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

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

store.

and headed towards

was

pace and

had left in the car, started to ring just as she got out to pursue the individual. It was White Owl

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

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her steps,

looked so much like

couldn’t help but

walking

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

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

call snapped her back to

sped through the city, breaking red lights and weaving through traffic.

had been abducted.

a tracking

the signal, which led them out of the city center. While Ethan’s

indicated a location about two kilometers away

moving or discarded

drove a

stopped the car abruptly when he

the car and approached

“Ethan?”

and turned Ethan over.

but alive, with several external injuries. Why had

the marks, it appeared that Ethan had either jumped from a vehicle or thrown out. Someone had forcibly removed the

tried to wake him, but he got no response.

Ethan in the car, ensuring he