Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 381
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EP.381 Episode 381 – Room 205, The Cursed Room – ‘Absolute Master’ (30)
Episode 381 – Room 205, The Cursed Room – ‘Absolute Master’ (30)
The old man’s eyes were full of malice.
A breathtaking fear began to eat away at Seungyeop’s heart.
But Seungyeop also had one last chance.
The next moment, the boy’s eyes changed.
Fear, tension, anger, despair – all these emotions subsided in an instant, and the empty space was filled by the ‘first human’.
Dreamy eyes, as if just waking up from a dream.
The moment the expression on Hwanma’s face crumpled as he sensed the change, the boy’s mouth opened.
“Uh… . So you’re saying, Lee Ja-seong? Hwan-ma? What is it?”
The demon’s expression crumpled.
Because of the information about the hotel party, I realized that the original human had been activated.
“This kid really tires me out until the very end!”
What should I do?
Brainwashing? Torture?
That kind of thing only works for ‘humans’.
What kind of beings were the primordial humans from Cain’s perspective?
The word human was so distant and colorless from human beings.
To put it nicely, it’s a superego, and to put it badly, it’s a being close to AI with an unclear ego.
There is no being without desires or emotions.
However, before all else, I prioritize ‘revelation’.
The temptations of the Hall of Mirrors can overwhelm even the most skilled Bureau agents.
Even this power had ‘no’ meaning to the first humans.
“Can you brainwash a kid like this?”
Have you tried splitting your fingers?
Pull out your fingernails one by one?
With the alcohol of reverse celestial rebirth, only life is preserved and the skin –
“Huh!
I suppressed the sadism that was welling up inside me.
Because the desire for ‘survival’ overwhelmed all of Hwanma’s desires.
It doesn’t make sense.
If you cause him pain, he will surely scream and cry.
If you tempt them with pleasure, they will indulge in it like an animal.
In the process, strange phenomena will also occur.
But at the last moment, he ignores all the previous processes and acts according to the ‘revelation’.
In Hwanma’s view, the original humans were not unpredictable beings, but very predictable beings, and that was the problem.
It is not a power without any gaps.
You just have to finish off the original humans by satisfying the termination conditions.
It is not a power that can be used repeatedly as it has a cooldown.
What are the conditions?
The Disappearance of No. 205? Time to Choose?
no.
If you leave the room of curses, the original human will automatically end, so there is no need to create such a condition.
Or the death of the illusionist?
This is also strange.
Because of the nature of beings that transcend the physical body, the death of the illusionary spirit is difficult for the primordial humans to perceive.
Then what are the conditions –
Isn’t it?
If you fall into such deep thought, aren’t you reaching the wrong conclusion?
To begin with, this kid is a bit stupid!
Doesn’t it seem like the very idea of trying to analyze things rationally is a mistake?
“Oh really! It’s harder to predict because you’re such a stupid kid. Hey, what’s the revelation about!”
The boy answered with an innocent expression.
“Don’t tell me. But who are you, sir?”
“What a fucking kid!”
“Why are you swearing at me?”
“Eww!”
“Why are you yelling?”
Irritation seeps deep into my soul.
Thanks to that, there was a moment when I was thinking about just roasting this annoying little brat without nitpicking.
My vision became distorted and blazing flames began to rise up everywhere.
At that time, the emotion that Hwanma felt was not anger, but joy.
“That’s right! You were there!”
As a magician, it wasn’t easy to break the sensory distortions of various perspectives, but there was no need to do so.
Because I had prepared ‘another body’ from the moment I appeared in this place.
Just like 15 days ago, he deceived everyone by controlling both Mukseong’s body and Lee Ja-seong’s body at the same time.
“Ugh!”
Another unmanned person appeared in the Emperor’s garden and immediately crushed Songi in her protective suit.
“Hey, girl! Don’t be scared. You know I’m not a bad guy, right?”
“…”
“I didn’t intend to kill you, but I was going to at least knock you out. The protective suit is really sturdy. That’s good.”
“…”
Originally, I was planning to trick Seungyeop into leaving.
It was because of the consistent appearance of the hotel party during the selection time, they had a habit of receiving the inheritance one by one in order.
According to this, the next in line is the lucky boy or the old agent.
Of the two, I chose Seungyeop because it seemed much easier to control.
but….
If something as tiring as this happens, a high school girl could be an alternative.
All you have to do is kill Seungyeop so that the ‘Time of Choice’ itself will never open.
“Miss, I have good news for you. You can now have a second inheritance!”
“…”
“Hey, you’re not trying to pretend to be dead, are you? I can clearly hear you breathing -”
“Interest.”
There was surprise, amazement, admiration and curiosity in the voice.
Songi was very curious in a pure sense.
“What on earth is your purpose?”
“Ahahaha! Miss, I told you before. I am contained in the soul box -”
“Not you, you idiot!”
“…”
“Ijaseong, I don’t know how Hwanma deceived you, but you can’t deceive me.”
I saw a sword.
The black entity did not exist, and was nowhere to be found.
A single ray of light from nowhere split the gap between the intangible souls and drove away the spirit of the illusion.
and –
Interest has awakened.
“How did you know I was awake?”
“Thanks to the power of the bracelet. The principle is… . Eight! I just got it.”
“…”
The old man turned around in silence and looked up at the sky.
“Why on earth did you hide until now? No, more importantly, how did you chase away the demon?”
“…”
“Lee Ja-seong? Speak more cooperatively! Then-”
“Then? I will put you in the soul box and save you?”
Songi kept her mouth shut.
Because the current answer hinted at a shocking fact.
“You… . Got it.”
“Okay.”
“About the hotel.”
“I found out about the hotel.”
“…”
It was confusing.
Rather, I understand Hwanma’s psychology.
Because he was a survival-crazy devil.
But what about interest rates?
“…”
“I realized I was quite a narrow-minded person.”
“Neglected?”
“You must have found me quite funny.”
“…”
“They all got the same power from the hotel. How foolish it was to say that this was a degree and that was an apostle.”
“that….”
“It may sound like an excuse, but people are bound by the environment in which they were born and raised.”
He looks like a Taoist monk who has attained enlightenment.
Rather, this appearance made Songi even more afraid.
Because I couldn’t even guess what he would do.
“What do you think?”
The old man turned his gaze and examined the other body that Hwanma had brought.
“Ugh!”
“Are you coming to your senses now?”
“You, Jaseong! What the hell did you do just now? You couldn’t have done something like this -”
“I felt empty.”
Silence fell on the room.
The demon who was exploding with anger, Songi who had taken off her helmet, and the boy who was just blankly staring.
I listened to the old man’s voice.
“In Gwangmyeong 673, he was born in Changcheonseong Lee Ga (李家). His father was Lee Ji-hon. His mother was Yu Ha-yeon. He was born into a merchant family, but he harbored a passion for martial arts and entered the martial arts world. He studied under the great swordsman Do Jeong-myeong (大力劍尊). Later, in Gwangmyeong 713, he subdued the disastrous Hwanma and imprisoned him in Cheonjangsan (天天山).”
…
“What do you think? It’s pretty plausible for an old man’s life, isn’t it?”
“that….”
“It’s all lies. It’s a meaningless illusion, just random sentences.”
The endless emptiness the old man felt spread everywhere.
At that moment, the only being who could understand those feelings opened his mouth.
“So what do you want me to do?”
“meteor.”
“Is my entire life fake? What does it matter? I think now! Therefore, I exist, and it is real!”
“That’s interesting. Is that what you came up with?”
“Even if everything is fake… my desire to live is real. So what’s the problem?”
Songi felt a sense of wonder.
The illusionist who had been like a mine or a madman until just a moment ago now felt like a philosopher contemplating life.
The old man nodded slightly.
“I see. That is the path you have found. Is it true that the will to live is the only true path, and that everything else is meaningless?”
“okay!”
“I came to a slightly different realization than you.”
“… I will listen.”
“It was meaningless. The Empire, the Celestial Alliance, my disciples, my family, it all… I knew I didn’t need to be tied down by those things anymore.”
“…”
“Suddenly, this thought occurred to me. There is no past for me.”
“…”
This part was not certain, as far as Hwanma was concerned.
This is because even those who come from outside don’t know much about hotels.
Maybe 205 has been around for thousands of years.
But these worries themselves were meaningless.
Because the hotel could have literally made everything up a minute ago.
“Also, it is destined to disappear within a day or two, so there is no future.”
There is no past because everything has been manipulated, and there is no future because I will die soon.
For Huanma, the former was acceptable, but the latter was unacceptable.
“No! There is a future, there is a future! If you use the soul ship -”
“Yuseong-ah. How can you trust that knowledge?”
“what?”
The next moment, a soft heat filled the old man’s voice.
“If only I knew that my past life was all a lie, and that there was a ‘hotel’ that could play with the entire world that you and I could perceive like a pair of taffy fingers!”
“shut up!”
I knew what Lee Ja-seong was trying to say.
So I didn’t want to hear it.
“The information ‘we’ have is fake, and the information ‘they’ have is real? How can you be sure of that?”
“I told you to shut up!”
“If the Creator is cruel, he must have given you the false hope of soul-saving because he wanted to see you suffer like this.”
Huanma was never a fool.
The thought that came to Lee Ja-seong’s mind was something he had also tried.
Is Room 205 fake and the hotel party real?
Can the legacy go outside?
How can you be so sure of this?
The hotel party may just be another fake that ‘believes it’s real’.
There may have been no way out in the first place.
Even if I go out, is there any guarantee that the rest of the world is true?
Therefore, as long as we cling to life, we can never escape the Creator’s playthings.
A painful realization consumed the spirit of the illusionist.
“There is no past, no future. Only this moment is the truth.”
The old man thinks.
If the past and the future are both illusions, then only reality remains.
He put everything he had into one breath.
no.
It’s not in there right now.
From the beginning, I knew that the existence of Lee Ja-seong was contained in the moment when lightning struck.
I wanted to show you.
The one who created the hotel.
The Creator who observes all things and mocks everyone.
In his eyes, he may be like a lowly insect, but even an insect can bite a person once.
A sword appeared.
Since it had no physical entity, it was soon nowhere to be found.
In that sword, Lee Ja-seong put everything he had into it.
…was lacking.
Everything about Lee Ja-seong was not enough.
At that moment, a man approached.
“meteor.”
“Take some for me too.”
“…”
The old man looked back at his body, which was slowly dispersing without saying a word.
“He who is immersed in a sword that is nowhere to be found will soon die.”
“Hey! You said with your own mouth that such a thing means nothing! Put me in now!”
“…”
Another huge force.
The only one who can compare to the current Lee Ja-seong, although he is not as good as him.
The magic was contained in the old man’s sword.
The old man knew that at this moment, Hwanma had finally achieved freedom from his attachment to life.
and –
A dark aura like starlight stretched toward the sky.
Soon, a rift opened in the sky and another truth hidden by the Creator was revealed to the world.
It is a light that can brighten the whole world.
A flame that can set stars ablaze with just one point of power.
He is the greatest being in heaven and earth.
and –
He is a bound god.
Asha finally revealed her form.
“iced coffee….”
One who dare not be looked at with human eyes.
Lee Ja-seong found out that his retina had melted and he was going blind.
Also, a vague realization began to creep in.
This must be one of those ‘prisoner endings’ that hotel parties are so afraid of.
…
It was meaningless.
This was room 205, a place where prisoners’ intervention was restricted.
“…”
Even such a great being is but a plaything of the true Creator.
This was that kind of place.