I can rewind time to prevent death-Chapter 428 - 320: Takeout (Part 4) (Vote for monthly ticket!)_2

Chapter 428: Chapter 320: Takeout (Part 4) (Vote for monthly ticket!)_2

The hotel room had a family first-aid kit. Xiang Er opened it and used alcohol to disinfect Yan Junze’s wound, then stopped the bleeding, and quickly wrapped it with a compression bandage.

This was something Yan Junze had taught her. Knowing some first-aid techniques could come in handy at critical moments.

It was already daylight, and Xiang Er was still wrapped in a bath towel. She sat on the edge of the bed and said, “I was actually looking at the scenery outside the window when I heard you struggling. Then I noticed a mass of black energy enveloping your arm. Your eyes were closed, you were sweating profusely, and you kept struggling, but there was no response when I called you.”

Yan Junze nodded, “It was a strangeness that has been invading my dreams. From now on, you must be present when I sleep. If you notice something wrong with me, help me like you just did.”

As he spoke, the images of Ning Ji and Jia Sheng rose in Yan Junze’s mind.

The couple acted as if they had gone mad. He had already helped her find her husband’s head, and now she also wanted him to find Jia Sheng’s headless body.

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Where could that headless corpse be? Eight hundred years had passed, and the cliff where Jia Sheng had died had long since changed beyond recognition. His headless body might have already decomposed into nothingness.

Therefore, the idea of finding Jia Sheng’s headless body was practically impossible.

In other words, the Lantern Woman would continue to harass him in his dreams in the future.

Yan Junze’s mouth was dry, and Xiang Er quickly poured him a cup of warm water. After he drank it all in one gulp, he said to Xiang Er, “You should recognize this strangeness… the woman who was squatting on the street side with her back to us last time we were in Tianyi City District, do you remember her?”

Xiang Er pondered, “Is it her?”

Yan Junze shook his head, “In reality, she appears differently every time. The woman we saw last time was just one of her appearances.”

After placing the water glass on the bedside table, Yan Junze’s body was soaking wet with sweat. Despite the wound on his arm, he was ready to take a shower. He said to Xiang Er, “Look around the room, and then walk around outside in the hallway and the staircase.”

“Look for what?” Xiang Er wondered.

“See if there’s a person squatting with their back to you in a corner of the wall or somewhere. If you call her, and she has no reaction and behaves strangely, you can take action and finish her off,” Yan Junze explained.

Normally, only Yan Junze could see the woman squatting on the street with her back to him, while other passersby completely ignored her. But Xiang Er was different. So far, it seemed that as long as Yan Junze could see the strangeness, she could see it too.

Xiang Er nodded slightly, pulled off her bath towel, and began to dress in front of Yan Junze.

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Yan Junze blushed slightly and while walking towards the bathroom, he said, “Next time be careful, wait until I turn my back before you change.”

Xiang Er replied calmly, “Alright.”

Attachment to this woman’s corpse made her feel as though she was wearing a very special set of clothing, which is why Xiang Er felt no shyness doing these things in front of Yan Junze.

Once Yan Junze began bathing, Xiang Er dressed and did a thorough check around the room. She looked carefully under the furniture and the bed, and after confirming nothing was amiss, opened the door and stepped out.

The hotel’s hallway was wide, with a layer of thick, old red-patterned carpet in the middle that felt soft underfoot.

Xiang Er walked on it without making a sound. She looked around, but the corridor was empty.

She first went to the left towards the end of the corridor where it turned, then came back and checked to the right from the room’s doorway. Still, she saw no suspicious person, let alone a woman squatting with her back to her.

Soon, she had checked the entire floor’s hallways without finding anything suspicious.

According to Yan Junze’s conjecture, each time he dreamt about the Lantern Woman, he would encounter a strange woman squatting on the path he would take after waking up. So, this time should be no exception.

And the path Yan Junze would take after leaving the room included the hallway outside and possibly the stairwell.

A moment later, Xiang Er emerged from the stairwell, still without sighting any suspicious people.

She thought that perhaps the woman who was bound to appear was waiting for Yan Junze out on the street. If that was the case, she couldn’t act directly, only intimidate the woman as she had done before.

Just as the thought crossed her mind, the elevator doors not far to the side opened, and three guests walked out. Two of the men glanced at Xiang Er, clearly stunned by her beauty.

Xiang Er paid no mind and glanced inside the elevator. Just as she was about to turn back, she suddenly paused.

After the three people exited, they revealed another figure in the elevator—a woman in a white T-shirt and jeans, squatting motionless in a corner of the elevator, with her back to the doorway.

Xiang Er’s lips curled into a smile as she swiftly stepped into the elevator just as the doors were about to close.

The elevator began its ascent.

As the display indicated the fifth floor, a shrill scream emanated from within the elevator, but it was quickly as if repressed by something, stopping abruptly.

Some guests in the building faintly heard the sound but weren’t clear about its origin.

The elevator soon began descending, stopping at the third floor, where the doors opened and Xiang Er walked out, relaxed and comfortable.

In the elevator corner where the woman in jeans had been crouching, there was no longer a figure, only a dark mark near the corner that looked like a scorch trace left behind.

“Did you see it?”

When Xiang Er returned to the room, Yan Junze had already finished his bath and was drying his hair, casually asking.

“Yes, eradicated it,” Xiang Er nodded, “I feel that it might have hurt the Lantern Woman’s essence, she won’t appear in your dreams for a while.”

“That’s good,” Yan Junze smiled, “No matter the strangeness, our combination of Xiang Er and the perfect corpse is far more formidable.”

Standing by his side, Xiang Er suddenly said with concern: “I wonder how the Sun family fared last night? Since you didn’t eradicate that strangeness, would they be in danger?”

Yan Junze shook his head, “Actually, that mission was quite easy. The strangeness I saw yesterday, aside from inducing fear, posed no real threat to humans.”

“How do you know?” Xiang Er was curious.

“Has Xiang Er started to learn to ask why now?” Yan Junze laughed.

Xiang Er stamped her foot lightly and sat down to one side, seemingly a bit embarrassed.

Without further conversation, Yan Junze recalled the mission information that had popped up in his mind after entering the Sun family’s house the day before.

It was this mission information that had eased his mind and made him leave the Sun family, allowing Sun Changbiao to wallow in fear.

[Mission Name: Where’s my index finger?

Mission Level: Anxiety-Inducing (Low);

Mission Background: Many summers ago, she and a friend discovered a pond with exceptionally clear water during a countryside picnic. As an enthusiastic outdoors person, she jumped into the pond for a swim. Unfortunately, her hair got tangled in a mass of underwater vines. In the struggle with the Reaper, she desperately yanked at the tough, sharp vines, slicing her finger open. From the force, her finger was severed but she couldn’t free herself.

Mission Description: She bore no ill will toward the friend who didn’t know how to swim and couldn’t save her. She blamed no one, she just wanted to find her lost index finger;

Mission Reward: 100 points of Different Dimension Energy;

Mission Penalty: None;

Mission Hint: 1. The Evil Spirit can be locked down; 2. Her goal may be right here;

Note: Although her appearance may be frightening to ordinary people, helping her find that index finger can’t be wrong.]

This mission was only of the lowest level, “Anxiety-Inducing (Low),” the same as Yan Junze’s first mission [Hair Washing].

It’s not to say that the strength of the strangeness in the mission was similar to that of Ke’er back then, rather that this strangeness was of the harmless type, mostly just inducing fear.

This could be inferred from the mission penalty being “None.” To be honest, Yan Junze had never seen a mission with no penalty so far.

That’s why he wasn’t prepared to complete the mission last night, letting Sun Changbiao taste what fear was like.

Even now, Yan Junze had no intention of dealing with Sun Changbiao.

He had accidentally gotten his bandaged arm wet during the bath and had Xiang Er rebandage it. Yan Junze planned to use the rest of the day to revisit all the families who had ordered takeout.

He was well aware that ordinary Exorcists might not be able to find the delivery person in a short amount of time, but he could, with enough information. He was confident that he could pinpoint that delivery person within the day.