Chapter 77: Moment of Choice, What Ahri went through (1)

Chapter 77: Moment of Choice, What Ahri went through (1)

Translator: RainTL

Moment of Choice, What Ahri went through (1)

Cha Jinchul

As soon as I came to myself, I found myself alongside Elena and Sir Mooksung standing inside a large arena resembling the Colosseum.

Moment of Choice?

It was my first time hearing that, but I could immediately understand what they meant. There were several people qualified for the Inheritance but there was only one Inheritance, so it seemed that we had to choose a person.

According to the notification, there were 2 conditions to be qualified for the Inheritance.

Survive until the end. Contribution to the final battle.

Lee Eunsol, Park Seungyub and Yu Songee were out because of the 1st condition, and Kim Ahri was not qualified because of the 2nd condition.

Why was Kain disqualified? Did he die during his recovery at the hospital? Or was it because he was in the hospital which didnt count as the final battle?

Looking back, the biggest obstacle to clearing Room 101 wasnt in the battle.

In fact, the fight itself was relatively easy.

The staff members of the TV Station were just normal people and the nurses werent exceptionally powerful either despite their horrifying appearances. Plus, the giant inside the hospital was definitely killable with a gun.

The only reason it was difficult was because we came all the way to the 5th attempt because of my mistake. We got attacked first and the power of the curse had become stronger but if that wasnt the case, Songee and I would have been enough to resolve this room. In fact, Elena might have been able to do it by herself, and I could think of a few other possible solutions.

The biggest obstacle was in finding the right location. It was about finding the TV Station without being too occupied with the family; and about finding the hospital lying beyond the TV Station.

Looking at it from that perspective, it was kind of unfair that Kain wasnt qualified just because he fell before the final battle, even though he had done all the work looking for the locations.

Oh well, Im sure there will be another chance.

There was still Room 102, 104 and the Gate Room. He should be able to get one with so many rooms left over.

I decided to stop thinking about Kain and focused on the current situation at hand.

Slowly, I walked towards the center of the arena, just like the other two.

?

That was when something a torrent of information flooded into my head with a stinging pain. In an instant, my head was filled with an incomprehensible array of letters.

This was the information about the Star Fragment of Another World but I couldnt understand what it meant.

I was still feeling confused when I got to the center of the arena and found Sir Mooksung walking up with a gun in his hand.

The moment I saw the gun, I unconsciously flinched and took a step back. Seeing that, he grinned before putting his gun back into the holster.

It seemed that I had yet to fully open myself up to the people from the Administration.

Now~ great work everyone! Its finally time to get that damn reward. But this son of a bitch thats running the Hotel is obviously trying to make us fight. Oi! What do you think, Boar?

A fight? We are not barbarians are we? I have no plans of deciding on the owner of the Inheritance like that.

So then why did you flinch and take a step back, huh?

What do you mean flinch? Old man, you must be going senile!

Alright. Lets say I was seeing things. Anyway, did you guys understand what just flooded into our heads?

Elena replied, It is probably about the features of the Inheritance, but I honestly have no clue.

Hearing that, I realized that Elena had gotten the same impression as me.

It sounded like an array of an indecipherable alien language, I added.

Sir started his explanation after a nod.

I figured. Its not that youre stupid or anything; its something you cannot understand without some background knowledge. It gets extremely confusing, but let me put it as simply as possible.

You can think of the Star Fragment of Another World as a device that distorts everything. At first, I was thinking that it was a tool that contaminated the mind but its more than that.

The Star Fragment contorts everything. Thats why Kim Sangmins room looked like some place from an alien planet.

That everything naturally includes human minds and bodies.

The reason it was mainly restricted to the mind at first was because we were indirectly exposed to the curse through the media, instead of being directly exposed to it.

By nature, the media is a medium that transfers information, so I guess that must be why the curse twisted only the mind and not the body.

An item that distorts the world. I can tell that its a tremendous artifact, but how do we use it?

We dont need to worry about how. You can just pull it out and the fragment will begin to contort everything nearby without a stop. The real question is who should hold onto it.

I think your explanation seals the deal, I replied. Elena and I have no clue what this item does, so I think you should take the Inheritance, Sir.

Hearing you say that does tell me that you havent understood the Star Fragment at all. Let me tell you right now. Piggy, you are the one who is the most suited to use this item.

Huh?

# What Ahri went through (1)

Kim Ahri

Cow!

Mom shouted with an innocent voice.

Im sure I was one of the few people in the world who could describe my mom with the word, innocent.

Hi everyone~! My beloved colleagues, or maybe some great celestial beings that are watching over the Hotel?

Worm.

You didnt forget me by any chance, did you?

Red-eyed black-haired mysterious beautiful lady that you would see in games and movies! Thats me!

Everyone was out there fighting against their Strange Family, forging their way through the fearsome TV Station and finding the enemy hiding in the hospital.

Music~!

And here I was, having a sweet time playing shiritori1Shiritori = A word game in Japan and Korea, where players need to say a word starting with the final letter of the previous word. with my mom.

Chickenpox.

It was my win again. 5 out of 5 wins~!

You lost again, mom. I cant open the door for you.

The child was under a curse and it was dangerous to be in the same room as her. However, refusing the child without any room for negotiation was not a good thing to do.

Again! Do it again~~!

Okay.

Especially if that child was powerful enough to blow a house away with a single gesture.

In fact, thats an extremely dangerous thing to do.

In times like this, simple plays are the most effective. Kids love them after all.

Car!

Rat.

Ill let you come in if you win, mom~

Thumb!

Buffalo.

I wonder how it was going outside? As for me, I was somehow doing fine.

Octopus!

Smallpox.

Mom. You lost again.

Thats not fair!

6 wins out of 6 games! Lo and behold the master of shiritori!

Everyone else must be working hard.

So at least one of us ought to take a good rest right? For everyone elses sake, I will do what they cant do by resting here.

Of course, its not like I had no plans either.

If my teammates cant resolve the room by tonight then my plan was to go to the TV Station with mom. In fact, I already persuaded her to go to the TV Station later.

With mom next to me, there wasnt going to be a single problem, whether it be the TV Station or the hospital.

TV Station workers? Monster nurses of the hospital? My mom could fling them away with a flick. Easy right?

Mantis!

She would be mad if I said Swinepox right? I guess I would draw this out a bit more.

Ever since I came back to Room 101, there had been a single question in my mind.

My mom was at the Hotel that was cut off from all sorts of external communication like TV and the Internet, so how did she get infected by the curse?

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Shiritori = A word game in Japan and Korea, where players need to say a word starting with the final letter of the previous word.

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