Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 666
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EP.666 Episode 666 – The First Escape, Meeting, and Reentry (3)
Episode 666 – The First Escape, Meeting, and Reentry (3)
– Yoo Song-i
A reunion with my ‘real parents’ whom I thought I would never see again.
Gain’s brother’s reaction to this was quite sharp.
“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?”
‘Reality’ is simply a set of loops that repeat infinitely.
The reason why the hotel party’s memories of reality were different was because everyone came from different loops.
This means that the loop I lived in, as well as my real parents, have already disappeared into the flow of time.
But I know another truth.
The place I am now – Hotel Pioneer is the most mysterious place in the universe.
Nothing is impossible in a hotel.
Sending me into a loop of the past?
If it’s a hotel, it might not be that difficult, beyond what’s possible.
So I was able to answer Gain oppa’s question like this.
“Could that be possible? After all, it’s a hotel.”
“It seems difficult to be certain.”
“Well… I don’t have a very good memory like you, oppa. I never thought I’d say something like this in my life, but thanks to hotels, I’ve experienced so many different worlds.”
“Because I’ve had so many experiences, my memories before coming to the hotel are vague?”
“yes.”
Instead of answering right away, Gain Oppa paused for a moment before continuing.
“Before coming to the 3rd floor, I heard an interesting interpretation of the 3rd floor from my ancestors.”
“Interpretation of the 3rd floor?”
“Seon-dae is a person who has thought about the third floor longer than anyone else and is very wise. His words are worth listening to.”
That makes sense.
“The training of heroes ends on the first and second floors.”
“ah?”
“At the point where we break through the second floor and escape, we are all superhumans, heroes of the highest order whose momentum covers the sky.”
“Then what about the third floor?”
“I forged the sword on the first and second floors, so this is a place to properly swing it.”
“That’s an interesting story.”
“In this context, it is clear why we choose to go to the third floor as opposed to the first or second floor.”
“What is it?”
“Because it’s not a hero to be pushed into trials by others. A hero is someone who can enter the whirlpool of chaos of their own free will.”
“…”
To be honest, I didn’t really get this ‘heroism’.
Because I didn’t come to the third floor specifically to save humanity from the end of the world.
I just didn’t want to be separated from my true family and colleagues who were left to me.
“So what you’re trying to say is this? The first and second floors are the fake world the hotel created, and the third floor is the real world we live in?”
Gain Oppa shook his head.
“Song-ya, keep in mind. In the hotel realm, the terms real and fake are not appropriate. In Buddha’s eyes, it’s a painting that can be fixed with a single stroke of a brush.”
“then -”
“If we really have to be specific, we could say it’s the original and the copy.”
Original and copy, not real and fake.
To me, that’s what it sounded like, but I think my brother clearly meant something different.
— Bam!
At that moment, my brother lightly knocked on the table.
“Let’s stop with the mystical contemplation on the nature of the third floor. People who don’t know much about it can’t come to an accurate conclusion by discussing it.”
“That’s true.”
“Wouldn’t the questions you and I have now be naturally resolved as we progress through the third floor?”
“…”
“It’s late. Go to bed now. See you tomorrow.”
*
The next morning, a final meeting was held to distribute members before check-in.
It was finally decided as follows:
***
Solution Party – Admission List
1. Fixed members: Yoo Song-i, Lee Eun-sol
2. Additional members: Kim Ari, Kim Muk-seong, Elena, Cha Jin-cheol
Escape Party – Post-Apocalyptic World
1. Maze, Park Seung-yeop
2. Kim Sang-hyun, Han Ga-in
***
Last night, Ga-in oppa was wondering where to put the doctor, Jin-cheol oppa, and herself, right?
The conclusion is that only Jincheol Oppa joins the solution party, and the other two join the escape party.
Eunsol and Gain gave a brief explanation, and after listening to them, the reason was simple.
There is still not enough information.
Since the probability of resolution is low, we have no choice but to focus on escape.
Without Ga-in Oppa, there would be no room to rub shoulders with the Duke.
The doctor’s final flash also had an effect on the duke.
Etc. etc.
As I listened, I suddenly laughed.
Actually, if you look at the numbers, there are six people in the solution party and four in the escape party, right?
Yet everyone thinks that this distribution of members is one that focuses more on escape than resolution.
Why? Because Gain oppa is participating in the escape party!
Of course, it’s not good news.
That means the party’s balance has been broken.
Without realizing it, I poked Ari on the left.
“what?”
“It’s because of you.”
“what?”
“You should have been stronger than you are now!”
Ari suddenly shrugged her shoulders as if to ask what I meant, then silenced me with a simple answer.
“What are you talking about? Someone weaker than Pero.”
“… Pero. Quickly bite off Ari’s head.”
How many people should be in the solution party to balance out Gain oppa?
All 9 people except you?
Hey, this is a bit over the top!
If you put Maze in the party that solves it in the first place, Maze can summon Gain Oppa –
“ah!”
I think I know what the completely different personnel distribution that Ga-in oppa talked about at night feels like!
“…”
The corners of my mouth went up slightly without me realizing it.
Something, I feel like I predicted Ga-in oppa’s thoughts that no one knows about?
If it’s childish, it’s a childish thought!
“what’s the matter?”
As I stood there with my mouth open, Ari tilted her head.
“…no.”
“Focus on the meeting. And get that stupid parrot out of the way.”
“I’m smarter than you.”
“I’m stronger than you.”
“Pero can fly in the sky.”
“I can fly too.”
“You have to wear shoes to fly.”
“Humans are creatures who use tools – Hey, be quiet. You’re making me childish. Why are you like this when it’s not a maze?”
“…”
Could it be because I met my ‘real parents’ whom I thought I would never see again?
As Ari said, I often find myself speaking like a child, or like I did before I came to the hotel.
— Bam!
At that point the meeting ended.
“Let’s go in now.”
*
I woke up in a fancy room.
Did you previously think that ?301? had already started at this point?
Not anymore.
Having experienced it once, my colleagues walked towards the central table with a familiar feeling.
The admission list on the table.
Soon, several colleagues started writing down their names as they had decided outside.
? Yoo Song-i
? Lee Eun-sol
? Kim Ari
? Kim Muk-seong
1. Elena
? Cha Jin-cheol
Jincheol Oppa, who wrote his name last, spoke with a slightly nervous expression.
“Can I just declare that I’m going in now?”
At that moment, Gain Oppa gestured.
“Just a moment.”
The expression on my brother’s face as he approached me was a bit urgent, as if he was urgently thinking of something.
Maybe you could see it as an insight.
“Ariya, take out the Dream Kingdom.”
“uh?”
Ari tilted her head and took out the painting from her bosom.
“Wasn’t that what I was going to write?”
“…”
“It seems like something that should naturally go to a resolution party….”
The Dream Kingdom is a tool for team-ups, and the escape party starts in the same area.
There is no need to join the dream kingdom as there is no need to fall.
So, the conclusion of yesterday’s meeting was that the picture should go to the resolution party.
“what’s the matter?”
“… I saw both possibilities. It would be useful if I used it, and it would be useful if you used it.”
What is this?
Ari seemed to feel the same way as me, and she looked slightly embarrassed.
“So who should take it?”
“You take it this time. Now, let’s begin.”
Just before we started, one question crossed my mind.
It’s no wonder why the Dream Kingdom is useful to the solution party.
Ariga can use that picture to join her scattered comrades.
Why would this be useful to an escape party?
“Hotel, let’s go in now!”
*
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..
…
A soft bed.
I woke up with a prickling sensation.
“Happy… I’m sleepy, sis -”
“No, Happy. Get up.”
“ah.”
It was still dark outside, but I think I woke up earlier than when I first tried.
I turned my head and saw a chillingly beautiful face.
When I see this, Arido is really amazing.
It wouldn’t be easy to keep a face you see every day looking pretty.
“Are you awake now?”
“…It started a little while ago, right?”
“that’s right.”
?Room 301? At the beginning, I am sleeping in bed.
This is the idea that my colleagues at the observatory came up with when they saw this situation.
Ari with the Dream Kingdom joins me as soon as it starts.
— Ouch!
I heard a small groan from the side, and a frightened Happy was whimpering in the corner.
What has Ari been up to? She can’t even bark.
“The dog is fine. I just paralyzed it for a little while.”
“…”
“I’m going to say it once, so listen carefully. Coming to the solution party has given me a sort of background setting.”
“…”
“I’m a friend from the same school as you, and my parents are overseas. The setting is that I live with my grandfather. My grandfather is naturally a quiet person.”
“… This is a really convenient setting.”
“Hotels are always like that.”
After a moment of silence, Ari spoke quickly.
“Don’t misunderstand and listen. Mukseong and I always keep various possibilities in mind. Your -”
Seeing Ari’s unusually cautious attitude, I could guess what he was trying to say.
It must be the story that Ga-in oppa told me last night.
“You want to spy on my parents?”
“…including this house. It could be a more special house and more special people than you think.”
“Okay, let’s do that.”
Since it was a reasonable story, I wasn’t angry or anything.
Look at your other colleagues.
Brother Ga-in was a special being like no other in the world, and sister Eun-sol was the daughter of a regressor or an agent of the Management Bureau.
There may be a special background that I myself am not aware of.
“Okay, let’s start.”
Even though I said that, my heart froze when I thought that my parents might be traitors to humanity.
— Squeak!
I opened the door with Ari and went out into the living room.
The time is 4:25 in the morning, and my parents are asleep.
Ariga tapped the cage, and Pero, who was already trapped in the cage, responded.
— Beep! Beep!
The sound is small, but he seems slightly annoyed.
“…”
Soon, Ari began searching the entire house in front of me.
I looked behind the TV, flipped over the Wi-Fi router, and checked under a medical device whose purpose I didn’t know.
Looking at him, he really looks like a spy agent you only see in movies.
Actually, it’s more than that.
For a moment, I thought, “What if my parents wake up?” but then I thought about it and it wasn’t a big deal.
Ariya, you can just write about a girl with no presence, and I can just say that I woke up.
“…”
It looks like nothing in particular is coming out.
At that moment, Ari muttered in a whisper.
“I thought about this while watching your behavior from outside.”
“…”
“It seems like you have a complaint with your parents.”
“…a little bit.”
“Be careful. This is the cursed room.”
There’s no need to get caught up in conflicts unrelated to the scenario in the Room of Curses.
It’s useless for me to complain to my parents.
From now on, self-restraint –
At that very moment!
— Bam!
A book fell off the bookshelf.
“…”
“…”
Crossing gazes in silence.
‘Is this a coincidence?’
Soon, as if worried that we might be mistaken, a commotion broke out.
— Bam! Bam!
Three or four books falling one after another.
This is a clear poltergeist phenomenon, and a warning to your colleagues outside!
Their eyes crossed again, and Ari was instantly taken out of her cognitive field.
“eww….”
I quickly went to the cage and released Pero.
— Squeak!
What, what is it?
Did we have a door like that in our house?