Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 158
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Episode 158 – Room 201, Room of the Curse – ‘The Cube’ (7)
– Han Ga-in
After finishing the evening meeting, we moved to the first floor terrace.
Elena was still leaning against the wall in a semi-mad state.
I asked, deliberately keeping my gaze on the floor.
“Elena, are you okay?”
“…”
“Sister Elena. You didn’t even have dinner, right? “If it’s too hard, why don’t you sleep?”
“…”
“Let’s just leave it alone. Anyway, if Ga-in follows his advice, things will be back to normal tomorrow.”
When I asked a question about Elena’s recovery earlier, the advice was as follows.
[Out of consideration for you, treatment will be carried out tonight.]
As soon as I heard it earlier, I felt something was strange, but now that I think about it again, it still seems like a strange piece of advice.
Ari, feeling a similar sense of difference, tapped me.
“Isn’t it strange when you think about it? “Why are you only treating Elena tomorrow?”
“And why is that consideration?”
Around that time, other colleagues also felt strange.
“I know? “I don’t know why we gave her psychological treatment as soon as she came out, but then they just sent Elena back to her life and treated her the next day. I don’t even know why that was a consideration for us.”
Why delaying treatment is considerate for us.
What losses do we have during the treatment process?
!!!
A flash of realization came to me, like a lightning bolt hitting my head!
The grandfather, who had come to the same realization, shouted.
“We must interrogate Elena immediately before she loses her memories!”
In the meantime, this old man’s expression is ‘interrogation’.
“What interrogation is interrogation? But it’s clear that something needs to be figured out. Elena is going crazy after seeing something that cannot be accepted by human intelligence, right? “It will cloud her memory of what she saw during her treatment.”
My sister tapped her knee and said.
“And we have to find out those memories!”
Everyone’s eyes widened and they gathered around Elena.
Several people repeatedly tried talking to me and shaking my shoulder.
…
Elena still did not react normally.
Sometimes they suddenly screamed and pushed us, and sometimes they stayed silent for a long time.
In the end, everyone’s eyes were on me.
I sigh. There was a reason why I didn’t use the grimoire from the beginning.
You cannot use the status window while possessing someone else’s body.
Could it be that I become possessed and read Elena’s memories and go crazy myself?
But now there is no other way.
And since it was going to be sealed anyway, I wondered what the problem would be if I turned around.
The hotel will provide treatment.
I possessed Elena’s body with the power of the grimoire.
*
– Han Ga-in
…
It sinks.
I slowly sank into Elena’s mind like a feather falling in vain.
I’ve tried possessing someone several times, but possession doesn’t mean you can read all of the other person’s memories at once.
If that had been possible in the first place, my brain might have burned out every time I was possessed.
Usually, it came to me as a rough summary of only the information I needed right away.
Perhaps the grimoire will take care of it for you?
Whenever this happens, I think back to what Songi said.
We do not truly understand and use transcendent power, but we are simply using tools imbued with that power.
It is as if most citizens of modern society only know how to use televisions and computers without understanding the fundamental principles of them.
…
My consciousness went deep. The grimoire found the necessary information from Elena’s clouded mind.
At one point, I found myself transformed into Elena.
I thought I heard strange sentences like ‘oath’, and then hands came out from the TV and grabbed Elena and dragged her in.
There was a pure white space inside the TV.
A huge cauldron. A scene of boiling oil splashing is seen.
If Grandfather Silence hadn’t set off the TV in time, would Elena have been dragged inside?
When I think about it that way, it’s definitely scary. But that’s it.
I don’t think a cauldron of boiling oil can turn a person into a madman just by being aware of it.
Is there anything around? There must be something more than the cauldron, right?
see. Some kinky beings began to appear around me.
I found out the identity of this place.
weird. Besides these, there is something else in this space-
There are eyes in heaven and earth.
I am like a bug, no bigger than an ant crawling on the floor.
Even the most insignificant thing in the world is greater than me.
At least, they are real –
“Don’t give a damn! “You stupid bastard!”
As soon as I come out, I see my colleagues looking at me in surprise when they see me yelling.
The scene I saw will soon be forgotten.
Just before all my intelligence melted away, I frantically shouted three words and fainted.
“laboratory!”
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 82
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 105, Room of Rest
Sage Advice: 3]
When I came to, it was morning.
I remember the moment I became possessed by Elena, but nothing happened after that.
Have you lost all your memories?
When I thought about it a little more, I had no memory of the time I was possessed, but the memory of coming out and shouting remained very vague.
‘laboratory’.
I guess I figured something out.
Feeling somewhat rewarded, I went out to meet my colleagues.
*
“brother! are you okay?”
“Are you okay now?”
As soon as I came out, I could hear my colleagues’ voices worrying about me.
After telling each one that it was okay now, Elena checked to see if they had come out.
When Elena across the table made eye contact, she smiled faintly instead of screaming.
It definitely cured me!
After I arrived at the table, we began discussing the information we had gleaned from Elena’s memories.
“What was I thinking when I shouted ‘laboratory’?”
Ari laughed.
“That’s like some kind of Zen question. “You’re asking us what the person who said that was thinking.”
“I almost lost my memory at that point.”
“Isn’t the interpretation obvious? Elena’s memories are related to what she saw inside the TV. After confirming that, you shouted, “It’s a lab.” In other words, if you go beyond the TV display, wouldn’t you find a research lab?”
Everyone agreed on Ari’s interpretation itself. From what I could see, there was no room for any different interpretation.
Now I feel like the questions about the place where I was trapped and the location of the research center are being resolved.
Also, because it was such important information, the hotel must have been considerate in slowly erasing the memory on purpose.
Jincheol said the obvious.
“Of course I have to go to the research lab, right?”
“of course. “Isn’t that where I am?”
“No, I mean… . How do I get in? When the TV turns on, we can’t move. I can’t solve it with force. “I couldn’t even lift a finger.”
After a long time, Elena opened her mouth.
“If you stay still, the TV automatically selects one person and drags them away. “I am sure because I have experienced it.”
“To be exact, they are going to drag it away and put it in the cauldron. I don’t think you should go into it that way. We need to break the paralysis caused by TV.”
Grandpa Mukseong, the person who solved the paralysis phenomenon, answered.
“Well, didn’t you check how to solve it? Even when paralyzed, my gloves can move. “If I shoot the TV with a gun, it will go away?”
Eunsol’s sister pointed out the loophole.
“If you shoot and destroy the TV, the passage to the lab will disappear. “We have to find a way to break the paralysis without destroying the TV.”
…and there was silence at the table.
The goal is to get past the TV display and reach the lab beyond it.
The problem is that the moment the TV is turned on, everyone becomes paralyzed, and the TV drags us away and tries to brutally kill us.
If you destroy it with a gun to prevent the TV’s murder attempt, the passage to go through will disappear.
This is enough information about TV.
However, since I am not able to understand the information well, I am confused about the answer.
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
‘Is there a way to solve the paralysis without destroying the TV?’
[What is the cause of paralysis?]
“hmm… . “I just wrote an advice and the response was, ‘What causes paralysis?’”
Jincheol was taken aback.
“Of course it’s TV, right? “Are you saying there’s something other than the TV causing it?”
Ari, who seemed to be thinking for a while, answered.
“It’s not advice like that. Now I remember, the moment we became paralyzed was not when the TV was turned on. When it just turned on, everyone was surprised and asked what that was. “When the word ‘oath’ started appearing on TV, I became paralyzed.”
Grandfather Silence sighed.
“My memories are similar, but is there a difference? “The TV turned on and soon after, the word ‘oath’ appeared.”
There was silence at the table again.
It’s been a long time since Seungyeop opened his mouth.
“excuse me… . This might sound a little strange. “If you have a problem with the TV turning on and making sound, why not just turn the sound off?”
…
Eunsol’s sister tapped her knee.
“no! Why didn’t I think of that? “Do you really think that’s the answer?”
“scent! This kid usually doesn’t say a word during meetings, but it’s true that even a Seodang dog can recite Pungwol in three years. “Next time, let’s mute the TV.”
Seungyeop’s expression suddenly brightened as he came up with a good idea for the first time in a long time.
But, once again, Elena poured cold water on him.
“I’m sorry that everyone seems to be having fun, but the most important issue remains. As soon as I saw the inside of the TV, I went crazy. Mr. Gain also went crazy after reading my memories. Would it be different for someone else? “Except for Songi, who is wearing a bracelet, I think everyone will go crazy as soon as they step over the TV display.”
That’s an accurate point.
I don’t know what on earth made Elena crazy, and what made me crazy after reading those memories, but the act of moving on without knowing how to respond to that existence is an act of suicide.
Should only those who can resist madness pass over?
The members who can resist madness, except for me who was sealed. A representative example is the bunch that Elena mentioned. Ari seems to be able to do this to some extent.
Other than these two people, I couldn’t think of anything else.
Ari, who was thinking, looked at me.
“There are still two pieces of advice left, right? Ask again. Since you are sealed anyway, there will be no need to write any advice, so let’s write it all in the morning.”
[Advice: 2 -> 1]
‘Is there a way to resist the madness that exists inside TV?’
[What was the basis for realizing that the place was a ‘research center’?]
Answer like a Zen question. First, I told you the content of the answer.
“I ask what was the basis for realizing that the place connected to the inside of the TV was a research lab.”
“What did you see?”
“I don’t know. “All my memories of that time have already disappeared.”
“Oh, right. “Then what is the answer?”
The answer to that question came to mind right away.
“To begin with, I’ve never been to a place like a research lab in my life. You wouldn’t have guessed it was a research lab by looking at the equipment or interior. Also, when I first started in my room and right before I fell asleep, I glanced around and saw people dressed in white clothes like researchers. “You probably saw them again on TV.”
“You must have seen the lab staff inside the TV?”
As I answered Ari, I naturally realized the meaning of the advice.
“That’s what it sounds like. What does it mean to have a lab worker near the source of the madness? There is no way that every employee at the lab has the ability to resist madness, so even ordinary humans have ways to resist. “Isn’t this what it means?”
Eunsol, who had been listening for a while, tilted her head.
“So, when I asked what is the way to resist madness, I said, ‘Of course there is a way.’ “What do you mean you gave me such a bullshit answer?”
“yes.”
“You, the next time you meet a sponsor, at least curse at me.”
Even if it doesn’t, I plan to do it. There are quite a few emotions that have accumulated over a long period of time.
Jincheol sighed.
“How about asking one more time? Are there any left?”
Silent Grandpa was against it.
“If you were going to give me a proper answer, you would have done so the first time I asked. Isn’t the fact that you gave a shitty answer telling you to think about it for yourself? If I have to ask again, they’ll throw another meaningless quiz. “The last bit of advice is for another question.”
I too have given up on writing advice to the same question again. Instead, I started researching my own answers. In any case, ‘the answer does exist.’ Because I’ve given you some sort of answer.
How can we resist the madness inside our TVs?
“Let’s start by thinking about what the grand entity inside the TV is. “Everyone who came into contact with ‘something’ mentioned ‘snow.’”
Eunsol’s older sister also agreed.
“Elena said something about the gaze at first, and Seungyeop, who escaped at the end, said he felt something similar, although his experience was much shorter. “You also cursed at her about the color of her eyes as soon as you came out.”
eye. Sight. Can I just avoid eye contact?
Songi, who had a similar thought in mind, expressed her opinion.
“Don’t look at me?”
Seungyeop, who had been speechless for the first time in a long time, immediately denied it.
“My memories of the time of escape are blurry, probably due to the ‘treatment’ at the hotel, but the sight of the world as a whole! I remember it this way. “I think it would be difficult to defend by simply not looking at a specific object.”
Ari also opened his mouth.
“Would you like to pass by with your eyes closed?”
That doesn’t seem to be something either. What method should I use to safely enter the lab?
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