Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 436
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EP.436 Episode 436 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (1)
Episode 436 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (1)
A peaceful afternoon in a paradise with warm sunlight.
Second-class citizen, Director Lee Eun-sol, was wrestling with documents piled high enough to cover her upper body.
— Smart!
“Sir, the agenda for this evening’s meeting is -”
“get out.”
“It’s not a long story – ugh!”
“I told you I was busy!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
Secretary James had the unusual experience of having a stiff piece of paper thrown at him like a paper airplane and hitting him in the head for ‘daring’ to interfere with the director’s work.
The people around them who witnessed the scene thought that Director Lee Eun-sol seemed to be in a very uncomfortable mood today, so they thought they should not touch her.
Of course, Eunsol Lee also had her own reasons.
The work she was currently handling was far more important than any ‘useless’ paradise paperwork, and it needed to be handled very secretly.
If the colleagues are the chess pieces in the plan that will soon begin, Eunsol is the one who places the pieces.
So, I had to act like a neurotic boss to keep people away from me.
‘Sang-Hyeon, adjusting your schedule is more difficult than I thought… .’
Eunsol leaned back in her chair for a moment and thought about the plan.
Room 206, The Cursed Room – How should the second attempt of the ‘Demon King who resurrects after 100 days’ proceed?
The primary setting of #206 is a dystopian city-state called ‘Paradise’.
All citizens are classified into four classes: 1st class, which is equivalent to royalty, and 4th class, which is no different from slaves.
A terrible being called the ‘Demon King’ is sealed underground in the city, and something called ‘Indomitable Reason’, believed to be the legacy of No. 206, is suppressing it.
‘Indomitable Reason’ is a terrible thing that operates only through periodic human sacrifice, and the being that controls it is the city’s dictator and mayor, Leon Kadyrov.
‘Up to here, it’s a general background.’
What did Hotel Party find out on their first try?
A variety of information flashed through Eunsol’s head.
The sealed member is Miro, and his true identity within the scenario has not been discovered.
When the human sacrifices that activate the indomitable reason stop, the Demon King will be resurrected.
‘This is also meaningful, but the following information is really valuable information.’
The world outside of paradise is fine, and other cities exist.
‘Should I go to other cities too?’
If the Demon King is completely resurrected, there is absolutely no stopping him.
However, in the early stages of resurrection, if you can suppress the Demon King even for a moment, you can escape by using both Indomitable Reason and One More Chance.
The most difficult condition here is securing the power to ‘suppress the awakened Demon King even for a moment,’ but this is not an easy story at this point in time when Kangrim has disappeared.
Some embarrassing information also came to mind.
In Room 206, no one knows where Pero is.
Even Pero himself couldn’t explain to Songi where he was.
‘Is Pero’s location itself a plot device, like in Room 201?’
While organizing the information, Eunsol sighed deeply.
It seems like I did my best on my first try, but there’s still so much I don’t know and the road to solutions seems bleak.
So we need to get more information.
Fortunately, we have discovered the identity and location of the beings that hold the secret of Room 206.
Mayor Leon Kadyrov, who commutes between his opulent mansion and his office in the city.
Shijo Mei, she is staying in the orphanage where Seungyeop started, hiding her identity.
— Smart!
“Hey, Director!”
“…”
“Do you remember the evening meeting? This time, the mayor – Whew! I’m leaving!”
After chasing away the interfering staff once again, Eunsol began to carefully refine her plan.
Shijo Mei is a being who freely uses superpowers in a paradise where everyone lives as an ordinary human being.
It’s easier to attack the market than her.
The problem is that cooking Leon Kadyrov isn’t easy either.
Because of this, Eunsol and her colleagues had to come up with all sorts of plans until they were unconscious the night before.
“Okay!”
— Smart!
“Sir, dinner -”
“Okay~! Get out now!”
“Oh, thank you! I knew you’d get hit again… .”
“…”
*
During dinnertime in a luxury mansion, Song Kadyrov, a first-class citizen, cautiously opened his mouth while looking at a tender sirloin steak.
“dad.”
“Hmm? Do you have something to say?”
When Songi saw Leon Kadyrov smiling so kindly, her heart ached slightly.
This fatherly love is nothing more than a false emotion created by the ‘beloved one.’
“Where are you sick these days?”
“What? Haha! The princess is worried about me again -”
“Dad, I’m being serious. Your complexion isn’t good, and you seem to feel dizzy sometimes…”
Leon couldn’t hide his bewilderment at his daughter’s unexpected words.
“I did? Hmm, maybe Songi saw it wrong?”
“Dad, would I ever lie about something like this?”
“Oh, no, I’m not saying it’s a lie… .”
Eventually, Songi managed to cancel a significant portion of Leon Kadyrov’s hectic schedule, which ruled the city, and squeezed in a ‘comprehensive health check-up’.
Leon Kadyrov is a suspicious man.
Those of lower class are likely to be dissatisfied with society, so they are suspicious; those of higher class are likely to be greedy, so they are suspicious.
The high-ranking information officers in charge of the market’s security are also not completely trustworthy, and the only ones who are trusted are One More Chance and Songi Kadyrov.
Because of this, the market never went to an ordinary hospital within Paradise.
It wasn’t his cup of tea to entrust his life to an untrustworthy doctor while under anesthesia, and in a busy hospital, even his bodyguards weren’t free to move around.
Above all, One More Chance cannot be used in Paradise because of the indomitable nature of reason.
However, the market is also human and should receive health checkups and treatment.
That’s why Leon Kadyrov preferred to bring a lot of doctors and their equipment to his luxury mansion.
It is a luxury that is possible because it is the market and the ruler of the city.
And that was also the ‘weakness’ that the hotel party was targeting.
The hotel party in the luxury mansion becomes superhuman again.
*
The market’s health screening lasted half a day.
Thanks to this, the city’s top doctors and their delicate medical equipment were repeatedly visiting the floating mansion, and the bodyguards were also on edge.
Towards evening, a doctor showed up again, this time dragging a medical device with a syringe and colorful hoses attached to it.
“name!”
“This is Kim Sang-hyun.”
“Huh? Kim Sang-hyun? He’s different from the doctor on the list?”
“Oh, Adrian hurt his back at work yesterday, so I came in his place. Here, here’s my ID.”
Kim Sang-hyun’s attitude as he presented his identification was confident.
Because there was no lie anywhere in the document.
If there was a problem, it was that Kim Sang-hyun secretly tapped Adrian’s waist, but since Adrian himself didn’t know who the culprit was, it wasn’t a big problem.
The informer was impressed by his brilliant career.
This is also a reaction that Kim Sang-hyun has seen countless times throughout his life.
“Your career is impressive.”
“It just became like that as I lived.”
“Okay. You’re fine. What about this guy?”
The moment the bodyguard’s eyes turned to the side, cold sweat formed on Kim Sang-hyun’s cheeks.
It was easy for Kim Sang-hyun to come to this place without Lee Eun-sol’s help.
Because the hotel had given him the role of second-class citizen and special agent from the beginning.
Would you let just anyone be a special agent?
Kim Sang-hyun’s identity has already been verified within Room 206.
The problem is the person next to him.
“Assistant, I am Miss Yumi. I am a third-class citizen and -”
“I’m not asking for your name, I’m asking for your identification.”
“Yes? The information officers on the first floor took Yumi’s certificate….”
“What are you talking about? Hey! You’re talking nonsense!”
There’s no way Yumi has a normal status in room 206.
Director Lee Eun-sol used all kinds of tricks to get us this far, but in the end, it’s the colleagues on the first floor who have to put an end to it.
“If what I’m saying is a lie, why don’t you contact the first floor?”
At those words, the bodyguards frowned and contacted the Paradise informants in charge of the first screening, ‘Cha Jin-cheol’ and ‘Kim Muk-seong’.
…
…
…
After a while, the high-ranking informants who had ended the contact returned complaining.
“Oh, right. I checked, but we need to do the final confirmation on the original identification.”
“Is that so?”
“Ha… That bastard Kim Muk-seong, how can someone of his age make such a mistake? That bastard Cha Jin-cheol was already an immature guy! This is why I said that third-class guys are no good.”
At this moment, Kim Sang-hyun could only laugh awkwardly.
It seems that the colleagues on the first floor, whom Eunsol had painstakingly arranged, were quite good at imitating idiots.
“Shall we go back to the first floor?”
“… Okay. You should stop wasting your time, Mr. Mayor. Let’s go in.”
Inside the floating mansion that had been turned into a makeshift clinic, there was a mayor with a tired expression and a bodyguard with a stern demeanor.
Kim Sang-hyun and Yumi carefully checked Leon Kadyrov’s health condition like a good doctor and nurse.
It wasn’t hard to imitate them, as both of them were true medical professionals in many ways.
In between, Yumi checked Sanghyun’s expression to see ‘when he would signal.’
… Sang-Hyeon didn’t give a signal until the treatment was over.
“It’s over.”
When Sang-Hyeon declared the end of the examination, Yu-Mi’s expression almost collapsed for a moment.
What the hell is this, I haven’t even done the ‘work’ yet!
Whether Yumi was flustered or not, Sang-Hyeon gave a quick nod to the tired-looking mayor and informers before leaving the floating mansion.
…
“What are you, are you crazy? Are you planning -”
“Quiet.”
“no -”
“There are still informers nearby.”
“…”
“Miss Yumi, I’ll explain everything in the evening. I see Seungyeop over there. Please go back.”
“… okay.”
*
In the evening, a large crowd gathered at the spacious home of Elena, the most popular actress in Paradise.
Eun-sol Lee, Elena, Sang-hyun Kim, Jin-cheol Cha, who was smiling bitterly, appeared with Seung-yeop Park.
Eunsol tilted her head.
“Jincheol? Why are only you and Seungyeop here? And Grandpa?”
“I was disciplined and locked up because I made a mistake on the security side… .”
Cha Jin-cheol and Kim Muk-seong were tasked with creating an opening for Yu-mi, whose identity was unclear, to get to the market, and Muk-seong ended up taking responsibility for this process.
“Ahh… I can’t help it. First of all, thank you all for your hard work! Sang-Hyeon, how’s work going?”
“The market will be contacted within three days. Carotid artery stenosis, ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, etc. -”
“OK! Is that what Leon heard when he said you might die soon?”
“Similar.”
The faces of those who realized that things had worked out well brightened.
Soon, Eunsol smiled brightly and briefed everyone about the purpose of the plan and the current situation.
“This is something we talked about yesterday, but let me summarize it again. The problem we face in Room 206 is a lack of information. What is the purpose of creating Paradise? What about the other city outside? How can we stop the Demon King’s resurrection? There are many questions.”
My colleagues nodded.
“The answers to many of these questions will probably be in the hands of the mayor, Leon Kadyrov, and Sijo and May. We need to get to know at least one of them.”
Cha Jin-cheol heard those words.
“I heard yesterday that it would be difficult to dig up the May Go woman.”
“Sijo ignores the indomitable reason and uses all sorts of supernatural powers. It’s difficult in many ways. That’s why I decided to start by raiding the market. The problem is that the market is no easy task either.”
Everyone recalled the events of the previous session.
As massive protests led by miners broke out, the mayor turned back time to One More Chance and viciously tried to kill Cain.
In the end, Gain, Ari, and the others killed the mayor in order to survive, but after killing the mayor, they had trouble maintaining their indomitable sanity, and the Demon King was resurrected.
“If you push the market, he will turn back time and solve the situation.”
So the hotel party made the market a limited-time life with Yumi’s power.
As Songi confirmed in the previous episode, One More Chance can also turn back the user’s time if necessary.
However, according to what Han Ga-in found out in the previous episode, the time that can be turned into a one more chance is at most about a month.
Chronic illnesses do not appear suddenly one day, but rather build up over many years, so they cannot be solved by turning back the clock by a month or so.
Usually, this is the case with naturally occurring diseases.
Because the market won’t think that Yumi created his illness.
“The market will believe that its own chronic disease cannot be solved by One More Chance. So what should it do?”
The Kadyrov family has inherited special powers or objects from generation to generation.
The mayor had a daughter who was inheriting a ‘special item’ like himself.
Eunsol Lee smiled with a meaningful expression.
“Aren’t you ready to pass everything on to your successor?”
Of course, the ‘everything’ that will be passed on to the successor includes the secrets inherited by the Kadyrov family.
*
As Eunsol’s briefing was coming to an end, Yumi, who had been sitting next to Seungyeop, spoke with a look of incomprehension on her face.
“for a moment.”
“huh?”
“Eunsol Lee. There’s a serious problem with the plan you made.”
Eunsol was greatly embarrassed when she heard that it was a serious problem.
“Huh? Problem? What is it?”
“I couldn’t even lay a finger on the mayor’s body.”
“What? Oh, no!”
If everything went according to plan, Yumi should have used her special powers to put the mayor to a limited time in a floating mansion where she could use her superpowers.
“No, Mr. Sang-Hyeon told me to use my hands secretly as he signals -”
“You didn’t give a signal?”
“what?”
“Don’t forget. I was an assistant. I had to be next to a machine that I didn’t even know what it was unless the doctor signaled for it.”
Everyone looked at Kim Sang-hyun in confusion.
And then, the only ‘doctor’ in this place stood up.
“There was no need to lift a hand.”
Kim Sang-hyun calmly declared to his confused colleagues.
“Leon Kadyrov is really terminally ill. There was no need for Yumi to touch him.”