Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 126
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Episode 126 – No. 107, Gate Room – ‘The Secret of the Esper’ (17)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 45
Current location: Tier 1, Room 107 (Gateway Room)
Sage advice: 1]
The crew arrived to kidnap Pero.
While everyone was confused, Songi used her improvisation and allowed Pero to escape through the window.
Ari said curiously.
“Did you tell me to go outside?”
“that’s right.”
“Your quickness is good in that short period of time. But, is there any way to meet again?”
“I’m worried about that too. The situation was so urgent that I just told them to leave for now. Pero is smart, so won’t she come back at the right time?”
Since it is not an ordinary parrot, it seems to be sufficiently intelligent.
The confusion that started in the morning has subsided.
We ordered room service, brought some snacks, and had lunch.
Grandfather Mukseong said in an amused tone.
“Do you know what one of the hotel’s interesting features is?”
“What is it?”
“There are very few cases where they bully me into not being able to eat. Even in the hotel itself, the food was always amazing, and even in the cursed room or the gateway room like now, I never went hungry for one reason or another. “This ship also has a strange restriction of ‘don’t touch it beyond the line during the day,’ so I’m eating with ease.”
“That’s what I heard?”
“If you work in the management department later, you will realize how much of a mercy the hotel has for not bothering you while you eat. “When you’re working hard, it’s common for you to roll around for three or four days, chewing a few pieces of biscuit that are hard to chew.”
“I have no intention of doing anything like the management bureau…” .”
Grandpa just laughed as if it was fun. Ari also joined the conversation.
“Just worry about what happens after you leave. “More than that, I’m a little worried after hearing what Grandpa said.”
“worry?”
“We went through all sorts of things at the hotel, but as Grandpa said, we eat well, so we don’t get nervous when it comes to eating. To put it another way, if we start messing around about eating, I think we’ll definitely get kicked out the first time, right?”
We all remained silent at those words.
…
At least there seems to be no problem with this meal.
The grandfather spoke again, feeling like he was changing the ominous topic.
“Anyway, not being able to use the legacy is a significant pressure. Did you see it earlier? “It was difficult to respond even if an employee touched just one pistol.”
“There are even a lot of people on this ship with guns.”
“That’s what I said. I’m not sure yet how the fourth trial will proceed, but when it comes to fighting, the lack of force is very serious. “Peru alone is not enough.”
Songi spoke optimistically.
“The ship’s staff and passengers are all human, right? If all goes wrong, wouldn’t Elena be able to kill them all? “If you look at the old common sense media, you would stop her bullets when she started using her definition.”
Elena’s definition. It certainly didn’t occur to me that a pistol would be a problem for Elena, who uses justice.
However, can Elena use justice now?
When I looked at Elena, she seemed to have read my thoughts and immediately answered.
“It’s impossible now.”
I think so. Whether it’s a passenger or a crew member, there’s only something unusual about the atmosphere, and there’s no clue as to exactly what evil was committed.
Justice can only be used if at least something evil has been committed that we can recognize.
Grandpa Mukseong answered while stroking his chin.
“We need to somehow create a situation where Elena can get justice.”
“We need to find evidence that the people on this ship did something evil, right?”
“yes. Well, if you wait, the opponent will attack you on their own, but waiting like that is dangerous. “If Elena dies before justice is done, we will be annihilated.”
After finishing our meal, we decided to tour the ship’s facilities until the dinner party.
*
It was only after I started walking around the ship in earnest that I began to feel the absurd size of the ship that my grandfather had mentioned.
Restaurants and party halls were standard, and of course, there were places like swimming pools, bowling alleys, and even a small, but botanical garden.
The scale was so large that there was simply no time to look at each and every detail.
There are facilities like this! About two hours have passed since I explored, feeling like I was just checking things out.
I sat down in a place similar to a park and began to rest for a while, looking at the vast sea and sky.
Ari opened his mouth.
“It feels a little strange.”
“What’s strange?”
“It’s so different from other cruises.”
“This is my first time on a cruise, so I have no idea what other cruises are like.”
“You don’t have to have been on a cruise to know this. What should I say? A little bit about the interior or something like that… .”
What is he saying now?
Elena wondered what he was saying, but she understood what Ari was saying.
“The interior doesn’t look like it these days, does it? If you look closely, people’s clothes are like that.”
“Isn’t the background of this stage itself a long time ago? “1950s?”
The silent grandfather refuted.
“I thought that too at first, but look at this. “I picked it up on the way.”
Grandfather took out an old, yellowed newspaper. The date written in the newspaper was August 2003.
“It’s a newspaper from 2003, but it’s all rotted like this. The time on stage must have been at least 2004 or 2005. “It’s earlier than the era we lived in, but it’s not the 1950s.”
Songi expressed her opinion.
“Could it have been wandering the sea for a very long time? In the first place, the title of the scenario was ‘Secret of the Esper’, right? “A ghost ship that has been floating on the sea for decades?”
“I don’t think it’s a ghost ship? If that is the case, it means that we are experiencing some kind of hallucination, but even when we look at it with the filter on, the scenery does not change at all.”
At that moment, other passengers began to pass nearby, and we naturally stopped talking and thought.
The ship’s interior and passengers’ clothing seemed to be almost decades apart compared to the time period on stage. Could the Esper have been floating at sea for decades?
When I think about it that way, the first story that comes to mind is the ‘ghost ship’ that Song-i mentioned, but it doesn’t seem like there are any particular hallucinations.
With this much information obtained, the time for the dinner party quickly approached.
As time passed, everyone started to get nervous. It would be better if I didn’t know anything, but according to the scenario, the next crisis is already predicted to strike at midnight today.
Still, we have no idea what the secret of this ship is, and Elena, her greatest power, is still unable to use justice.
Is it because the pressure to do something has become stronger?
Before leaving for the party, Grandpa Mukseong made a radical claim.
“How about crashing the party?”
Everyone looked at the grandfather in surprise.
“There’s nothing to see that as strange. I think the ‘party’ itself is suspicious. It’s not just a feeling. Ga-in constantly mentions the ‘dinner party’ in the scenario, and as soon as the first day on the ship started, a staff member came and asked us to participate in the dinner party. “I felt it even today.”
After hearing those words, I thought back on today’s events.
After lunch, I walked around the ship and naturally met the ship’s crew and passengers.
On the outside, we pretended to be friends, laughing and chatting moderately, but every time, the sailors and passengers always mentioned the dinner party.
It felt like we had a ‘dinner party’ schedule written in our heads.
Songi expressed a slightly different opinion.
“The people on the ship are potential enemies, right? “If they’re trying to force us into the party, wouldn’t it be better to not go to the party?”
“I thought that way at first too. But if you don’t go to the party, there’s no way to know what the secret is hidden there. Hotel problems are not solved by avoiding dangerous places. Moreover, the script explicitly instructed us to gather information at a dinner party.”
As I listened, I became a little puzzled.
“I understand that the party is suspicious. Even though it’s suspicious, I understand that you have to go. But how did you come to the conclusion that we should give it a try on the way there?”
“Let’s just say it’s intuition rather than logic. “I feel like the party itself is their vice.”
intuition. It’s an ambiguous story. Normally, I don’t think I would have been persuaded by words like this.
However, it is now confirmed that a crisis will occur again at midnight, so it is time to take action.
In the end, everyone decided to shake up the party in their own way.
*
The dinner party has begun.
At first, it wasn’t much different from yesterday.
The passengers on the ship surrounded us, confusing us by showering us with various gifts and strange compliments, and in the meantime, they asked sharp questions.
Is the purpose of the party to find out information about us? Or something more?
First of all, he seemed to be curious about my age, my hometown, etc.
…
I had a strange experience. Passengers were curious about personal information, so they intentionally provided false information.
I heard that Westerners don’t easily tell the age of Asians by looking at their appearance anyway.
I raised it by about 3 years and said it. She also insisted that her hometown was Hunan Province, China.
I didn’t feel like I believed in the answer. She smiled lightly and seemed to turn away, then came back to me and asked the same question.
It’s as if he realized that his previous answer was false.
Han Ga-in: I am curious about her age and hometown. I lied, but I think I know.
Yoo Song-i: Same experience. He didn’t answer his age but said he was born in Japan, but he wasn’t fooled.
Elena: Aren’t you all idiots? Regardless of what it may be, everyone is talking in Korean to begin with.
Oh, that’s right.
If you think about it, the ship’s staff and passengers were all of mixed races, but they were all speaking in Korean from the beginning.
There is no way to get information if you can’t even communicate, so it feels like the hotel has set the language to Korean.
In any case, it is not convincing to say that he is an Asian who speaks Korean but whose nationality is Chinese or Japanese.
Ari expressed a different opinion.
Kim Ari: Nationality is one thing, but it is strange that age is not deceived.
right. Even if the nationality was obvious because of the language, I wasn’t fooled about my age from earlier.
It’s strange to be able to figure out a person’s age by +- 1 or 2 years just by looking at their appearance.
In the end, everyone gathered around a table.
A situation like yesterday where people around us react to our every word and every action.
Grandfather Mukseong slowly started the engine.
— Clink~!
There was a loud noise as the bottle was hit on the table.
“Ouch! Hey, I’m drunk! Cain! “Go over there and get some beer.”
To set the mood, I went around frantically saying I would bring drinks and snacks.
The flight attendant couldn’t hide her embarrassment and hurriedly approached us.
“Sir, you seem to be very drunk. “Stop getting up and -”
— Rumble!
The grandfather pushed the table and knocked over the flight attendant who was saying something across from him!
no? Suddenly losing a flight attendant? Is it okay for me to just leave like this?
— Whirring! puck!
“Oh my!”
“Ahh! “Why is that person like that?”
The grandfather broke three more bottles, and this time he started throwing round bread like a disc, hitting passengers around him.
By the time the crew and passengers were all confused, they approached our table.
Grandfather stood up on the table.
“Ah~ You’re someone I can’t trust~???? Ah, you are an immature person~????”
I was completely upset, and the chat window started blowing up.
Elena: Do we really have to do this?
Yoo Song-i: When is this song?
Ari Kim: Based on the person singing it, it’s the latest song.
Amidst the chaos, the people around them just opened their mouths and looked at the grandfather.
“Today is a wild chrysanthemum~???? Also, my job is to make roses~????”
Now it’s just funny. I just started laughing because it was so absurd.
“I’m tired now, ding bee~????”
“Ding bee!”
I was dumbfounded and turned around to see Ari yelling ‘Ding bee!’
“Are you tired of waiting? Ding bee~????”
“Ding bee!”
Ah, I don’t know. Just let me go too!
I think something might happen. It’s even weirder if this shit happens and nothing happens.
[Advice: 1 -> 0]
Crisis notification activated.
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