Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 164
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Episode 164 – Room 201, Room of the Curse – ‘The Cube’ (13)
– Eunsol Lee
After a while, a security smartphone was handed over to me to contact the management office.
After about 5 seconds of operating the device with guidance from my grandfather, I received a phone call.
— Ring ring!
“hello. sir! Saint Saint Mart’s monthly discount -”
“Agent Eunsol Lee, regular report.”
— Beep!
“The report was delayed by 30 minutes due to a collision with a chaotic entity inside the mansion. In the process of exploring the Hesbut mansion as instructed, I found a room with a TV of a different model than the original mansion. Afterwards, they checked beyond the display, but could not confirm any evidence related to the corruption of the Arizona branch or whether Beatrix was alive. “Speculation regarding Beatrix’s fall is unfounded.”
— Beep!
“Regular reporting, confirmed. Please come back.”
…
“Is this enough? “They reported that everything the management bureau told them to check was unfounded.”
Only then did the expressions of the people around him brighten a little.
Seeing the relieved mood at the thought of having escaped the crisis, I added a few words.
“Did you hear my report? Order to return? I have to go. therefore -”
Patrick grinned and gestured to the subordinate next to him.
“Thank you. Let’s meet again with a ‘new look’ soon.”
The soldier next to me immediately injected me with something, and I lost consciousness along with a tingling sensation.
As expected, they had no intention of letting me go.
Of course, no problem.
Because I had no intention of leaving either!
Why would I already leave a place I had worked so hard to enter?
*
— Ding!
— Ding!
— Ding!
“Oh, it’s really loud!”
I came to my senses.
I woke up inside an opaque box in white space.
The chat window was blinking frantically.
You said you could send a video while strengthening communication, and you used this as an alarm.
Eunsol Lee: Wake up.
…
Eunsol Lee: Grandfather?
Kim Muk-seong: I’m glad you woke up before you died. It’s a dire situation outside. I’ve done my best, so be sure to wear protective clothing and go out. You’re a smart kid, you’ll take care of it. Rest first.
Unusually, the sentences were not designed to save type, and the tone was subtly emotional.
Even if we believe that we will be resurrected later, does everyone change like this in the face of death?
After that, I didn’t hear any more answers from my grandfather.
Just as my grandfather said, there was a protective suit next to the box.
What on earth did my grandfather say that made the enemy leave the protective clothing next to me?
Did I mention that being separated from a living agent for an extended period of time will cause you to explode? You never know.
After thinking for a moment about how to get out of the box, the box opened on its own.
As soon as I came out, I saw a person crawling on the floor with blood foaming from the mouth.
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
The man literally crawled on the floor with all his might, but he died before he could get close to me.
When I saw that scene, I had a guess.
I immediately took off the protective clothing helmet next to the box.
… It had been a long time since Seung-yeop had died, so the inside of the protective suit was so terrible that it was difficult to express in words.
I am the daughter of a noble family! Should I wear clothes like this?
However, when I saw the dead man vomiting blood and foam next to me, a surge of determination came to me without me realizing it.
They immediately pulled out Seung-yeop’s body and went inside the protective clothing.
In my grandfather’s will, he said that the situation outside was dire.
I have a guess. Before I passed out, I recalled the regular reports I made to the management bureau.
‘All suspicions inside the mansion that were instructed are false.’
On the other hand, let’s think about it from the perspective of the people in the management department.
The things I reported about the Arizona branch, corruption, and Beatrix were all stories that the administration had never thought of!
In the first place, the Bureau did not know anything, and only sent agents thinking that the Hasbut Mansion was just one of the chaotic disasters common throughout the Earth.
An agent suddenly said those words while reporting in a place like that?
The management bureau is also a group that ‘pretends to pretend’. Of course, you would have understood the situation quickly.
He must have also realized the general reality of the Hasbut Mansion.
So, what on earth did the Bureau do?
I went out feeling quite curious.
*
If there is hell, would it be a place like this?
I thought as I walked through the research center, or headquarters, which was becoming hell in real time.
Patrick didn’t know anything about the extent of the real Bureau.
I don’t know what secrets they have hidden in their facilities, but his arrogant smile that even the management bureau couldn’t do anything about the facilities led to a painful price.
The bureau’s response was extremely efficient.
I don’t know where the headquarters is actually located on stage Earth.
They were probably well hidden, and it would have been difficult for the Management Bureau to immediately find the enemy headquarters.
In that case, there is no way to break into the headquarters except by finding the entrance that has already been revealed, that is, the TV display somewhere in the Hesbut mansion, and then going over to the headquarters.
In this situation, equipment such as heavy weapons, helicopters, and tanks cannot be deployed because it is impossible to enter the mansion before the TV.
Also, if what Patrick said was not completely false, physically destroying this place could have been burdensome for the administration.
Massive deployment of special forces?
It may be possible, but considering that the mansion is overflowing with monsters, significant casualties cannot be avoided.
A place where it is difficult to deploy noisy equipment, it is burdensome to destroy facilities, and it is difficult to avoid casualties when special forces are deployed.
The most efficient management solution to respond to this complex and difficult environment!
The answer appeared right before my eyes.
Countless drones equipped with biochemical weapons were coming in and turning the headquarters into hell.
Drones flew everywhere in real time, installing silver boxes here and there in the laboratory.
A whitish gas was coming out of the boxes, annihilating all living things in the headquarters.
Fortunately, the hotel’s special protective clothing, which boasts imperviousness to swords and invulnerability to water, successfully blocked unidentified biochemical weapons that could be killer viruses or poisonous gases.
*
“The facility is so big.”
It is not easy to figure out where something is, and there are many places outsiders cannot enter.
Most people are dead due to the biochemical weapon, but the security system is still functioning.
What is my current situation?
Are your colleagues alive? I don’t think so.
If the companions had killed Beatrix, wouldn’t the Chamber of Curse have already been destroyed?
Above all, Seung-yeop, who headed towards Beatrix, came back dead.
I had an idea where to go.
The corpses scattered throughout the laboratory were consistently running in a specific direction before dying.
Perhaps the place they wanted to go during their lifetime was a passage connected to the outside world?
However, I have no intention of escaping right away.
It’s clear that this place hides Cain, Pero, and many other secrets!
Those who would interfere with the search were annihilated with the Bureau’s special biochemical weapons.
This is enough… .
“These are the best conditions for exploration.”
The only risk factor is Beatrix returning to headquarters.
Inside the protective clothing, I also grabbed the item that Seung-yeop was holding tight even before he died.
‘Escape Button’
Let’s believe this and explore further.
*
The first place we found was the research building.
Lab 2-9, where Perot is located, was also easy to find.
“Is the door locked?”
I thought about it for a while, but quickly found a solution.
Normally it would have been difficult for me, but now I’m wearing a protective suit!
The protective suit provides incredible strength to an ordinary human through its internal drive system.
— Boom! thud!
After repeating the headbutt about five times, the door eventually collapsed.
— Kieeeeek!
“How have you been?”
A grotesque that I now find cute in its own way welcomed me.
Were you already there? What on earth?
I looked around and roughly understood the situation.
Pero was probably contained in a transparent box in the center of the room.
That box was probably a space completely blocked from the outside.
To put it in perspective, in a situation like now where biochemical weapons are everywhere, it is also an isolation room for survival.
Perhaps some of the researchers were trying to free Perot and get into the box themselves in order to survive.
When I think about it, it’s the same situation as when I woke up and the box I was trapped in opened of its own accord.
At that time, the researcher probably opened the box himself to get into the box I was in instead.
Of course, Perot killed all the researchers as soon as he came out.
The researchers must have known the risk, but they must have taken a gamble.
Well, it’s none of my business.
— Beep!
“Yes, yes. Let’s go out. And I need to clean my beak. Anyway, it’s a bit unsightly to see a human finger stuck in its beak.”
The moment I left the research building with Pero, a notification popped up.
[Unseal the Grotesque Parrot!]
“… Were you also sealed?”
*
After searching around the headquarters for a while, I finally found a suitable location.
“Come on, Pero. “Now it’s your turn.”
— Beep!
“Why don’t you stop whining and change quickly? Do I have to open it with a headbutt again?”
— What?
“If you act cute one more time, I might just buy acorns instead of sunflower seeds for a month. “I know you understand what people are saying, so move now.”
Pero, who was bothered for a while, eventually transformed and tore off the door.
No, you haven’t done anything yet, so why are you so lazy?
Song obeys her words like a knife, but ignores me when she buys me food? Did I give you sunflower seeds too often?
Patrick’s body was inside the office.
There were traces of the door being blocked with toilet paper or scraps of paper, as if they were trying to survive until the last moment.
Unfortunately, this was not enough to block the Bureau’s special biochemical weapon.
Now that I know it, I was pretty lucky. If the place I was trapped in was a normal room with a locked door, I would have died.
I think they locked me in a special box for trapping chaos entities so that I could never escape, and thanks to that, I survived.
…
For a while, I read the documents scattered around the office and the journal that Patrick had organized himself.
“It’s huge. Did things like this happen in real life? Pero, what do you think?”
— What?
“Sunflower seeds confiscated for one month.”
— Kwaiiing???
At this point, I think I’ve almost completely figured out the scenario of Room 201.
I have a rough idea of how to solve it. The cursed room has always been like that.
Before I found out, I had no idea what was going on and felt like I was wandering around in a fog… .
Once you know the answer, it is surprisingly simple and clear.
I also knew where Ga-in was.
However, I don’t think I can release it from the seal this time. It’s a place I can’t reach with my current abilities.
Let’s get out now.
I found out the solution to issue 201.
*
He came out of the office and moved in the direction the corpses were facing.
…
I think it’s around here?
I think we’re almost there, but I don’t know the exact location because there are no corpses nearby.
Perhaps all the people who came this far succeeded in escaping somehow?
— Coogung!
“Ehh?”
The entire facility began to shake!
There was a loud sound of something, the room exploding and collapsing.
Cheap! It’s so bad!
I hurriedly opened all the surrounding doors and passages.
“where are you? “Where are you really?”
“Second from the left.”
“thank you! I will not forget.”
“you’re welcome.”
Swallowing my heart at the sudden help, I open the second door from the left –
…
When I turned my head back, I saw something scarier than the Grim Reaper!
“You ruined everything.”
Even though the other person only looked like a young girl, the polite word came out naturally.
“that… . “I didn’t do it, right?”
“You bastard -”
I frantically turned back and ran! Please save me!
— Boom!
Something kicked me with such force that I flew almost 10 meters in an instant.
“Pero!”
Pero, the celestial messenger from the sky, God’s parrot blessed with the great golden balloon!
Perrault kicked me toward the exit and lunged at Beatrix!
There is no time to look back. No more NAVER!
I just ran and ran like crazy.
The moment I threw my whole body and ran out the door – an incredible sight came into my field of vision.
Helicopters and cool-looking robots that make you wonder if they are planning to destroy even a city!
Is this the power of the Bureau prepared to subdue Beatrix?
…
The second attempt is over.
/You escaped!/
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