Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 370
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Episode 370 – No. 205, Room of the Curse – ‘Absolute Master’ (19)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 178
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
I concentrated on reading the message that Midnight Maze left to my other self.
1. If you wait without moving, you will escape.
2. Save time at midnight. Lastly, you will need at least 30 minutes in room 207. Already consumed close to 20 minutes.
3. Lee Ja-seong.
The easiest to understand was number 1, and the teacher felt the same way.
“I understand number 1. They’re telling us to wait because we’ll be escaping soon. Did that actually happen?”
“yes.”
“I can guess. If we were to say the danger of room 205, it would be Baehwagyo, and if we were to add one more to it, it would be Hwanma, right?”
Ari nodded.
“From what I heard, it seems that the phantom demon has a surprisingly timid personality. Since he ran away after being attacked, he probably won’t be back for a while.”
“Baehwagyo is similar.”
“Because they also heard the ‘Prophecy of Cardamos’ together.”
Let’s interpret the situation at the time from Baehwagyo’s perspective.
An incomprehensible disaster predicted by God occurred, awakened the phantom demon, and led to a massacre.
This is not the end, but an unidentified force collapses the city in one fell swoop and causes the phantom demon to escape.
In this situation, would it be possible to hastily resume the war of conquest or enter the capital without knowing what monsters might be lurking there?
They probably stopped all plans to look at the situation, and it seems like the decision to escape was made at that point.
Unlike number 1, which was relatively easy to understand, number 2 left everyone scratching their heads.
Miro tilted his head and said.
“I guess I’m telling you not to summon the midnight maze carelessly, right?”
The meaning of number 2 in context is to save the Midnight Maze as much as possible and use it in room 207.
I have already used up nearly 20 minutes of the 1 hour saved, but I am told to leave at least 30 minutes.
It means that you should not use it for more than 10 minutes before entering room 207, but it was difficult to understand because it felt as if the midnight maze was prepared for room 207.
This is because room 207 is a place I have never been to.
This is a place that neither I nor my colleagues know anything about, so what on earth did Miro, who was saved at a time in the past than me now, know about and leave a message like this?
Eunsol’s sister responded that she couldn’t understand.
“I don’t know. I heard from Ari that the old maze stopped moving about halfway through the second floor. Right?”
As Ari nodded, his sister continued speaking.
“Progress will be slower or similar to what we are doing now. But how do you know about room 207?”
After thinking about it, I had an idea, so I opened my mouth.
“It appears that information about the next room was obtained through some means. We did that too, right? Even before entering rooms 205 and 206, I got some keywords. but… . “It seems that information about the ‘Gateway Room’ is very difficult to obtain.”
“Hmm. I understand. Hotels give out hints in a variety of ways, and you can often get information about the next room. “It appears that some of the information on Room 207 was obtained at a considerable price.”
There were still some points that were difficult to understand.
“It’s strange. “The information about room 207 that Midnight Maze obtained must have been related to room 207 of ‘Hotel in the Deep Sea.’”
At those words, the teacher tapped his knee.
“her! okay. Even if we did get it, it would only be information about the hotel in the deep sea, and at that point, it would be a completely different room from room 207 of the ‘now hotel’, which is in the distant future.”
“But looking at the nuance of Miro’s sentence, it seems like he’s talking about room 207 of ‘Now Hotel.’”
“Could it be that you are experiencing symptoms of memory loss? “Did you say that memories of the past and present were mixed up through time transfer?”
The grandfather refuted the teacher’s words.
“Hmm. “Isn’t that too disrespectful to the solid spirit of the Bureau’s veteran agents?”
“Umm… .”
At that time, Ari cautiously opened his mouth.
“perhaps… .”
“perhaps?”
“Wouldn’t the content of Room 207 be similar in the larger scheme of things even if the hotel changes? “The contents of Room 207 are similar to the Deep Sea Hotel and the current hotel, and if Miro had even obtained this information.”
“…”
If you think about it that way, it was logical, but it was also an interesting topic in its own way.
However, I felt that the topic of conversation was increasingly moving into the realm of creative imagination rather than rational reasoning.
“It would be difficult to find out by meeting among ourselves. Shall we move on to the next topic?”
Even though I skipped the topic, I still didn’t have anything to say about the next topic.
Eunsol’s sister laughed as she read the words.
“It’s called ‘Lee Ja-seong.’ “It’s a maze.”
“yes?”
“This isn’t really a prank on us, is it?”
“Eh! “Because it’s not!”
My sister sighed and muttered.
“If you’re going to write it this way, it’s better not to write it… . What are you saying? Be alert?”
Jincheol smiled bitterly.
“It’s new, isn’t it? “In the first place, is there anyone here who truly believes in Lee Ja-seong?”
I’ve never met him in person, but I know him from the reactions of those around him during meetings.
There is no one here who trusts Lee Ja-seong.
Why did the first attempt fail in the first place?
Lee Ja-seong took a knife and cut his colleagues to death, leading to ruin.
The room was reset and Lee Ja-seong lost his memory, but the memory of being stabbed to death by Lee Ja-seong is still vivid in the memories of his colleagues.
The teacher smiled bitterly.
“Well, even if it’s something everyone knows about, we can still warn you at least once. “Let’s move on to being wary of Lee Ja-seong.”
The next topic that came up was the midnight maze itself.
Miro talked at length, even expressing a bit of admiration for his past self that was ‘so cool, enviable, and amazing’, and after listening for a while, this came to mind.
Even Miro himself doesn’t know much.
Hyun Maze’s memories of the Midnight Maze were abstract and vague.
I vaguely remember doing something, but I don’t know ‘why’ I did it that way.
They explain how they fought, but I don’t know ‘on what principles’ they fought.
Even so, I was able to guess a few things.
He’s incredibly strong, has bold decisions, and at least he’s not crazy.
Although they may be different from ordinary people, they are beings with their own logic.
The logic resembled Arina’s grandfather’s way of thinking, and was furthermore the management bureau’s philosophy itself.
“It’s not something to be seen as a good thing – it’s not.”
The teacher seemed to have mixed feelings about the maze of the past.
So, I tried to express my dissatisfaction, but I kept my mouth shut because I thought it was pointless to argue with Miro, who had lost his memory.
At that time, Jincheol showed an interesting reaction.
“This is just a personal curiosity, but Midnight Maze seems to be quite a powerhouse?”
That’s for sure.
“It means that I gained this strength in the late 1st floor or early 2nd floor. But I couldn’t progress as much as I thought. “It was blocked in the middle of the second floor, so isn’t it less powerful than what we are now, or similar?”
My sister answered.
“I heard you were sealed?”
“You said you weren’t the one who was sealed every time? Also, I heard there was another person like you who received a majority inheritance. Of course, I don’t think he was as strong as Miro. First of all, I am not from the Management Bureau.”
My brother’s question is simple.
Why did they stop in the middle of the second floor when they said there was a maze as strong as a natural disaster and another person who was as strong as the maze?
In response to this, the ‘experienced’ teacher responded with a wry smile.
“what… . It’s been so long now that it’s hard to tell, but I can give you a rough idea. “It’s not a big deal, because the cursed room means less to each individual’s strength than you might think.”
In the Curse Room, ‘strength’ has less meaning than you might think.
“Jincheol, think about it for a moment. For example, if you rush into the TV in room 201, you’ll encounter ‘zero-dimensional eyes’, right? “What would have happened if that great midnight maze had met the eyes of the zero dimension?”
“Instant death?”
“Let’s change it to room 202. day? Did you say two days? Anyway, he said that if he doesn’t find Lee Soo-ho within that short period of time, he will summon the sea god. “What can Miss Miro do at midnight in front of the sea god?”
“Turn into a fish?”
There is a ‘prisoner’ in the cursed room.
Their power is such that even if they consume not 3 but 5 or 6 pieces of Legacy, they cannot match it.
Therefore, the most important thing in solving the room of curses is not strength of power but ‘choice’.
You must choose the right option to avoid a bad ending where you fall for the enemy’s plot and are beaten to death by a prisoner.
“In the end, to avoid this terrible ending, obtaining sufficient information is essential. And my former colleagues… .”
“…”
“It was the worst in that respect. “Everyone was busy hiding the information they had obtained.”
A story about a hotel in the past.
It is a negative topic in many ways.
It is a painful memory between the teacher and Ari, and there is also the possibility of causing conflict related to the maze.
My sister naturally moved on to the next story.
“It’s already evening! Tomorrow, let’s talk about how the third attempt will proceed.”
After everyone repeated the second attempt, they thought about how to improve.
During this process, I naturally realized one thing.
“Sister, there’s not much to change, is there?”
Elena’s words represented everyone’s feelings.
There is no need to change the way you proceed.
Is it because room 205 is a room with a ‘simple structure’ approved by the hotel in the first place?
A route close to the correct answer has already been found.
Park Seung-yeop: Emperor.
Lee Eun-sol: Hwamunju, the person in power of the empire.
Kim Sang-hyeon: The emperor’s bodyguard and disciple of the Lord of Heaven.
Cha Jin-cheol: General.
Elena: A traitor to Baehwaism, the first apostle with links to the West.
Let’s call these five the ‘Imperial Party’.
On the second attempt, the Imperial Party’s progress was already flawless.
He successfully brought in Cheon Ui-maeng and led Hwon to victory, putting Bae Hwa-gyo in crisis.
We also stopped the advent of Cardamos, the hidden gang of the Baehwa Cult, and if we use the final flash in the next episode, we will be able to stop it more easily.
The failure despite this was purely due to the intrusion of a phantom demon, but this had nothing to do with the imperial party’s mistakes.
Eunsol, whose thoughts had reached this point, spoke carefully.
“just… . If we proceed without touching the phantom demon, I think it will be resolved in the next episode, right?”
Miro tilted his head at those words.
“Are you saying we shouldn’t wake Ga-in?”
“I keep trying to wake Ga-in up, but it feels like an accident is going to happen. In the first round, Lee Ja-seong went berserk because you came to the imperial capital, and in the second round, it collapsed because you awakened the phantom demon… .”
“omg! Is it all because of us? “Sorry, sorry -”
“no! I’m not trying to blame anyone. “I just wondered if there was any need to wake up Ga-in given the circumstances that have been revealed so far.”
They were talking about leaving me alone, but I understood the logic, even though it was inconvenient.
At least, according to the information I have found out so far.
There is no need to wake me up; instead, accidents keep happening while trying to wake me up.
Elena tilted her head.
“Basically, it was designed to break the seal, but it’s a bit strange to give up on lifting the seal altogether.”
Ari also expressed a similar opinion.
“We haven’t discovered all the secrets of Room 205 yet. “There must be a reason why Ga-in needs to be woken up.”
My older sister, who heard what the two said, also changed her opinion.
“good. “Then, let’s just proceed with the ‘seal release party’ a little more cautiously.”
Afterwards, we finalized the meeting after refining the details of how to proceed with the third attempt using my advice.
*
– Kim Ari
“Haaaaam!”
Sleepy.
“Don’t yawn. “This is an important moment!”
“okay okay.”
— Whiiing!
cold.
“Eight! “Why doesn’t it work like this?”
noisy.
Why on earth am I out in the snowy field on the second floor at this late hour, watching the maze’s tricks?
The beginning of the incident was simple.
After the meeting about what to do tomorrow, dinner was over and everyone started spending time on their own.
At that time, out of nowhere, the maze took me to the snowy field on the second floor.
and… .
“I’m going to learn a new skill! certainly!”
While saying this, he opened his eyes wide and started glaring at his pocket watch.
“… new technology?”
Miro’s explanation was simple.
I vaguely remembered the way the Midnight Maze was fought, and it was said that time zone excitation was actively used.
“The judgment is completely different when summoning someone through time rental and when summoning a day in the past.”
It is said that when you summon your past self, instead of creating a new body, your present and past self overlap.
In addition, it is said that by repeating the process of ‘saving’ oneself or ‘summoning’ to a desired location at a tremendous speed through time transfer, it can be used as a kind of invincibility or movement device.
“Concentration!”
“…”
The hands of the pocket watch did not move even 1 mm.
“… Maze, I think it takes quite a bit of training to be able to use it in that way.”
“So you’re doing it now.”
“Why do you have to… .”
“Quiet!”
“…”
“Hmph!”
The silver-haired girl opens her eyes wide and glares at her pocket watch.
and… .
“Okay, that’s it! “Did you just see it?”
“…”
“The whole world went dark and then brightened. Just now, my fleeting moment is here -”
“no.”
“uh?”
“Time zone is not here. “You closed your eyes and opened them as sweat dripped from your forehead.”
“…”
Suddenly, I thought.
What on earth did the Bureau train a girl like this to create such a ruthless superhuman?
Isn’t that educational method truly the mystery of the universe?
You never know.
“Tonight, I will definitely realize it!”
I really wanted to sleep now.