Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 200
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Episode 200 – Party Time – Ninth Companion (2)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 95
Current location: 2nd floor, Snow Globe Snowfield
Sage advice: [X]
– Han Ga-in
The sponsor’s ‘defense’ regarding the doctor, Kim Sang-hyeon, contained the content that he was a sincere person and at least not a villain. Jincheol’s reaction to this was negative.
“Can you believe that? You may not know it, but sponsors always want their contestants to climb the hotel, right? “It doesn’t sound like an objective opinion.”
“That is correct. The problem is that we don’t really know who we need to resurrect.”
“yes.”
“Shall we also offer a prayer of repose for Kim Sang-hyun?”
Several people have been lying down for several days since that damn ‘prayer’. Jincheol, who had lost 10kg of weight just by praying, suddenly became quiet.
Ari sighed lightly.
“Now I understand another reason why the hotel created a procedure called ‘Prayer of Rest.’ “It seems like a procedure to find out what kind of person a former participant is before resurrecting him.”
“In a terribly difficult way. “Even if I do, I can’t do it now.”
I looked back at Jincheol, who looked gaunt and looked as if he had lost 10kg in just one prayer. Even if I were to pray, it would be impossible to do it today.
In fact, I don’t know if we will have enough time to pray again in this harsh hotel. At first, I didn’t know that the risk of praying for rest was so great, and I had to return the hotel to normal anyway, so I just did it recklessly.
“It’s hard, but praying doesn’t help you get to know the previous participants that well.”
Ari’s point is also correct. Even if the former participant was in his 40s when he entered the hotel, if the trauma occurred in his teens, the former participant in the prayer is in his teens. Just because we know what kind of person he was in his teens, can we be sure what kind of person he will be in his 40s? It is a problem that has no answer.
Finally, Ari asked a question to the guide who returned to normal as the sponsor left.
“Can I ask how much Kim Sang-hyun’s healing ability is? For example, is he capable of demonstrating the level of ability that he is now implementing in Room 105?”
“Kim Sang-hyun’s individual abilities are the same.”
“Personal ability?”
“The tools provided by hotels to NPCs in the role of doctors will disappear.”
The guide disappeared into the sky as if he had no more information to share.
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 95
Current location: 1st floor, Room 105 – Rest Room
Sage advice: [X]
“This is the information we found out. “What do other people think?”
During lunch time, I shared the information I heard in Hanbing Hell with others. The grandfather said as soon as he heard it.
“When considering the mechanism of blessing and ‘sincerity,’ a doctor’s healing ability should be viewed as the extent to which the skills and knowledge accumulated over a long period of practice as a doctor are appropriately strengthened by the power of blessing, right?”
“Yes.”
“There are some ambiguities. If the ‘tools provided by the hotel’ disappear, the current semi-divine healing ability will also be greatly reduced… . However, it is true that among the candidates we found, he looks the best.”
“Considering the nature of the blessing, other abilities may also be outstanding. “Blessing is not a power specifically tailored to medicine.”
“It seems plausible. “Your physical ability and marksmanship may be better than you think.”
Eunsol older sister agreed and organized it.
“If you start arguing anyway, there will be no end. There is no perfect candidate and everyone has some insecurities. Rather than arguing endlessly, let’s make a selection. “Shouldn’t you at least bring me around lunchtime today so that we can get to know each other and introduce ourselves between today and tomorrow?”
You must enter the sandy side curse room. There is a lot of anxiety about waking up a new companion and entering the cursed room without even knowing who they are. We need at least a day to get to know each other.
In the end, it was decided that the final choice would be made by anonymous vote. Including the four candidates for revival and the option to save tickets, eight ballots with a total of five choices were quickly completed. The voting results came out immediately.
Sanghyun Kim: 5 votes
Maze: 1 vote
Estavio: 0 votes
Cha Seung-jin: 0 votes
Save: 2 votes
…
Surprisingly, there was someone other than Jincheol who voted for saving. Does Ari get 1 vote for the maze? Ari said as if he was embarrassed.
“I voted for the doctor!”
My sister hung up right away.
“It doesn’t matter who you voted for. If that were to be considered, it would have been decided by a write-in vote. “The important thing is that Kim Sang-hyun has 5 votes because everything is collected.”
The last meeting for resurrection has ended.
*
An indescribable tension is felt in everyone’s steps moving toward the cold ice hell. Doctor Kim Sang-hyun is the 9th colleague who will be recruited within a few months of joining the hotel. What kind of person is he? Not long after entering hell, the drone I saw for the second time today came down again.
“Have you decided?”
Everyone nodded, and we announced our intention to resurrect ‘Kim Sang-hyeon’. After a while, an ice statue appeared as if rising from the ground. At the same time, the ticket in my sister’s arms flew into the air.
“I will ask you one last question. Choices are irreversible. Would you choose the resurrection of former contestant ‘Kim Sang-hyun’?”
“… okay.”
The ticket started burning. The spark from the ticket seemed to float in the air like a will-o’-the-wisp at first, but soon it landed on the ice statue below. Slowly, the statue began to melt. Only then did we focus our attention on the man inside.
Is his age approximately early 40s? It doesn’t seem like he’s that old. His physique was quite sturdy, so he didn’t seem clumsy in moving his body. Regardless of his physique, anyone walking down the street will get the impression that he is a scholar. Although it is extremely superstitious to judge people based on their physiognomy, I unconsciously felt a little at ease when I saw his scholar-like appearance.
Next to me, Eunsol was talking to Ari.
“I can see your face now. “You don’t know anyone, right?”
“I don’t know. “The name is the first I’ve heard of it.”
“Your expression is distorted.”
“You must be having a nightmare right now. “It will end soon.”
Finally, all the ice melted. The body of the man who could not even lift a finger began to wriggle for the first time.
And then Kim Sang-hyun opened his eyes.
*
The first reaction of a man who had just been released after being trapped in his own personal hell for a long time in the most terrible moment of his life was to cry.
he cried. I cried, cried, and cried again. Like a child, tears flowed endlessly, leaving us speechless. Brother Jincheol, who had been most opposed to the doctor’s resurrection just a few hours ago, went up to him and grabbed his shoulder, as if he was heartbroken by the sight before him.
The man who cried without saying a word for almost 10 minutes opened his mouth with difficulty.
“Thank you, thank you… . Thank you very much. No one in the world can express the gratitude I feel right now. I really… .”
He stopped talking at that point and suddenly grabbed my hand that was right in front of him.
“thank you! “I really don’t know what to say.”
Am I mistaken? This man’s pronunciation and vocabulary selection felt somewhat awkward. Pronunciation as if he were a Korean living overseas. Maybe it was because he cried so much.
“Oh, no. “It wasn’t something I decided on my own.”
“long time. I was trapped in hell for a really long time. “There was no salvation for me until you arrived at this hotel.”
“Are you a ‘doctor NPC’ when we arrive?”
“That’s right. but… . “Hard memories of his time as the doctor of Unit 105 remain in his mind.”
I guessed that part. NPCs are the ones who inevitably learn the secrets of the hotel. Considering the nature of the hotel, it is natural that the memories related to the secret are erased at the moment of resurrection.
“Still, I remember some things clearly. For example, the memory of me begging you for salvation is vivid as if it were yesterday. “If you hadn’t remembered my wish, this moment wouldn’t have existed.”
I don’t know how to react. A middle-aged man held my hand and cried incessantly, saying thank you, thank you, but what on earth should I say?
Eunsol noona intervened in the awkward atmosphere.
“Now~! Sanghyun Kim? First, let’s go to the first floor and eat something and talk. The atmosphere is so awkward. “Right?”
“All right.”
With those words, Kim Sang-hyun seemed to slowly gather his emotions. The child-like crying expression slowly eased, and his unique confident attitude took over, making him clearly feel better than before. Soon he started looking at us one by one. He probably has more questions about us than we have about him.
And then, the man’s gaze turned to Ari.
The emotion on Kim Sang-hyun’s face at that moment was something that could not be described in just one or two words.
Joy and despair, faith that is close to faith, heart-shattering fear, remorse and attachment. A whirlpool of emotions that are a chaotic mixture of all the emotions a person can have.
The man, who was shaking as if he had been struck by lightning, muttered absentmindedly.
“you… . How on earth are you here ‘again’?”
He recognized Ari, or rather ‘Miro’.
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