Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 665
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EP.665 Episode 665 – The First Escape, Meeting (2)
Episode 665 – The First Escape, Meeting (2)
– Yoo Song-i
Late at night.
I’m lying on the bed in my private room in room 105, rolling around.
I’m not the only one being lazy.
Are other people also resting in room 105?
Yesterday we didn’t solve room 301, we just escaped, and we need to rest because we have to go back in tomorrow.
“…”
The briefing was over a long time ago.
Because we shared the information we each obtained in Room 301 and did our best to discuss the progress of the next episode.
I think I did the best I could within my capabilities.
“I feel suffocated! Are you feeling the same?”
As I whispered and stroked Pero’s head, the cheeky parrot bit my finger without hesitation.
“Ouch!”
When I take my hand off, look at her naturally closing her eyes and pretending to sleep!
Are you telling me not to disturb you because you’re sleepy?
“You didn’t help me at all in Room 301, and you’re acting all smart – don’t ask!”
As I played around with Pero, the sleep that had been bothering me to begin with disappeared.
Will it get better if I walk a little?
*
As I walked a few steps out into the hotel hallway, I heard a rustling sound.
It seemed like someone was fiddling with the whiteboard at the tea table.
Soon, a familiar face appeared.
“Brother Gain?”
“It’s late, why don’t you rest?”
“You’re awake too, oppa.”
“That’s right.”
Look at the way he keeps his eyes on the whiteboard even as he speaks nonsense.
You seem to be really deep in thought.
As I got closer, I saw a list of issues that had been troubling everyone throughout the meeting.
***
Member Distribution
Solution Party – Admission List
1. Fixed members: Yoo Song-i, Lee Eun-sol
2. Additional members: Kim Ari, Kim Muk-seong, Elena
Escape Party – Post-Apocalyptic World
1. Maze, Seungyeop
***
There are seven names written in total.
Up to this point, the decision had been made through an evening meeting.
There was a lot of disagreement about where to place the three people – Kim Sang-hyun, Cha Jin-cheol, and Han Ga-in – until the very last moment.
“This is something I thought about during our meeting yesterday.”
“…”
“I think we’ll have a lot of trouble with member distribution throughout the third floor.”
“I see. Following the sealing of the second floor, the distribution of members on the third floor…?”
“In some ways, it would have been more convenient to seal it. The hotel made the decision on its own.”
It wasn’t our problem to worry about since the hotel decided who would be sealed.
“Member distribution is more difficult because we choose it.”
To solve this, you need to have a lot of strong members in your solution party.
The problem is that if you do this and fail, you will be ruined!
If the escape side lacks power, they might be wiped out as soon as the Duke appears.
Gain’s brother muttered.
“In this attempt, the question is where to put the weight between solution and escape.”
“Yes.”
Kim Ari, Kim Muk-seong, and Elena, listed under the ‘additional members’ section of the admission list.
Seeing the three helpers reminded me of the conversation we had at the dinner meeting.
Gain oppa must have felt the same way, as he began to explain naturally.
“How should we proceed with the next attempt? Three things are important. First, we should proceed more secretly.”
“The lower levels of the Management Bureau are corrupt, and there are many splinter groups planted by the Iss clan within the Ocean Group.”
“That’s right. It would be troublesome if you, Songi, wander around everywhere you brought the cat like you did the first time.”
“Wow, oppa, are you blaming me now? I’m so stupid that I blew my first try!”
My brother had an expression on his face that seemed like he didn’t know how to react for a moment.
“I’m joking.”
“… Ari, and you too, sometimes you seem to say embarrassing things.”
As soon as I heard that, I laughed.
“Do you know why this is happening?”
“I don’t know.”
“I want to act in a way that my brother can’t predict.”
“what?”
“After gaining insight, my brother sometimes looks at us intently as if he could see through the universe.”
“that -”
“I know you do it because you need to. But when we go through something like this, we get stressed out in our own way.”
“…”
“More like stress, maybe a little pride? Hey! Han Ga-in, are you that great? Do you know what I’m going to do? How about this? Did you read this too? How about this? Did you predict this too?”
Gain oppa opened his mouth halfway and gurgled like a carp before saying something.
“If that’s your goal, then I’ll tell you that you succeeded. Songi, you won.”
“Pfft! Enough joking, let’s get back to the important stuff.”
“Yes. Secondly, the Chairman of the Ocean Group will know quite a bit of information.”
“That’s right.”
“Sister Eunsol and her helper must find out information from the Chairman of Daeyang Group together.”
The information I needed to find out just came to mind.
“Are you really a regressor? Are you connected to the Administration? When did you join hands with the Iss clan? What made you decide to strike back at humanity?”
“… It would be better to express the last sentence indirectly.”
“I was just saying that. Anyway, it’s Eun-sol’s job to question the chairman.”
“Third, we need to contact the management office. However, the lower levels are likely to be corrupted, so we need to find sane people.”
“Are you saying I should do that?”
“Yes. Sister Eunsol is the daughter of the chairman of the Daeyang Group, and there are already many people around her who are part of the Management Bureau or the Is clan.”
This was the pitfall we fell into on our first attempt.
Sister Eunsol must not contact the management office.
Because there are already too many weeds around.
I have to do it.
Because inside Room 301, I’m just a regular person, so I have a lot more freedom in what I do.
To summarize, here is the outline of the second attempt.
Eunsol and her helpers will question the chairman of Daeyang Group, while I and my helpers will contact the legitimate forces in the management bureau.
Member distribution was also done accordingly.
“Ari and Agent Mukseong, the two of you will help me. Not just report to the Bureau, but also be able to distinguish which parts of the Bureau are corrupt and which parts are intact.”
“I guess it would be difficult for me to do it.”
“That’s right. Ari and Grandpa have to do it. And…”
“and?”
“… That’s what my grandfather said in a private chat room.”
“Then you said that only for your brother to hear?”
“I think you should listen too. Your grandfather will keep a close eye on your parents.”
“…”
Eun-sol’s father, the chairman of Daeyang Group, has a lot of suspicious aspects.
Then, what about my parents, who are on equal footing with Eun-sol in the scenario?
Are you really just an ordinary person who doesn’t know anything?
Is it really true that there is no secret other than the fact that they are a veterinarian couple preparing for divorce?
“Don’t be surprised if your grandfather seems to be spying on your parents.”
“all right.”
“Elena will help Eunsol. Not only is she strong, but she also has the ability to ‘detect lies.’ She will be a great help when interrogating the chairman of the Daeyang Group. I also considered her looks.”
“I mean, appearance… .”
I knew what he was going to say, so I deliberately used a slightly suggestive tone.
“Elena’s appearance is too flashy. It’s hard to move secretly. If she’s next to Eunsol, she’ll be able to be together naturally.”
Elena is a character who attracts attention even when she is still, so secretive movements are impossible.
So I placed her as Eunsol’s assistant.
If you’re the youngest daughter of a conglomerate family, it wouldn’t be strange for you to be friends with one or two celebrities or aspiring celebrities.
but!
“Hmm… Oppa! Right now, this story.”
“what’s the matter?”
“Is it difficult to have Elena next to me? She stands out too much, unlike Songi?”
Only then did Ga-in realize my intentions and flinch.
“no -”
“The gorgeous Elena is not suitable for secret movements, but Songi is? Because she doesn’t stand out ‘unlike Elena’?”
“Hey, hey!”
“Ha… This is really too much. I have to tell everyone about this tomorrow.”
Gain Oppa sighed deeply and started ignoring what I said.
“This is the resolution party. Ari and Agent Mukseong will help you, and Elena will help Noona Eunsol.”
Next up is the escape party.
“You decided to include Miro and Seungyeop in the escape, right?”
Why two people should be in the escape party.
“Miro will join the escape party this time.”
“Because I’m the only one who can clone Eunsol?”
“Yes – no, the expression ‘clone’ is a bit odd.”
The Iss clan has the ability to possess not only high-ranking individuals but also lower-ranking individuals.
In fact, this means that each and every one of them is a hotel participant.
Isn’t that why they are called the ‘Great Race’?
The conclusion was reached thanks to the noisy fight that the escape party experienced.
The most perfect counter to the enemy’s ability to possess is the ‘Flute of Peace’, and only one.
The remaining countermeasures – Book of the Incarnation, Intimation of Old Blood, Primordial Man, and Clear Mirror Index – are all inferior to the Flute of Peace.
This is because they can only save themselves, their defenses are low, they lose half their sanity, they can only come to their senses once, and other problems.
The next solution after the Flute of Rest is the Time Rental Machine, which allows you to summon the Flute of Rest for 1 hour.
Since Sister Jin-sol is a regular at the Solving Party, the maze that summons her requires the escape party to join.
At that time, Gain oppa spoke with a meaningful tone.
“Actually, I was thinking about a completely different list.”
A completely different list?
“Not this time. If it fails again, I’ll tell you then. I don’t want to make things complicated for other people.”
Hearing this made me even more curious.
“I didn’t know that Seungyeop would join the escape party, let alone the maze.”
It was Ga-in oppa who suggested that Seung-yeop be included in the escape party, but what happened next was a bit strange.
Of course, Seungyeop asked why, but Gain oppa avoided answering.
What’s even more amazing is that Ari and Eunsol actively agreed and wrote their names right away.
“What was the reason? I just let it slide because the atmosphere was like I shouldn’t ask questions. But I thought luck would be really useful at the solution party.”
“I can’t use luck anyway.”
When we first started out, we used luck to decide on the members.
Among the various abilities of the hotel party, Cheonun has the longest cooldown along with Hand of Greed, so it is still unusable.
“But even if it wasn’t luck, Seungyeop is lucky -”
“Luck is always useful, whether in a solution party or an escape party. But… .”
“but?”
My brother’s continued evasive attitude made me even more curious.
“Just tell me. Seungyeop isn’t here with you anyway.”
“… Song-i. This is something I realized thanks to several experiences, so don’t misunderstand and listen.”
What on earth are you trying to say?
“Seungyeop seemed to become several times stronger only when he was being controlled by others.”
“…”
“They’re only smart and creepily strong when they’re being controlled by someone else.”
“…”
“If Seungyeop joins the solution party, I have a feeling he’ll be controlled by the Duke for some reason.”
“You were manipulated by the Duke and you and Eunsol unnie were killed? Why did you become the best in the world only when you were being manipulated?”
“…”
“Did you see it with insight? The scene where Seungyeop cuts my sister and I’s throats?”
“That’s not true, it’s just a feeling. Ari secretly agrees.”
I thought Seungyeop would be really upset if he heard the story we just shared.
The thing is, I was convinced when I heard the reason.
oh my god?
Everyone has been through Fortuna!
Gain oppa muttered with a bitter smile.
“It’s not just a feeling. It’s because of Seungyeop’s special ability.”
“…”
“Thanks to having mastered Aksha’s soul to its full potential, your strength is considerable, and with the addition of luck, your score itself is extremely high.”
“… However, my childish mental state usually gets in the way of my high score.”
“If the enemy controls you, the mental issues will disappear right away. Only the high points will remain. The only thing that can be called a response is the primordial humans, and they used this a lot in the first attempt.”
“Wow… What the heck is this!”
I felt dumbfounded for a moment and then tilted my head.
“But, will that problem be solved if I join the escape party?”
“…”
“It’s the same that there are peacocks in the post-apocalyptic world. If Seungyeop suddenly kills Miro, wouldn’t there be chaos?”
“In the post-apocalyptic world, everyone starts in one place. There’s no need to act alone.”
“Ah, Seungyeop won’t be manipulated if he wanders around alone?”
“That’s right. When we’re together, you can summon the Flute of Peace at any time, so the chances of being controlled go down.”
At this point, I expressed a little regret.
“As you may remember, I wanted you to come to the solution party too.”
“I’m still thinking about where I’ll go.”
“That’s why I’m giving my opinion. You saw it from outside, right? It was so hard to decide what to do without my brother.”
“It looked like that.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt such a lack of wisdom, advice, and understanding of the scenario.
“Ultimately, the resolution party is more important, right?”
“That’s right. Only the Solution Party can finish Room 301.”
“Big power needs to go into important places.”
“…”
Although I said this, I also understand Ga-in oppa’s worries.
Gain oppa isn’t at the escape party?
As soon as the peacock appears, it is destroyed.
There is a 100% chance that everyone will be massacred without being able to breathe.
We’ll all be trapped in the labyrinth of the past, in the ice hell like the doctor.
“It’s difficult.”
“I know.”
A new thought.
Hotels are such contradictory places.
Sometimes, the participants are encouraged to check each other and fight, but when one person overgrows, it becomes difficult to proceed with the curse room.
The second floor is sealed, and the third floor is the division of progress.
Ultimately, our party also has a problem with imbalanced growth.
There is no one who can replace Gain Oppa.
If you put ‘Han Ga-in’ in 1, 2 becomes empty, and if you put it in 2, 1 becomes empty.
Since it was a question with no answer, I lightened the mood with a joke.
“Ah~! This is Ari’s problem after all.”
“what?”
“You and Ari are the only ones who inherited two legacies, right? But why are you so weak!”
“…”
“Think about it. Ari has two legacies! She’s the oldest, and she’s also the most experienced agent. But she can’t handle the value of the legacies, age, and experience!”
Ga-in oppa, who had been smiling awkwardly, suddenly looked at me closely as if he had realized something.
“Most of what we just talked about is what we talked about in meetings.”
“…”
“I think Songi, you have something else you really want to say.”
Something I’ve always felt since some time ago.
Gain oppa’s gaze is so extraordinary that it gives me goosebumps.
He had this side to him originally, but after gaining insight, he seemed to be constantly using the poison technique.
I think the way we write insights has also changed.
At first, I couldn’t control my output, so I saw through it so much that I couldn’t stand it, so I had to wear a blindfold.
Also, I had a strong feeling that I was being influenced by the scene I saw.
“Tell me. It seems like it would be difficult to say that to other people.”
I got it right up to here.
After all, is it impossible for me to beat my brother?
“Oppa. This is what I felt the first time I entered room 301.”
“huh.”
“Parents, they were all ‘real.’”
“hmm?”
“It was real. It wasn’t a fake made up of dreams -”
I flinched as I spoke.
Because the expression ‘fake made of dreams’ is something that many of my colleagues will never accept.
That’s why I couldn’t say it in front of other people.
On the other hand, Gain oppa asked back with an expression that showed no concern at all.
“What do you mean everything is real? Your parents from the reality you remember showed up in room 301?”
“…”
“Or, is the entire world called 301 the world you, Songi, have lived in?”