Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 160
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Episode 160 – Room 201, Room of the Curse – ‘The Cube’ (9)
– Second attempt, 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!
I came to my senses with a beep ringing in my head.
There were no colleagues who struggled like they did in the first attempt.
Instead, the chat window immediately blinked.
Eunsol Lee: Capturing the first mansion.
While Eunsol was capturing pictures of the first mansion with her eyes for the subsequent ‘spot the difference’, I wasted time holding on to Elizabeth, pretending to be embarrassed by the sudden communication cutoff.
As expected, it started not long after.
“Ahh!”
“Oliver? “What is it?”
“Hey, look at this!”
It’s as expected. Vivid blood-red writing appeared on the huge mirror hanging on the wall.
Go down.
Ga-in said why not break the mirror with that writing in the first mansion?
Maybe there is an escape route behind that mirror.
It’s worth a try. In any case, I was prepared to fight the demon girl, and my power is currently at its strongest.
Ari Kim: Seungyeop. Next to the mirror. Prepare to escape.
Seung-Yeop Park: Yes.
He observed Elizabeth and pointed the gun at the mirror.
Elizabeth doesn’t react much. She’s rather like, “What are you doing if you’re not shooting quickly?”
In fact, if you think about the response protocol of management bureau agents, it is a completely normal response to first fire a gun and throw a grenade at a place where ‘something seems strange’.
Agents are not the protagonists of horror movies, so they do not go to strange places naked. Guns and bombs work for more than 90% of the chaotic entities that exist on Earth.
— Bang! Clink!
The mirror broke with a loud noise.
…
There was just an ordinary wall behind the mirror. Ga-in’s prediction was wrong in this part.
You cannot escape right from the first room. The rooms from which you can escape are limited.
There is only one exit from the first room anyway, so there is no need to worry about where to go. We moved to the underground passage.
*
Entered the second mansion.
Unless something changes, the monster in this mansion is hiding in the carpet.
Eunsol Lee: The shape of the living room carpet has changed. Monsters in this place.
Just like before, the monster in the second mansion was in the carpet.
Now it’s starting in earnest.
Kim Muk-seong and Cha Jin-cheol quietly moved behind Elizabeth.
It’s not time yet. We need to check a few facts. Elizabeth’s mouth opened.
“Try going to the living room.”
We moved towards the living room as we were told, but as naturally as possible, we looked around without approaching the carpet.
After a while, Elizabeth, feeling frustrated, opened her mouth again.
“there! “Stop chatting and search a little more diligently.”
“Huh, team leader. sorry.”
“Take a look at the bottom too.”
A remark clearly referring to carpet. This is enough. Two facts were confirmed.
First, Elizabeth also knows the location of the monster.
Second, we try to eliminate Oliver without distinguishing him from us.
Immediately, Cha Jin-cheol pushed Elizabeth hard against the carpet, ‘as if it was a mistake.’
Elizabeth was so shocked that she almost fainted, hurriedly stood back up and immediately took out a gun!
But it was late.
“Grandma said that, right? “You can’t go on the carpet with your shoes on!”
A monster came out of the carpet and grabbed Elizabeth’s legs with both hands –
“Shut up.”
Before he could do anything, Cha Jin-cheol grabbed the monster’s neck with his hand and pulled it out with force.
The sight of the monster dragged out of the carpet was quite terrifying.
The upper body seemed to imitate a human old woman, but the lower body was just a bunch of flesh sticking out randomly.
Cha Jin-cheol opened the monster old woman’s mouth as if it was no big deal, then summoned a star and pushed it inside.
In less than three seconds, the monster hag transformed into a strange mixture of writhing dirt, metal, and flesh.
“Hey team leader, you have to be careful.”
“Cha Jin-cheol! That’s what I’m saying! “You suddenly pushed me away -”
“If it weren’t for me, you would have been dragged to the floor by a monster and died. Don’t you feel grateful?”
“… I appreciate that part. But please pay more attention to your actions as well.”
“I think so. “Now we have to subdue the most dangerous being.”
“what -”
— Rumble!
Cha Jin-cheol immediately grabbed Elizabeth tightly with both hands.
Kim Muk-seong rushed over and took off her helmet and body armor, and Eun-sol tied her to the chair with the strong straps he had prepared.
Of course, there were people who did not stay still during this time.
“What are you all doing? “What are you doing?”
Oliver, who was startled and rushed towards him, was subdued by Songi with a few flicks of his hand.
Second attempt. We defeated both NPCs.
After the situation was resolved, Songi approached.
“Ari. “What should Oliver do?”
“well? I don’t think I’m on the same side as Elizabeth. Oliver also tried to feed the monsters without distinguishing them from us. “But I don’t know if it’s something you can trust.”
With a buzzing feeling, colleagues gathered around the subdued Elizabeth.
Even before entering the Cube, her colleagues were ready to torture Elizabeth, but not just anyone can do such a thing.
There is no need for such ignorant means in the first place.
“Hold on tight. “You have to make eye contact for quite a while.”
“I’m holding on tight.”
While Elizabeth held her eyes closed, we made eye contact for about three minutes and made the strongest hint I could.
“Okay~! “Are you ready to answer honestly at this level?”
“…”
“First question. “How do I get to the lab safely?”
“What do you mean?”
“In a room with a TV, the space beyond the display. “What is the safe way to get there?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
I turned my head for a moment and checked on Elena.
Elena immediately drew an O. It means you are telling the truth.
Elizabeth is not lying because she resists my suggestion.
“Let me change the question. A colleague is trapped somewhere. The surroundings are pure white, and it is a place where people wearing white clothes walk around. know?”
“You mean headquarters?”
“good. Now change it to your favorite expression, ‘headquarters.’ “The space beyond the TV is headquarters, right?”
“right.”
“How to get there safely?”
“I do not get what it means. “What danger is there?”
The answer was, “Why are you curious when there is no risk?”
The person answering also feels frustrated. The conversation continues to be out of focus.
Next to me, Songi spoke in a frustrated voice.
“Can’t I just tell you everything you know about the cube?”
Mukseong, who knew about the implications, stopped him.
“If you ask a question like that, you will only get a meaningless answer. “You have to ask specific questions.”
“The rest just stay quiet. “Elizabeth, explain how to get to headquarters via TV.”
“Turn on the TV while wearing earplugs. “If you pass through the screen with your eyes closed and go straight for about 200 meters, you will arrive at quarantine facility 13-4 in the headquarters.”
…The answer is a bit strange?
Colleagues began talking happily about the solution, which was easier than expected.
Jincheol was the first to open his mouth.
“No, you just had to close your eyes?”
Songi also responded with a laugh.
“It’s so easy, isn’t it? Wow~! “I thought it would require some very creative solution.”
Elena looked like she couldn’t believe it.
“It’s such an enormous being that it makes you go crazy just looking at it. Can I just close my eyes?”
Seungyeop was happy in the midst of this.
“ear plug! It’s similar to the solution I came up with, right? It’s similar, right? It’s the same principle as muting the sound or using earplugs! “You don’t hear the TV.”
Mukseong sighed and praised him.
“okay. Well done, well done. Anyway, it’s strange… . “There’s no way turning a blind eye would work against such a transcendent being.”
Elena was confused.
“I agree with what your grandfather said, but there is no lie in what Elizabeth said.”
weird. I felt something off about the answer just now.
There is an important fact hidden in the answer just now that even Elizabeth herself is not aware of.
However, there was no time to leisurely think about the discomfort.
“sister! Devil girl! “Ask what kind of being it is.”
“I’m going to ask you a question, so be quiet. “Elizabeth, if you pass by this mansion several times, you will come across a mansion with a mirror that connects to the outside, right?”
“Yes.”
“There is an incredibly strong being behind that mirror, right?”
“Are you referring to Beatrix?”
“Beatrix? “What kind of being are you?”
“…”
“What kind of being is it?”
“Are you talented? “Is it powerful hypnosis?”
Suddenly the hint was released!
While Elizabeth was unable to react as she was suddenly released without any warning, her entire body became opaque and twisted strangely.
— Crunch!
Elizabeth shook disgustingly, as if her skin were piano keys, and with a sudden burst of incredible strength, she tore off all of the straps and ran away from us.
Immediately Cha Jin-cheol ran over and grabbed him.
The next moment, a tongue the size of a human forearm stretched out from Elizabeth’s mouth like a frog and flew toward the wall to the left of the clock hanging in the mansion.
“What? “It’s not like they’re attacking us, so why are they suddenly hitting the wall?”
— Rumbling!
The wall that collided with the tongue collapsed. An unknown button was hidden in the collapsed wall.
The moment they saw that, everyone’s expressions became pale.
You must have done something! At that point I gave up on interrogating Elizabeth any further.
“Cha Jin-cheol! “Kill me!”
Jincheol immediately broke Elizabeth’s neck with both hands, and as if he thought that was not enough, he briefly summoned a star and turned her already hideous body into stone.
— Rumbling! Rumble!
The entire mansion shakes. Something terrible is about to happen.
“Everyone come this way!”
Everyone ran to the back door toward the urgent voice of Seungyeop.
Ah, in the end, it moves just as Seungyeop filmed.
There’s nothing we can do now. Let’s just pray it’s not a slam dunk room.
Just before I closed the back door, I saw something absurd coming down the wall.
I didn’t feel like checking, so I closed the back door and ran to the next mansion.
*
– Kim Ari
“Huh, huh, huh. “Is everyone okay?”
Everyone was breathing heavily, but there didn’t seem to be any problem.
eww! it’s a shame. There were still a lot more questions to ask!
It’s difficult to understand. I knew about the ability to become invisible, but the power to transform into a monster?
That kind of power wasn’t used when fighting us during the first attempt.
Plus, it has the power to solve hints! What on earth?
Meanwhile, Oliver, who had been released from Songi’s control, was also panting next to him.
Everyone’s eyes naturally turned to Oliver.
“Well, what is it? “I am not a spy.”
Elena nodded, and Mukseong, who confirmed it, answered calmly.
“We think so too. “Elizabeth tried to harm you too.”
“I didn’t know before. Is Elizabeth a spy? betrayer? She never imagined such a thing could exist. How did you know? Besides, what do you mean by TV and headquarters?”
It’s difficult to answer. Since we had a lot of people anyway, we just ignored Mukseong.
“Do I really need to explain things to you for four days and three nights in a place like this? I’ll go out and give you a detailed explanation. “Rather than that, don’t you have anything to say?”
Oliver answered, fearful of us, especially Cha Jin-cheol.
“If you have anything to say… . “The only word I understood from the conversation between you and Elizabeth was ‘Beatrix.’”
!!!
No, did you understand the most important word? I ran right away.
“What? “Don’t forget anything and tell me everything you know about Beatrix.”
Cha Jin-cheol smiled friendly and placed his hand on Oliver’s shoulder. In Jincheol’s hands, the chunks of flesh that had been buried when he tore apart his grandmother’s monster were still stuck together.
“It would be best not to think strange thoughts. “I’m telling this story for you.”
Oliver began to tremble and answer miserably.
“Beatrix, Chaos 1283 to be exact, ‘Ominous Imagination’ is her official name. She was the greatest achievement of the Arizona branch led by senior researcher Han Ga-in a long time ago. There was even talk that if the Bureau could fully control its capabilities, it would become the best weapon to protect the world. That’s why Beatrix’s runaway and Senior Researcher Han Ga-in’s disappearance were a great tragedy… .”
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