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My Wife's AI Prank Killed Me

My Wife's AI Prank Killed Me

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Reborn

Bias

Mistress

Plot Twists

Face Slapping

Cheating

While working overtime late into the night, I suddenly received a video from my wife. "Honey, there's a homeless man outside our door. I'm so scared!" In the video, a disheveled man was sitting outside my house. He occasionally muttered strange, unintelligible words. I immediately got permission to leave work and drove home, but on the way back, I got into a car accident. Only after I died did I learn the truth. It was a prank that had gone viral online. The footage of the homeless man had been generated using AI. What I never expected was that my wife's male best friend had taught her how to pull it off. They had even tampered with my car's brakes in advance. Worse still, the two of them had tampered with my car's brakes beforehand. After my death, they even went live and tearfully blamed the AI prank for killing me. Countless viewers sympathized with my wife, allowing the two of them to make a fortune from the livestream. Seeing how deep my resentment ran, the Grim Reaper gave me a chance to start over. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my wife sent me that video.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

[Honey? Are you watching the video? Hurry and answer me!]

Another message from Karina Stewart popped up. There was a hint of impatience.

My chest heaved violently, and my fingernails dug into my palms.

The taste of blood spread through my mouth.

Suppressing the overwhelming hatred inside me, I, Mike Jerome, typed out the words one by one.

[Don't be scared. Lock the door. I'll be home soon.]

Karina immediately replied.

[Honey, you're the best! Hurry, okay?]

She even sent me a kiss emoji.

It was utterly disgusting.

I grabbed my jacket and rushed out of the office.

A coworker called after me. "Mike, aren't you finishing the report?"

"Something urgent came up at home!"

Without looking back, I ran into the elevator. The doors closed.

In the mirror, my face was pale, but my eyes were bloodshot.

I immediately messaged my younger sister, Tanya Jerome.

[Tanya, help me check a license plate. CS-3879.]

[Make it quick. Track it and find out where it is tonight.]

The elevator stopped on the first floor. I didn't go to the parking garage.

I knew that my car's brakes had to be tampered with by now.

Driving the car would be walking straight into a death trap.

I walked over to the cafe in the corner of the building and found an empty spot to sit down.

I then switched on the laptop I always carried with me.

I began working out my revenge plan.

In my previous life, I had died without even knowing why. This time, I was going to make them pay a hundredfold.

My phone vibrated. Tanya had replied.

[Mike, I found it.]

[That car is parked in the underground garage at Rivera Heights.]

I narrowed my eyes.

Tanya sent another message.

[But he just posted on social media. His location is supposedly Nightfall Bar, west of the city. He claimed he was drinking with a client.]

The car was at home, but he claimed to be at a bar.

What a perfect alibi.

I smiled.

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11 Chapters
Chapter 1
[Honey? Are you watching the video? Hurry and answer me!]Another message from Karina Stewart popped up. There was a hint of impatience.My chest heaved violently, and my fingernails dug into my palms.The taste of blood spread through my mouth.Suppressing the overwhelming hatred inside me, I, Mike Jerome, typed out the words one by one.[Don't be scared. Lock the door. I'll be home soon.]Karina immediately replied.[Honey, you're the best! Hurry, okay?]She even sent me a kiss emoji.It was utterly disgusting.I grabbed my jacket and rushed out of the office.A coworker called after me. "Mike, aren't you finishing the report?""Something urgent came up at home!"Without looking back, I ran into the elevator. The doors closed.In the mirror, my face was pale, but my eyes were bloodshot.I immediately messaged my younger sister, Tanya Jerome.[Tanya, help me check a license plate. CS-3879.][Make it quick. Track it and find out where it is tonight.]The elevator stop
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Chapter 2
Before I could even close my laptop, Karina called.I answered."Honey!" Karina cried. "He's still here. He's still walking around outside the door! I'm so scared!"She was really good at acting.In my previous life, that crying voice had fooled me completely."Where are you? Hurry home! Drive slowly on the way and be careful!"It was those conflicting instructions—hurry up and slow down—had thrown me into a panic in my previous life. I had only wanted to get home as quickly as possible.My voice remained calm. "Don't worry. I just called the security in our neighborhood."They're heading over now."There was an obvious pause on the other end."Huh? You called security?""I also told them to bring their batons. Take another look through the peephole and send me a new video so I can confirm."Karina's voice immediately became flustered. "I-I'm too scared! I don't dare open the door! It looks like he's watching me!"Honey, don't worry about the security guards. Just come hom
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Chapter 3
I closed my laptop and walked out of the cafe.I didn't go back to the office or head home.Instead, I hailed a cab."Rivera Heights, please."Halfway there, Tanya called."Mike, I found it."Her voice was unusually serious."A minute after you hung up, Karina called Harry."They talked for fifteen minutes!"And they've been calling each other almost every day for the past three months. Most of those calls were late at night."My face remained emotionless. "Got it.""Mike, what's going on? Do you need me to come over?""No. Get some sleep."I hung up and stared out at the scenery outside.The neon lights and bustling streets were painfully harsh on my eyes.I recalled how Harry had 'cared' about me in my previous life.He had once patted me on the shoulder and said, "Mike, stop working overtime all the time. Spend more time with Karina. She's a woman all alone at home. She gets lonely."At another drinking party, he had jokingly said, "If you keep neglecting Karina, I
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Chapter 4
After the security guard pushed open the bedroom door, I followed him inside with my phone held high and still recording.What greeted us was an utterly indecent scene.Karina and Harry were naked and tangled together on the bed."Ahh!" Karina screamed and frantically grabbed the blanket to cover herself.Harry abruptly sat up. When he saw me, he began shouting furiously. "Mike! You set me up!"The security guard froze as well. He then awkwardly turned away. "Uhh, sir, this is a family matter–"I sneered. "Set you up?"Karina, weren't you afraid of the homeless man? What about this homeless man? Are you afraid of him?"Karina's face went pale, and she couldn't stop trembling. "Mike, hear me out–"I put away my phone. The video had already been saved."Sir, you saw everything."I called the police on the spot."Hello, emergency services? I'm in Unit 1503 in Rivera Heights. I caught my wife committing adultery with another man, and there's now a dispute. Please send someone o
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Chapter 5
Before long, the same officer from earlier rushed back in. His expression was extremely grave."Mr. Jerome, something's happened. It's your car."We need you to come with us to the scene immediately!""What?"I jumped to my feet. "W-What happened to them?""We don't know yet. The initial report says the situation is very serious."I followed the police out of the station and got into a patrol car.The siren was extremely loud.Soon, the car stopped outside the cordon.I pushed open the door. The air was thick with the pungent smell of burned metal and blood.The entire front end of my car had been crushed. It was lodged against the guardrail and dangerously close to tipping over.Harry was trapped in the driver's seat. His head was covered in blood, and he was completely motionless.Karina was in the passenger seat. She didn't seem seriously injured and had managed to crawl out on her own.She sat on the ground. Her face was pale while she screamed hysterically.The polic
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Chapter 6
The interrogation room was lit with a harsh white light."Mr. Jerome, please tell us exactly what happened."I carefully recounted everything that had happened that night, from Karina's AI-generated video to the moment I realized something was wrong and didn't go home.I then told him how I went to the parking garage and discovered that the brake line had been cut."Why did you let Harry drive the car after you reported the incident?" the officer asked sharply."I reported it to put it on record. I let him drive it to obtain evidence."My answer was airtight."I suspected he was the one who tampered with the brakes. Once he drove the car away, he would be caught red-handed."If I hadn't let him drive it, he could have claimed I was framing him. Now we have both the man and the car. He can't deny it."I've submitted my previous police report, as well as the surveillance footage from my company's parking garage."The surveillance footage was retrieved.On the screen, a man wea
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Chapter 7
Harry lay in the intensive care unit for three days.When he finally woke up, the news the police brought me wasn't good."Mr. Jerome, Harry suffered a brain injury and is temporarily suffering from amnesia."He claims he doesn't remember anything related to the brakes."The evidence makes him a primary person of interest, but without a statement from him—and with Karina continuing to deny any involvement—the investigation has reached an impasse."'Amnesia?'What a convenient way to escape responsibility.Even the universe seemed to be helping him.I walked out of the police station. The sky was gloomy.'If you won't talk, then I'll speak for you.'I walked into an internet cafe and rented a private room.I compiled everything I had into one file, including the AI-generated homeless-man video Karina had sent me, the video I'd recorded when I caught them cheating, and high-resolution photos of the severed brake line.There were also screenshots from the surveillance footage
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Chapter 8
Karina’s plea was what finally pushed things over the edge.Harry, meanwhile, believed Karina was trying to dump all the blame on him.Meanwhile, the police found a pair of brake-line cutters in Harry's toolbox, and the tool marks matched perfectly.To make matters worse, technicians recovered several deleted chat messages from Harry's cloud storage.They had been sent by Karina.[He seems to be getting suspicious of me. What should I do?][Let's just do it. Follow your plan. Once he's dead, everything will be wiped clean.]Harry completely lost it when he saw Karina's messages.He could no longer keep up his so-called amnesia act."I'll confess!" He roared in the interrogation room."I did it! I cut the brakes! But Karina isn't getting away either! She was the one who urged me to do it!"When Karina learned that Harry had confessed and that the police had recovered her messages, she knew it was over.To save herself, she immediately turned on him."It was him! He's the ma
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Chapter 9
After I walked out of the courtroom, Tanya followed me and slipped her arm through mine."Mike, let's go home. Shall we?""No."I turned to the attorney who had been waiting nearby. "Mr. Jackson, I need your help."Draft the divorce petition immediately."Luke Jackson nodded."Don't worry, Mr. Jerome."You're the innocent party, while Karina is clearly at fault for marital infidelity and involvement in criminal activity."My voice was cold. "I only have one request.""Go ahead.""Make sure she leaves with nothing."Luke hesitated. "Legally, she's still entitled to a portion of the marital assets–"I interrupted him. "Then make her pay compensation."Emotional distress, lost wages, and the psychological trauma she caused me."I don't want her to leave with a single dollar.""I understand. I'll do everything I can."Two weeks later, we were in civil court.Karina had hired an attorney as well.She was wearing a faded gray outfit. Her hair was frizzy and dull. She was cl
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Chapter 10
The agent's eyes lit up. "No problem! I guarantee it'll be sold within three days!"Three days later, the house was sold.I took the money and blocked Karina on every communication platform.There were more than a thousand photos of us on my phone. I deleted them one by one.When I reached the last photo, I stopped.It had been taken at the beach shortly after we got married. She had been smiling so sweetly.I tapped on the delete button.Everything was gone.I moved back in with my parents and temporarily shared a room with Tanya.Mom saw how much weight I'd lost, and her eyes welled with tears. "Mike, it's all in the past. We'll find you a better girl."Dad took a puff on his cigarette beside her and sighed. "Consider it a lesson learned."Tanya brought me a bowl of warm soup."Mike, have some soup."You've got me from now on."My nose stung. I accepted the bowl from her.I later went to Harry's hometown, a remote village.His parents were a simple, down-to-earth coup
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