Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 104
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Episode 104 – Party Time (6) – A night full of lies
* Party time, evening of day 2
– Han Ga-in
A change that occurred as soon as the blessing was strengthened.
[Colleague status information (*)
Ari Kim (???) – ???. Chaos Disaster Management Bureau Level 1 Agent]
First, I compared it with my information.
[Han Ga-in (20) – Wisdom. K University freshman]
The first ??? is age, the second ??? is blessing.
In other words, Ari’s age and blessings are unknown.
To be honest, I wasn’t surprised by the age.
I had already guessed that the apparent age would be different from the actual age.
The inside of the hotel is a place where time and space are randomly twisted.
If you have been in a place like this for a long time, it is difficult to determine how old you are.
There are two things that are truly surprising.
First, the blessing is not a ‘suggestion’.
He has shown abilities similar to hypnosis on several occasions. Wasn’t this the power of blessing?
Is it your own separate superpower? I don’t know.
What is a real blessing?
Second, the fact that the status window can be fooled.
In some ways, this is a more important issue than the first.
The status window is a power created by the hotel, but you can fake it?
Previously, they openly showed different information, and they are still hiding the real information.
Although there is no basis, a vague guess came to mind.
It occurred to me that I couldn’t fool the status window with some kind of superpower I gained outside the hotel.
What I experienced inside the hotel was too transcendent to believe that.
Maybe this is the power of Ari’s ‘true blessing’.
What should I do now?
Go ahead and ask right away? It’s meaningless. If Ari lies, that’s it.
Why don’t you take Elena and interrogate her? That means fighting all the way.
After a conflict in the past, we reached a tacit agreement not to interrogate the management team.
We are now facing a very big challenge called ‘Gateway Room’.
Is there a need to fight this challenge?
But their hidden purpose may be harmful to me.
In the midst of the confusion, I finally decided to write some advice.
‘Is there a way to resolve questions while avoiding conflict?’
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
[Why go in psychologically? Make the other person worry.]
What does this mean again? I thought about it for a while.
When I first heard it, I wondered what it was, but when I thought about it, I realized that it was surprisingly useful advice.
I’m not the only one who wants to avoid conflict.
It may be early on in the first floor, but right now my abilities are no worse than Ahri’s.
Ari also has the same mentality of wanting to avoid conflict ahead of the remaining trials.
In a situation where we are equal, do I need to worry and worry about what the other person thinks?
I decided to pass on my worries to Ari.
The more I thought about it, the more I thought I had truly received ‘advice from a wise man.’
I opened the door with a light heart and headed to the table.
*
– Han Ga-in
As soon as we left, we received a lively welcome and started eating.
The theme of the meal was also the effect of the newly acquired and strengthened blessings.
Grandfather Mukseong was drinking beer and continuing to upload videos to the chat window.
…
Why on earth do you keep posting pictures of earthworms wriggling?
The more you know, the more the heavy and mysterious image you had at first has long since shattered!
I feel like I’m watching some kind of hateful terrorist attack on the internet.
There was no way to avoid videos or images that appeared in the chat window.
In response to him, Songi diligently uploaded only Perot’s photos.
After spending almost 10 minutes in a daze looking at pictures of earthworms and parrots without being able to eat even a single ounce of food, the chat window’s capacity limit was reached.
Meanwhile, Ari is eating well.
“…I feel like the capacity of the chat window has increased considerably.”
“It seem to be like that. “I didn’t know I could mess around for this long.”
“Please, grandfather. Please stop doing this now… .”
Eunsol sighed and started talking about the power she had gained.
“Actually, I don’t know.”
“yes?”
“The name is ambiguous, saying ‘Hand of Greed’ instead of a clear name like lie detection, isn’t it?”
“Maybe you can find out if you try it?”
“That’s the problem. After gaining this power, like Ga-in, for the first time, a hologram similar to a ‘status window’ appeared that only I could see?
[Hand of Greed: 1] It says this. When I tried to use it, this notification popped up. [You will get what you want]”
“The power to get what you want? “It’s difficult.”
Seungyeop, who was listening, answered right away.
“Legacy! escape! Say you want something like that!”
“Of course I tried it, but it immediately said [Unable].”
“hmm… . Of course, there are limits to ability. “Let’s think about it a little more before writing.”
“okay. “What about you, Ga-in?”
Slowly, stories about my blessings began to emerge.
Now is the time.
“I don’t think I can use it, but I’ll give it a try.”
I put my hand in the air and pretended to touch something.
Since the status window is only visible to my eyes anyway, there is no way anyone would notice it.
“It seems like the content is a bit different from usual.”
“detail?”
After saying this, I opened my eyes wide and looked at Ari for a moment, then immediately returned my gaze to the original state.
I saw a scene where Ari’s expression suddenly hardened.
“what? “Has anything changed?”
“no… . no. There is no particular change. “It seems that it can only be used within the Chamber of Curse.”
“I’m just saying this because it’s inside the Curse Room, but it doesn’t mean it can’t be used in the Gate Room, right?”
“No way. Isn’t the Gate Room also an enhanced version of the Curse Room? “Of course I think it will be used.”
Since there was only one person who could write properly, Grandfather Mukseong, the story about the blessing ended quickly.
When meal time was over, my older sister naturally approached me with a list of questions written in her notebook.
…
If it had been before, I would have written it without hesitation, but after hearing the owl’s advice, my heart is heavy.
I have come to realize that questions that are not directly related to the progress of the Chamber of Curses consume my contribution.
First of all, I said that I wrote the first piece of advice to find out about my blessings. Because what I wrote is true.
The moment I saw the list of questions my sister had written, my breath caught in my throat.
Question written at the top.
‘If escape route 2 is the main gate, then route 1 must be somewhere. ‘Give me a hint.’
While I was speechless for a moment, Jincheol joined in from next to me.
“I thought about this earlier, but isn’t this a question of ‘give me information about something I don’t know’? “I think you’ll get a strange answer.”
Eunsol’s sister responded with a somewhat subtle expression.
“There’s no guarantee that you don’t know. “Maybe you missed it even though you knew?”
what? Did you know I was hiding information about the elevator?
I was embarrassed and looked at Eunsol closely.
?
Eunsol didn’t even look at me, but was just looking at the management team.
What on earth is this?
I don’t know what it is, but it seems like they want me to write some advice anyway.
… After thinking for a while, I came to a conclusion.
Anyway, you can’t hide information about the elevator forever.
In the first place, you can tell the elevator escape route just by looking at the bottom of the instrument panel.
I was the only one who thought about searching the elevator.
Anyway, the route is meaningless without a ‘password’ and ‘hazardous clothing’. At this point, it would be okay to tell you the location.
I pretended to use the status window like before.
“The advice was to look at places you missed.”
“Missed places?”
“Was there such a thing?”
Everyone tilted their heads. I’ll remember it soon anyway.
Since the basement and first floor have already been searched, you will quickly remember that the only remaining place is the elevator.
It’s been a while since I thought about the elevator escape route, and a ‘real question’ arose.
Escape route 1 can be used by wearing a protective suit in the elevator and entering the password.
I had already realized that protective clothing could be purchased at the HP Market.
The password ‘87439124’ was also found by searching through the old desk.
Are all escape conditions met?
‘Can I escape by wearing a protective suit I bought at the market and pressing the password?’
[Advice: 2 -> 1]
[If your life is not worth it, try the experiment.]
Same answer as when asking a question about parachutes.
… I’m starting to guess.
Escape route 1 elevator, escape route 2 main door.
Both routes have separate ‘official escape tools’.
The escape tool for the main gate is ‘wing boots’, and the escape tool for the elevator is ‘hazardous suit.’
These tools must be obtained from within the hotel and appear to be supernatural tools.
You can try to escape with ordinary items obtained through the HP Market, but the success rate is not high.
Perhaps, only people with extremely strong physical abilities like Jin-cheol or with the ability to fly on their own like Ari would be able to escape through such common objects.
After thinking about this much, I headed towards the front desk.
I was lingering near the desk and thinking some rather gloomy thoughts.
I’m becoming more and more of a liar… .
I hid the elevator escape route, and now I’m starting to hide the nature of my advice as well.
He even took advantage of the fact that the status window was invisible to his colleagues to write fake advice.
Just as my clothes get wet in a light rain, the rain of lies slowly colors my heart.
once. yet again. Again, giving various reasons.
The lies are piling up.
Is this how we can truly call ourselves colleagues?
It’s not just an emotional problem.
As I become stronger, my hotel colleagues also gain various superpowers.
If one day they find out I lied, what will happen then?
I sighed with a complicated heart.
“Do you think you’re worried about something?”
“Sigh! Who – Ariene. “No, are you walking around without making any sound?”
“You just walked? “It’s just that you were too deep in thought to notice.”
“is it? “Do you have something to say to me?”
Ari also stood next to me with a somewhat tired expression and began to look at the night sky outside the front door.
“You know.”
“…”
“I just wanted to talk about old times.”
Thank you, Owl Great Sage.
indeed! Ari is here to answer for himself!
The moment my respect for owls blossomed.
Suddenly the lights in the hotel started flashing!
No, what on earth is going on? Especially at this timing!
*
– Eunsol Lee
After eating, everyone started walking around and resting.
I thought about this as I rolled around in bed alone.
What on earth is this guy’s ‘Hand of Greed’ capable of doing?
The dragon confidently said that it was a powerful force that would never disappoint. If it is that kind of power, please at least explain it to me.
No matter how many times I touch it, the explanation is the same.
[You will get what you want.]
What is he saying now? Aside from that, things I really want, like inheritance and escape, are [impossible].
…
It’s what you want… .
It immediately came to mind. It’s a weapon or something.
Such a harsh place ultimately requires individual combat power.
I also want to get some useful weapons! It would be nice if it were as easy to use as possible.
[Hand of Greed: 1 -> 0]
?
[It came true.]
???
What are you saying now?
—Why!
Suddenly, a huge notification sound rang throughout the hotel.
The moment I stood up in shock, a notification appeared on the display inside room 105.
/At the participant’s request, a surprise event will occur even though it is party time.
.
.
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Surprise Event: Nightmare/
… Isn’t this my responsibility?
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