Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 182
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Episode 182 – Prayer for the Maze (1)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 92
Current location: Tier 2, Ice Hell – Resurrection Room
Sage Advice: 3]
Suddenly, a maze encased in ice appeared in front of us. Ari sat down with a completely distraught expression, and the others also stopped and opened their mouths, not knowing what to do.
At that moment, a voice was heard from the sky.
“Participants, welcome to Hanbing Hell!”
What welcome in this atmosphere? I raised my head in bewilderment at the inaudible sound. There was an unidentified drone that I had seen once in the gateway room.
“What are you?”
“Participant Han Ga-in, I have been given the role of guiding you through Hanbing Hell. Please call me guide.”
Only with the appearance of the ‘guide’ did the colleagues come to their senses and gather one by one. Ari was also brought in by Songi.
“here… . What on earth are we supposed to do here? “Why on earth are we in this horrible place?”
The sound of a machine immediately cut off Jincheol’s bewildered words.
“Participants, please take out your tickets.”
My sister took out the ticket with a blank expression.
“You can use your ticket to resurrect one of the people who fell into Hell. Do you want to use it?”
Everyone was speechless. Everyone is already roughly aware of the situation with Ari’s mother, Miro. Isn’t he an insane yet incredibly strong being?
It is not clear whether the maze can be controlled if it is resurrected right now. Even her daughter Ari acknowledges this and agrees that it would be better not to hastily resurrect Miro until she finds a way to restore her spirit.
But will Ari be able to answer the same question now, trapped in ice and facing endless suffering in the maze? Can we once again persuade Ari to leave his suffering mother alone and save others?
There were eight mouths, but no one had anything to say, so frozen silence filled the hall.
…
The first person to break the silence was my older sister.
“Can I ask you a question about the resurrection? “This is something I’ve always been curious about.”
“Ask a question.”
“As far as I know, Miss Miro had a lot of inheritance while she was alive.”
“Former contestant Miro had three legacies before his death.”
“okay? If you are resurrected, will you come back with all three legacies?”
“If a former participant is resurrected, he or she can select and recover only one legacy he or she wanted among the legacies he or she acquired during his or her lifetime. However, two people cannot obtain the same inheritance. Therefore, if former contestant Miro is resurrected, she can choose to recover one of the three legacies she acquired during her lifetime, excluding ‘Old Blood’ and the other two legacies.”
If a former participant who has acquired multiple legacies is resurrected, only one of those legacies can be recovered. Also, since the same inheritance cannot be given to two people, Miro cannot recover ‘old blood’.
The next question followed immediately.
“What about blessings? It’s not certain, but Miss Miro’s blessing… .”
The older sister hesitated and glanced at Elena.
“Because there is a contestant, Elena Ivanova, who has already received the Blessing of Justice, former contestant Miro cannot restore the Blessing of Justice. However, since the hotel’s principle is that blessings must be given to participants, new blessings will be assigned.”
In summary, it’s a simple story. When Miro is resurrected, she owns 1 legacy and her blessing is also assigned a new one. As it is newly assigned, the blessing has not grown at all, right? As I thought about this, one thought came to mind.
If the maze’s power is that much, isn’t it enough for our party to handle? Jincheol, who had a similar thought in mind, immediately opened his mouth.
“Hmm. It feels like the situation has suddenly become urgent, but the situation seems a bit different from when we last met. Wasn’t the reason we postponed Miss Miro’s resurrection back then because she was too strong? The core of that strength was the ‘legacy of revenge.’”
Songi, who was supporting Ari, also responded in kind.
“that’s right! However, according to the guide, there is only one legacy anyway, right? Blessings are also a reset. “If we do this, Miss Miro won’t be able to overwhelm us on her own.”
My older sister’s sharp voice split the room.
“for a moment. for a moment. It’s not a matter of thinking so spontaneously. Miro’s power isn’t limited to legacy. Have you all forgotten that he was a superhuman with superpowers even before he came to the hotel? “Grandpa?”
In response to his sister’s interrogative question, the grandfather answered with his head down.
“… right. Miro was already a superhuman even before he entered the hotel. “She had many incomprehensible abilities.”
“look. The risk should not be easily underestimated just because the number of miscarriages has decreased. And, in fact, there are other fundamental issues than the strength or weakness of abilities. guide!”
“Participant Eunsol Lee, please ask a question.”
“I heard that Miro was insane when he was alive. Will the spirit be restored after the resurrection?”
“The former participant’s spirit is resurrected with the spirit intact just before death.”
“You mean there is no mental recovery?”
“That’s right.”
When my sister turned her head, everyone fell silent again.
My sister’s opinion that the danger of the maze is still extreme is persuasive. An intelligent being, even if his personality may be a bit harsh, would at least be able to cooperate for the common goal of escaping the hotel, but is it possible to cooperate with a mentally unstable person in the first place?
Who on earth would be able to handle it if, in the middle of the Curse Room, he suddenly goes wild with a childish spirit and attacks his allies? ari? What if Ahri dies during the Room of the Cursed? There’s no answer. The more I think about it, the more there is no answer. In fact, I wonder if even his daughter Ari said he had no intention of resurrecting her until he found a way to restore her spirit.
…
While my head was spinning, voices around me slowly started to get louder. Someone pointed out that my sister’s words were too sharp, and my sister, on the contrary, said that she was disappointed that you guys spoke too spontaneously, and then turned around after seeing the scene where her grandfather was restraining her.
Confusing. And it’s painful.
How would I have reacted if it were my parents who were trapped in that ice and suffering endlessly? Wouldn’t it have been necessary to come down immediately and knock everyone out to free my mother from the pain? Thinking about that, I thought that Ari’s mental strength to just stand there blankly during this time was also unusual.
… If you think about it, I have the ability to help in these complicated situations.
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
‘Is there a wise way to resolve this situation?’
[Drink a cup of coffee and relax. There is an answer in my head.]
“Ah, this new bastard says this is the answer again! “Are you really kidding me?”
“Did you write any advice?”
Ari, who had never said anything before, asked me for the first time.
“… huh. Have a cup of coffee and relax. “I heard the answer is in my head.”
“okay?”
Without saying a word, Ari took out a cup of coffee from his backpack and offered it to me.
“…”
“Have a drink.”
“thank you.”
A hellish cold reminiscent of the polar regions, a song of pain that echoes throughout the world.
In the midst of it all, my colleagues started arguing about the most unanswerable topic since entering the hotel, and I began to calm down in the midst of this chaos with a cup of coffee.
What kind of situation is this?
…
‘The answer is in my head.’
Recall memories of the past. What did Kim Sang-hyun, the doctor who first informed us of the existence of the ‘Room of Resurrection’, say?
‘someday… . If you get a chance in the Resurrection Room, or if you meet Buddha.’
The doctor mentioned ‘Buddha’ in addition to the Room of Resurrection as a way to save himself.
‘The sponsor said that it is not my place to deal with the cold issue.’
‘There is no need for you to overdo it. ‘I heard that.’
Elena and Seungyeop were advised by their sponsor that it was not up to them to deal with problems related to the cold. The information that was scattered in my head slowly came together. What does all this information mean?
There are other ways to save NPCs who failed at the hotel than resurrection!
Also, we have ‘something’ to do in this space. Something that Elena and Seungyeop are not suited to do, and something I need to do in collaboration with experienced people. There’s no way your sponsors would have advised you that it wasn’t your job or that you didn’t need to push yourself to end up resurrecting someone by taking out a ticket.
“for a moment! Everyone, please calm down and be quiet. guide!”
As my voice rose louder, my colleagues stopped arguing. A drone floating in the air headed towards me.
“Participant Han Ga-in, please ask a question.”
“What can we do here other than resurrection through tickets?”
The guide did not give any answer.
“Why don’t you answer? What can we do? “Is there no other way to stop these people’s suffering?”
The first person to react to my words was my grandfather.
“Now that I think about it, this situation is strange? Wasn’t it clear that you were in the mood to do something grand before you came? Some people say you shouldn’t step forward, while others say you should join hands with someone with more experience. “Then why are you suddenly here and talking about tickets?”
My older sister also came.
“Why doesn’t he say anything? hey! guide? “Are you hiding something?”
And finally Ari opened his mouth to everyone.
“I guess it’s the concept of never lying.”
“What concept?”
“I don’t lie. Instead, they don’t even tell you the truth. Isn’t this a drone with this concept? It seems we have to find some ‘keywords’ ourselves and say something… .”
When I said ‘keyword’, there was a word that immediately came to mind.
“The keyword is ‘Buddha’? guide. Should we make a wish to Buddha?”
“I guess not? guide. Can I just break the ice?”
“Don’t keep trying to solve things by breaking things. guide. “Can I buy a maze?”
“…Eunsol. What you just said was worse than breaking ice… . “What on earth are you buying?”
“Can’t we just put another guy in hell instead? A merchant or something?”
“Why does grandpa hate merchants so much?”
While the chaotic banquet was going on, Seungyeop said one thing.
“Guide, should we all pray together?”
— Wing!
“Dear participants. Would you like to offer a ‘prayer of rest’ to the Buddha for former participant Miro?”
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