Assistant He carried a laptop bag as he stepped out of the elevator, striding quickly towards the main entrance.
Just as he was about to pass through the sensor door, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a figure that seemed quite out of place with both the building and the people around it.
It happened to be quitting time, and those who worked in the building without needing overtime were all heading out like him, except for this one figure, which was moving against the flow.
Although the person wore a hat and mask, obscuring their face, wherever this figure passed by, the crowd moving in the opposite direction parted like Moses parting the sea, voluntarily making way for an unobstructed path.
It seemed as if the person noticed someone looking at them, for without stopping, they turned their head, locking their gaze precisely on him.
Meeting those shimmering yet innately cold eyes, Assistant He suddenly paused.
