Chapter 273: Hospital (7)
“Pshk… pshk pshk…”
On Basement Level 1, in front of the emergency exit door, Everly held a folding knife high in the air, completely focused as she continued stabbing down at Mike below her.
Of course, it wasn’t a real knife.
It was a prop knife used for filming. And the blow that knocked the actor unconscious wasn’t the stab to the chest at all—it was a chop to the neck that Everly delivered while standing in a surveillance blind spot. After all, a prank was one thing, but if she actually got someone killed, she would be held responsible. She had her whole life ahead of her; it wasn’t worth throwing it away and ending up in prison because of a bunch of scumbags.
The prop knife in Everly’s hand contained a spring-loaded mechanism. When it made contact with a person’s body, the blade tip would automatically retract into the handle, activating an internal device that squeezed fake blood out through the blade.
As for why she happened to be carrying something like this around—
Well, it was a coincidence. Earlier that day, she had stopped by downtown Mikano City and visited Rebecca to replenish her supply of new props. This knife was one of the classic pieces of fashionable junk she had just picked up from Rebecca.
[Retractable Realistic Knife]: A cursed prop knife. In 1998, a young man named Dennis used this knife to stage a fake suicide in front of his lover in an attempt to win them back. Due to a mechanical malfunction and excessive force, the blade accidentally pierced his chest, causing him to bleed to death.
Since then, the resentment of the deceased has clung to the knife, allowing it to endlessly produce cursed tainted blood. Anyone stained by the blood will experience phantom pain at the corresponding location on their body for half a month, tasting the heartbreak Dennis felt after the breakup.