Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 199
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Episode 199 – Party Time – Ninth Companion (1)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 95
Current location: 2nd floor, Snow Globe Snowfield
Sage advice: [X]
– Han Ga-in
While reflecting on my experience in the hell of the maze, I checked the status window and discovered that the location was marked as ‘Snow Globe Snow Field’. Until yesterday, the snowy area did not have a separate name, but now it has a name? What does this mean?
I shook off my thoughts and went back to thinking about the maze.
“sister.”
“huh. Are you finished worrying now?”
“If you think about it, the ‘Miro’ people we have identified so far can actually be divided into three types. #1 Infant Regression Maze. No. 2 middle school maze. “Adult Maze No. 3.”
“It’s a bit strange to express it, but if you break it down, it’s true. Number 1 is the Maze that went crazy after giving birth to Ari, number 2 is the time when Miro was a child in the Maze Hell, and number 3 is the time when he entered the hotel after spending many years in the Management Bureau. This feeling?”
“There is no need to worry about number 1 because everyone is against resurrection. Even Ari says he has no intention of resurrecting Miro until he finds a way to restore his spirit. Having an intelligence as low as that of a child is, in some respects, more dangerous than being a villain. “It means that he is a completely unpredictable type of person.”
“yes. “If even a villain is a bit calculating, it would be possible to cooperate for the common goal of escaping from the hotel, but there is no answer for a child.”
“I think number 2 is a maze with no possibility of meeting again in the future. In the end, we have to make a decision about number 3, and no one has actually met number 3.”
“I know.”
“As for the number 2 person I met, I honestly didn’t think he was a very evil person at all.”
“By the way, you didn’t think that because you were pretty, right?”
I flinched for a moment. It would be a lie if I said that I wasn’t influenced by appearance at all when evaluating people.
“Probably not.”
“Are ‘probably’ and ‘absolutely’ words that can go together?”
“It’s not a joke, I didn’t feel anything malicious or extreme selfishness. “She may sound strange, but apart from the fact that she had some strange superpowers, she just seemed like a normal, playful girl of her age.”
“Then you’re not an extreme villain even after becoming an adult?”
“You never know. but… .”
“but?”
“Let’s consider the situation. When Miro himself came to his senses temporarily, he asked why he had received the blessing of ‘justice.’”
“Blessings have to some extent to do with our own inclinations… .”
“Psychopaths will never get ‘justice.’ Also, it seems like Miro, who was in the management bureau, was quite high-ranking.”
“It would be difficult for someone who is crazy or so vicious to become a high-ranking member of a large organization that protects the world. good. I roughly understand your opinion. However, at this rate, there seems to be no need to change the order we originally decided.”
“The first resurrection is a doctor?”
“huh. Of course, there are many questions about the doctor, Kim Sang-hyeon. Because I don’t know if this person is a good person or a cooperative person. “In some ways, you don’t know more than a maze, right?”
“But unlike a maze, it has a big advantage.”
“I’m sure he’s not a difficult person to control. Since he’s not from the ‘Administrative Bureau’, there’s no risk of splitting our party. Grandpa Arina Mukseong may be lenient towards Miro, but he can’t be so lenient towards the doctor. Worst case scenario, he just thinks he threw away the ticket and kills him. However, what if there is unexpectedly hidden strength?”
The idea of killing someone comes up naturally during conversation… . It may be surprising, but we really are no longer ordinary people.
“Speaking of that.”
“That story?”
“Isn’t it surprising that we don’t know much about the doctor’s abilities? “I guess it has the ability to heal, but I don’t know how, and I don’t know if there is a legacy or not.”
“yes.”
“Why not just ask the guide?”
“…”
“I was thinking about it a while ago and suddenly realized that the knowledge we have about Saint Miro, for example, that there are three legacies and that he is the owner of the former. “The guide gave us all this information, right?”
“I asked. Yeah, I forgot about it. Because this damn hotel keeps hiding things, we’ve developed a bad habit of worrying among ourselves about issues that we could just ask about. “You and Jincheol, go and ask.”
*
Fortunately, party time wasn’t over yet, so we were still able to enter the door to the Ice Hell. My brother and I, and Ari, who naturally joined in, opened the clumsily hidden door on the side of the Christmas hall and entered the cold ice hell again.
“It seemed like you and your sister were talking in the snowy field earlier. Have you decided who to resurrect?”
“It will ultimately be decided at a meeting.”
“If you and your sister decide, I don’t think anyone else will object. In the first place, the candidates were either a doctor or a maze, and I haven’t even met either of them. “You’re the only one who’s met them both.”
“I can’t say I’ve really seen a doctor either. “It just felt like a voice was ringing in my head.”
As I was talking, a fact came to mind.
“So, Ari, haven’t you ever been treated by a doctor?”
“It used to be when I received a gun from a merchant in exchange for a limb.”
“Did you get any message from the doctor?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“Umm… . “I suspected you knew the doctor.”
“Why do you need to use the word ‘suspicion’? And I don’t know. “I’ve never even seen your face in the first place.”
“If the doctor had recognized you, wouldn’t they have said a few words? “No, wasn’t there a doctor among your first party members?”
Ari, after thinking for a moment, answered.
“I vaguely heard that there was a special person. “It was just something I said in passing and I didn’t ask any more questions.”
“Someone special?”
“They said he was a member of the special forces and also went to medical school.”
“That’s amazing.”
“I entered the astronaut candidacy there.”
“Are you a person? “Isn’t that a cartoon character?”
“Amazing people. “If it’s a problem because it’s someone you’ve never met, that’s a problem.”
I’ve never even met him. When I heard that, I remembered what Ari said before. At Ari’s first party, she said, two people were killed in an infighting before she even reached the second floor. Ari was born on the second floor, so she probably never met people who died before she even got to the second floor.
“I heard that the people in your first party have good qualifications, but are they really amazing?”
“It will be a different person from the doctor who is going to save her this time. The person I remember is named Johnny? It didn’t seem like he was Asian. At least it wasn’t Kim Sang-hyun.”
“It must be someone else. “If you had a background in special forces and were an astronaut candidate, wouldn’t you have mentioned that experience when you asked me to resurrect you?”
At those words, Ari suddenly tilted her head.
Jincheol cleared his throat for a moment to straighten the mood.
“Do you remember what I said during the previous meeting?”
“My brother said we should just save on tickets.”
“What do you think now? “I still think, why not just save it for ourselves?”
“I thought about that possibility, but given the nature of the hotel, isn’t the Cursed Room either annihilated or everyone surviving? “It is difficult to have a situation where only one of us dies and is resurrected in the first place.”
“The danger isn’t just in the cursed room.”
“However, the cursed room is more than 90% of the risk.”
“…”
“Furthermore, you have to consider opportunity cost. Saving on tickets isn’t without risk, right? Since you are giving up the increase in power due to a new colleague, the opportunity cost is a kind of risk. “I think the bigger risk is that the chance of being wiped out in the cursed room increases due to weaker power.”
Jincheol nodded and did not bring up the story any further.
As I waited in the cold ice hell that I had become a little accustomed to, vaguely hearing screams as if they were welcome, a drone came down from the sky.
“Dear participants! Have you decided where to use your ticket?”
“Before that, I want to ask you a question.”
“Ask a question.”
“Can I ask you about Kim Sang-hyun? “I’m talking about the ‘doctor’ who shows up when you get hurt at the hotel.”
“What are you curious about former contestant Kim Sang-hyun?”
“First question. Kim Sang-hyeon is a former participant and at the same time a hidden NPC in the hotel, right? What happens to hidden NPCs after you revive them? Even if someone with healing abilities joins us, I think there will still be a need to receive medical support from the hotel. “Mr. Kim Sang-hyun himself could get hurt.”
“You don’t need to worry about that. “After Kim Sang-hyun’s resurrection, someone else will be assigned to the role of the hotel’s direct doctor.”
“Can we find out what type of Kim Sang-hyun’s healing ability is?”
“Are you curious about his blessings?”
“The healing ability is a blessing? “And what about the legacy?”
“He is a contestant who did not receive an inheritance.”
Jincheol murmured as if he felt somewhat regretful.
“A person without a legacy. “Isn’t it a bit disappointing?”
“Let’s listen a little more. “I expected from the beginning that he wouldn’t be a person with strong fighting skills.”
Ari chuckled.
“The problem is that Miro is strong? “Being too strong is a problem, so in some ways, not having a legacy is an advantage.”
“Tell me about blessings.”
“Former participant Kim Sang-hyun. When he was alive, his blessing was ‘sincerity’. Since there is currently no owner of ‘sincerity’, sincerity will be restored after resurrection.”
“Sincerity? “What kind of blessing is it?”
“One God, One God, One God!” A person’s calling is to improve himself every day and be reborn as a more valuable being. However, unfortunately, the reality is that high achievement cannot be achieved through effort alone.”
???
My brother and I were both embarrassed. What is this sudden tone of voice? Isn’t that the guide’s tone of voice?
“No matter how sincere you are, it is not easy to achieve great achievements if you do not have the qualities to support it. Blessing, ‘sincerity’ is the power that allows you to overcome that limit! “Those who continuously practice to improve themselves will also acquire corresponding qualities.”
I listened blankly and quickly responded.
“So is this a blessing that turns a person into a genius?”
“Oh my. You only half understand the meaning of my blessing. It is not a power that turns its owner into a genius. The essence of my blessing is that if you continue to practice sincerely every day with the attitude of breaking bones and breaking apart, with the momentum of your bones turning to dust and your body breaking, you will surely achieve great achievement. Reward those who work hard. Do you understand?”
Absurdly, the person speaking through the guide’s speaker was the supporter of ‘sincerity’!
“You were the sponsor. understand. “Can I ask you one more thing?”
“Ask.”
“What kind of person is Kim Sang-hyun?”
Suddenly, the guide became quiet for a moment, and then the words came out.
“… I thought you were going to ask about the blessing, but you suddenly asked about the participants. Is this your trick? “It looks strangely like an owl.”
“I’m sorry if you were offended.”
“He was one of the most sincere men I have ever known in mortal life. Also, at least he wasn’t a villain.”
With those words, there was no longer a need for sponsors to borrow the guide’s speakers.
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