The night rain gradually lightened, yet its pattering never ceased. Under the cover of the rain, the black-clad man emerged from the secret passage and was the first to climb lightly up the rope. He did not disturb the residents of this courtyard or the nearby homes in the slightest.
The two foxes that sprang up after him also landed softly on their paws. They looked around, shook the rain from their fur, and were intensely curious about this secret passage they had followed Su Ziji through for the first time.
"Yip yip!" Little Fox cried softly. Seeing that the black-clad man was ignoring her, she ran to his feet and pressed a paw onto his boot.
The black-clad man tugged the mask over his face down slightly, revealing a pair of bright eyes as he looked at her helplessly.
"Shh!" Su Ziji, dressed in black and masked, made a silencing gesture at her, avoided Little Fox, and leaped onto the eaves.
"The Capital City is under martial law." With one glance, Su Ziji saw overlapping footsteps not far away. Infantrymen in light armor marched past, their blades glinting with a ghostly sheen in the darkness.
"The foxes are small targets, so it is not much of a problem for them. But for a person, no matter how skilled in martial arts, one could usually move freely across the rooftops—but now, one would certainly be discovered."
"Still, I am no longer the same as before."
No sooner had he thought this than a faint mist spread out, enveloping his body. In the already blurred vision of the rainy night, his figure became even hazier. In moments, his entire body seemed to turn into a patch of indistinct fog; even from only a few paces away, he could no longer be