Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 243
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Episode 243 – No. 202, Room of the Curse – ‘The Little Mermaid’ (21)
– Park Seung-yeop
“Agent Seungyeop, do you have any questions?”
“I came to check again the request I posted yesterday.”
“It is difficult to view that part because it has been treated as a security matter.”
“… All right.”
It’s like this again.
Four days have already passed since I broke up with my brothers and sisters and came up to the headquarters in Seoul alone. I rested comfortably on the first day. It felt like I had nothing to do anymore, and headquarters let me stay in a fancy hotel-like accommodation because I was also an ‘agent’.
If you take a nap or a nap, wouldn’t your colleagues solve Room 202 and go outside? There were moments when I had these comfortable expectations.
And time passed by incomprehensibly. Until the next morning, there was not a single word about Kadarudah’s descent on the news or within the administration, so I thought my colleagues had successfully prevented it.
On the third day, while I was resting near the conference room at the headquarters, a man passing by suddenly grabbed my shoulder and said, ‘Cheer up, you have to overcome the sadness of losing your colleague.’ He said the same absurd thing!
Only then did I roughly understand what was going on. Except for me, many of my hotel colleagues died. Maybe I am the only one who survived. To find out what happened, I posted a question twice about why my colleagues died, but both received the same answer.
‘Security Matters’
In short, since I asked, don’t ask. I tried to gather information late, but it wasn’t easy. Between yesterday and today, I only realized that the way I was treated at the management bureau headquarters was ‘I have special superpowers, so they treated me like an agent, but I was still a kid.’
What happened?
Considering that they prevented Kadarudah’s descent, didn’t their colleagues succeed at something? Even if everyone except me died in the process of preventing Kangrim, a decision must be made considering the hotel’s system.
…
I just thought about it simply and the correct answer came to mind. Why doesn’t the solution appear? Because we couldn’t stop the sea god’s descent. Why doesn’t it even appear to escape? Because the coming of the sea god is not that far away.
Also, the fact that escape did not appear even after arriving at the Bureau headquarters hinted at an important point. If the sea god descends, it is not safe even in the management bureau headquarters. This fact felt like it meant that it was virtually useless to go anywhere on Earth.
As I thought about this, I felt at ease. If it’s not safe at the Bureau headquarters anyway, there’s no need to be here. Let’s go back to Busan and see what happened. Just before I got up from my seat, a good idea occurred to me.
“Agent? Do you have any other requests?”
“yes. “Can you please give me some money for the operation?”
“yes? Operation? What happened suddenly-”
“They say the agent has the authority to independently establish a ‘chaotic disaster response operation’ depending on the situation on the ground.”
“Okay, then let’s write down the details first and then -”
“This is a security matter.”
“…”
“…”
“How much do you need?”
“10 million won.”
I have to take a taxi from Seoul to Busan!
*
“Chief, do you remember that young agent I mentioned the other day?”
“Ah, did you say Park Seung-yeop?”
“I left for Busan a little while ago.”
“… Didn’t you report that you don’t know much about the situation on Sea God Island?”
“sorry. “I thought it wouldn’t be a problem since I was young.”
“It’s okay. Mistakes are possible. “Get the tea ready.”
“Are you planning to go in person?”
“I don’t want to see you make that mistake twice. Also, I heard that the agent has strange abilities.”
*
As soon as the boy got off the taxi and took one step, he heard a voice calling him.
“Uh~! Are you Seung-yeop soldier?”
Seungyeop turned his head, embarrassed by the fact that there was someone in Busan who recognized him. Across the street was a middle-aged man with a sharp look.
“who are you?”
“My name is Park Jin-seong.”
“aha! I heard it from my grandfather. I heard that he actively helped.”
“haha… . It was a while ago. that… . Agent Mukseong’s job turned out to be unfortunate. I also feel a great sense of responsibility. They are certainly proud of the Bureau -”
“are you okay.”
The expression on the boy’s face as he said that seemed truly indifferent.
In the boy’s opinion, death in the room of curses was not ‘real death’, but only felt like ‘logging out of the game’. As long as the boy himself is alive, the hotel party will never end.
“… are you really okay?”
“It’s okay. “Do you have anything to say?”
Park Jin-seong was confused for a moment. The fact that he is not emotionally disturbed to this extent even though he died in the line of duty means that the emotional exchange between the ‘purged’ agents and this boy is not deep. In other words, doesn’t this boy really know nothing?
Soon, he put his confused mind back together. When it comes to ‘projects’, perfection should always be pursued. Not a single point of danger can be left behind.
“I have something to tell you. “I have a limousine waiting across the street, so it might be a good idea to talk there.”
“All right.”
…
Park Jin-seong walked down the street and looked at the boy.
Are you worried about something? He seemed to be so deep in thought that no one would notice. It looked quite cute and innocent, so Park Jin-seong felt guilty for a moment.
‘Are you saying I have to cut this little boy down with my own hands?’
A strong sense of skepticism arose in an instant. Even now, the desire to tell my subordinates not to increase unnecessary sacrifices rose up to the bottom of my throat.
‘What glory did I have that I had to hurt a child?’
I sighed repeatedly and gathered myself again. The ‘project’ is not for the benefit of a specific individual. It would be a grand ideal to overcome humanity’s long-standing despair and the inherent weakness of Homo sapiens.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that the sigh I was making would look strange to the boy, so I turned my head to the side.
And Park Jin-seong screamed!
“Aaaah! Seungyeop! hey! “You crazy bastard!”
Dozens of cars are racing like crazy on Busan’s six-lane road, shouting that they would rather just follow you than cut in, and in the middle of a chaotic road where people believe that speed limits are only for inexperienced drivers – a boy drives ‘slowly’ on the road. It was crossing!
Jinseong Park felt his anger rising as employees who were watching the situation nearby came running.
“Why on earth are you wearing those dog eyes? “Why didn’t you catch me jumping into the road!”
“Bu, boss! Did you see what just happened?”
“What happened?”
“No, that kid accidentally fell out of his pocket while walking down the street? So, quite naturally, I ran into the road chasing the rolling dice.”
Park Jin-seong, who was staring blankly at the road because he no longer had the energy to be angry, was impressed.
The boy was just looking down at the ground, looking for the damn ‘dice’, as if he had no idea what was going on, and cars passed by him naturally as if they were wondering what was going on.
“… Did you say that agent has some kind of superpower?”
“I heard that you are a ‘very lucky person.’”
“It seems that Seung-yeop’s ability was revealed when we tried to make him ‘quiet’. “It must be difficult this way.”
“If it is difficult to lead the person to a quiet place, how about withdrawing the surrounding civilians?”
“Well, at that level, it looks like it might be difficult to shoot openly.”
“yes?”
“You took out a pistol and shot, but right before you pulled the trigger, your hand relaxed and the bullet went towards the friend next to you.”
“Does that make sense?”
“Then does it make sense to walk across the six lanes without getting hurt while looking at the dice on the ground?”
“…”
“Yes, manager. I heard that that ability also has a ‘weakness’… .”
*
– Park Seung-yeop
“ah! “Why are you suddenly jumping out?”
I had no idea that the dice I had always kept with me ever since I met my sponsor would suddenly fall to the floor. I was so shocked that I didn’t think anything of it and chased after the dice until I finally managed to pick them up again.
But where are we?
When I picked up the dice and came to my senses later, I couldn’t see the manager walking next to me. Somehow, I felt like he could tell me what happened to his missing colleagues… .
— Ring ring!
Suddenly, the smartphone in my pocket rang.
“hello?”
“Seungyeop. Where have you gone all of a sudden? “I was surprised.”
“Huh! sorry. “My favorite dice suddenly fell on the floor.”
“okay? “If it’s something you cherish, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
“sorry. To where you are -”
“Seungyeop, don’t hang up the phone and listen to me for a moment.”
After that, the manager suddenly started telling a ‘complicated’ story, saying it was knowledge that young agents must know. At first, they talked about the nature of the chaos we had to deal with, but then they even started talking about the current situation in Russia, which gave me a huge headache!
Does a real agent need to know all this? Originally, when I returned to reality, I also wanted to become an agent, but I think I need to think about it again.
The long conversation continued even after the manager rejoined me. The manager talked about all kinds of things like a typical talkative man. He even talked about useless things in the world, such as saying that he was like this when he was in high school, which made me lose my mind.
Moreover, when I felt like I was losing my mind, he even asked me what I had just said.
“Bu, bu, boss!”
“When I went to France last year – hmm? “Do you have any questions?”
“My head hurts so much, is this the story you want to tell me?”
“Ahaha! Seungyeop, please cultivate patience.”
“sorry… .”
“Of course there are more interesting stories. Are you curious about the story of Sea God Island?”
“yes!”
“It would be a good idea to talk about that while eating.”
Only then did we realize that we had arrived in front of a small restaurant. No, he is a high-ranking official in the administration and has a lot of money, so why did he come to such a remote place?
Even after entering the restaurant, the flow did not change much. The manager looked at my face intently and started talking about difficult things, and I started to get confused about whether the food was going through my nose or my mouth.
“Seungyeop.”
“yes?”
“Does your head hurt a lot now? “Have you heard a lot of complicated stories?”
“Yes…”
weird. The manager’s mood has changed somehow. The warm, guy-next-door atmosphere that I had felt just a moment ago disappeared, and an atmosphere as cold as ice took over.
The manager’s hand went inside the suit. Is there something to take out?
— Clink!
With the sound of the window bursting, a parrot flew in.
This is the last session registered.