Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 478
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EP.478 Episode 478 – Party Time – Who will be the next owner of the legacy? (3)
Episode 478 – Party Time – Who will be the next owner of the legacy? (3)
– Elena
When I came out of room 105, I knew something terrible had already happened.
“Elena! You’re out?”
“Sister, the atmosphere is a bit chaotic.”
Eunsol answered with a bitter smile.
About 10 minutes ago, Ms. Gain woke up first, and as soon as she came out, she saw Grandpa Mukseong and Miro, staggered around, broke out in a cold sweat, and then went back to her room.
“I guess it’s because of the new abilities you’ve acquired. You might be under a lot of mental pressure.”
“Why does Mr. Cain only get headaches, whether it be blessings or inheritance?”
“Haha! That’s true. What did Elena get this time?”
When my sister turned the conversation to me, my colleagues who were sitting at the table waiting for breakfast also looked in my direction.
Fortunately, my abilities are easy to explain.
“It’s called ‘self-defense.’ The biggest weakness of blessings and justice is that the conditions are strict, so let’s make that part a little easier, shall we?”
As soon as he heard it, he smiled slightly as if it was interesting.
“Just hearing the word ‘self-defense’ gives me an idea of what it means. If an enemy attacks you first, you counterattack with a self-defense judgment? In this case, without considering the opponent’s good or evil?”
“Similar. But, it’s weaker than the real definition. A bit, an abbreviated definition?”
“I know how you feel!”
At that moment, the doctor answered with a serious expression.
“Which country’s self-defense standard is this?”
“yes?”
“The standards for self-defense vary from country to country beyond imagination.”
“uh….”
“For example, in the United States, if an intruder enters private property without the owner’s permission, that in itself could be considered self-defense.”
“Is that so?”
“On the other hand, in Korea -”
Ari was momentarily surprised by the teacher’s erudition, but then she reacted quickly.
— Snap!
“Hey, hey!”
“Why are you talking nonsense? Is Elena Korean?”
Well, that’s right.
Actually, I’m not Korean.
“… I almost made a mistake.”
Ari violently stopped the teacher from explaining in detail about the ‘Standards of Self-Defense in the Republic of Korea’, then smiled broadly and looked at me.
“Elena.”
“Uh, yeah?”
“You just need to learn the Russian standard of self-defense.”
“…What is that?”
“In Russia, if you make eye contact with someone with a fierce expression, they can shoot you. If you trespass on private property, they can immediately shoot you back with a rocket launcher.”
“…”
“Just know this.”
What nonsense!
There’s no way my country could be this strange –
Kim Muk-seong: Meanwhile in Russia
Suddenly, my grandfather started posting strange, unidentified images into the chat window.
“…”
An image of a car equipped with a machine gun driving around on an ordinary road.
A bear waving from the right seat of a taxi.
A woman carrying a log that appears to weigh 50 kg by herself.
A bear riding a motorcycle.
A middle school classroom with a drinking party going on behind it.
A bear dancing next to its owner who is playing the guitar.
“Half of them are bears? What kind of country is this!”
“Elena, you may not know because you immigrated when you were young, but Russia is said to be a mysterious country. Every household has an RPG-7 for self-defense.”
“lie!”
“In Russia, bears are similar to Jindo dogs in Korea. A bit of a rough animal?”
“Do you think I can believe it?”
“Ha, I have to send you another image to come to your senses!”
My breakfast ended with this feeling.
No matter how much I think about it, it seems like everyone is making fun of me.
In what country in the world does a bear ride in the backseat of a taxi?
*
Around lunchtime, Gain came out again.
He said he was a little strange in the morning, but he seems to have calmed down now.
However, he is wearing a blindfold.
“Please excuse me until I get used to the abilities.”
Everyone just laughed awkwardly and had nothing to say.
“Okay, okay. Where did you get the blindfold?”
“Sister Eunsol ordered it for me.”
“You asked your older sister.”
After everyone naturally gathered around the tea table, everyone looked at Ga-in’s mouth.
“…”
A time of flowing silence.
Mr. Gain spoke as if he had realized something belatedly.
“Oh, is everyone waiting for me to speak?”
“…”
Everyone was just looking at Gain’s mouth, but she didn’t know because she was wearing a blindfold.
“Ahem, now that I think about it, everyone must have been curious because something like that happened this morning.”
of course.
“The new power I have acquired is called ‘insight.’ What kind of power is this? It’s a bit difficult to explain.”
Insight.
“Seeing the potential of people or things? Highly developed intuition? Reading the potential of the future from the past and present?”
I kind of know, but I don’t… .
Isn’t there an easy word to express this ability?
Yeah, it’s usually called ‘precognition’.
“Did you gain something like precognition?”
“Yes… I understand why Elena thought of that word, but it’s a little different.”
“How is it different?”
“Foresight is creating something out of nothing. Insight is gaining greatness out of smallness.”
“yes?”
I think this part needs some additional explanation.
“If you can figure out what will happen in the future without knowing anything, that is foresight. If you can read a specific possibility with a little evidence, that is insight?”
I’m still a little confused.
“For example, I saw Grandpa Mukseong dying in agony while nailed to the spire this morning. I could see this scene -”
“Eww! Phew!”
“Eww!”
“Hey! What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
… and.
I just got goosebumps.
Mr. Gain, please don’t suddenly say such shocking things with such an indifferent expression.
My grandfather was so surprised that he spat out all the water he was drinking.
“Han Ga-in, Inma! If you saw such a horrible scene, you should have told me in advance! Were you planning on saying ‘Yeah, I saw this yesterday’ after I got nailed to the spire?!”
“… That’s why I’m telling you now. If I had the ability to foresee, I would have seen that scene without any basis.”
“But, what?”
“Insight is different. When there is a little evidence, it shows the possibility that can be derived from it.”
If seeing something from nothing is prophecy, seeing a specific possibility from a small basis is insight.
That means that the basis for the future where Grandfather dies miserably while stuck in the spire has already occurred at this point.
“… Use it.”
Grandpa swallowed and summoned ‘One More Chance’, rolling it over his hand.
“Is this it? The master of reversing the tide?”
“Maybe.”
“maybe?”
“I don’t know the exact cause, but I hope you’re careful.”
“…”
That’s a difficult story.
Just because you know the future is dark doesn’t mean you can’t use your hard-earned inheritance.
At that moment, Miro stood up with a pale expression.
“To me too!”
“…”
“Gain was surprised to see me in the morning!”
“…”
“What, what did you see? A labyrinth of crucifixes? A savage’s grill covered in chili paste? Being hit by a truck and sent to another world -”
“Quiet, quiet, that’s not it. There was no gochujang.”
“Eww! Could it be soy sauce or ketchup instead of gochujang?”
“… Quietly. I told you, it’s not like that.”
After calming down Miro with an awkward smile, Gain gave a somewhat different answer than when her grandfather was there.
“I’ll think about it a little more and then tell you.”
“What? Why me! I already told Grandpa!”
“… I’ll think about it some more.”
Is there a reason why you told Grandpa right away but not Miro?
You yourself didn’t understand the scene you saw regarding the maze?
Or did you decide that telling was more dangerous?
I don’t know.
— Mate!
“Okay, let’s stop here. We also have to talk about the legacy.”
Who will get what legacy with the third ticket?
It’s a story that’s been around since day one, and Gain said she’d ask the sponsors and then decide.
Looks like you’ve come to your own conclusion.
“Oh, Eunsol, Ariya.”
“huh?”
“why?”
“Yesterday – no, two days ago. Anyway, that’s what the two of you were talking about.”
Ari believed that only by possessing both of the Legacies of Room 206 could the world be saved.
Sister Eunsol thought that it was not necessary to obtain both legacies from room 206, and that one of the two would be fine.
Who was right?
“This part was just told to me by the sponsor. I think my sister’s thoughts are right.”
“ah?”
“It’s not about what you choose, but who writes it. That’s the answer I heard. It was a similar story when I met them in person.”
“…”
The issue is not what you choose, but who uses it.
This means that it doesn’t really matter which heritage you choose.
“Okay, if that’s what the sponsor said, then that’s probably true. There’s no way he’d be fooling us on this issue. Was there anything else he said?”
“I would like to ask everyone about the question of who would write it. If you were to choose the indomitable reason, would you have me write it?”
Everyone nodded, and Jincheol answered.
“right.”
This is a story that came out during the time of choice.
Unless you are a Cain who can ‘carry’ the offering as a sacred sun, the indomitable reason is difficult to utilize.
After a somewhat complicated expression, Gain suddenly told what happened in the latter half of Room 206.
A universe of absolute zero filled with nothingness.
A shining angel who crosses the pale world, scattering believers who have become one with him.
The enlightenment that came after pouring out the soul and power contained in the sun.
Everyone’s eyes widened and they focused on what he was saying.
Some people were so impressed that they almost shed tears.
… that’s my story.
“They say too much of anything is as bad as too little. Thank you, Miro.”
“Huh? Huh? Suddenly?”
“That’s what you said.”
“…”
After a moment of silence, he made his intentions clear.
“There are too many powers already entangled with me. The remaining sentences in the Grimoire, the problem of the sacred sun that will continue forever, and even the insight I have gained this time.”
“…”
“I feel like I haven’t even recovered half of the strength I was given, so if I add anything more to it, it’s overeating. It’ll cause indigestion.”
That I do not wish to have any more inheritance.
In return for your hard work in Room 206, you’ve gained ‘insight’, so is that enough?
Or maybe it means that you don’t want to further your worries here.
“Well, I respect your wishes, Ga-in, but it’s difficult for other people to properly utilize their indomitable reason.”
This is a story that has been around from the beginning.
“No, now I am similar.”
“What do you mean?”
“I will not charge the sacred sun excessively like before. The contract to offer 144,000 has already been fulfilled, so there is nothing to force me anymore.”
“…”
“Haha, don’t get me wrong. I’m not like some Chinese emperor who suddenly said, ‘I won’t sacrifice the world for this one person (不以天下奉一人)’.”
“…”
“It’s just that, like before, I don’t think I’ll be sacrificing an entire turn just to recharge my legacy. Well, it’s not like that’s possible since there are no cursed rooms left on the second floor.”
“Is that so…?”
After a moment of silence, he said something that made everyone tense.
“I often think about this these days.”
“yes?”
“When I finally turn around, I hope someone can stop me. For myself, not for anyone else.”
If Mr. Cain collapses because he can’t hold on, we must be able to stop him, at least for his own sake.
Therefore, it is dangerous to become stronger only by yourself.
This may be a judgment that we can make because we have experienced the most psychotic phenomena among us.
“… All right.”
Everyone was lost in thought for a moment.
Based on the story so far, it seems difficult to choose indomitable reason.
First, the sponsor said, ‘It doesn’t really matter what legacy you choose.’
According to this saying, it is not necessary to choose unyielding reason to save the world.
Second, the only person who can properly use the indomitable reason is Mr. Cain, who has gained the two legacies as well as the equally powerful power called ‘Insight’.
He said he didn’t want to cause any more trouble.
Ariga gave her opinion cautiously.
“Well, then an isosceles polyhedron?”
“What do you think?”
“I don’t care anymore.”
The reason Ari wanted indomitable reason was because she thought it would be essential to overcoming the crisis of reality.
Since you said you weren’t a sponsor for this part, I guess there’s no reason to insist on it anymore.
The teacher opened his mouth.
“Isomorphic polyhedron, Legacy of No. 201. My memory is vague, but I heard that it requires a very high level of intelligence.”
“That’s correct.”
“The original user, the chief researcher? I heard that he was one of the greatest geniuses on the entire planet.”
“that’s right.”
One of the greatest geniuses on the planet!
Just hearing it makes my heart race, and I’m so jealous because I’ve never lived that kind of life.
What would a person like that think as he or she lives in the world?
Doesn’t everyone else feel like a chimpanzee except me?
“… Will you be able to properly use such a legacy?”
“Well, it’s not the original, it’s a legacy. The user doesn’t have to be a genius who will go down in human history. But he or she has to be smart.”
“The candidate is someone with a good head on his shoulders.”
Something is strange about this atmosphere.
So who can’t be a candidate?
A dumb person?
Stone head?
Idiot?
I don’t think I’m some kind of genius.
But I think it would be really upsetting if you blatantly excluded me in this situation!
Perhaps because the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Eunsol unnie smiled and chimed in.
“It’s ambiguous. In Room 206, Ga-in said that since you suffered so much at the end, if you had just said you wanted to get something, everyone would have thought so.”
Since it’s a situation where someone else is getting it, everyone feels a bit strange.
“Gain, tell me what you think. It looks like you’ve already decided on a suitable candidate in your mind.”
Is this really true?
The smartest person in Ga-in’s opinion, excluding herself!
“Uh, uh, um. Everyone, please listen carefully. The atmosphere is a bit strange, but I’m not ranking you guys in order of intelligence -”
Seungyeop, who had been feeling an inexplicable sense of pressure since a while ago, suddenly showed a convulsive reaction.
“Don’t lie! Have I completely disappeared from your mind?”
“…”
— Beep! Beep! Beep! Foodduck!
Everyone looked at Pero at the loud noise including the sudden crying.
It’s almost the first time that Pero has spoken out during a meeting.
And, Songi translated the parrot language.
“If you’re going to give it to Pero, give it to me instead.”
This is a fatal blow.
It would have been better if you didn’t translate it at all, Songi is subtly mischievous.
“…Pero won’t be able to inherit. Probably.”
“Eww! So Pero is smarter than me? You stupid parrot! The majesty of the lord of all creation -”
“Ah! Someone shut up this idiot!”
Seungyeop, I’m sorry, but this really isn’t a situation where you should come out.
Just looking at this reaction right now, it’s a bit off.
In the end, Jincheol grabbed Seungyeop and Songi grabbed Pero to calm the mood.
“…”
The surrounding atmosphere subtly heated up.
Rather than wanting to inherit the inheritance, the atmosphere is more focused on ‘who is the smartest’.
What is your intelligence ranking in Gain’s head?
To be honest, I’m not sure if I’ll be at the top, but I’ll probably have a few people under me, right?
Well, Seungyeop is here!
While everyone was paying attention, Gain opened her mouth.
“Looking back, my experience in Room 206 was helpful. I found someone there who was good at using isomorphic polyhedra.”
In room 206?