Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 89
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Episode 89 – No. 102, Room of the Curse – ‘Mansion of Horror’ Re (2)
– Han Ga-in
The threat of possession will begin the moment you enter the mansion, so you worry about how to deal with it.
I said what I thought.
“This time, I have the nun’s bracelet, so I will be able to resist somehow. In fact, isn’t it still the early stages of the fall? “I may not be able to use such great abilities.”
“Oppa, no, Deacon Han. “The more I listen to the way they speak, the more awkward it becomes.”
“Let’s get used to each other. Isn’t the bracelet the highest level of mental power? Is it possible to break the possession?
“It may be possible to detect possession using the bracelet, but I think it will be difficult to break the possession.”
“Why?”
Why is it difficult?
It’s been quite a while since we got the bracelet, but Songi was the only one who had even a vague understanding of the bracelet’s principles and limitations.
Sister Songi began to worry. She is probably trying to translate for us the ‘alien knowledge’ she put into her head at the hotel when she got the bracelet.
“It may sound strange, but the bracelet is a ‘scientific’ rather than an occult item.
The source of the bracelet’s power is rooted in surreality, but it has been processed with the power of science.
It’s just not human science. Possession is completely occult.
However, this does not mean that there is no resistance to occult things at all.
“If we take possession as an example, it is possible to defend against it, but it is impossible to chase it away.”
I don’t know what the difference is between the occult and extraterrestrial science.
I feel like a caveman listening to explanations from my smartphone.
But I understood Sister Songi’s words themselves.
The power of the bracelet is limited to recognizing and protecting against possession. If you have already been possessed, you cannot drive it out.
*
As soon as I arrived at the mansion and met the Cardinal and the believer Eunsol, I looked at Sister Songi.
I shook my head. This means that no one is possessed. After confirming, we started talking.
First, what we found out. The disappearance case, Lee Se-hyun’s reputation, and the whereabouts of Ari and Seung-yeop were relayed.
“Have you found out anything?”
The Cardinal’s mouth opened.
“does not exist. You will find out if you talk to me. Lee Se-hyun, that guy is formidable. “If I didn’t know everything, I think I would forget it too.”
Lee Eun-sol opened her mouth with an air of being more deeply immersed in the role than I was.
“I couldn’t dig deeper through conversation. He said that he was also worried about the disappearance incident in the village and that he had tried to take action.
There was absolutely no room left. Lee Se-hyeon’s son, ‘Lee Si-woo’, is also in the mansion.”
Eunsol believer continued the conversation.
“He said he, too, is very worried about the disappearance case because of his son. “Since she was young, she was sick, so she was educated at home by a tutor, but recently she is so anxious that she can’t even call a tutor.”
While thinking about it, Priest Jincheol opened his mouth.
“From what I heard before coming in, didn’t you say there was a strange book in the basement of this mansion?”
“This was information Ari got from his first attempt. There is an unidentified book in the basement, and when you open it, you meet the devil. However, since time has gone back, it is unclear whether it still applies.”
“I don’t know much about architecture, but would it be possible to build such a vast underground space in one day? “I think an underground space was created when this mansion was being built.”
It’s persuasive. I also don’t know much about architecture, but it seems like the underground space already exists even when time goes back.
The Cardinal expressed his opinion.
“First, let’s see if we can find out anything else over dinner, and then sneak into the basement of the mansion together at night.”
*
– Han Ga-in
Dinner time.
After starting a conversation with Lee Se-hyeon, I understood what the cardinal meant when he said, ‘I felt like I was forgetting too.’
“So, I told my manager at the time. How long do you plan to live as a salaried worker, living on 100,000 won or 200,000 won?
“At the very least, if you want to be confident in front of your loved ones, shouldn’t you challenge yourself when it comes to challenges?”
“Is that how you convinced me to expand my business?”
“haha! Would you be able to persuade me with just a few words? What matters is the vision, not the words. “If we take into account the political changes in Korea at the time—”
This guy is really good at speaking skills. If you think about it, it was really fun even though I was bragging that I was so successful and made a lot of money.
… This isn’t some kind of supernatural power, is it?
I don’t think so. He is just a person with excellent speaking skills.
Cardinal Mukseong took the lead and interrupted the flow once, putting pressure on Lee Eun-sol, who said he had heard a ‘strange rumor’ based on information he had heard.
It didn’t work.
He clarified several doubts without being at all embarrassed or agitated by our pressure.
Regarding suspicions that he collected occult items, he actually took out a few items and stated that it was simply a hobby of collecting art.
Regarding the suspicion that he met suspicious people, he added that it seems like someone misunderstood the foreigner he met on business.
The most tiring thing was that even though ‘Elena’ openly used her lie detection ability, her lies were not revealed.
I felt the need to break the ice. The cardinal, who had similar thoughts, banged the table.
“Lee Se-hyeon. “I’ll be honest and ask you a few questions.”
“I am afraid that the Cardinal seems to doubt me. “I will reveal everything honestly.”
“Do you know anything about the ‘Book of Avatar’? Even if you don’t know the name, be honest if you’ve ever gotten a strange, unidentified book. Also, are you hiding anything from us about the disappearance?”
“Everyone has no idea.”
I looked back at Elena. Shakes her head. It doesn’t mean it’s a lie.
My head became confused.
While there was silence at the table for a moment, a boy approached.
“Lee Se-hyeon. “Is that your son?”
“uh? Sorry everyone. Siwoo? What’s happen?”
Lee Se-hyeon approached her son and began to comfort him.
Does he look like a middle school student? He feels like the so-called sickly boy. Perhaps because he had a father who was a handsome man in his own way, he was also cute in his own way.
Perhaps because her son was sick somewhere, Se-Hyeon Lee apologized, finished the meal early, stood up, and took her son into the room.
After Lee Se-hyun disappeared, we continued our conversation among ourselves.
“What do you think? “It seems difficult to find out anything through conversation.”
The cardinal answered.
“I see it that way too. Sister Elena. “Was there not a single lie in what he said?”
“yes. The objects he showed were ordinary works of art, and the foreigners he met were also on business. He doesn’t seem to know anything about the grimoire or the disappearance incident. At least he thinks so himself.”
Jincheol gave his opinion.
“Isn’t there something that resists lie detection?”
I also opened my mouth.
“The situation is confusing, but let’s spare Sister Elena’s lie detection for now. I don’t know why, but her lie detection doesn’t seem to be working. “We must not waste it.”
the cardinal asked.
“Sister Elena. “How much power is left in lie detection?”
“2 minutes? 3 minutes? “I’ve almost finished it.”
“Save it as the deacon said. I don’t think we can find out more through conversation. “Let’s go to the basement of the mansion tonight.”
From afar, I heard Lee Se-hyun’s footsteps coming back.
After talking silently for a while through the chat window, we came up with a plan.
Sister Songi and I, who had prepared the ‘secret move’, were the only ones to go down to the basement, and the rest decided to stay upstairs.
The grimoire is presumed to be an item with powerful powers related to mental attacks.
A situation where we must consider the possibility of being possessed by a devil. It is dangerous to approach unless you have mental resistance.
*
— Cuckoo!
I walked out of the room to the sound of the cuckoo clock. After exchanging glances with the others, she headed toward the study.
You said there’s a lever somewhere on the wall that opens the stairs down to the basement, right?
I found it not long after. After lowering the lever, Sister Song and I entered the stairs.
.
.
.
I had prepared a flashlight in advance because I heard there was no lighting, but there was nothing I could do about the stale air. It doesn’t really stink, but it feels like it’s suffocating.
I walked down for more than 30 minutes. How many meters underground is it?
A sturdy iron door appeared in the distance.
I wrote a chat window.
*
Han Ga-in: Found the door. Enter.
Yu Songi: I haven’t found anything unusual yet.
*
—Squeak!
I opened the iron door and entered.
…
A strange book that glows blue.
After looking at each other once with Sister Song, she placed mental protection on me.
This is the ‘treble’ we have prepared
I approached the book with the strongest mental resistance I could obtain at the moment by stacking the bracelet and my filter.
“I’m just saying this because I’m worried about you, but wouldn’t it be better not to touch it too hastily?”
!
When I looked around in surprise, ‘Lee Se-hyeon’, who had been hiding in one corner of the room, avoiding the angle of the flashlight, appeared.
“you! “Wasn’t it above?”
“Did you think the only way to the underground was the way you came? “This place is bigger than you think.”
“I clearly used lie detection earlier and got the answer that I don’t know anything! “What did you do?”
“Lie detection? aha! Earlier, I noticed that the beautiful nun’s eyes were shining and I wondered if she had some kind of magical power. Was it something like that?
I didn’t really use any special techniques. “At that time, ‘I’ always gave the truth.”
During the conversation with Lee Se-hyeon, the chat window was activated.
*
Yoo Song-i: This person! Not human!
Han Ga-in: What are you saying?
Yoo Song-i: It’s difficult to wear a bracelet too! Run now!
Kim Muk-seong: What is it? I’ll come down right away so avoid it!
*
This underground passage is narrow and long. It will be a long time before our colleagues reach us.
Did you notice your colleagues coming down? The man slowly stood up, snatched up the grimoire, and spoke in a leisurely tone.
“No need to worry too much. If you were going to attack, wouldn’t you have made a surprise attack in the dark?”
That is correct. In the first place, we didn’t even know he was hiding, so if we had attacked him by surprise, we would have been pinned down.
“Rather, it makes me wonder why they didn’t launch a surprise attack?”
“What if I surprise you and kill you? Shouldn’t we kill all the friends who come down from above?
Let’s say you killed them all. Then the Vatican will send the army. “I don’t have the confidence to kill them all.”
Songi intervened.
“So what is the purpose of this conversation?”
“I plan to show you all clear evidence.”
“Clear evidence?”
The man must have thought he had said everything, so he raised his hand.
In an instant, unidentified black chains came out from all directions and bound Songi to the wall.
That’s it.
The man didn’t seem to have any intention of tormenting us further.
They have no intention of killing us, and even though they know that the cardinal and priest are coming down from above, they have no intention of running away.
What are you thinking?
*
Has it been about 15 minutes? Familiar faces appeared along with a crashing sound.
Jincheol’s anger exploded.
“You bastard! Are you planning on taking me hostage?”
The old man in silence must have been thinking the same thing, so he took out a gun –
—bang!
He shot me and Songi!
Seeing the angle of the gun, ‘Lee Se-hyeon’ was surprised and tried to do something, and the bullet bounced off.
no? Is that old man really crazy?
“I’m sorry everyone. I’ll send you off in peace. “Don’t worry, we’ll kill this guy!”
No, when a hostage is taken, isn’t it normal to pretend to rescue them?
Are you going to kill the hostages first by shooting them? Russian rescue?
It seems I’m not the only one who thought this was absurd.
“haha… . Your Vatican is truly amazing. I haven’t even touched a single hair, but are you planning to kill the hostage first? “They’re not really hostages in the first place.”
With those words, Songi and I were released.
The cardinal showed an awkward attitude.
“ah? “You weren’t a hostage?”
“Is there any sense in taking hostages when you are so ignorant? “I was just thinking of creating a bunch of witnesses.”
witness?
After looking closely at the entire exorcist team gathered, Lee Se-hyun left one last word.
“Everyone, please watch carefully. “I have no intention of competing with ignorant bastards like you, so I’m leaving.”
—Hook!
The chain crushed Lee Se-hyeon’s head in an instant. At the same time, the blue glowing grimoire spun around and disappeared somewhere.
What on earth is this?
The moment when everyone is confused and doesn’t know what to do –
A notification went out to everyone.
/You succeeded in escaping!/
There was a lot of content below that, but honestly, it didn’t catch my eye at all!
Why the sudden escape?
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 28
Current location: Tier 1, hallway
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
Everyone looked at each other with expressions of complete bewilderment.
“this… . “What on earth is going on?”
Silent postscript – Oh, it’s not true now that it’s out.
Grandfather Mukseong answered in bewilderment.
“hey! “Does anyone understand what’s going on?”
… As soon as that old man saw me and Songi captured, he tried to shoot us.
Sister Eunsol smiled and answered.
“First, let’s go to the table, have some coffee, and sort out the situation.”
I thought as I walked to the table.
There are three major questions that arise.
1. Why didn’t lie detection work on Lee Se-hyun?
2. Why did he suddenly commit suicide?
3. Why did it appear that he committed suicide?
… First of all, I realized one thing.
Let’s write some advice. It’s different from when you write advice without knowing anything.
Now we’ve found out something, but we can’t properly put the information together.
In times like these, isn’t ‘wisdom’ the most necessary thing?
See next episode