I can rewind time to prevent death

[Task Name: Combing Hair;

Task Level: Anxiety-Inducing (Low);

Task Background: According to the customs of Lotus Town in the Tianmeng District of the Great Capital city of Shuntian, one must comb the hair of the deceased three times for the dead to depart peacefully without any lingering desires. Granny Ren might have passed, but her obsession is deep. Combing her hair three times may allow her to pass away peacefully.

Task Description: Find a comb, comb Granny Ren\'s hair while chanting "Words for the Afterlife: extreme bliss, remove the worries of this life," "Words for the Afterlife: extreme bliss, erase the pain of this life," "Words for the Afterlife: extreme bliss, eliminate the karmic obstacles of this life";

Task Reward: 100 points of Different Dimension Energy;

Task Punishment: Unknown;

Task Tips: 1. The evil spirit cannot be locked down; 2. Do not recite the Words for the Afterlife incorrectly;

Note: Granny Ren is not a mute.]

Yan Junze seriously considered it and felt that this branch task was not difficult and could easily be completed on the side. The only thing was, he had no experience in combing the hair of the dead.

Moreover, he didn\'t know how long Granny Ren had been dead, and whether her scalp might come off during the combing process if she had already begun to decompose.

The mere thought of that scenario sent chills down his spine.

"Just comb gently, combing hair isn\'t the goal, just don\'t chant the Words for the Afterlife incorrectly," Yan Junze murmured to himself.

He turned his head and looked around, the light was dim, and he didn\'t see where the comb was placed.

He left the bedroom to return to the living room and started searching everywhere, not seeing it in the living room, he ran to the bathroom to search, rummaging through drawers and the washbasin.

A few minutes later, he still hadn\'t seen even a shadow of a comb.

"Could it be that Granny Ren never combed her hair? Impossible, she\'s not me."

Yan Junze talked to himself and returned to the bedroom, standing by the bed, looking at Granny Ren\'s body lying on the bed, with only a little hair showing outside the quilt.

He clearly remembered seeing Granny Ren\'s back earlier. Her hair was neatly arranged, and she did not seem like someone who rarely combed her hair.

"Search again."

This time, Yan Junze searched inside the bedroom. Since Granny Ren slept here, there was naturally a high chance of finding a comb.

If he really couldn\'t find it, then he would have to go back to his own house to find a comb and bring it back.

However, Yan Junze was not willing to do so, as making any noise on his return home might wake his parents, and if that happened, it would be too clever by half. The tasks would not be completed, and he dared not contemplate the consequences.

The bedside table, desk, wardrobe, and even under the bed, Yan Junze searched all the likely places but still did not see the comb.

This is just bizarre!

He glanced at the body on the bed and a strange idea suddenly popped into his mind. Yan Junze swallowed and muttered to himself, "It wouldn\'t be like what happened with Zhang Tiantian, would it?"

Last time, during the task "In a Room with Zhang Tiantian," a ballpoint pen was searched for high and low, only to end up stuck in Zhang Tiantian\'s eye socket.

"This comb, could it be stuck in Granny Ren\'s corpse?" Yan Junze looked suspicious, "She\'s already dead; could she have gotten up, found the comb, and stuck it in herself? What kind of move is that?"

Doubtful as he was, he still had to verify whether his guess was right or wrong.

Yan Junze approached Granny Ren\'s bed and reached out to grab the quilt. Throughout, he sniffed hard but still didn\'t smell any odor of decay.

Could it be that Granny Ren turned into an immortal, with a body that does not decay?

No matter what, he had to find the comb first.

He slowly peeled back the quilt, revealing Granny Ren in her thin cotton clothes, curled up with her back to him. There was no comb stuck in her back, nor at the back of her head.

"Something\'s not right," Yan Junze stared at Granny Ren\'s body with a suspicious look on his face.

If Granny Ren had died in her sleep, why were all her clothes properly worn? Ordinary people wouldn\'t sleep in so many clothes.

With doubts, he walked around the bed and positioned himself in front of Granny Ren, who was lying on her side.

From this position, he could finally see Granny Ren\'s face clearly.

It was a face full of wrinkles and sickly yellow in color. Her eyes were not open, otherwise, Yan Junze couldn\'t guarantee that he wouldn\'t pee himself. Those tightly closed eyes and the skin between them were squeezed together, seemingly conveying some indescribable pain.

Granny Ren\'s entire body was bent, and her hands were tightly clasped in front of her chest. The posture felt very odd, if a normal person was sleeping, they wouldn\'t assume such an awkward position.

The comb was nowhere to be seen.

Yan Junze gave the scene a thorough look-over. Just the way it was now, indeed, there was no comb on Granny Ren.

At that moment, he remembered the note in the task: Granny Ren was not mute.

She wasn\'t a mute, but now she was a dead person. Could a dead person still speak?

Yan Junze shook his head, fell silent for a moment, and finally couldn\'t help but speak up, "Granny Ren, I\'m about to comb your hair now so that you can leave this place peacefully. Could you tell me where the family comb has gone?"

The room fell silent again, with no unusual reactions.

Yan Junze waited then cleared his throat and spoke again, "I want to help you, no other intentions. If you get your hair combed sooner, I can notify your family earlier, and you can see your grandson Yu Xiaochang sooner."

No sooner had he finished speaking.

Granny Ren, lying on the bed with limbs that had long since stiffened, suddenly had a slight twitch of her face, and her mouth slowly opened, emitting a creaking sound, like a long-neglected door being opened, coming from her throat.

"Ah ah ah..."

It was as if a mute had suddenly opened her mouth, wanting to make a sound, wanting to speak.

Yan Junze\'s heart raced, but he still braved the fear and leaned in slightly.

He had to hear clearly what Granny Ren was saying.

"Here..."

Although the voice was very unclear, Granny Ren\'s words were so slow that Yan Junze could barely make them out.

"Here? Where is \'here\'?" Yan Junze tilted his head, his gaze landing on Granny Ren\'s clasped hands on her chest.

After speaking those two words, Granny Ren no longer moved; her body became rigid again.

Yan Junze hesitated, then extended his hands, one to each of Granny Ren\'s ice-cold clasped hands, and with some exploratory force, which wasn\'t too strenuous, he pried her arms apart.

Immediately, his face changed, and he retreated sharply with a cry of "Ah," almost falling to the ground.

Lodged in Granny Ren\'s chest was an old red comb, inserted into the region of the heart. The end of the comb\'s handle was completely out of sight, only the teeth were visible sticking out, blood clung to the comb, and it was already dried.

It couldn\'t have been inserted by Granny Ren after her death.

She had not died a natural death but from an accident, or murder!

Yan Junze\'s heartbeat intensified even more, and he said aloud, "Luckily, I\'ve been recording the whole time, else there\'s no way to prove my innocence. Now that Granny Ren has died unnaturally at home, I should be able to help her."

As for why there was a comb inserted at the location of Granny Ren\'s heart, Yan Junze wasn\'t a detective, and he didn\'t have the time to care about it now.

What he was concerned about was to complete the Combing Hair task immediately, then call the police and inform Granny Ren\'s family to come over.