Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 8
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Episode 8 – Room 101, Room of the Curse – ‘Strange Family’ (3)
Episode 8
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Amid the loud noise, Jincheol sighed. What is all this? It’s the sound of her mother glaring at her and clicking her mouth.
From a young age, whenever Jincheol made a mistake or acted inadequately, his mother would simply utter a warning from her mouth rather than adding more words.
That mother’s behavior did not change even after her son grew up and was over 30.
One minor change is that in the past, you had to look directly in the eye. I think you did… Today, he made a sound while standing on his head.
Does your arm hurt? Was he a person with such a good sense of humor?… My memory is vague.
“Atta, mother, just sit down for a moment. Didn’t I say that I had a really good time at this interview? “I don’t know what you’re so worried about.”
“You’ve been saying that for almost five years. I saw it well this time, nothing special happened this time. And in the past 5 years, I’ve quit my job three times. “I’m going to let go and live with the day to die, but my son hasn’t done anything for over 30 years, so I’m so scared that I can’t close my eyes!”
“No, why are you closing your eyes? Anyone who hears this will think that your mother is in her 80s or 90s. “You’re a little over 60 years old now… And judging from the way you were standing on your head and talking, you still have a lot of energy.”
“Not even a word… A man as big as an ox should have a quiet taste, so how can he not even think about losing a word? “I regret for the rest of my life that I couldn’t stop you when you went to that damn dojo when you were young!”
stamp. When the story of the dojo came up, I felt like I was crying deep in my heart, and I turned away without saying a word because I was not confident in managing my emotions in front of her mother.
From a young age, Jincheol dreamed of becoming a sportsman.
Since he was in elementary school, he has shown extraordinary physique and growth, and people have called him the successor to Kang Ho-dong in the wrestling team and Park Ji-sung in the soccer team, and as the successor to all kinds of TV sports stars. However, what young Jincheol was most attracted to was primal sports more than anything else.
Yes, what is the most primitive and wild thing that humans can do with their honed bodies? In the end, they pit their fists against each other. It’s a fight!
Jincheol was not a particularly violent child. It may be funny to criticize myself, but I consider myself to be sincere and kind. I pictured myself sharing a match with an opponent who had honed his skills in the ring, and I had no intention of engaging in gangsterism in an alley somewhere.
Time passed. As time goes by, geniuses become brilliant, and geniuses become ordinary. I really didn’t know that Jincheol himself would fall into this category. In the world of ordinary people, Jincheol’s physique alone was enough. Height: 192cm, well-developed muscles. Most men felt intimidated and backed away just by walking, and each time Jincheol felt a great deal of pride.
However… I learned that the world of fighting is not just about physique. To be more precise, the world of heavyweight fighting is a place where half-adepts of all physiques, beyond a certain level, gather together. All of them are over 190 cm tall and weigh well over 100 kg, but in a crowd of muscle monsters, it is impossible to win with just their physique.
Why? Why can’t I react to my opponent’s fist? Why do movements that work during sparring fail in practice? Why is my opponent not fooled by my fakes, but why am I always fooled by my opponent’s fakes?
I lost once, lost twice, lost three times. I only found out after losing five times in a row. My talent is not good enough to last in this country. There was no place for Jincheol in a world where he could see his wind-like fists and strike two feints in less than 0.5 seconds.
When I came to my senses, everything was late. I’m almost 30, and all that’s left is a failed martial arts career that has nowhere to be used.
no. In fact, it was not a matter of objective conditions. Not only is late 20s not an age at which one cannot make a comeback, but a well-trained body is enough to make a living on its own. One of the people I trained with opened a gym. Some people went into the security business. Someone became a police officer.
Even if everyone dropped out due to lack of talent, the top 0.1% lived well by making good use of their bodies. The problem was not Jincheol’s body, but his mind.
I didn’t want to give up. I didn’t want to go down another path. Even after getting a job at a company recommended by former colleagues, they dismissed me with strange reasons, and even when I was offered to run a gym with them, I repeatedly refused. When his connections disappeared one by one, and even the fire in his heart went out…
Only then did Jincheol realize that his life was heading towards the mountains.
These are depressing thoughts. Even though I decided to stop thinking like this, it doesn’t stop easily. I gather myself and turn back home. First, let’s apologize to our mother. Isn’t he the one who supported his wandering son after his father passed away quickly? Also, let’s be really patient with the company we interviewed at this time.
When he returned home, Jincheol was a little embarrassed.
A familiar face came to the house. Isn’t this the dojo director I’ve seen for over 10 years since I was young? After his father passed away, he was a special person who also acted as a father to me. Even after giving up his dream of becoming a fighter, he has maintained a good relationship with Jincheol for quite some time, and the health-related company he interviewed for recently was also introduced by the director.
“No, aren’t you Director Park? “What’s going on in my house?”
“Oh my gosh, Jincheol, thank me quickly and thank me again. “This man brings good news!”
“Haha, is that something I brought because I’m so amazing? In its own way, there are many people who know Jincheol’s sincerity, so introductions like this keep coming.”
“Director? “What is news?”
“This time, we are holding a big mixed martial arts competition in Busan. Is this an opportunity? It’s an event that the local government spent quite a lot of money on… How did this happen to be attached to the schedule for the xxx competition? This is why named players cannot participate in the Busan competition. What are you saying? There are only small prizes, but the prize money is decent and there are a lot of people watching. Where else will an opportunity like this come?”
“Haha…Director. Well, don’t you know? To be honest, I’m out of fashion. It doesn’t even mean that it’s a small thing. “I’m a small child…”
“Uh huh, this competition is a little different? “This is the one man standing rule, a style that is increasingly popular in Japan.”
“One man standing? What is that? “Is this your first time hearing this?”
“Is this your first time hearing this? It’s been 10 years since it came out in Japan, so what can I say… Only one person survives the competition. “Aren’t you strong in this area?”
What… I was so embarrassed. Is it possible that only one person survives in a fighting game? Besides, I’m strong in that kind of thing? What kind of nonsense————————–
understood. Why did I forget this? Come to think of it, weren’t one-man standing rule contests a hit in Japan when I was in high school?
However, I remember that half of the fighters registered in Japan died while the competition was going on, so the competition took a break for a while. Maybe that’s why I forgot. It’s natural that I ended up on that side.
Who am I? Wasn’t he the man who beat a man-eating monkey to death with a single wooden club? Extreme violence that kills and kills. I am the only one who has experienced this against monsters, so it is natural that I am strong.
Finally, the long-awaited opportunity has arrived.
By the way, when did you fight a man-eating monkey? Is there something like that in Korea? It’s not a very important issue. Anyway, it’s true that I beat the monkey to death.
——————- Flash
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!
Tremendous cheers echo from all directions. What is it? I think I closed my eyes for a moment while talking to the director…
Before I knew it, I was standing in the middle of the stadium and saw a large man on the other side. What on earth?
Ah, I understood right away. Today is the day of the Busan One-Man Standing Fighting Competition. By the way, it’s the day of a fighting competition, and even I can’t stop him if he comes to the stadium and momentarily loses consciousness.
Thump thump thump thump
The opponent immediately rushed at me with a mace. 4 meters? 3 meters? As soon as I got close enough, the mace at my waist flew out like the wind.
Mace? Why does something like this appear in fighting games? Oh, is this a trend these days? Fortunately, I had a tonfa in my hand, so I was able to preemptively strike the mace before it gained speed.
The mace is not a blade, but a mass weapon. If you block it after gaining speed, it will be too late even if you block it. The impact alone can cause bones to break.
So, when I clung to him and preemptively pushed him away, the opponent was taken aback. If I don’t give the mace time to gain speed, I have the advantage.
Immediately, he hit the opponent’s mouth with the tonfa. His teeth fall out like corn. He felt the blunt impact hit his leg. After the opponent kicked his leg, he also hit him with a mace.
It’s bearable. Because if you’re stuck, you won’t be able to speed up properly anyway.
He calmly forced the tonfa into the other person’s mouth and waved his hand. First teeth, later chunks of unidentifiable flesh. As he pushed his fist further, his opponent’s throat was pierced.
Was my strength this strong? A tonpa is not some kind of sword, but a blunt piece of wood that you insert into the opponent’s mouth and pierce through the back of his neck?
I guess so. Is there any doubt that it is good for men and martial arts players to be strong?
I was about to take a step back and laugh, but at some point the next person appeared. ax? It’s a cheeky weapon.
Of course, if your skills are similar, you won’t be able to get close to an ax-wielding opponent with something like a tonfa.
‘If the skills are similar’
He runs in just three steps, closing the distance of nearly 20 meters in an instant. I see shock in the other person’s eyes.
Are you surprised? This is ridiculous. I am fast as a tiger now. Since when did I acquire these ridiculous physical abilities?
If I had this ability from the beginning, things like reaction speed and psychological warfare would not have mattered at all and I would have easily become a world champion.
There is no problem. All you have to do is step up from now on.
Before I could swing the ax, my finger pierced the opponent’s eye. The finger pierced the eyeball, crushed the brain, and caved in the front of the opponent’s skull, even touching the back of the opponent’s skull.
How many people? 10 people? 20 people? By the time it was hard to count how many people had been killed, there was no one left in the stadium.
Waaaaaaa! Cha Jin-cheol! Cha Jin-cheol! Cha Jin-cheol!!!!!
I see countless crowds chanting my name. I feel the pain that has been building up in my heart for 10 years, perhaps more, being released in an instant. Across from him, his mother was crying. The director was standing proudly, but it was clearly visible that the corners of his eyes were red.
Ah… how much I dreamed of this moment. At this moment, I am the main character of the world.
I saw an older man in a suit walking across from me. Ah, you are the mayor of Busan. The mayor of Busan is the one handing the belt to the winner of today’s competition. I couldn’t believe that the day would come in my life when I would win in front of someone like that… My heart was filled with emotion.
bang!!!!!!!
A sound like lightning is heard. Suddenly, I felt a burning sensation in my chest.
What on earth? As I looked at the mayor with a dazed feeling, I suddenly saw a Glock in his hand.
The moment I realized that the bullet had pierced my chest, my body collapsed.
What is this? What on earth happened? Enlightenment came immediately.
aha! Isn’t this stadium a place where only one person can stand and leave? When the market enters, it is natural that one of the two must die. The problem is that you let your guard down. I had to break the mayor’s neck right away…
I felt my consciousness fading. She wasn’t too disappointed because she had achieved a long-awaited dream… but she wanted to see her mother one more time at the end.
/You failed!
A long-unfulfilled dream! I can’t give up on him! In the end, you were so possessed by your unfulfillable dream that you failed to notice the strange behavior of the director who was like your beloved mother and father, and after participating in a murderous fighting competition with them, you lost your life at the hands of the mayor.
I could not escape the curse, nor could I resolve the source of the curse. It’s a pity.
However, there is still a chance! wait for your colleagues
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One of my colleagues successfully escaped! congratulations! There was a successful escape, and all members returned safely./
Cha Jin-cheol feels that his sedimented consciousness is slowly floating…