Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 87



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Episode 87 – Party Time (9) – Strategy Meeting (2) Fin, Room 102 – Re-entering the Mansion of Fear.

– Han Ga-in

In the end, people around me noticed and erased all the lines drawn on my grandfather.

Only then did the atmosphere become serious again. Two concerns about room 102, which I will be re-entering.

Interpretation of hints, consideration of escape methods.

I expressed my opinion first.

“First, let’s interpret once again the hint in issue 102, ‘Get rid of the prejudice that you have to go towards MㅁMㅁ.’ This hint has two meanings.

First, the meaning of the expression ‘let go of prejudice’ means that we have a prejudice that we should go to a certain place.

Second, the name of the place is two letters long. Candidates included a mansion, a study, a cathedral, and a lake.”

Ari suddenly presented a third agenda.

“Before discussing hints or escape methods, there is another issue to consider.”

“Another problem?”

“There is a possibility that the scenario itself will change. Room 102 is different from other rooms. The character itself has changed since the first attempt, right?

During the first attempt, my grandfather and I were members of the mansion, but now we are party members. “This has never happened in any other room.”

The scenario itself changes. It’s a possibility I haven’t thought about.

I was simply thinking about the possibility of adding new NPCs as maids and butlers.

Is this something Ari has already experienced?

“Have you already experienced the scenario changing?”

Ari was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“As everyone knows, there is a ‘Resurrection Room’ in the hotel. During the first time at the hotel, the party at the time saved the NPC belonging to the room of curse that was in progress through the room of resurrection.

At that time, I remember that the hotel didn’t just fill in with new NPCs, but changed the scenario itself.

“It’s not a completely different scenario, it’s a similar scenario in the grand scheme of things, but it’s changed in a different time period.”

Eunsol, who was listening, asked a question.

“Another time zone?”

“I think we went to the future of that scenario. “I don’t remember exactly.”

“I’m curious because I heard about the Resurrection Room. What happens if you revive an NPC through that room?

Will you be a participant like us? “Are you going to regain the legacy and blessings you got before becoming an NPC?”

“sorry. I don’t remember. I’m not hiding it, it was a really long time ago, and I was really young back then.

“My memories from the first session are very blurry, and most of them are about my mother.”

understood. Unlike her suspicious appearance now, Ari during the first hotel episode must have really been a child.

Rather, let’s think about changes in the scenario.

This means that when you resurrect an NPC in a specific room while proceeding with it, the room’s scenario changes. It’s interesting, but what does it have to do with us now?

“Does that case and the situation we are experiencing now have something in common? “We haven’t even found the resurrection room.”

Ari answered.

“At first, I thought we had nothing in common, so I didn’t talk about it for a while. However, after thinking about it for the past few days, I discovered an important commonality.”

A situation that Ari experienced in the past when an NPC was resurrected. Our situation now that a team of agents have joined our forces.

What they have in common is that in both cases, NPCs joined as companions.

“In the first place, why did the hotel change the scenario when the NPC was resurrected? It’s because of ‘information’.

Originally, it was information that the participating party could not know or had to make a great sacrifice to know, but in the process of joining NPCs as companions, they learn too much information, right?”

I’m starting to understand what you mean.

Unlike the first attempt in No. 102, Ari and Grandpa Mukseong have joined us in ‘Characters of the Mansion’.

Naturally, it contains a large amount of various information that originally the participants would have had to make great sacrifices to find out.

For example, the escape method of No. 102, ‘Prevent the elder from offering sacrifices to 6 people’, is information that Ari gave me through a card game. There’s probably more to it than this.

In other words, from the hotel’s perspective, thanks to the NPC joining our team, we were able to obtain information for free that would have required great sacrifice.

So, the era of the scenario can be changed in terms of ‘difficulty adjustment’.

My worries deepen. If the scenario itself changes, how should we respond?

“If the scenario’s time zone changes, does that mean it goes to the past or the future?”

“I guess we should keep the possibility open. phew. Do we have to completely reorganize our escape method?”

Grandfather Mukseong told a slightly hopeful story.

“If we go to the future, I don’t know, but if we go to the past, maybe we’ll find a helper.”

aid?

“What do you mean?”

“Do you guys remember about the cathedral and the mysterious bell? Of course, I remember that the cathedral had a deeper history than the mansion. “But the bell was a new item brought from outside.”

“Out? “Who brought such a mysterious species?”

This time Ari answered.

“When the elders in the mansion began to degenerate, a group similar to exorcists came from outside. “I remember they brought the bell too.”

Exorcist?

“No, when such a group came, why couldn’t they punish the elder? Was he already too powerful?”

Grandpa Mukseong answered again.

“According to the information I have left in my head, they haven’t found any evidence.”

“evidence?”

“Around the time the exorcists came, there was a disappearance incident going on in that village. “The old man in the mansion was suspected to be the culprit, but the exorcists found no evidence.”

Town? Was there such a thing?

“Was there a village or something around the mansion?”

“According to the ‘memories of the butler’ that remain with me, there was originally a village. So, the cathedral was also built.

However, as incomprehensible events continued to unfold, many people died and fled, leaving only the mansion behind. “The start of those hideous incidents was the ‘disappearance incident.’”

The mansion of horror we experienced. The story from that past point was simple.

Perhaps it was at the beginning of the elder’s fall?

Horrible incidents began to occur in earnest around the mansion and the village, and an exorcist was dispatched from outside to investigate the elderly man, who was a prime suspect, but left after failing to find any evidence.

And the first time we entered room 102 was in the future, a long time after the village was devastated and many people died due to no one being able to stop the elders.

“If we go into the ‘past’ of the Mansion of Terror, should we help the Exorcist?”

Eunsol, who was listening to the conversation, answered.

“Perhaps, unlike ‘real history’, we have to help the exorcists find evidence and punish the old man?”

Jincheol, who had been listening silently, joined the conversation.

“Let’s end this conversation. “In fact, it’s not clear whether it will go on in the past or not.”

That is correct.

Considering the possibility that the scenario could change, it was actually difficult to proceed with the meeting further.

There are literally infinite possibilities before us.

Eunsol’s older sister brought up the basic story again.

“Let’s talk about changes in the scenario era like Jincheol said. To say more is just a matter of imagination.

Rather, let’s start with what I originally wanted to talk about: ‘escape’.

First of all, let’s skip ‘suicide’. It seems very likely that escape through ‘suicide’ will change or be blocked as the scenario changes.

How about ‘Escape from the Mansion’?

“If, like last time, you wake up in a situation where you are going to the mansion by car as soon as it starts, the rest will proceed, and one person will turn the car around and go outside the mansion to secure an escape.”

It seems okay.

This is what we realized while working on the Room of the Cursed.

Compared to the daunting ‘solution’, escape is relatively easy. It feels like recognition is given as long as the ‘current crisis’ can somehow be overcome.

Wouldn’t they recognize me if I just ran away from the mansion?

There was some more conversation afterward, but the overall conclusion of the meeting was maintained.

1. Because the mansion side NPC has joined the team, there is a possibility that the era of the scenario will change.

2. When starting, have one person drive the car outside the mansion and secure an escape.

This is the end of day 4 of party time.

next day.

On the last day of party time, everyone relaxed as promised, and after checking the plan one last time, we prepared the next room.

*

[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)

Date: Day 28

Current Location: Tier 1, Room 102 (Chamber of Curse – Mansion of Horror)

Sage Advice: 3]

“So, Sister Eunsol. How certain are you about the ‘corruption’ of your older brother, ‘Lee Se-hyeon’?”

“Priest. My brother has been curious since he was young. At that time, he thought it was a child’s childish curiosity and everyone thought it was cute… . “From then on, he often felt crazy.”

“You know, it’s hard for us to be sure based on that experience alone.”

“At some point, my brother started interacting with strange foreigners from Africa and Europe.

I am not a foolish person either. They were never people of the world of light.

My brother gradually became obsessed with them and began collecting strange objects and strange books. Especially books! My brother brought me a book from somewhere that I couldn’t understand.

That book is truly a mysterious object. I felt it as soon as I saw it from afar. “That book is something that should not exist in this world.”

“hmm. So, does this organization consider that book to be the ‘Book of Avatar’?”

“Cardinal Silence. That’s right. At our headquarters, we received a prophecy that the ‘Book of Avatar’, which has sowed darkness in the world for the past 400 years, is located somewhere in this country, on the Korean Peninsula. “This region is also one of the candidates.”

Bleep———–!

…

I ‘came to my senses’ the second I heard the sound of a broken radio.

Everyone looked at each other in fascination. That’s when I realized.

“The Exorcist… . “We weren’t helping.”

“We are the exorcists! Is this hotel really crazy? I don’t even know a single line of the Bible! “Is there a priest in the world who doesn’t even know the Bible?”

“Ahahaha~! So, what do you think about Grandfather Mukseong, the only ‘cardinal’ among us?”

“I want to run away. “I’ll drive the car and escape quickly, so you guys take care of it.”

In an instant, everyone’s mentality collapsed.

… It wasn’t enough that the scenario’s point of view was in the past, and the exorcist who was expected to be a helper was actually us!

There is no group helping us! As exorcists, we must reveal the lies of the owner of the mansion, ‘Lee Se-hyeon’.

Jincheol said something ignorant.

“Anyway, that guy named Lee Se-hyun is the culprit, right? Let’s just go and kill him. “Isn’t that the solution then?”

Eunsol’s sister sighed heavily.

“please. Jincheol. please. “Has it ever been resolved so ignorantly?”

Elena opened her mouth.

“Where are Seungyeop and Ari?”

Only then did I look back at the car. Seungyeop is no more. There is no Ari either. I looked at Eunsol.

Eunsol’s sister also looked surprised.

“uh? “I don’t have any information about you being in a mansion this time?”

Songi began to organize the situation in a rare and active manner.

“Everyone, calm down. First of all, everyone has information about their ‘role’ in their head, right? Share it. “Seungyeop and Ari are probably somewhere, whether it’s a mansion or a village.”

I also said what came to mind right away.

“bell! Is there a bell? I’m searching my head right now, but the name of the species is truly amazing, ‘The Bell of Saint George’. “It is said to be a holy relic with the power to destroy magical powers. Who has it now?”

“I’m holding it. “My name is a cardinal, so I should have something precious like that.”

“You say you are a cardinal by name, so are you even thinking of running away?”

A car full of chaos.

I sighed inside.

under… . ruined! This party!

A priest who doesn’t know a word of the Bible, a cardinal who has never been to a church. Damn it!

If you look at number 102, it’s no joke. A sigh came out of my mouth.

In the meantime, when I think about it, my role is again that of ‘deacon.’

Anyway, if you’re going to give me the priesthood even if I don’t know the Bible, I’ll make you a cardinal too. What is the subtitle?

See next episode