I can rewind time to prevent death

Although he walked fast, his steps were very light. As he passed by a row of shelves, a hint of blue kitchen apron appeared on the other side of the shelf.

Yan Junze immediately stopped, motionless.

The corner of the blue apron quickly vanished, obviously Dwarf Mickey hadn't spotted him, and continued to search the other end of the supermarket.

For some reason, or maybe this guy really had some special ability that allowed him to lock onto the peculiar strangenesses he was looking for in the supermarket.

No matter how much he searched, he just wouldn't leave the supermarket.

Yan Junze crouched down, using the shelves to hide his figure, and continued to move toward the entrance of the employees' passage, just in time to see Ke'er crawling out of it.

He squatted down and whispered, "Ke'er," then immediately gestured for her to be silent.

Ke'er, with her hands on the ground and originally crawling, now cocked her head to look at him, her face lighting up with joy.

But she quickly understood the meaning of Yan Junze's gesture. A sound of "eh" didn't escape her mouth as she quickly crawled toward Yan Junze.

Yan Junze walked over, picked her up, and said softly, "Let's go, we're going to see your mom."

Knowing that the Back-faced Woman was inside the door to the employee passage, he did not ask Ke'er where her mother was. He bent over, gently pushed the door open, and slipped inside.

On one side of the employees' passage wall, a very dim emergency light was on. Although not very bright, it was enough to chase away the darkness, allowing Yan Junze to faintly discern his surroundings.

No sooner had he entered the employee passage than the Back-faced Woman was seen coming out of the door labeled "Office."

The office door slowly closed behind her.

"Back-faced Woman," Yan Junze approached with Ke'er in his arms and whispered as low as he could, "Don't make any noise, just listen to me first."

The Back-faced Woman was clearly surprised, but upon hearing his words, she really made no sound, just stood there staring at him.

"A Black Spirit is outside searching for you. Don't go out for now. Are there any other exits here?" Yan Junze whispered.

The Back-faced Woman gave no response, just stared at him.

Yan Junze felt something was off; he sensed the Back-faced Woman wasn't really looking at him but was fixating on something behind him, the direction of the door to the employees' passage he had just entered.

At that moment, Ke'er in his arms, her head resting on his shoulder, let out a series of low, urgent warning sounds toward the back.

"Ya ya ya ya..."

Yan Junze immediately turned around, only to see Dwarf Mickey, wearing a pink hat, standing at the entrance of the employee passage, looking up with a gaze that slid beneath the brim of his hat and wandered back and forth between the two strangenesses—Ke'er and the Back-faced Woman.

His eyes shone with surprise and excitement, and he seemed unable to suppress the desire to laugh out loud.

"Hahaha..."

The next second, the little guy opened his mouth and laughed out loud. However, sensing the threat from the Back-faced Woman, he suddenly turned and ran out.

"Back-faced Woman, kill him quickly, don't let him get away!" Yan Junze shouted while holding Ke'er.

No sooner had his words fallen than a gust of wind rushed past his face; the Back-faced Woman's figure had already leaped past him and flashed to the entrance of the employees' passage.

There was still a crack in the door that was not completely closed, and the Back-faced Woman's figure flickered and disappeared through the gap.

Loud noises of shelves being knocked over and thumping footsteps sounded throughout the supermarket.

Yan Junze knew that these were the sounds of Dwarf Mickey's footsteps as he ran, his steps rapid and dense, but the sound slowly receded.

"Huh? He's getting away?"

Holding Ke'er, Yan Junze quickly rushed out of the employees' passage toward the supermarket's main entrance.

Before reaching the door, the Back-faced Woman had already returned.

"Where is he? Did you kill him?" Yan Junze asked.

The Back-faced Woman shook her head, her voice raspy, "He... got away."

This dwarf's speed was actually faster than the Back-faced Woman's. Although the sound he made when landing was loud, the speed of his crossing legs was ridiculously fast, looking like a spinning top at a glance.

Yan Junze was speechless.

As long as this little guy got away, the members of the Half Moon Association would quickly start hunting down the Back-faced Woman and her daughter.

"This way is no good, we have to deal with him inside the supermarket, or once we leave, it'll be the world of those short legs of his," Yan Junze thought to himself.

Time Rewound once again.

At this moment, Yan Junze had just entered the supermarket, and he had already roughly estimated Mickey's location at this time.

He crept to the side of the fifth row of shelves to wait and released the Black Spirit Mallet, clutching it tightly in his hand.

With the slightest sound, Yan Junze quickly hid his body behind the shelf, holding the mallet in an attacking stance.

First, a pink sun hat appeared in his field of vision. Because of Mickey's short stature, Yan Junze couldn't see his whole body.

He held his breath, the mallet raised high, his heart rate accelerating as he waited for the moment the hat would reach in front of him.

Getting closer and closer, the pink lace-edged sun hat fully entered Yan Junze's view, and without hesitation, he fiercely swung the mallet down on that disgusting hat.

A 'thump' noise rang out, revealing a dull metallic collision.

Yan Junze's arms instantly went numb, the shock rendering him briefly insensible.

Looking down, he saw the pink hat was smashed but underneath it, to his surprise, was the copper hammer that Mickey had been wielding during the last Rewind.