Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 61
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Episode 61 – Strategy Meeting – Summary of Compensation. Where should I go?
Episode 61 – Strategy Meeting – Summary of Compensation. Where should I go?
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 21
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 0]
First reward.
Hints for solving the cursed room.
“This reward. Personally, I have high expectations. Isn’t it a reward that will be more helpful right now than an unidentified golden egg?
“It’s a real treat for us who are about to enter the cursed room again!”
“Sister. First, open the letter and check it.”
—Sudden profit
A small piece of paper fell down. This is not enough to provide a detailed explanation. Everyone stood close to the table and looked at the contents of the paper.
No. 101: The source of the curse is not ㅁㅁ.
No. 102: Get rid of the prejudice that you have to go towards Mㅁㅁ.
No. 103: What you see is not everything, and it is not everything.
No. 104: How Klitschko treats his father.
…
It’s like solving a quiz.
Since it was a ‘hint’, I didn’t expect any great strategy. Still, is it really necessary to give a hint and include something like Mㅁㅁ?
“First of all, I understand room 103.
[What you see is not everything]
This means that everything you see is an illusion.
[Not ㅁㅁㅁㅁ] This is not [Animal Farm]. I guess that means.”
“Let’s solve the remaining sentences with a similar feeling.”
“It’s kind of like a quiz, but I actually know the answers to two of them, right? What about the rest?”
“I feel the same way. It seems that the true meaning of what is subtly said in a hotel is often revealed when it is interpreted in the opposite way.”
“Okay, okay. It looks like you and Ga-in realized something, so just explain it to me.”
“I’ll tell you first. Hint for room 101.
[The source of the curse is not Mㅁㅁ]
This tells us what prejudice we currently have about the source of the curse of Room 101, and that that prejudice is wrong. What did everyone think was the source of Room 101’s curse?”
“Of course they weren’t family, right? Because everyone came into contact with this strangely twisted family and had problems.”
“I thought we were family too. This hint means that our thoughts are mistaken. In other words, [The source of the curse of Room 101 is not family] I think this is the content of the hint.”
“Then what is it?”
“We should look for it.”
“I thought that way too, so I interpreted hint 102.
[Get rid of the prejudice that you have to go towards MㅁMㅁ]
This means that there is a bias that we should [go towards Mlitschko]. A place we think we must go to in room 102. Everyone comes to mind, right?”
Songi responded by opening her eyes wide.
“mansion!”
“That’s it. Hint number 102 is [Get rid of the prejudice that you have to go towards the mansion].”
“Oh, by the way. Now that I think about it, I remember. Didn’t Ga-in say something to me when I came to my senses in the SUV on the first day of the mansion? I came to my senses before arriving at the mansion, so why not just not go to the mansion?”
“Yeah. I remember too. And Jincheol said he thought we had to go anyway, so we all left together.”
“Hmm….”
“Let’s just skip over the old story. Next time we go again, let’s not go to the mansion at all.”
“OK. First of all, we were on the same page regarding rooms 101 and 102. The problem is room 104. I don’t know this.”
“I don’t know either.”
“I have a lot of work to do, so it would be a good idea to organize the parts I understand. How about saving the parts I don’t know for later?”
“Let’s do that. Let’s summarize what we understand.”
My sister lightly took out a notebook and pen.
“Was there something like that in the hotel?”
“I bought it because I saw it in a bundle at the market. I thought that no matter what I do in the future, I need a way to organize my plans like this. It’s been a long time since everyone got tired of smartphones, right? I need to organize them in an analog way at least.”
The interpretation of the hints discovered so far is written in the notebook.
*
No. 101: The source of the curse is not ㅁㅁ.
-> The source of the curse is not the family.
No. 102: Get rid of the prejudice that you have to go towards Mㅁㅁ.
-> Get rid of the prejudice that you have to go towards the mansion.
No. 103: What you see is not everything, and it is not everything.
-> What you see is not everything, and it is not Animal Farm.
No. 104: How Klitschko treats his father.
-> ?
“We have to go get a new legacy sooner or later. Then, let’s keep this hint in mind and make a plan. For now, let’s look at the next reward.”
*
Second reward.
3-day rest ticket.
“This is the clearest reward. An explanation is kindly written on the back of the paper. The rest ticket is the same as the party time.
“No negative events will occur for three days, and you can go places you normally can’t go.”
“A place you can’t normally go to. You must be talking about the ‘Sanctuary of Blessing’ from before, right?”
“If you think about it, after the party time, we all tried to turn off the lights at the front gate and go back to the sanctuary.”
“At that time, the lights just went out and the outside light came on.”
“Other than the Sanctuary of Blessing, there are probably other places that can only be entered during ‘party time.’ You’ve already heard unidentified stories about the ‘Room of Resurrection’ and ‘Buddha’, right?”
“Do you know of any place in the management bureau?”
“There really isn’t any.”
Are Ari’s words true? I gave up my worries. Even if you hide it anyway, there is no way to find out.
“When should I use my rest ticket? I can use it right away, starting tomorrow, or I can wait for the next opportunity.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to write it now? I’m sure everyone is, but I’m really exhausted. I still can’t believe that the date on the status window says ‘Day 21’. I worked so hard in the mission room, and it’s still not even a day. It’s a little easier. sour.”
“… First of all, Ga-in, I understand your feelings. Everyone had a hard time, but no matter what, the person who made it to the end suffered the most. Of course, Jin-cheol, who made it to the 6th mission, also worked really hard.”
“Is this the right time for me to apologize for getting hit by a truck right after it started?”
“Really, not at all. I have no intention of blaming anyone, I’m just saying that it’s so hard that we should all rest together.”
“What do others think?”
“Looking at the atmosphere, it seems like Eunsol has a different opinion. Just tell me. It’s our party anyway, and I feel like if you and Ga-in discuss something, you’ll follow along.”
…Is that what Ari thought? I thought Eunsol almost decided. Looking back, I think I often open my mouth during meetings.
“I completely understand the opinion that we should rest starting tomorrow. However, I think this ‘rest ticket’ should be used strategically rather than simply because you are tired.
For example, let’s say that due to some special event, the entire hotel has turned into hell. What if I use this rest voucher then?
I guess that special event will probably end. “I want to write in that kind of situation.”
Everyone fell silent.
Each side’s views are simple.
Topic: Use your rest ticket now vs. save it.
Gain: I was so tired as I passed through the mission room. You need to rest now.
Eunsol: Rest tickets must be used strategically. Use it not for simple recovery purposes, but in situations where you must use it or die, such as when the entire hotel is in danger due to a special event.
…
I think my sister’s words are more persuasive.
In the first place, my opinion was just because I was having a hard time right now, and my sister’s opinion was much more ‘strategic’.
In the end, it was decided to save the rest tickets for a future crisis.
Third reward.
Absolutely delicious sandwich.
As soon as the sandwich was written down in the notebook, everyone became quiet.
“…”
“Is there something to analyze about this? It’s probably not a sandwich with a secret, right? Have you looked through the case?”
“I thought just like Songi, so I searched everything just in case, but it wasn’t there. There was no explanation.”
“Isn’t it just a hit? It came out of a copper balloon in the first place. Even in the games I used to play, when I draw, it just comes out as a hit.”
“… I got screwed. Looks like I’ll have to keep apologizing today.”
“Elder, just rest in peace. If someone else had fired the gun, I wouldn’t have been able to hit him anyway.”
In the end, 8 of us shared one sandwich.
On sesame bread
Three slices of well-fried bacon
special sauce lettuce
Cheese, pickles and onions
The added flavor of the sandwich was amazing.
Fourth reward.
Red pill.
We opened the instructions underneath the medicine and read it together. The explanation was simple and clear.
1 time. Immune to all types of mental attacks while in the room. Recover mental damage already incurred.
“In other words, it seems like a room that mainly uses mental attacks is a consumable item that you can use for nothing?”
“Did you give it to me to use in Room 101?”
“I don’t know about that, but it seems like it would be a big help. If I were to become immune to the ‘Strange Family’s’ mental contamination, wouldn’t I be able to overcome it pretty easily?”
“The purpose seems clear. Let’s think about where to use it later.”
“Where to write it is important, but I think ‘who’ will write it is more important. Perhaps Jincheol oppa?”
When Ari tapped Jincheol, he nodded.
“Definitely, if I use that, I want to make a big splash at least once.”
Although he was physically stronger than anyone else, his weakness was that he was vulnerable to mental attacks.
Surely Jincheol will be using this item? It’s a shame that it’s disposable, but if you can get a legacy from just one consumable, it’s definitely not a loss-making business.
Fifth reward.
Golden egg.
The most valuable reward, yet the most meaningless treasure, was found.
“Anyone guess what this is?”
“I don’t have a manual so I have no idea.”
“Have you ever seen an egg like this?”
“I don’t know about eggs alone. In the first place, there’s no way an ordinary animal could come out of an egg that was said to be the most precious treasure in a strange hotel like this, right?”
“For now, let’s put it somewhere warm. It will hatch when the time comes.”
The Golden Egg ended with preparing a seat by laying a cushion near the stove in room 105.
*
“Sister. Is this the end of what we’re going to talk about today? I’m really tired.”
“Everything related to compensation is finished. I’ll post the final details here.”
*
no. 1. Hints of the cursed room
-> For number 101, look for causes other than family. No. 102 should not go to the mansion.
No.2. 3-day rest ticket
-> Use it later when absolutely necessary.
number 3. sandwich.
-> I ate well.
Number 4. Red pill.
-> For defense against mental attacks. Use it when absolutely necessary.
Number 5. Golden egg.
-> Placed in front of the stove. It will hatch someday.
*
“And now, let’s decide what’s really important. Where do you want to go tomorrow? A strange family? A mansion of horrors? A hotel?”
“First of all, let’s eliminate one person right away. I couldn’t interpret any of the hints at Hotel High, and it seems to be the most difficult.”
“‘Ju’ is also uneasy. OK. No. 104 is eliminated. Let’s choose between a strange family and a mansion of fear.”
“First, let’s summarize the pros and cons of both. Ultimately, let’s decide by majority vote.
The good thing about a weird family is that it’s easy to escape.
If you just run away from your family, you can escape, right? The first time we tried we had a hard time because we had no way to fight against mental contamination, but we are different now than we were then.
For now, if I just use the filter mode or Songi uses the bracelet, she will be able to escape for sure. I think Seungyeop can just stay in his room like before and go out through the window.
The downside is that there are too many things we don’t know. The source of the curse is not the family? Then what is it? You have no idea what the risks are.
There are relatively many things we know about Mansions of Horror’s strengths.
Who is the enemy?
It’s basically an underground demon, but you probably won’t have to fight it. The place where the devil is in the first place is a mansion, but the hint advises you not to go to the mansion. Probably the owner of the mansion. It would be ‘elderly’.
The downside is that escape is difficult. An escape method that has already been confirmed. Prevent the ‘Six Human Sacrifices’, which is the victory condition for ‘Elder’. “Maybe some of us will have to commit suicide as soon as we start.”
“Let me summarize. It’s easy to escape, but a strange family you don’t know anything about. It’s a mansion of horrors that is tricky to escape, but what you know is even more.”
“Where do you think everyone would like to go?”