Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 120
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Episode 120 – No. 107, Gate Room – ‘Jekyll and Hyde Game’ (11)
– Han Ga-in
The group began to wrap their heads around each other.
Should I say that it is fortunate? The Jekyll and Hyde game felt like a variation of the Mafia game, and the only one among us who didn’t know what a Mafia game was was Grandfather Silent.
While the silent old man was frantically asking his colleagues about various things, I started asking questions to the moderator.
“How much can you answer?”
/It is possible within common sense. Of course, we cannot answer questions such as who Hyde resided in./
Where is the common sense about this bizarre game? It sounded like he was just going to do whatever he wanted.
But it’s us who are disappointed, not that guy. I asked all the questions that came to mind.
“Hyde will reside in one of us when the game starts, right? Can you use the legacy or tools of the object you inhabit?”
/Hyde is a being who strictly obeys the rules of the game. Hyde will not use the participant’s inheritance or harm you by any means other than execution./
There is no way for Hyde to suddenly use a bracelet or grimoire. understood.
Sister Eunsol also quickly asked a question.
“We have to discuss finding Hyde during the day every round, right? Can you listen and participate in the discussion?”
This is a very important question. In mafia games, isn’t the main role of the mafia to interfere and disrupt the citizen team’s discussions?
/Hyde does not take away your free will even if he is a parasite. Therefore, you cannot participate in the discussion. However, you can listen to the discussion./
After listening to this point, I started to get a feel for what kind of existence Hydra is.
A being that strictly obeys the rules of the game.
A being that does not take away the target’s free will even if it is parasitic.
Rather than being a self-conscious being, isn’t Hyde an AI-like being created entirely for ‘games’?
It’s a good thing that Hyde doesn’t interrupt our discussion. But he was making her head spin just by being able to hear the discussion.
Everyone racked their brains and asked the host any questions they had about the rules.
The 30 minutes passed in an instant.
*
– Round 1, Han Ga-in
—Beep!
/Jekil everyone. Let’s start playing Jekyll and Hyde.
From now on, Round 1 will take place during the day. Jekyll, you have 15 minutes to find out who Hyde is and execute him. The doctor can specify what to defend against./
…
Grandpa Mukseong was the first to open his mouth.
“Are you saying that Hyde or something has now become a parasite on one of us?”
“It seems so. However, it is said that Hyde does not take away free will, so even people who are parasitized do not know that they have Hyde.”
Although I heard it was impossible, I looked at Songi just in case.
Songi scanned us with her bracelet.
“I don’t know.”
“From the beginning, I said it couldn’t be found through inheritance. “What is Pero’s reaction?”
“It’s hard to communicate properly right now because I don’t have any blessings, but other than that, there’s not much of a reaction.”
As Songi said, Pero is forgetting the sunflower seeds he brought from the rest area as if wondering what the hell is going on.
We are in a state of extreme tension, deciding whether to live or die, and I sighed as I watched the parrot forgetting sunflower seeds in peace.
Pay for the golden egg… .
Everyone was speechless when they couldn’t find Hyde with either the bracelet or Peroro.
Ari, who had been quiet, opened his mouth.
“It would be meaningless for everyone to drink my blood and find out with it, right?”
“Because they said it couldn’t be found through inheritance.”
“I don’t understand.”
“what?”
“I can’t find Hyde through the legacy, so why did I make it available?”
“…”
“If they wanted to prevent the inheritance from being used, they would have just sealed it. The fact that they released the legacy and prevented them from finding Hyde… .”
Eunsol’s sister answered.
“It probably means using the legacy in other ways than finding Hyde.”
15 minutes was a short time. There are already less than 5 minutes left.
“moderator!”
/yes./
“Has the doctor already been selected?”
/yes. The doctor already knows he is a doctor./
At those words, we looked around at each other.
“One of us is already a doctor.”
Grandfather Mukseong said with curiosity.
“oh! Who are you? “I decided who to defend -”
—widely!
Ari punched the grandfather in the back of the head.
In fact, if it weren’t for Ari, I was thinking of kicking him to stop him.
“please! Silent grandfather. “If the doctor reveals his identity, Hyde will kill him!”
“ah.”
Eunsol said with a sigh.
“I’m sorry, but please always keep in mind that Hyde is listening to our conversation right now.”
At least I knew one thing.
I am not a doctor, and Grandpa Mukseong is not a doctor either.
If that old man is a doctor, who will he protect? They must have confused our minds by asking such questions.
“There are now three minutes left. “Why don’t we just vote for someone?”
Ari also nodded.
“There’s nothing you can do. Let’s take one first. Seungyeop, please pick one person.”
“yes? “That blessing was sealed.”
“Just do it.”
Seungyeop hesitated and took a picture of the songi on the left.
Songi didn’t say anything, and the host who was watching reacted.
/Jekil everyone. Contestant, did you judge ‘Songi’ to be Hyde?/
!
In an instant, I had a breathtaking realization!
I shouted the fastest before anyone else could respond.
“Sleep! moderator!”
/yes./
“What happens if we decide that Song-i is Hyde? If there is Hide inside, will only Hide disappear? Or is Song-i going to die too?”
Only then did the other colleagues’ faces turn white as they understood the situation.
/There is no way to execute Hydeman. Removing the host is the only way to get rid of Hyde./
Eunsol’s sister grabbed the back of her neck and cursed.
“Really wow! “Fuck, you didn’t just kill Hyde, you killed the host?”
Ari asked urgently.
“Do I have to kill one person every round?”
/no. If you don’t want to, you can give up searching for Hyde./
As soon as he heard the host’s answer, Seungyeop shouted.
“cancellation! Cancel it first! “I’m sorry, Songi.”
“are you okay. Rather, we can’t just take a quick picture and find Hyde by chance. “The chances of Hyde getting caught by chance are very low.”
At this point I realized one thing.
“I heard that only in the third trial can you resurrect one of the participants who died, so I said something and this is the reason.”
Ari received the word.
“Even if we respond perfectly and find Hyde right from the start, one person with Hyde will definitely die. “The rule that one person dies even if you respond perfectly is unreasonable, so I gave one person the right to resurrect.”
In the confusion, we were ultimately unable to point out anyone as Hyde.
/Now the sun is setting. The day is over, and Hyde’s time has come./
My consciousness became blurred… .
*
– Round 2, Han Ga-in.
I came to my senses. When she raised her head, everyone woke up and tilted their heads.
Who is it? Who did Hyde execute?
…
The power supply is fine.
Immediately the host came down.
/congratulations. Hyde’s first execution was a failure. The doctor succeeded in defending the correct target.
Hyde in the first round was ‘Yoo Song-i’. Now Hyde moves on to someone else./
…
“to? Yes? “I was Hyde?”
Songi was surprised and flipped over on her own.
Sister Eunsol immediately asked Songi.
“Did you feel anything different? Is there something gloomy inside? The voice of evil evil?”
“I didn’t feel that kind of occult sense at all.”
Ari also began to worry.
“Is it a structure that even the person inhabiting it can never know? “But the doctor blocked the first round?”
In the meantime, Grandfather Silence was talking nonsense to himself again.
“Hey! Who is the doctor really? Are you good at games? No, how on earth did you manage to get it right in the middle of this? Seungyeop is that you? “The photography skills are unusual -”
“Oh, shut up!”
This time Ari kicked the grandfather with his foot. The grandfather eventually became quiet with a sullen expression.
Elena, who had been quiet earlier, opened her mouth.
“It looks like you’re already doing well, but doctor, hide until the end if possible.”
While everyone was in confusion and giving various opinions, I… .
Oh fuck sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssck ahhh!
Alone, I covered my face with both hands and started to regret it!
Whether it was luck or something else, Seung-yeop took Song in the first place!
If Seung-yeop had not interfered with Seung-yeop’s choice and pointed to Song-i, Hyde would have disappeared immediately when Song-i died.
After beating the game and resurrecting Songi, it was a perfect ending where no one was sacrificed… .
How on earth did Seungyeop film it right away? The blessing was sealed?
Is it just pure luck? Whatever it is, I feel like I’m going crazy because it’s such a waste.
Ari had the same thought as me and Seungyeop grabbed her arm.
“As expected, you are the only Seungyeop! Truly ‘pure skill’. Blessings are just help! Take another shot!”
Seungyeop looked almost crushed by the enormous burden.
If he hadn’t known that the host would also die, he would have taken another shot, but after learning that the host he pointed out would also die, Seung-yeop couldn’t choose any more.
Again, 15 minutes was too short.
Information we found out in round 1.
The first parasite target is Songi. Without knowing the target of execution, the doctor successfully defended himself.
With this alone, it was impossible to know who was the next target for parasitism or who would be the next target for execution.
I don’t know.
What are the criteria by which Hyde chooses who to parasitize and who to execute?
The second round passed in chaos.
/Now the sun is setting. The day is over, and Hyde’s time has come./
My consciousness became blurred… .
*
– Round 3, Han Ga-in.
As soon as I came to my senses, I looked around. Who is this time?
…
‘Again’ everyone is fine.
The host came down.
/congratulations. Hyde’s second execution failed. The doctor succeeded in defending the correct target.
Hyde in the second round was ‘Park Seung-yeop’. Now Hyde moves on to someone else./
While Seungyeop was shocked and speechless, I was also surprised.
The doctor successfully defended himself twice in a row?
The first time I took a picture randomly, I may have guessed it right. But twice in a row?
Even if you do a simple calculation, the chances of guessing it by luck are very low.
I felt fortunate.
Although it was vaguely expected from the beginning, Hyde’s criteria for judgment are by no means random.
There is a certain priority in selecting targets for execution.
And one of us. A person selected as a doctor by the moderator.
There are people who vaguely understand Hyde’s criteria for judgment.
A person who understood the same thing as me opened his mouth.
“It seems that the ‘God of Justice’ has realized something. The problem is that we are completely unaware of the ‘something’ that God realized… .”
The old man, who had now become a little more sensible, also joined in.
“I wish I could at least know who that guy Hyde was targeting. Is there any way to know?”
If you’re a doctor, you’d know. Because the target he defended was the target pointed out by Hyde.
Eunsol, who was thinking about it, took out several sheets of paper.
“I don’t have enough time, and I can’t find a better way. “The doctor can’t lecture us out loud, so let’s do it this way.”
My sister quickly wrote something down on a piece of paper.
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Several sheets of paper with our names and a table for each round.
I understood the meaning as soon as I saw it.
“Everyone turn back and pretend to write something. Non-doctors should not touch their paper and should only indicate their intention. “Just put a single dot so it doesn’t get noticed as a font.”
A moment passed.
The papers that had been distributed to everyone were gathered back on the table.
All the other papers had no marks, and only one paper had two dots on it.
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