Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 407
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EP.407 Episode 407 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects in 100 Days’ (9)
Episode 407 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ (9)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 268 (+36)
Current Location: Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’
Wise Man’s Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
The date has changed.
It’s been 36 days, not just one or two days.
I realized it with a shock, like being hit in the head with a hammer.
There’s a regressor in room 206!
It’s not entirely unexpected.
This is because I talked with my colleagues about what types of ‘creative clichés’ there are in the weather forecast.
Among these, regression, possession, and reincarnation were also examples.
No matter what, you’re a regressor!
I think I’m going crazy.
Not only did you suppress his superpowers with your indomitable reason, but you also gave him the power to turn back time only for his enemies?
Is this really made to be broken?
It’s not the first or second time I’ve cursed at hotels, but this time it’s just too much!
…
This is not the time to be leisurely swearing.
Let’s think about it.
Every time you escape the room of curses and re-enter, everything resets.
That is, in the eyes of the beings inside the room of curses, we are the ones who have regressed.
The regressor in room 206 is also similar to us.
What did we do?
After finding out various information in the first attempt, the second attempt excludes the risks identified in advance –
“This is a big problem.”
A risk we foresaw? That’s us!
…
As I put my ear against the iron gate, I could already hear the sound of several people moving.
There is no doubt.
There’s a 100% chance that the regressor will try to kill me as soon as it starts!
At that moment, I heard someone rubbing their eyes from the side.
“What? You should be sleeping. What are you doing at this hour?”
As I was moving around alone in the shared accommodation, Peterson woke up next to me.
“This little Han Ga-in, he seems to be full of energy, doesn’t he?”
“…”
“You, Inma, will work an extra hour tomorrow –”
— Boom!
“Ugh, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!”
I don’t have time to talk to this guy for long.
He roughly picked up a decoration that was nearby and hit Peterson on the head with it before taking the keys to the room.
Has it been about 3 minutes since I started running like crazy?
My pursuers, who realized belatedly that I had escaped from the accommodation, began to make a lot of noise.
“Catch him!”
“You wouldn’t have gotten far!”
“Block the doors!”
It was creepy because every word was correct.
I couldn’t go far, and with the doors blocked there was nowhere to go.
How on earth do I do this –
— Clang!
The doors to the miners’ quarters in the hallway began to open one after another.
It was late at night and it was noisy outside, so all the sleeping room leaders woke up.
Of course, the violent class leaders couldn’t stand it.
“What? Eric! What are you talking about?”
“I don’t know! Who is running around upstairs?”
“Huh? What’s that guy in the hallway? You’re… Peterson, the miner, aren’t you? Why are you out at this hour?”
I was out of breath.
Behind them, there are informers chasing after them, and in front, there are squad leaders jumping out from another room.
“How the hell do I do this…?”
The moment I realized anew how absurd the ability of regression was and fell into despair.
Someone appeared at the end of the hallway.
“…?”
This was someone I could never have imagined, so at that moment I doubted my eyes.
Black hair flowing from below the waist.
Red eyes that faintly reveal their color even in the darkness.
“Ariya? What the heck is this -”
The next moment, people who appeared behind Ari came forward, shoving the class leaders roughly.
“Eww! Who are you all!”
“What the heck is going on today -”
Ari, who appeared from the darkness, shouted resolutely.
“Let’s go. Right now!”
*
After escaping from the mine with Ari’s help, I received a lengthy explanation from her.
“These people are from the Demon King’s cult? You came to rescue me as soon as you woke up?”
“that’s right.”
This statement implies two things:
First, Ari was not affected by regression.
Second, Ari expected the regressor to come after me.
“Have you noticed the regression?”
“Yes. I was outside paradise.”
“Outside paradise?”
“There is a gap leading to the outside in the city’s underground. If you go outside, you can ignore your indomitable reason and use your superpowers. The same goes for regression. Time only goes back inside the city.”
“The returnee was Leon Kadyrov, the mayor, right? How did you know he was after me?”
“Because you started a revolution before time went back.”
I was speechless for a moment.
“Tongue, Hyuk what?”
“revolution.”
“No, don’t speak metaphorically, just speak more easily -”
“Not a metaphor, but a real revolution. A revolution that means killing the ruling class with spears and creating a world where everyone is equal.”
“…”
Wasn’t that kid from the first round crazy?
“Hmm, ahem. I understand why the mayor tried to kill me. What about the other colleagues?”
Ari’s expression darkened at those words.
“Don’t ask who died, ask who lived.”
That means there are fewer living people.
“Eunsol, Mukseong, Sanghyun, and even Songi are definitely dead. It’ll be hard for Jincheol to survive either.”
“…Did everyone participate in the revolution?”
“I helped you rather than directly participating in the revolution. The market noticed that.”
“Aside from us, the only people who survived are Seungyeop and Elena?”
“Well, Seungyeop… .”
“why?”
“He was already missing before time went back. He might have escaped. He’s good at escaping in strange ways when he’s alone.”
It would be fortunate if Seungyeop escaped, but it is not a certain fact.
As I walked through the basement and analyzed the situation, I realized something that Ari didn’t necessarily mention.
“Ari, you have practically sacrificed the Demon King’s cult.”
“… that’s right.”
The sect people stormed the mine to save me.
Perhaps Ari, who was an ‘apostle’, used his position to receive revelations from God.
After doing this, there is no way the market will spare the church.
“It really feels like there are only two of us left. The church has practically disappeared.”
“…”
“What should I do? No, isn’t this just hopeless?”
Ari also nodded with a frustrated expression.
“From sealing off supernatural powers to space-time regression. That’s a bit much.”
“Did you discover any weaknesses before returning?”
“A few things. Whether it’s sealing of supernatural powers or time-space regression, the spatial scope is within paradise.”
Outside of paradise, blessings and inheritance can be used.
Time-space regression also only moves backwards within paradise.
“Is there anything else besides that?”
“Another thing. We are humans who have lost our powers, but so is Leon Kadyrov. After all, he is just a human, except for his regression. He is a normal person who can die with one bullet.”
As soon as I heard that, a goal came to mind.
“Should we kill the market?”
“… Well, maybe we should include them.”
“Let’s do the inclusion next time, so let’s escape once and then come back and do it again.”
Inclusion is out of the question, at least for this round.
Because the market is already extremely wary of a revolution.
“This time, I absolutely have to kill that guy. If I don’t, you and I will die.”
“That makes sense. Anyway, I’ll tell you the last weakness of the market forces. The informers don’t come to the Paradise Underground unless they’re really serious.”
“…”
Something was a bit strange from the beginning.
Clearly, the informers were ready to chase me even if it meant blowing up the entire mine… .
The moment we entered the basement, the pursuit virtually stopped.
Thanks to that, Ari and I were able to have a leisurely conversation like this.
“Why don’t you come underground?”
“Could it be because there is a passage leading to the ‘outside’ underground?”
There are gaps here and there in the underground that lead outside of paradise.
“I heard this from Sang-Hyeon before returning. The mayor doesn’t want information about the outside of Paradise to be known within the city. Naturally, he would want to hide it from the informers.”
“If it’s information from outside paradise, does that mean there’s no problem with survival if you go outside?”
“Yes. That’s why we send secret agents who have received much more thorough ideological education than the informers underground to monitor the Demon King’s cult.”
The outside world, contrary to the teachings inside the city, is actually a place where humans can live normally.
The mayor knows this fact, but he keeps it completely hidden from the citizens inside the city.
Something… something I felt like I knew.
Clearly, this information is one of the major clues to number 206.
At that moment, Ari brought the conversation back to reality.
“Let’s go back to the mayor assassination plan. As you said, I think we need to kill him this time.”
“…”
“The underground isn’t safe either. For now, we’re just retreating because we’re level 3 informers, but as time goes by, level 2 secret agents will come and kill us.”
“I’ve been thinking about it for a while now, but it really isn’t easy. The mayor’s own power isn’t that great, but he always carries around bodyguards.”
“Hmm….”
There was a brief silence again.
And Ari and I made eye contact at the same time.
“I remembered.”
“me too.”
*
– Elena
“Phew… .”
The painful filming is over.
Honestly, I never thought I’d find broadcasting work this hard.
Even if it was a so-called B-grade drama or unpopular entertainment show, it was fun just to appear on it… .
I feel like my intelligence is decreasing as I recite the ridiculous script created by a piece of trash like Patrick.
After forgetting the hardships with a sigh, I went home and lay down on the bed.
…
— Rustle!
“…”
I feel presence.
A situation where someone breaks into the house.
If it had been an ordinary girl, Elena Ivanovna, she might have cried helplessly.
I am a participant who has experienced all sorts of things in hotels and in the air.
I grabbed the golf club leaning against the bed.
All I need is one brisk swing.
I stood there by the door, waiting for the intruder to come in.
…
— Squeak!
“Yay!”
The moment a swing with the momentum of a one-hit-kill strike cuts through the darkness and strikes the intruder’s body –
I knew the identity of the intruder.
“Gyaaak! Go, Gain!”
I was so surprised that I tried to break the golf club, but there is a law of inertia in this world.
— Boom!
“Eww!”
*
It took quite a while for Gain to wake up.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“…”
“Mr. Gain, can you see my hand?”
“… That’s incredible.”
“yes?”
“It was more dangerous a little while ago than when we were being chased by informers after returning.”
“…”
“Elena coming in with a golf club in the dark is more dangerous than 200 informants sent by the mayor -”
“Oh, that’s because you sneaked in in the dark!”
“Ugh… Ari woke up Elena without any problems before the regression!”
“That’s because Ari hides better -”
What is Mr. Gain saying now?
What? Regression? Ari woke me up without any problems?
At that moment of embarrassment, Gain smiled faintly.
“Elena, listen to me – ugh! No, this really hurts!”
“…”
Only after hearing the explanation did I understand the situation.
The fact that the market has the ability to bounce back was quite shocking.
“Did you come to this house through the basement? The basement is not easily accessible by the market.”
“Yes.”
Why did Mr. Gain come to see me?
“You need me for your mayor assassination plan?”
“Listen carefully.”
I listened to the plan for a long time.
“Do you understand?”
“…”
This is truly a bizarre assassination plan.
therefore….
“The market is a method that an ordinary person would not fall for.”
“Yes.”
This assassination plan only works on regressors.