Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 226
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Episode 226 – No. 202, Room of the Curse – ‘The Little Mermaid’ (4)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 100
Current location: Tier 2, Room 202 – Curse Room ‘The Little Mermaid’
Sage Advice: 2]
– Han Ga-in
After the interview with the saint, the scenario was updated and a hint was given to collect rumors related to the saint on Sea God Island. However, this hint was more difficult to put into practice than expected. This is because the island’s residents glared at us with wary eyes whenever we left.
Fortunately, there was someone who had the ability to gather information without any problems even in this situation. I am the one who can borrow the body of a fishman with the power of the grimoire.
It’s a bit unfortunate to say this, but I decided to ‘rent’ the body of a young fisherman who came to work at a government office for a while. A moment later, his grandfather pounced on a passing young man, instantly knocked him unconscious, and dragged him silently into the limousine.
The doctor who was observing the young man kidnapped by his grandfather made an opinion.
“Do you mind if I observe you for a moment?”
“What observation?”
“I’ve been observing a race called ‘Fishmen’ since a while ago, and I thought it was a bit strange. “I’d like to see the structure of the body in a little more detail.”
“Sanghyun, if this man disappears and a long time passes, there will be chaos. Before that, Ga-in needs to borrow this person’s body to gather information. “I don’t have much time.”
“10 minutes is enough. I think this observation could be helpful to the progress of this room.”
Having said that, we couldn’t refuse the doctor’s request. The young man, who had fainted for a moment, was placed on a bed in the guest room provided by the Saint of the Deep Sea or the Governor, so that the doctor could observe the fishman’s body.
“It’s hard to understand. “It’s really strange.”
“What?”
The teacher, who was squinting, gave a simple answer.
“It seems too ‘human.’”
“yes?”
“I received information about the fish people from Ms. Eunsol and read them, and in this worldview, the sea god created the Sea God Island and brought the deep sea people who originally lived in the sea to land.”
“Yes. They say that in their own way, they have a longer history as intelligent beings than as humans.”
“In short, it is a creature that has undergone a completely different evolution from humans, but doesn’t it resemble humans too much for that?”
“uh… . Wasn’t there an explanation for that part? Although the original appearance of the fish people was different from what it is now, it is said that God transformed them to resemble the appearance of humans, intelligent beings already adapted to the earth. “God recreated them to resemble humans, so it’s natural that they resemble humans.”
“There are elements that cannot be explained with that -”
“Go to sleep! Mr. Sanghyeon? “You said you didn’t have time, right?”
“sorry.”
After the doctor left, I immediately ‘borrowed’ the body of a young man who was slowly waking up and left the government office.
When I came to the city using the young man’s body, I had no idea where to go. Although my grandfather or doctor suggested places such as bars and restaurants, I don’t know if the fish people, who have a different culture from humans, would also talk about various things in places like bars.
[58:17]
Two minutes have passed in just this moment. It looks like I’ll have to use up some of my saved energy.
[Advice: 2 -> 1]
‘Where on earth can I go to get information?’
[People who drive alone all day have an occupational disease of chatting every time someone gets in the car.]
A job where you drive a car alone all day, and because of this, you are famous for making comments to customers every time they get in. I’m a taxi driver.
*
I took a taxi, took a taxi, and took another taxi. After roughly mentioning a random area and asking him to go, I briefly mentioned a story about a saint to the taxi driver to see his reaction. If you are a person who is concentrating on driving without saying anything, you will get off right away. After almost 40 minutes of repeatedly choosing a taxi driver, I finally found a taxi driver who was very talkative.
“Driver, please go to the bank opposite Haesin Port.”
“Yes~”
Now I too have gotten the hang of it. Rather than bringing up the story of a saint all over the place, we should bring up a topic that inevitably brings up the story of a saint.
“Ah, this damn port is under renovation. I don’t know when the construction will end!”
“Sir, you are thinking about that incorrectly.”
“yes?”
Starting with this, the knight spoke for a long time as if he were worshiping the evil plot of the Cheongseong group involved in the port, as if admonishing a young man who did not know what to do, and the saint’s excellent judgment to stop it.
…
[09:24]
There are less than 10 minutes left.
Did I choose wrong? What I need to find out is the ‘disturbing rumor’ about the saint, and this human, or rather this fish-man taxi driver, is nice as far as talking a lot, but he seems to be a supporter of the saint. Let’s throw in a little more rice cake.
“No~! “I understand what you’re saying, sir, but hasn’t the saintess been throwing a lot of irrational moves lately?”
“Young friend, be careful what you say! “What on earth are you talking about?”
The title changed from ‘guest’ to ‘young friend’. Let’s touch on it a little more.
“No matter what, the reason you killed the person who was said to be the successor to the Cheongseong Group was -”
— Squeak!
The car stopped in the middle of the road and suddenly turned into the next alley and stopped.
“…”
“…”
“Regardless of my job, let me just say one thing as your senior in life.”
“…”
“That mouth! That snout! If you are not careful of that carp-like snout, you will have a lot of trouble in your life! okay?”
“Well, did I make a mistake?”
“The sea god had three daughters. And now, the only daughter left is Serenade. Where do you think the other two went? The saint is a scarier person than you think. She’s the reason you shouldn’t just pour out whatever comes into her head without going through her filter! “If I were a person with a bitter heart, you would have become fresh raw fish tomorrow.”
The driver told me to just get off because he wouldn’t take my money. Of course, thanks to the joy surging deep in my heart, I was willing to pay and get off. It’s not my money anyway!
The saint, Serenade, purged the daughters of other sea gods except herself and took the throne. What does this mean for the scenario we are playing out?
*
“This is the information I found out. For reference, the body I borrowed was released as the possession time limit was over by the time I got near the government office. “Is there any problem?”
Grandpa said as if there was no problem.
“I attacked him from behind and knocked him out immediately, so he probably doesn’t even know what happened to him. Perhaps he suffered memory loss due to the hot weather. “Even if he knows that he was attacked by an unknown supernatural force, he won’t know that we are the culprits, so there is no problem.”
After hearing my information, Eunsol thought for a moment and then opened her mouth.
“Serenade purged the other two daughters except herself and took the throne of the island. Is this a secret she’s hiding? “What does this information have to do with the mystery of the murder case we have to solve now?”
The doctor also carefully expressed his opinion.
“I have a hypothesis of my own.”
“say it.”
“Look at the situation on this island. If you exclude the supernatural part and look at it from a common sense perspective, isn’t it a surprisingly common phrase? It resembles many modern-day islands, wary and fearful of ‘land’ invaders, but at the same time dependent on interaction with the mainland.”
“It depends on exchange with the land… .”
“What did you all think when you arrived at the island and looked at the government office earlier? “Isn’t it more modern than you think?”
“Definitely yes. “It’s just like Jeju Island in the 21st century.”
“Probably two forces formed on this island. A group that seeks to strengthen exchanges with the land and a group that seeks to exclude the land. “It’s common.”
Fragmented information was gathered into one large hypothesis.
The Cheongseong Group came from the mainland and wanted to modernize the island and reap the enormous profits that would be generated in the process. Those who tried to ostracize the Qingcheng Group and those who wanted to accelerate the modernization of the island together with the Qingcheng Group. Perhaps, the other two daughters of the sea god who were purged were in the position of developing the island using a company from the mainland?
In that case, Serenade may have purged the other two daughters in order to exclude the land. Thinking this way, the answer to one of our questions vaguely came to mind.
“Serenade said she had no reason to harm the eldest son of the Cheongseong Group, right?”
“I asked, ‘If killing him doesn’t mean the litigation related to the port will end, what’s the point?’”
“That is honestly true. This is a lawsuit over the ownership of the port. Will the lawsuit end when the chairman’s son dies? In fact, there may have been a completely different reason for the serenade.”
“Lee Su-ho may have been the person who connected reform forces on the island with the mainland.”
“It wasn’t an act aimed at the Cheongseong group. Of course, it may not have been without a purpose, but it is understandable that the larger goal was a means of a reign of terror to suppress opposition forces within the island.”
“Grandpa, if Serenade killed Lee Su-ho, was the purpose of it to instill fear in the reform forces on the island?”
“If you interpret it that way, the information gathered so far fits together nicely. Look back at the attitude of the taxi driver who gave you the information. “Don’t you think it’s like a person who is afraid of a dictator and is careful about what he says?”
“It definitely feels that way.”
Even if Lee Su-ho is killed, there is a limit to suppressing the Cheongseong group. This is because, as they are private companies, they are protected by the Management Bureau. As long as there is a strong backing of the management bureau, Qingcheng Group will never back down.
However, the opposing forces on the island are different. This is because they have no background whatsoever. The daughter of another sea god who was their representative disappeared, and the person who connected them with the land was assassinated. Can they resist Serenade any longer?
Little by little, the plans made by the dictator saint began to appear in everyone’s mind. We started to come up with a logic for tomorrow’s interview.
*
– Park Seung-yeop
At the moment of desperation, in movies, the main character whose life is in danger often sees his entire life as a panorama… . I too was obsessed with one thought.
What on earth are other people doing?! Surely you’re not having a harder time than me?
— Gooooo!
The cry of a giant monster midge that shakes the heavens and earth, and innocent citizens who collapse without even the power to scream and wait for their final moments.
And now, at this moment, the energy of the Emperor of the Great Universe dwells in me!
“Now is it!”
I ran towards the midge from the terminal rooftop. The moment my body flies into the air –
Something passed by my feet ‘naturally’, and I couldn’t tell if it was a tongue or a tentacle that the midge had ‘accidentally’ spit out at that moment!
I don’t know what to do, but let’s do it! I ran and ran, stepping on the red flesh.
— Wiggle!
The tentacles wriggled strongly in the air, and my body flew up into the air. My floating body, a fleeting moment when everything seemed to stop. I realized that there was a small, unknown shape above the midge’s head.
Who is that? Could it be an evil shaman controlling midges? I don’t know what it is, but maybe we should kill that guy? But I’m in empty space right now?
Many thoughts passed through my head in an instant, but reality did not change. My body is floating in the air, and there is still a lot of space up to the midge’s head –
— Whiiing!
‘By chance’ a strong turbulence occurred and my body was pushed out of the air. I naturally turned 180 degrees and landed on the midge’s head as if it was natural.
and! It’s crazy, it’s crazy! This is crazy even to think about! Isn’t he the main character of the movie? Isn’t this a scene that would surprise Tom Kruz?
At that moment when I was momentarily intoxicated by my own storm-like ‘coolness’, the ‘girl’ across from me muttered absently.
“Treading on empty space (the state of running as if stepping on empty space)? “A state of manipulating energy and soaring into the sky?”
… What are you talking about, him again?
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