Upon returning to the hotel.
The moment Han Dong entered, the receptionist, who was practically "hanging" over the front desk, immediately turned her gloomy face toward him and greeted him with a glare.
Han Dong was merely a Resident here, not a prisoner.
His comings and goings were unrestricted.
However, as he passed the front desk, the young receptionist, acting as the temporary person in charge, still lowered her voice and asked, "The old gentleman staying in room 3106 seemed to have disappeared shortly after you entered the room as well. What exactly happened?"
Han Dong directly brought out the story he had prepared long ago and used the invasive nature of "manic laughter" Mind Invasion to tell it to the receptionist.
Simply put, by the time they had reached the room, the old man had already undergone deep spiralization. In the end, a vortex formed in his abdomen and swallowed him whole, causing him to disappear.
Han Dong had worried that he might have been affected by the vortex, so he had undergone a full-body examination through the free physical inspection offered at the city gate. Only after confirming that he was unaffected had he left for a while.
"Alright."
The receptionist accepted the story as true.
Having been assigned here by the agents, she naturally had to report any missing tenants.
Yet, she remained completely calm about the old man's disappearance. Clearly, she had long known that an old man affected by the vortex would sooner or later vanish.
Back in the top-floor room.
Mary was the same as always, immediately soaking her body in the bathtub.
To make conversation easier, Han Dong sat beside the tub.
"How do you plan to investigate? Through the vortex-related tenants on the hotel's top floor?"
"No... I found a way