That thought wasn’t strong at first—it just startled Brian Carter a little. But as he focused on it, the feeling grew stronger and stronger. In just a few moments, a powerful ambition welled up inside him, making him almost unable to resist the urge to rush to some place guided by that thought, as if something extremely important was waiting for him there.

If he missed it, he would regret it for the rest of his life!

Chapter 5 Kill Her

However, Brian Carter was extremely puzzled. How could such a strange thought suddenly appear in his mind?

That thought only intensified, almost taking over his consciousness, as if it was trying to force him to follow its guidance.

If not for his strong will, he might really have been controlled by it.

Standing in place, fighting the thought with his willpower, after a few minutes, Brian Carter suddenly reached up to clutch his forehead. When he lowered his hand, it was covered in sweat.

In the struggle with the thought, he had unknowingly broken out in a cold sweat. Turning to grab a mirror from the bedside, he saw that his face was deathly pale, his brows deeply furrowed, and he looked as miserable as could be.

If anyone saw him, they would probably think he was having some kind of sudden medical episode.

This appearance was not suitable for others to see.

This kind of thought, which seemed to want to control his will, was clearly not something an ordinary person could understand.

Even with all of Brian Carter’s experience surviving countless battles and encountering many strange things, he couldn’t figure out how such a bizarre thing had appeared in his mind.

“No matter what, I’ve been given a second chance at life—I can’t let myself be easily controlled by others.” Clutching his head and fighting the thought, a cold glint flashed in Brian Carter’s eyes. In his previous life, he wasn’t a bloodthirsty killer, but the number of lives lost at his hands was at least in the triple digits. It was no exaggeration to say he had slaughtered hundreds, even thousands.

His will had long been tempered to be unyielding in the fires of war. The sudden and growing strength of this thought, and the longer he fought it, the more his head felt like it was splitting open—pain like knives twisting in his brain, making him want to smash his head against the wall just to relieve it. But Brian Carter forced himself to endure, turned, and lay back down on the bed.

The dormitory at dinnertime, half an hour after school let out, was indeed empty and desolate. In the large dorm, only Brian Carter was there, and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

In the empty, oppressive dorm, Brian Carter lay quietly on the bed, clutching his forehead and curling up tightly, letting the splitting pain wash over him, gritting his teeth and enduring it in silence.

……

“Phew, I finally made it through.”

A dozen minutes later, Brian Carter sat up in bed again, glanced around, and a hint of relief flashed in his eyes.

He had made it through.

Although during the struggle with that thought, his head felt like it was being torn apart, the pain was unforgettable. To fight it, he really wanted to smash his head and end it all, but he endured the whole process with sheer willpower, not even letting out a single groan.

After fighting for over ten minutes, he finally suppressed the thought. His clothes were already soaked with sweat, sticking uncomfortably to his body.

He wanted to change clothes, but as he started, he froze. “What exactly is that thought? It wants to control my mind, to make me go somewhere…”

His mind raced, but he just couldn’t figure out how such a strange thought had appeared in his head.

Could something have gone wrong during the process of dying and returning to fifty years ago?

In those previous fifty years, he had never encountered anything like this.

“It must be related to my death, and the bizarre return to fifty years ago. Maybe I was able to reincarnate after death because of that thought? Normally, when people die, their souls are destroyed, but I was reborn. It’s hard to understand… If that’s the case, then that thought really did me a huge favor.” He still didn’t understand why, after dying, he had so strangely returned to fifty years ago.

Combined with the sudden appearance of this strange thought, it was hard not to connect the two.

And if his rebirth after death really was related to that thought, then it had actually saved his life—an act of kindness he could never repay, no matter what he did.

Because it not only kept his soul from being destroyed, but also gave him a chance to make up for all his past regrets and pain.

“If I was able to return alive to fifty years ago because of that thought, then it shouldn’t be trying to harm me. If it wanted to, I would have died outright.”

After thinking for a while, Brian Carter could only make some guesses, but couldn’t be sure what was really going on. In the end, he just touched his cheek in confusion and continued getting ready to change clothes.

But just as he took off his shirt and hadn’t yet put on a new one, Brian Carter shuddered, slowly hugged his forehead, and lay back down, his body starting to tremble again.

It was back.

That thing was back again!

Silently clutching his head and curling up, once again fighting it with all his strength, Brian Carter’s mind was in turmoil. It had come back so soon—if this thing kept coming back, what was he supposed to do?