Rust - Chapter 185



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RUST -185

A shadow moving slowly with a low laugh.

“How did you know?”

The shadows that had melted into the darkness were difficult to see with the eyes.

But that guy couldn’t see this way either······

Chijijik- ti-ti-

The battery, which was said to have about 10% remaining, suddenly dropped to 1%, and Maru’s hiding power slowly began to break.

“······You’re feeding me candy. Huh?”

Because it’s ridiculous.

“Hey, old man. What should I do? It looks like the battery has gone out.”

Kick.

“Now you can see clearly, but I can’t see you.”

Maru, who had been listening with one ear and letting it out the other, twirled his arm around. Judging from the soreness in his arm, it seemed like he had overdone it using human wave tactics even though he had said to go easy.

Wouldn’t it be better to put in a neutralizer before it overheats? I wouldn’t use it unless it’s really necessary, and there’s no guarantee that there’s only one of those guys.

Maru put his hand into his coat, took out the neutralizer, and slowly put it on his thigh. His slightly aching and hot limbs felt refreshed.

“From now on, it’s all your fault?”

“······.”

“The old man told me to just send it, so I tried to send it. It’s true.”

He said that if he just lets the old man go, the Chinese kids will turn around and chase him, the American kids will go crazy, and the old man will shit himself like that. Everyone will be happy.

“I really had high expectations after seeing the old man wield a sword. He’s good at cutting monsters, but is he really good at cutting people? You know, the character that’s good at killing monsters but sucks at PVP. The old man wouldn’t be that kind of character, would he?”

“Hey. Stop squeezing. Who told you to?”

The shadow was not in place. It was moving quite quickly.

“If that clueless old man had just quietly left, that would have been fine. But if he keeps begging me to stab him like this, I can’t just let him go.”

“Are you going?”

The shadow that had been moving in a zigzag pattern flinched slightly.

“Hey, hey, hey, old man. You’re really so clueless.”

‘Even if you knew that, you should have kept your mouth shut.’

The bastard’s presence disappeared with a small muttering sound.

?!

Even the murderous intent that had been stabbing him as if he was looking straight at his opponent had evaporated cleanly.

Literally out of your senses? What the heck, you little shit?

There was a guy like this?

You said there were thirty-five people whose abilities had increased?

A heart that pounded for a moment.

My heartbeat quickened as if I was remembering an old lover I had forgotten about.

Because of a sense of crisis?

Or are you just happy that a guy who’s worth slicing suddenly pops up unexpectedly?

Who would know something like that?

Srrrrrrrrrr-

First, let’s trim that kid’s ears.

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Srrrrrrrrrr-

An old man who slowly draws his sword.

‘You’re so cool.’

Kick

Before the laughter could stop, the old man disappeared from sight.

A feeling of suffocation. A feeling of something weighing on me…

The dark world turned white.

Nakasone Ryusei did not believe in salvation.

Even though his third year of middle school graduation was approaching, he wasn’t happy at all. His small body and weak physical strength meant he couldn’t graduate.

As his family was being controlled by his enemies, Ryusei also had to suffer from invisible bullying. The bullying continued even though he was attending a prestigious private middle school. What was even more terrifying was that he ended up going to high school with them.

Because of the unique escalator method of advancement, most students went straight from kindergarten to elementary school, middle school, and high school. If the situation had been better, they might have chosen to study abroad, even as an escape.

But with the outbreak of COVID-19, discussions about studying abroad became a thing of the past, and Ryusei found himself on an escalator from which he could not escape.

I don’t know if it was because of the bullying or the medical staff’s mistake, but I ended up getting two shots that other kids would get once. After that, I got a high fever and body aches, and my body changed. No, to be exact, my body was the same, but my strength and agility changed.

Strong and fast. My body moved as if I was a gymnast. I couldn’t resist the impulse. I couldn’t suppress my desire for revenge. I hit, beat, and trampled the bullies according to my instincts.

As I watched them rain, my heart felt empty for a moment, but then my face started to age rapidly. Wrinkles appeared and my skin started to sag. The unknown cause of the physical enhancement brought about an unknown cause of premature aging.

At that terrible moment, a great disaster occurred. A world had arrived where there was no need to endure. It was okay to stab, beat, and rape as you pleased.

He wanted to live his life to the fullest since he would soon grow old and die anyway, but the infected appeared and mutations arose. Monsters that ate people’s brains and hearts, giant rats, cats and dogs. Ryuusei overcame the threat of death with his enhanced physical abilities and was able to make it to the Donohwan Hospital.

In a time when I was living without hope or a future, I met Kiriko Kadama.

Yes. At that moment, Nakasone Ryusei found salvation.

‘That face. That movement. It’s not normal.’

‘Do you want to live?’

‘Do you want to fix it?’

The Gadama family said they had a medicine that would restore an aging body. A pink medicine. They don’t have it now, but if they build a base and re-secure the research facility, they could produce it.

Flash—–

In a split second, what Ryusei saw was a kaleidoscope of events.

The white time changed back to its original dark night.

Death was right next to me, flying in from somewhere, anytime, anywhere.

??????????????????

Ugh- ah-ahhhh—-

I felt like my vocal cords were going to tear.

Die. No.

No. Here. I.

Like this···

My whole body felt like it was on fire. It felt like my whole body was burning.

My joints creaked and my eyelids felt like they were being torn apart by the air.

Ah? Ah—Ah—

Move! Move!! Faster!!

Damage eeeeeeeeeeeee—–

Buhwaaaaaaaah!

Ryusei moved just like his name suggests.

Ryuusei twisted his body as if he was falling like a meteor, his eyes flashing.

‘It’s empty. The body.’

I could see a gap after cutting.

All I had to do was stick a knife into the old man’s empty torso and it was over.

Now that you’ve avoided death, it’s time to strike it down.

‘I won.’

Ryusei stabbed his right arm into Maru’s torso.

Shove it in, drive it in, tear it and tear it apart. Die!!!

uh?

Eerie – Something caught Ryusei’s eye as he threw his body back in a cold and chilling feeling and stepped back. Back. Back.

A hand tightly gripping the knife taken from an American soldier. A familiar arm. Red blood was seeping out from the cleanly cut section starting from the shoulder.

ah?

CHIZZIZZIK – A crackling electrical noise was heard from the severed concealment equipment.

ah?!

A cold pain ran up my shoulder.

Aaaahhhhhhhh!

“My arm. My arm. My arm!”

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Maru sighed as he looked at the guy rolling around in the snow.

I was going to start by cutting off one ear, but the puppy suddenly started moving faster, so I ended up using some strength along with it.

‘If I had gone a little further to the side, I would have broken it in half.’

‘I was surprised that the kid got so fast.’

I tried to find an opening and struggle to get my ear off this time. I don’t know if he noticed it or not, but he ran away and looked like this.

“Ahhhhh! Arm! My arm! My arm···”

“Keep quiet and stop the bleeding. We have a lot to talk about seriously. Are you going to just struggle like that and disappear in an instant?”

How is the situation going right now? Even if I die, I will tell you a story and not die.

Maru slowly walked towards Ryuusei. Ryuusei’s eyes were filled with venom as he struggled to get away from Maru.

“Eww. I’m gonna kill you! I’m gonna kill you!! I’m gonna kill you!!!”

“······.”

The syringe in Ryusei’s left hand, taken secretly while rolling.

The moment the syringe containing the clear liquid was about to be inserted into Ryusei’s nape, a long black line stretched out.

??????????????????

Dungsil. Ryusei’s head and his left hand holding the syringe rose into the air at the same time.

“Okay. Just go.”

The ownerless arm and the disembodied head floated into the white snow field.

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Tukakakakakak!

Chain guns swept the front. Human wave tactics are tactics, and there were people wearing stealth equipment here and there, so it was precarious. Fortunately, the firearms squad and reconnaissance squad that were stuck in the middle were guarding the retreat route.

[Absolutely disgusting.]

As if it were truly terrifying, a red dot was rapidly approaching Kim Yang’s HUD as she replaced the box magazine.

Beep- beep beep beep beep-

‘It’s fast?’

It was too fast. Kim Yang prepared to fire grenades and fire machine guns, then took an attack stance.

‘huh?’

It was Baekjeong. But why aren’t you using a hiding device? Did the battery die?

“What happened?”

[The ones who arrived 30 minutes ago were the last ones.]

“They didn’t nitpick?”

[?]

“Ah. I was accused of being the commander’s assassin. All the kids in the dormitory were in chaos. We were attacked right after that.”

[Are you okay?]

Not Baekjeong, but those kids over there. Miss Kim was serious.

“It was fine when I got out, but how many people came this way?”

[47 people. 58 people including 11 injured, no problem walking.]

That was fortunate.

Should I say that it was worth the effort or should I say that I’m finally getting this after all the hard work? Why is it like this when I come to Japan?

“Then let’s go right away. This is so annoying.”

[You don’t go when the sun rises?]

“No, let’s just go. It seems like everyone who was supposed to come has arrived since the city has become quiet.”

[···Okay, I understand.]

“And among the refugees, there are some strange ones. People whose abilities have improved. Weren’t there any of them?”

[He didn’t come.]

Miss Kim tilted her head.

“There was one creepy kid who joined the Gadama family. But if you consider that all the refugees joined them, then you should assume that the 35 people with increased abilities joined them as well. If they had escaped without joining, they would have come here to the escape route, so I asked just in case.”

[?]

“Ah- not 35, now 34.”

I don’t know what they’re talking about, but I heard that Ms. Kim had been reduced to 34. So that means they’ve cut down another one. That’s it.

[huh.]

Maru thought so at Kim Yang’s late reply. After taking the neutralizer, his condition was not bad, but he was starting to feel tired.

And so the march toward the port began.

Kim Yang moved from the front, and Maru moved from the back.

Several times. The pursuit party with stealth equipment came after us, but they couldn’t escape Maru’s senses. After handing over a few new stealth equipment, the pursuit became less frequent. It’s not that they gave up on the pursuit, but rather that they knew that you had to go.

[1 hour away.]

Kim Yang, who had come closer, spoke while looking at the sea spread out below the mountainside.

“Any traces of people?”

[plenty.]

Certainly, the further north you went, the more survivors there were.

“And monsters too?”

[There are no monsters.]

“That’s strange.”

[?]

If there were a lot of people, there would be a lot of monsters, right? Is it only Tokyo and its vicinity that the monster mutations are occurring? Maru checked the area near the dock with binoculars.

There were no traces of people on the empty dock, but in what appeared to be a city area, and judging by the smoke rising from the rooftops of tall buildings, it seemed that quite a few people were still alive.

“Sergeant. Can you communicate?”

“As things stand, the radio is noisy, but it’s possible.”

The aftereffects of the volcanic eruption had not completely disappeared. The only consolation was that things got better the higher you went.

“How far will it go?”

“Right now, it’s 7 to 10 km.”

It’s short. If the transport ship was out at sea, there was no way around it.

“Satellite communication doesn’t work?”

“You’re dead.”

“Let’s send a signal first. Let’s go down.”

He said there would be a transport ship waiting, but there wasn’t. Hopefully it wasn’t too far out to sea. Led by Kim Yang, a force of 60 men headed toward the port.

As we approached the port, we could see people moving around on the rooftops of buildings that were sticking out here and there. Smoke could be seen in the distance. Those on the rooftops must have noticed us, as they lit up smoke bombs to indicate an emergency rescue.

As a wisp of red smoke rose, the procession hurried towards the port, ignoring the smoke rising here and there. Whether it was rescue or checking the situation, it was something to be done after arriving at the port.

“It’s a signal!”

[-chik? Chijijik—]

Everyone became tense as the radio operator’s voice kept repeating the transmission.

“I got the signal!

A static-tinged sound began to be heard on the radio, which had been dead.

[–Chijiji? Where is this? Transport ship. SS Nolan—]

The soldiers cheered.

“Yeah!!!”

“I survived!”

“thank you.”

“mother-”

Maru and Kim Yang became heroes.