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

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

store.

got out and headed

man was already

quickened her pace and

just as she got out

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was dinner time, and the sounds and smells of

Finished

She gradually slowed her steps, standing still, lost in thought about

so much like

couldn’t help but wonder.

walking slowly, her mind drifting.

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

opened her eyes, reaching to touch her left shoulder through her clothes. There was an old scar from a gunshot wound in her previous life, but she knew it was no longer there

Owl’s call snapped her back to the

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

been

had a tracking device.

led them out of the city center. While Ethan’s watch tracker kept moving rapidly, his phone’s device had been

about two kilometers away

stopped moving or

a short distance,

stopped the car abruptly when he saw someone lying motionless by

of the

“Ethan?”

and turned Ethan

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

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

Owl tried to wake him, but he got

placed Ethan in the