Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 149
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Episode 149 – Rest and Reorganization (5)
– Han Ga-in
While I was organizing my thoughts, I heard a gruff voice.
“Hmm. hmm. “I’ll tell you what I have to say first.”
“Please speak. “Grandfather.”
“If you think about it, I am not completely neutral on this issue, but I would like to start by saying that I am grateful that you trusted me and included me in the meeting. First, I will tell you what I know about Ari’s mother, Miss Miro.
As you may have already guessed, Miro is a much more senior agent than me. Unlike me, who is an ordinary human being, she was clearly a superhuman even before she entered the hotel. “She surpassed humans in all aspects of her physical abilities, including strength, agility, and stamina, and also possessed a variety of superpowers.”
Jincheol asked a question.
“After listening, I’m curious. What is the origin of those superhuman abilities? If you were a superhuman before entering the hotel, is this an ability given to you by the administration? “But I think Ari said the other day that the Bureau has no means of granting superpowers.”
“The management bureau does not have such means. I’ll give you the same answer I gave back then. If I had the ability to give the Bureau superpowers, why would I be an ordinary person? Of course, as a veteran agent, I would also have superpowers. I don’t know how Miro became a superhuman. Ari might know.”
Eunsol’s sister asked a question.
“How are you personally? “I heard that he is mentally like a child now.”
“I heard that you were originally somewhat self-righteous and had a tendency to look down on ordinary people. However, it wasn’t to the point where I had no sense of ethics, and as an agent, I basically had the mindset to protect the world. Of course, I don’t know if this information will be meaningful in analyzing the maze after entering the hotel.”
Regardless of the abilities granted by the hotel, he was already a superhuman. A character that is inherently somewhat opinionated but does not go beyond the minimum line.
I think I know the general character.
At this point, I organized my thoughts and expressed my opinion.
“When it comes to resurrecting others, I think two factors must be taken into consideration. The first is, of course, ability. It must be something that can be of help to us. Second is controllability. “The person we resurrect must be someone we can control in the present.”
“It’s controllability… .”
“Do we know any of the people we are trying to resurrect? There is no one. Even the information about the maze is fragmentary, and the rest of the people don’t know anything about it, right? Who you can trust is something you won’t know until you resurrect it. But you can determine to some extent who you can control.”
Eunsol’s older sister answered.
“First of all, it would be a burden if it were too strong.”
“I wanted to tell that story. Beings that are too powerful are difficult for us to control. “I want to ask Songi, do you think we can control Estavio?”
Songi answered firmly as soon as she heard it.
“Absolutely impossible. Even now, in my dreams, I see Estavio single-handedly slaughtering many of the aliens in the facility. I think he was a powerful being even among Athanasia. “If he surprises us, he might be able to kill all of us by himself.”
“So let’s rule out people like Estavio. “We may have to think about it again in the distant future when we are much stronger than we are now.”
Elena seemed a bit disappointed.
“If such a strong being is with you, you will be able to overcome almost all trials with a free pass!”
Eunsol seemed to have made up her mind and answered firmly.
“That’s our opinion, and the revived Estabio’s thoughts may be different. He might think it would be best to kill all the retarded apes, eat up all his inheritance, and break through the hotel. Basically, they are aliens, and they are aliens who use humans as livestock, so their way of thinking is completely unpredictable. Let’s rule it out.”
Jincheol opened his mouth somewhat cautiously.
“In terms of the ‘controllability’ we just talked about, isn’t the amount of maze out?”
“At least the situation in Miro is better than in Estavio. “At least I think I can control Ari.”
Songi voiced her opinion as if she was anxious.
“If you try to resurrect someone other than Miro, wouldn’t Ari be vehemently opposed? What if there is an internal conflict between us?”
…
Everyone fell silent at those words.
— Shake it off!
The door opened and a clear voice broke the silence.
“Didn’t you think I was too childish?”
“Aaaah!”
“Cough!”
Suddenly, Ari burst in!
Everyone looked at Grandpa Mukseong in shock and confusion.
Grandpa waved his hands in surprise.
“It’s not me! it’s not me! “It’s not like a personal chat!”
Ari, who had been giggling for a moment, joined in.
“Do not misunderstand. To begin with, there aren’t hundreds of people in this hotel, only 8 people, and it’s normal to feel strange when they suddenly disappear somewhere other than me. “Isn’t this a very sloppy ‘scheme’?”
We, who were plotting a sloppy plan, were so embarrassed that we just lowered our heads.
If you’re going to have a secret meeting like this, you don’t want to get caught!
Songi asked in an awkward atmosphere.
“that… . “Where did you hear it from?”
“I heard what you said. “The part where you said that if you resurrect someone other than Miro, I would be strongly opposed to it and there might be a fight.”
In the end, we told Ari the story we had told him earlier.
We are of the opinion that we should save the ticket Jincheol paid for for ourselves.
Next, a brief explanation of the maze that Grandfather Mukseong used.
The criteria for selection I presented, ability and controllability.
Ari, who listened quietly, expressed his thoughts.
“I don’t think Jincheol’s opinion has much meaning. The biggest threat in this hotel is the cursed room, right? “Due to the nature of the Cursed Room, there is only annihilation or survival of all members, and there is no possibility that only a certain number of people will die and the rest will survive.”
“I thought that too. As you said, if we only think about the cursed room, the option of saving tickets for ourselves is meaningless. If someone dies, everyone will be exterminated, and then there will be no one to write tickets. But the Cursed Room is not the only threat to the hotel. “Like mission rooms, there are rooms that can be given up if it feels difficult to proceed even when casualties have already occurred, and the hotel itself sometimes holds special events.”
Ari immediately retorted.
“Not all threats are Cursed Chambers, but 90% are Cursed Chambers. There was only one mission room on the entire floor, and we don’t know if there would be one on the second floor. Special events held at the hotel usually don’t happen if we just go into the cursed room. Focus on the biggest threat, the Chamber of Curse. “If you strengthen your power by increasing your companions, you can reduce the risk because you can break through the cursed room more easily.”
At that point, Eunsol noona cut it off.
“Let’s stop talking about whether or not to save on tickets. “Anyway, it’s a matter we’ll talk about again after we find the resurrection room, and if any of us are dead at that point, the priority target for resurrection is ourselves, of course.”
“You’re talking about resurrecting others, right?”
“okay. “Actually, I’m asking because I’m curious about your opinion on that case.”
Ari glanced at the others one by one and then answered.
“My opinion is similar to Ga-in’s opinion earlier. Competence and controllability. The choice of words is also good. And everyone seems to misunderstand one thing about me: I don’t intend to insist that the first ticket be used on Miro.”
???
Everyone was momentarily surprised.
Didn’t you plan on insisting that you use it with your mom?
While everyone was confused, my sister caught the word ‘first’.
“It’s the ‘first’ ticket… . Do you think there are more tickets? Since you can get multiple copies anyway, you don’t necessarily want to get hung up on reviving the maze the first time, right? In the end, it’s just a matter of reviving before leaving the hotel, right?”
Jincheol also quickly asked.
“Is that also a past experience?”
“It’s ambiguous. I couldn’t get any more tickets at that time. However, it was said at the time that there were more ways to obtain tickets.”
Afterwards, Ari presented some grounds for speculation. The fact that tickets have multiple uses, vague memories of the past, etc.
I decided to get a more definitive answer.
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
‘Can I get more tickets?’
[The gateway room is also on the second floor.]
An owl’s unique way of speaking back and forth. But I immediately understood the meaning of this answer.
You can also obtain tickets as a reward for the 2nd floor gateway room.
At the same time, I also understood the reality of Ari’s vague speculations about the past.
Ari often mentioned that there were people with wisdom back then.
It seems likely that he asked the owl himself and got the same answer as me.
However, because the party was failing, the information was not shared properly, and other people assumed that they only made vague guesses by observing the owner of wisdom.
I don’t need to do that. Immediately everyone was informed of the owl’s answer.
There are more ways to get tickets, so you don’t have to be obsessed with saving the maze with the first ticket.
I understood Ari’s thoughts. Ari continued speaking in a slightly relaxed atmosphere.
“I believe that the criteria of ability and controllability that Ga-in mentioned are quite appropriate, and that if you classify the subjects based on that criteria, in fact, only one person remains. First of all, Cha Seung-jin, who saved Seung-yeop. I’m sorry, but I don’t think we really need it in terms of capabilities.
Estavio and, unfortunately, my mother’s labyrinth also have shortcomings in terms of controllability. Needless to say, I am an alien with transcendental powers, and my mother is the same. Because I can’t stay by my mother’s side 24 hours a day. She filtered out three, so there’s only one left, right?”
In the end, I was left with the person I was thinking about.
Someone with exceptional healing abilities who is very useful, and someone who doesn’t have so much combat power that we can’t control it.
My name is Kim Sang-hyeon, a doctor.
Day 5 of vacation. The conclusion of the resurrection discussion held at the cocktail bar was that if you were to resurrect someone, the most appropriate first target would be a doctor.
*
– Eunsol Lee
After the discussion, everyone left the cocktail bar and disappeared one by one.
…
The only people left at the bar were me and Ari. Ari asked with a puzzled air.
“Do you have anything to say? “You signaled me to stay, so I stayed.”
“huh. “I have a few things I want to ask.”
“What is it?”
“I also have something to discuss about your eyes, but I’ll ask you first. Your attitude toward the maze. “It’s so different from what you expected?”
“…”
“What you said earlier was very logical. So it was strange. You love your mother so much that you return to this hotel knowing clearly how dangerous it is, right? The fact that he is so cold-hearted about the subject of the resurrection of someone he loves so much is a bit strange. If you have something to hide, just tell it. “Isn’t it time to fix the habitual secret-making syndrome?”
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