car, she relaxed her body, leaned back against the seat, and closed her

was an old scar from a gunshot wound in her previous

call snapped her back to the

city, breaking

been abducted.

had a

led them out of the city center. While Ethan’s watch tracker kept moving

two kilometers away

moving or discarded the phone.

a

car abruptly when he saw someone lying motionless by

out of the car and approached that

“Ethan?”

crouched and turned Ethan

in relief. Ethan was unconscious but alive, with several external injuries. Why had they abandoned him on

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

White Owl tried to wake him, but

Ethan in the car,