Chapter 228: Battle Royale (5)
After hiding the items in the pit, Everly tidied herself up.
She wrapped the fishing line around the wooden bracelet on her wrist, and tucked the curved blade, a thin wooden stick, and sulfur into the left and right pockets and side pocket of her work pants respectively. From the outside, she now looked like an empty-handed contestant. Then she picked up a wooden stick and began moving.
Her target was the northwest second ring of the island.
As mentioned before, the killing game had five butchers.
Among them, “Turret” mainly operated around the southern foothills at the border between the first and second rings. “Hunter” was highly mobile and roamed the entire island at all times, but he only went after participants caught in traps. As long as one avoided falling into traps, Hunter would not attack. “Judas” had already been seen earlier; based on his direction of movement, he was likely now near the abandoned hospital, joyfully engaging in combat with someone.
The remaining two butchers were a pair of half-brothers.
Both brothers inherited genetic defects from their paternal line and had strong antisocial tendencies. Perhaps because of similar temperaments, although they had different mothers, they actually got along quite well.
The older brother had a burly build, knotted muscles, and physical strength and recovery ability far beyond that of normal humans. His mind was not fully sound; he was extremely aggressive and was suspected of having XYY syndrome. He enjoyed the sensation of slicing down with a blade and watching blood spray everywhere—a complete and utter murderer. Only his younger brother could restrain him.
Fans of the original work generally called him “Cleaver,” because his signature weapon was a thick-backed butcher’s cleaver.