Chapter 960: 958: Film Crew

For some reason, the talkative convenience store guy who was full of longing for life suddenly kneeled at this moment, and extended his neck at a 45 angle.

He completely abandoned any struggle or attempt to escape, ready for beheading, or perhaps his thought was already placed on the beheading platform.

Under the weak illumination provided by the backup lights,

In front of the store’s customers,

The store clerk was beheaded in front of everyone, and the murderer was none other than the supposedly dead Yi Chen.

Buzzing~ the backup lights flickered again, leaving only a headless corpse kneeling on the ground, and the eerie Yi Chen disappeared without a trace.

According to the script’s setup,

In the following two hours, a young couple, a night shift police officer, and some street thugs all entered the convenience store, yet none managed to leave.

Finally, it was the film’s main character’s turn, the Halloween murderer appeared once more.

Michael Myers, carrying a silver dining knife, also arrived at the convenience store tonight, his huge figure almost completely filling the front door.

But when he pushed open the convenience store door, what appeared before him was a scene of hell ruled by rules, completely different from his way of committing crimes.

Headless corpses knelt in various spots inside the convenience store, maintaining the same kneeling posture and stretched neck as before.

Their heads were neatly placed on the front row of shelves, staring directly at any visitors.

Myers naturally couldn’t comprehend what was before him, he had never encountered such a thing.

According to the plot’s progression, the living people inside this convenience store were supposed to be slaughtered by him one by one, yet this task seemed to have been snatched away.

Just as Myers cocked his head and naively exchanged glances with these severed heads.

The camera zoomed out, capturing the entire convenience store in view.

On the rooftop of the convenience store lay a pitch-black figure, silently crawling, stealthily circumnavigating behind Myers.

Unlike the previous guests who came to the convenience store, they would kneel due to a certain oppressive pressure, Myers did not exhibit any kneeling behavior, this mental influence had no effect on him.

Nonetheless, the beheading black blade still swung down, aiming directly for Myers’ neck.

Ding!

The blade entered the flesh, supposedly capable of beheading yet produced a [ding] sound, Myers’ spine was indeed uncuttable, its hardness was beyond imagination.

Yi Chen’s enacted character was shaken to the point that his hands trembled, and his tiger’s mouth cracked.

This wasn’t Yi Chen purposely holding back, it was truly impossible to cut through. The physical body of this Myers was much tougher and heavier than the Myers he previously slaughtered within the Sunken Death Temple.

’Because I once cut you down at the waist, this time the actor playing [Myers] has been body reinforced against death cuts, to prevent getting cut at the waist by me again?

If it truly is like this, every time I kill Myers, a stronger actor will be brought in to play him again to achieve the effect of [immortality].

Growing stronger with each death, while I only face a dead end.

It seems my choice is correct, to defeat the murderer I must maintain the script’s rationality, only by gaining the director’s approval and letting the director delete this character can this undead murderer truly disappear.’

As Yi Chen contemplated, zing!

A streak of silver light flashed by,

Yi Chen dodged quickly, but his chest clothing was completely sliced open.

Logically speaking, Myers’ speed still adhered to the original movie, only slightly higher than human capacity, Yi Chen should easily dodge even with his eyes closed.

The reason was already clear.

The constraint brought by the movie script continued to affect Yi Chen, slowing him down to match the movie’s setting so the audience could clearly see each action sequence.

Of course, the ’slowdown’ restraint is far better compared to being completely immobile, indirectly indicating the director acknowledged Yi Chen’s improvisation, allowing him to keep performing.

Even though he was affected by the ’slowdown’ constraint, Yi Chen was still far more agile than Myers.

Swift dodging and continuous blade slashing,

Each strike aimed directly at Myers’ neck, seeking to decapitate, yet only the sound of metal clashing echoed back with no impact on Myers whatsoever.

Of course, Yi Chen held back a little.

Not wanting to undermine Myers’ role as the main character, otherwise, Yi Chen was confident he could complete the beheading with multiple strikes at the same spot.

Suddenly,

Snap!

Perhaps due to exhaustion from the multiple beheading attempts... Snap! Myers grabbed Yi Chen’s arm that had yet to be retracted,

The tremendous force lifted Yi Chen entirely into the air, like a pig about to be slaughtered.

The chef’s knife swung, seemingly about to split Yi Chen in half.

Yi Chen released his tightly clenched fingers, letting the black blade freely drop, his other free left hand reached forward to grab the falling black blade.

Following the path of the dining knife’s swing, confronting it head-on.

Ding!

The sound produced by the blade clash made the entire cast cover their ears, and the convenience store windows completely shattered.

Vehicles parked on the street blared alarms, the ground cracked as a result.

Yi Chen used the force from the blade clash to escape the bind, but his grasped right arm was entirely dislocated, his wrist crushed in a fracture.

No longer entangled, he quickly retreated into the shadows, leaving the convenience store set.

Just as Yi Chen exited the street, hum! A strong light flashed before his eyes. As his vision returned, he saw for the first time the entire film crew and a hugely vast photography studio with his own eyes.

Meanwhile, a rolled-up newspaper stick swung over again.

But this time didn’t hit his head, it lightly tapped on his waist.

"You kids are amazing! Actually upgraded the script’s level of excitement, let me see your name, Yi Chen, a Chinese! No wonder your skills are so good, I personally very much love Bruce Lee."

Yi Chen immediately turned his head, behind him was the director leading the whole crew, possibly even the core of [Disaster].

With disheveled hair and a small mustache, wearing a brown jacket, approximately one-seventy-five in height, perfectly fitting the image of a middle-aged man from the 1980s. .

"Your performance was great, giving me new inspiration for the script! On a whim, I’m preparing to shoot a film of you and Moonlight Myers’ rivalry match.

And your role will be upgraded from a minor character to the second male lead.

The script still needs further refinement, so you’ll have ample time to rest before we start filming. Of course, now you need to follow me to the office to give a clear definition of your self-created assassin character."

"Okay."

"Really interesting, you’re much more interesting than the extras who temporarily joined before, and we also greatly appreciate your willingness to cooperate with our filming."

The director surprisingly was quite amiable, leading Yi Chen towards the office, he casually gave the producer a pat on the rear.

Yi Chen then tilted his head, watching the dismantling convenience store set,

A team of professional cleaning staff dealt with the actors beheaded by Yi Chen,

While the lead actor playing Myers removed his mask, surprisingly beneath it was an honest and sincere face, even waving and smiling at Yi Chen, seeming quite content with the previous confrontation scene.

The actor himself, as the Moonlight Killer, his evil intent vanished completely with the mask removal.

...

The office was filled with various movie merchandise, including posters, figurines, and various accessories, even Myers’ masks.

Yi Chen curiously approached the glass cabinet displaying Myers’ masks,

"That isn’t the real thing, it’s just a display placed here." The director explained kindly.

"Is there a difference between the real thing?"

"That difference is huge, as you should have experienced in the previous scene. Your blade can’t cut through the real thing, the real thing makes actors completely immersed, it’s our crew’s significant treasure, the core of the film."

"If I wear it, would I become Michael Myers?"

"You might become Myers, but it’s a bit unlikely... So you better perform your current role well, let’s talk about the definition and thoughts for your new character."

Through a series of regular chit-chat, completely devoid of malice’s oppressive feeling, the director humbly accepted several suggestions given by Yi Chen, after several hours officially confirmed the [second male lead]

[Halloween’s Reaper - Yi]

"Following the airing of the convenience store scene, the audience’s expectations for you will soar! Then we officially start filming the sequel, [Halloween Eve: Murderer VS Reaper].

Go back and prepare well, I’ll contact you here once the script is finished for shooting."

"Will I die?"

"According to the script you will definitely die... But if you perform with a better effect than the script outline, maybe you could survive.

We look forward to your performance!

By the way... Your appearance resembles someone, someone whom people somewhat like yet hate."