I can rewind time to prevent death - Chapter 359 - Chapter 359: Chapter 291: Spirits (2) (4300 words)

Chapter 359: Chapter 291: Spirits (2) (4300 words)

In the dark room.

All the windows were nailed shut with wooden boards, and even the spots that could let in light were filled with small pieces of wood, pierced by long, slender nails and tightly fixed to the wall.

The moment Zhang Di woke up, he opened his eyes and saw nothing, initially thinking he had gone blind.

He blinked hard, but still couldn’t see anything, yet he was certain that it was because the space he was in was pitch black, and it had nothing to do with his eyes.

He reached out to feel around and discovered he was lying on the rough ground, with the floor somewhat uneven, and Zhang Di propped himself up slowly with his hands.

He shook his head gently, feeling dizzy and unable to recall when he had passed out or why he had woken up in this place.

“This place?”

Suddenly, Zhang Di realized something, remembering that not long ago (though the exact time was indeterminate), he and his partner Zhang Xiaomo had been together.

Where was Zhang Xiaomo now?

The two of them had received a report that someone plagued by strangenesses sought protection–although the level of the manifestations wasn’t very high, their frequency was extremely high.

They took a trip to the airport, picked up this person, only to encounter trouble on the way back, and Zhang Xiaomo immediately suggested that they take the guy to the exorcist’s secret isolation room before making any further plans.

Yes, Zhang Di remembered, they had brought that person here, and he was locked up in the isolation room next door.

His memory took him this far, and he instinctively looked around, but it was still pitch black, and he could see nothing.

However, Zhang Di was very clear that the exorcist’s room next to the isolation room was not like this, even in darkness there would be some light filtering in because of the curtains, not a situation where windows were blocked with boards.

Now he guessed there was an eighty percent chance that he was inside the isolation room rather than the exorcist’s room where he had been before losing consciousness.

The blackness in front of him naturally brought a sense of fear to the bottom of his heart, and Zhang Di knew full well that the person locked up in this room might not be a strangeness, but was more terrifying because it was, damn it… a Spirit, a creature capable of conjuring all kinds of horrors at any moment!

The most important thing was, this guy had unpredictable and sensitive thoughts, highly unstable, and the smallest external disturbance could send him into a wild chain of thoughts, even beyond his own control.

Breathing, after Zhang Di had calmed down, he heard the sound of breathing.

The breathing was slow and subdued, but it sounded troubled, as if trying hard to suppress the thoughts in his mind, to prevent them from surfacing.

Zhang Di felt his whole body was cold; not because of the weather, but a chill that had crept up from deep inside since he woke up in this dark space.

“Zhao… Zhao Qi,” Zhang Di called out the man’s name, his voice as calm and relaxed as possible, not to put any pressure on the other person, “Don’t be nervous, I’ve just woken up myself, I want to ask, how did I get in here just now?”

A voice came through but halted midway, then the mouth opened again, and the voice continued: “I… I don’t know, ever since I’ve been in this isolation room, I’ve been wondering if you might be in the next room, watching or eavesdropping on my every move.”

The voice sounded very honest, not the slick type, just seemingly very fearful and helpless in the moment.

“And then what?” Zhang Di asked.

“Then… then I wanted to see you too, so, so I thought, why don’t you come over and keep me company? Why do you insist on locking me up alone in here?” Zhao Qi stuttered his way through.

“So, I just came over?!” Zhang Di’s expression was bitter.

He found it incomprehensible. Zhao Qi might be a Spirit, but he should not be capable of controlling someone’s mind, making them unconscious and bringing them here – there had to be another reason.

“It’s not just that,” Zhao Qi’s voice came from somewhere inside the room, “I didn’t know you had come until just now, I heard breathing and thought, thought…”

“Thought what?” Zhang Di suddenly had an ominous feeling.

“Have you ever seen a movie from Great Capital Japan called ‘Doppelganger’?” Zhao Qi asked.

Zhang Di shook his head blankly, then realizing that the other person couldn’t see his gesture, he said aloud, “I haven’t.”

“I have, so I thought of ‘Avatar’, the idea that there might be a person with a doppelganger,” Zhao Qi said.

“Ah!” Zhang Di felt a sense of foreboding; a guess was already taking shape in his mind.

“Also, don’t move, just stay there, don’t move at all,” Zhao Qi trembled, “this room has become very dangerous.”

…

Zhang Xiaomo was originally surprised at the blurry figure standing in the corner, wondering who it could be, when Yan Junze suddenly came out with a hair-raising question for Zhang Di.

She saw Yan Junze ask Zhang Di with all seriousness, “Who are you?”

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At the moment of questioning, Zhang Di exhibited surprise on his face, but it quickly faded away.

His head drooped slightly, maintaining a cold, indifferent calm, and he remained silent, simply standing there quietly.

Zhang Xiaomo unconsciously moved closer to Yan Junze, taking hold of his sleeve, her gaze fixed on “Zhang Di”.

Even she couldn’t understand why, in the presence of Yan Junze, she had become as quiet as a quail, whereas normally she would face a strangenesses head-on, possibly with a swipe of a magnetic knife, with such dominating moves, precise angles, and ruthlessly efficient strikes, more masculine than any man.

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