Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 69
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Episode 69 – No. 101, Room of the Curse – ‘Media that Changes Common Sense’ (3)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 22
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 0]
The third attempt was completed in one day.
When I came out and looked around, everyone looked somewhat confused.
I can guess. Except for me and Grandfather Mukseong, no one even arrived at the ‘ABS Broadcasting Station’.
Everyone was trying to find out something in their own way, but it was clear that they were stuck without being able to figure it out.
“Let’s end this for today and go to room 105. I think there’s a lot I need to explain.”
When I revealed that I had figured something out, everyone stood up looking a little relieved. The topics to talk about while walking were largely condensed into three types.
First, the information found. ABS, hospitals, students, etc.
Second, ‘how to get to the broadcasting station’ that Grandpa Mukseong and I discovered.
Third, a discussion of how people without resistance to mental contamination will participate in station exploration.
I think I can just decide this much and rest for tonight.
*
Unfortunately, we spent a lot of time on the third attempt and dinner time in room 105 was already over.
Everyone had no choice but to come back to the front desk and sit around the refreshment table.
Fortunately, the table was always stocked with snacks and drinks, so we were able to fill our stomachs reasonably well.
Eunsol’s sister started the meeting.
“Yes, I feel like Ga-in or Grandpa have figured something out. Tell me. I’m on the ‘relaxation team’ so I’ll just hang out, so I’ll just listen.”
… I guess you’re still in a bad mood.
First things first. Let’s start with what my grandfather and I found out.
First, a search on the Internet revealed that we had to go to ABS Broadcasting Station.
Looking at their expressions, it seemed like some people couldn’t figure this out, and even if they did, there were others who couldn’t come because they couldn’t figure out how to get there.
Next, we relayed the facts we discovered while exploring the basement of the broadcasting station. A harrowing sight in the security room. ‘caution’. Scenes discovered while disobeying precautions.
Scenery of the hospital. A monster in the form of a nurse. Students who are grotesquely deformed.
It seems like I’ve figured out a lot, but I can’t understand what it’s related to.
Other people had similar thoughts.
“It’s a mess. There’s a lot of information, but I feel like I can’t find the thread that ties it all together.”
“I think it’s largely three chunks of information: ‘broadcasting stations,’ ‘hospitals,’ and ‘schools.’”
“If it’s school, the high school students who have become flesh?”
“yes.”
“Anyway, ‘Shinsegae Hospital,’ ‘Lee Hyuk-jin,’ and ‘Kim Sang-min.’ What do you think will come up if you search these words on the Internet?”
“For the next attempt, let’s each search on our smartphones or computers and find out. After that, let’s share information with those who came to the broadcasting station, and let’s let those who couldn’t come leave the room and tell us next time.”
For the next attempt, we each searched for the keywords on our smartphones or computers inside Room 101 to find out information, and then gathered at the broadcasting station.
second.
How do I get to the broadcasting station?
“I went the hard way. I took my younger brother, who was infected with the curse, with me. The original plan was to go while maintaining distance using the coronavirus as an excuse, but even that was impossible because I had to take a taxi along the way. In fact, it is impossible without a filter or bracelet, so ‘ “I think it would be good for the elders to explain how everyone can get there.”
“The method I used is actually the method you also used in Room 101. It’s teleportation.”
The elder briefly explained the method he used.
1. Make a schedule in advance to go to the waiting room of the broadcasting station while maintaining your senses.
2. After being infected with the curse, arrive at the broadcasting station waiting room via teleportation.
3. I wake up alone in the waiting room.
Everyone opened their mouths in admiration.
While everyone was discussing this method, Songi found one problem.
“Grandpa, I think there’s a risk in that approach. What if we change our schedule ourselves?”
Change your schedule. That part is definitely something I hadn’t thought about.
“Even if we made a plan saying, “Let’s go to the broadcasting station while still intact,” is there any guarantee that we who are infected with the curse will stick to it?
Being infected with the curse does not mean that you become a robot without any sense of self, but simply becomes ‘another version of yourself with distorted common sense.’
After thinking about it more, I decided not to go to the broadcasting station! If you do it, you will just end up cursed.”
Ari also pointed out another problem.
“It’s a similar story to the ‘schedule change’ that Songi mentioned, but what if my family follows me when I teleport? I… I feel like no matter where I try to go, my mom will definitely try to follow me.”
This is something I’ve been curious about ever since I heard about Ari’s mother. What kind of person is Ari’s mother?
Is Ari so strong that he swears he can never win, yet so obsessive that he tries to chase his daughter wherever she goes?
I don’t understand anything anymore.
The problem with ‘teleportation’.
What happens if the ‘other self’ changes the plan after being infected with the curse? Either choose not to go to the broadcasting station at all, or worse, arrive with a family member infected with the curse.
The former ends up leaving alone, but the latter ends up putting all the remaining people in danger because of the infected family.
…
I suggested one thing.
“It looks like there are quite a few risks in teleportation, so let’s each go our own way instead of uniformizing the way everyone goes. Is there anyone who can go with their family like me?”
As I spoke, I looked at Songi. After all, Songi and I were the only ones who could survive the long-term move with our family infected by the curse.
As expected, Songi nodded.
“I can walk to ABS in 15 minutes, so I’ll take my family like Ga-in.”
“Huh? You lived near ABS?”
I think the reason I couldn’t come to the broadcasting station on my third attempt was because I didn’t know that I had to go to ABS. It’s a 15-minute walk to ABS, and Songi’s house is very expensive.
I instantly felt like a small citizen. Looking around, everyone seemed to agree.
Anyway, the only ways to get to ABS that we found were taking the family with us and teleporting. Since Songi and I are the only ones who can take the family with us, the rest will have to try to teleport somehow.
With Ari’s words at the end, each person summarized their next plans.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll give up on teleportation. I can go, but I think Mom will definitely follow me.”
1. Escape Team: Park Seung-yeop
2. Host Team (Teleportation): Elena, Muk-seong Kim, Jin-cheol Cha, Eun-sol Lee
3. Host team (with family): Han Ga-in, Yoo Song-i
4. Completely giving up team: Kim Ari
Moving on to the last topic.
How to explore?
“From what I and Elder Mukseong felt while exploring, there is actually a problem even if we all gather together at the broadcasting station.
I managed to check out the deserted basement on my own, but it seems impossible to search the upstairs without mental immunity. “Elderly?”
“I just followed behind Cain. I swear, it’s impossible. I’m confident that I’ve had a lot of training of my own, but I absolutely cannot withstand it. The power of the curse is not something that can be withstood simply through willpower.”
Songi expressed her opinion.
“Then, should Ga-in and I explore alone, and should the rest wait on the first floor?”
“Hmm. Ga-in, who has already looked at it, what do you think?”
“If there is no other way, we will have to do it together. Any ideas?”
…
Everyone remained silent. Not an easy situation. Since Ari has given up on joining through teleportation because of her ‘mother’, there is no one other than Songi and me who can withstand the mental contamination.
My older sister, who was struggling, opened her mouth.
“This is our fourth attempt anyway, right? They say things start to get weird from the fifth time, so we should aim to finish it this time if possible. How about just having Jincheol take the red pill?”
“…”
Isn’t this a good idea?
I was also thinking about ‘number of times’. If possible, it is better to try to solve this problem. However, my brother, who was the one who had to take the red pill, looked troubled.
“Hmm. Do you have an idea? Then just tell me.”
Despite the elder’s words, my older brother looked as if he was going to say something, but eventually opened his mouth.
“I may sound too ignorant. This is what I thought after listening to ‘Teleportation’ earlier. Isn’t the world inside room 101 a world where common sense is distorted? Isn’t it okay for us to act ‘a little more’ unreasonably? “I think about it.”
“Wow, you’re so frustrating. Just tell me what to do.”
“Let’s go and kill everyone.”
“…”
“…”
Everyone was momentarily speechless.
“If you think about it, during my first attempt, I went to the murder fighting competition with a mental breakdown.
Ga-in said that at a college freshman welcoming party, having over 100 people die playing Russian roulette was like a test of courage?
In such a world, would ‘murder’ be a sin? Do things like the police function normally in the first place?
“Let’s just proceed by killing all the broadcasting station employees with a gun or any other weapon as soon as we get there.”
…
It sounds crazy, but it makes sense.
Now that I think about it, my fake brother openly killed a taxi driver with an ax on the side of the road, but no police came… .
In a crazy world, crazy plans work. A world where murderous fighting competitions are held, people are eaten at mukbangs, and Russian roulette is played at new student welcome parties.
Would it be a problem if I killed some broadcasting station employees? Maybe it doesn’t really matter?
If you proceed by shooting all the employees to death, you don’t have to worry about mental contamination or anything like that!
“Huh… In a world where only one-eyed people exist, two-eyed people are said to be abnormal, but in a world where idiots exist, people like wild boars become geniuses!”
“Ah, why does a wild boar come out again?”
“You seemed like a genius, you idiot! That plan. I have a feeling it will work. If it were a world where people go to jail for killing people, then everyone in that world would be in jail.”
With this crazy conversation, the operational plan for the fourth attempt starting tomorrow was concluded.
1. Search from your starting point using your smartphone or computer.
2. Arrive at the broadcasting station at an appropriate time, either by teleportation or accompanied by family.
3. Explore the upper floors while killing all the employees.
With the meeting over, everyone returned to the bedroom in room 105, ending a tiring day.
*
…
A night when everyone is asleep.
Kim Muk-seong came out of room 105. Ari was outside.
“A ‘private message’ at this time. Is there anything else you want to say?”
“I had a strange feeling during the meeting earlier.”
“What are you thinking?”
“Gain. Don’t you think it’s a bit strange?”
“Aren’t you becoming more and more trustworthy? It’s very useful to think rationally even when looking at pretty terrible things. I guess it would be enough to select you as an agent right away?”
“That’s what’s strange. How long has it been since we arrived here? We’ve been through so much, and the flow of time in the room is random, so it’s different for each person… but by Ga-in’s standards, it’s probably been less than a month?”
“Right.”
“Silence. Think of the ‘ordinary people’ you see outside. It is normal for ordinary people to scream at the sight of a corpse, and when they see a miserably dead person covered in excrement or a student who was tortured and turned into a lump of flesh, they should sit down and lose their senses. .”
“…”
“No matter how much he has been through, is it possible for him to gain this much superhuman mental strength in just one month? He looks like an agent with 30 years of experience. Yes, like us.”
“After listening to it, there is something strange about it. Compared to other people, the change is definitely too much. Jincheol still has a somewhat immature side, and it seems difficult for Eunsol, Songi, and Elena to act calmly in such a cruel scene.”
“It wasn’t until I learned how to use filters in ‘Hotel Go’ that I started to change so drastically. Since then, the frequency of using blessings has increased tremendously.”
“Do you think ‘Owl’ is changing his mind?”
“maybe.”
“Even so, can it be seen as a bad thing? ‘Owl’ is ultimately on his side in the grand scheme of things. On the contrary, such superhuman mental strength would be of great help in this cruel place.”
“There are always only people on people’s side.”
“…”
“…”
“Is that the ‘enlightenment’ you gained through the experience of protecting the world for many years? Senior?”
“…I got goosebumps hearing you talk for the first time in a long time.”
“Sometimes I feel sad that I’m the only one getting old.”
“Don’t be rude. Anyway, I feel like Ga-in still doubts me, so I hope you lead him in a more ‘human direction’.”
“Well, I’ll think of it as something for my future agent juniors and pay some attention to.”
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