SWDnovel Chapter 74: Room 101, Cursed Room – ‘Common Sense Renovating Media’ (8)
Chapter 74: Room 101, Cursed Room – ‘Common Sense Renovating Media’ (8)
Chapter 74: Room 101, Cursed Room – ‘Common Sense Renovating Media’ (8)
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[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)
Date: Day 23
Current Location: Floor 1, Room 105 (Room of Rest)
Sages Advice: 2]
Are we going to continue trying Room 101?
Everyone stayed silent.
Honestly, it was hard for us to say anything. This was something we went through several times when discussing things about the Hotel some background information was crucial when discussing a certain topic, and thus it was difficult to even raise an opinion considering how we didnt know what the change would be about.
Looks like everyone has a lot going on in their minds. I understand, but I dont think theres a point in delaying a topic like this. Lets vote.
Ripping out a page of the notebook, Eunsol-noona ripped it to smaller pieces and gave it to everyone.
With the small piece of paper in my hands, I thought to myself.
It was indeed scary to enter Room 101, which would have changed in one way or another. However, would entering another room with the same overall strength of the team change anything? We might end up barely escaping the other rooms until they were all up to the 5th attempt.
Wasting the attempts of those rooms even though we could have easily beat them with another Inheritance under our belt could be a stupid move.
And even aside from that logical perspective, I didnt feel like running away to another room, despite already figuring out so many things together after all that hard work.
Lets see this to the end.
I had no idea how it was going to change, but we already had more than enough information to solve the room!
/Room 101/
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The vote ended in a flash. It was 6:2 with 6 being Room 101.
Alright, lets move on then. Lets remind ourselves about all the things we figured out about Room 101, and create a plan of what to do in our final attempt. Kain?
This is the recap of what we found out during the 4th attempt. Opening the door to the rooftop of the TV Station leads to the entrance of the hospital. From what I observed while going around the building, those strange locations that showed up when going against the warnings of the TV Station appeared to be parts of the hospital.
In other words, you could say the hospital is connected to the TV Station.
When you enter through the entrance thats on the rooftop of the TV Station, instead of attacking, the nurses treat you like guests.
As for the reason why they treat us differently, I would assume that from the perspective of the hospital, we would have seemed like wandering patients when we showed up at places other than the entrance.
And when you go all the way down the corridor of the 4th floor, you see a big chunk of flesh that we assume was Kim Sangmin. I think it will be over when we destroy it.
Also, the effect of the curse is very strong in the room. I couldnt withstand it with my filter either. From what we have on our hands, the bracelet and the red capsule are the only tools that will let us stay sane.
Grandpa Mooksung said after waiting for me to finish.
So the biggest problem is that the bracelet and the red capsule are the only tools that will allow us to approach that thing on the 4th floor, huh.
That was when Ahri intervened.
No, there is one more person that can.
Who was that?
Elena-unni. Did you forget what happened at Hotel High School?
When you activated Justice, you werent affected by the angels brainwash. That principle of the execution of justice being unstoppable is probably the reason why you become immune to mind attacks.
What do you think, Elena-unni?
Aht! Youre right. I think that was how it was at the Hotel High School. But do you think Ill be able to activate Justice? Most of the people in Room 101 are victims that ended up being affected by the curse, right?
And the thing on the 4th floor of the hospital was apparently a piece of flesh and not a human.
Elena-unni. We cant just say that.
Think about it. Normally, we call it an exploited indirect perpetrator when they get manipulated by other people into being used as a device of a crime, and of course these people arent subjected to criminal law.
But when the police are trying to handle the case, they need to bash them up if need be to end the crime, right? Their punishment in the court is a different matter altogether.
Do you understand? Even though they are all victims of the curse, you can still neutralise them even if they are not guilty.
She suddenly gave a lecture on law. Everyone, including me, was confused by the sudden lecture that came out of nowhere.
However, Ahri continued staring at Elena with unwavering eyes and in the end, Elena had to awkwardly return a nod.
Also, you said Kim Sangmin was now a piece of flesh and hard to see as a human, right? Dont you think thats being way too black and white?
What about the angel at Hotel High School? She had wings and used all sorts of superpowers, but you still perceived her as a person, didnt you?
Whats the difference between the angel and a chunk of flesh? Is the former human because it looks more human?
They both started off as a human; both went through a supernatural change but one became an angel and one turned into a piece of flesh. Thats the only difference. Dont you think treating only the angel as a human is being discriminatory?
What was she on about now? Why was she talking about discrimination? I had no idea what the point of this long conversation was.
However, Ahri was still looking straight into Elenas eyes, and again, Elena had no choice but to nod from the sheer pressure she was giving off.
4. Rely on the power of either the red capsule or the bracelet and destroy the flesh.
The most important person in the end was Jinchul-hyung. It was already confirmed that the nurses would run up if we started attacking the flesh, and one pistol was definitely not enough to fight against the nurses.
After sensing that everyone was looking at him, Jinchul-hyung slowly gave a firm nod.
He probably wouldnt make the same mistake again.
Hah Eunsol-noona said after a sigh. Im getting all jittery now that we are about to enter the room. How do you think its going to change? Kain, do you have any ideas?
I did think of a few scenarios, but the more I think about them, the less I want to go in.
Cutting our conversation off short, we entered the room.
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Fifth Attempt
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It hurts. It hurts. Since when was it, I wonder? My entire body was in pain.
Was it my arm? Or my leg?
Where even were my arms and legs?
I had no idea. What I did know was that my body had turned into a piece of flesh with pain being the only thing I could perceive.
I was resentful.
To whom?
I dont know. There were some people that I hated from the bottom of my heart but
Now, I couldnt even remember any of their faces.
This entire world was detestable. I hated this world for leaving me alone in this agonising pain.
Distort! Distort yourself!
I screamed at the world, so that the world would be as twisted and distorted as me!
No matter how distorted the world became, my pain did not end.
Ahh.
Sir. Doctor. Where are you?
Back when I was in the pit of greatest despair; back when I lost all hope as everyone blamed and forced me into a corner.
That was when sir came to me, and gave me the star.
Please come back.
Please dont leave me behind.
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[The fifth attempt of the contestants has begun!]
A sentence that I couldnt comprehend floated before my sight.
My eyes had long disappeared, so how in the world was I even looking at this sentence?
Suddenly, a flood of information gushed into my brain, which was probably floating somewhere inside my body.
Ahh! I see.
So you are here to hurt me again.
None of you will escape alive.
Kill all of them. Until this star is filled with corpses!