Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 275
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Episode 275 – Meeting (2)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 131
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
How should I proceed when re-entering room 203? When the story came out, the grandfather immediately opened his mouth.
“Shouldn’t we start by talking about how we will get together? Ga-in, the status window is now normal, right?”
“It has normalized, and when you go back in, you will be able to see the scenario and know the location information. However, there is no easy way to get together.”
I can say this much with certainty. Because I already realized it during the process of getting together once.
“We would be spread out over a land area at least the size of the continent of Australia. There is no easy way to get together just by looking at location information. There is no means of instantaneous transportation… . “It’s a good thing, but it doesn’t feel like all eight people were dispersed, and it seems like they were roughly divided into two tribes.”
Me and Jincheol, my grandfather and the doctor, Eunsol and Songi, Seungyeop and Elena. This is a situation where two people are assigned the location of the tribe they belong to.
“Huh… . “In a situation like this, even if you check the location, it’s going to be shit.”
“It will look something like ‘near the oak forest 72km to the northwest.’ There is no point in finding out the location.”
Jincheol hyung intervened.
“Let’s give up what is impossible right away. Like last time, we need to come together gradually over a long period of time. Are you going to the mountains again?”
As soon as those words came out, everyone’s eyes naturally focused on Ari. If I were to go to the mountains again, the biggest risk would be Ari.
If we restore the blessing, will we be able to fight against Ari and win?
There were also people who displayed a confident attitude.
“If we go again, isn’t it worth winning? Honestly, I couldn’t use the stars properly because I didn’t have any blessings! Is it just me? Ga-in, you couldn’t even try the ‘Power of Avatar’, but isn’t this because you didn’t have the confidence to use powerful power without the protection of the status window?”
“It does have some impact.”
“Seungyeop couldn’t do anything because he didn’t have a blessing. “Didn’t Miss Elena have a hard time because she didn’t have a bright spot?”
“hmm… . I had a hard time, but I wouldn’t have become stronger even if I had the Myeongkyung Index. “Rather, it feels like I’ve been wielded by an ominous imagination that’s much more powerful than usual.”
“Even so, if you can use ‘Justice’ against Ahri, don’t you think you would win?”
“That’s right.”
… My thoughts are completely different. After gathering his thoughts for a moment before expressing his opinion, Ari spoke first.
“First of all, I have no memory of the fight in the mountains. But let me tell you based on what I heard from you. Jincheol seems to have missed one thing just now, but you already won against me.”
Yes.
If the only enemy we had to face was Ahri, we would already have won on the first try. This is because my grandfather’s tactic of attacking while I was stopping Ari after Jincheol used the star to destroy the building where Ari was hiding was effective.
“Why was a game that everyone won turned over in the end? “After all, it’s because robots intervened, right?”
When the story about robots came up, my grandfather expressed doubts.
“Actually, at first I thought robots couldn’t be used inside the city. The robots that were chasing us outside the mountain range disappeared when we got close to the basin. But no. What killed me at the last moment was a robot that suddenly jumped out of the wall, and from what I heard, wasn’t Seung-yeop killed by the robot as well?”
In other words, Archenemy Ari can operate robots even inside the city. But why didn’t he send the robot out in the first place? Several reasons came to mind.
“Maybe they wanted to avoid the destruction of the city. They were firing autocannons, not machine guns, and each bullet was a shell. “If just one robot runs amok, the ruins will be reduced to ruins in an instant.”
The doctor expressed a different point of view.
“It may simply be that robots are very scarce. “When civilization was still intact, robots that could be produced in factories would have been more common than people, but at the point when civilization collapsed, the value of robots that were created hundreds or thousands of years ago and that can no longer be made will be extremely valuable.”
Ari expressed an unusual opinion.
“I felt this while listening to the aspects of the fight you were talking about… . Honestly, I think I fought too ineffectively. I think maybe the goal was not to kill you, but to capture you alive for some reason. “If the goal was to kill you, then why do you expose yourself and grab people when you have so many of them?”
I think there were complex reasons. The conclusion is all the same. Adversaries can use robots even inside the city, and for that reason alone, they are extremely difficult to deal with. This is not an easy problem even if you bring blessings.
Blessing Justice and Legacy grimoires are useless in front of robots. Jincheol, who will restore the blessing, will be able to use the Star of the Other World much more freely, but the difference in terms of engagement distance is so different that it is not easy.
“I hope you don’t forget one thing. “If the blessing comes back, there is a high possibility that I will be able to write ‘A Girl Without Existence.’”
A girl with no presence who made it difficult to recognize her even though she was playing around right in front of her. Will Ahri, who has regained these abilities, be able to overcome her determination to fight by shooting lasers?
As I thought about these things, I slowly came to a decision.
Isn’t ‘Mountains’ a place you should go to at the last minute to purchase a room? In Room 203’s first attempt, we may have failed because we ignored the ‘pre-emptive process’ and moved to the area where the final boss was located.
It’s been a long time since I used the appropriate skills to be confident in this kind of judgment.
[Advice: 3 -> 2]
‘Is there a problem with your judgment in crossing the mountain range?’
[Rather than insisting on failed choices, pay attention to the choices that paid off.]
“Wait!”
I paused the meeting for a moment and shared the advice I had gained. Instead of dwelling on the choices that failed, focus on the choices that paid off. The meaning of these words was relatively clear.
Just look at the results. What was your decision to move to the mountains? It’s a failure. In the end, no one survived. Although I gained a lot of information, this is a meaningful story because there was a ‘successful choice to escape’.
The choice that resulted in escape was the choice chosen by Eunsol and Songi. Chasing the traces of a divine creature that exists in the sky in the opposite direction of the mountain range!
As my thoughts reached this point, my colleagues slowly began to nod their heads. However, there were difficulties with that option as well.
“There is a problem. “The blue creature in the sky, isn’t Ms. Eunsol the only one who can see it?”
My sister responded to the doctor’s point.
“There is no need to look at creatures in the sky. Because I don’t always move while only looking at the sky. All you have to do is chase the shadow on the ground. However, I don’t know if it will be easy to find the shadow from your tribe’s location.”
Grandfather received it right away.
“Isn’t that an easy problem too? Are you saying that every time a shadow passes, the wasteland becomes filled with unnatural abundance?”
“that’s right. “As Songi and I followed along for 10 days, we saw several times a forest of grass bearing fruit sprouting out of nowhere in the empty plains.”
“The whole world is completely desolate, but if only a certain area has delicious fruit and fresh water flowing, it must be a trace of that bastard’s passage. “If you follow the trace, you will naturally see the shadow.”
It seems like it has been decided how the next episode will proceed. This time, I decided to ignore the mountain range and follow the mysterious being floating in the sky.
“Speaking of the next episode, who ended up with the protective clothing?”
Ari concluded simply.
“It wasn’t there. Is Seungyeop in a protective suit? “What I found when I approached it was not a protective suit.”
Room 203, on our first attempt, we went in without protective clothing.
“It’s nothing strange. Hazmat suits are public goods that none of us have ownership of, right? What have you been up to so far? “I usually take care of it, but when we entered the cursed room, one of us wore it, right?”
“It did.”
“Not this time. I also just received the notification and didn’t come out with my protective clothing, so I stayed in my room the whole time. So, we started without any protective clothing. and… .”
“and?”
“I think this same principle applies to the hourglass. Has anyone seen the hourglass inside room 203?”
“…”
Hourglass. As soon as that damn word came out, everyone started getting annoyed.
“OMG! “Isn’t it so absurd when you think about it again?”
Elena, who is usually quiet, did not straighten her frowning eyebrows.
“This time it was really bad. “I did something because they forcibly woke me up and called me out of nowhere in the early morning, but it turned out that they called me to set me up as a trap.”
right. I wondered if there might be another reason to call in the early morning, but no matter how much I thought about it, the reason was clear.
The evening before the accident, I was studying a grimoire and started having problems with my eyesight. Due to the nature of the hotel, my eyesight would have recovered when I woke up after a night’s sleep. Taking advantage of that opportunity, they deliberately called everyone out at dawn so that they could not respond.
“Speaking of which, let’s take a look at that damn hourglass.”
“good.”
As soon as we got on the elevator and arrived at the second floor, with various irritations, everyone fell silent. This is because I naturally became nervous when the hourglass began to appear.
…
…
It seems like we are observing some kind of radioactive waste. Everyone just stared at the hourglass like an idiot, not even daring to get close to the table.
“Eight! What kind of foolishness is this? “I’ll take a look!”
I hurriedly grabbed Ari’s shoulder as he confidently stepped forward. It’s not a situation where you move right away just because you’re annoyed. That thing is more dangerous than a time bomb!
“Uh-huh! Calm down. “I will write your advice right away.”
[Advice: 2 -> 1]
‘Give me some precautions regarding the hourglass. ‘Don’t cheat, ask for the right thing!’
[Be polite. Don’t rush to turn it over before you learn how to use it. There is a safety device.]
‘safety device?’ Looks like I have to go and take a look.
“hey! Gain -”
“Brother, don’t talk to me! “Because I’m nervous right now.”
“Yes, yes.”
I slowly, very carefully lifted it up and inspected its structure, being careful not to report that it had tipped over. It looks like two opaque flasks stuck together. A small gear wheel was visible on the side.
Is this a safety device? As I carefully turned the gear, a clanking sound was heard and the jelly-like contents inside the flask suddenly solidified.
“What did you just do? “I heard a strange sound?”
Instead of answering, he slowly turned the hourglass over. The complexions of my colleagues who saw this instantly turned pale.
“Han Ga-in, what on earth are you doing, you crazy bastard?”
“…”
“…”
“Nothing happened?”
“Brother, you suddenly went crazy.”
“No, I did that because I was surprised.”
When you turn this gear, the contents harden like a stone. After this change, even if the hourglass was turned over, nothing seemed to happen because the contents did not flow.
If you think about it, an hourglass is an item that cannot be used without this safety device. How on earth would you use it if a major accident occurred every time you accidentally fell while carrying it?
Ari approached cautiously.
“Good good. Now you know how to use it. Normally, you can turn this cog to lock it, and only loosen it when you use it. But under what circumstances should it be used? Turning time in a hotel to the future? “What does this mean?”
“well… . “I have one piece of advice left, should I finish writing it?”
“Let’s think a little more about the purpose. By the way, Ga-in, you will carry this from now on.”
“Cough! “Me, me?”
“what’s the matter? This kind of thing should be managed by the person who first touched it. Besides, you have some advice. Maybe it will give you advice just when you need it. ‘Turn back the clock now!’ Feel the same?”
“…”
Looking around, no one came close to the hourglass. Jincheol, who usually acted courageously like Hercules, didn’t even look at me… .
*
“good! Today’s meeting is almost over. I gathered information and decided what to do the next time I go into room 203. The hourglass… . Well, at least I know how to use it safely, so let’s consider it an achievement. Now the last topic, the one brought up by Sanghyeon. There was talk of changing rooms. What do you all think?”
“What do you think, sister?”