That hot-spring resort?
I stared blankly at the stone Jizo statue and climbed to my feet.
I looked around. Only the quiet mountain breeze stirred.
I seemed to be free to move, my soul flying wherever it pleased across the mountain.
But there was no one.
As far as I could see, there was no one.
I finally stopped at the mountain shrine.
The cat's body that had hung inside was gone. Only an empty room remained. Even the rope was gone.
No blood. No murder.
No one.
I bowed my head and stared at the shrine. My anger and agitation slowly gave way to numbness.
"How do I break this?" I asked softly.
"Ye Qing, how do I break this? How do I get my abilities back? Or..." I murmured.
As one waned, the other waxed.
Perhaps the other soul had gained absolute dominance. He could use all my abilities, change the past, and remake reality. But all I could do was watch...
No. I couldn't even watch anymore.
I couldn't see people.
These lifeless things meant nothing.
Even if I destroyed the shrine, the hot-spring resort nearby, or the entire mountain, it wouldn't matter.
I couldn't affect people.
I couldn't even make the resort collapse and kill the people inside. At most, I could make it disappear completely, as though it had never existed.
"How do I save Gu Mo and Nangong Yao? How do I change the real world?" I closed my eyes, my heart tightening.
Amid my anguish, I heard footsteps.
I opened my eyes in delight, only to see darkness.
I saw a silhouette. After a while, my eyes adjusted to the dark enough for me to make out the person's features.
It was a stranger wearing a white nurse's uniform.
"You're awake? Can you