Rust - Chapter 204



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RUST [RUST]-204

Maru jumped up at the sound from the cell phone. Kim Yang, who had been lying down and watching TV, took out her Glock-17 as if nothing had happened and inspected it, saying,

“nurse?”

“okay.”

Miss Kim put the pistol in the holster.

“Right now?”

“You take care of the building. Guard the hood and the control room.”

“Sponsored writing?”

“Okay. No matter what anyone says… No, let’s go to the control room together. Where did you put the sponsorship? Get dressed and come out quickly.”

It was an exosuit with upgraded performance based on data obtained from Japan. Kim Yang went into the room, equipped it, and came out. With light steps.

Kkiyungkkiyung

“How can that not make a sound?”

“···maybe?”

To reduce the noise, you need to use a silent motor, but you said that it has low output. Do you want to reduce the noise and accept low output? Or do you want to accept high output but a little noise?

When asked to choose between the two, Kim Yang chose strength. Even though it was a silent motor, it was hard to erase the mechanical feel. If stealth maneuvers were difficult anyway, strength and agility were the options.

Kkiyungkkiyung

As I took the elevator down to the central control room, several government agencies, including Homeland Security agents, were gathered in front of me. The sound of people talking outside the tightly closed control room door echoed through the hallway.

“In a chaotic situation like the present, we must follow the control of the Defense Ministry’s Strategic Command.”

“It’s confirmed that this is a virus outbreak, so what is the Department of Defense? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should naturally be in charge of disease-related situations.”

“In a national security situation, the Department of Homeland Security has the highest command.”

Kkiyungkkiyung

An exosuit suddenly appeared.

[Shut up!]

Miss Kim rebuked her.

“······.”

“······.”

“······.”

As the fully armed exosuit entered, the people gathered in small groups became quiet. Maru walked into the silence and spoke.

“Let’s talk. The Department of Defense Strategic Command? Why are the people from there and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention here?”

A Homeland Security agent stepped forward.

“The people from Strategic Command are here because of the modular nuclear power plant security issue.”

The modular reactor was a strategic material. In managing such strategic material, it could not be left to the Department of Homeland Security alone. So, it was brought in for the purpose of cross-security.

“I haven’t heard anything like that.”

“···Because you said last time that you would leave security-related matters up to me.”

Ah- I told you to take care of the security part while doing construction on the building.

“What’s going on at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?”

“Haven’t you brought in research and production facilities related to pharmaceuticals? We’re saying that there’s something that needs to be investigated there.”

They said they were here to cross-check whether we were conducting experiments involving viruses or bacteria, and how the security of the experimental equipment was being maintained. And just as they were arriving, problems started to arise simultaneously.

Maru nodded after hearing the Homeland Security agent’s words.

“First of all, Strategic Command? That person, please do not come out of the underground module nuclear power plant security room.”

“What?”

“If you’re here for security reasons, whether it’s a modular reactor or something, make sure you guard it properly. Do you understand?”

“In case of emergency, the Strategic Command has the authority to conscript and draft···.”

Srrrrrrrr-

“hey-”

“Why are you taking my stuff and making a fuss about it? Do you want to die?”

Maru growled as he drew his sword.

!?

!!!

A feeling of pitch-black murderous aura simmering. Everyone was frozen in the illusion of a red, almost black mist rising up.

“Why are you doing this here when there are so many bunkers? The facilities look so nice, you just want to swallow it all up?”

Detroit alone had a three-digit number of bunkers built in the 1960s and 1970s to prepare for nuclear war. Since then, shelters and bunkers have steadily increased, and there are now over 1,000 facilities.

The Strategic Command should be able to manage the existing facilities and bunkers, but what are they doing here? Should we just disappear them? Who would know if we squeeze and separate them?

A fleeting thought. As the blood pressure rose slightly, a CDC employee standing near the floor gasped, unable to bear it.

Keuk-

A gaunt, haggard-looking man collapsed forward with a gasping sound. The CDC staff quickly carried the man out.

Tsk-

Maru stretched out his sword towards the people who were looking at him with sweat dripping down their cheeks.

Knock knock

A voice telling me to get out. Kim said behind the people staggering out.

[Are you okay?]

“It’s better than killing them.”

Kim Yang nodded at Maru’s words. It was true that he had been bleeding from the beginning. Giving him a strong spirit like this was a good choice, even if only for the sake of the future. If you taste Baekjeong’s murderous spirit once, you won’t think of getting entangled in something clumsy.

There were only two people in front of the central control room, and the barrier door slowly opened. It was opened by Hood, who was watching through the CCTV.

“They didn’t access the security code or anything?”

“It was nice because they changed everything on the first day we moved in.”

The voice changer voice answered.

“Good job. From now on, ignore all warrants and other documents.”

Hood nodded slightly at Maru’s words. Let’s say that’s the case for now.

“Even if the guys guarding the modular nuclear power plant cut off the power in the middle, we can survive with solar power and emergency generators. No matter what they say, don’t get dragged around.”

The initial design was to run the main facilities solely on electricity generated by solar film. If power is cut off at the module power plant, the server room and supercomputer will be down, and 90% of the smart farm facilities will be shut down.

It would be nice to have a supercomputer, but even without it, we could survive without it, and smart farms could be reduced in operation. If we could operate at 1-2%, we could feed 100 people and still have some left. If the people below were starving, they would automatically increase their power, so that was the only regret.

Hood nodded repeatedly to Maru’s words, but was thinking of something else. He was transferring Samantha’s code to the supercomputer, so he had to avoid the supercomputer losing power.

“···So, keep a close eye on this place with Ms. Kim. First, check the CCTV footage in the city to see what the situation is.”

Huh? Wait. That girl is supposed to be here right now? Hood looked at Kim Yang. Kkeuyung- The head of the exosuit turned to look at Hood.

“I can easily defend this place by myself. I’ve rewritten the security program so it’s secure, and there are automatic turrets so I can easily repel any intruders.”

Maru turned to look at Kim Yang at Hood’s urgent words. Kim Yang shook her head.

“Open the CCTV in the city to see what the situation is.”

Hood tapped the keyboard. The large central screen showed CCTV footage of the area surrounding the building. There seemed to be no major problems, except for a few traffic accidents.

Military and police were already deployed at government offices and major infrastructure, including hospitals and city halls. It wasn’t the worst situation where crazy people were running around the streets.

“Take him back to the hospital.”

Armed police and military guarded the hospital. They were clearly prepared. When a patient was brought in by ambulance and had a seizure, they administered a tranquilizer.

If the tranquilizers did not work and the patient became violent, a soldier standing next to the medical team would shoot a bullet into the patient’s joints to stop their movement, then tie them up tightly and pack them away.

When emergency rescue teams or fire trucks were dispatched, armed forces moved with them. It seemed like they were trying to block any potential problems from occurring in the first place.

“It’s strange.”

“?”

Maru felt uneasy. Based on the CCTV footage he was seeing, there was no reason for the nurse to scream.

You screamed because you were scared by the gunshots? Then why was the communication cut off? Even though she looked stupid, she was a nurse who had experienced Japan. It wasn’t a big deal, so there was no way she would do that.

“Are you sure there’s nothing wrong with the hospital CCTV? Please check again carefully.”

“Ah… yes.”

Tadadak- Hood started checking the hospital CCTVs one by one.

“No. 1, 2, 3, or more. No. 4 or 5, or more.”

“Just tell me if anything is wrong.”

What’s going on? Hood checked the hospital CCTV.

“···Nothing unusual···.”

There were some CCTVs that were strange. That is, traces of the footage being finely cut and pasted. If Samantha had checked, it would have been resolved quickly, but Samantha was currently in the process of taking control of the supercomputer. This mistake occurred because there was no help until Samantha’s code was fully installed in the supercomputer.

“Are you sure there’s nothing wrong?”

“···CCTVs 10, 13, and 17 are suspicious. It appears that the footage has been manipulated.”

There were CCTVs installed in some wards, some of the operating rooms, the back door of the emergency room, and the hallways connected there.

‘It’s video manipulation.’

Why would they manipulate the CCTV? They must be trying to steal samples or to block the controversy over excessive suppression later.

“I don’t know where, but there are some kids who are playing pranks in an organized manner, so we have to guard it well. We absolutely block anyone coming from outside.”

[What about the Department of Homeland Security?]

“Just make sure Chief Dan Brown gets a direct line. We’ve worked together before. He won’t say anything out of the blue. If any weirdos start making noises, tell him to contact Homeland Security.”

[Okay.]

In this situation, all we had to do was hold the DHS line. No matter what the rest of the government said, we had to turn it over to DHS.

“Only pass if the manager certifies. Ignore the rest. If any agency or government tries to force their way in or make a preemptive strike, fight back.”

[Okay.]

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Department of Homeland Security

Chief Dan Brown tapped his desk. He was having a headache because of reports of a few confirmed cases of mutant infections, which had suddenly exploded.

Fortunately, by deploying military forces to key facilities in advance, we were able to block the possibility of infrastructure problems occurring.

‘Up to this point everything went according to plan.’

If you get bitten or scratched deeply, you get infected. This wasn’t a problem. The problem was airborne infection, and it was impossible to completely prevent this.

Eventually, there would be neighborhoods where the infected would run wild, and suppressing them would inevitably result in a large number of casualties.

Who would accept that if someone were to kill their family because they were infected with a mutated virus? There were even cases that looked fine on the outside. Asymptomatic infections. Infected people who were fine themselves but were just like hosts who spread the virus.

The most certain way was to forcibly confine all those who might be infected, and then release those who tested negative. And as if they had foreseen this, there was an agency that set up large-scale detention facilities all over the United States.

‘FEMA CAMP.’

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a unique agency within the Department of Homeland Security that can independently execute its budget.

This agency’s job is disaster preparedness and response, but it has been the subject of much controversy because it has taken no action when natural disasters actually strike.

Even now, it is the same. If it is a subordinate organization, it should be properly controlled, but it is moving almost independently. According to the information, it is not just Pima that is moving independently, but several organizations are moving in that way.

One of the agents looked at the deployment and asked a question.

“Is it okay that there are so few troops and personnel deployed in Detroit compared to other areas?”

“It’s okay there.”

Chief Dan Brown asserted.

“There are scary things living there.”

If there is a place with few troops and personnel, those with hidden agendas will creep in.

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The sound of following a rippling space.

Dadadak-

Maru, who was running vertically up a 10m wall, was kicked in the middle.

Boo-

The force of the vertical fall was converted to horizontal, and the floating Maru landed gently on the bus.

[···Nothing unusual.]

[Stopped due to traffic accident ahead]

Maru, who was covered in a robe, moved between buses and trucks, but people did not notice. In an instant, he arrived at the hospital where the nurse was.

The National Guard and police guarding the main gate and the emergency room. Judging by the fact that all of them had silencers mounted on their guns, they certainly seemed to have been prepared in advance.

[The nurse can’t be reached?]

[yes.]

[Is location tracking possible?]

[It is possible to reach the surrounding area.]

[Okay. Just send me there.]

A moment later, the location appeared on the display inside the stealth robe.

The red space on the hospital blueprint. Roughly 10m in range. The last place the nurse called was the intern room on the 3rd floor.

Maru did not infiltrate right away, but checked the outskirts first. The defense forces were mainly gathered near the main entrance and the emergency room, and the outskirts were patrolled by police.

Tadadak-

Maru climbed up the outer wall, stepped on the window frame, and jumped into the open window on the third floor.

As we entered, the smell stimulated our sense of smell.

In the hallway where the CCTV was said to have been tampered with, there was a familiar smell.

The smell of rusty iron.

Srrrrrrrr-

Maru took a step forward, drawing his sword.

Moment. A beeping warning sound.

‘Laser sensor device?’

With the sound of an alarm, people wearing black special suits with no affiliation marks rushed out.

“Don’t move···”

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Follow the black solid line.

The severed arm and head floated into the air.