Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 563
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EP.563 Episode 563 – A World You Can’t Remember (2)
Episode 563 – A World You Can’t Remember (2)
– Han Ga-in
Looking back, my grandfather rarely talked about the management at the hotel.
If you were curious about information related to the Administration, it was Ari who was the subject of the inquiry, not his grandfather.
However, Grandfather Mukseong is also a person who has served the management office for a longer time than you can imagine.
So, the secrets that Grandfather knows must also be considerable.
The current conversation is evidence of that.
“While working as an exorcist and traveling around here and there, I found a place where location information was coming out strangely?”
“Yes.”
“Hearing that story reminds me of something. Gain, have you ever had a question like this?”
A thought that comes before a question.
If you think about it, the biological age difference between me and my grandfather has long since become meaningless.
If you add up the time in room 203, I might have more.
Of course, it may not be the case since it turns out that my grandfather is also a ‘regressor’, but at the very least, it is clear that my grandfather and I do not match in appearance and age.
Yet, I naturally treat my grandfather as an elder, and he treats me as a younger person.
Well, if you start to get into things like this, it’s strange that he spoke to Ari in a relaxed manner from the beginning, but was also respectful to his grandfather, who was clearly younger than Ari.
“What kind of place is the ‘other world’ that appears in all kinds of urban legends and ghost stories?”
Urban legends, ghost stories, myths.
Since ancient times, humans have imagined other worlds.
In a grand sense, there is heaven and hell, and the paradise of Wuling and Peach Blossom Land from Chinese folktales is a good example.
An example of a modern-day ghost story would be something like, if you operate the elevator in a strange way, you end up in another world.
In reality, some of these supernatural phenomena actually exist.
“There are otherworldly places that seem to come out of ghost stories. If you think about it, ‘Hotel Pioneer’ is also a kind of otherworldly place.”
“That makes sense.”
“The principles of its creation, the method of making it, etc., we – well, not anymore. Even the Administration doesn’t know. However, the Administration has succeeded in learning how to use some of the otherworldly things.”
“How to use the other world?”
“It could be quite useful if you could use it. For example, how about throwing a difficult monster into another world and closing the entrance?”
“… I’ve seen it once.”
“Have you seen it?”
“Room 202, I went to the place where the terrible monster was sealed with Ari in The Little Mermaid.”
The purpose is to seal the chaos entity.
“Are there any other uses?”
“storage.”
“yes?”
“Has the Administration ever thought about a way to store information in loops?”
“ah?”
“A very small number of agents can regress and maintain their sense of self, but computers cannot.”
Now that I hear it, it’s true.
Managing the world requires a lot of information, so how can the information storage medium survive the loop?
“Is the agent’s memory not enough?”
“Foot! Inma, how many agents do you think there are on the entire planet?”
“I don’t know.”
“Actually, I don’t know exactly either.”
“…”
“It’s more than 100, but probably less than 1,000. That’s the situation.”
“It’s too broad a scope.”
“I’m sorry. My rank wasn’t high enough. Ari might know better.”
Ari is said to be on the verge of being promoted to the highest rank, but it seems her grandfather wasn’t quite there.
“Whether it’s 100 people or 1,000 people, you know how obvious human memory is? In terms of sheer amount of information, the sum total of what 1,000 people remember is less than what your one smartphone can store.”
This is true, in a world where thousands of textbooks can fit on a single USB drive the size of a fingernail.
Yes, that’s right.
An agent’s memory alone cannot accumulate enough information to manage an entire civilization.
This means that the administration needs a special place to store information, whether it’s books or computers.
We learned that there are real otherworldly places in the world that seem to come straight out of a horror story, and that the Bureau has secured several of these locations and uses them for various purposes.
“The place I’m going to with you from now on is one of the other worlds. It’s a place that the management bureau hasn’t secured!”
‘The Unrememberable World’
It is one of the other realms outside of the control of the management agency, and its entrance is said to be near Seoraksan Mountain.
“If it were a normal hell filled with monsters, they would have just blocked the entrance.”
“Is it possible for normal and full of monsters to coexist?…”
“It wasn’t like that here. A significant number of the undercover staff and agents returned unharmed. There weren’t even any signs of combat.”
It’s not a place where you’ll be attacked by some outrageous monster as soon as you enter.
“The problem was that not only the staff, but even the agents themselves did not remember what had happened inside.”
“So it’s a world you can’t remember.”
“That’s right. We – we keep doing this. The administration was curious about the secrets inside.”
“That makes sense.”
“That’s why I sent an agent with strong mental defenses.”
“You have a flute like Eunsol?”
“It was similar, but the level was much lower. A special treasure like a flute is rare in the world.”
“Did that person lose his memory too?”
“mostly.”
Most and all are different.
It might mean that some people succeeded in remembering.
“What did you say?”
“Remember just one sentence. There is a possibility of salvation here.”
“…”
salvation.
It’s a mysterious, yet also ominous word.
I’ve heard the words of salvation for humanity many times in hotels, but it’s never been a proper salvation.
“That’s all. I sent someone after that many times, but after some time, it became rare for even those who came back alive.”
“Hmm….”
“At some point, the administration gave up. In fact, there are more than a few mysterious and bizarre places in the world that are too obsessed with something like this.”
Would it help to go to a place like this?
…
What we are trying to do in the future is also to prevent the crisis of destruction.
It would also be meaningful to look for places where there is a ‘possibility of salvation’.
— Bam!
My grandfather tapped me on the shoulder.
“It’s a story from over 30 years ago, so I had forgotten about it, but when I heard about the other world from you, it came to mind naturally.”
“… It’s because of the status window.”
“Did you bring a pen?”
“yes.”
A pen and status screen that can be used anywhere.
Combining these two creates an invincible notepad that even prisoners cannot edit.
Even if my memories fade, the records will remain.
*
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 37
Current location: Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do Special Self-Governing Province
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
My grandfather’s words that the management had abandoned the place were not a lie.
Rather than stationing armed personnel around the entrance to the other world, all they did was put up a barbed wire fence with the words “No Entry” written on it.
“Isn’t the security too lax?”
“Usually, if you install one barbed wire fence like that, ordinary people won’t even go near it.”
That’s not wrong, but it still looks sloppy.
“Do you think there are more than a few weird places in the world? We don’t have enough people to staff a pond that spits out a cannibalistic monster every day for lunch.”
“…”
“There are no people, but the security system is still working.”
When you say it like that, I’m speechless.
If we’re going to prioritize, we should start by blocking the pond where the cannibalistic monsters pop out every day.
As I walked beyond the barbed wire, a shabby shack appeared.
“It’s very old. Was it built for camouflage?”
“Oh, it’s not that the stomach is old, it’s just that it’s not maintained.”
“…”
“Stay still. There are security sensors everywhere though.”
It only took 30 minutes for Grandfather to dismantle the security system installed by the management.
It’s surprising, but even the Administration could not have imagined a future where former agents would dismantle what they had installed.
And then, we stopped at the entrance to the cabin.
“I feel a little uneasy about going in.”
“Are you saying that most people come out without any problems?”
“We don’t know if that will happen to us either.”
“…”
“If you don’t come out for a long time, Ari will come to the rescue. There is a kingdom of dreams.”
“Let’s stop talking about anxiety and get going.”
— chin!
He paused for a moment, holding the door.
Wouldn’t it be nice to get a notification as soon as you open it if it’s dangerous?
“Hey you! You told me not to talk about things that make you anxious, but you’re doing this!”
“…open.”
*
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 37
You are currently: Searching… .
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
The first thing I noticed was a space filled with gray.
I came out of the stuffy room with no entrance or exit in sight and found my grandfather trapped there.
While I was looking for a way out, the chat window blinked for the first time in a long while.
“Ceiling! Ceiling!”
The moment I raised my head, I realized why my grandfather had glared at me.
“That’s…!”
mirror!
It’s a mirror!
207. In the so-called mock exam, it was revealed that the main cause of the light that brings about the end is a ‘mirror’, so I guessed that it would exist in reality too!
Are you sure you were in a place like this?
The mirror of reality is outside the control of the administration?
Or, the big chunk is held by the administration, and there are also pieces that are outside their control area?
Just as my head was starting to get confused – the chat window blinked for the first time in a long while.
A guest has come from far away.
A chat window right next to you?
At that moment of panic, I heard my grandfather’s urgent voice.
“It’s not me!”
Only then did I open my eyes wide and look to see who the ‘speaker’ was, and a blurry image appeared as if it had been waiting for me.
Searching: I’m sorry I’m not ready to welcome you. However, I hope you understand since I came without contacting you in advance.
“This is…!”
It’s communication.
There is another master of communication here, not Grandpa!
Searching: There is a saying in Rome, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” In my house, I expect people to follow my laws.
Follow your own laws? What is this –
— Support…!
The next moment, an eerie sensation that felt like scratching at my head came over me along with an incomprehensible force.
If I didn’t know at all, I would have wondered what this was.
But, having heard about the characteristics of the ‘Unrememberable World’, I knew it immediately.
Trying to stir up memories of me and my grandfather!
The mental protection in the status window was not enough to withstand the current attack.
I immediately summoned the grimoire.
Wasn’t it for moments like this that I absorbed Serena’s enlightenment?
— Flutter!
I, my mind, my soul condense into one point.
Serena’s epiphany, the moment when her ‘ultimate self’ tries to protect her mind.
The crisis alert has been activated.
“Advice: 3 -> 0”
“Accept the interference. In the big picture, it is to your advantage.”
“…”
Advice not to resist.
If it were up to me, I would have followed without a single second of hesitation… .
This is the first time I’ve had this thought.
The ruler of the ‘Unrememberable World’ is the former participant and the master of blessings and communication.
I don’t know if it’s a legacy or a blessing, but he seems to have a memory manipulation ability that his grandfather doesn’t have.
Will the owl advise ‘for me’ even in situations where I clash with other participants?
“…”
Let’s believe.
This time, I think I can trust you.
Because the opponent is the master of ‘communication’ and not ‘wisdom’, the owl is likely to take my side as well.
So, if the opponent is another owner of ‘wisdom’, whose side will the owl take?
The grandfather muttered as if he was lamenting.
“Wow…! I didn’t know communication could have such a possibility!”
… some blessings can only be effective when obtained by those with evil hearts.
Just before losing consciousness, he left his first record.
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Manipulate my memory
Something to doubt
Wise Man’s Advice: 0”