Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 201
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Episode 201 – Party Time – Ninth Companion (3)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 95
Current location: 2nd floor, Hanbing Hell – Room of Resurrection
Sage advice: [X]
– Han Ga-in
The moment Kim Sang-hyun recognized ‘Maze’, everyone was confused. This is because no one predicted that he would recognize the ‘maze’. When I looked directly at Ari, I saw that Ari himself looked very embarrassed. Ari answered as everyone paused for a moment.
“Mr. Kim Sang-hyun, just in case, I am not a ‘maze.’”
At those words, Kim Sang-hyun looked like he realized something and showed a somewhat cautious attitude.
“Is that so? “Can you let me know if I misunderstood something?”
Ari briefly revealed that she was Miro’s daughter and that she probably had a secret about her birth.
“I understood the situation. “I will act as cautiously as possible from now on.”
“carefully?”
“I will act naturally.”
The answer is a bit strange?
Everyone had been walking for about 3 minutes, thinking that something was out of focus in this conversation, when Ari suddenly stopped everyone.
“Oh really! “Stop, everyone stop!”
Ari immediately turned to Kim Sang-hyun with an annoyed expression.
“Kim Sang-hyun! “Come here!”
That’s frankly speaking informally. Of course, Kim Sang-hyun never expressed any dissatisfaction.
“yes?”
“Are you now thinking that I am a maze hiding my identity?”
“… Even the way you speak is the same as I remember.”
“to? okay?”
… I thought the previous conversation was strange and this is it. This man did not understand that Ari and Miro were different people. It seems like he just understood the situation and that Miro was hiding her identity for some reason.
However, I also understood Kim Sang-hyun. As someone who has seen both of them, I can assure you that Ari and Miro are almost identical in appearance to identical twins, except for their hair color. There’s a reason why, as soon as Miro wakes up in ‘Hell of the Maze’, she says, ‘It’s a prank on the hotel that I didn’t recognize you.’ If she had normal intelligence, she would be mistaken as soon as she saw her for the same person.
Ari also seemed to understand that fact and spoke again in a friendly tone.
“Mr. Kim Sang-hyun, it will be difficult to persuade you with words, so please follow me for a moment. “It’s extremely cold here, but there’s something you must see.”
I had an idea what it was. Everyone stopped for a moment and waited for Ari to return after showing Kim Sang-hyun the ‘Ice Statue of the Maze’. After a while, Kim Sang-hyun returned and spoke without hiding his surprise.
“I was rude earlier. From now on, I will call you Miss.”
“to? miss? That’s a bit-”
“My mother didn’t seem like a person worthy of having children, but I really don’t know what’s going on in the world.”
What does it mean? Everyone was quiet because they didn’t have anything to say, but their heads were busy spinning at high speed. I thought that we had a lot of stories to share. Of course, you’ll need to get to a warm place first.
As soon as we arrived at room 105, the interrogation of Kim Sang-hyeon began. Is it because he realizes that we are looking at him uneasily?
Kim Sang-hyun responded to the questioning in an attitude that almost felt polite. The person who took the lead in the conversation was an old man who seemed familiar with this type of thing.
“I hope you don’t find my question too burdensome. “We have a lot of questions about you.”
Meanwhile, Elena naturally moved near Kim Sang-hyun.
“of course. I understand that a place is a place. And does this person have the power to discern the truth?”
Everyone was silent for a moment. No one has ever said anything about Elena’s abilities! Did he realize it when he saw how Elena naturally got behind him as soon as she started asking questions? Or did she make a gesture to Elena without our knowledge?
Grandpa said with a wry smile.
“You are indeed not an ordinary person. Is it because you already have hotel experience? That’s right. “I hope there are no lies in our current conversation.”
“yes.”
“That’s the first question. How on earth do you know a maze? Did you do any administrative work outside? “I don’t think so.”
“I used to work with him on a hotel. “Unlike today, it was a deep-sea hotel.”
A hotel in the deep sea. It’s a familiar word. Ari sighed and lightly grabbed her head before joining in the interrogation.
“I’m sorry, but I was also a party person back then, right? I don’t remember seeing anyone like you. No, you can guess. Because I was born on the second floor. Did you die on the first floor? “I heard that two people died on the first floor.”
“That’s right.”
“So I don’t understand. I even know the names of the people who died on the first floor. Johnny and Muhammad. “But this is my first time hearing the name ‘Kim Sang-hyeon.’”
“I can give you a simple answer to that. “Because my real name is Johnny.”
The facts revealed through a brief conversation were simple. He is Korean-American, and his name is Johnny Kim. He didn’t lie about his name; his Korean name was Sanghyun Kim. When he asked me to resurrect him, he was persuasive when he said that since I am Korean, it would be easier to say my Korean name.
Ari reacted again to the name ‘Johnny Kim’.
“The name is good. I know what you’re saying is that I wasn’t specifically lying. But, as far as I know, I heard that you boast a pretty brilliant career?”
“It’s not that great.”
“No, let’s stop being too humble. “Aren’t you a former doctor, former special forces soldier, and current astronaut?”
… I had already heard this story once, but I was surprised again. Is this a real person’s career? A former doctor, former special forces member, and current astronaut? What kind of regressor are you?
After hearing about my scary career, my colleagues all looked fed up. Jincheol couldn’t keep his mouth shut at all. Kim Sang-hyeon, who was quietly watching the scene, opened his mouth.
“Some people may be wondering why I didn’t mention my career when I asked Han Ga-in for her resurrection. First of all, I would like to apologize for that. In the past, while climbing a hotel, I learned the hard way that showing too much confidence can make others wary.”
“… Because of that lesson, did you decide to hide anything other than your medical career from Ga-in?”
“I thought that the ability to feel ‘this person might be helpful’ without raising caution is a medical skill.”
The idea was spot on. We thought he was just a doctor, so we thought he was useful without being much of a threat.
Did they feel that we were making a fuss? He quickly began to make excuses.
“It is not a lie to say that my career is not that great. Because this place is a hotel. doctor? Special forces? astronaut? You said that you are progressing to the second floor without a single person dying, but it seems that some of you here can fly into the sky bare-body and go into space by now. “Compared to that, my career is meaningless.”
“uh… . Surprisingly, no one has yet flown to space. Oh, will it be possible when Cain comes down?”
“If I possess and borrow Pero’s body, it might be possible someday.”
— Beep!
Pero understood my words like a ghost and disappeared somewhere. Songi was dumbfounded.
“Oppa, is it space with Pero’s body? “I think it would be difficult to fly even 10 meters.”
“…”
Kim Sang-hyun seemed to have felt that the atmosphere had eased and continued speaking again.
“Compared to what you have today, your career is meaningless.”
I feel that Kim Sang-hyun is anxious. In any case, we could feel the fear that he might make us wary in every gesture he made. His attitude of belittling himself because of his earnest heart felt pitiful rather than pathetic or servile.
My older sister, who made the same decision as me, joined the conversation.
“Now, Mr. Kim Sang-hyun? You don’t need to be too nervous. Right now we are not at the stage of choosing our colleagues, but we have already chosen them. “I already wrote a ticket for you.”
“Thank you again -”
“I don’t want to hear you say thank you. This means that we can’t give up on you easily because we’ve already spent a lot of money on you. So let’s relax.”
Everyone stopped talking for a moment and started drinking tea and coffee and eating snacks.
“It’s delicious.”
“The food in this hotel is delicious. Has it been like that before?”
“It was like that in the past. “Each one had top-notch workmanship.”
“Since you have reliable experience, you must be good at many things. Since you are a former doctor, you must be good at first aid, and you are also good at shooting guns, right? “Is the astronaut experience helpful in any way at the hotel?”
Kim Sang-hyun seemed to have relaxed a bit and answered with a grin.
“One of my lifelong goals was to become an astronaut, but when I got to the hotel, I realized that the most meaningless experience was the astronaut experience. Still, do you know? “There might be outer space somewhere on the second floor.”
“When that time comes, I will receive a lot of help. and… .”
As if in surprise, my older sister asked a question that struck me deeply.
“What was your relationship with Miro in the past? “Please be honest.”
Golden light appeared in Elena’s eyes again. The man’s expression became tense again.
“which… . “What part are you curious about?”
Ari intervened.
“To put it simply, was it a hostile relationship? Was he a colleague? Same part. I heard that my first party split into two and fought like crazy. “I’m not sure because you’re already dead, so there’s not much talk about it.”
Kim Sang-hyun, who had been choosing his words for a while, began to answer.
“I’m sorry, but the information you know seems to have been truncated. “Just as I don’t know what Miro and the lady went through after the second floor, you probably don’t know exactly what I went through on the first floor.”
“… I guess so. For the people who told me the old story, it was already over, so I would have simply summarized it and told it to them. And the expression ‘young lady’ is a bit uncomfortable.”
“Shall I call you Ari?”
“Just be the lady.”
“In the past, party conflicts did not proceed that simply. First of all, it wasn’t even a fight from the beginning. Rather, at first, everyone worked together around Miro.”
“Focusing on mom?”
“Because he has natural charisma. To exaggerate a little, it is no exaggeration to say that at that time we worshiped him beyond the extent of believing in him and following him.”
Miro’s superpower. I know because I have already experienced it. Even in their teenage years, it wasn’t easy for the average person to resist. Even more so, how powerful was Miro after mastering his abilities for a long time? It seems like an ordinary human could be controlled with just a word. If you think about it that way, the management bureau’s decision to put Miro in the hotel was right, and it’s even more interesting why the conflict arose in the first place.
“We started having problems around room 104. We spent a very long time in that room, but unfortunately Miro was eliminated quite early on. “The remaining people held on for several months and escaped.”
Ari gave an expression of disbelief.
“Have the remaining people come to their senses in the months since Miro died?”
“you’re right. A month or two passed after Miro disappeared, and at some point, everyone realized. “That he swayed us with unknown forces.”
After drinking another cup of tea, the man continued speaking in a cautious manner.
“The place where faith collapsed was filled with anger and a sense of betrayal. “The person who was considered a leader who led everyone with outstanding leadership and an agent of the Bureau protecting the world began to be viewed as a suspicious witch.”
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