Rust - Chapter 169



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RUST -169

Forward base

[Why is Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Brown so noisy?]

“Watch your mouth, so to speak.”

[Ah- Colonel. Honestly, isn’t it funny? What good did he do to stay till the end? That guy commanded over 4,000 guys. But now there are only 200 left. If you don’t curse at someone like that, who will?]

1,000 in the first batch, 2,000 as additional reinforcements. Including non-combatants, the number of troops was close to 4,000, but there were only about 200 left.

Annihilation? In modern warfare, even a loss of 15-20% of troops would be enough to determine that the unit was annihilated because it was unable to function properly.

But if you add up the combat troops and non-combat troops, 4,000 people go in, leaving 200? What should I call this? Isn’t it just annihilation, massacre?

“You still say that after fighting monsters?”

[The Colonel said that retreat is an important virtue of a commander.]

“That’s because you’re running forward without looking back, you little punk.” The colonel was about to shout, but held back.

“Yes. Don’t forget to practice. Don’t just say it.”

[Currently, the operation area is overflowing with tabby kittens.]

“So-called. Don’t you want to carry out the operation? If you want to be discharged, just tell me anytime. The door to discharge is always open to you.”

[No, Colonel. Isn’t that different from what you just said?]

That’s why people say that kids these days are crazy. How did the regular army turn into mercenaries? The colonel just sighed. But his ability was too good to just drag him down and spin him around.

Ensign Roy Stern. He was promoted two ranks to captain, then demoted two ranks to second lieutenant.

In fact, he was demoted due to an incident of assaulting a civilian right before the confirmed promotion to major, and then demoted again due to an incident of illegally lifting the armored personnel carrier limit. After being demoted by two ranks, he was unable to pass the promotion review.

They say that eating jjambbam is filling, but what is this? Where does the problem start? Is a second lieutenant acting like a dog to a colonel? Even if you were promoted to a major, you are still clinging to the colonel?

What is the basic rule of being a soldier? Isn’t it to criticize when you have to? If you’re going to criticize every single thing, why did you become a soldier? If you’re going to do whatever you want, get promoted and give orders.

I tried to solve it all at once by gathering only capable people, but the unit ended up being overflowing with traitors. Thanks to that, the forward base is holding on, but it was too difficult to handle.

If they listened to orders, they would strip naked and turn everything inside out, but if they did that and gave orders, they would somehow get results, so all that would happen was for the hair follicles to grow longer.

Is this the reality of the United States Army? Are these guys who are slaughtering my hair roots the elite? The colonel was having all sorts of thoughts in that short moment.

“So-called. This is an order. Operation execution. Above.”

[We will execute the operation.]

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Ensign Roy Stern frowned as he cut off the radio.

This is why I was so worried about the future of the United States. If the Marines burst their stomachs, who would take care of the aftermath? From the Iraq War to Afghanistan, the job of covering up the stomachs that burst all over the place was the job of the Army dogs.

It was the same now. Those crazy kids can’t even retreat properly on time? I wonder what that guy’s mentality is. He probably said, ‘Perform the mission.’ and then blew it up. Big and strong.

Excluding World War II, has there ever been a war with 3,800 casualties in a month? Even the current situation is not a war, it is a rescue operation.

Didn’t you hear the information, whether it’s a monster or a stray? There’s a pack of monster rats. There are infected people. There’s a mutant. How much of a mess did you have to be to prepare for this after hearing this?

Do you not think so? If there are mice, there must be cats that eat them. Isn’t that obvious? What are cats? Aren’t there cats that are abundant in the neighborhood?

What about dogs? What if cats and dogs turned into monsters? What about other animals? Shouldn’t we think that it’s possible?

You’re looking for courtesy and rank after eating all that? What? You’re going to stay until the end? You’re a hero, you’re a real soldier.

“This is just fucking crazy.”

“Sir, shall we begin the lure operation?”

“Yeah. I clearly reported last time that the lure operation against the monsters wasn’t working, so just do it.”

“What can we do? We have to do it to save the Marines.”

“Who told you not to save me? Oh, man. I’m going to turn around. They said they were coming from over there, so 1st Platoon, follow me. 2nd Platoon, you piece of shit. Where did Lieutenant Roger Lung go?”

“It’s not Lung, it’s Lung, Lieutenant Stone.”

“I know. And it’s Stern, not Stone, sir.”

“Yes, sir.”

This kid? Ensign Roy Stern’s eyes turned cold. The sergeant lowered his head slightly and spoke.

“I’ll call Lieutenant Roger Long. Lieutenant Stern.”

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A tunnel made by digging through snow that had piled up over 5 meters.

In a corner of the barracks spread out on one side, a woman was typing on a laptop keyboard.

[···Location information 36.204824, 138.252924]

[??(check)]

[It is likely that Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Brown has the original source of the information.]

[An···(take care)]

[World PMC Director Yu confirmed. He is with his elite team.]

[?(process)]

[Roy Stern, the so-called inclusion room···]

“Ensign Roger Lung! Ensign Roy Stern is looking for you.”

At the sound of his superior’s voice coming from outside the barracks, the second lieutenant who had closed his laptop jumped to his feet.

“Go right now.”

“I will take care of the kids.”

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A large fist split the air. Boo-boo- The sound shook the air, and a loud roar erupted behind it.

Kwaaaaah! Kwaaaaah!! (Where are you! Come out!!)

Maru sat in the corner of the broken hallway, watching the mutant swing his fists in all directions. The blade was fine, whatever it was made of. But the handle was a problem.

Clunk-clunk-

There was some play in the handle, so it shook a little. It didn’t seem like much, but it made a big difference. I could cut cleanly, but it shook in the middle, so it cut dirty. And because of that, I had to apply more force.

‘I think it happened once last time too.’

I thought this problem would recur if the handle part was not reinforced separately.

‘They’re definitely stronger than those monster cats, but their agility and senses are far behind.’

The infected changed and became mutants. Even though they were different from humans, their characteristics themselves did not change. Things like walking on two legs or using their arms as their primary use were the same.

And another thing that was peculiar was that they started using tools.

The mutant who was punching everywhere. He took out a grenade from a pile of corpses on the floor. He fiddled around with it, pulled out the safety pin, and scattered it here and there.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Debris scattered in all directions with a loud bang. The mutant shouted again amidst the cloud of smoke.

Kwaaah! Kwaaah!! (Come out. Come out!!)

‘You’re doing all sorts of things. Are you even throwing grenades now?’

They say that eating brains and hearts increases intelligence, but does it get better this quickly? Those guys who couldn’t even turn a doorknob were changing too quickly.

The guy downstairs also carried a heavy machine gun. He hadn’t yet been able to change the magazine or barrel, but the fact that he was able to hold a gun and shoot was important. It meant that he knew what a gun was and that his intelligence had improved to the point where he could use it.

‘Let’s sort that out first.’

Maru, who had taken a breather, approached the mutant who was looking around while grumbling. The guy felt something and immediately kicked the air in front of him, then used that rotational force to turn his body and perform a backspin elbow.

Boohk- Boohk-

“Is it big?” (No?)

When he couldn’t feel anything in his limbs, the black blade was thrust into the temple of the mutant who was blinking his eyes as if he had difficulty understanding. The blade was thrust into the strong bone as if cutting a corn stalk.

Wow!

The moment I raised my arm to shake off what was stabbing my chest, the blade embedded in my chest moved to the side.

????????????—-

The blade, which had cut through the ribs and torn the hide, spun around and passed over the bastard’s neck.

!!!

The torso, with its heart pierced and its head missing, shuddered for a moment before collapsing.

Swaying- swaying- the space distorted and became transparent repeatedly until the hiding was broken.

“Oh really.”

After using it for 20~30 minutes continuously, the battery died in an instant. How did Charlotte’s bodyguards manage the battery… Did they have spare batteries? Or did they go to a shadowy place to reduce battery consumption?

‘I guess I need to charge it for a bit.’

30 minutes had passed long ago. Considering the gunshots and explosions heard from below, it seemed that Director Yu and the US Marines were still alive and well.

‘But why do these keep rising?’

Instead of rushing down to the bottom where the tasty prey is running wild, keep coming up to the empty 15th floor to find out what’s going on.

Maru entered the barricade and began charging his optical stealth robe.

‘It takes too long to buffer. Just writing briefly…? What are those guys doing?’

Just as straight lines appear to bend into curves when viewed through water droplets, there was something that looked like space was curved. A few things that weren’t even round water droplets were wandering around outside the barricade, looking for an entrance.

The space was warped, and when you went to a dark place, it was fine, but when you came out of the shadows, it was subtly noticeable. They seemed to know this, as they moved towards the shadows.

And three monster cats followed them. The transparent ones that were trying to enter the barricade hid themselves in the shadows as if they had noticed the cats.

Kyaaaaah!

Kyanyaaaa!

The cats, making noises as if they were talking to each other, scattered in all directions. Some came out of the shadows and became busy, as if trying to find a passage through the barricade.

As if aiming for that, the scattered cats suddenly appeared.

Kyaaaaah!

[Kill him!]

Peek peek peek peek!

A silenced submachine gun pounded the cats. These monstrous cats could even stop a proper assault rifle, so a submachine gun was no match for them.

Aaaah!

When it was scratched by its front paw, the hiding equipment split and the person inside it was torn apart as well. The cat chewed the head of the person who had fallen down after being scratched by its claws like it was eating a walnut, then licked its front paw and looked for its next prey.

[This monster!]

[asleep!!!]

Pada dadadak!

Then another person was bitten by a cat and sent flying through the air. As he bounced off the wall and lost his hiding power, the cats rushed at him and bit him. One person was torn to pieces alive in an instant.

[here!]

As they found an entrance inside the barricade, the swaying things gathered on one side and entered the ward with the entrance.

‘chinese?’

Why are Chinese kids here?

What if there were still US Marines here? Did you know?

Is the information leaking?

No, there was definitely a leak.

By the way. You came in here knowing that the escape operation was starting and that this place was empty? Why?

Maru checked the charge of his stealth robe. 11%? Could he use it for about 2~3 minutes? Maru stopped charging and headed to the corner wearing his stealth robe. With a ripple, Maru’s figure disappeared into thin air.

The water droplets that had entered the barricade crackled and went out like an electric light, revealing people.

“Damn it! It worked last time. How did those fucking monsters know?”

“Be quiet. They’re still out there.”

“Where did you say you hid the information?”

“Under the bed in room 1508.”

“Let’s get that back first.”

One man came out into the hallway and entered room 1508. He climbed onto the bed and began tearing at it with his sword.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

When an envelope came out from the second bed, it was a man who opened it. Inside the envelope were a tablet PC and documents. When I came back after organizing the data, the man who was operating the communicator asked.

“Did you find it?”

The man answered, handing over an envelope.

“Here. Satellite communication is still down?”

[Chijijijijik-]

“As you can see.”

“Have you seen the tablet information?”

“Not yet. Let me check now.”

As I turned on the tablet PC and entered the password, various documents and photos appeared on the screen.

“One of the last orders given was to kill World PMC Director Yu.”

“Here, they say we have to capture him alive?”

The situation was difficult. The data stated that Director Yoo had to be captured and taken away.

“This is it.”

“This is really difficult.”

“More than that, is this information true?”

“It’s hard to believe.”

There was a picture of a woman on the tablet screen. She looked to be in her 40s. She didn’t have much makeup on. The long scar on her face was impressive.

And in the next picture, she definitely looked younger than the first. Did she put on makeup? No, she didn’t. The scar was still visible. If she had put on makeup, it would have covered the scar.

The photos continued. The photos showed her looking younger every day. And the last photo showed the face of a woman who looked so young that she could be in her early 30s or late 20s.

“This is driving me crazy.”

“I agree.”

If I eliminate this woman as I was first ordered to do? I had to admit that I didn’t get this information. If one person opened their mouth, the rest would be finished. Even though they were deployed together for the operation, it was difficult to completely trust each other. Their hometowns were different, and they were in different units.

How much is this woman worth?

What would the old party cadres think if they saw this material? What if they captured this woman as this material says?

Life will change.

The men who exchanged glances nodded simultaneously.

“Capture him.”

“Tell the 2nd and 3rd divisions to capture him alive.”

Pishuk-

The neck and arms of the man who was sending the message using the short-range transmitter fell to the floor.

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