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Lurking in the shadows

Author: CL Wong
last update Last Updated: 2022-11-22 18:01:18

A figure blended seamlessly with the darkness. The place was actually nearby where a group of students was trying to test their tolerance to fear. Yet that little group was not aware that danger greater than a ghost or any dubious being from urban legends was just lurking around the corner.

'On the left...'

A pair of mesmerizing eyes flashed with mockery and mirth as he looked at the direction told to him by the system. He quickened his steps and turn to that direction.

When he caught sight of the target, his blood began to boil. At the end of that alley, a masked man's silhouette could be seen. Who else could it be but one of his former allies who were now taking him for a traitor?

Ver did his best to arrive by that person's side as fast as he could, the baseball bat he stole from a gangster wannabe he met along the way here rose high up then swung down with force greater than any normal human could take.

"Ackkkk!" The man only managed to let out a sharp groan for a second before col
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