Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 152
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Episode 152 – Room 201, Room of the Curse – ‘□ □□’ (1)
– Kim Ari
“Team Leader Elizabeth, this mansion is the Hasbut Mansion.”
“hmm. Are you saying that three-digit numbers of people have already been sacrificed in places like this?”
“If the current pace continues, it will be in the four digits by next year.”
“Isn’t that what we came here to stop? “Let’s go in.”
— Rumble!
“What is this sound?”
“Team leader Elizabeth! “The door is locked!”
“What do you mean? “Contact headquarters!”
“what? What is it? “The radio wave has been cut off!”
— Beep!
After entering the Hasbut Mansion, I came back to my senses with a beep ringing in my head. The others also opened their eyes wide and began to look around.
As expected, Ga-in was sealed. Seven people were seen, excluding Ga-in.
A dizzying amount of information poured into my brain in real time. There were familiar colleagues and two unfamiliar people around me. Suddenly, as many as seven people started struggling, and two NPCs looked at us in confusion.
“Why are you all like this? Are you okay?”
That man’s name is… . he recalled. Oliver, this is the agent.
“Has the strange phenomenon in the mansion already begun? “I can’t feel it yet?”
That woman’s name is… . she recalled. Elizabeth, also an agent and leader of this team. First, let me take care of the situation.
“Suddenly I heard an intense beeping sound in my head. “I think it was probably stopped by people close to the entrance due to its location.”
“Is that so? “Is Agent Ari okay?”
“It’s okay, Oliver. Elizabeth! Just give us a little break.”
“OK. “There are a lot of chairs, so let’s take a break.”
Soon, my colleagues also began to come to their senses. There are two mysterious NPCs around. Eventually we started using chat windows.
Eunsol Lee: What are these my clothes?
Mukseong Kim: Bulletproof vest.
Park Seung-yeop: Is this a real gun?
Ari Kim: Yes. Put down the gun because you’re scared.
Cha Jin-cheol: What kind of special forces agents do we play?
Mookseong Kim: Attention! On this stage, we are agents of the Power Bureau.
Ari Kim: An abnormal phenomenon is occurring in this mansion. Multiple victims occurred. What we are here to process.
Gradually, my colleagues seemed to understand the situation. The funny thing is, we had become agents of the administration on this stage. The highest-ranking person among us was Elizabeth, the team leader.
If there is one thing that is somewhat disappointing, it is that we have already entered this mansion. If I had come to my senses earlier, I think at least one person would have run away in a car instead of going to the mansion in order to secure an ‘escape route’… .
This is probably to prevent trickery. We entered the mansion and woke up only after the door was locked. As soon as we showed signs of coming to our senses, Elizabeth and Oliver approached us from across the room. It’s more comfortable for us to be alone. Why are those NPCs there?
There must be some reason. The chat window became noisy again.
Kim Muk-seong: Ari, spend some time with those guys.
Ari Kim: ?
Kim Muk-seong: Look at Seung-yeop, that bastard!
When I looked to see what he was talking about, I saw Seung-yeop holding the gun to his eye and observing with an interested expression. He suddenly felt his head hurt. It seemed like Mukseong was trying to give Seungyeop and Songi basic firearms education.
What on earth is the hotel doing, giving assault rifles to these guys?
It’s ominous.
I have experienced the cursed room several times, but the hotel has never given me flashy equipment like an ‘assault rifle’ or ‘bulletproof vest.’ There is no way they would give such powerful equipment without meaning.
I had a gut feeling that we would be in for quite an intense battle during this ordeal. I bided my time by suggesting to Elizabeth and Oliver that they find a way to contact the outside world.
Has about 30 minutes passed? While looking for a way to escape, I also looked at the structure of the mansion. Although it is described as a ‘mansion’, it is about the size of a rich man’s slightly extravagant house. Like the old Mansion of Horror, ‘Does it make sense for there to be a mansion like this in Korea?’ It was far from the absurd size of the level.
The interior was neat and there were four rooms inside. The living room and study room were also old-fashioned. There were two ways out: the front door and the back door, but both were locked. There was no more income than that. There was no way to go outside. The door was completely locked. Even with Jincheol’s mighty strength, he didn’t move a single inch. The radio is not working.
I checked to see if I could break the window to get out, but there were no windows in this mansion. It looks like the hotel party of 7 people and 2 NPCs will need to dig into this mansion.
Should I take more time? I looked at the silent side for a moment. It goes without saying, but just make sure the trigger is here and the muzzle is not pointed at people. It was just a matter of teaching.
That’s why Seung-yeop, Song-i, and Eun-sol can’t use guns normally. Cha Jin-cheol has served in the military, so of course there will be no problem, but surprisingly, Elena seems to understand quickly.
Do you have any experience handling a gun? Or do you have any sense for this? You never know.
We have to somehow take more time for the three people who don’t know anything about firearms –
“Ugh!”
“Oliver? “What is it?”
“Hey, look at this!”
I followed Oliver’s gaze as he made a fuss and looked at the unnaturally large mirror hanging on the wall.
Vivid blood-red letters came to mind.
Go down.
The meaning was clear. This means it’s time to move. Looking back on my experience at the hotel, if I don’t come down and hold on, ‘disciplinary action’ will soon begin. There is no choice. Mukseong also sighed and started moving with everyone.
But go to the front door or the back door, or ‘down’? Is there a way down? Elizabeth, who was looking around her with similar thoughts, noticed something.
“Everyone this way!”
Elizabeth had opened the door that I assumed was the door to the third room. Behind the door was a staircase leading down.
The chat window blinked.
Kim Muk-seong: Isn’t it sinister because I try to do as I’m told? Should I go down?
Ari Kim: Do you have any other ideas? There is no way to leave the mansion.
Eunsol Lee: Let’s go down first.
After going down the stairs behind the door for a while, a path that looked like a passage of sorts appeared. What else is in the basement of the mansion? The colleagues were taken aback for a moment before a clattering sound was heard.
This sound? That’s what I heard when I first entered the mansion! Jincheol reacted right away.
“I heard this sound just now and the door was locked right away!”
Jincheol quickly walked back the way he had walked and returned to the place he started from. No, he was going to go back.
After hearing the loud noise of exertion for a moment, Jincheol returned and spoke to everyone.
“The entrance is blocked. “There is no going back now.”
When I first entered the mansion, the door was locked and I could not go outside. Upon entering the underground passage within the mansion, the entrance to the underground passage was locked, making it impossible to return to the mansion.
A phenomenon that appears repeatedly. There is no going back. There is only straight ahead. In any case, it was impossible to remain in the underground passage forever.
Without any choice, I went straight and came out of the exit. As soon as we came out of the exit of the passage, we were dumbfounded.
*
“What the hell is this…” .”
“Did we get confused about the path and walked backwards? “Didn’t you just go straight?”
After walking for a while through the underground passage of the mansion, we returned to the main entrance of the mansion.
Does this make sense?
But I can only explain it this way. We somehow ended up back at the Hasbut Mansion and looked around in bewilderment.
However, since I had already looked at the mansion before, there was no need to look at it again. Familiar wallpaper, flower pots, TVs, tables, ceramics, etc. passed by. The stuffy interior with no windows is a bonus.
Elizabeth, who was looking around, tilted her head and gave us instructions.
“Try going to the living room.”
I also moved towards the living room and looked around.
Also the soft carpet near the living room –
?
Has the hair on your carpet gotten a little longer?
After tilting his head for a moment, Oliver, who had searched the mansion with me earlier, also felt puzzled.
“Don’t you think the design has changed a bit?”
Oliver lightly placed his foot on the carpet.
“My observation skills are quite good, but I haven’t stepped in like this before -”
— Chop!
A dark hand came out of the carpet and grabbed Oliver’s foot!
“Grandma said that, right? “You can’t go on the carpet with your shoes on!”
In an instant, Oliver was dragged ‘under’ the carpet. There is no room for an adult man under the carpet!
Oliver disappeared as if he was seeping through space. Everyone was unable to react to the disaster that occurred so suddenly.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” E! ”
A scream is heard. A very, terrible, painful scream.
— Absolutely! Whoops! Squeak!
The sound of a human body being torn apart and disintegrated could be heard throughout the mansion.
10 minutes, maybe more.
Oliver’s screams continued to irritate our ears.
…
Everyone was speechless in the face of an unimaginably horrific disaster. Only after the surroundings finally became quiet did the chat window blink.
Yoosongi: What happened? You went down to the basement of the mansion and came back to the entrance of the mansion?
Eunsol Lee: Is it a circular structure? A mansion with a basement and entrance connected?
Elena: It’s frustrating that I don’t even know the name of this room!
I agree.
It’s surprising, but we realized that the fact that Ga-in checked the room title in the status window as soon as we started the Curse Room was more meaningful than we thought.
I don’t know the title of the room.
Of course, there is no understanding of the scenario.
Of course, there is no way to ask for advice.
In fact, we were just thrown into a bizarre murder mansion without even being given the slightest bit of information.
I was about to use the chat window but changed my mind. Elizabeth must also listen to what I am going to say this time.
“Everyone pay attention. If you keep still, the mirror will ask you to move again, right? If you think about moving, you have to think about where you’re going. There are three paths to the mansion. Front entrance, back entrance, basement.”
Mukseong expressed his opinion.
“Isn’t it actually like there’s only one left? You went down to the basement and came back to the front door. The basement and the main entrance seem to be connected. It’s a meaningless route. “Only the back door remains.”
Elizabeth also joined in.
“Then let’s go to the back door.”
Under the circumstances, the only way left is the back door. Should I go through the back door?
I’m confused! If there was any advice in times like this, I would at least give you a hint. It’s a moment when I really miss the guy who usually behaved sloppily.
Let’s calm down. What is not there is not there, and we must think in terms of what is there. In the first place, wasn’t the concept of the second floor, sealing, aimed at sniping at parties that rely too much on specific characters and specific abilities?
Due to lack of information, you don’t know where to go. In this state, if the power that helps us make appropriate decisions based on the given information is ‘wisdom’… .
Even without that, I have the ability to just get the correct answer.
“Seungyeop. “Where do you think we should go?”
Before I could finish speaking, Seungyeop tilted and fell, hitting the chair next to him.
In an instant, the outstretched hand was pointing towards the front door through which we entered.
“oh! Nu, sister, I’m sorry. “When I wear the protective clothing, my body suddenly swells up and I keep bumping into things around me.”
“No, good job.”
done. I think I understand now. The lucky choice has already been made. Rather, if Seungyeop listens to what I say and thinks about it before making a choice, that is the wrong answer.
“Let’s go to the front door.”
Mukseong was puzzled by my words.
“Aren’t we just coming in through the front door? “This mansion is connected to the basement and the main entrance?”
Elizabeth was also dumbfounded.
“Did you forget that the entrance to the underground passage was locked? “If you go back to the main gate and retrace your steps through the underground passage, you will only end up back at the locked entrance.”
I felt like I was starting to understand now.
“I have an idea, so just go back to the front door. First of all, isn’t it a bit strange to think that the main gate and the basement are connected? “Where did we come into the mansion in the first place?”
Of course it is the main gate. When I first came in, the front door was of course open to the outside. However, after entering the mansion, the front door and the basement were suddenly connected.
The space in this mansion is distorted.
Thinking of that, Mukseong paused for a moment. In the end, everyone decided to go back to the main gate, following my opinion. Elizabeth grumbled that it was still right for her to go through the back door, but she did not break everyone’s will.
*
I went through the same process again.
When the main door was opened, another underground passage appeared, and when everyone entered the underground passage, there was a clattering sound and the way back to the original place was blocked.
As I continued down the underground passage, the previously locked door was now open.
…
No. If what I thought was true, the door that was locked earlier was not opened this time.
This door is the first one we discovered.
I opened the door and entered the ‘third’ mansion.
There are countless mansions in this bizarre world.
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