Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 589
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EP.589 Episode 589 – The Stolen World (4)
(In this episode, Jin Yeo-hwa’s speech is all in Chinese, even after the first sentence, and Ga-in is understanding it through a translator.)
Episode 589 – The Stolen World (4)
– Han Ga-in
Humans are truly complex creatures, and we cannot know everything about them just by looking at them in fragments.
Songi no longer takes ordinary humans seriously, nor does she hide that attitude.
But the way they treat us is genuine, and they practically treat the hotel party as a real family.
Recently, I noticed that Ryan Reynolds and Song Yi have quite similar personalities.
Of course, I never told Songi anything like this.
Ryan also doesn’t take ordinary people seriously, and even his son and daughter-in-law are seen as tools for managing his base.
But, just like Songi, Ryan also had a ‘true comrade’.
*
— Swish!
“Arrived.”
“Beep~!”
“…”
Ryan looked a little uneasy when I made a new sound as a joke.
His expression is like, ‘I brought it all the way here, so I hope it didn’t turn into a normal parrot?’
My colleagues probably wouldn’t have fallen for my prank, but Ryan doesn’t really know me.
“Beep~!”
“…don’t joke around.”
I feel like playing around some more, but I’ll stop here.
“Let’s do that. Is your secret lover nearby?”
“I told you we’re not lovers. As I said, Yeo-hwa has been married in the past, so I hope you won’t say anything strange.”
“Haha! Are you that anxious?”
“Anxiety!”
Ryan was usually quite cheerful, but now he looked like he had lost his composure.
This is because the owner of Cheonlian, a former participant named ‘Jin Yeohwa’, was a person with almost no fighting ability.
So Ryan wanted to hide her location, and had to come in a cage, borrowing Pero’s body like he did now.
— Foodduck!
“Don’t flap your wings.”
“My body feels a little ticklish -”
“You’re not planning on scattering feathers around and tracking them later?”
“…”
Wow! This is so suspicious!
Looks like you’ve experienced something like that before?
While I was dumbfounded, Ryan picked up the fur of Pero that had fallen on the floor one by one and put it back in his bag.
— Bam!
“Oh my! Here I come.”
— Foodduck!
“This kid -”
“Come in and stop doing useless things.”
*
Of course, in reality, there is no such thing as an automatic translation system like in hotels.
Ryan was fluent in Korean because his base, ‘The Unrememberable World’, was in Korea, but Jin Yeo-hwa was not.
Fortunately, there were no major problems with communication as the management office brought a high-performance AI translator.
Soon the cage opened.
“Oh? Can I go out? What about earlier, you said not to drop feathers?”
“… He just told me to come out. He told me not to make a fuss.”
As soon as I came out, I took a quick look around.
It doesn’t appear to be a city, but rather a single-family home near a major Chinese city.
Jin Yeo-hwa was a fairly beautiful woman in her mid-30s with braided dark brown hair, but her eyes seemed a bit nervous.
“You’re just like Ryan, constantly looking around.”
“Haha! Hello. It’s not easy to meet you in person.”
“With your gift for talking, you could easily get 100 million subscribers on YouTube. You’d be better suited to a zoo than a hotel.”
“What are you saying now?”
“…They say you are a truly mysterious bird.”
“I don’t think so. What did you say on YouTube? You speak too fast, the translator can’t keep up.”
“Yeowha, speak a little slower. And explain your memory in detail again.”
Although it was a little awkward, I had to save Ari anyway, so I obediently explained the memory of when the stone tablet tried to kill Ari and me.
After hearing the explanation, Jin Yeo-hwa touched my head for a moment and then began to concentrate.
“What happens if you crush a parrot’s head? It dies?”
“Don’t act impulsively. He’s a very strong man.”
“Now that you can hear me, please do your best.”
Is it really possible to figure out the location of the stone tablet just by hearing this explanation?
No, if it was just an explanation, there would be no reason for Ryan to bring me here even though he was anxious.
Obviously there are additional conditions.
Is there anyone, like me, who has a direct connection to the stone tablet that is the object of exploration?
or not –
“I think I found it.”
already?
After a brief moment of surprise, Jin Yeo-hwa scribbled an unknown number on a piece of paper.
It looked like some kind of coordinates, and Ryan tilted his head when he saw it.
“It looks like the location isn’t above ground?”
“The entrance is near the desert basin in central Australia. You can’t get there by natural means.”
“What does that mean?”
“You figure out what happens next. Mr. Parrot, who is a very strong man, will turn the entire desert upside down.”
The entrance to the path to the stone slab is in the Australian desert!
Looking at the specific coordinates written down, it looks like you’ve figured out the exact location?
I couldn’t help but admire the amazing exploration skills that none of us could imitate.
“That’s enough. Ryan, I’ll release the ice and go back to Korea, and you take Pero with you -”
At that moment, Jin Yeo-hwa suddenly came towards me.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
“…”
Eyes that spin around strangely.
I think he must be trying to see something with that ‘clairvoyance’.
“Ryan, get out.”
“What? Yeohwa! You seem to have forgotten, that guy is -”
— Mate!
Jin Yeo-hwa clapped her hands lightly as if she was annoyed.
Then, as if it were a lie, Ryan’s body disappeared somewhere.
“…”
Did you kick Ryan out?
What kind of talent is this when you have no fighting power?
“Do you have something to say to me alone?”
“Ryan is my colleague.”
“I heard.”
“He is not someone who does not exist anywhere.”
“The one who is nowhere to be found?”
“A guy Ryan has been following for a while now. He’s an old man who’s been doing weird pranks in real life for a very long time.”
“… Wisdom of the past?”
“Yeah. I don’t like him.”
“So, are you living in seclusion in a place like this?”
“I heard your story from Ryan. Your partner who escaped with you was promoted to Silent One, but he is being pursued by the Stone Tablet for breaching his duty to keep secrets?”
“That’s right. That’s why I asked you to find the stone tablet.”
She thought deeply for a moment, then blurted out something unexpected.
“I married one of the silent ones a long time ago.”
“Yes -”
“He died in the previous loop. His soul essence itself was crushed and he perished forever.”
“I’m sorry.”
“From now on, it’s paid.”
“…”
“I guarantee you that this information will be helpful to you.”
I have some additional information to share with you.
But the story is that a separate price is required.
“What do you wish for?”
“If you ever come into conflict with someone who is nowhere to be found….”
“If it works?”
“He might try to kill you by using Ryan as his pawn.”
“I guess so.”
“Then, save Ryan just this once.”
“…”
“Seon Dae Ji-hye, that old man doesn’t care whether you boil him or roast him. Just save Ryan once.”
I felt it again.
Ryan, who seemed to have no humanity, was wary of me approaching Jin Yeo-hwa, right?
It means that Jin Yeo-hwa is treasured.
Likewise, this woman also cares about Ryan.
Since you married someone else, it seems like it was more about camaraderie than love for the opposite sex.
“I’ll listen and then decide.”
“…”
“You have to see the product before you can set a price.”
“Director General, the number of silent ones is fixed at 9.”
“Fixed for 9 people?”
“In the previous loop, my husband died, leaving a vacancy. Your girlfriend took that spot.”
“I understand.”
“… I learned one strange thing during the process of my husband’s death. Their decisions are made by absolute majority vote.”
“Well… isn’t that obvious?”
“It’s a majority vote with very strong coercive power. If five people are in favor and four are against, the four cannot explicitly reject it even if they are adamantly against the majority’s will. If they openly reject it, they will be punished and killed.”
I learned this fact in the process of dying… .
It seems that Jin Yeo-hwa’s husband was punished and killed on a stone tablet for going against the majority’s wishes.
“The vengeance of the stone tablet?”
“maybe.”
“Hmm….”
“Do you understand what I’m saying?”
“…”
“If you want to change the direction of the administration, you need exactly five votes.”
“…”
“Your girlfriend will be on your side, so you already have one vote, right?”
Girlfriend… .
Anyway, I know what you’re trying to say.
“So you’re saying that if I can convince or threaten four people, I can do whatever I want with the Administration?”
“There is another way. We can reduce the size of the garden.”
“…”
“how is it?”
“No more? This is about 0.7 lives for Ryan.”
“… How do I get the stone tablet to save your girlfriend?”
“Yes, that’s quite a headache. My colleague said that it would be a problem if the slab was destroyed. Oh, by any chance, did your husband figure out a way to avoid the slab’s punishment before he died?”
“If I had found out, I would have lived.”
“That’s right.”
“but….”
“but?”
“I can’t guarantee this part either. My husband also failed at this method.”
“Well, even if it’s wrong, I’ll give you 0.3 Ryan. Consider it a discount.”
“…after the end.”
“yes?”
“He said that if we held out until the end, we would be free from the stone tablet.”
“What does that mean?”
“I don’t know either.”
At the end of the conversation, Jin Yeo-hwa looked at me intently.
I guess he wants to hear my definitive answer about Ryan.
“I’ll count it as 0.99999 Ryan.”
“what -”
I thought as I flew out of Jin Yeo-hwa’s house.
Is 0.99999999~ 1 or not?
The answer is up to me!
*
– Maze
The place we arrived at following the guidance of ‘Domination’ had a transparent glass wall.
Beyond the wall was a girl with bleary eyes who, at best, looked to be about 12 or 13 years old.
You look much younger than me.
Well, since he’s a hotel participant, he might actually be 1,200 years old.
“Yeji has been unable to communicate normally for a very long time.”
“What are those glass walls and machines?”
“A device for sharing the existence and consciousness within.”
“You’re using this equipment because you can’t talk to Yeji?”
“That’s correct.”
A device to communicate with Yeji, who has lost her mind and cannot speak.
“What do I do now?”
“Approach Yeji.”
“…Is it dangerous if I approach?”
“You’ll be fine. Come closer.”
The moment I heard the voice, I felt a strange sense of pressure.
It’s as if, if I disobey this, something big will happen.
“It’s no use.”
“…”
“Is that your ability just now?”
“Excuse me. When I think about it, my words naturally gain strength. It wasn’t my intention. But I’ve become more certain through this conversation. You can withstand the madness of foresight.”
“…What should I ask?”
“I think she’ll know how to answer. We’ve already asked her countless questions.”
I’m a bit anxious, but for now, I’ll just trust in my unchanging strength.
More than anything, I’m curious too.
Even Cain, who gained the ability to foresee as a sort of ‘bonus’, showed us a piece of greatness that is difficult for us to handle, but how many people have the ability to foresee in real life?
The moment I entered the glass room with this thought!
“…!”
In the midst of pain that even the immutable could not fully bear – incomprehensible information poured in!
I saw the text.
I heard a voice.
I felt a transference of consciousness.
I knew long ago that I had met a prophet.
I’m talking to the prophet right now.
It was destined that I would meet the Prophet in the future.
As we are talking now, the prophet of the past knew that he would meet me in the future.
I saw a prophet from the past conversing with my future self, so it was destined that we would converse now.
So when did my conversation with her take place: in the present, past, or future?
Are you talking right now?
Did you talk to the prophet in his dream in the past?
Or in the future –
iced coffee…!
That’s why he’s crazy!
This is fundamentally an ability that the human brain cannot handle!
“You have finally come. I have seen you countless times, am seeing you, and will see you. I have known the beginning and the end of the long wait.”
I heard a voice.
I couldn’t tell whether I had heard the girl’s words in the past, present, or future.