Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 158

Chapter 158: THE ICE QUEEN

"STEP BACK."

That was Ryu Sungbin’s order when Lee Sarang suddenly started to cover her entire body with ice.

He suddenly didn’t know what their maknae was planning.

"Is Lee Sarang self-destructing?" Bambi, who was standing next to Ryu Sungbin, asked impatiently. "Sungbin Hyung, do something and stop her from killing herself. We still need Lee Sarang’s abilities. It will be a shame if she dies here."

"Lee Sarang isn’t trying to kill herself," Ryu Sungbin said while shaking his head. "If she was self-destructing, she would have destroyed her own Core."

Bambi just frowned and didn’t say anything.

"But I wonder why Sarang-ie is covering her entire body with ice," Jin Sooin wondered out loud. "She can’t possibly be putting herself in a self-induced comatose state, right? Sarang-ie knows that Sungbin can melt her ice."

"It’s probably a new skill," Matthew said, sighing. "Lee Sarang mentioned that she gained a new skill when she raided a dungeon with Gayoon Hyung recently."

Ah, right.

Lee Sarang helped Ki Gayoon raid a dungeon before.

"I suppose we’ll witness Lee Sarang’s new skill," Ryu Sungbin said. "Get ready."

"Why can’t you just attack Lee Sarang while she’s still in the middle of covering her entire body with ice?" Bambi asked, confused. "It’s like waiting for the villain to finish his monologue before attacking them."

"You can’t see it, but the fog around Lee Sarang isn’t fog from her ice," Ryu Sungbin explained to the Guide. "You’ll explode once you touch that fog."

Bambi just frowned, obviously not satisfied.

But Ryu Sungbin couldn’t be careless.

Lee Sarang was a soft-hearted Esper who didn’t like killing people. Even so, she was still the #2 Esper in South Korea.

We have to be careful.

"Ah, it’s already cracking?" Jin Sooin asked out loud. "Lee Sarang covered her entire body with ice, but the ice is already cracking?"

It was like an egg hatching, to be honest.

CRAAACK.

That was the sound of the huge block of ice cracking.

And then a blinding light exploded at the same time the entire block of ice collapsed.

Since all of them were Awakened People there, they didn’t even blink despite the blinding light that hit their eyes.

And, so, they clearly saw it.

Lee Sarang emerged from the block of ice that had just collapsed.

However...

"Is that really Lee Sarang?" Matthew asked, confused. "Did she... shrink?"

That was right.

The Lee Sarang in front of them at the moment was smaller than normal.

Even her hair is shorter.

"Why is she suddenly wearing a sailor uniform?" Jin Sooin asked, as confused as everyone else. "Sarang-ie was in middle school the last time I saw her wearing that... oh."

That was when everyone was hit by the realization.

This Lee Sarang was the Lee Sarang when she was younger!

Is that her new skill? Reverting to her younger self?

Ryu Sungbin’s eyes widened a little. "How old was Lee Sarang back then?"

"Fourteen?" Jin Sooin answered, unsure. "Or fifteen?"

Dammit!

Ryu Sungbin cursed under his breath when he met Lee Sarang’s cold gaze.

And then Lee Sarang let out a long sigh.

After that...

"Argh!"

"No!"

"Help!"

"It hurts!"

"Save me!"

The A-Class and B-Class Espers that they brought from all over the world suddenly dropped dead one by one.

Half of them died after water was drained from their bodies.

The other died after getting frozen to death.

And the fools who tried to attack Lee Sarang were slowed down when Lee Sarang made their blood thicker.

Then Lee Sarang pulled out the weapon that they hadn’t seen in a long while.

It was a beautiful crystal scythe.

Lee Sarang beheaded the Espers who tried to attack her using such a delicate-looking weapon— her bored face didn’t change even if heads kept rolling on the floor.

The blood of her victims didn’t even hit her because of the barrier around her.

"Is that really Lee Sarang?" Bambi whispered in disbelief. "The Lee Sarang I know hates killing people."

"That was the Lee Sarang that Ki Gayoon had tamed," Ryu Sungbin whispered back. "The Lee Sarang who was just newly awakened was violent— violent and powerful."

"Was she really that powerful back then?"

"Lee Sarang was the strongest among the Top 5 when she was fourteen and fifteen years old," Ryu Sungbin said, clenching his hands tight. "And, as you can see, she doesn’t even bat an eye when it comes to killing people."

Bambi was about to say something, but...

"Sungbin Oppa, are you talking bad behind my back?"

In just the blink of an eye, the young Lee Sarang was already right in front of Ryu Sungbin— levitating to meet his eye level.

"You recognize me, Sarang-ah?"

"Am I not supposed to recognize you, Oppa?" Lee Sarang asked, tilting her head to one side. "Did we fight, Oppa? Why did you bring people who want to kill me?"

Oh.

Lee Sarang’s memories...

"Sarang-ah, how old are you right now?"

"Oppa is asking something weird," Lee Sarang said while shaking her head. "I’m fifteen years old."

Hmm?

This Lee Sarang didn’t just get younger physically— even her memories regressed.

This Lee Sarang doesn’t have feelings for Mo Hanjin, so we can’t use Mo Hanjin to threaten her anymore.

I have to prepare to lose at least an arm if I fight her when she’s in her prime.

We can’t afford that.

I can use this to my advantage.

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They’re walking on eggshells around Lee Sarang like they do around Gayoon Hyung.