Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 236
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Episode 236 – No. 202, Room of the Curse – ‘The Little Mermaid’ (14)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 101
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 0]
– Han Ga-in
When the word ‘Terminator’ came out of Song’s mouth, Ari’s eyes widened.
“You’re not talking about the title of a movie featuring the governor, are you?”
Songi explained about the incredible weapon called ‘Terminator’ that she experienced. At the last moment, it landed on the location of Sea God Island, and according to Lee Soo-ho, it was the final solution used by the management when the situation reached its worst.
There was no apparent physical entity such as a missile. It is like a lump of light that emits intense light, as if it were a small star.
Ari and Grandpa both looked surprised after hearing this explanation.
“You developed that? already?”
“Wasn’t this possible at least 50 years later?”
“I thought it would come out in 100 years.”
What kind of weapon is this to cause this reaction? When everyone was curious, Ari gave a simple explanation.
“You can think of it as one of the ultimate weapons that the Management Bureau is researching. “Theoretically, it is said to exert overwhelming power not only over physical beings but also over immaterial beings.”
Grandfather spoke next to me.
“The Bureau often compares the world where humans live to an island, and the place where supernatural beings reside to the sea. From this perspective, a state infested with demons and monsters is a state in which the land becomes too ‘wet’. Do you understand if I say that this is a weapon that evaporates moisture with overwhelming heat?”
“It seems like you know something, but you don’t.”
“Actually, I am like that too.”
It wouldn’t be strange if the two people didn’t know the exact principles of the Bureau’s latest weapon. Ari and Grandpa are also kind of field agents. In modern warfare, soldiers would also not know exactly the principles of the latest weapons they use, and these two men would be no different.
But that didn’t seem to be the reason the two were embarrassed.
“The problem is that, as far as I know, the Terminator is a weapon in the research stage that cannot yet be used in actual combat.”
Eunsol’s sister responded by asking what was the problem.
“Anyway, the world we live in and the stage of Room 202 are different, right? “It seems that the civilization in the world inside Room 202 has developed a little more.”
“Eunsol, what you say is plausible, but I feel a sense of discomfort.”
Ari summed up the feeling of discomfort simply.
“Does it feel like an orbital elevator has suddenly been installed in 21st century Korea? If civilization has advanced so much that it has created an orbital elevator, it should show itself in other areas as well. In other ways, Room 202 wasn’t that different from the Earth civilization I knew.”
“is it?”
Since there was no answer to the story no matter how much I said, everyone became quiet. This topic may be related to the resolution of issue 202.
Judging from Ari and Grandpa’s reactions, ‘Terminator’ seems to be a science fiction weapon that will take 50 to 100 years to complete in our world. Could the fact that such a weapon was created so quickly in Room 202 be related to the scenario in the room? I thought about it for a while, but it didn’t come to mind easily.
As the surroundings became quiet, Elena asked one important question.
“What will happen to me? The seal has already been broken, right? Should I start in the limo as soon as we start?”
In room 201, I solved the room right away in the episode where the seal was released, but Elena is in a situation where she has to proceed further even after being released from the seal. When the gaze turned towards Ari, Ari responded that he was not sure.
“The previous party got stuck shortly after reaching the second floor. “In the first place, when I saw that the main character was sealed, I didn’t even dare to go in further.”
I thought about it for a moment, but I think it’s one of two things.
“I guess it’s one of two things. First, Elena joins right away, and another NPC is put into the role of ‘second daughter’. Second, she is sealed again. Even if it’s the latter, I don’t think it’s a big problem. You already know Elena’s location, right? “She just needs to go back to the hospital.”
There is no answer if I say more. This is something you have to experience yourself to know. Afterwards, I spent time until late at night making plans to solve the problem. There was even talk about changing rooms halfway through, but it was dismissed.
When going to the first floor, I didn’t know much about the hotel system, so I went here and there, but now that I understand it to a certain extent, there is no point in changing rooms midway. This is because danger abounds no matter which room you enter.
Rather, Room 202 has found out a lot of information in its own way, but the other rooms have no information at all, so the other rooms should be considered more dangerous. Changing the room is something to consider when there is little information learned in the first attempt and you cannot figure out how to proceed, or when the number of attempts reaches 5 and the room begins to distort.
The next morning, everyone gathered again.
“Everyone remember what we said yesterday, right? “This is a room that must be resolved quickly, so everyone must remember it well.”
As expected, Seungyeop carefully raised his hand and asked what he should do. Fortunately, Seungyeop’s task was clear, so no long explanation was needed.
Elena said anxiously.
“Can I go in without using Ga-in’s advice? “There are a lot of things that make me anxious.”
I answered.
“It may be unsettling, but think about the curse that has existed since you entered Sea God Island. Suho Lee probably installed it, right? “There might be more curses like that, so it’s better to save them.”
Unit 202’s second attempt began.
*
– Eunsol Lee
“Director, have you read the material sent by Cheongseong Group?”
“I read it, but what kind of argument are you trying to make?”
“It seems that the external opinion and the actual position are somewhat different.”
“So, aren’t we going directly to see the waiting table of that damn president? Huh, that guy is-”
“Manager, please be careful in the Cheongseong Group. “No matter what, the chairman’s son has suffered a disaster.”
— Beep!
After the conversation that had already happened once passed and everyone came to their senses, the car stopped. I looked around but couldn’t see Elena. Ga-in called Elena through the chat window.
Han Ga-in: Elena?
I waited for a while, but there was no response in the chat window. It looks like Elena is sleeping in that hospital again.
“I think Elena is in the hospital. I planned with this in mind from the beginning, so there is no problem. “Everyone remembers their roles, right?”
Fortunately, everyone nodded. My grandfather and I were the first to get out of the car.
“go for it!”
“go for it!”
What is the key keyword in the progress of No. 202?
There are more than just one or two things to take care of. We need to dig up the Cheongseong Group, bring back Riringanor, who was guided by Cheonun, go to Sea God Island, get information from Serenade, and find Lee Soo-ho.
All of this must be completed before tonight at the latest!
Ultimately, the key keyword is ‘saving time’. Therefore, not everyone can gather together to proceed. My grandfather, who is older than me and is familiar with the behavior of large corporations, decided to look into Cheongseong Group. As I was taking the elevator to the president’s office, I felt tension rising without me even realizing it.
“Grandpa, is it really okay?”
“Eunsol, there are times when you act without confidence like this. “He usually said, ‘Let’s do this, let’s do that,’ like someone who knows everything.”
“My role is a bit extreme this time.”
When I pointed to the ‘hat’, my grandfather nodded.
“It’s quite tiring to carry out a task that would have been easy if Elena was there. Well, don’t worry. “Half of what agents do is being thugs.”
“…”
“I even punched a member of the National Assembly in the face.”
“Are you telling me to cheer up now?”
“Why are you saying that the chairman of a conglomerate, who is not the president, is such a big deal? Have confidence.”
I sighed naturally, but agreed with the next sentence. In times like these, you need to act more confidently.
— Ding!
Arrived at the chairman’s office.
A familiar conversation went on between the grandfather and the chairman for a moment. Cheongseong Group Chairman Lee Mun-chun led the conversation by bringing up a port story he had heard before and expressing his sadness over the death of his son.
There was also talk that if the chairman’s son had been killed by the Fishmen, negotiations regarding the port would be advantageous due to the non-aggression pact between the Management Bureau and the Fishmen. As I was listening to this conversation again, having figured out the truth to some extent, I couldn’t help but laugh.
The chairman reacted when he saw my smile.
“The lady in the back has been quiet since a while ago. “Do you have anything to say?”
“Oh, sorry. “I found it a bit funny when I heard it.”
“… I didn’t know there was anything funny about it. “I thought it was a sad story.”
Anyway, he seems sarcastic and asks how I can laugh when I’m talking about my son being murdered. Of course, seeing that reaction made me laugh even harder.
Your son is alive and well, you idiot!
“Is there a reason to be sad?”
“…”
“Oh, sorry. Did you say that the chairman’s son passed away? Chairman, have you seen the body?”
“That’s strange that you ask me that. “Isn’t it the administration that conducted the autopsy on the body?”
Was it that kind of setting?
It’s a bit strange. Lee Soo-ho is currently a high priest of evil spirits, so he could easily create fake corpses, but he had no idea that the management bureau, which was not an ordinary person, would be fooled by such a trick.
— Snap!
My grandfather, who sensed that the time had come, locked the door to the president’s office. Naturally, the chairman was very embarrassed.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
Does this person know that his son was in love with the second daughter of the God of the Sea? You can check it now.
“Lee Mun-chun.”
“what -”
‘Excellent Chef’s Charisma’ activated!
“You loveless bastard! Looking at your face, I guess your parents must have died a long time ago! I hope from now on no bullshit will come out of that mouth. huh? “Do you know how much trouble you went through by deceiving us?”
“Dae, dae, what on earth is this-”
“Aren’t you covering your eyes? Should I cut your eyes with a fork? “Do you think you can run a business this small without dealing with the bureau?”
“Please calm down…” . “Please tell me the reason-”
“reason? There are so many. The whole country is buzzing with rumors that your son had an affair with the sea god’s daughter. Why are you hiding this? I hope you don’t say things like ‘I didn’t know’. “I think I’ll be really disappointed if those words come out.”
When the chairman heard those words, his entire body stiffened as if he had been struck by lightning. He felt that the hat’s power had demonstrated its power to this extent, so he quietly took off the hat.
After a while, the chairman began reporting on the hidden secrets.
*
“It’s a little different than I expected. “I thought there was a slightly grander reason.”
“Sometimes things in this world are simple.”
There really was no reason why the chairman hid the relationship between his son and the second daughter of the sea god. Do you think the Bureau would be displeased with the fact that there was a good relationship between Lee Soo-ho and the daughter of the Sea God? I couldn’t believe that this was really the end, so I put on my hat and scolded him again, but I got the same answer. He responded by telling people not to make fun of him about his son’s survival.
“Could it be that the Chairman controlled his mind and body and deceived us? “When I was experimenting with a hat the other day, Grandpa and Ari were able to handle it just fine.”
“Eunsol, the chairman is an ordinary person. Does it make sense to compare him to us? He even peed at the end, but if it was all acting, he should get an Oscar.”
“is that so.”
“Rather, something else is strange to me.”
“yes?”
“Isn’t this world now where the control faction, those naive dreamers, are in power?”
My grandfather seemed to disapprove of the controlling faction.
“Whenever they open their mouths, they say that different races and humans can coexist. “They are typical dreamers, but in their eyes, the relationship between Lee Su-ho and his second daughter is not something to be offended by.”
I knew what you meant. In the eyes of the controlling faction, the union between the eldest son of a chaebol family and a leader of a different race is not only unpleasant, but it is something they are itching to actively pursue.
“Isn’t it possible that the chairman lacks understanding of the management bureau?”
To be honest, I had no idea what the philosophy of the administration of the world I lived in was.
“Of course it can happen. So I didn’t bother to ask about that part.”
I asked carefully before heading to the next location.
“Others may see it as a situation in which a management bureau agent intimidated the chairman of a conglomerate into unconsciousness… . “It’s really okay, right?”
“…”
“grandfather?”
“When you return to reality, never wear that hat carelessly.”
“to? Eh? “I told you to be confident!”
“I didn’t know it would be that bad. “What kind of bastard’s curse words come out so freely?”
*
– Park Seung-yeop
“Oh, isn’t it here?”
“…”
Gradually, the eyes of the doctor next to me began to sting.
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