Our Hotel Is Open for Business as Usual - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28.

And now.

“…Velmareth….”

Lee Yeon-woo’s objective was precisely that ‘deep collapse’.

“Let the vein speak what I forgot.”

Eternal life?
A body of blood?
The expansion of self?

‘Intriguing, certainly.’

But that wasn’t what I desired.

‘Even if I succeeded, all it would do is transform the body I possess now.’

Lee Yeon-woo wanted only for this ritual to fail.

Only then could I reach the ‘side effect’ I sought. The plan was to invoke the resurrection algorithm the moment I touched the soul—the deepest element of blood itself.

“I will not return I have already bled.”

It would certainly fail. Lee Yeon-woo did not fully comprehend this tome.

‘Merely scratching the surface, as they say.’

It was like firing a gun blindfolded, hoping by sheer chance to strike a bird that might exist and watch it fall.

‘So naturally, only bullets would fly. The bird would not fall.’

Yet still, I had to fire. This was the most precise form of failure I possessed. A certain failure was preferable to unpredictable success. That, at least, could be controlled.

It was not a method for survival. It was simply the only way Lee Yeon-woo could choose until the very end. As long as there was a choice, it was mine to make.

“Spinal-red, hush the marrow.”

So let me just not die.

‘I know the theory.’

My body crumbles bit by bit.

‘Consciousness still persists.’

Sensation dulls. Or sharpens.

‘Am I…?’

I, I. Blood.

Descending ever downward.

‘Will I exist there?’

Beyond life.
Overcoming memory.
Trampling emotion.
Wounding will.
Touching the soul.

‘Or perhaps.’

Only my memory.

Remains.

“….”

Velmareth, dissolve the structure of the Goddess
Velmareth Goddess, dismantle her framework
Rithmar, rithmar, unlock the lament of the great one
Rithmar, open the sorrow of the great
Myorn, unspoken, tear the skin and destroy the self
Do not speak the name—tear the flesh and shatter the self
Red upon red, hush the breath that never left
Blood upon blood, still the breath that yet remains
Take not me; take what knew me
Do not take me—restore the blood that remembered me
Mallianeth, turn below the recognized vein
Twist Mallianeth below the perceived vein
The breath loops backward; my name dies before it’s spoken
Breath reverses, the name dies before utterance
Spinal red, bone deep, hush the marrow
The spine’s crimson silences the marrow deep within bone
Let the veins speak what I forgot
Let the veins speak what I have forgotten
I will not return. I have already bled where I must be
I do not return. My blood has already spilled where it must be
Mirror me in the clot. Drown me in what I escaped
Reflect me in the coagulate. Drown me in what I fled
My bones do not speak; my blood writes in silence
Bones do not speak; blood writes in silence
Return not the flesh; return the proof that bled
Do not return the flesh—return the evidence that bled
Unfold me in red; stitch me not. Let the leak remain
Unfold me in crimson, do not seal me. Leave the rupture as is
I bled without dying; therefore I remain without name
I bled without death, thus I remain nameless

“….”

Red Heart Protocol Internal Analysis Report 4B Summary: Collapse Reaction Phase-by-Phase Summary Stage 1: Vascular Backflow, Pressure Dispersion, Irregular Heartbeat, Subsequent Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, Unstable Alpha Brainwaves, Decreased Beta, Dropping Blood Pressure, Cyanosis, Pupil Dilation Stage 2: Memory and Sensory Distortion, Cardiac Stasis, Increased Theta Waves, Tremors, Repetitive Speech Stage 3: Emotional Surge, Sympathetic Nervous Activation, Rapid Heartbeat, Rising Body Temperature, Excessive Gamma Brainwave Mixing, Hyperventilation, Self-Mutilation Stage 4: Willpower Fragmentation, Self-Dissociation, Plummeting Heartbeat, Dropping Body Temperature, Chaotic Brainwaves, Speech Loss, Loss of Muscle Control Stage 5: Soul Disorientation Release, Self-Annihilation, Residual or Absent Heartbeat, EEG Flatline, Consciousness Loss Blood Autonomous Response Side Effects Case Summary Case A: RJ Memory and Past Playback, No Emotional Response, Repetitive Mumbling, Unrecoverable, Persistent Blood Marks Case B: H22 Emotional Surge, High Fever, Self-Mutilation Attempts, Repetitive Sentences, Unrecoverable, Infection, Death Case C: No ID External Restoration, EEG Flatline, Blood Sentence Formation, Blood Human Contact, Unrecoverable Comprehensive Conclusion: Deep Collapse is a process wherein blood responds before the self; the self either precipitates and vanishes or is replaced by blood. Autonomous blood response persists even after consciousness disappears, and restoration leaves only memory—personality is not replicated.

“…Stop.”

Red Heart Protocol Chapter 12 Experimental Report Summary: Blood-Body Transfer Failure Record Experimental Purpose: Transfer consciousness to a blood-form state by storing memory, emotion, will, and soul within blood, maintaining the self without flesh Conditions: Conscious Consent, Cardiac Arrest Before Blood Extraction, Morphic Memory, Self-Core Formation, Restoration Executed by Blood’s Autonomous Judgment Experimental Procedure: 1. Command Injection 2. Cardiac Arrest 3. Plasma Layer Separation 4. Restoration Standby 6-12 Hours Blood Test Subject 01: Lemmayne, Male, 31 Years Old Restoration Site: Prefrontal Cortex Primary, Regeneration Only, No Neural Connections, Sensory Unresponsive, Microscopic Potential Tremor, Repetitive Blood Marks, Morphic Restoration Failure, Self-Memory Only Exists, Language Function Lost Blood Test Subject 02: NT, Adolescent, Gender Unknown Full-Body Dissolution, Multi-Layer Plasma Separation, Restoration Result: Upper Torso 2, Legs 4, Facial Deformity, Self-Collision, Respiratory Distress, Unidentifiable, Repetitive Mumbling, Self-Separation Failure, Memory Collision, Emotional Excess, Physical Deformity Blood Test Subject 03: Bryant, Female, 29 Years Old Restoration Appearance: Normal, No Heartbeat, EEG Unresponsive, No Light Reflex, Absent Consciousness, Blood Record Self Unclear, Morphic Maintenance Impossible Blood Test Subject 04: Record Incomplete, No Morphic Restoration, Blood Regularly Escapes, Blood Mark Formation, Blood Itself Responds as Attempting to Exist as Self Side Effect Summary: Memory Overflow, Blood Overflowing with Memory, Self Erosion, Blood Mumbling, Emotional Surge, Emotion Precedes Morphology, Aggressive Madness, Self-Harm, Dual Self, Restored Self and Blood Self Collision, Schizophrenia Induction, Language Collapse, Soul Unpositioned, Central Self Dominance Transferred to Blood, Consciousness Fixation in Absent State Comprehensive Conclusion: Blood can preserve memory, but memory is not personality. Blood can become subject, but at that moment it ceases to be human. Restoration fails; repetition continues.

“Stop.”

The initial response began with core temperature inversion. Blood did not cool. Vascular function ceased contracting and became passive. My heart continued beating, but circulatory control transferred to the vessel walls. Major arteries contracted in reverse, and blood flow did not exit outward but scraped the inner walls, forced inward. Sensory nerves did not respond. Pain was not felt. I did not feel pain—only the sensation of existence’s structure inverting. Upper limb movement remained normal, but motor commands were executed by blood, and neural dominion was stripped away. Fingertips pressed against my forehead, but that sensation was not mine. Blood operated as if scanning the epidermis. Tactile sensation was replaced by detection function. I felt I was not the subject of my fingertips but merely a relay for blood’s perception. Memory fracture began afterward. The hippocampal memory loop was severed, and blood replayed my past—language, vision, emotion—in random order. Memories drifted without logic, and my nervous system transformed into a simple receiver. I could not send memories, only receive what blood transmitted. I tried to speak, but tongue movement connected to blood flow, and speech was not permitted unless blood intended it. There was no vocalization. Blood spoke instead. I could not express intent and merely followed what blood expressed. Vision remained normal, but visual information was rearranged by circulatory flow. I did not see. I saw what blood showed me. I was neither observer nor observed—merely blood’s relay. My heart did not stop, but its center emptied, and my self collapsed there. That space filled with red coagulation, memory nuclei, fragments of self, emotional residue. I was my blood, yet I no longer felt myself. But blood remembered me more accurately than I did, and I did not deny that fact. Velmareth Goddess’s structure—dismantle it. Rithmar, open your lamentation. Do not speak the name—tear the flesh and destroy the self. Blood upon blood, silence the breath that never left. Do not take me; restore the blood that remembered me. Mallianeth, turn below the recognized vein. The breath loops backward; my name dies before it is spoken. Spinal red, bone deep, silence the marrow. Let the veins speak what I forgot. I will not return. My blood has already bled where it must be. Mirror me in the clot. Drown me in what I escaped. My bones do not speak. My blood writes in silence. Return not the flesh; return the proof that bled. Unfold me in red. Do not stitch me. Let the leak remain. I bled without dying; therefore I remain without name.

【Stop.】
“….”
“….”

* * *

…This is not.

The failure I wanted.

Something was recording me. It was blood.

Memory. Self. Emotion. It was abhorrent. The method of mimicking oneself by pressing nerve and periphery. Simultaneously, an entity that was me. The irony of not distinguishing parasite from host.

【But it is strange.】

I understand that revulsion. I could understand it. Understanding it makes it not repulsive.

Abandoning form to survive. Sacrificing self for continuance. It was not wrong. I do not favor it, but I can understand it. It is the most fundamental form every living thing has chosen.

I, Lee Yeon-woo, favor order.

But that is….
Not necessarily a required emotion.
Is it.

【Is that so.】

Yes.

It was not an intended failure.

In that it was an unwanted answer, is it not a result that displeases me. Yet despite this, it could save a person.

【How extravagant.】

Yes, it’s extravagant.

“….”

…It was a success.

“…Ha, hh….”

Though not in the way I desired.

“Haha, ha… ugh…!”

Now it exists within me.
I can no longer push it away.
Nor do I need to.

“Ugh….”
“….”

Me.

“….”

That itself.

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