Rust - Chapter 151



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RUST -151

It wasn’t good. What’s the point of shooting first and seeing?

The pain that was surging from the place where the hood was hit seemed fake. It was absurd that this wasn’t a sitcom and that the situation was happening in real time.

“You like it? Really?”

When Maru tilted his head and asked again, Kim Yang answered in a cool, firm voice.

“It’s true. It’s good.”

‘No? It feels strange, but this is it.’ Seeing this, the knife-wielding man was normal. Because he felt that something was strange. But that girl wasn’t like that. The hood that was being completely stripped by Kim Yang raised his hand, saying, ‘I object.’

“No! It is indeed strange!”

Maru, who had been tilting his head, looked at Kim Yang.

‘See, he said it was weird too.’

Kim Yang turned her head crookedly toward the hood. Something felt gloomy. Her eyes were cloudy.

‘You were less hit?’

‘Look at that. That. Is that normal?’

Hood winked desperately at Maru.

“well.”

Kim Yang spoke softly, as if swatting away the gaze of that hood.

“Didn’t we talk about this before? It’s better to clean up quickly than to mess around?”

When Ki-soon was around, I had that conversation. But at that time, I thought it was a dangerous situation and was just being clumsy, but now, isn’t it not? Is it normal to shoot first and see, and then cut and kill, even though you can avoid it with foul language?

As if reading Maru’s gaze, Kim Yang continued her story while glaring at Hood.

“The first strike is a sure win.”

No. Why is the conversation suddenly going that way? Maru and Hood made eye contact.

‘Isn’t it weird? Right?’

‘It’s strange, yes.’

Kim Yang added one more word to Maru, who was hesitating.

“Good to be first.”

Ah- That’s weird. This is really ambiguous, since Kim Yang originally had this tendency, but I couldn’t say it was completely weird. It was really weird.

‘So the symptoms were emotional amplification? Impulsiveness?’

When I think about it, I remember when I met the nurse. The nurse said the same thing. People seem to be becoming more impulsive and violent. There were already people who had become impatient at that time.

The incident at the stolen hospital was also understandable when connected to the symptoms. The infected people whose condition had become so severe that they had lost their reason could not even open the door properly and became violent like zombies. The medical staff and researchers were also aware of this to some extent.

But when Maru took the elevator up to the hospital with two nurses, he remembered the times when people who said they had learned a lot ignorantly stabbed him in the back, even though he could have figured it out with just a little thought.

At the time, I thought it was possible because it was an extreme situation, but thinking back now, it didn’t seem natural. It wasn’t something that was clearly noticeable.

The same goes for the human experiment. It is true that contact with the headquarters was cut off and immediate results were urgent. However, the situation had not calmed down, so they thought that the situation had improved a little, that a safe area had been secured, and that they would immediately conduct a human experiment on the first floor and actually do it?

It could be because they are crazy kids with rotten roots, but did it have no effect at all?

Maru looked at Ms. Kim quietly.

Miss Kim seemed preoccupied with how to beat the hood. She was just like Miss Kim.

A figure threatening the hood while showing a small fist. It was typical behavior of Ms. Kim. She was grabbing the hood just like we always see. It was not uncomfortable because it was Ms. Kim.

Even if he hadn’t tried to blow my hoodie’s head off just now for talking back, I wouldn’t have known. It was always like that. But even if I had known, it would have been a problem.

‘How do I do this?’

Maru felt like he had a rock on his head. It was stuffy, heavy, and annoying. It was refreshing…

“Hey- Really-”

Not only my head felt heavy, but my chest also felt stuffy.

Maru picked up the sword. As he held the sword, the stuffy feeling subsided just a little.

Srrrrrrrr!

The black blade gleamed. There seemed to be a faint scent of blood.

He hit the empty beer bottle on the table with the tip of his knife.

Ting! A beer bottle floats up with a sound.

Suddenly, I felt like time was passing slowly.

Maru swung his sword following that feeling.

Swish!

Split in half

Bam!

Sliced ​​horizontally again

Shukakakak!

It was cut lengthwise vertically.

A broken beer bottle clattered down onto the red carpet. Maru, feeling a little relieved, stretched his head from side to side.

Miss Kim’s eyes lit up when she saw that sight. Miss Kim, who couldn’t hide her stuffy expression even while holding the hood, pulled out her Glock.

Clank-

Two-kang! – Pak

Tukang! -Thuk

Tuang! – Pick

In the hotel living room, the crystals decorating the chandelier burst one by one.

Kim Yang, who had a silenced Glock holstered in his hand, looked somewhat relieved.

Before Maru could say anything in embarrassment, Kim Yang spoke with her eyes.

‘I can’t shoot?’

‘Can I cut down that Baekjeong according to his nature?’

“······.”

“······.”

There was a moment of silence, and Maru’s bewildered gaze turned to the chandelier.

What? Mr. Kim also looked at the chandelier.

Whoever took the shot did a really nice and clean job. Hmm. Ms. Kim nodded.

Then Maru looked at the broken beer bottle, stared at Kim Yang’s gold bag, and then turned his gaze back to the chandelier. Maru said with his eyes.

‘You bitch. You shot a perfectly good hotel chandelier. I chopped up an empty beer bottle.’

‘I will deduct the cost of repairing the chandelier from your deposit.’

ah-

Kim Yang, who was becoming gloomy, started burning the hood.

Hood bowed his head.

Just a little while ago, you were saying that it was strange to be slicing and shooting and all that, wasn’t it strange?

These kids···.

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My mood, which had eased a little, became complicated again because of Ms. Kim.

I don’t know.

Maru took a deep breath. What if Ms. Kim was infected? What about him who got closer and fought than Ms. Kim? What about Ki-soon? What about the nurse? Now that I think about it, the nurse seemed fine.

Are there people with severe symptoms and those with mild symptoms? What happens if the symptoms continue to get worse and eventually become as bad as those guys?

What if he suddenly turns around with a knife and starts chopping things up?

“no way-”

I couldn’t help but swear. First of all, I wonder if Ms. Kim is infected or not. It seems like she is, but can’t we at least check to what extent?

If the condition is serious, there is an emergency treatment or something. I’ll try giving that to her, and since it has some similarities to Charlotte’s medicine Berserker Fall or the Chinese medicine Crystal, how about trying a neutralizer?

good.

Maru decided.

“Let me draw some blood from you first.”

“?”

Maru called the nurse and had her draw Ms. Kim’s blood. Ms. Kim obediently held out her arm.

“What kind of test are you going to do?”

The nurse asked.

“I just wanted to check if you’re infected.”

“We need to collect and send nasal mucosa cells and oral mucosa cells so that we can quickly determine whether or not we are infected.”

It wasn’t just that I wanted to know that I was caught.

“Please pick Mr. Ono too.”

“Yes? Me too? Huh?”

The nurse nodded. Maru also had the hood removed.

“You don’t do floor work?”

“Yes. I don’t.”

What worried Ki-soon and Maru the most was Maru’s rapid physical improvement. If they had blood drawn and sent it for testing, and the results were ‘This is strange. I doubt if it’s a human baby.’, then they were screwed.

“I. It’s no use trying. If you give me medicine, I’ll get it and take it with you. Okay.”

“Huh? But.”

What can I do? It was right to avoid being dragged to the lab.

“But where do you plan to send the collected samples?”

“I’m going to send it to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab.”

Certainly, if it was there, it would be quick to confirm and a solution would come out quickly. However, the key is to hide the information here and extract the information there. There was a skilled hacker here.

“Can you do it? Make sure they can’t track our location, and bring us what they’ve examined and studied.”

“···it’s possible.”

He was wearing a deep hood and mask, so his face couldn’t be seen properly. He even had a voice changer attached, so his voice sounded robotic.

Looking closely, this guy is also strange. There must be a reason why he wrapped his face up so tightly, rather than tearing it off. Maru, who was looking at the hood, turned his attention away.

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A few days passed.

Although the head of the Department of Homeland Security had asked Maru to participate in the evacuation operation, he had coldly refused. He had clearly drawn the line that it was not something that could be done alone.

‘It’s not like we’re just going to bring one or two people here. It’s going to be a large-scale military operation. How can an individual go and help? I understand your concerns, but if I go, it could only cause confusion in the operation.’

The rescue operation was now completely handed over to the Ministry of Defense. The number of soldiers sent initially and the additional soldiers sent twice was close to 3,000.

It was a large-scale evacuation operation, but would the military like it if mercenaries from the Department of Homeland Security were installed? It was clear that there would be problems if they went.

‘I’ll keep my schedule clear, so if the situation really requires it, just contact me then.’

Maru had no intention of fighting with the Department of Homeland Security, so he did what he could. Maru’s efforts paid off, and the manager ended the story with a look of regret, but without any lingering feelings.

“By the way, shouldn’t Ki-sun also get tested?”

They said that research had begun at a research institute under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but that it was not a problem that could be solved in just a few days, so they said that no significant research results had been produced.

Whether it was because of the time difference or because something was going on, when I called Ki-sun, her phone was often turned off or busy.

Judging from the fact that he never called me first, it seemed like things weren’t all that easy in Korea either. So I didn’t call him often.

I sent a text message telling him to check it out. If he was astute as Ki-sun, he would be able to roughly infer the situation just from that.

As Maru sent the text and put down his phone, he saw Ms. Kim hurriedly preparing to go out.

“Are you going out again? Where are you going?”

“Burger Queen.”

“I ate it yesterday, but again?”

“huh.”

“The sun will set soon. Are you okay?”

“Burger Queen here is really good.”

Is it that good? It’s definitely better than in Korea, but there must be famous burger places like Out and Out Burger, Three Gay Burger, and Chic Chic Burger.

“What’s so good about it?”

“Good bulletproof equipment. And it’s free.”

what?

Maru was shocked. Bulletproof equipment? Free? What are you talking about?

The news came on on the TV. News from a local station.

The footage showed armed robbers being subdued by an Asian girl with a gun.

[···With gratitude from Burger Queen···]

‘Is that you?’

Kim Yang, who saw Maru’s expression, answered with a proud face.

“That’s right. I caught a robber yesterday.”

There was news that the CCTV footage of Ms. Kim engaging in a shootout with robbers was being spread on social media.

“Self-defense is good.”

“Gun freedom is good.”

“It’s so nice here.”

It was nice to be able to shoot quickly. As long as I didn’t kill them, it was okay to shoot them in the arms and legs a few times as long as I didn’t kill them.

The police who came to the scene also said that I did a good job. People around me also praised me for doing a good job. I didn’t have to hide my irritation. I didn’t have to hold it in. My stress was completely relieved.

But what about our Baekjeong? If he gets caught slicing with a knife, he’ll be immediately X’d. The corners of Kim Yang’s mouth went up.

Kim Yang smiled again as she looked at the knife stuck in Maru’s waist.

As expected, America is all about guns.