Chapter 164: The Ghost Shadow
Hu Rui'an set himself in motion, leaped straight up into the air, and cleared the high wall of the Tianjin Guards branch office in one bound, disappearing from Wu Shang and Cheng Zhong's sight.
Seeing this, Wu Shang and Cheng Zhong exchanged a look, then swept their gazes around the dark, silent alleyways nearby.
At some point, a cool wind had picked up on the quiet, dark street behind them, making both of them instinctively tuck their necks down slightly.
Even so, neither of them found anything out of the ordinary.
At the same time, Hu Rui'an drifted soundlessly down into the courtyard of the Tianjin Guards branch office.
The Sheng Province Tianjin Guards building at night was shrouded in darkness throughout. Every door of every hall and room was shut, no lanterns were lit anywhere along the corridors, no one was keeping watch, and the entire place was wrapped in an eerie, oppressive quiet.
Hu Rui'an entered the building and made his way along the courtyard's covered corridor. He moved without a sound, not even disturbing the hem of his robe, his figure drifting like a ghost as he walked.
Hu Rui'an was not familiar with the layout of this Tianjin Guards office. He simply walked and observed the surroundings as he went.
His purpose was twofold: to see a ghost, and to look for any irregularities within the building.