Bloodied and reeling, I stood up, hearing the system's shrill warning.
[Host! Proceed immediately to the designated suicide location!]
[Failure to comply will prevent your exit from this world]
A wave of panic surged through me. I propped myself up with my hands and ran toward the stairs.
Suddenly, Spencer and Skyler shouted from behind me. "River, if you dare leave even one step, our family will disown you as their daughter!"
"Okay!"
"What did you say?"
"I said I'll give my life back to you!"
I turned back with a faint smile, then continued without stopping.
On the ground floor, a middle-aged man with a twisted expression pulled a knife from his bag and screamed hysterically.
"Where are the doctors? Are there no doctors in this hospital?"
Passersby recoiled in terror. I pushed through the crowd, drawing my folding knife.
Thud!
The man's sharp knife pierced my heart and he continued to stab me seven more times.
As blood gushed from the wounds, I mustered the last of my strength and drove my own folding knife into his temple.
That man's eyes widened in shock as he stumbled backward and fell to the ground.
I smiled, blood trickling from my lips, before I too collapsed heavily.