In the quiet of the night, the shadows of trees swayed slightly, and a figure clad in a black coat passed beneath them, seemingly in a hurry.
The northern wind howled, chilling the branches until they trembled ever so lightly, while a few fallen leaves drifted down like snowflakes.
Beneath the tree shade lay an expanse of pitch blackness. Suddenly, a patch of darkness deeper than the night itself appeared within the blackness. The dark spot rapidly coalesced, and beneath the tree shade, it formed into a pitch-black hole.
Slowly, the hole rose, and a figure of unremarkable appearance emerged from under the tree shade.
His name was Shadow, the ace agent of the Tianjian Bureau's headquarters in Cloud Sea Province. He possessed the Innate Ability of Shadow Transformation Skill, which allowed him to conceal his body within the darkness and even within the shadows of others.
