Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 402
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EP.402 Episode 402 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects in 100 Days’ (4)
Episode 402 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ (4)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 239
Current Location: Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’
Wise Man’s Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
After my interview with “Happy Happy Paradise News” was published, I was locked in solitary confinement.
I was glad that I no longer had to work in the mines and that my body was at ease.
Besides, what is the meaning of the act of locking him up in solitary confinement?
The story is that they locked me up because they were afraid I might do something weird, but they had no intention of killing me.
News of a mysterious mass murder in a Mirconium mine dominates the TV screen.
At this point, you’re going to kill me, the key informant?
This gives the media a bigger target to target.
That’s why, if you want to get things done, you have to get things done big.
While I was thinking about my next plan, slightly letting go of the tension.
Suddenly the door to the solitary cell opened.
— Squeak!
As the two giants emerged from the darkness and placed their hoods over my head, I couldn’t understand where my calculations were wrong.
*
“hi.”
“…”
“How have you been? I saw your name in the article.”
The calculation was not wrong.
There was only an intervention by an entity that could not be calculated from the variables within the room.
The two giants who kidnapped me were my grandfather and Jincheol, and the person who took them away was Eunsol.
“No, are you a second-class citizen?”
“That’s right.”
“Wow! I started out as a 4th grader and rolled around in the mines, but Eunsol noona was a noble from the start? What kind of absurdity is this -”
“Sorry, I have to make a statement. I don’t have much time. I have to get you back in eight minutes and then I have to get back to work.”
Eunsol’s words hinted at an important fact.
4th class citizens cannot even act freely as 2nd class citizens, whom they regard as the heavens.
After all, they are just cogs in the wheel under the city’s surveillance.
“I’ll tell you who my colleagues are first. Grandpa and Jincheol, listen later.”
Han Ga-in: 4th class citizen, mine worker.
Park Seung-yeop: 4th class citizen, daycare center.
“Seungyeop is playing the role of a child who lost his parents? Suddenly in the Emperor -”
“I’m busy, so don’t interrupt me.”
Cha Jin-cheol, Kim Muk-seong: 3rd class citizens, informers.
Elena: 3rd class citizen, actress.
Kim Sang-hyun: 2nd class citizen, special agent.
“Did you hear everything?”
“There are three missing?”
“Miro, Ari, and Songi. Those three aren’t on the list I can figure out.”
“That means -”
“One of three. First, sealed. Second, first-class citizen. Third, out of rank.”
“…”
“You know it’s sealed, but the first-class citizens are Leon Kadyrov and his associates. Their identities are completely hidden, except for a few. The non-class citizens are people who don’t have resident registrations in Korea. Most of them belong to criminal organizations.”
“I understand.”
“That’s all I have to tell you. Now you’re the one who’s going to tell me. What on earth caused all that chaos in the mine?”
Because time was limited, I only conveyed the main points.
“It’s not just that they had an accident because they were having a hard time. They’ve all lost their inheritance or blessings. They’ve just become ordinary people. It’s very difficult to escape the control of paradise.”
“Aha, so since I don’t have any superpowers and can’t escape Paradise’s control on my own, I decided to try and control the entire Paradise?”
“… we need to create confusion so that we can act freely.”
“Convincing. Keep doing that. I’ll support you, so just stab them all with a bamboo spear.”
My older sister told me with a serious expression to do my best to bring about the proletarian revolution.
Eunsol is the youngest daughter of a wealthy family.
…
Yeah, that’s the fun of hotels.
“You’re doing well. We have to part ways because we don’t have much time. Oh, by the way, the investigative authorities will be calling you tomorrow. Are you ready?”
“sure.”
“I will believe you.”
*
The next day, at the crack of dawn, men in suits took me to a second-class high-ranking judicial officer.
I realized once again that the city is taking this issue very seriously.
Only a few 4th class citizens died?
This is not the way to look at it.
If it had ended in a landfill accident as mine manager Rupert had intended, no one would have cared, but this was a ‘murder case’.
It’s a problem related to the security of the entire city.
Soon, the high judge’s questioning began.
“4th class citizen, Han Ga-in. From now on, swear that you will tell only the truth.”
“I swear.”
“If you tell even one lie in front of me, know that you will be executed on the spot.”
“Of course.”
“Now let me ask you a question. According to your interview with the reporter of Happy Happy Paradise News, Third Class Citizen Rupert and his men murdered 24 miners. Is that correct?”
“Yes.”
At that moment, Rupert, who was listening from the other side, couldn’t hold back his anger.
“Hey! This devilish little bastard -”
— Bam!
The high court judge opened his eyes and struck the table with a mallet.
“Rupert.”
“… yes.”
“If you interrupt me again while I’m talking, you’ll never get out of bed again.”
“I apologize, Your Honor, I will not interfere again.”
“Han Ga-in, I’ll ask you again. Rupert refuted the suspicions you raised as follows.”
It seems that he asked Rupert about the facts before me.
In this regard, the difference in treatment between 4th class citizens and 3rd class citizens was felt.
What would Rupert say in rebuttal?
Are you blindly denying all the facts and making up lies from scratch?
This way, it’s easier to deal with.
Because even a quick listen will reveal the flaws in a carelessly made-up lie.
“First, he admitted that 24 miners were killed. He also admitted that the deaths from the tunnel collapse he had previously reported were false.”
“…”
“By the way, Rupert, you have been dismissed up to this point. Do you admit it?”
“Yes. I will also accept the punishment for my poor mine management.”
They even admitted that it was a murder case, not an accident.
Rupert originally tried to cover up the incident for fear of ruining his career, but when the situation grew bigger and he was accused of murder, he gave up everything, including his career.
“Rupert’s next words are completely different from what you have stated.”
“I will listen.”
“The 24 victims who were murdered held the title of ‘foremen’ in the mine, and it is said that due to the nature of their work, they are in a position where they are likely to incur resentment from other miners. This is something you did not reveal to the press.”
“… I admit it. However, Your Honor, I hid the victims’ positions because I thought it was unnecessary.”
“No need?”
“We all worked together in the mine. Naturally, we all felt close like brothers and sisters, and we always did difficult and hard work together. So there was no need to distinguish between who was a worker and who was a foreman -”
“Hey! What’s wrong? Do you feel like a close brother or sister to the class president? This crazy con artist bastard -”
— Bam!
The high judge made a slight gesture this time without opening his mouth.
— Boom!
“Ugh!”
The informers who kept order in the court mercilessly smashed Rupert’s head on the table.
“I understand. So you’re saying there was no need to distinguish between the foreman and the workers?”
“Aren’t we all fourth-class citizens anyway?”
Now my answer has worked.
You can feel it just by looking at the attorney’s expression.
In the first place, what would a second-class citizen like the sky know about the mining work where fourth-class people are dying?
They probably won’t care, and no matter what you say about him being the class president or anything, the law enforcement officer will just see him as he is.
“Han Ga-in, the reason you did not reveal the victim’s position to the press has been explained. However, Rupert claims that he did not harm the 24 workers.”
At this point, shouldn’t I show off my performance?
Because I said with my own mouth that the victim and I were like brothers?
“Rupert, you son of a bitch! Can’t you hear the screams of the brothers you buried underground? Seriously -”
— Boom!
Of course, the informers also slammed my head against the wooden table.
Although it was painful, if this action conveyed my ‘truth’ to the attorney, it was not a bad exchange.
“… Cool. I apologize for making such a big deal out of you.”
“According to Rupert, the murderers who harmed the 24 victims were 480 miners, including you. Their motive was a grudge against the foreman I mentioned earlier. What do you think?”
“Your Honor, do you have any evidence that we harmed the victims?”
It won’t be easy to find.
It was not anyone else, but Rupert himself who ordered his subordinates to diligently destroy the evidence.
“None. But there is no evidence that Rupert did anything wrong either.”
There is insufficient evidence to determine who the killer is.
This is disadvantageous to me.
Because mine workers including me are Class 4, and Rupert is Class 3.
Since the legal officer in front of him is a second-class officer, Rupert is in a miserable state where he gets hit every time he speaks, but Rupert is clearly a third-class officer, not a fourth-class officer.
When the evidence is ambiguous, whose side will the court take?
Of course it’s level 3.
So Rupert may not need evidence, but I need it.
So I prepared the evidence.
“Your Honor, no. There is evidence that Rupert harmed the foreman.”
“Speak.”
“A few days ago, when I was interviewed by Happy Happy Paradise News, I was so confused that I couldn’t say anything, but it came to me recently. Mr. Justice, not all of the 24 victims died in the mine.”
The moment those words came out, the judge’s eyes grew wide.
“What?”
“I remember it exactly! Erickson, the captain of Squad 11! He escaped from Rupert’s clutches, covered in blood, and escaped out of the mine, onto the surface.”
The difference between mines and the surface.
Due to the nature of mines, they are dark inside and do not conduct electricity well, so there are no surveillance cameras.
Meanwhile, on the ground, there were cameras everywhere to monitor the miners.
Every time we made a mistake because of this camera, our meals and sleep were cut short.
Now it’s time to get your reward.
“There are hundreds of surveillance cameras on the ground! There must be traces of Erickson’s bloody escape somewhere. If the data was erased, we can restore it -”
Before he could finish speaking, the attorney responded.
“Claude!”
“yes.”
“I’ll issue a warrant, so take the informants immediately and search and seize the surveillance cameras at the Mirconium mine in Area 17!”
“Let’s go.”
There is no way to find out who killed the 23 squad leaders who died underground.
But the one person who died on the ground is different.
All the miners were trapped in the mine, and one of the victims died on the surface?
The story is that the perpetrator was not a miner.
This is true from the beginning.
Because the one who killed the one squad leader who died on the ground was really Rupert.
The world will not distinguish between a captain who died above ground and a captain who died underground.
When I turned my head, I saw Rupert with a pale face and a look of despair.
…
Now that the trial issue is over, we need to move on to the next step.
One for all, all for one.
I cleared the entire miner of murder.
Now it’s time for all the miners to come out for me.
*
– Yoo Song-i
“Miss! Where are you trying to go?”
“…I feel suffocated.”
“Oh my! Didn’t your father say it was dangerous outside?”
“…”
“If you need anything, just let me know. I can get it for you.”
“all right.”
I am Songi Kadyrov.
She is a first-class citizen and the daughter of Leon Kadyrov, the ruler of paradise.