I can rewind time to prevent death-Chapter 369 - 295: Spirits (Six) (Seeking Monthly Votes, Recommendations, and Support!!!)

Chapter 369: Chapter 295: Spirits (Six) (Seeking Monthly Votes, Recommendations, and Support!!!)

Throughout his conversation with Zhang Xiaomo, Yan Junze kept an eye on Zhao Qi’s movements.

The guy had been hanging his head since they began talking, and now, Yan Junze noticed his hands and feet trembling slightly.

Zhang Xiaomo was also paying attention to Zhao Qi, but because Yan Junze had just mentioned he could help Zhao Qi solve his current problem, she didn’t put on a wary demeanor.

Otherwise, Zhang Xiaomo would have already drawn her magnetic knife, ready to deal with any strangeness that might suddenly appear.

“Right, when did you notice my doppelganger?” Yan Junze recalled the chilling scene he saw when he came out of the isolation room earlier.

Zhang Xiaomo said, “Right after you went in, I turned around and saw it.”

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“I had been in the isolation room for a while, and you two had been fighting for so long. So, was my doppelganger as powerful as the real me?” Yan Junze shamelessly asked.

“Powerful my ass,” Zhang Xiaomo said with a smile on her face, “At first, I wasn’t prepared to finish him off, even talked to him a bit. I was just curious to test who was smarter, you or your doppelganger. But after talking to him for a bit, I realized he was slow, always baring his teeth and grimacing as if he wanted to hit someone. So, I simply took action.”

“How long had you been fighting when I came out?” Yan Junze was still somewhat unwilling to let it go.

“It had just started,” Zhang Xiaomo laughed heartily.

Well, as soon as it began, it ended.

Yan Junze chuckled awkwardly, changing the subject: “From now on, my actions might seem abnormal or inconceivable to you. You can either just watch or follow my instructions, but don’t doubt or question me, as I may not have time to explain.”

Zhang Xiaomo was momentarily stunned, then nodded silently after two seconds.

By then, Yan Junze’s gaze had already moved from Zhang Xiaomo to behind Zhao Qi, who had been keeping his head down all along.

Behind the cloth sofa where Zhao Qi sat, a cockroach emerged, crawling along the backrest.

This cockroach seemed quite large, probably an adult, and Yan Junze, upon seeing it, made no particular reaction, just watched silently.

As the cockroach nearly reached the back where Zhao Qi leaned, Yan Junze’s pupils contracted slightly, and the cockroach moved to where Zhao Qi’s back was, out of sight.

Moments later, Zhao Qi reached back to grab something, and startled, flung away the cockroach he had caught.

Almost simultaneously, more cockroaches began to crawl out from the seam between the backrest and the seat cushion of the sofa, and at first glance, there appeared to be hundreds of them.

These cockroaches moved quickly, scattering in all directions as soon as they came out of the crevices. Not only that, but many cockroaches also emerged from the wall behind the sofa, spreading like a tide along the walls.

“Are you afraid of cockroaches?” Yan Junze asked Zhao Qi, turning his head.

“Yes,” Zhao Qi responded, having already jumped up, trembling all over and now standing next to Yan Junze.

Not just him, at this moment faced with the overwhelming plague of cockroaches, Yan Junze believed there was no one in the room who wasn’t afraid, or at least disgusted, but it seemed there was no way to instantly eliminate such a multitude of cockroaches.

Using fire would only burn down this hideout as well.

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And if these cockroaches were just ordinary ones, it would be easy to handle, but Yan Junze was afraid the cockroaches that came into being through imagination might reveal some of the strangeness’s characteristics.

Rewind!

Time rewound to the moment the first cockroach appeared.

Yan Junze shifted his gaze to the cockroach that had crawled up from behind the sofa and whispered into Zhang Xiaomo’s ear, “There’s a cockroach not far behind Zhao Qi. Use your magnetic knife to chop it and then immediately dispose of it, without letting Zhao Qi see even a hint of that cockroach.”

Zhang Xiaomo was taken aback, but she soon recalled that Yan Junze had just told her his actions might seem abnormal and that she just needed to follow his instructions without question.

With that thought, she turned her head and sure enough saw a large cockroach crawling on the backrest, heading toward Zhao Qi’s back.

With a swish, the magnetic knife struck, instantly hitting the cockroach and smashing the bug into a pulp, then with a backhand swipe, the blade pushed the insect’s remains to the wall corner behind the sofa.

Zhao Qi reacted at this point, raising his lowered head to take a look behind him.

Yan Junze said, “Just a small bug, no worries.”

Zhao Qi only saw a slightly damp spot on the sofa and nothing else. He nodded and continued to bow his head anxiously, struggling with his thoughts.

In the following time, Zhang Xiaomo kept observing Zhao Qi’s movements.

About two minutes later, her peripheral vision suddenly caught a moment when the doorway fell into darkness, as if someone were standing outside, blocking the light filtering in.

Zhang Xiaomo sat up straight and looked carefully, noticing that the shadow hadn’t left but remained outside the door. She quietly got to her feet.

At the same time, Yan Junze also noticed something was off and stood up, but he looked at Zhao Qi and asked, “Are you thinking about the strangeness related to shadows?”

Zhao Qi lowered his hands and looked up at him, a bit bewildered.

In that instant, the shadow outside the room flowed like water through the door gap into the room, reaching towards the sofa and already covering half of the wall from the doorway.

Yet, it was still impossible to discern exactly what kind of shadow it was, only through the vast shadow one could see dense, fluffy hairs covering it.