Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 419
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EP.419 Episode 419 – Room 104, The Cursed Room – ‘Hotel High School, a prestigious entrance exam school’ Re (18)
Episode 419 – Room 104, The Cursed Room – ‘Hotel High School Entrance Exam Prestigious’ Re (18)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 282
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 104 – The Cursed Room ‘Hotel High School, a prestigious entrance exam school’
Wise man’s advice: X]
– Han Ga-in
…
I came to my senses on the dark stairs.
The status window date passed by in a flash, and Miro looked at me frightened in front of me.
Time zone here.
“It doesn’t seem like we’re in a combat situation right now?”
“Yeah! That’s not it.”
“Tell me what’s going on.”
Miro explained the situation with an urgent expression.
We had already entered Room 104 and quite some time had passed, and Ari and Miro had infiltrated the sanctuary together.
The problem is that Aurelia, who seemed to have absorbed Arima, told them to just go down the maze.
It’s too risky to fight the saint underground.
So, Miro pretended to accept the saint’s words and went down alone, when he called out to me.
“What the hell? Why is it impossible for Ari but only for me -”
“Be quiet for a moment. Let me think about it.”
“huh.”
What is underground is probably the divine sun, an incarnation of the Lord.
“The reason you and not Ari can go underground is probably because of your blessing. It seems that the power of immutability gives you strong resistance to supernatural forces.”
“Then, should I go down further by myself?”
“Just wait.”
The whole problem with #104 boils down to the question of what the hell the Holy Sun is.
Therefore, we need to face the sacred sun at least once, even if it means taking risks.
But, is it right for ‘Maze’ to go down?
“… no way.”
“Gain! Did you know something? Something -”
“At first, I thought, ‘Could it be that the Lord chose you over me?’”
“Cain chooses me instead?”
Let’s look back.
Why did you choose the stock price in the first place?
This question is, in fact, flawed from the start.
That’s because I didn’t choose ‘Han Ga-in’ in the first attempt of No. 104.
I killed Aurelia in the Underground and fulfilled the conditions for the appearance of the Divine Sun, and the Lord descended upon me.
From the moment the hotel party entered room 104, did you expect ‘Han Ga-in’ to kill Aurelia?
This is an overly fatalistic interpretation.
Even the hotel that holds the prisoners cannot perfectly predict how we will get out of the cursed room, and it is obviously impossible for the prisoners.
God did not choose ‘Han Ga-in’, but chose whoever was the first to summon the divine sun from the underground and sent it down.
It was from the second attempt that Joo Ga-in aimed for victory.
“The more I think about it, the more I don’t think so. His choice was already made the moment he descended. Perhaps I, who have used the descent, am the only one who can perfectly use the sacred sun?”
“Then why are you telling me to come down?”
“I didn’t tell you to come down. Aurelia got information about us through Arima. Of course she would have passed that information on to you as well.”
Miro’s eyes widened.
“Ah! Now I know about the existence of this time zone!”
“So from now on, I will go down.”
Miro’s eyes, which had been confused by the incomprehensible situation, cleared and she smiled happily.
“Have a nice trip! I’ll wait here!”
“okay.”
I didn’t tell Miro, but I actually thought this too.
Could it be possible that the Lord really chose Miro as the new host of the Divine Sun?
Several possibilities came to mind for this as well… .
I quit.
I must obtain the legacy of No. 104.
— Clang!
The door to the sacred land has opened.
I have arrived in paradise.
…
…
…
*
— Clang!
“Gain! What happened-”
“Huh!”
My head hurts so bad I feel like it’s going to explode.
A world filled with light, a land you cannot reach alive!
The disgust created by paradise seemed to be eating away at my brain.
“Cain?”
“Oh, oh, I knew this kid was a weirdo all along -”
“Ji, calm down! Shi, there’s not much time!”
Time, yes time!
I am a summoned being called by the Labyrinth as a legacy, so I cannot exist for more than an hour.
“How long has it been?”
“54 minutes!”
There are only 5 minutes and a few seconds left, no time to hesitate.
“to me -”
“Sorry, it’s hard to explain the maze to you.”
I saw it, I felt it, I knew it.
The reason why the divine sun exists, the purpose of the Lord!
I knew everything about number 104.
I also knew what the everyone-can-win game that the stock had been emphasizing so much meant.
A being, either a mad god or a god of light, made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.
The deal was done.
“Cain?”
I came to understand the secrecy of the Bureau agents.
Not everyone needs to know what I’ve found out.
Truly terrible wisdom is something that only those who know it will know.
“That, that’s a pen?”
I wrote and wrote again about everything in issue 104.
“What on earth did you see?”
Suddenly, this thought occurred to me.
I came back to this room to get the divine sun.
But can I write while recognizing the truth about this horrible abomination?
“Huh? Are you erasing it? Did you write something wrong?”
The terrible truth is known only to those who need to know.
There is no need for ‘Han Ga-in’ to be included in that ‘person to know’.
“Miro. Give this note to Aurelia.”
“What did you write?”
“Just pass it on. Don’t read it.”
“… okay.”
As the hour passed and my consciousness began to fade, I thought.
Finally free from painful memories.
The person who was in the old school will never know what I saw today.
I decided to give myself a paradise of ignorance.
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 282
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 104 – The Cursed Room ‘Hotel High School, a prestigious entrance exam school’
Wise man’s advice: X]
– Han Ga-in
At a time when I was resting in the old teacher’s empty classroom.
“Huh? Huh? What is it?”
A huge amount of text started to appear in the status window.
The only one who can do this is the ‘me’ called by Time Zone.
…
“…”
The content itself wasn’t that surprising.
The immortal paradise on earth that God promised to His followers did exist.
Those who served the Lord for a long time moved to the paradise inside the sacred sun after death.
The believers who are full of faith in the Lord are, so to speak, one dot.
These dots come together in countless numbers to create the ‘divine sun’.
In addition to that, there was a variety of information written down.
“Wow~ As expected from Han Ga-in! Ga-in is incredibly capable! I told you, there’s no one in the world I can trust as much as I do.”
The ‘deal’ with the Lord was a bit strange, but it wasn’t bad.
At least there was no harm done to me.
This is a condition that can be naturally met while proceeding with the remaining room, room 206.
Now that we have a rough idea of how we’ll end issue 104, let’s get started.
— Tick!
As I was leaving the classroom after turning off the lights, a strange thought occurred to me.
“…”
The font used in the status window is my own, not anyone else’s.
Of course, if you look at the word choice or font, you can vaguely feel the emotions contained therein.
“…What were you so scared of?”
There was no one anywhere who could answer.
*
The next day, early in the morning, colleagues gathered at the old school building.
Ari, who had been listening to my explanation for a long time, summarized it with an expression of understanding.
“So, you’re saying that the sacred sun is a kind of ark that contains the souls of the believers?”
Bang Joo-ra. A good example.
“that’s right.”
“The faithful who are filled with sincere faith in the Lord, they are like Lego blocks, countless blocks that come together to form the sacred sun.”
“That’s correct.”
“The Legacy, the series of events that lead the Holy Sun out of the Chamber of Damnation. This is not only an escape for the Lord, but also an escape for the believers who are trapped in the purgatory of the Chamber of Damnation.”
Eunsol, who had heard this, nodded as if she was impressed.
“I almost cried just now.”
“yes?”
“Huh… I used to think that he was such an evil being because he kept making such a fuss, but it didn’t feel like that.”
“That doesn’t mean he’s a good person. How many people have he killed?”
“That’s true, but at least the believers were spared, right?”
According to the records my past self left in the status window, that’s right.
At that moment, Songi opened her mouth.
“The original concern in this room wasn’t how to solve it, but that the compensation was strange?”
“that’s right.”
“Don’t you need to worry about that part? I was worried that the Sacred Sun was a kind of ego-infused legacy that might try to brainwash its owner.”
I was speechless for a moment.
This part was agreed upon through a ‘deal’ with the state, but… .
I was reluctant to tell my colleagues about the deal.
Not everyone needs to know what I’ve found out.
Some knowledge is sufficient for those who know it.
“He said there’s no need to worry too much about that part. He’s already confirmed it.”
With those words, everyone’s expressions brightened.
My sister made a happy expression.
“Then, let’s finish No. 104 right now!”
Jincheol hyung said with a big smile.
“Sister, when you say we should end it right now, do you mean we should kill all the disciples? Those people are now calling you Saint, Saint when they see the maze?”
Sister Eunsol was slightly embarrassed.
“You know that’s not what I’m saying! I made a plan to solve Room 104 without shedding blood, so why would you do that?”
The plan is nothing special.
The solution condition for No. 104 is the collapse of the social group, but this collapse does not necessarily have to be achieved by beating them to death.
Wouldn’t it be a way to destroy people’s faith by making them believe in ‘another religion’?
Interestingly enough, I asked the Lord about this part directly, and the Lord said it seemed possible.
When all the plans for solving the room were complete, Seungyeop quietly raised his hand.
“Brother, when are we going to use the Soul Box? Originally, I was going to use it to contain Arima, who entered Aurelia’s body, along with you, teacher….”
His colleagues suspect that Arima was eaten by Aurelia.
Can I put Aurelia in the soul box?
“I think we need to wait a few more days to see what happens.”
Jincheol nodded immediately.
“I think so too. Arima, that thing has been seeping into my body for quite some time, and all I can see is its lingering form.”
“is it so?”
“It took quite a while for it to pop out like a human. If Arima is a virus, then it takes time for the virus infection to end.”
“Is everything clear now? Let’s continue!”
*
What followed was, in some ways, a repetition of boring, simple tasks.
Some of his colleagues continued to terrorize the old teachers, and Miro continued to increase his presence within the church.
As if he had been waiting, the grandfather spread a new doctrine using the power of ‘mob psychology’.
One day, about three months later, Aurelia came to me.
“It’s been a while.”
She seemed quite tired.
“Now, there are less than ten people left in the church who can be called true believers.”
“The room solution is imminent.”
“You are truly resourceful people. The believers have seen countless miracles, so I thought it would be difficult to make them turn away from the faith.”
Are you making believers who are not just ordinary believers of a pseudo-religion, but have seen countless ‘miracles’, turn away from their faith?
As Aurelia said, it is not an easy task.
“Because we also used miracles ignorantly.”
If we use supernatural means such as crowd psychology or the voice of the labyrinth, it is also entirely possible.
“okay.”
The saintess had a somewhat desolate expression on her face.
A heavy silence fell.
I decided to ask honestly.
“Who are you now? Arima? Aurelia?”
It’s not a naive thought that he’ll tell the truth, of course.
Behind her, Elena was watching Aurelia with her ‘lie detection’ activated.
“…”
“Actually, it doesn’t really matter either way. What matters is whether they cooperate with us.”
She awakened to the truth of this world.
The god he believed in his entire life is nothing more than a prisoner locked in a hotel, and he and the NPCs are trapped in the purgatory that is the hotel.
The Soul Ship is an escape route that can pull her out into the real world.
Aurelia, who had been silent, opened her mouth.
“Actually, I originally thought about committing suicide.”
“…”
“I felt so empty, the world was blurry, my life was empty… I just wanted to die and go to paradise.”
Paradise.
The sacred sun.
The afterlife prepared by God for his followers.
“But you left this note.”
“yes?”
Me? To Aurelia? A note?
Wasn’t there anything like this in the status window?
She handed me a note while I was panicking.
I saw a sentence written clearly in my own handwriting.
“I will have mercy on you. Never go to paradise. Get out of this room with your soul in the box. This is my last conscience, my humanity.”