Rust - Chapter 189



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RUST -189

Maru put down his spoon.

This was already the third noodle restaurant that Kim Yang said was really delicious.

Of course, if you were to say it was tasteless, that wasn’t the case. If you divide it into ‘there is taste’ and ‘there isn’t taste’, it would be more on the ‘there is’ side, but if you were to say, was it really tasteful? That’s a bit of a stretch. It’s a taste that’s hard to answer right away.

Slurp slurp

Kim Yang, who was eating the special noodle soup in an instant, looked at Maru’s expression and frowned.

“How is it?”

“It’s okay.”

At Maru’s half-hearted answer, “Here. One more bowl for special.” Ms. Kim, who was about to order, stood up. That’s right, then let’s take her to the 4th secret local restaurant, the local restaurant that Newtuber Max also talked about.

Baekjeong was the type of person who couldn’t eat ordinary food. He liked thick and rich soups, not clean ones.

A local old restaurant. A place that serves traditional dishes. Yes. I want a place where they put a lot of jeongguji in it and eat it. Is that what you mean? Ms. Kim quickly caught a taxi.

“Are you going to the noodle restaurant again?”

“This time, it’s for real. We’re going to a really surprising local noodle restaurant.”

Maru replied with a tired face to Kim Yang’s words.

“Let’s just eat meat. This is already our third noodle restaurant.”

“I like pork soup better than pork. This time, it’s a real local restaurant. An old restaurant.”

Didn’t you say that the first restaurant you went to was really delicious?

Even if this wasn’t the first house, it was Ms. Kim who suggested that they go to another house.

“What pig soup restaurant are you upset about? Let’s have ribs. Korean beef. Two-up.”

“Topple? Korean beef?”

“Okay. Choose. Would you like pork bone soup? Or Korean beef tofu?”

As soon as Maru’s question fell, she quickly spoke to the taxi driver.

“Sir. This is the main branch of Charcoal Grilled Sosaiso.”

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Two-ply Hanwoo ribs were placed on top of the charcoal grill.

Cheeeeeeek-

Kim Yang’s crying figure through the blazing smoke.

“?”

Maru’s expression changed mysteriously as he met Kim Yang’s eyes while she happily ate ribs.

The charcoal-grilled beef restaurant that Kim Yang took me to was delicious. So much so that it could be compared to the restaurant where I unintentionally filmed a mukbang while running away from Seoul.

But why were the pig soup restaurants that I took you to, saying they were delicious, like that? Can’t all three pig soup restaurants have such strange tastes? Even the first restaurant had a really strange taste. The second restaurant had a strange taste.

Ms. Kim, who is holding out properly cooked ribs in front of the table.

‘Huh- What are you thinking about when you have a Hanwoo top in front of you? Put your thoughts aside and just eat it.’ The look in his eyes said. Maru picked up the ribs without realizing it.

well-

It was definitely delicious.

Kim Yang glanced at Maru and pressed the bell softly.

“Here, add three more servings of ribs.”

Yeah- Yeah-

The text message Hood had sent came to mind along with the sound of his phone vibrating.

[Charlotte CCTV footage has started to spread elsewhere. World Group and Crystal are responding.]

[Unlike the original, this video only shows the Japanese changing and beating the bulletproof wall. It also shows the escape scene.]

[Just now, we mobilized PMC personnel from Seoul World Headquarters and dispatched them to Busan, and Incheon Crystal is also moving a large number of personnel to Busan. The goal is to secure the Japanese who escaped.]

[President Charlotte Shim and her party. They were confirmed to have booked a KTX flight from Busan to Seoul at 7:15 PM.]

Texts from Hood continued to arrive intermittently. Maru frowned at the ambiguous time it overlapped with the KTX to Seoul.

‘7:15 pm?’

The previous time was sold out, so I just chose the earliest time remaining, and it just so happened to be that time.

“Eat slowly.”

“Didn’t you say there wasn’t much time left until the KTX departure?”

“Cancel that and move on to the next one.”

“?”

‘Why?’

“We’re working with Chairman Sim Eun-young. The security guards will be walking around. You stand out a bit.”

“?”

‘Me? Aren’t I ordinary? Well, whatever.’

It was Ms. Kim who nodded and started to grab the ribs.

Why did they say they were taking the KTX instead of a private helicopter or a car? In any case, it was obvious that the people attached to them would be checking all around for Chairman Shim’s safety.

[I found traces of my friend. A month ago, he was holding a large bouquet of flowers in front of the cultural center where a piano concert was being held.]

A short video followed. Even the blurry CCTV footage showed Ki-sun looking nervous and awkward. It seemed like he had gone to Naru’s concert.

[No trace of whereabouts can be found after entering.]

Maru’s complexion darkened.

[What does it mean that the traces have been lost?]

[Among the CCTVs, the internal CCTV that operates as a closed circuit cannot be confirmed, so we cannot search further in that direction.]

Internal CCTV? Closed circuit?

[Are you saying that if you went outside in a car that was in the indoor parking lot, you wouldn’t know?]

[Yes.]

A car in the underground parking lot? Did he take someone else’s car? The only person who would know was Naru.

Who would have given the bouquet? It would have been to Naru. Either way, it was certain that Naru had met Gisun. So I had to talk to Naru.

When I thought of my younger brother, the words Naru had said seemed to come back to me. If I told him about the things that had happened so far, what would he say?

‘See, you’re going to go around slicing people anyway.’

‘Are you killing people because you like them now?’

‘How long are you going to live like this?’

Sure, it will definitely happen.

‘If Kisun finds a puppy, she’ll be the first to go.’

Maru suppressed the irritation that was rising in him.

‘First of all, the priority is to find the person who carried Ki-soon or the car she was in.’

Who is it?

At that moment, a voice came to mind.

‘Yes! Chairman Nao Jin’s only daughter, Na Ju Hyun! When did Ojin Pharmaceutical become Ojin Group?… If you go out with Joo Hyun, you’ll be protected by the security guards there, so it’s okay.’

Naju Hyun and her security guards must have been there at the concert, right? In the first place, if you want to hold a concert, you need someone to look after you. Naru isn’t a world-class pianist, so wouldn’t it cost money to rent the venue and all?

Maru sent a text to Hood.

[Ohjin Pharmaceutical. Please check the Ohjin Group. In particular, please check the buildings, places, and vehicles related to the only daughter, Na Ju-hyeon.]

[It will take a long time to check the places you previously asked me to look for at the same time.]

[Stop exploring the area for a moment and check it out before and after the concert.]

[···Okay, and there’s a news flash just now. I think you should check it out.]

When I opened the file Hood had sent, a huge headline caught my eye.

‘Japan. Did you deceive the US and choose China?’

‘Uncovering Japanese Government Secret Documents. What is Japan’s hidden intention behind the US-Japan alliance?’

‘There is evidence of collusion between Japan and China in the confidential documents secured by the rescue team.’

‘Chinese spokesperson. Incredible statement. Japan is the evil culprit of the Nanjing Massacre. Collusion is impossible. Strong opposition. Immediate response is unusual.’

‘Where is the unidentified force that engaged the rescue team?’

‘Is it true that there was a clash with the Chinese military?’

‘Controversy over the spread of video showing the US rescue team as a slaughter unit.’

‘A video of the US military massacre of Japanese civilians was uploaded to NewTube, and protests poured in for NewTube to delete the video.’

‘China. The truth about the US military must be revealed. Were the US troops sent to rescue? Or were they sent to plunder? The US’s inhumane plundering of Japan must stop.’

‘America. Will not tolerate insults. Considering additional economic regulations.’

It wasn’t like this until yesterday, but in an instant, the situation started to flow strangely.

[I think you’d better come back as soon as possible. The carrier strike group has departed for Guam. It looks like a lot of bombers have also moved to Guam.]

Suddenly, a carrier battle group with bombers? Are you trying to wipe out all the monsters in Japan? There are also survivors, and bombing is impossible because of the volcanic ash. Is it to pressure China?

[Please try your best to find it.]

[Okay, then let’s check it out, focusing on the Ojin group and their daughter.]

After I finished talking to Hood, I suddenly felt hungry.

I was a bit tired, maybe because I was stressed and nervous.

Okay, let’s eat and cheer up.

I picked up my chopsticks and looked at the grill.

An empty grill.

Maru’s chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

“······.”

“······.”

Gulp, gulp – Ms. Kim swallowed hard and quietly rang the bell.

“Here, add five more servings of ribs.”

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Ashen city.

February in Japan is when the weather starts to get warmer. Except for Hokkaido and the northern part of the country, it is a time when most of the country becomes noticeably warmer.

But the gray city was frozen solid. The snow that had piled up over 6 meters showed no sign of melting, and only gray snow continued to pile up.

“This is a search party.”

“They told me to come in.”

As Kiriko Kadama spoke, people came in carrying a stretcher. Her gaze turned to the stretcher.

“We found the body of Nakasone Ryusei.”

He wasn’t the kind of person who would die so easily, so why did he die? Kiriko crossed her legs.

He was a man with a great desire to live. He would kill thousands of innocent people if it meant saving his own life, and he had the ability to do so.

Speed ​​and concealment

Instantaneous speed was top-notch among those with the ability. On top of that, the ability to conceal one’s presence. When the concealment ability was added to the stealth equipment used by Chinese special forces, the presence literally disappeared.

That’s why the enemy fighting him couldn’t do anything when Ryuusei disappeared right before his eyes and had no choice but to die with his eyes open. But then Ryuusei died?

“Open it!”

The old man said when he came.

Swish- As the covering cloth was removed, a dismembered corpse was revealed. The old man’s eyes gleamed menacingly as he looked at the corpse.

The old man walked briskly toward the stretcher carrying the body without saying a word and picked up the severed arm. The old man’s beard trembled as he stared intently at the cut section.

“It’s him.”

“yes?”

“?”

Kiriko and others couldn’t understand. Regardless, the old man’s voice grew louder.

“It’s him. Oni. He’s the one who killed Ryusei.”

To the madness of the old man, one said:

“If you are talking about the knife-wielding mercenary, he succeeded in creating discord among the American soldiers. I saw the American soldiers attacking him with my own eyes.”

“So? Did he kill the American soldier?”

“······.”

The bastard did not fight back even though the US military attacked him, but fled. They should have been at odds with each other, but they didn’t, so the attempt to sow discord was a failure.

“Or did the American soldiers kill him?”

“······.”

There was no way a guy with concealment equipment could have been caught. Above all, the US military was unable to pursue him because the Chinese special forces surrounded and raided the US military quarters.

Ryusei killed the escaping American soldiers with his sword, and also killed the Chinese soldiers pursuing them with his sword, in an attempt to make both the American and Chinese soldiers resent the swordsman who used concealment equipment.

If he incurred the animosity of the two great nations, he would have nowhere to go. He wanted to make it so that he could not leave Japan. That is why he tried to recruit Kiriko Kadama, and he tried to kill the old man Shinta Kadama.

“Grandpa. Why on earth are you trying to kill me like that? If you’re the kind of person that Grandpa calls Oni, aren’t you a capable person? A man who could kill Ryuusei.”

“He is a demon in human skin.”

The sharp pupils of his eyes turned blurry for a moment. The old man threw Ryusei’s severed arm, which he was holding, into the air, and swung his sword. The arm, which had hardened like a piece of wood, was cut into pieces.

The old man held out the shoulder part that the bastard had cut off and the arm part that he had just cut off. Kiriko sighed inwardly at the sight of him looking as if he was asking her to examine the cross-section.

It wasn’t good. Even though it was a corpse, it was the corpse of a subordinate who had the same dream. And to cut it up in front of so many people.

“Look.”

“······.”

It was the same. It was just a cleanly cut cross-section.

“again.”

“······.”

What the hell do you want me to see?

Kiriko wondered if it was time to seriously consider the succession. Her great-uncle’s children were not capable at the moment. Her father’s survival was uncertain, and her younger sister was young.

Now that the family was in an unprecedented crisis, he had to do his best to save it. There was no reason for him to be looking at a severed arm and asking questions like this.

The moment he was about to say a word, a trace caught Kiriko’s eye. There was a diagonal line running along the cross-section of his grandfather’s severed arm.

In contrast, the cut he made was a vertical cut of the blade, meaning he had simply cut down from top to bottom, like slicing tofu.

It looked like it had been cut by a giant press rather than cut by a sword.

Cut from top to bottom.

It was a trace that could only be seen that way. Kiriko was embarrassed. Is this possible? The old man showed his teeth and chuckled, perhaps noticing Kiriko’s embarrassment.

“If he runs wild in the city, do you think you can stop him?”

“Anyone can become an oni. The moment you become an oni, you forget that you are human.”

“They call you an oni because you have forgotten humans!”

The voice of an old man who is getting a little excited.

“He has already become unhuman! His aura. His ferocity. It’s all unhuman! But you’re going to persuade him? With what? With what, an oni? With what? If he holds his sword upside down? Before he completely changes. Before the oni becomes stronger, you must kill him. As long as he’s not Japanese, you must kill him!”

The old man threw the piece of Ryusei’s arm he was holding onto to the floor and pulled out his sword.

“Revenge!”

“We must kill Oni!”

“For the reconstruction of Great Japan! Let’s kill the devilish British and American people!”

“Oooh- let’s kill him!”

“plural-”

“Let’s kill the devil, Youngmi!”

“For Great Japan-”

People responding to the old man’s cries.

Everyone seemed to have become simple. What if they were excited and wanted revenge now? Still, there were many who followed that kind of grandfather.

Kiriko closed her eyes. It didn’t seem like it was time to inherit the family line yet.

The Great Disaster will definitely cause cataclysms. Powerful people were emerging. Animals were changing. There are only a few types now, but what if more insects, animals, and even plants were changing?

The world we knew until now will become meaningless.

A new ecosystem will unfold in the world, and a new order will cover the world. And for the Kadama family to stand tall at the top. For Great Japan and the people of Great Japan to stand. They had to endure and overcome this pain.

We had to find the cause of the mutation and actively utilize it. Before any other country. However, with almost all of the facilities on the mainland destroyed, the only place where research facilities and data remained intact was the Japanese company Charlotte on the peninsula. As a company that grew up with the name of Japan, it should devote itself to rebuilding Japan.

Either willingly or by force.

Kiriko sent the strongest card she had to Charlotte.

Ryusei’s older brother, Nakasone Heisei. The one who tries to revive the Nakasone family that is beginning to decline. That desperation will capture Charlotte.

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[This train departs from Busan Station and is a KTX train heading to Seoul···]

The power of the two-toned Hanwoo was truly powerful. Even the nod of Kim Yang’s head as he looked around was lively.

“Stop being so crazy and just close your eyes and go to sleep.”

“Sleep.”

Miss Kim volunteered to be on night watch.

“Even if you sleep right away, you’ll only get 2 hours and 30 to 40 minutes. I might have to go out all day tomorrow, so why don’t you just get some shut-eye?”

“It’s okay.”

Even though I ate a hearty Korean beef stew, all I could do was sleep.

I am weak.

You’re getting old.

Huh- How pitiful.

The spirit of Hanwoo will shed tears of blood.

Maru closed his eyes to avoid Kim Yang’s gaze that was full of something.

How long did you sleep?

[···The train ahead··· 19:15. Accident on KTX from Busan to Seoul···]

Maru, who was sleeping soundly, turned his head.

“Huh? What is it? Why is the atmosphere like this? What are you talking about?”

“They said there was an accident with the train that departed ahead.”

Train accident?

In front… the train that Chairman Sim Eun-young rode?