Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 129
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Episode 129 – No. 107, Gate Room – ‘The Secret of the Esper’ (20)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 46
Current location: Tier 1, Room 107 (Gateway Room)
Sage Advice: 2]
– Han Ga-in
I learned the surprising fact that we have now returned in time.
For a while, I organized the words written by my ‘past self’ in the status window.
I don’t know at this point, but I think I wrote this in a very urgent situation.
It was not written in an easy-to-read manner, but was more like a collection of hectic information that jumped back and forth.
Ari sighed while listening to my explanation.
“It feels like I wrote it almost as a flow of thoughts.”
“I guess it was really urgent. The handwriting is almost flying. First, let me summarize what I understand.
Somewhere on the ship, an evil ritual using humans as sacrifices is going on, and Grandpa Mukseong was taken to this place and died. “I guess it’s because Elena used Justice to kill all the crew and passengers that the devil turned back time?”
“The ceremony requires information about our age and place of birth?”
“huh. And there is a clock on the ceiling of the place where the ceremony takes place, and it is currently facing 1.”
“What is the standard by which the clock hands turn?”
“I don’t know because it’s written vaguely. “I guess I wasn’t even sure when I wrote this?”
Elena, who had been listening for a while, opened her mouth.
“I think I know the general situation. First, let’s act according to the instructions given by Ga-in in the past. “According to the instructions, it seems like you have to do two main things?”
“yes. First, the evening dinner party seems to be the enemy’s fault, so try to ruin it. Be careful, the crew has guns. “It’s written like this.”
“The flight attendant said he had a gun. What are we supposed to do? “With my grandfather gone, we also lost guns.”
“A gun?”
“There is.”
Ari panicked and pulled out a pistol from his waist. Why is the pistol pointed at Ari?
Of course, I’m glad I have it. He continued talking.
“Second, there is a space beneath the ship that resembles a dungeon. “I’ll check it out.”
Songi tilted her head.
“A dungeon… . It’s not a good place to be on a ship. “I don’t even know how to get there in the first place.”
In addition to this, I relayed a lot of information that seemed to have been written by my past self in the flow of my thoughts.
I had a guess, but I asked Elena a question to confirm.
“Can you write a definition now?”
Elena shook her head as if it was obvious.
“It’s impossible. It’s an amazing feeling because it’s my first time experiencing something like this, but there’s not enough evidence, and it’s not just this problem, the power itself has dried up. “Usually the water tank was full of water, but it felt difficult to open the lid, but now the water tank itself is empty.”
Ari asked with concern.
“Are you recovering? “If I could write it again, when would it be?”
“I am recovering. But I think it will take at least two or three days.”
2 or 3 days is too long for a gateway room.
In fact, it looks like no more definitions will be used in the fourth trial.
I didn’t understand the meaning of only two words in the note I left.
‘Ddaengbeol’, ‘Senior’
What on earth does this mean? Everyone just tilted their heads and came out of the room.
When I came out of the room, two more changes occurred.
First, Pero flew in from somewhere.
According to Sangtae Chang’s memo, it was said that Song-i sent him out on a whim, but it seems like everything went well without incident.
Was Perot unaffected by time retrograde?
Maybe he was simply going overboard.
While Pero and Songi were rubbing their cheeks as if it were a separated family reunion, the scenario was updated.
Most of the content was plain, explaining our current state, but there was one significant content.
The crew and passengers of the Esper fell into fear as the needle of the ‘contract clock’ moved.
I came out of the room, looked at the people around me, and understood what those words meant.
The crew and passengers were busy chatting among themselves, looking extremely anxious, without even paying attention to us.
While they were talking among themselves, they occasionally told us to come to the dinner party, but they didn’t seem to pay any attention to us beyond that.
Ari, who was observing the scene, expressed an optimistic opinion.
“This situation isn’t bad. “I feel like there is an asymmetry of information.”
Songi asked a question.
“Asymmetry of information?”
“Everyone is the same as not being able to retain their memories before the time regression. But we came back with quite a lot of information thanks to Ga-in’s status window, right? On the other hand, those people don’t remember anything. “I just know that the needle on the ‘contract clock’ has moved.”
As I listened, I became curious again.
“Why did the hands of the contract clock move? “My past self also wrote it vaguely.”
“What exactly did you say you wrote down?”
“/Numbers on the clock = Number of time reversals?/ I wrote it down like this and drew two lines above the number of time reversals.”
“What is he saying now? Are you saying the number of time reversals is correct or not? “Can’t you write it down so I can understand it?”
“What if you apply that to me now? “Maybe I wasn’t sure when I wrote it down?”
Elena intervened.
“Okay, let’s focus on our next plan. “There’s half a day left until the dinner party, so we should go to the basement of the ship before then.”
Everyone put their heads together and thought about it for a while, but couldn’t come up with a clear number.
The biggest problem is the lack of force.
Now that justice had been exhausted, we no longer had the strength to fight the Esper’s crew head-on.
If something is hidden underground, there must be a patrolling crew… .
After thinking about it, I tried some advice. It may seem like an ambiguous answer, but even that answer was necessary.
[Sage’s Advice: 2 -> 1]
[Seongdonggyeokseo]
“Oh, what is it again…” .”
Ari asked.
“What did it say?”
“You just give me the four letters ‘Gender Dong-Gyeok-Seo’?”
Songi asked a question.
“Is this an idiom? What does it mean?”
“Was it ‘a sound from the east and an attack from the west’? “Roughly speaking, it means attracting attention from another location and attacking the target location.”
Elena tapped her knee.
“I think I understand what your advice means!”
*
– Elena
I spun around slightly and looked at myself.
The gorgeous evening dress, which I had never worn outside before, was a mixture of purple and silver and seemed to embroider the Milky Way in the night sky, and the shawl over the dress was covered in white and soft fur, reminiscent of a rabbit in the winter mountains.
Above all, the contents!
Ah, this is a bit embarrassing. Still, this is enough to attract everyone’s attention.
My role in this plan is ‘aggro’, so this level of extravagance is not necessary.
There is one thing that is disappointing.
The people who wanted to see this had already gone underground a long time ago in an extremely nervous state.
Earlier, while I was decorating, my colleagues were busy making underground exploration plans and didn’t even look at me. Honestly, I was a little disappointed.
Lastly, a candle lighter to decorate the gorgeous flower was hidden inside the dress.
There is still quite a bit of time left until the dinner party.
However, there were already many people walking around the ship dressed for the party.
As I got closer to the party, people naturally gathered around me.
“Oh oh! I feel like I’m going blind. Did a star fall from the sky? Lady-”
A comment like this. Isn’t it a bit much? It’s so old.
Still, you have to react.
“My name is Elena Ivanov.”
“ha ha ha! Lady Elena. My name is Stevenson. Will you do me the honor of escorting the Lady?”
This comment was a bit harsh. Isn’t this a 100-year-old comment?
Still, with his arm outstretched, he moved near the party with a man named Stevenson.
It was quite funny to see several men around who clearly showed envy towards Stevenson.
As I was about to enter the party, a flight attendant appeared.
“It’s not dinner party time yet. “You cannot come in.”
“I know the time. However, I heard a lot of people say that the inside of the party venue was very fancy. “Can’t I take a look?”
He had his own earnest expression on his face, but it didn’t work on the flight attendant.
“Lady. sorry. Preparations are not yet complete. By evening -”
“Are you sure you can’t?”
Now I was like a deer, looking at the flight attendant with moist eyes.
The flight attendant was taken aback and tried to say ‘no’ again.
Is this guy toxic? But I have another way!
I turned my head towards Stevenson.
“Is it this difficult to see the party venue in advance? I don’t know why they don’t allow you to step outside the room. Should I go back to my room too?”
It’s strange even as I say it. The flight attendant didn’t say a word to me to go back to the cabin.
But for the man next to me, those words were enough.
“you! Can’t you get out of the way right now? I don’t know why they’re making such a fuss over something I just watched. Move!”
It worked too. I decorated it with my soul just for this moment.
The crew and passengers of this ship are by no means an ordinary group, and there is a secret and sinister relationship that goes beyond what appears on the surface.
I dressed up as best as I could and came out thinking I had become 0.7 angel. As soon as I came out, a lot of people gathered around me.
Among them, there was a man who confidently came forward and spoke to me, passing the other men.
He must have had a high rank within this evil group, right?
As I guessed, when Stevenson said something, the sailor backed away, not hiding his embarrassed expression, unlike when he was dealing with me.
The inside of the party was already gorgeous.
It wasn’t time for the party yet so there were only a few people.
Stevenson, who came in with me, was bragging about his business for a long time.
After roughly 10 minutes of cheering him up and asking him to please me at the dinner party, he left when I told him I wanted to enjoy the surroundings alone for a while.
Perhaps he thinks he’s doing some kind of push-and-pulling thing on his own?
I guess it’s good. Because from now on, it’s Seongdong!
Seongdonggyeokseo.
It’s been quite a while since I lived in Korea, but I still can’t get used to these strange Chinese words.
Why does Korea use such strange Chinese words in the first place?
A sound comes from the east and an attack comes from the west?
Then wouldn’t it be better to just shorten it to Dongak Seo Fun?
Evil from the East! Punch from the west!
With this feeling in mind, I took out the lighter and thought about nothing.
Now is the time to make a sound in the East.
*
– Han Ga-in
While I was wandering near the stairs, I started hearing a loud noise.
“Fire!”
“The party is on fire!”
Advice from me in the past. ‘Parties are their vice.’
Indeed, that statement was not wrong.
When Elena lit the party hall on fire, the entire ship became noisy and everyone, including the crew and passengers, rushed to the party hall.
Songi said in a worried tone.
“Will Elena be okay?”
“You don’t have to worry much.”
I really wasn’t that worried. We have already experienced Elena’s creepy acting skills in Doppelganger Train. Even if you get caught, wouldn’t they just shed a tear and say you didn’t know this would happen?
It’s us who are more dangerous than Elena.
After the three of us looked at each other once, we started going down the stairs to the basement of Lake Esper.
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