Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 311
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Episode 311 – Room 204, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Cinema’ (33)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 135
Current Location: Tier 2, Room 204 – Mission Room, ‘Hotel Cinema’
Sage Advice: 0]
– Han Ga-in
Since when did it start? Control of my body came back to me.
Thanks to that, as soon as Do In-ho’s face approached, I began to break into a cold sweat due to tension.
Do In-ho seemed to find it amusing to see me like that and said with a secret smile.
“Relax. “Your story is already over, right?”
“yes?”
Come to think of it, that’s right.
The process of ‘Scary Stories’ is simple. When storytellers start telling stories, we become possessed by their content.
Afterwards, once we had resolved the issue, the storyteller finished it. Lastly, if the writer checks the plausibility of the content and there are no problems, it is a pass.
If things continue that way, my story is already over. Right now, the author is in the process of checking for unusual parts of the content, so I don’t have to go into the story again.
…
So what is the reason for the existence of this procedure now? Do In-ho answered as if he had read my thoughts.
“According to what Ga-in said, aren’t you all busy trying to survive day after day in a harsh place called a hotel? I guess I couldn’t take my time worrying about the hotel itself. therefore… . “I’m trying to point out something you usually overlook.”
“It’s something we overlooked… . “I will listen.”
“By the way, let’s turn off the camera from here.”
“yes?”
— Fit!
The sound of something going ‘off’ was heard. At least nothing went out in my field of vision.
… What is turned off is the ‘outside screen’.
This means that colleagues cannot hear the conversation from now on.
“First question. “As I listen, it seems that the reality you and other hotel colleagues remember is quite different, right?”
“Yes. The time zone in which we were originally brought in is also different. At first, is it just the time zone? “But as I listened to the two agents’ stories, no matter how much I thought about it, it was so different from the world I imagined.”
“At least Ms. Kim Ari and Ms. Kim Muk-seong have lived in a different world from Mr. Ga-in. What about others? “You’ve talked about it sometimes, right?”
“… There are times when I feel like things are a little different, and there are times when I just wonder if I’m remembering something wrong.”
“It’s a little different… . What part exactly?”
“…”
“The names of famous politicians were different or our common sense about the world was slightly different, right? For example, I think Ms. Songi thought it was worth having a laser turret at home.”
“… Did I just say that?”
“Huh, it’s just a guess. “Anyway, it seems like you are all drawn from different worlds.”
What a guess!
I remembered how Ari almost fell into writer Do In-ho’s trap earlier. Now, Do In-ho even knows the content of my conversation with Song-i at the coffee shop, which I never even mentioned.
It is clear that this person knows everything that happens inside and outside the room, just like the NPCs in the hotel.
“Parallel world?”
“Parallel world? Oh my! That would also be one scenario. however… .”
Do In-ho said with a meaningful expression.
“I heard the first floor of the hotel is in Earth’s sky?”
“There is no guarantee that it is Earth.”
“You said you could escape by flying? “If we could arrive at reality through physical movement, we could think of it as Earth’s sky.”
“… Maybe so.”
“So whose world is the one reality outside the hotel, the world outside the front door?”
He is talking to me.
Many of my hotel colleagues remember a different world. Maybe everyone was pulled from different parallel worlds.
However, there seems to be ‘only one reality’ outside the hotel. Whose reality is that?
The author spoke as if it was amusing to me who was speechless.
“It looks like Ari and Mukseong already know the answer. “Didn’t we already say that the escapees from the hotel were accepted into an organization called the ‘Management Bureau’?”
“… I did.”
“Please think about this. Now let me ask you the second question.”
“yes.”
“This is an extension of the story I told you a little while ago. The purpose of those of you from the Management Bureau is to save reality by obtaining mysterious items from the hotel, right?”
“He said yes. In reality… . “It looks like something big has happened.”
“Do you know what that mysterious object is?”
“They didn’t even know. “I heard some kind of prophecy.”
“How do you find something if you don’t even know what it is? “It seems like a perfect situation to get scammed by a hotel, don’t you think?”
“Fraud?”
“I don’t know what it is, so I don’t know if the hotel won’t give it to me and send me out. Or, even if you already gave it to them, you may not know that it was the item you received.”
“Yeah… .”
“What do you think?”
“… I don’t think the hotel will cheat us on compensation issues.”
“The hotel is deceiving? Nope. Did the hotel promise to give the bureaucracy something to save the world? Aren’t they just forced to come in after hearing something strange, a prophecy or something?”
I had nothing to say so I kept my mouth shut. In fact, as the author said, the hotel never promised to give the Bureau anything to save the world.
“Ga-in, you don’t know much about this problem. “Then let’s move on to the last question.”
“yes.”
“I heard that you all can escape at the end of the second floor?”
“I know so.”
“Gain, will you stay in that situation?”
“of course… . “You’re going to go out, right?”
“That’s normal. Even if you can get great treasure by breaking through the hotel, facing endless trials that risk your life is too big of a risk. Besides, if you lose at the hotel, you’ll be trapped in a place that’s no different from hell?”
“It’s cold ice hell. “It felt like the most painful moments in my life were repeating themselves.”
“It’s terrible just to hear it. Even Cain’s army has already acquired great treasure. There is no need to be greedy again. Grimoire? From the looks of it, depending on how you use it, eternal life and immortality are not a dream.”
“…”
“You don’t necessarily have to think of evil thoughts of stealing someone else’s body.”
I flinched for a moment! I’ve never said anything like this before? You can’t even hide it anymore!
“If you get a job at the Management Bureau and let them know about your abilities, don’t you think they will create endless clones for you?”
I had nothing to say so I kept my mouth shut.
“Ga-in, who has already achieved immortality and wealth, will of course go out… . The same goes for other people. “A person who has gained great strength will leave because he has already gained it, and if he has not gained much strength, he will leave because he does not have the confidence to proceed further.”
That is correct. A strong person will leave because he has already gained a lot, and a weak person will leave because he does not have the confidence to go further.
“There is another problem. “It’s a breakdown of the ethical obligation to remain in the hotel.”
“Collapse of ethical obligation?”
“Now you already have a means of escape, right?”
“If it’s a hazmat suit, then yes.”
“The reason there was no attempt to escape secretly even after obtaining it was because of a sense of ethical obligation, right? “If I run away with such an important tool by myself, it means that everyone else will die.”
“…”
“Great! I even admire his kindness. However, all of this logic works because the protective suit is a means of escape for one person. “After the second floor is over, everyone can leave without any problems.”
“He said so.”
“Things will be different then. From the perspective of those who want to leave, don’t those who stay stay simply because they want to stay?”
“Yes.”
“With the issue of protective clothing, for example, if Gain runs away alone with the protective clothing and all the remaining people die, he could be responsible for this tragedy.”
“…”
“Escape after the second floor is completely different. “If it was their choice to stay in the hotel, it’s not the person’s fault who left, even if they die while doing it on their own.”
“I guess so.”
“I have no personal reason to stay, and no reason to stay for my colleagues. “Then everyone will leave, and at most two or three people will remain.”
“I think the management bureau people will probably stay.”
“Let’s say yes. How do we proceed to the 3rd floor once everyone has left? This problem must have existed in the past, right? “Why did the hotel build a third floor if there was no one to run it?”
For a moment, silence fell on the coffee shop.
I was so busy thinking about the next room right away that I never thought about anything beyond the second floor. Perhaps that’s why this conversation itself gave me quite a bit to think about.
The three questions asked by Do In-ho can be summarized as follows.
First, my hotel colleagues are all from different realities. However, the world outside the hotel is one. Where do we go after escape?
Second, Ari and Grandpa entered the hotel to gain the power to save the world. But what is the identity of that power? Is it in a hotel?
Third, when the second floor ends, everyone can return to reality. Obviously, most of us would choose to escape. So how will the 3rd floor be built and why did the hotel build the 3rd floor?
I looked up, wondering what other people were doing. Everyone seemed to be contemplating the question posed by writer Do In-ho.
“…”
“…”
“…”
“that… . Gain! “Can I tell you what I think?”
I nodded at Park Soo-mi’s words.
“I will listen.”
“I don’t know the story behind it, but I feel like I somehow know the answer to the first question.”
“The first question is, what reality do you end up in when you escape the hotel?”
“I don’t know much about the complicated story of what reality is like. I don’t know much about parallel worlds or anything like that. Rather, wouldn’t the important issue be clear to Mr. Gain?”
“Is it important to me?”
“Will there be Ga-in’s family in the world that will arrive after escaping? “This is the most important thing.”
My breath stopped.
What if I go back to reality after going through all sorts of hardships, but the place I arrive at is completely different from the reality I know? What if I was overrun by scary monsters and had no family or friends?
Su-mi Park looked at my sad expression and spoke reassuringly.
“I’m sure that won’t happen.”
“… What do you mean?”
“I definitely believe it won’t be such a tragic ending. “As long as Ga-in overcomes the ordeal, you will be able to see the ending you want.”
“…”
“I believe so.”
I had nothing to say. From the looks of it, Park Soo-mi didn’t seem to be saying anything based on logic.
Next, Cha Eun-pyo opened his mouth.
“Is it because I’ve liked toys since I was little? Having said that, it doesn’t really matter. “I think I somehow know the answer to the second question.”
“If it’s the second time… . “You are talking about the treasure that the Bureau is looking for to save the world.”
“It’s just a vague idea, the treasure? strength? It doesn’t have to be just one, right?”
“Yeah… . “To begin with, the management bureau didn’t really know anything.”
“Maybe two?”
“two?”
“One may already have been given to you.”
At this point, I felt a sense of discomfort. The questions posed by the author and the answers given by the storytellers are overly specific!
no way? The questions and answers from earlier are themselves part of the reward? Was it a story that revealed the hotel’s secret?
“Could you please be a little more precise?”
“Isn’t the hourglass too out of context? The hidden place is also so absurd… . “Maybe it’s something the hotel suddenly put in ‘for you.’”
“One is an hourglass? What about another one?”
“Of course, if it’s an incredible treasure with the power to save the world! “Wouldn’t it be given in the most difficult room of the curse?”
“The legacy of Room 206?”
“It’s all my opinion.”
— Coogung!
I felt a vibration. Not a physical shaking, but a distortion of space itself. A phenomenon that occurs when a room disappears, a phenomenon that has already been experienced several times in hotels!
I quickly turned my head and looked at Han Yu-ri.
Now the final question is, once the second floor is over and most people have left, the question remains: how will the third floor proceed, and what is the reason for the third floor’s existence?
“last! “For the last time!”
Han Yu-ri smiled and answered as if it was somehow amusing.
“Why are you in such a hurry? As if everything would end soon… .”
“Hurry up!”
“I’ve had dreams sometimes for a few years now. “It’s a dream about myself in the past, and back then I was endlessly pursuing a goal that was so difficult to achieve.”
Are you talking about humanizing the nine-tailed fox? No, in this context it’s kind of a metaphor, right?
“Really… . I could do anything for my dream. No matter how difficult and painful it is. “I don’t even know what that dream is right now.”
“Details! “Please tell me in detail!”
“therefore -”
— Kugoogung!
The moment the space shook again, Do In-ho, who was giggling next to him, slammed the table.
“ha ha ha! great. The last one was especially fun. “Okay then, let’s end today’s meeting.”
“hey! “You haven’t given me the final answer yet!”
In the collapsing space – Do In-ho grinned.
“In my opinion, I gave everything. Please think carefully about the questions and answers. Congratulations.”