A light?
Ge Sini looked toward the window. Right, why weren't the lights on?
The rules of the Dark Age went without saying: lights had to stay on anywhere within range of Heart Energy fluctuations, even while sleeping. Even children knew that.
So why weren't the lights on?
"Do you have an oil lamp?"
"Yes." As a mercenary, Ge Sini carried a full set of commonly used equipment.
"Brother Shu, go up and take a look."
"All right."
Wang Shu's agility went without saying. He jumped lightly, caught hold of the wall by the window, and crouched beside it, then took the oil lamp and shone it inside.
Mannequins, all sorts of colorful clothes-there didn't seem to be anything else.
Wang Shu pulled Xu Le up. Xu Le glanced around but found nothing amiss.
"The person's gone," Wang Shu said.
"I know."
They jumped down from the window. Wang Shu pushed the door open with the lamp raised, while Xu Le and Ge Sini followed behind.
After looking around, Ge Sini switched on the lights.
The room wasn't small, nor was it particularly empty. Besides the large amount of clothing, there were also many changing cubicles partitioned off with curtains.
Wang Shu drew the Broken Blade from his waist and lifted the curtains one by one, checking every possible hiding place.
But even after he checked the last cubicle, he still found nothing. This cloakroom really was empty.
While Wang Shu checked, Xu Le also examined the room. It seemed fine, at least without any distorted Guyinduo Secret Words appearing as prompts.
He drew his gaze back from the mannequins and was just about to speak to Wang Shu.
Click! The lights went out.
Although the moon was visible at this hour, the Sun, which had already sunk completely below