Xu Xiao's mind had nearly gone numb, her defenses wide open, completely unguarded.
Li Luo quickly used her ability to read the woman's thoughts and understood the meaning of those candles.
The desire to kill swiftly surged alongside her blazing fury!
But now was not the time.
Thus, all her emotional agitation could only manifest as a faint tremble in the shadows.
Xu Xiao started walking again.
When she stopped, she was already standing before another building.
Like a walking corpse, the woman slowly entered.
This time, she did not hide beneath the window. Instead, she walked straight inside the building.
Outside the office door, the woman once again heard those impatient exchanges.
The shadow heard them too.
It heard how desperately the people in the office wanted to distinguish themselves, how desperately they wanted recognition from their superiors, how desperately they wanted a Promotion!
Their desire was so urgent, So urgent that they could cast aside the most basic morals of being human and treat human lives like grass!
"You're not going to kill them?"
Li Luo's question came from the shadow, her voice filled with disbelief.
Naturally, Xu Xiao, in her walking-corpse state, offered no response.
But Li Luo did not need one.
She had her own plans and way of doing things.
The shadow silently left from beneath the woman and seeped through the crack under the door.
The irritable discussion in the office was nearing its end, And no one noticed that the walls, bleached pale and gleaming under the lights, had somehow acquired a layer of ink-like shadow.
By the time the dark blackness had completely devoured the dazzling white, It was already too late!
There were no shrill screams, no agonized cries.
The office fell silent, like a book being closed.
Xu Xiao's unfocused