Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 64
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Episode 64 – No. 101, Room of the Curse – ‘Strange Family’ Re (2)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 22
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
“So, as many as four people failed to escape.”
“Sister Eunsol, Miss Elena, Ari, and Grandpa Mukseong all failed to escape.”
“You have no shame.”
“I’m sorry everyone.”
“Um. First of all, I’m sorry too. Let’s apologize to each other and quickly reorganize our strategy.”
“It’s a pretty serious situation. The plan we initially made was to figure out each person’s difficulty level of escape on the first attempt, then from then on, the person with the easiest escape would just escape to ensure the safety of the team, and the remaining seven would proceed to solve the problem. It was something.
However, as many as four people failed to proceed. This is why a normal solution is impossible.
There is also a fortunate thing. For now, I’m sure there won’t be any problems next time. “I won’t make the same mistake twice.”
“First, let me summarize the situations of those who failed.
1. Eunsol: The house is so big and there are so many people that it is difficult to escape from people.
2. Elena: The house is too small, so we started in the same space as the family.
3. Silence: Confused when he sees his dead family resurrected.
4. Ari: The starting location is the first hotel, so physical escape is impossible.
Is this much right?”
Everyone nodded.
As I was organizing it, I realized that there were many absurd reasons. I couldn’t even imagine the possibility of not being able to escape because the house was so big. It’s also absurd that the starting point is a hotel.
I understand other people’s reasons, but Ari’s reasons are a bit puzzling. I don’t know about anyone else, but Ari has strong fighting power, so shouldn’t we just subdue his family?
“Ari?”
“huh?”
“I know you can’t physically leave the hotel, but if you tell me, isn’t it true that only one family member, ‘mother’, showed up?”
“that’s right.”
“Then the situation itself is similar to Jincheol’s. Why don’t you just ‘subdue’ your mother the next time you try? Jincheol actually beat my mother with his fist right at the beginning, incapacitating her with a single blow, preventing her from approaching, and escaped.”
“Gain! What you said is a bit strange. You punched your mother. It’s like I’m the world’s biggest bastard. Instead of hitting my mother, I hit a fake imitating my mother.”
“…”
“?”
“I’m sorry. My mother is a bit strong. I just don’t think I can proceed. No matter what I do, there’s no way to beat her, and there’s no way to stop her from getting closer.”
…
What is the situation?
There are still many things we don’t know about the extent of Ari’s abilities, but if it’s to the point where we can say ‘he will never win’… .
What on earth does that mother do? Is she really a person?
“Okay! That’s it for Ari, let’s organize the rest. First of all, senior? Are you able to proceed from now on?”
“I guarantee you will never make the same mistake twice.”
“Then, since it was a simple mistake for the elder, let’s assume that he can proceed from the next attempt. On the other hand, Ari will never be able to proceed, right?”
“I’m sorry. This is absolutely impossible.”
“I can’t help it. Then it’s a problem between me and Elena.”
“Oh, it’s a strange situation. Your problem is that your house is too big, and Miss Elena’s problem is that your house is too small.”
Eunsol and Elena both became quiet. We all stopped talking and started thinking.
However, the number of people is too tight for even 3 people to proceed. One person decided to just escape, but if three people couldn’t proceed, four people would have to proceed.
After about 5 minutes, Eunsol opened her mouth.
“I’m really sorry. No matter how much I think, there’s no answer. I can’t subdue my family with one punch like Jin-cheol, and there are too many people and the house is too big to escape from.”
“I think I can do it better than Eunsol, right? I mean, just 5 seconds? If I buy just 5 seconds, I can get out. The house is small.”
“With ‘Strange Family’ attached right from the start, the problem is how to last 5 seconds.”
“ah!”
“Is it Song?”
“Elena, can you go out of the house even if your vision and hearing are completely blocked?”
“I memorized the entire layout of the house. It’s small.”
… For some reason, Elena started complaining earlier, saying, ‘The house is small.’
“Then, what if I block all of your senses right before entering, like I did with Jincheol in the past?
It’s much more effective than simply closing your eyes and covering your ears, so you’ll be able to protect your sanity even right next to ‘The Strange Family’. “It lasts for about 10 minutes, so you should be able to escape within that time.”
“If I go out like that, isn’t Songi in danger? I think they said the bracelet can only be used on one person at a time. If you use the bracelet on me, Songi will actually be in danger until the bracelet’s ‘cool time’ comes back. You can’t protect it, right?”
“Unlike my sister, I just start in my room. Just lock the door and rest alone in the room for about 30 minutes or an hour, and then leave after the bracelet has recovered.”
“Song. Can you use that method on Eunsol?”
“The bracelet can only be used on one person at a time.”
“Then just let Elena use it. I’m sorry, but I can’t escape with my sight and hearing blocked. The house is too big.”
I received a notebook and pen from my sister and tried to organize them.
1. Escape Team: Park Seung-yeop
2. Host team: Han Ga-in, Yoo Song-i, Cha Jin-cheol, Kim Muk-seong, Elena
3. Give up team: Eunsol Lee, Ari Kim
Is it like this?
The process is carried out by five people, excluding two who cannot proceed and one who is in charge of escape. I think it could be done with about five people. I don’t think I can increase it any further anyway.
Naturally, everyone was looking at their notes, and a grumbling sound came out.
“It’s too much to call it a ‘giving up team’. This isn’t any kind of team. I’d rather leave my sister’s name out.”
“Ga-in wrote down my sister’s and mine’s names as if she were writing down a list of criminals for a group project.”
“… I just organized it so I could watch it alone.”
“Hmm, it still feels like it was organized well. Just in case, I’d like to ask, Seung-yeop?”
“yes!”
“Are you sure you can escape? Your role is to secure our survival by escaping as soon as it starts, so it is the most important role. If you fail, we could all die.”
“I really think it’s 100% possible. I just came out after 10 minutes. My parents don’t come into my room often. Just jump straight out the window, fall on top of the car, and run. That’s it.”
“You’re trustworthy. You’re reliable. I can only trust you.”
Is it because I have never received so much praise and expectation? Seungyeop’s face turned red again.
This is also true.
At first glance, the role of the people working toward a solution seems important, but all attempts are possible because the guarantee of survival, called ‘escape’, is underlying. As a single person, the most important role is definitely that of escape.
“Hey, but I saw something strange.”
“What is it? Seungyeop, tell me.”
“…”
“Why did you suddenly act like you were going to say something?”
“Don’t get me wrong, I never meant to play games, it’s just that it’s been a long time since I’ve been online.”
“Just say it out loud. I played a game of LoL. Are you counting? Anyway, if you escape well, that’s it, so there’s no one who can say anything.”
“No, Jincheol! I really didn’t play LoL. I just looked on the internet and everything was so strange.”
“Is the Internet strange?”
“In the mukbang show, they are eating strange bugs, in the baseball game, they are hitting people with bats, and in the drama, people are suddenly fighting with knives. I watched it for about a minute, but I thought it would get weird if I watched it any longer, so I turned it off.”
“Then shall I tell you something I also felt?”
“What did Songi feel too?”
“As you all know, after my ‘friendliness’ was strengthened, I was able to use it more actively. I could convey my thoughts, feel the emotions of the target, etc. Should I say that I can delicately exchange emotions?
So, I tried to become friendly with my family and animals at home. The conclusion is a complete failure. The ability doesn’t work at all, and there’s no reaction at all. “What do you think this means?”
“Hmm. One hypothesis came to mind.”
“What do you think, Grandpa?”
“Isn’t Ms. Song-i’s ability to work on ‘chaotic entities’? If the members of ‘Strange Family’ are simple humans and animals, not ‘chaotic entities’, at least by the standards of the stage, then it is natural that the ability would not work.”
“Members of the strange family were also cursed due to external factors?”
“Isn’t the hint we received also suggesting that? That the source of the curse is not family.”
I felt a little embarrassed while listening to the conversation.
Unlike me, who was unable to gain any evidence because of his reckless escape, Seung-yeop and Song-i discovered something one by one while escaping. Would it have been better for me to do something too?
I need to actively contribute in the next attempt.
Let us summarize the facts revealed so far.
Two evidences obtained by Seungyeop and Songi.
1. The Internet is strange.
2. The family seems to be ordinary human beings.
When we put this together, one hypothesis came to everyone’s mind.
“Could it be that the source of the curse is the ‘Internet’?”
“Are the families cursed simply by using the Internet? Are the animals infected by the family members?”
“Nothing is certain. However, it would be a good idea for the hosting team to look into issues related to the Internet from now on.”
After about 30 minutes of meeting, a rough summary of the situation and goal setting were concluded.
The meeting ended with the final summary posted on the table for everyone to see.
1. Escape Team: Park Seung-yeop
2. Host team: Han Ga-in, Elena, Kim Muk-seong, Cha Jin-cheol, Yoo Song-i
3. Rest team: Eunsol Lee, Ari Kim
Progressive Team Goal: Explore the source of the curse. Let’s look at the abnormality of the Internet.
I think I can go back in now.
“…Gain. Just erase your sister’s name.”
“You’re the type of person who has to tell the professor about people who don’t participate in group work.”
*
third attempt
*
– Han Ga-in
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 22
Current Location: Tier 1, Room 101 (Curse Room – Strange Family)
Sage Advice: 3]
With a familiar feeling, I put on a filter as soon as I started. Immediately afterward she turned on the computer in my room.
Well, we’ll have to take measures to prevent family members from coming in without permission.
“mom!”
“Gain?”
As soon as I heard the voice, I immediately felt dizzy even though I closed the status window.
“I have to sign up for a class, so don’t disturb me!”
Since the date is roughly around February, I guess I can just insist that I’m registering for classes for the new semester.
The sound of footsteps moved away from the room as if the words were being communicated.
A minute after I turned on the computer and started looking around.
I understood the meaning of what Seungyeop said.
Really, the entire internet world is crazy. I realized that what Seungyeop said was quite ‘purified’. There are a lot of mukbang shows that are at the level of eating people, and the news and dramas are truly horrendous.
Even psychopaths would get goosebumps when they see these videos.
Within a minute of starting to watch, my head suddenly started hurting and I started hearing tinnitus.
Somewhere – a twisted sense of common sense enters my head. What’s wrong with people eating people?
…
I immediately turned off the monitor and walked away.
After resting for about 5 minutes, my thoughts returned to normal.
Let’s think about it step by step.
Seungyeop said the word ‘Internet’ was strange, but after checking it himself, he was able to come up with a more specific word.
‘Media’ is strange. When you simply click on platforms such as Naver or Google, you cannot feel any abnormality. Mainly TV programs. When it comes to food shows, sports, news, dramas, etc., they are all crazy.
My worries began to deepen. Is ‘media’ the cause? Is the source of the curse ‘media’?
So then what on earth are you talking about and how do you solve this?
I don’t think it’s like this. Let’s think about issue 103, which Songi solved. The source of the curse is the Athanasias themselves. This was resolved by wiping out Athanasia.
The source of the curse clearly seems to be something that can be physically destroyed. That something polluted the media, polluted people, and polluted the world.
One hypothesis came to mind.
See next episode