Rust - Chapter 111



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Rust [RUST]-111

Long, translucent tentacles aimed for the snail.

‘Wow, wow, wow!!!!’

Ki-sun threw herself backwards in a start. She sank backwards in the water. Ki-sun, whose vision was blocked by bubbles, hurriedly climbed up to the surface.

“Fuck. What the hell! What the hell? What the fuck is that on a barnacle?”

Then I remembered how barnacles reproduce. It says that barnacles have genitals that are up to eight times longer than their bodies. Since they live attached to one place, they reproduce by extending their genitals as much as possible. So. Those long tentacles are the barnacles’…

“That’s it?”

‘I said it was shit, and it really was shit.’

But why was it so dirty there? Ki-soon felt like he had seen something dirty. He felt like he was going to get hives all over his body at the thought of a long dick trying to prick him like a tentacle.

Kwajajajajak!!!!

I heard the sound of water splashing and shells crashing. I turned my head and saw Maru riding a jet ski, cutting with great speed.

Jet skis spewing white foam as they raced by. Maru was circling and cutting like a shark circling its prey, sticking close to the catamaran. It was pulverizing barnacles as it barely brushed past the catamaran.

Clams that break and shatter without even being able to stick out their dicks or tentacles or anything.

Ki-soon only said, “Wow – this is so annoying…” and put the regulator (breathing apparatus) back in his mouth. He was going to try it just one more time, and if it didn’t work, he was going to take it off after welding it underwater, even if it took a long time.

As he carefully approached the place where he had just been chopping, he saw barnacles. Here and there, wounded barnacles were sticking out their tentacles. The tentacles were poking in all directions. Ki-sun suppressed the urge to strike them all away.

‘Let’s finish this quickly and go up.’

‘I can finish it quickly.’

Even though it’s hard to completely remove it, if you break it here and there with an axe and drive the boat at full speed, it will fall due to the resistance and pressure of the water. So let’s try to damage it as much as possible.

Ki-soon started chopping. Don’t be greedy and try to break and destroy it cleanly. How many times did he hit it? The wounded barnacles started poking the tentacle-like genitals in all directions.

A 70~80cm long genitalia emerged from a large snail about 10cm in diameter and moved in all directions. Kisun changed places and swung his hatchet here and there. Soon, the lower part of the catamaran changed into a sea snail.

As if responding to Gi-sun’s movements, tentacles sprouted with the intention of capturing Gi-sun.

fillet.

The tentacle that had wrapped around Ki-sun’s wrist broke off. Swish-swish- Ki-sun cut off the tentacle that had started to entangle his ankles and calves with an axe, not knowing when it had stretched out.

If you cut off one, two will start to stick together, if you cut off two, three, four will start to stick together.

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As soon as Ki-sun put her head out of the water, she screamed.

“Fucking dog!!!”

“why?”

“The chews are constantly sticking out [Email Protected]#$%#@$ !!!!”

“?”

Ki-sun, who was explaining the whole story to Maru, couldn’t hold back her anger and shouted again.

“You perverts, you little bastards! Those bastards are the ones who parasitize male crabs and turn them into females, and those bastards are telling me…”

Ki-soon’s face, which had been flushed with anger, gradually turned pale and then suddenly fell silent.

“So. What about the barnacles?”

“······.”

“Hey? What are you doing that’s making you so absent-minded?”

“······.”

“Hey? Kisun? Are you okay? What were you talking about?”

“···No. No. Surely···.”

Ki-sun, who had hurriedly climbed onto the boat, took off her diving suit and examined her body here and there. Ki-sun opened the water bottle next to her and rinsed herself from head to toe, and opened it several times. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, she sat down as if she had lost all energy.

“Fuck. Wow- you fucking pervert-”

“Why are you suddenly doing that?”

“I suddenly remembered the barnacles clinging to the sea turtles.”

“Ah- That picture? But why all of a sudden?”

“Why? They were after me! They were definitely after me!”

“aim?”

“Yeah. That’s what I was aiming for. Seriously, wow—fuck—I’m going to have to get down there with the welder. An axe won’t do the trick. I’m going to have to burn him to death and scrape him off.”

“Are you okay?”

“I have pride. I can’t stand a magpie like that….”

Sik-sik- Ki-sun, who was catching her breath in anger, grabbed the underwater welding machine and went into the sea with a solemn expression on her face. White welding sparks began to rise.

When I put the welder on the snail hole, white sparks flew out. The snail burned in an instant. Whoosh- tentacles stretched out from the snail next to me.

Ki-soon calmly applied the welding machine to the tentacle. With a crackle of sparks, the tentacle shrank like a squid leg. Sparks burst out from the welding machine that had entered the snail hole again.

‘Die! Die!’

‘Die!’

Even though I spent half a day fishing for razor clams, I didn’t even finish 1/10 of it. If I continued like this, I would have to catch only razor clams for 3-4 days straight.

Clink clink

When the burned barnacles were scraped off with an axe, the parts attached to the ship fell off. The marks where the barnacles had been attached remained on the white hull like a burn mark.

Ki-soon started talking while chewing meat.

“I was able to remove the barnacles with a welder, but the damage caused by the barnacles was more serious than expected.”

“It’s only a part, but the corrosion has progressed more than I thought. I’ve done some quick emergency repairs with waterproof tape, but it seems like it’ll be difficult to leave the remaining barnacles like this.”

“I started working in the morning, and when I finished, I saw that the ones that were half the size of my pinky fingernail in the morning had grown to half the size of my thumbnail. That’s an unbelievable growth rate.”

It meant that if they grow quickly, they eat and poop a lot. And it was just that much that had a big impact on the surrounding environment. In the case of barnacles, it meant that the part they were attached to was corroding quickly.

“It can be dangerous if you don’t remove all the barnacles.”

Ki-soon said as she looked at Ms. Kim and the nurse.

“Do you know how to swim?”

Miss Kim and the nurse nodded.

“It’s a good thing you can swim. I’d appreciate it if you could help me remove barnacles tomorrow.”

At Gi-sun’s words, Kim Yang raised her hand and said.

“I don’t know how to scuba dive.”

“Don’t worry about that, since I only have one scuba diving gear anyway. If I kill him by welding him, you just have to clean up. It takes too much time to do it all by yourself, welding him and scraping him with an axe.”

“Okay.”

“yes.”

Ki-sun scratched her cheek with her finger as she watched the nurse and Ms. Kim readily agree.

“Okay. Then let’s all go to bed early. Let’s start early tomorrow and finish it quickly.”

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A stolen hospital with soot all over the exterior walls.

Researchers and medical staff could not hide their excitement.

“This is truly amazing.”

“Yes.”

“I think I’ve caught a glimpse of Takaichi Pharmaceutical’s secret.”

The researchers here were from Yamatsuki Pharmaceuticals. They had focused on combat stimulants and tactical drugs, so the results they extracted from the cockroach samples in the Takaichi Pharmaceutical Laboratory were nothing short of surprising.

When the genetic information of cockroaches was decoded, it was confirmed that there were a significant number of genetic regions related to survival.

First of all, they had an excellent ability to detect environmental changes. The number of odor-detecting chemical receptor genes was more than three times higher than that of other insects such as ants.

The taste receptor genes were also much more numerous than those of any known insect. Researchers interpreted that the taste receptors evolved to protect themselves from the toxicity of their food.

Not only did they avoid toxic food, but they also overcame crises with their powerful detoxification abilities even when they did eat poison. They had hundreds of enzyme genes responsible for decomposing toxins.

“This is an antidote that utilizes the toxin-decomposing ability of cockroaches.”

“Wow – how different is it from what we had before?

“It has an overwhelming decoding ability that is almost embarrassing to compare.”

“then?”

Why couldn’t he just use the combat drug right away? It was because of the limitations of the neutralizer. If a perfect neutralizer and antidote were possible, it would have been possible to increase the concentration of the combat drug and administer it.

If only there were no side effects, it could be made faster, stronger, and longer lasting.

“It has excellent detoxification capabilities as well as antibacterial properties.”

“We can now extract substances that activate immune functions, and even substances that induce regeneration. We can also resume research on rapid therapeutics that Takaichi Pharmaceuticals had monopolized.”

Researchers and medical staff expressed confidence that they could create new neutralizing agents, antidotes, antibiotics, and rapid cures.

Manager Lee Ki-young saw this and called Team Leader Andong-gu.

“Have you gathered all the materials?”

“Yes, I have gathered all the information from the hospital.”

“Gather those people separately and leave for Korea.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

At Team Leader Ahn’s words, Manager Lee Ki-young exhaled a long puff of cigarette smoke. Phew-

“First, Mr. Shim. No, take those people to Chairman Shim, and bring more kids and equipment. How was it when you came here? With the infected, with the Vietnamese gangs. Wasn’t this the first time you’ve experienced chaos like this?”

“··· But I’m not telling you to go first. If you still have to take those people, then you should lead them. I’ll guard this place.”

“No, hey. Andong-gu. You saw it. The Vietnamese gang came here with pinpoint accuracy.”

“What does that matter?”

Manager Lee Ki-young took another deep drag on his cigarette and spoke in a low voice.

“Do you think the Vietnamese gangsters knew what was here? They must have heard that there was something here. Then, are only the Vietnamese gangsters coming? You mean, all the guys and girls are gathered here. Then, is that only here? You mean, Tokyo is the same.”

“······.”

“Then are you only going to fight with those swarming guys? If you were to stay as the team leader? Would you be able to decide which of those forces to ally with and which to oppose? Even if you were given the power to decide, would those guys even think of negotiating with you, the only one who is the team leader?

“···Don’t say that. Didn’t you promise? If something happens, you’ll go first. Even if I go and bring in support, how many people can I bring? Aren’t you the one who can communicate with Chairman Shim? And don’t you know? I don’t know about anything else, but I’m good at stopping things by standing in the way. So, you should go, Chief.”

Manager Lee Ki-young laughed in vain.

“Wow? This kid. He’s just crawling now?”

“Don’t you know that’s not the case? Keep your promise.”

Lee Ki-young shook his head at Andong-gu’s honest gaze. What a stubborn bastard.

“Yeah. Fuck. I’ll go. I’ll go. The team leader is going to take care of the manager. Seriously.”

Snickers, snickers – the two people were looking at each other and smiling.

Moments later, three helicopters took off toward Korea carrying researchers, medical staff, research materials, and experimental equipment.

And that night, two Black Hawks and two Chinooks appeared over Donan Hospital.

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Choaaaaaaah

With the red sunset behind them, the catamaran spread its white sails. The wind filled the taut sails. On the boat, which coolly cut through the waves, Ki-sun, Maru, Kim Yang, and the nurse laughed while drinking hot coffee.

“Wow, you all saw that, right? You saw that, right? It’s just fucking sticking to me?”

Everyone smiled at Gi-sun’s teasing. It was strange, really. Seeing the barnacles sticking out their tentacles(?) to kill only Gi-sun. And seeing them dance in the sea every time they got entangled in the tentacles, everyone worked without realizing how much time had passed.

“···The thing called a clam is really a piece of shit. It looks like a clam, but it’s not a clam, it’s a relative of a crab. Most of them are poisonous, so they’re hard to eat, and they’re so bitter that you can’t even use them in soup···.”

“Don’t you eat it in Ulleungdo? It tastes good.”

Ki-soon scratched her cheek and answered Maru’s words.

“That’s a clam, and although it looks like a barnacle, it’s a completely different species. Anyway, the reason barnacles suck is because…”

Scratch scratch.

“···There was an absolutely absurd incident abroad···.”

Scratch scratch.

“···Whether it’s a larva or a crab claw, it enters the wound···.”

Scratch, scratch. Drum, drum. The red marks on his scratched cheeks began to darken.