Rust - Chapter 129



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RUST -129

The cartel member, whose shoulders shook as if he was laughing or crying, continued to mutter. The employee translated in real time.

“He said he’ll be here soon. When he gets here… you’ll all be dead.”

What the hell are you talking about when there’s a butcher? Miss Kim snorted.

But what do you say to Baek Jeong-han? Should you tell him that he ate the wrong food? If you tell him that there was a location tracker attached to the gold-decorated AK buttstock…

I remembered when I was chased in Korea. I was so sensitive to being chased that I even yelled at Baekjeong not to take a taxi. Really··· a lot.

When I didn’t know that I had a location tracker implanted in my right arm, I remembered Baekjeong’s fussy response. Oh my, I went to the vet and had it removed. I was really scared at that time, but if I heard that I had a location tracker again…

Thump-

A cold sweat ran down the side of Kim Yang’s face. But, considering how many meals they had together, surely… that wouldn’t happen, right?

No, there was no time for this. If we were to find peace, we had to dig up more information. Kim Yang approached the cartel members with a can of gasoline.

Flames flew and the floor was filled with the sound of hoarse screams.

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Ms. Kim called Maru and the nurse together. For now, the nurse was a shield.

So, um- meat shield.

“What are you trying to say that takes so long?”

“······.”

At Maru’s words, Ms. Kim broke out in a cold sweat again. ‘Should I have just told the rookie employee to tell me?’ What if the rookie makes a mistake? It would have been better to just tell him straight. Ms. Kim quietly stood close to the nurse and opened her mouth.

“Uh- Katrel···.”

“Cartrell?”

“No. Cartel.”

“Why the cartel?”

“Location tracker···.”

“what?”

It’s cold. It’s freezing. Ms. Kim felt a chill for a moment. The nurse felt the same, as she clung to Ms. Kim and began to shiver.

Maru watched the two women tremble and took a deep breath to calm himself down. He felt his blood pressure rising.

“A location tracker? Hah- Fuck… Really.”

It was a sad scene. He came all the way to America and was being chased? Where would he have put the tracking device? It was obvious. Gold or money. It must have been a gun coated in gold.

“So. Where were you?”

“Gold AK buttstock···.”

“Haa- Seriously, what should I do with you?”

“······.”

He picked up something and ate it, then started working. Can we really go together? Ms. Kim, who had been busy farming until just a moment ago, was out of her mind.

When Maru seemed to be thinking deeply about something, Ms. Kim became very nervous.

‘What should I do?’

When Ms. Kim started to fidget and become anxious, the nurse noticed.

‘Quickly. Quickly.’

A nurse who moves her pupils up and down. Down again. Keep moving them down.

‘Down?’

Below? What?

ah!

Miss Kim slowly knelt down and raised both hands.

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US emergency security meeting

Ministers and officials from each department gathered together to discuss responses to the large-scale disaster and unusual situation that occurred in Japan.

“Is it certain that the prediction that mutant barnacles will attach to the floating stones and move around is correct?”

“The results of the simulation experiments conducted in the laboratory and the simulation predictions are both reliable.”

The video shows floating rocks moving along the ocean currents. Red is a prediction that they will spread in all directions in about a year, while blue is a prediction based on laboratory results.

“Um… So, you’re saying that while it should have spread throughout the world by floating stones, it actually only spread to East Asian waters?”

“Yes. The mutant barnacles grow very quickly, and they grow rapidly even while moving on floating rocks. If they can no longer support the weight, they will eventually sink to the bottom of the ocean.”

“So you’re saying that it’s likely to spread only in East Asian waters?”

“Yes. Even if the worst happens, the expected range is around the South China Sea and even further to the Southeast Asian seas.”

“What if it spreads further?”

“You can catch them with napalm while they are moving while attached to the floating stone.”

There will not be much damage as Korea and Taiwan have already been warned. If only they had responded properly in the early stages, it would have been possible to sufficiently contain it.

“Isn’t there a possibility that China will find fault with it?”

“We didn’t make biological weapons, and we didn’t unilaterally release them. There were naturally mutated barnacles in the waters off Japan, and we just didn’t know about them. If we’re going to find fault with that, isn’t the coronavirus situation a bigger problem?”

“Is it possible that China could use mutant barnacles to create biological weapons?”

“There are studies showing that using viruses or bacteria is more effective than using mutant barnacles as biological weapons. No matter how bizarre China’s behavior is, I don’t think they will resort to the bioweaponization of mutant barnacles, which has a low probability of success compared to the investment they have made.”

Russia was no different. If it had money to invest in mutant barnacles, it would have spent it on capturing Ukraine, building more gas pipelines, and developing Siberia.

According to the research results so far, the mutant barnacle is very much like a highly contagious disease. It is similar to a sexually transmitted disease like scabies, but it is transmitted faster and more strongly.

A disease like scabies that is dangerous, dirty, and hard to treat, but takes a while to become life-threatening. And when everyone has pesticide-resistant scabies, why add barnacles?

“The important thing is that if the mutant barnacles ride the floating rocks and cover the East Asian seas and the South China Sea, it will naturally serve as a check on China.”

“That certainly makes sense.”

If floating rocks accumulate in the South China Sea and near Taiwan, China’s plan to invade Taiwan will have to be postponed indefinitely.

It was clear that screw propulsion ships would become inoperable due to the buoyancy stones, and water jet propulsion ships would also have their operations severely limited.

What if mutant barnacles breed in the bottom of the ship? In effect, the Chinese Navy is in a state of temporary closure.

“Okay. Everyone feel free to share your opinions and let’s meet again in two hours.”

So two hours later, it was determined that the United States knew nothing about the mutant barnacles.

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Barricade on the first floor of the stolen hospital

Director Yoo, who had stopped the influx of infected people, took off his gas mask. The air, mixed with volcanic ash and smoke, felt like concrete was being applied to his lungs.

Knock knock-

‘Wow – Iraq and Afghanistan were the two of them.’

Only after I replaced the purification tank and put my mask back on could I breathe properly. The volcanic ash and smoke poured in through the ruptured tempered glass wall on the first floor, covering the entire space from the first floor to the fifth floor.

The operating rooms on the second and third floors were a mess, and the laboratories and culture rooms that were supposed to be kept sterile were also a mess. Even if Manager Lee Ki-young of Charlotte had taken out all the research materials and key personnel first, some of the experimental equipment and materials that could not be loaded onto the helicopter were still intact.

“Fuck.”

The problem was that part of the glass wall on the first floor was blown out while fighting with the Andong-gu kids and Charlotte guys. I thought I could catch them quickly since there were only a few of them. They had quite a strong firepower. On top of that, they even ran away with an amphibious vehicle and had plenty of supplies.

I should have caught them all, no matter what. But the troops sent by that piece of shit President Min, General Min, were all haphazard, and the employees who had the influence of President Jo Man-deok were just bowing their heads and pretending to shoot, so things got messed up.

It was almost like the employees who knew that the armistice had been in place for four years were deliberately sabotaging the work. If Director Ahn had properly counterattacked, they would have used that as an excuse to do something about it, but since they were just retreating while getting hit, it wasn’t a situation where they could have been harassed to shoot to death.

Anyway, since Charlotte said good things the moment she saw them, it was obvious that she would make a fuss once she got in touch with headquarters. She was going to be all set to kill them, but she would be blaming them for getting a job. Director Yoo was hungry for alcohol and cigarettes.

I came to catch my nephew’s enemy and traitor, Lee Gi-yeong and Hamaru, but if things continued like this, I would end up just running away and dying.

The helicopters were finished by the eruption of Mt. Fuji. The sky was finished. Cars, motorcycles, and internal combustion engines were also finished. It wasn’t just transportation that was destroyed.

The water in the water tank was running low, and the once ample food supply was quickly dwindling as two companies of soldiers began to eat it all.

However, there were no items available at nearby convenience stores or marts. It was a total mess.

Above all, the infected people who flocked in from time to time. It was uncertain whether they had any sense of reason left, but their strength, reflexes, and physical strength far surpassed those of ordinary people.

After seeing one of his employees being dragged away by the men and having his brain and heart eaten alive, Director Yoo forcibly mobilized the people in the stolen hospital to build a barricade and began a defensive battle.

“I’m reporting on the casualties. 3 missing, 2 injured. The injured have been euthanized.”

“What about Zantan?”

“Each person has about 60 to 70 rounds left. The machine gun has about 250 to 300 rounds.”

“What about Charlotte’s kids?”

“We sent a search party in the direction they fled, but contact was lost.”

The radio communication range was greatly shortened due to volcanic ash and smoke. The radio communication range of 10km was now barely half that. The fact that contact was lost after chasing for only 4~5km meant that there was no hope.

“We need to secure some ammunition for the Charlotte chicks…”

We were out of fucking bullets. Out of fucking bullets.

[Chief Yu. There is a light in the sky. It looks like a searchlight moving towards the landing pad.]

“All troops on standby for 5 minutes, move to the rooftop and prepare to defend the barricade.”

[5 minute standby troops. All gather at the rooftop helipad.]

[Repeat. Five minute standby troops. All gather on rooftop helicopter landing pad]

Wheeeeeeing- Wheeeeeeing-

Sirens blared and the place became busy. People who were tired from fighting the infected took their places one by one and started aiming their guns.

[Chick- This is a US Marine Corps drone. Director Yoo. A US Marine Corps drone has arrived carrying supplies.]

“Fuck. How do you know if those are real Americans or if those guys who stole the drone flew it? Just make sure to get the supplies first.”

[Chijiji- ···Okay. Uh- Director Yoo. There’s a walkie-talkie attached to this drone. I’d like to communicate with the person in charge or the commander?]

“Tell them to wait. I warn you not to approach anyone who approaches this way. If you ignore the warning, shoot.”

“What if I’m an American soldier….”

Pak-

evil-

Director Yoo broke the joint. The employee straightened his awkward posture. Director Yoo said, breaking the joint again.

“You little punk. If you warn them, they’ll stop. If they don’t stop, that means they’re not American soldiers. Do you want to die? You little punk who’s a waste of a cleaning agent.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Director Yoo started swearing again. The employee couldn’t stand it anymore and rolled around while holding onto his shin. This is all bullshit. When Director Yoo went to the rooftop landing pad, a large drone was landing with a supply box attached.

“What about the radio?”

“Stuck in front of the drone.”

Director Yoo walked towards the drone and said.

“The commander of the stolen hospital scene is a Jewish director belonging to World PMC.”

[Chijik- This is the US Marine Corps···]

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Gloomy-

Kim Yang, kneeling and holding up both hands, bowed her head diagonally and made a sorrowful expression. Her eyes were dripping with gloomy expression.

Regardless, Maru thought that since he had already started, he had ‘seized the opportunity’ and was going to start mental education. Kim Yang, who had noticed Maru’s mood, released the information she had extracted from the cartel members.

“He said he’d be here soon.”

“··· Who? The cartel kids?”

Nodding, nodding. Ms. Kim nodding.

“Ah- shi-”

Maru raised his head and looked at the sky. It was a clear, clean sky without any fine dust. It was different from the sky in Korea and also different from the sky in Japan.

An employee came to me with a haggard expression, as if he had heard something after reporting to the company.

“Huh? What’s going on?”

Last time, the nurse was already out because of the hamburger, and this time, the gunman bitch looked like she was already out because of something.

“Okay, get up.”

Rather than answering the staff’s questions, Maru stood up Ms. Kim first.

Miss Kim wakes up in slow motion, looking so pathetic. Maru eventually shakes his head at her and speaks to the staff.

“Whew- They said the guys from the cartel are coming soon.”

“···Ah- yes.”

I don’t know what that has to do with being a swindler, but the employee thought that this guy was also a weirdo. Maru pointed to the road with his chin at the employee. A road that stretched out into the wasteland. The empty road stretched all the way to the horizon.

“If you’re almost there, you can’t avoid it.”

“······.”

It was impossible to escape with a large trailer truck. It was even more so if they came by helicopter or something. Even if they escaped at high speed, they would be surrounded on both sides if they came from the opposite direction.

“So let’s handle it here.”

“yes?”

“Let’s just sweep it away here.”

“······.”

No, wait. Since when did self-defense become ambushing and wiping out? Maru spoke to Ms. Kim before the staff could say anything.

“Miss Kim, do you see that rock over there? How is it? Is it okay as a point?”

“It’s okay.”

“Okay, snipe from there diagonally this way. I’ll hit from behind or the side.”

“Okay.”

As soon as Kim Yang answered, he ran to grab the sniper rifle.

“The nurse is on the opposite side from the staff….”

When I called her a nurse, her face suddenly became pale.

“Big- Well, Nanae Ono, you can hide under the hill on the other side.”

When Maru called her name, the nurse, who had suddenly become pale, ran quickly toward the mound that Maru had mentioned.

The staff now had a look on their faces that seemed to have given up on everything.