Chapter 18

The suspicious-looking shop was located on the outskirts of town, a short distance from the luxury shopping district. It was hard to believe such a dilapidated building could exist so close to such opulence. It even felt as if a permanent dark cloud hung over this one specific spot. The entrance was flanked by dead plants, their bone-white branches reaching out like skeletal fingers, as if to ward off customers. The glass windows were so grimy they were nearly opaque, making me wonder why they’d bothered with glass at all.