Rust - Chapter 194



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RUST -194

Maru suddenly wondered what this was.

You said you were going to look for it, but you’re suddenly canceling my resident registration. Does that have anything to do with finding Gisoon?

“What are you talking about?”

There were three main reasons for the deletion.

‘Resident report (unauthorized relocation) cancellation’ reported by the family when a person runs away from home or goes missing, ‘family register report (death) cancellation’ processed when a person dies, and ‘unauthorized relocation ex officio cancellation’ carried out by administrative agencies when the fact of ‘absence from residence’ is confirmed through complaints from third parties such as creditors’ agencies.

I knew that it was an automatic cancellation of a transfer without permission, because I had experienced it when Marune’s house went bankrupt. But, there’s no way that would happen to Gisoon, right?

According to administrative records, Ki-sun was a Korean. He dug up his Japanese identity and used it to create an American identity, but his Korean identity was still intact.

Even if he had been in Japan and spent a long time in the US, there was no way that Ki-sun’s half-siblings would have reported him missing or running away. At the moment of his death, Ki-sun’s entire share was to be returned to society.

What if all the considerable amount of stocks that Ki-soon had were returned to society? In the current situation where management rights are going to go to someone, it would be a headache if a large amount of stocks were released.

If the disappearance/runaway status was not cancelled, the only thing left was the cancellation of the death report.

Are you saying this indirectly because it’s hard to say that he’s dead?

He’s dead?

Kisoon?

A murderous spirit that slowly blossoms.

A deep murderous aura rose up, so red that it almost looked black.

An illusion as if an immaterial life force has become real.

Sim Eun-young, the bodyguard, and Kim Yang froze for a moment.

Hiccup- Hiccup-

Miss Kim started hiccuping.

‘in action.’

‘Move.’

Chairman Shim’s twin bodyguards couldn’t move either. They couldn’t move from their spot as if they were under the curse of petrification. The thought of blocking with death. Their heads kept telling them to block it, but their bodies weren’t listening to their heads.

Sim Eun-young took a deep breath. She was out of breath. It felt like an invisible hand was squeezing her heart. She was just angry, but this happened?

Sim Eun-young raised her voice, putting strength into her lower abdomen.

“Don’t get me wrong, it’s literally just an eraser.”

“······.”

“As you might have guessed, the family register was deleted due to death. As you know, in order to delete due to death, the bereaved family must report it or a separate procedure is required. However, since the deletion was done without contacting the bereaved family, the Ki-sun family raised the issue, wondering if it was an administrative error.”

Maru responded to Sim Eun-young’s voice, which was like a scream. At the same time, the thing that was squeezing his heart disappeared as if it were an illusion.

Hiccup- Hiccup-

Only Kim Yang’s hiccupping sound told her that it was not an illusion but reality. The twins quickly moved to either side of Sim Eun-young. They couldn’t walk properly because their legs were trembling.

“You brought up the issue in Ki-soon’s family?”

“Yes. No matter how you look at it, Mr. Ki-sun’s deletion seems problematic.”

Due to the spread of COVID-19 and its variants, cremation of the body as quickly as possible was recommended. Deaths could be reported if certain conditions were met, and since even rapid cremation was recommended, the process was quick.

Even taking that into account, it was not impossible to contact the bereaved family, so it was impossible for the agent to cancel the resident registration.

“In particular, as the circumstances of Mr. Ki-sun’s assets being smuggled abroad have emerged, there has been considerable opposition from Mr. Ki-sun’s bereaved family.”

“It seems like a situation where someone might think that Ki-sun was killed and her property was stolen.”

Maru’s answer. As the feeling of being alive began to rise again, it was Sim Eun-young who quickly answered.

“It could be seen that after Mr. Ki-sun settled his assets, he faked his death by sending a proxy.”

under-

Maru’s sigh – With a low sigh, the heavy air returned to normal.

‘Damn bastard.’ I thought Sim Eun-young’s words made sense. If he had faked his death, he would have ignored any contact so that no one would be caught.

“If Mr. Ki-sun intentionally revealed his own death and hid his body, then it would be a bad idea to search for him. I don’t know what happened, but it means that it is serious enough to warrant faking his death.”

“Isn’t there a chance that someone killed and erased Gisun?”

“I think it’s more likely that it was done by Ki-sun. If someone killed Ki-sun, there would be no reason to erase it, which would cause so many problems as it is now.”

Chairman Shim had no choice but to say that Ki-sun was alive. At first, he was going to say something like, ‘She was erased. So there’s a chance that she’s dead. Let’s prepare ourselves mentally,’ but that wasn’t the case.

Even if he was actually dead, he had to at least say that he was alive. I didn’t have the confidence to say things like it was too late or that he was already dead in front of Maru.

‘What the heck···.’

At the time of the KTX terrorist attack, I could only guess what happened because I was inside a semi-transparent protective shield. When I saw the scars on the KTX train, I thought this wasn’t right, and I thought it would be cleaner to just destroy the evidence, but that wasn’t the problem.

‘Superpowers?’

It was more like something out of a superpower. They say that dogs and monkeys that encounter tigers sometimes die of heart attacks, and when I think about what just happened, it really was like that.

Sweat dripped down Sim Eun-young’s cheeks as she took shallow breaths.

‘I was outside the normal category before, but now···.’

I could feel the twin bodyguards tense up. The silence that came for a moment.

Yeah- Yeah-

The sound of the phone vibrating. Maru took the phone out of his pocket.

[It is true that traces of him were cut off at the headquarters of the Ojin Group. Since that day, he has not been found on any CCTV within his radius of action.]

So it was one of two things.

Either the Ojin group reported Ki-soon’s death or they reported her death to avoid being tracked after she escaped.

The quickest way to find out what was going on was to go to the Ojin group and ask them.

“Can I get a good knife here?”

Maru said, unsheathing the sword at his waist and holding it out.

“I caught some tough guys recently.”

The weather was bad and the handle was shaking too…

Sim Eun-young nodded slightly and asked.

“What do you plan to do?”

“I guess I’ll have to go and check.”

Sim Eun-young closed her eyes at Maru’s answer, which was as casual as if he was going for a walk.

It seemed as if the smell of rusty iron was rising thickly.

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‘Please try to stop it.’

Sim Eun-young stared blankly at Kim Yang, who was desperately winking at her. Chairman Sim stared blankly and blinked, and Kim Yang became angry.

‘Pretend not to know? Pretend not to know in these times?’

You don’t even give gold bars and don’t even talk to Baekjeong, you just ignore him? What do you know how to do? You just say stupid things and make Baekjeong mad.

Isn’t that right? If you had just said something like, ‘I couldn’t find it,’ or ‘I need more time,’ things wouldn’t have turned out like this.

He said he would search hard, or that he would tell me when he found out, and he had so much to say, but of all the things he said, he had to say them. Isn’t that why Baekjeong turned his back on him? And then he said he would try to sort things out by releasing the theory that Gisoon had made up her life.

‘I misjudged the person. When I saw him in Busan, I thought he had some sense.’

At that time, I thought he was someone who would take care of the gold and have a reasonable conversation, but he wasn’t. Despite Kim Yang’s fierce gaze, Sim Eun-young’s face said, “What kind of gaze is that? I don’t know anything.”

‘Look at that. That. You know it all.’

Miss Kim glared, but Chairman Shim responded with a blink.

Sim Eun-young felt suffocated as she looked at Kim Yang, who was glaring.

If I had used a hand signal, there was a risk of being caught by Maru. So I chose a short message signal using the blink of an eye. I created a number code using Morse code and a short password corresponding to it.

Blink blink- stare-

(delay operation)

Blink blink- stare-

(To kill time)

Even though I blinked hard, Kim Yang’s expression worsened. Why can’t I understand? Since Kim Yang was a member of World Group Killer, she should know how to use short message signals.

First, I had to calm Maru down. If I go in with a knife and cut them all up, what happens then? Are we going to blow up the Ojin Group building?

After the KTX incident, the anti-terrorism unit was always on standby. The Capital Defense Command was also on alert, so it was right to calm down and prepare step by step.

Blink blink- stare-

(Time to kill time!)

You’ve been hanging out with Maru for a long time, so you’re close. You have to buy time. You’re the only one who can stop him. Stop him!

No matter what the two people were doing with their eyes, Maru did what he had to do.

[If I give a signal, can you block the Ojin Group building from the outside?]

[It is possible. You can hack the control room and lower the blocking shutters, but it is not possible to completely block them. In particular, since parts such as the emergency exit can be operated manually, it is physically difficult to maintain the blocking for a long time.]

There was no way around it.

[Communication? I need to block both the internet and phone.]

[It is possible in a short period of time.]

[how much?]

[I think 10 minutes might be possible.]

Could you turn off the internet and phone for 10 minutes? That would be enough time. Maru looked at the design of the Ojin Group building. There was definitely something strange about it.

The strangest part was the underground space. According to the design drawings, there were only 8 underground floors. Most of the underground space was used as a parking lot.

But as Hood pointed out after reviewing the blueprints, the elevator was the problem.

It was a 50-story building, 42 floors above ground and 8 floors underground, but two of the elevators I went into were 60-floor elevators. That meant there was a hidden place that wasn’t shown in the building blueprint. In the basement.

What if Kisoon was trapped underground?

Getting in was a problem, but the bigger problem was getting out. If there were secret labs or research centers underground like those of Japanese pharmaceutical companies, there would be various devices, including blocking devices and incinerators. The moment you go underground, you become a rat in a cage.

No matter how I thought about it, it was dangerous to go down underground and search.

‘What if I can’t get down?’

It was something that could have been done by just bringing it up.

Maru’s gaze turned to one side of the blueprint. It was a space marked as the chairman’s office.

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Whoosh- Something swaying was heading towards the corner of the helipad.

A tall building next to the Ojin Group building. Maru checked the radio from the rooftop of the 49-story building, looking down at the Ojin building.

Charlotte Sim, the chairman, used a helicopter to land on the roof of the Shinyoung building, saying she was having a meeting with the Shinyoung Group.

‘The Shinyoung Group building is right nearby. If you use the small booster from there, you can get to the roof of the Ojin Building.’

Even if you use the stealth robe, it’s hard to get from the first floor to the chairman’s office. But what if you go down through the rooftop helipad?

It was possible.

Even if you were caught, it was much faster to go down from above than to go up from the first floor.

[3. 2. 1.]

Maru ran, hiding his body in a robe.

Fuhuahahahahak-

A small booster sent Maru’s body flying far away in a burst of blue flame.

widely-

Rooftop of the Ojin Building.

As Maru, who had landed on the helipad, approached the locked door that was lowering down, the red locked door unlocked and turned green.

[Enter.]