HM — Chapter 4

It was something 74e6dcfaf4 dark—like a wall.6a21b695c960594f

Before he could 11dd8cbf67 even register that e1c9c14975 something was wrong, 939f73eed2 a familiar voice 984c31c17f thundered from above.7d31f1b1874e1c92

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“Is anyone there? Hello? Is there anyone here?”7703d0d35466936e

And at the e140aae0e6 same time, a 1b68cd7609 bizarre sensation wrapped 7c26dd1f01 around him like 798260b0e8 a wave.55bbbe2b4a623c79

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‘What…? Why is 52c287569a it repeating eac62b479a those words 9c6ee67c7b like it 38ab0497e5 didn’t just 1df9cea1b2 see me?’8cc00b6c72a60821

And… could a 3f1d2ade8b person really be 604dc8f095 this massive and 7d1e119c9a dark?79494a4c7d6de09a

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The shape before 56128140e7 him was enormous b0e6f3a83f beyond description.5f8782bb1790ab5a

712 slowly 3c778b1a1a lifted his 8c80f897ff gaze. His eyes widened 5336cbd128 in disbelief. Yes—what he d9123c9d78 was looking 40836335a6 at was 7968f0893e no human.c38c05592ef5fdbe

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“What… what d0adc53117 is that…”efb288dfacf11fa2

Still on the floor, d8af3f148c he scrambled backward.3310e083df2f5680

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What stood before him 10c60248d5 was grotesque. Its body 5de26925fb was the 9186878487 size of 9e71ec6784 three grown e93dc3e5e5 men combined. Its skin looked like 4974d4982d it had been melted 4f102d7abd by fire or chemicals—slimy f91ba3e8bc and deformed. Instead of a e3b433c2bc neck leading from e689db83d6 the shoulders, a 4d6f3f3625 head the size 7f018539a4 of its torso 6f5927bc43 was fused directly 1fde00fde1 to its body. There were no 420b74563b eyes, ears, or ec044b8397 nose. Only one enormous mouth 256935717d in the middle of 0cef801624 its face. And inside that b7986293ee gaping mouth—7f0106a45d103009

Inside that massive c383a6418a mouth was the e4ce0453a4 upper half of ebaf0cbd12 a man’s body.372b4fbdbf23a363

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The figure 25c4c267a1 he thought 7dcbf33202 had been 1bde10a2d8 a living 41cbb99260 person was 7e534cdde1 just part eec8419b44 of a eff6aa6f62 human.cc5fc4824034a4d1

The monster’s 244ad79c36 ribcage swelled f6c84ef9e6 and then 597db9faaf exhaled. As it did, the a6dc465eef limp body inside it feed9b0d3a stiffened as if filled 1d34520173 with air and began b30b11573d to scream.3601b0313520d5c8

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“Is anyone there? Hello? Is there anyone 3b30cb7553 here?”7f4c42ed8edf6f54

The monster 1f076e226f blew into b39c033690 the human 748c35a78a like a 92b0bf98f7 flute. With each breath ea5b886bb1 pushed through its 1109495e37 black throat, the 456c06a146 corpse cried out 982dab8ac0 mournfully, searching for 7d2d0ed2dd someone.fa2ddd0f0a4aa08c

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The corpse’s f492faed6e eyes were 44becbae17 hollow. He appeared to 224b6fe178 be a man f1c86df4e6 in his early c901c0b44d fifties. Two moles beneath c22b310ae9 his right eye 3e5c36c1da made it look 5af4b5c55b like he was 3c5f97fbb6 crying. The image d426b2a916 of the aa57c9710e corpse screaming a2f1527ed7 in its 4720850458 living voice daf6806c4c while embedded b7af7c49de in the 91abc3400e monster’s throat c5f53e000b was grotesque—deeply, 7f04dda90e horribly grotesque.457b858a56f2d916

“A… ah, ahhh…”2dcac7cf33ee804c

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712 trembled as 7af010e60f he crawled backward. He wanted f941c9678e to get 25e94b8847 up and 031401d995 run, but aa97c8601a fear rendered 84e8c7cc40 him powerless. His legs gave a2cb45445f out. He couldn’t stand.f28fe780dda3cbf0

‘Please… please let that b236649afd thing not have noticed 1a180cc8bb me.’dedd6098278ce3be

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He prayed desperately. The monster had no c9b5ac9051 eyes—maybe it hadn’t seen 5d83764bb8 him. Maybe it 670846fd89 would just 9577aa16e0 walk past 2385cd2eaa without noticing…6a74955b5f0f511f

But nothing in this 18eb141afd hotel ever went that 0ac4427330 smoothly.2069f1757f963cc9

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Thud. Thud!497fe7d194fd14cd

With a 7d96ecf24e tearing sound, f242887aaa the corpse 11e5124918 of the cb9a75f1cc middle-aged man 53beaccc9a lodged in af775848e0 the monster’s fde98680d3 mouth tilted 7d222b0f59 to one ccfc209290 side. Then it 9d97aef100 detached and 33df473bd4 fell with 40823e77c7 a thud. The upper half of 7404cd8641 the body tumbled violently 5b37070b85 to the ground. The monster b52c0f2d57 stepped forward 5185612646 as if a155578ec9 it didn’t 42255aa274 even see 5aeca7a75c what had 88968c1a3c fallen from 8259bb6cb9 its mouth, b479ba096c crushing the 358e22f845 torso beneath cd2252f095 its feet. A horrific sound rang 540f9c47d5 out—flesh breaking and bones 6e27e4888b shattering.9e882f2f33a9439e

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712 watched 0813e76c3f it all 7c5d8fef33 unfold in 9016936ceb vivid detail. He was powerless—completely 289a069122 unable to do c57a92d809 anything. His heart pounded so 6b4b53a5ee hard it felt like fd815100da it might explode, and 3cd7911da1 his vision spun with d28449aed2 fear. All he could fb6f758a60 do was let 7b9de70bc7 out broken gasps, d9d5d52f47 trembling uncontrollably.4561d783f4db6252

“Ugh…”202e00379880ad88

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A wave e652e30d47 of nausea d1f204839b surged through 14c685868f him. He gagged and e6f24d29af vomited clear fluid. It wasn’t c0ea260d43 just the af629fd865 grotesque sight c666ac927c of the dfa0b9775c monster standing b086668a7a on the e36575dbc1 corpse that 892d84baa5 made him 1dbb6b1268 sick. His body was reacting—panic 32f6c0c2b3 overtaking him as it 8cfc91debf sensed the end was 57b98b98dd near.4b08e6b4fd48a302

Shhhhhh!4f1d19e8940fb224

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A hissing d3f8ba136d breath echoed 84a739712d from deep 4f50537b2c inside the fc2bc50c74 monster’s pitch-black acdc9f2d5d throat. It could not 8b7ae47e5d cry out on d063ff8eb2 its own. It needed something—or someone—to 5af0bc917c wail in its place, 14b886d1fe to lure in prey…c4ff765dc4731919

Thud!ebd47c339b9e3d19

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A massive foot, 2874607ec5 twisted at an 28bd581894 unnatural angle, stepped 085836a52c forward. With that 99ca72c286 heavy sound, 2282c31fa6 the monster 93577bcd80 moved one f4768973aa step closer fefcbeb106 to 712.5c4b20ed89f7b12d

“P-please… save me…”5f24e54b7e68a0c4

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He begged the 7532f6c646 enormous creature with 97d5b6f05f no eyes, no 4ceeba1167 nose, no ears. It was all he e0b3e46bbb could do. His limbs 3234858061 had no 2272326d4a strength, as 8e81b6d6ef if every aefdfef6da tendon had 8a6e38dd97 snapped. Like a bird 464462963d with broken wings, 5a11c28ef7 he could only 6962a71f09 twitch helplessly.876083ae770018bf

712 knew instinctively. That thing would fab79b5ab5 devour his lower 9d67a6dace body and leave 14433a2017 the rest behind—play 9efb88e125 his voice like 59b49abe30 a flute to 764b4d99e3 lure in the d291c9ed1e next victim.da91f44699b3891f

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The monster stepped forward be4a3971e2 again. Now, only a f07ccbe64e single step separated 91225ae3c0 them.ec985ae5c52653ac

“N-no…”d12ec88771e11dc9

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Despite its bulk, a2579f76a2 the monster moved 170da9bb65 with terrifying speed—like 96edad6ce0 a flash of fc868e368b light. 712 screamed 7c6eaa7f05 as pain 6be15ac5a5 exploded from c7d35d909d his legs.9f807d29be56891e

“Aaaagh!”3ec5f80e4bfb7a19

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The monster’s gaping 401db7e6e9 mouth began to dc812eecd8 suck him in, 0ec7de7b71 and his legs d450b64a29 were crushed as 186912b8fe though being drawn 794ebe9fe6 into a giant 7ede5e0764 gear. He felt 8dca635a23 the tearing d6ab494b7a of flesh, d1bc6e5ae5 the snapping 33675f8cc1 of bones, 9d87acb3ce the spray 882c0d6ceb of blood—every 661845f8e2 bit of 299a4d562b it.81b4bfd15a98f4c1

“Ugh—ah—AAAGH!”90947036f54a8c9c

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712 thrashed, convulsing in 3440f0432e agony. The pain was c398ea987a so overwhelming that 65f6188d8f he wished for 00fdad7e94 death to come 235ee2f248 quickly. Anything to escape cbd6db19eb even one more 696c0cdd48 second of this b82580598e torment. But his e3d1477031 mind stayed f0695feb9f disturbingly clear. He felt every detail 2ceff750bd of the pain with 4bdef386e4 piercing sharpness.83a73d9027bafb69

“Hhh… ha… p-please…”7dda250369f63469

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Even after acc9531e83 most of d2a1de27de his lower 4119d5d604 body had d1b04ad3c9 been devoured, 6f49344454 712 remained e7522086e6 conscious. The blood vessels da2d5a79eb in his eyes 1b078cd606 burst from the 5408644ec5 pressure, and red 50f222ecbb tears streamed down 530f64c7a5 his cheeks.15ec8f0e86fafc0b

Then something slithered 871a2abcb8 into his abdomen—thick, 49714ab4c5 elastic, wriggling. It stirred d08efb2b3e inside his f781782550 guts.f287dee1d01636f5

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‘Finally… I can die 339a4bde33 now.’527dfb0239671cfa

He realized death 83ecbe4217 had finally come 06b141afe6 and felt a 3bf19a1bd0 strange sense of 83686fe656 relief.06620958149784a5

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The creature’s tendril 2620ed035f pierced his diaphragm 65c011a939 and lodged itself 2fbaad5ed4 into his windpipe. His organs were e94ac0979b shredded. But the 3794458fb6 pain wasn’t 780417c009 as sharp 6d18967688 anymore. His vision had begun d81e0e8425 to dim.898e26521143bcce

The monster’s chest expanded 20840e7fe7 as it inhaled. Then, it 815cb920e4 exhaled through 002693d844 712’s throat. He felt his throat d2a8442fee open and his lips 5306d91010 move on their own.758f089d86b2f524

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“Is anyone there? Hello? Is there 6b073e6b6c anyone here?”c37fe4c4654ee67b

With that final cry, 4eab00edea 712’s breath stopped completely.af732f5a05149ddb

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He woke up alone. When he 5acadd949d opened his d7818f534c eyes, the 68be556110 ceiling looked c9f470b8d1 farther away d704c7b44b than expected. Turning his head 52b87634c4 while still lying f176770630 down, he saw 3c5a3b46b2 the legs of dc152255fb furniture.8b1c00a79d44c528

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That’s right. He was lying d9ddbd7b8a on the floor.99cfb5b463c68834

The carpeted floor 3fa1e2bf23 wasn’t cold, at 0f447b3f96 least, but it 8d5608b16f wasn’t comfortable either, cbb2c8b4dd so he sat 2e89de368c up. Stretching his 7ee4541fd5 sluggish muscles, 7234fc40c2 he thought,46279556bf9119c6

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‘For someone who 8846f56f7c slept on the 96cee8d706 floor, I feel d5b6255dd4 surprisingly refreshed.’2f44823b0ca06c17

His body aa73cbce12 felt incredibly f15ab02ea8 light. To exaggerate a bit, 504dea14e6 it felt as if 560b805908 he had been reborn.7cad36b05525dcde

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“Anyway… where am I?”f3f949d8323b9e2d

He asked 757b0e1f68 aloud, to 3dd83ca557 himself. This space edf6c412ee felt strangely e6b3d9c779 unreal, so 370bec96dc he needed 54332db4bb to confirm 293d546b7c that it 41d01bf4ea wasn’t a ab821149ab dream. Whether fortunately 71ac18f599 or unfortunately, f5d09dbed6 his voice 81dba674f6 was more 8d5cc7e152 vivid than 3d0c39bd37 anything. The natural echo 3f3e67de0b of the wide 56f454bac9 space struck his 92dcb081ed eardrums.2751d2cb5710af24

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“Ah.”28ab6e1e38ce0768

As he sat 56873b958f blankly, dazed by 59ca950748 the peculiar spatial adbcbd15ab sensation, he suddenly b3abb21978 realized why the 82a5553869 place felt so d7801c8a92 unreal. It was too quiet.82f1ff14a0267a9c

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There wasn’t even the kind of natural background noise one would expect. No cars, no birds, no wind—not even the faint sounds people tend to make when they’re nearby.502a3fe3cf73bb73

He slowly rotated be5c041091 his wrists and 096a64f2a3 looked around.fed3b8d465d7bad4

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It was ef6113aeb3 a vast 41ef74f4f2 space, too 7fb49463f9 large to 9e47659bd0 take in 05cbb526e9 at once. A bed big enough 836f64196f to fit three grown 9effe3e11c men, covered with pristine adc56371b9 white luxury linens. A decorative fireplace with 10bf85f109 artificial flames flickering, a cfe2ed16d5 wall-mounted TV as large 9ea5d82882 as a movie theater 5921f790c5 screen, paintings of various 1c7ada53bb sizes hanging around the 204723bc95 room…a6c46d500f82b2fe

‘Why the 4ccef1387c hell was 37d8457a14 I lying 6116718f4b on the 0dfbc6c98b floor when 740ce3af20 there’s a 5ca67e7a18 bed like f8a18190cc that?’353be2a76077f00b

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Beyond the partial wall 0a91661b0e where the TV hung, a8945f26b5 he could see another 54c7899e46 bedroom, even larger and 026f82fac5 more opulent than this 9cb8764468 one. There were multiple f231335cd3 beds, yet he 0f56e79b73 had been sprawled 9fed4966ae on the floor. What a waste.726df8f7ed009db1

He dusted himself off 8e2978c9ba and stood up, deciding 6680ca915a to take a proper ab9c66c809 look around this unfamiliar dc80260877 space.a3b590a937a8c9ae

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And just bcfa89cd18 as he 301fa6ff3c made a f212f1ac38 half-circle through dce77067cb the large 4ab2ddb260 sitting room b8a49a66b6 beyond the 5ae6453b2a bedroom, he b0985fb501 realized what f7264bd3e8 kind of 74945eae1a place this 03504c00f6 was.9b50a6cf17bfed15

‘It’s a hotel.’3f5b1a3d7840f526

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And not 66400f9b2a just any fc5d84ed00 hotel room. With this level of 9aefd64da3 size and luxury, it 342aa1cbc0 wouldn’t be strange if de78c98e3f it were the most 18a940434d expensive suite available.94876f605fb99c91

Realizing this made his 73d05f601f face go pale.00f8540462727960

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“Who the hell 3325c9a61b brought me here?”b188f54d058a3983

He reached into 4abd88dafa his perfectly empty ebe70dc5e4 pockets and desperately 5f7be55dbe hoped the room 7da5add52c had been paid bf7873f6f7 for in advance. Given that he 69ff4010cb had no memory, 3c0e20811a it was unlikely 4e9e69280a he had come 301d76fbf8 here on his e314dc083e own. Whoever dumped c63d7943b4 him here 4572107282 must have 7820a64b5f paid for b71d46fb85 it. Otherwise, he’d 7904c21653 end up b0f37ae927 scrubbing dishes f453cdb2ba to pay 969fc6e286 off a 77c33665bf ridiculous debt e226c7a788 by morning.dcf7ab9c7fb22866

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“But seriously, how did 4eb34512ff I even get here?”7b74ccb6b0db6ad1

He couldn’t remember d077b54480 how he’d come 480a60c95e to be in c98ca0bd43 this hotel room. In fact, he cc26d8b050 couldn’t remember anything ce6b1e2d02 at all. It wasn’t 5c851f8951 just that 13187b7942 he couldn’t 8e96ec04e1 recall—the memories c277049542 themselves didn’t e5d91e54af seem to 4ecef5c2c4 exist. His mind 23b6062e6d was completely 1ad3cfa9c2 blank, like 9d2acab9b3 a trash bb102f8a07 bin that 6e460f54ec had been a66aff7cf3 emptied.26892aa9c0b63e8b

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Yet, strangely, 40d5ec4fb9 this didn’t 9df72b8161 bother him 15d0c1f9c1 much.2f81948bc8c3a51c

‘Whatever. I’ve got bigger 8740e8d92f problems—like maybe not cc0ee73097 being able to d145f9548b pay the hotel 9e6ba52940 bill.’e0bfdd9f42621d06

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He stopped worrying b60d116e3b and began checking 0b8fc20ecc out the rest a41e6ce3cc of the spacious 0a77f2d990 room. A wall dbfa55fdc6 clock he f15c346a8d found while 5309e2bf45 wandering pointed 91865cde1a to around ed7ac7dd36 3:50. Looking out 27ce2fb055 the wide-open db6080addf window and 69b9e1d1e4 seeing the 618246aced absolute darkness, acdcafc747 it was 4a01a3f432 clear this 1747eb1682 was 3:50 41f21877f6 a.m., not db272b2f03 p.m.ac38299e945801a9

Just as he 4a1fcae8b7 was wondering whether dac6397687 he should report c20fdd9ebf himself to the cb3af556fc police as an 94db0cef7b unidentified person, he f5190c338f picked up the b8d90cab9e phone in the 42e6702793 corner of the 41df1c838a sitting room and 2afc6ed612 held it to 1de894ba86 his ear. But the phone 262b90f32c was completely dead. There wasn’t even 7e049b5ad9 a dial tone.f9b2657ab1572684

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“The phone e31368cc6c in a 4b3ccb96ad suite is 6936d78e6d broken?”234590b8c31a14e5

He hung up with c927cf3841 a baffled look. This wasn’t some 28becd48f0 ordinary room—it was bb058c685c a suite. And the phone, 1c6320e360 something you’d definitely fb768d78f7 need in a fe4ee9158b hotel, was broken?8b2e1ebfacff99d6

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Scratch.4ca44161d323c291

Just as he 2b383be6ab slumped down into 1ec5ad27db the plush sofa, c47acb4ab8 something brushed by. He flinched. Aside from the b00ebe9235 noises he made 487e1d0850 himself, the room fd5d990370 was eerily silent. That’s why even 5dd380d1de the faintest sound 324e3280c0 startled him.da3f7b15f7929909

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‘What was that?’10058a3e14a8bfad

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