Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 350
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Episode 350 – Angler Hell (4) Fin
“How are you, Ari? “Isn’t it different from when you came to my sister’s house before?”
The sparkling marble floor that appears as soon as you open the door, the freshly applied white wallpaper, and the living room so large that you can’t see it at a glance.
Considering that it was located in the middle of Seoul, it was a high-end apartment that anyone could guess was at an unusually high price.
Every time Soyeon opened the door of her house and entered, she would be moved to see this very scene, thinking that she had succeeded.
At that time, Soyeon felt that Ari, who had come in with her, wasn’t saying a word, so she turned around.
“Ari?”
Instead of looking at the apartment, Ari was wrestling with Louis, the poodle, who was panting and wagging his tongue.
“Uh, sister. “Have you got a dog?”
“Ahahaha! What kind of stupid talk are you talking about? You know Louis. Louis also recognizes you and likes you like this. “Hold still, I’ll take Louis with you.”
After Soyeon got rid of the poodle, she took Ari to a place where there was a recently installed home theater.
It was a place where one room was made into a small movie theater, and Ari was embarrassed when she realized that Soyeon was really planning to show a movie.
Soon, after much deliberation, Ari opened his mouth.
“Sister, I didn’t come today because I wanted to watch a movie.”
“what?”
“Did you forget what I said a little while ago? Appearing at home -”
“… I was embarrassed by the situation earlier so I just ignored it. Who told you that?”
Ari was a little taken aback by those words.
If you think about it, what did Kang-hyuk say when explaining So-yeon’s problem to Ari?
‘under… . My sister told me not to talk to you… .’
‘Don’t say I said so.’
“…”
“It’s Kang Hyuk, right? “I emphasized so much not to tell you!”
“It’s a big mistake. “Get scolded by Kanghyuk tomorrow, and talk to me today.”
When Ari showed a confident and even shameless attitude, Soyeon was so dumbfounded that she laughed without realizing it.
Strangely enough, I wondered if it would be a good idea to really talk about my concerns.
For some reason, Ari today was trustworthy.
Is it because they kicked out Kim Seok-min in a shocking way a little while ago?
At that time, I was worried that the police would come soon after kicking Seokmin out in such an ignorant way, but as I took the elevator home and thought about it, I realized that probably wasn’t the case.
If you think about it, it would be uncomfortable for Seokmin too for today’s events to become known to the outside world.
Before Ari got into the car and threatened Seokmin, wasn’t Seokmin the one who broke into my house and threatened me?
Just because it was Seokmin, it wasn’t a situation where he could easily report it to the police.
If Ari had read up to this point and acted, it could certainly be seen as a wise move.
Soyeon’s mouth naturally opened as her thoughts reached this point.
*
An unidentified being who appeared at Soyeon’s house three days ago.
To find out its identity, Ari started by examining the videos taken inside the house.
Many of the videos were filmed by the motion-detecting pet cameras installed by Soyeon, and the number of videos was not small thanks to the fact that they were installed here and there.
“Are these the videos that Kang Hyuk oppa and the employees confirmed?”
“that’s right. By the way, I also checked the external CCTV with help from the management office.”
After watching the video for over an hour, Ari’s expression began to become somewhat subtle.
Soyeon asked as if she was curious.
“Do you understand something? Would you like to go see the external CCTV?”
“I don’t think there’s any need to look at the external CCTV.”
There was Soyeon in the last video that Ari was staring at.
In the video, Soyeon was walking around the room with a frightened expression in a bedroom with cute elephant dolls and teddy bears hanging all over the place.
“…”
“Whoa… . When I look back at that day with my own eyes, I feel scared again. “What is the true identity of the being outside?”
At that time, Ari asked Soyeon.
“Where is your bedroom? “Let’s go that way.”
Ari, who arrived in the bedroom, spoke again.
“Just stay in the room for a moment. “I’m going to go to the management office.”
“Administrative office? “With me-”
“Here you are. “This is also part of the verification process.”
“uh? uh?”
Soyeon could not refuse due to the clear tone of voice that did not allow rejection and remained in the room.
Suddenly, Soyeon felt that Ari seemed like a completely different person from the girl she remembered.
It’s almost as if ‘another person’ is moving Ari’s body instead.
Ari’s appearance like this wasn’t bad either.
Feeling that Ari in Soyeon’s heart had grown even bigger, she waited for Ari to return.
…
…
…
The air became cold.
Even though no one explained it to her, Soyeon realized it immediately.
Same as 3 days ago.
A mysterious entity that cannot be understood has taken over the house.
At this moment, the emotion Soyeon felt was, strangely enough, relief.
If something like this had happened when Ari was around, both of them would have been in crisis, but Ari left for the management office to check something.
If it’s something dangerous, it’s better to go through it alone.
Soyeon repeated this, leaning against the wall and calming her shaky breathing.
— Tick!
I feel a presence. A presence that clearly does not belong to him.
Something, an inexplicable being, seemed to be walking outside the room and touching things in the house.
— Drum!
I can feel a sound like a wall being gently scraped and a small vibration shaking the floor.
Soyeon’s senses, which became several times sharper than usual amid the tension, conveyed the small changes that occurred at home.
I was out of breath.
I was afraid to even imagine what was happening.
— Sigh!
The moment the door opened, Soyeon couldn’t overcome her fear and closed her eyes.
Surrendering myself to the fate ahead in fear –
“sister.”
“…”
“Sister, can’t you hear me?”
“Oh, Ari?”
The moment she opened her eyes, what appeared in front of Soyeon was Ari’s familiar figure.
“now! Because it’s dangerous now -”
“Phew… . “I thought it was real, but it’s true.”
“what?”
“Sister, stop talking nonsense and come out. This is a lifelong trauma… .”
“uh?”
Soyeon was taken aback by Ari’s tone, as if she was dealing with a somewhat pathetic person.
Normally, I would have been a little angry, but now I was much more relieved to have escaped the crisis and more curious about Ari’s reaction as if he had figured something out.
*
– Kim Ari
No way, I did it.
As I watched the video Soyeon showed, I vaguely realized the truth, but I was also skeptical.
Soyeon was embarrassed for not realizing this absurd truth, and the employees at Soyeon’s agency who did not realize it even after watching the video were also funny.
Well, if you think about it, it’s not an issue that should offend the general public.
Amanbo, there is a saying that you see as much as you know.
Even when looking at the same crime scene, the information that can be read varies greatly depending on the viewer’s capabilities.
An experienced homicide detective or a lawyer who has been to the scene often can picture what happened last night by looking at the fallen hair and the pressed fibers of the carpet.
However, the general public just says, ‘Oh my! ‘Oh my!’ It would be fortunate if the scene was not destroyed.
The same thing happens in problems related to chaotic bodies.
Ghosts, evil spirits, monsters, demons. Dealing with these beings is also the domain of experts.
There was one strange thing in the video Soyeon showed, and it was none other than the reaction of Soyeon’s poodle, Louis.
Ghosts and demons are spiritual beings, so there may be no direct physical traces of them.
However, the sound of objects shaking or the vibration of the floor shaking are obvious physical phenomena.
Dogs tend to react more sensitively to things like this than humans, but Louis was curled up calmly on the pillow whether his owner was terrified in the bedroom or not.
therefore… .
In the dog’s opinion, the entity that caused this sound or vibration was a ‘familiar entity.’
There is nothing to be surprised at or fear. No matter what you do next to me, all I have to do is sleep.
“Well, the culprit is a robot vacuum cleaner?”
I told Soyeon, who was bewildered with her mouth wide open, what I found out.
“This robot vacuum cleaner you bought is a pretty expensive model, right?”
“huh. “More than 3 million won.”
“These expensive models have their own built-in AI. “It detects objects in the house and height differences between the living room and the bedroom and moves to avoid collisions as much as possible.”
“I heard it has that function.”
“As I operate it, I see that it has more functions. It also has a function to recognize and avoid moving dogs. Anyway, the important thing here is this function.”
I manipulated the top display of the robot vacuum cleaner and showed it to Soyeon.
“Auto home scanning?”
“It is a function that recognizes changes when the interior of the house is changed. Usually, the robot vacuum cleaner moves around and recognizes itself at night.”
“…”
“Did you recently change the interior of your home? When you came home earlier, you asked me if it was any different from when I came here before, right?”
“… I changed it completely about 4 or 5 days ago.”
“So, he was rummaging around the house all night, checking where the furniture had been moved and whether there were any blocked or open areas unlike before.”
“…”
“Of course, during home scanning, changes in the furniture arrangement were not yet properly recognized, so it would have been bumping around and making noise as it moved.”
After pressing the button a couple of times, the high-performance robot vacuum cleaner showed ‘home scanning records’.
Three days ago, it was recorded that Soyeon stayed up all night feeling an inexplicable presence.
“I thought this might be it, so I ordered another home scanning. Then my sister-”
“Aaaah!”
“…”
“sorry. I’m so embarrassed… .”
Soyeon was embarrassed for a long time and could not raise her head.
I am… .
Well, thank goodness. I’m glad it was resolved easily. What’s the problem?
It’s not really anything special.
Originally, while working as a management bureau agent, I saw quite a few situations where I thought it was something involving ghosts or the devil, but it turned out to be an old house or a simple crime.
Now it’s time to go back to the hotel. In the process, I saved a suffering anglerfish, so it felt rewarding.
Soyeon started muttering as if making excuses to me.
It is said that the periodic stalking texts and conflicts with the CEO made her nervous, and that she had a foolish experience of being scared all night long because she was afraid of the robot vacuum cleaner.
That makes sense.
By nature, when people are mentally and physically weak, they tend to see nonsense and listen to nonsense.
So I advised him to take a break.
Soyeon said she would take a break for a couple of months as soon as her current schedule ends.
At that time, Soyeon suddenly made a decision on her face.
“Ah, Ari!”
“yes?”
“What did Ari say earlier? “Ari didn’t come to watch a movie today?”
“I did. Fortunately, my sister’s problem was resolved well.”
“Me too!”
“yes?”
“I was going to watch a movie, no, I was going to watch a movie, but I didn’t invite you just for the movie anyway.”
There’s something strange about this.
“What is that… .”
“I really wanted to say this once… . A thought I had a long time ago, from when I first met you. “I’m afraid to say this, but-”
what is this???
“Oh, I thought if I couldn’t tell you today, it would remain a regret for the rest of my life. furthermore… . “After seeing the wonderful image you showed me just now, I can’t stand it anymore.”
“Huh, sister?”
Surely not?
We’re both women, and aren’t we relatives based on the setting?
“Ari. I am… . with you… .”
“sorry.”
“…”
“Wouldn’t it be better to stop here? “I want to remain a good younger sibling to her ex-sister.”
After reflexively expressing my intention to refuse just before Soyeon’s confession, I instantly regretted it.
It’s not like I’m going to live in his memory for the rest of my life anyway, so wouldn’t it have been better to just accept his confession?
“… Sorry. I guess I got in the mood today. Do you want to watch a movie?”
Fortunately, Soyeon seemed to have anticipated my reaction to some extent.
I don’t know if he was crying in his heart, but at least on the outside he seemed to have calmed down and regained his composure.
At that time, the space began to shake slightly.
As Soyeon’s trauma resolves, the stage itself begins to fall apart.
The moment when you feel a sense of relief and your heart sinks –
The air was frozen.
“The movie I prepared is -”
I couldn’t hear Soyeon’s words.
Louis cowered in fear.
It wasn’t until this moment that I realized that I, who had laughed at the ‘laxity of ordinary people’ earlier, had also missed one piece of information.
Kang Hyuk definitely said it!
Soyeon, terrified, repeatedly pressed the phone button in her room, but there was no response!
What does it have to do with a robot vacuum cleaner scanning your home and your cell phone not working?
A dark figure stands up behind Soyeon.
A true evil beast lurking in this apartment.
A great evil that exudes eerie energy.
What on earth is it? ghost? devil?
There is no way either of them could win by suddenly meeting like this without any preparation –
“Well, Ari. You don’t have to worry too much about what I said a little while ago. I think my sister was a little sentimental today. therefore -”
Even at this moment, Soyeon was not noticing anything.
As the tension eased, did your sensitive nerves also relax?
Or are you so shocked that you confessed to me and then dumped you that you don’t have time to pay attention to your surroundings?
Either way is fine!
When I realized this fact, a solution to overcome this crisis came to mind.
If you think about it, what happened today is not an ongoing event, but is just a memory of Soyeon, a past event.
therefore… .
Even if there were real ghosts and demons in her house.
“sister!”
“Don’t worry too much – huh?”
“i love you!”
“Uh, huh?”
“A little while ago, I was embarrassed and said something random, but after thinking about it for a while, I realized. “I obviously love her sister too!”
believe! Just believe it! There were no demons in your experience.
The whole thing was just an accident caused by a robot vacuum cleaner.
“W-what happened all of a sudden…” .”
I will cover your memories of being covered in stalkers, crazy CEOs, and unidentified evil spirits with more shocking memories.
— Hot!
“Aaaah!”
I just ran over to Soyeon and hugged her out of ignorance.
Don’t let Soyeon notice the terrible being revealing itself behind her back!
Don’t worry about what’s behind you, just look at me!
Just look at me and forget about today’s events!
With desperate determination, I carved Soyeon’s heart again.
He swung the hammer of love and struck again and again the memories of fear engraved in her soul.
Human memories are sometimes created as we want to believe.
Thus, the moment when the terrible memories of the stalker, the assault by the crazy representative, and the unidentified evil spirit disappeared from Soyeon’s mind, and only the illusion of ‘successful confession’ remained.
Finally, tears flowed from Soyeon’s eyes and the entire space began to collapse.
“Ari! love you!”
“That’s it, that’s it… .”
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 152
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage advice: [X]
– Han Ga-in
“It’s out! “It came out!”
“…”
Like other colleagues, Ari suddenly appeared near the fountain at the front desk, as if he had been teleported.
Everyone was happy and welcomed Ari’s return.
Ari… .
As a colleague who returned last, he must have been through quite a difficult time, so he looked somewhat dazed.
“are you okay?”
“It’s hard.”
“uh?”
“This damn hotel, they make you do all kinds of things… .”