Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 147
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Episode 147 – Rest and Reorganization (3)
– Han Ga-in
Immediately after the Hand of Greed was used, the surrounding space seemed to vibrate, and a merchant who now felt familiar appeared.
The first time I used it, a monster extermination event occurred, so I thought it would be an event to be resolved through fighting again, but I guess I was wrong.
A completely different type of event occurred. Is this a trading event this time?
Everyone was somewhat embarrassed and focused on the merchant.
The merchant, waving his bandage, began to give a long speech.
“Hello customers, how are you? I came personally at the request of Eunsol Lee. A hotel is a tough and difficult place! Isn’t it a difficult place to survive without powerful treasures or superpowers? My wish to become stronger! I understand. I also deeply sympathize with this. Of course, there is no free lunch in this world! “You understand, right?”
Eunsol said in a somewhat tired tone.
“Just talk quickly. What kind of product have I come to sell again, and what should I pay for this time?”
“What did you come to sell? Oh my! It’s a misunderstanding. “I didn’t come to sell anything this time.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m sorry, but the products I brought this time are precious items that even I cannot dare to sell. Unfortunately, we cannot take it out of the hotel.”
“Can’t leave the hotel? “Are you sure you’re lending it, not selling it?”
“You’re quick-witted. you’re right. The products I will show you this time cannot be taken out of the hotel. If you leave, we will collect it immediately. However, the rental fee will not be refunded.”
The product is the ‘body’ and the rental fee.
I felt an ominous intuition. She asked out of curiosity.
“The rental fee is… . Surely, our original bodies?”
Instead of answering, the merchant opened the corners of his mouth so much that they were torn apart. That was a sufficient answer.
The merchant seemed to be getting more and more interesting and began to explain in detail.
“All products are specific to a specific body tissue! If you wish, you can borrow it in exchange for your real body. All items will be collected when leaving the hotel. In other words, you pay a rental fee for your real body, and the borrowed body tissue is collected when you leave. Do you need further explanation?”
I understand clearly. In short, if you go outside, you will be left with a physical disability.
Everyone started making noises as if they were out of breath.
Grandfather Silence asked a question.
“Is treatment possible?”
“Not allowed in the hotel! The real body you paid for as a rental cannot be recovered even in Room 105. In fact, if it does recover, that would be strange. I still have the body tissue I borrowed, but if I restore my real body, won’t I get three arms? However, please do your own thing outside the hotel. “With the help of wealth and medicine, maybe I can get a transplant and recover, right?”
A type of loan transaction in which your real body is exchanged for a special body, and the body you obtain is then returned when you leave the hotel.
As I listened, I thought that if this was the only price, it would be worth it.
For example, let’s say you gave up one arm and gained a powerful arm.
There is nothing to lose as there is a powerful arm within the hotel.
Isn’t there some way to heal if we get out of the hotel?
For example, if we borrow the power of the management bureau, it seems like we can somehow recover the missing arms.
Ari, who had similar thoughts, asked a question.
“How come the conditions are so uncharacteristically good for you? “Is there any other compensation?”
The merchant answered as if it were fun.
“haha! This is all I get in return. “I’m cheating -”
…?
For a moment the merchant paused.
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.
Suddenly, the merchant’s mouth was torn crosswise from top to bottom, left and right, and an untold number of jagged teeth hidden inside appeared!
The merchant, who never lost his smile, even when we were hitting him, put a chill in my stomach with his ferocious expression comparable to that of the devil who had come down to earth.
The merchant said while glaring at Eunsol.
“Haha, by the way, the sponsor wants a ‘kinder explanation.’”
Was Eunsol’s sister’s sponsor somehow involved?
My sister answered simply.
“Say thank you.”
A forced smile returned to the merchant’s face. Perhaps due to pressure from his sponsor, he began giving a much more detailed explanation.
“This explanation is really boring, but there’s nothing I can do about it. Strictly speaking, I don’t receive it, so it’s hard to say it’s compensation. But if it’s burdensome from your perspective, there’s more. It is the load imposed by the new body tissue itself.
The human body is like a sophisticated machine. Just because a strange force is applied to only one part of the body does not mean that the load is applied only to that part. The mutated arm has a negative effect on the entire upper body, and the mutated eye has an effect on the brain. And that subordinate also cannot be treated within the hotel.”
The second cost is the load on the entire body.
In some ways, I think this is the real price.
The first cost, the disappearance of the real body, is a problem that does not need to be concerned about within the hotel and can be solved somehow outside the hotel.
However, it is said that the second cost, the load on the entire body, cannot be treated within the hotel, so the person concerned has no choice but to endure it.
While everyone was racking their brains, the merchant began to show off the products in earnest.
The first object was an arm covered in black, dull scales.
“This item is the arm of a powerful warrior of the Abras clan. It can produce more than three times the strength of an adult man, and its durability is enough to bounce off a blade. The regenerative power that makes even a lizard cry is a bonus. In fact, with just this arm, anyone can become a skilled warrior.”
The second object was an inverted leg covered in pure white fur.
“This object is the right leg of the owner of Mount Esede. Its strength and strength cannot be compared to that of a human leg. If you use spring-like muscles, it is possible to run 20 or 30 meters in a month. Above all, this elasticity! “This bridge can expand or contract depending on the situation.”
The third object was a large eyeball, almost the size of a fist.
“This is the eye of a monocular bird on Pilote Island. They have incredible eyesight, allowing them to recognize mayflies 100 meters away and even the letters written on flying arrows. This is just the beginning. Like a camera, these eyes can capture the entire landscape currently in sight. More surprising facts! It is said that even invisible beings that cannot be seen with the human eye can be vaguely captured.”
The last object was the spine.
“The backbone of Phroxian. This thing-”
Ari hung up right away.
“for a moment. “The price for these bones is pulling out our spine, right?”
“That’s right.”
Ari looked back at us and said.
“This is not possible. Even with the bureau’s technology, there is still no way to regenerate the entire spine. If your spine disappears in the first place, you’ll likely die as soon as you return to Earth, right? “You all don’t plan on dying as soon as you leave, do you?”
I asked Ari.
“Is this reaction only in the spine? “You can recover your arms, legs, and eyes, right?”
Ari nodded.
“The eye is not regenerative, it is a prosthetic eye, but it can be roughly restored.”
I think we need to consider the rest of the product except the spine.
Eunsol, the person who had the hand of greed, looked at all the items as if she was lusting after them and started asking more detailed questions to the merchant.
Looking around, I could clearly see who was interested and who was not.
In general, the owners of the inheritance, who had reliable power without such items, Jincheol, Songi, Ari, and I looked perplexed.
To be honest, it didn’t seem that great of a product compared to the legacy, and I thought that the burden it placed on the body might interfere with the free use of the legacy.
Seungyeop showed great interest, so I dragged him out. We have already discussed our opinions with Jin-cheol and Grandpa Muk-seong, but considering the ‘good luck’ blessing, Seung-yeop seems to be the most appropriate person to use the protective clothing in peacetime in the room of the curse.
If he were to wear a protective suit anyway, Lee Hyung’s body would be meaningless.
In the end, the three of them, Elena, Grandfather Mukseong, and Sister Eunsol, began to discuss vigorously.
The silent grandfather was speaking passionately.
“It’s a trap except for the eyes! The limbs are nothing special. Can’t you tell just by looking at it? After all, aren’t limbs just there to make you stronger? The ignorant power includes Jincheol, Pero, and protective clothing. There are many substitutes. But overwhelming visual ability! “There is no substitute for this.”
Eunsol’s sister agreed with half of the opinions and expressed a different opinion about half of the opinions.
“I agree that the eyes are best, but aren’t the limbs good too? Since there are three people interested anyway, it seems better to take care of all three, one for the eyes and the other two for the arms and legs.”
Elena also joined in.
“The whole bridge feels like a real trap. Even if only one arm gets stronger, it may be meaningful in its own way, but is it meaningful if only one leg gets stronger? Most actions performed with the legs, whether running, jumping, or jumping, require balance between both legs. “Will I be able to run properly if I only have one leg stronger?”
“Well, the bridge really looks like a trap. Then just the eyes and arms?”
I also shared my thoughts.
“In the end, it’s up to the person who gets it, but it seems better not to get Elena.”
Elena looked at me curiously… . She looked straight at her feet.
It’s still awkward to make eye contact.
“These bodily tissues may be useful, but they do not compare to the power of the Legacy or the Blessing. Therefore, it is difficult if these products interfere with the operation of inheritance or blessings. If you try to gain small power and your great power weakens, isn’t it a loss?
In that sense, Eunsol’s sister’s ‘wealth’ and Grandpa Mukseong’s ‘communication’ seem okay because the blessings have little to do with the body. Even if that body tissue puts a strain on the body, wealth and communication are not much affected.
On the other hand, Elena, think back to what happened before. Injuries sustained before activation cannot be healed after activation. “Didn’t you confirm that the injury could leave you unconscious or incapacitated even after using Justice?”
Elena understood what I meant.
“If you accumulate blows to your body while using new body tissues, those blows may cause you to collapse while using justice. Then I will give up.”
In the end, it was decided that Eunsol would get the eyes and Grandpa Mukseong would get the arms. Two people approached the merchant.
Eunsol, who was standing in front of the merchant, asked somewhat fearfully.
“I decided to get the eyes, and this grandfather decided to get the arms. By the way, how do you plan on giving it to me? “You can’t believe you ripped out my eyes and my grandfather’s arm yourself.”
“oh my god! Who would act so ignorant? Are you a savage? They gouge out eyes and rip off arms without anesthesia! If you do that, people die. He died of shock. Do you understand?”
“…”
That bastard, the last time we met, didn’t you ask me to cut off your fingers and limbs in return?
“You don’t have to worry. We will attach the product to you while you sleep so that you do not get sick. Just in case, please do not go to sleep with your teeth clenched at night. “It just ends up tiring both of us.”
A loan transaction has been concluded.
The merchant put in the other rejected body parts, showed us the arms and eyeballs once again, and then disappeared.
…
It can be seen as a price to gain great power, but both body parts look very different from human arms and eyes.
In particular, judging from the size of the eyeballs, it was doubtful whether they could fit into a human skull.
It occurred to me that the fact that Elena gave up her legs so quickly may have been influenced by her external appearance.
In that case, the determination of people who want to acquire eyes and arms by enduring such hideousness must also be unusual.
Although it felt new, I looked back at my sister and grandfather once again.
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