Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 219
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Episode 219 – Rest – Hell’s Hotel Kitchen (1)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 98
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
After dinner, I walked around the second floor to check if there were any changes. Unfortunately, there was no change in the ‘parcel’ and ‘mysterious craftsman’ found in the world outside the second floor. Fortunately, the ability to resolve this question has been restored.
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
‘Do I need to do a separate quest to activate the parcel and artisan?’
The answer to the advice I haven’t used in a long time was only 6 letters long, but it was enough.
[Time is short.]
The answer was that there was no need to do anything and just wait. After hearing it, I could guess why. Parcel and Artisan are both elements discovered during the second floor exploration process, so they should be viewed as elements that will be unlocked in the process of progressing through the second floor. Isn’t there no change in the parcel and craftsmanship because they carried out No. 104, which has nothing to do with the second floor?
Next, I asked Perrault about the problems he felt while possessing him for a long time. This is because I couldn’t figure out how to do not only flight but also grotesque transformation.
[Advice: 2 -> 1]
‘It’s too difficult to use the special abilities of the possessed target. Do you have any tips?’
[Long training is required and there is no royal road.]
“It takes a long time to practice and there is no easy way?”
After thinking about it for a while, a teacher nearby asked me why I did that, and I explained it.
“hmm. I understand why. “Do you ever wonder why?”
“Can you explain briefly?”
“It’s an easy story. This is because most of the movements made by living things are not done by the actor with an understanding of the principles. “Humans usually start walking around the first year of life, but implementing the movement of walking on two feet with a robot is an extremely difficult task that requires several doctors who have studied robotics throughout their lives.”
“Oh, I saw that on TV when I was little! “Japanese researchers developed a robot that walks on two legs.”
“If it is so difficult to walk on two feet, how much more difficult would it be to fly? And both of those actions are not something that humans or birds can do with understanding of the principles. People don’t know how to walk on two feet, and birds don’t know how to fly either. “It’s just that the instructions for walking and flying are written into our heads from the moment we are born.”
“The reason I can’t fly even if I enter Ferro’s body is because there is no manual that a bird is born with.”
“That’s right. The reason why it cannot be transformed into a grotesque is also similar. Because the manual is not in your head.”
“Umm… .”
I understood the principle. In the end, if there is no manual for using flight, transformation, or any other superpower, even if you borrow the body of a being with that power, it means half the battle.
So, is there a difficult way other than the easy way? This does not seem to be a problem that can be solved in the short term. The remaining advice also asked questions related to the use of grimoires, but there was no significant result.
*
– Eunsol Lee
After leaving room 104, I had a nice rest for the day. The next morning, everyone came out of the bedroom for breakfast. Since it is an escape rather than a solution to the room, there is no such thing as party time. Because everyone knew that fact, everyone said nothing and looked tired.
And an unexpected gift awaited us.
/Today is the hotel’s closed day. Meals are provided./
Of course, my colleagues, who were thinking that they had to enter the cursed room starting today, all cheered! Is it for the joy of this moment that I tell you today instead of yesterday? It feels like I received a surprise gift.
Songi and Ga-in spoke from the side.
“It’s not party time, I guess it’s just a day of relaxation.”
“I guess it’s because Party Time is a reward given when you solve the cursed room. In the past, I escaped from rooms 101 and 102 in a row, so I was given a day off, but it feels similar.”
Ari also added a word.
“If it’s not party time, you can’t go to the Blessing Sanctuary or explore anything.”
There is this phrase at the end of the notification that the hotel puts out every party time.
‘They say the hotel has secrets that are only revealed during party times?’
In other words, when it is not party time, the secrets hidden by the hotel are not revealed.
So does that mean we don’t have anything to do today? Since it’s a rest day, there’s no need to enter the Curse Room, and since it’s not party time, you can’t enter the Blessed Sanctuary, and there’s nothing you’ll find if you search.
There’s something perfect to do in times like these! I immediately dragged the whiteboard and stood in front of everyone.
“Attention everyone! “It’s a happy thing.”
Everyone’s puzzled eyes focused on me.
“My Hand of Greed has been activated!”
“oh! “Is it time?”
“Hand of Greed is a kind of ‘farming’ skill. “You have to keep giving it back whenever the cooldown runs out.”
Everyone nodded.
“Everyone, give us some ideas. “What should I wish for?”
“It’s my sister’s wish, so I have to do as she wants.”
“Cain likes what you say. Actually, I already had a rough idea. “The wish I want to make this time is for something reasonably useful.”
“In moderation?”
“I made a wish so earnestly that it ended up being a bit scary.”
With those words, he pointed to my eyes.
“I felt it when I got these eyes. It seems that the term ‘risk’ in hotels is a narrower concept than you might think. For example, when I got these eyes, my real eyes disappeared, and the eyes themselves were a bit… . “It looks ugly, right?”
“I don’t think that’s a risk by hotel standards.”
“Since vision has been strengthened, I think the loss of real eyes is not a risk. Blindness is something you will experience after escaping from the hotel. “It would not be a big deal by hotel standards for the eyes to become disfigured.”
The grandfather who heard that far showed an expression of understanding.
“I know what you mean. Since I made a wish so earnestly, the corresponding price became greater, and with the hotel’s characteristic disregard for human life, I thought, ‘A little damage isn’t much of a loss, right?’ “It means that wishes come true through feelings.”
“yes.”
“Sounds like a good idea. “Make a wish at an appropriate level.”
Everyone nodded. As I concentrated, a notification appeared in the air.
[Hand of Greed]
“Give me something reasonably useful!”
…
“If possible, I hope there is no physical harm.”
…
“If possible, don’t hurt my heart!”
…
“You know that it hurts my heart when my colleagues work too hard, right?”
“Sister, that’s not a bit of a trick -”
“Quiet!”
…
“The real last!”
‘Pray a little at once!’
I think I just heard an auditory hallucination somewhere that was annoying me.
“Could it be possible to give you two items instead of one?”
‘A truly greedy being. All I want to do is eat it raw! But I also like that greediness. And – eat it raw? eat? Does this feel good?’
What is he saying now? Don’t talk too much with your thoughts!
A huge, heavy laugh that seems to echo throughout the cave is heard from somewhere. Could it be that the last request was what the sponsor liked? The entire hotel began to vibrate, as if the patron’s laughter was shaking the space. A strange sound, as if some unknown construction was going on! Tension began to appear on everyone’s expressions.
In the midst of this, Ga-in was nagging me.
“sister! “I said I would make an appropriate wish!”
“It was appropriate.”
“When you ask, ‘Please give me just 100 billion won,’ if you put ‘moderately’ in front of it, is that a reasonable request?”
“It is appropriate considering that I have suffered from blessings that have not been of much help.”
Ga-in also kept his mouth shut at those words. After a while, a notification appeared in front of everyone.
/A surprise event occurs at the participant’s request.
.
.
.
Surprise Event: Hell’s Hotel Kitchen/
???
“What on earth is this?”
“What did it say?”
“Health Hotel Kitchen.”
“What on earth is that -”
/Participants! Please come to the second floor hall!/
Everyone who arrived at the second floor hall as instructed fell silent for a moment. The second floor had changed into a completely different space in that short period of time!
The Christmas tree had disappeared somewhere and there was a huge table in the center. A literal kitchen was set up in front of the table, including a gas range, oven, and knives for ‘cooking’, and all the empty rooms on the second floor were filled with food ingredients.
And a ‘merchant’ dressed in a pure white chef’s uniform appeared in front of him, smiling.
“…”
“…”
“Haha! Today is a really fun day. In fact, there hasn’t been a bad day since you arrived at the hotel! Come on~! Come on~! Chef Eunsol Lee, would you like to come this way?”
“… I’m not a chef.”
“Just come.”
I absent-mindedly followed as told and sat down at the table. There was also a white hat on the table.
“As you can see, this place is full of great food ingredients and cooking utensils that have been used as ingredients for your meals. All the participants have to do is use all of this appropriately to create the best dish!”
“…Am I going to be the judge of that dish?”
“Participant Eunsol Lee, the answer is correct. One person has to rank the dishes. Please conduct a fair review.”
While everyone looked around with shocked expressions, the merchant continued his explanation.
“You must be wondering what kind of idiotic thing this unresponsive hotel is doing.”
“…”
“Hotels never force you to work without compensation! There will definitely be a reward for the winner of this cooking competition today. Of course, appropriate punishment awaits those who make the worst food.”
“I am?”
“haha! Of course, a satisfying reward awaits participant Lee Eun-sol, who will be in charge of judging.”
The merchant explained how this absurd cooking competition proceeds.
In the first round, 8 people, excluding me, each complete one dish. Here, choose the top two and bottom two. Next, in the second round, the top two compete again to determine the winner. Finally, in the third round, the bottom two players meet again to determine the bottom place.
While everyone was in a daze, Ari, who was the quickest to come to his senses the more the situation got worse, raised his hand.
“When does it start? “How long is the cooking time?”
“Starting in 10 minutes. “An hour or so of cooking time would be enough, right?”
As I said, a ding sound was heard 10 minutes later. One by one, my colleagues rushed to the room where the food was stored, still wondering what the hell was going on.
After a while, screams began to be heard from the food supply room.
“Ahh! The fish is alive! “You’re trying to bite me out of the water!”
“No, why are you obsessed with sweet potatoes?”
“Did I just look wrong? “The pig’s feet moved on their own?”
… The condition of the food ingredients is not normal. And I have to eat dishes made with those ingredients.
“I don’t really have to eat that dish, right?”
The corners of the merchant’s mouth rose.
“Chef Eunsol Lee, didn’t you ask for a ‘fair review’? “You must eat one plate at a time.”
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