Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 539
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EP.539 Episode 539 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (25)
Episode 539 – Room 207, The Gate Room – The Fourth Trial ‘The Fallen King’ (25)
– Jonathan Swift
I picked up the paper I had been fiddling with over and over again for the past few days.
“My name is Jonathan Swift, and I am a seven-year journalist with the British Times.
The facts I am writing from now on are the truth without an inch of falsehood.
Prime Minister David, who was assassinated four days ago -”
Even if I die, I am writing this letter to tell the truth!
I just couldn’t write the next sentence.
Because it was such a bizarre story, I didn’t think other people would believe it.
Even the Prime Minister, who was famous as a child prodigy, left behind only a mess of writings!
If it weren’t for the bizarre experience I had myself, I wouldn’t have believed the Prime Minister’s will either.
“I got word that a ship is ready at Dover Port. Jonathan, shall we get going soon?”
“Oh, I see.”
Just after departure, Thomas in the front seat spoke to me again.
“I came running after receiving your call yesterday… but I still don’t know. Why are you suddenly going to France? Are you preparing to immigrate or something?”
“…”
“Can’t you speak frankly?”
Thomas is a friend who has been with me since my childhood in the back alleys of Manchester.
They are like family to me, to the point where they granted my ridiculous request to prepare a smuggling ship for Dover port out of the blue.
So I couldn’t tell you.
If I’m going to die, I should die alone. I can’t let such a kind friend die.
“sorry.”
“Ha, this is… Is this why you can’t tell me even though I’m helping you a lot?”
While listening to my friend grumbling, this thought suddenly crossed my mind.
A friend asks you to tell them a secret in return for a favor, and then complains when you don’t listen.
It’s obvious, but at the same time, it’s not obvious.
If someone asks earnestly, shouldn’t they ‘obviously’ grant it without asking for anything in return?
Because the Virgin Mary spread such a principle!
“this!”
— Clang!
The moment he pulled out his gun and aimed it at Thomas, he looked dumbfounded.
“What? Jonathan, if it’s a joke, it’s not funny -”
— Bang!
There is no room to hesitate.
You killed the Prime Minister, and now you threaten me!
Because the devil has the power to toy with human flesh.
At the point where he demands a ‘countermeasure’ for my request, Thomas must have been manipulated by the devil!
*
Late at night.
As soon as we arrived at the port, we ran towards the smuggling ship that Thomas had mentioned.
Soon, three big guys appeared.
“Hey~! Are you a reporter?”
“That’s right. Right now -”
“Mr. Thomas?”
“… I got off in the middle.”
“What? That’s different! We came here believing in Mr. Thomas -”
“Everyone. I really, really need to cross the English Channel to Europe. Please help me.”
As I lowered my head with an earnest expression, the big guys looked puzzled.
“Didn’t Our Lady say that everyone must believe and love?”
“Hmm….”
Even a suspicious criminal living in the shadows cannot completely escape the logic of the new world created by the Virgin Mary.
“… How can we trust a reporter we are seeing for the first time today?”
Again!
The unthinkable has happened again!
In a world that should be filled with love and faith, how can this person say ‘distrust’ to me?
Denying the teachings of the Virgin Mary.
Proof that you’ve been infected by the devil!
— Clang!
The moment he pulled out his gun, the atmosphere around him became tense.
“If you kill us with that, do you plan on taking the ship yourself?”
“…”
It’s a disaster.
If I kill Thomas, I can drive the car, but if I kill the sailors, what about the ship?
What are the smuggling procedures after arriving on the mainland?
There’s nothing I can do!
At the moment of panic, a calm voice was heard.
“Let’s just send it. I got the money.”
“… That’s right.”
*
Only after I got on the boat did I feel at ease.
If only I could escape England, my beloved homeland, now a mad land infested with demons!
Let’s go to Germany, no, France.
I need to meet with the reporters there and tell them what’s going on in England.
No, you don’t even need to meet in person, you can just use the Internet.
The UK has become a hellhole where even the internet is unreliable, but mainland Europe should still be fine.
Then, obviously, the Holy See in Spain –
“… Huh!”
The ship is not departing.
There was no sense of departure, let alone even the minimal preparation for departure.
Therefore, this is nothing more than a prison that confines ‘me’.
As I came out of the cabin where I had been hiding, feeling a sense of deep despair, the people on deck looked at me with calm eyes.
He raised his gun in a fit of pique.
The moment you’re about to pull the trigger –
The mouths of the five sailors opened simultaneously.
“Come here.”
Their eyes were all the same.
— Squeak!
Five people nod their heads to the right at the same time.
Although they are obviously different bodies, their movements are exactly the same.
“Why don’t you come here?”
“iced coffee….”
Fear, terror, eats away at my mind.
Reason screamed that he had to escape somehow, but his body began to crawl as if possessed, like a marionette puppet.
“Jonathan, come here and look into my eyes.”
“Who, what am I supposed to see with so many eyes!”
“Cook! That’s right.”
Five people burst into laughter as if the conversation just now was funny.
A hand that approaches slowly.
“I, I! I saw the writing left by the Prime Minister! Oh, there is a devil, a wicked person controlling the human body -”
“Was it written about the devil’s identity?”
“…”
The devil’s identity.
It was truly unbelievable.
“Prince Harrison…!”
“prince?”
Oddly enough, the other person seemed a little disappointed with the answer.
“That’s not my identity. He’s just a person with outstanding qualities.”
“Outstanding qualities?”
“Reporter. Do you know why you or the Prime Minister could be in your right mind?”
“…”
“Occasionally, there are those who are born with a natural resistance to evil powers. Such people cannot be easily brought to their knees by the power of a weak body. That is why a sharp sword is necessary.”
— Warm!
The sound of someone approaching.
“Huh!”
I understand.
I don’t know how much ‘resistance’ I was born with, but I don’t think it would be enough to withstand a ‘sharp knife’ coming from far away!
When Prince Harrison finally appeared behind me, I dropped everything.
“What on earth are you? What is your purpose?”
The young man with gorgeous blond hair smiled broadly.
“If Our Lady brought peace to the world, I have come to bring a sword. I will make sons and fathers, daughters and mothers enemies of each other.”
And then, the young man, the hand of the ‘sharpening knife’ reached out to me.
I finally realized that I was free from all fear and pain.
…
“What? My memory is weird. I never touched Thomas.”
When the prince asks, the sailor answers.
“That’s right. No matter what body’s memory I search, I don’t remember touching Thomas.”
Of course, the essence of this conversation is merely a question and answer session.
“I think the reporter is mistaken. Thomas was never touched. In other words…”
Finally, the British prince smiled brightly.
“It means that the subjects of the British Empire are finally waking up from the curse of imbecility that Our Lady has placed on them! Therefore, I will soon be the one to save Britain, and by extension, the world!”
*
– Jin Mok-gyeong
“…”
I thought as I looked at the paper on the table.
Right now, at this very moment… .
I, General Secretary of the People’s Republic of China, Chen Muqing, am in the greatest crisis!
The paper had the following song written on it:
“The five-star red flag flutters in the wind,
The Chinese giant dragon shines on the world,
The Yellow River and the Yangtze River flow and flow through the ten thousand rivers and mountains.
“Let us all pursue the Chinese dream of national revival that we hold in our hearts, following the leader.”
“…”
Up to this point, let’s just think of it as common lyrics to encourage patriotism.
But the next part is a bit… .
“If you want to get married, meet a man like Jin Mok-gyeong.
He is a very decisive person and does his best in everything.
“He can defeat any monster, whether it be a fly or a tiger.”
“No, isn’t this really a bit off?”
“If you want to get married, meet a man like Jin Mok-gyeong.
He is a generous and strong-willed man.
Heroic and unyielding – 」
“Seriously! Are these guys in the party propaganda department in their right minds?”
I don’t have the confidence to listen to this song blaring from all directions with my mind clear.
So I asked the only person present, my personal escort.
“What do you think?”
Her reaction was calm and composed.
“That’s fun.”
“Hey, is this fun?”
“If you want to get married, you need to find a man like you. The best groom on the continent, Jin Mok-kyung, fighting!”
“… Ari. I want to hear a serious answer.”
“I answered seriously. What are you trying to do? Aren’t you sitting there trying to gather the faith of 1.4 billion people?”
“The word faith is unpleasant. There is no God in the world, only a strong devil. As the General Secretary and the Guardian of the Continent -”
“I understand, I understand. Is this just your heart trying to protect the world?”
“…”
Soon, she walked to the window and said with a cool look in her eyes.
“Jin Mok-gyeong. This is advice from an ‘investor,’ so listen carefully.”
“I’m listening.”
“Accept the truth.”
“…”
“As the General Secretary of the Communist Party, you spread radical atheism and used it as an excuse to kill some 400,000 clergy.”
“Religion is the opium of the people.”
“Anyway! In the process, I managed to collect a whopping 7,824 fragments. A significant number of them were pretending to be priests.”
“…”
“You are one of the strongest fragments I know. You have collected so many pieces. And yet, you still can’t get past the ‘last step.’”
“The last step?”
“Accept it. You are the divine fluid that takes atheism as its scripture.”
It was an uncomfortable topic.
Perhaps sensing my feelings, Ari didn’t say anything else.
“Ari. You know many more fragments than me.”
“okay.”
“…Who is the most likely candidate now?”
“You may have guessed it from the news or the internet, but I’ll tell you. The wandering witch in America, the sly pastor in Korea, the evil prince in England, and the charming general secretary in China. These four are the most advanced.”
“Are there four of them?”
“There may be more.”
America’s wandering witch.
The cunning pastor of Korea.
The evil prince of England.
China’s charm –
“What charm!”
“If you want to get married, meet a man like Jin Mok-kyung~!”
A girl who is always so playful.
The first day we met, she whispered to me.
‘I’ll invest in you. I think the best situation will be when you are the final winner.’
“…”
I still don’t understand everything she said.
What do you mean the best structure is for me to be the last winner?
*
– Kim Muk-seong
It’s been about three years since I started living with a guy who seems to have five snakes, or rather, serpents, inside him.
From some point on, I started calling him this.
“First.”
“yes.”
‘First’.
Any other names were rejected by the other party.
‘I don’t need a name. If I have one, it will be a hindrance to the great cause.’
Is having a name an obstacle to great undertaking?
I don’t know what this means.
I often feel that this guy is definitely different from Ga-in.
Because Gain is much better at ‘normal person cosplay’ than this guy.
If you can just have a normal conversation with him and you don’t feel anything strange, and he seems like a cheerful and honest young man, then Ga-in…
First of all, this guy starts talking and then he starts talking to me in exactly one minute.
“These days, I can see things vaguely when I watch the news.”
“The time has come. The moment of decisive battle is approaching.”
“Six? No, seven? That’s the number that stood out.”
“Is that so?”
“Korean swindler, British devil, Chinese lunatic, Indian idiot, American pretty girl, Spanish pretty girl number 2. And….”
Finally, I swallowed the word ‘you’.
“A swindler, a devil, a madman, a fool. You call everyone except the pretty ones a curse word. You speak harshly of them. They are my brothers.”
“Who do you think will win?”
“well.”
“How come you don’t know anything?”
“I don’t know, what can I do?”
“Can’t you see it? Hey, whether it’s the Book of Magic or the Sacred Sun, it’s advantageous for a country to have strong national power.”
“Is that so?”
“You can’t ignore population and national power. In the end, I think it’s either China or the United States. And in the end… ”
It must be you.
The young man smiled faintly.
“Sir, you missed one thing.”
“what?”
“At first glance, the fight between brothers is a battle for power, but in the end, the final fight is usually a 1-1 duel.”
“I think so.”
“There are always variables in a fight. The one with stronger specs doesn’t always win.”
“…”
“One more thing.”
“What is it?”
“The fight between brothers is not the goal in itself. It is just a means, and the goal is separate, don’t you know?”
The fundamental purpose is.
What was Gain thinking when he created all this mess?
My head hurts.
Every time this happened, I regretted not being smarter.
“Oh, by the way, there is a candidate I support.”
“Who is it?”
“Serena from the United States.”
“why?”
“Isn’t it cute?”
“You crazy bastard! You should go to jail!”