Chapter 289

Wallis, transformed into a pigeon, trembled violently on the eaves. The terrifying and weird scene he saw just now almost made him flap his wings and almost fell off.

Louis, who successfully and quickly sneaked into the bookstore, did not make any movements, just quietly, trying to lurk in the shadows of the bookshelves as usual.

This is normal, and there are no obstacles along the way.

The bookstore owner who was looking at the target book behind the counter seemed to have not noticed the uninvited visitor entering his bookstore at all, and still focused his contemplative eyes on the pages of the book.

For "Shadow Assassin", such a successful perfect stealth is nothing more than normal.

After all, their job is to assassinate.

Even one's own physique has been transformed into a semi-shadow creature. Ordinary Destroyers can't detect their existence, but a level like Louis, as long as they don't act rashly, Gods can hide them.

They are the "shadow worms" raised by the Fire Sword Road, the lackeys with the highest status in the periphery of this organization, responsible for all the shady work of connecting with lower-level members.

These include admitting, testing new members who hope or are wanted to join the organization, and helping the organization carry out assassinations.

Wallis was introduced to join this organization, and the person who introduced him was the current patriarch of the Sapir family, "Wolf King" Hoffman.

That's right, the patriarch of the Sapir family is also a member of the Road of Fire Sword.

Wallis is Hoffman's confidant, so he naturally obeys the old patriarch he is loyal to, so he temporarily follows this shadow assassin to perform his evaluation task as a new member to be observed.

With Hoffman as a guarantee, Wallis' mission this time can basically be said to be without difficulty.

It's just taking a somewhat special book from an ordinary second-hand bookseller, and the only people who need attention are those extraordinary people who also covet that book.

According to the information Wallis obtained, none of those people could be his opponent at all, let alone the unfathomable shadow assassin Louis as his partner.

This is simply a simple task that can be easily grasped!

...Originally, it should be like this.

But what happened next made Wallis unforgettable forever.

Just in an instant.

Louie had just lurked into the shadows between the bookshelves, and the wings of Wallis' dove hadn't stopped fluttering—its claws had just touched the eaves.

In the shadows reflected by the dove's eyes, there seemed to be a deeper darkness surging suddenly.

Like a spider quietly waiting for its prey, once delicious food falls from its web, it will immediately capture and devour it.

A vague silhouette of a human was struggling crazily in the shadows, so that the whole shadow wriggled and undulated violently like the surface of boiling water.

It was Louis, and he was trying to escape——Wallis had such a clear cognition in his mind.

Only shadow creatures can cause damage to shadow creatures.

He must have felt that as long as he could get out of the shadows and return to his normal flesh and blood, he would be able to get out of the dangerous situation.

But no matter how hard the mighty Shadow Assassin struggled and wriggled, even making the flat shadow slightly bulge, he still couldn't leave the swamp-like shadow.

Around the shadow, countless tentacles-like long limbs emerged, piercing into the human figure, binding, and swallowing...

Silently.

The shadow returned to calm again, as if nothing had happened, except that the area suddenly expanded a little bit.

The sense of substitution is too strong, and Wallis can already feel Louis' despair at the moment.

And it just so happened that at this moment, the owner of the bookstore, who had been concentrating on studying the notes, suddenly raised his head, looked at the shadow in the bookshelf, and showed a meaningful and terrifying smile.

Combined with those deep eyes, it's almost as frightening as an abyss that chooses someone to devour.

"He figured it out from the start!!!"

"Our tracks and plans, Louis' stealth and purpose are all under his control, he is simply waiting for us to throw ourselves into the trap!!!"

"He's laughing, he's laughing! He's laughing at our incompetence!"

"It's too scary. The owner of this bookstore is just as scary as the rumors say. He doesn't show his emotions and anger. Killing gods is like mowing grass. No, no, I have to leave quickly, or it will be too late!"

"The Road to the Fire Sword and the Shadow Assassin are all fake, fake!"

The pigeon on the eaves fluttered violently because of slippery feet, and then spread its wings in a panic, and flew back crazily without looking back...

...

Theodore sat anxiously in front of the counter, waiting for the owner of the bookstore to make the final judgment on the book that caused endless disasters.

If even this last straw couldn't help him... he might have to meet his own tragic end.

When he was most desperate and anxious, it wasn't that he didn't think about giving the book in his hand to those people.

But rationality made him not do that.

Theodore is not stupid... Years of second-hand bookseller career has allowed him to deal with many powerful people.

Those guys who stand above ordinary people at any level will never give any way of life to ordinary people who know their secrets when their own interests are involved.

If he dared to expose himself and hand over the book to those people, he would never see the sun of tomorrow.

Therefore, it is Theodore's last desperate decision to show the book to the young man in front of him, who is barely regarded as a colleague.

He waited silently for about twenty minutes.

The restlessness in his heart made him restless at first, but later, following Lin Jie's slow and gentle page-turning movements, Theodore gradually calmed down a little strangely.

"At least... this young-looking gentleman is taking my request seriously. Even if he can't help me, he has met a good person and has no regrets."

"Also, from the eyes of this Mr. Lin, it seems that he can really understand these words...Maybe, he can really do it?"

Theodore was expecting this, but Lin Jie suddenly raised his head and looked at him... No, behind him, and showed a smile with unknown meaning.

"Uh, Mr. Lin... what's wrong?"

Theodore turned his head subconsciously, but saw nothing.

Lin Jie shook his head and said: "It's nothing, I just remembered some funny things-by the way, I probably have to study your book for a while, can you put it here first? I will return it in a few days you."

Theodore was overjoyed, which meant that by leaving the book here, he agreed to help him!

He nodded quickly: "Of course, if you want, I can give you this book as a gift."

Lin Jie smiled: "Where is this embarrassing...huh?"

He paused, and suddenly felt that Xiaobai, who had been in his arms all the time, was a little restless. He lowered his head and saw the expression of this little fat cat seemed eager to try.

Lin Jie followed Xiao Bai's gaze and found a gray pigeon flying up with flapping wings outside the window.

He was a little surprised, and patted Xiaobai's head: "Do you want to eat that?"