I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 336: Chapter 282: Regret (4600 words)

One person and one strangeness walked slowly, the closer they got to the crouching woman.

At this time, Ugly Girl spoke again, “Is she beautiful?”

Yan Junze glanced at the short-haired woman crouching there. From this position, he couldn’t see her face clearly, but her figure seemed quite obese, indicating she was probably not young.

After all, if this crouched woman was just the physical incarnation of Lantern Woman, then Lantern Woman herself indeed had the appearance of a beauty.

Yan Junze remembered the first time he saw Lantern Woman in Mo Family Village, she only looked extremely pale, but she had well-defined facial features, elegant black hair, and wore a fluttering white dress, as if she was ethereal and otherworldly.

However, after turning into a red lantern, the contrast with her white lantern was enormous; she went from a fairy to a ferocious tigeress, ruthless and cruel beyond measure.

At the end of the day, if we’re talking about appearance, Lantern Woman was indeed beautiful.

“She is not beautiful,” Yan Junze shook his head, “Her name is Lantern Woman, her real name Ning Ji. Like you, she’s a strangeness and has been following me.”

With Ugly Girl by his side, he didn’t plan to hide anything from this naïve strangeness, nor was there anything worth hiding.

Ugly Girl’s face was deformed and very stiff, so after hearing Yan Junze’s words, there was no noticeable expression of surprise on her face.

Yan Junze continued, “When we approach her in a bit, this crouched woman may very well attack me. At that moment, you might be able to tell whether her soul is as beautiful as her looks, of course, assuming my safety is fully assured.”

Ugly Girl seemed thoughtful but did not speak.

They quickly arrived behind the crouching woman, and just as they were passing by, sure enough, the short-haired woman stood up and began to slowly turn around.

In her hands, it looked as if she was holding something, but Yan Junze saw nothing upon closer inspection.

It was as though she was holding an illusory stick in her hand, with a lantern on the other end.

Whether it was an illusion or something else, Yan Junze felt he could sense a dim white light emanating from the lantern on the other end of the phantom stick.

The next second, the white light began to turn red, gradually changing color…

Yan Junze stepped back, not daring to turn his back on the short-haired woman, and said to Ugly Girl, “I once revealed to Lantern Woman the brutal truth that her husband had been killed by her. She couldn’t accept this, and now she has followed me, most likely for revenge. Do you think she is beautiful?”

At this time, the short-haired woman holding the illusory lantern started walking towards Yan Junze, one step at a time, with the lantern emanating an eerie red color without any visible light source.

After hearing Yan Junze’s words, Ugly Girl slightly bowed her head as if she was pondering.

The short-haired woman picked up the pace; she was only four or five steps away from reaching Yan Junze, who quickly retreated.

Ah!

The ordinary-looking short-haired woman suddenly opened her mouth and let out a piercing scream at Yan Junze. Her dark mouth was seemingly bottomless, and her hand holding the illusory red lantern burst into a fierce red hue.

At this moment, Ugly Girl lifted her head, seemingly having an epiphany, and said, “She… is not beautiful, quite hideous.”

As she spoke, Ugly Girl stepped in front of Yan Junze, silent and tilting her head, her deformed face directly facing the short-haired woman.

Now the short-haired woman was only a step away from her, the two of them incredibly close, just silently staring at each other.

About four or five seconds later, the short-haired woman’s entire body suddenly relaxed, and her physical form became a shadow. Right before Yan Junze’s eyes, she gradually became transparent and disappeared.

Throughout this process, Ugly Girl kept her unwavering gaze on her, until she could no longer see her at all.

“Lantern Woman… is gone?” Yan Junze stared in surprise at the scene.

He hadn’t expected his idea to actually work, and that Ugly Girl was fully capable of handling Lantern Woman.

Of course, Yan Junze had only intended to try and see; if Ugly Girl hadn’t clashed with Lantern Woman, or if there had been a large discrepancy in strength between Ugly Girl and Lantern Woman, he would have chosen to Rewind and think of another way to get past this obstacle.

But now it seemed they had another option for dealing with Lantern Woman in the future.

“Now…” Yan Junze’s heart settled down as he looked at Ugly Girl and asked, “Have your ideas about beauty and ugliness started forming a rough concept?”

“Hmm,” Ugly Girl nodded, “Lantern Woman is ugly on the outside and inside.”

Yan Junze laughed wryly, shaking his head, “No, that wasn’t her true form just now; actually, her real appearance is not bad.”

“Oh.” Ugly Girl said nothing more. @@novelbin@@

Yan Junze’s thoughts moved, and he retrieved her into the twelfth node of the Spacetime Atlas. This time, Ugly Girl offered no resistance.

He followed the street numbers until he arrived at Priest Street number 136. The building there was constructed of old-style red bricks, appearing somewhat time-worn but well preserved.

Number 136 was part of this stretch, and upon reaching his destination, Yan Junze looked up to find that it was a clinic.

Upon reflection, Zhang Xiaomo had told him the night before that Yan Long had opened a shop, but she seemed to have not mentioned it being a clinic.

Outside the clinic, there were two people standing, a young man and a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man gave Yan Junze a look and then stepped forward, “Are you Yan Junze?”

Yan Junze nodded, “Three-star Exorcist Liu Hao?”

The middle-aged man pointed to the young man beside him, “This is Yu, a two-star Exorcist.”

“Sorry for making you wait, how long have you been here?” Yan Junze said with a smile.

“Not long,” Liu Hao said, nodding towards a man of about thirty standing by the clinic door.

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