Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 25
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Episode 25 – Interlude – Who the hell are you?
Episode 25 – Interlude – Who the hell are you?
[User: Han Ga-in (Wisdom) Date: Day 8
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 0]
“Oh, that sounds really delicious. There young fella!
“Give me one of your larger pig’s feet.”
“… This is probably not pig’s feet, but maybe Schweinehaksen.”
“Okay, give me some of that shuba-machi pig’s trotters.”
The car that is being picked up to hand over a large chunk of Schweinehaxen,
The piece of meat disappeared.
“Oh my, this looks really delicious.”
Without hesitation, Jincheolhyung took it first.
There is no reason for Jincheol to suddenly start a fight with me…
It is clear who they are messing with.
“Hehe, weren’t you scratching too much earlier?
“I think I explained it roughly…”
“Haha, you’re scratching. Aren’t you a great Bureau agent?
“It’s because I feel bad about eating pig’s feet.”
“Ah, why does this sherry look like a wild boar and have such a light snout?”
“Huh, this is something a person who is old enough to say is very-”
“Please, let’s stop eating.
Jincheol, please shut up too. Even the elderly.”
Wouldn’t we all hug and cry together because we went through something so difficult?
The atmosphere of the meal was very different from what I expected.
Two new people added.
The joining of two people who everyone thought were enemies in the Mansion of Fear made the situation so tiring.
“Ari-noona… this is fried eggplant and it’s really delicious. “Try it.”
“Oh my, thank you, Seungyeop.”
Of course, there are people around you who get on your nerves or just don’t care.
I sighed internally and checked the colleague information in the status window.
1. Han Ga-in (20) – Wisdom. K University Freshman 2. Cha Jin-cheol (31) – Courage. former martial arts athlete
3. Yoo Song-i (17) – Friendly. Raise multiple animals.
4. Elena Ivanov (23) – Justice. Children of diplomats in exile. Current aspiring actor
5. Park Seung-yeop (14) – Luck. A boy in a flurry of rage
6. Lee Eun-sol (32) – Wealth and fame. 3 daughters of Daeyang Group Chairman
7. Mukseong Kim (68) – Communication. Chaos Disaster Management Bureau agent
8. Ari Kim (16) – allusion. Chaos Disaster Management Bureau recovery agent
The two newly added people were, absurdly, agents and officials of the Management Bureau.
Of course, the Management Bureau is an organization in the world whose job is unknown.
If you know it at a general level…
Somewhere on Earth, there are demons and ghosts that ordinary people have no business seeing.
There is even an organization that handles that.
Since what we are experiencing is just that kind of strange thing, is it only natural that we have agents?
After quickly finishing her meal, Eunsol began to summarize the general situation.
“So, as I heard roughly earlier, the two of you were trying to prevent the disappearance of civilians due to the hotel…
“Are you saying that you happened to be caught in a hotel?”
“yes. To be more precise, I came in using my own means.
The moment we entered, the hotel locked us up as characters from Room 102.
“We think it’s probably some kind of ‘punishment.’”
“The hotel’s own punishment for illegal intruders?”
“That’s what it feels like. I guess it’s a punishment where you’re stuck in a role and can’t do anything, and you have to just pray that the legitimate participants get through it. “It was quite difficult.”
“Well, let’s say that’s the case. Anyway, grandpa and-”
“Hey Cha Jin-cheol!”
“Hmm, doesn’t it mean that the old man had a way of getting into the hotel with that apprentice girl?
“Is there any way to use it to get out?”
“I’m sorry, but that method is gone.”
“What was that method?”
… In an instant, the old man’s mouth closed. Is this a sensitive question?
Still, you need to know something to escape.
At that time, Ari’s mouth opened.
“I think it would be best to just say it. grandfather.
The hotel has been kidnapping people for a long time, and sometimes those who are lucky and skilled will escape with various powers.
If you succeed in escaping, the hotel will send you out and give you an ‘entry ticket’. “If anything happens, come back again.”
“Did you use that ticket to get in?”
“There is no way the hotel would consider it ‘trespassing’ if you used that.
That ticket can only be used by the escapee.
We came by ‘copying’ it in our own way. So the hotel considered it a trespass.”
Is it because there are many other people around?
Ari… seemed much more polite, polite, and down-to-earth than I remembered from the mansion.
To begin with, he was a couple of years older than his appearance at the mansion.
It feels like the issues related to the identity of the two people have been sorted out.
“Next, let’s all give feedback on how things went at the mansion.
I will be doing risky work many times in the future, so I should point this out before doing so.
I guess the person who remains until the end will know the situation best.
From now on, Ga-in, please take care of things.”
The right to speak has passed to me. I thought I should organize things a little calmly, so I started writing on a white board I had found somewhere.
1. The timing of Songi’s possession and the progression of the murder
“Then, let’s organize the events in the order they occurred. First, when did Songi become possessed?”
As soon as the story about herself came out, Songi lowered her head.
“I actually don’t remember anything since I touched the piece…”
“So touching the piece was the trigger? If I go again in the future, I won’t be able to even touch the sculpture. OK.”
“Let’s also tell how each person died. In order of death, Miss Elena?
“Song-i came to me at night and said I was scared… so I fell asleep while talking to her.
Then, I woke up in great pain, but when I woke up, I was already strangled, so it stopped in an instant.”
“sorry…”
“Oh, it’s not Song’s fault.”
“Is it my turn next? Nothing special.
After organizing various materials in the study room, I found Songi staying up late.
But honestly, I felt it at that time. Deep down… I thought it was Songi who killed Elena.
When I found the information, I was prepared to die. But wasn’t he really good at acting when we met?
“I did, but the moment I turned around, I flinched.”
“I’m really sorry, sister.”
“Let’s stop apologizing now. “I know you didn’t do it anyway.”
“I really don’t know. I just suddenly died while we were all eating together, right? “What is it?”
“I guess I know that. I didn’t know it at the time, but thinking about it now, I checked the food and juice in advance.
I didn’t check the beer that only my brother drank. “He must have done something in the meantime.”
“Oh, by the way, is it even dangerous to have a drink now?”
“My older sister called me and we went for a walk together toward the lake, but my older sister suddenly pushed me…”
While everyone was sorting out how they were killed by Songi,
When Songi was touched, she was on the verge of crying.
2. Meaning of memo
“I really wanted to ask you when I leave, why on earth did you write it like [ㅅ, cathedral, maid, servant]? Don’t you have too much time?
“I had a hard time understanding whether this meant taking Ari to the cathedral and ringing the bell.”
“Uh… is that what happened?”
“yes?”
“Well, actually, I didn’t write it with that specific meaning at all. In that sense, I would have written it as you said in a more understandable way.
The memo was just a list of keywords from materials I had seen. I didn’t even know the bell was in the cathedral.
However, I wrote two words because I saw writings that seemed to show hostility towards the church and bells of the ‘elderly’.
I also saw a post about brainwashing maids, so I just wrote that down too.
“You solved what I wrote like a mess.”
“What is ‘ㅅ’?”
“I was going to write ‘Songi’ but I stopped because I wasn’t sure.
When you wrote the memo, the only basis for the murderer was ‘someone whom Elena would bring in at night, sit next to her in bed, and sleep with’, right?
“Song-i was the first one that came to mind, but in fact, Seung-yeop is still young… I didn’t want to give the wrong prejudice in a situation where I wasn’t sure.”
“If you left a note, did you think you might die?”
“I was prepared, and among the writings in the study, there was something about ‘a book of magic that would make ordinary people crazy just by looking at it.’
I thought it was probably in the study somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. Is it somewhere else?”
I looked slightly towards Ari. Ari smiled brightly as if asking what was going on. is not it?
3. How did the two agents wake up?
“Now let’s solve the most important question. The hotel has manipulated our minds many times over the years, but we have never resisted.
But… the two people in the management bureau clearly came to their senses at some point?”
“Firstly, because we are basically trained to resist such mind control, and secondly, because of my blessings.”
“A blessing? ‘Communication’?”
“I’ll tell you very simply. “My blessing is ‘KakaoTalk’”
For a moment everyone was speechless.
“Suddenly KakaoTalk… what do you mean?”
“You’re making an analogy. As the word ‘communication’ suggests, it is an ability optimized for communication. It would be easier to show rather than tell. Everyone come and hold my hand one at a time.”
Everyone held the hand of old man Mukseong Kim with a puzzled expression.
Silence: Can you hear me?
Eunsol: …
Gain : …
Songi: This! What is this? Something just pops into my head!
Silence: This is my blessing. We can communicate with each other through thoughts, something like that. In general, it’s no better than conversation. But you can talk even when you can’t control your body. This allowed me and Ari to stay sane by talking occasionally.
Gain: It’s a very… amazing ability. I think it might be very useful.
Seungyeop: Wow! Can we talk about this all day?
Eunsol: For example, when it’s not meal time in room 105?
Silence: Sorry, but there is a limit to the amount of conversation. Now, I’ve already used half of it. It’s not for everyday conversation. The date must pass for it to be charged.
Gain: I understand. What about other restrictions?
Mukseong: I haven’t found it yet. Oh, and this is also possible. Jincheol? Please talk to me.
Stupid Wild Boar: What are you saying all of a sudden? No, what is this?
Silent voice: The host can specify a screen name.
Eunsol: … There is a conversation volume limit, so let’s leave it at this.
After a brief magical experience, we returned to real conversation.
Definitely a very useful ability.
However, just one minute of conversation consumes more than a day’s worth of conversation.
The limitations are not as small as the usefulness.
“Now that I think about it…what kind of blessing is Ari? “Gain said it was written as a ‘suggestion.’”
“As soon as I came in, I was locked in room 102, so I’m not really sure.”
I do not know?
For that matter, I think they did a good job of putting something similar to hypnosis on me.
It was a somewhat strange answer, but I didn’t bother to ask.
“Well, roughly, I think we’ve said everything we wanted to say to each other. And… everyone really worked hard.
I want to say something touching, but I’m really tired.
Everyone is similar, right? For now, let’s all take it easy.
Starting tomorrow, you will have to enter the cursed room again. “See you tomorrow morning.”
So, after dinner time, we moved to our respective spaces.
I guess I can just relax for the rest of the day… Let’s worry about tomorrow’s work tomorrow.
…
Ari: Can you hear me?
Gain : …
Ari: There isn’t much conversation.
Gain: What are you trying to say? Pretending to be quiet?
Ari: Oh my! I don’t know what that means. The last thing I saw in the mansion.
Ga-in: Why didn’t we talk about that during dinner?
Ari: Because it’s better for no one to know except you.
Gain: What???
Ari: You don’t know much about your blessing.
‘Wisdom’ helps humans accept knowledge that they cannot accept.
Now, let me show you. If you apply my grandfather’s blessing, something like this will happen.
Looking at something from a distant position. An image that seems to melt your brain.
An infinitely deep pit.
A pit like intestines that extends endlessly.
A horrible figure creeping up.
I had a headache that was unbearable.
I’m going to have a terrible nightmare tonight. Why do they show me this before I go to sleep…