Rust - Chapter 209



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RUST -209

Sigh!

It wasn’t a normal container. It was a container that could stop 9mm bullets.

‘Super vibrating knife?’

No. The super vibrating knife was small. And it was noisy. What about that?

Ki-ki-ki-ki-ki!

There was a hole in the ceiling of a tin can warmer container.

Through the round hole…

I couldn’t see anything. Just empty space.

“Optical stealth! Shoot!”

The guards fired their guns into the hole in the ceiling.

There was a loud gunshot and shell casings piled on the floor.

Ting-titing-

As the cartridges neared my feet, I started replacing the magazines one by one.

Clank-

Okay-

The bodyguards lined up in a circle, looking up at the round ceiling from below. In the silence, the sound of someone swallowing saliva and the rolling of bullets could be clearly heard.

“Is it there?”

“doesn’t exist.”

“Exosuit! Put on the exosuit first.”

“How long will it take for the kids to come?”

“It takes an hour.”

“Fuck! Not even an hour, not even 10 minutes—-”

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The container screamed metallically like a living creature.

This is sooo …

The black blade began to rip and tear through the sides of the container, slicing through anything in its path.

A person who was undressing to put on an exosuit was split in half.

uh?

The bodyguard, whose upper and lower bodies were separated, could not understand why his butt was sitting on his head.

It was more like heat than pain. No, it was like cold. It felt like an incompatible sensation was enveloping my entire body, starting from my waist. In an instant, all the strength left my body.

I turned my face, which was pressed against my butt, to look to the side, and the surrounding area had turned into a sea of ​​blood.

A nightmare? Yes, it was a nightmare.

What was reflected in the dimly opened pupils was a container being dismantled in real time, limbs being severed, and so. The surroundings gradually darkened to a dark red.

Aaaah!

Screams reflect reality.

Whatever the shout, it was bound to contain information and emotions. Among those who were unable to open their mouths and were disintegrating, the ones who raised their voices were veterans with a lot of field experience.

Even for the bodyguards who had experienced the horrific civil war, the scene unfolding before their eyes was unbelievable. Even if it was an optical concealment device, could they be so helpless?

If that were a human, would it be able to walk over a distance of more than 10 meters, making a ‘rustling’ sound here and a ‘thud’ sound there? Scientifically? Can you understand this situation scientifically?

Hehehehehehe

One of the assistants who had lost his mind was neatly cut down.

“Oh My GOD···.”

Even those who repented their lives in search of God left behind their last will and testament.

“mother-”

“Lenny-”

A scene where even those who call out the names of their family and lovers are equally divided.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz

I needed to change an empty magazine, but my hands wouldn’t hold the magazine.

Sloppy-

The magazine fell onto the sticky red.

I am.

We are substitutes.

What did you come here for?

Cloudy mind.

I couldn’t breathe.

An invisible force was pressing down on all sides.

He desperately thought of a plan.

Taking a woman hostage.

okay.

Taking the woman who came out of the nest hostage

That···

You want to capture me?

Khuhhhhhh

You’re crazy.

That was all he thought about last.

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Swish!

A 2L water bottle was emptied from above Maru’s head.

The transparent water droplets fell down red as they passed over my head and reached my ankles. The mountainside was covered with white vapor.

Phew-

Maru took a deep breath and put another neutralizer in. The hot heat slowly subsided.

It was my first time using a double neutralizer in a short period of time. I promised myself not to overdo it, but as soon as I thought about it, this is what happened.

“You blocked them all?”

Hood responded sharply to Maru’s low voice.

[Yes. We blocked communication and the internet. We also destroyed all CCTV footage, but the most certain thing is to deal with the hardware as well.]

Even when I first took out the six exosuits, I had to use all my strength in one breath. It takes just as much strength to handle them quietly without being detected. The same thing happened when I attacked the trailer that served as their mobile base.

There were over 40 people including the escort and security personnel in the large trailer. In order to resolve the situation before they could respond with full armament, we had no choice but to increase the output. Here, we used a neutralizer and exerted our power.

It was a good choice. The trailer had a variety of weapons, so I could test them out before putting them on. I could also check out the armor’s performance.

‘They’re sending additional reinforcements.’

‘Extra support? How much?’

‘Three helicopters, considering the type of helicopter, the number seems to be around 20 to 25 people.’

‘What about weapons?’

‘It’s hard to confirm the armament. Considering the origin, it seems to be a PMC. They keep trying to communicate with the trailer. What should we do?’

‘Block me. I’ll come back sooner if I feel suffocated.’

I had to shoot another neutralizer to catch the three helicopters that had come flying in so hurriedly, but it seemed a bit excessive.

I tried it. It would be better to avoid using a neutralizer at short intervals. You can use it, but it will cause a feeling of weakness or something for a long time.

‘But. Why isn’t it coming?’

When was the last time you contacted me?

Maru began to gather up the loot one by one.

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Black vans flashed their lights loudly as they sped down the highway. Cars ahead of the long line pulled over to one side.

“How much time is left?”

“There isn’t much time left.”

“At this rate, we’ll get there in about 10 minutes.”

After receiving a call from Vladimir, Den Brown had no choice but to lift his heavy butt.

‘The Department of Homeland Security asked me to clean up the outskirts of Detroit. I went out to take care of it, and I heard that there were some guys who had been waiting for us, so I’m contacting you.’

The calm voice sent a chill down my spine.

‘I’ve done some cleaning up, but there are still a lot of things to clean up. I said I’d roughly clean them up, but some of them are quite large and need some cleaning up in various ways, so I’m contacting you.’

Chief Dan Brown’s head was spinning.

How and where to approach this. If we look closely, it is also related to the chronic problems of the United States.

The conflict between Virginia and the FBI, the newly formed Department of Homeland Security, the military-industrial complex and the military, the lobbying of big corporations, the fact that they check each other and run their own intelligence agencies.

Even if we only look at the external, officially revealed intelligence agencies, starting with the Department of Homeland Security, the Virginia Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

There are six agencies that have a country in front of them: the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), the Office of National Security Intelligence (ONSI), and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).

Here, there are four intelligence agencies closely related to the executive branch: the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI), the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the Terrorist Financial Intelligence (TFI).

The four military-related agencies were the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), the Marine Corps Intelligence Agency (MCIA), and the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI).

Excluding the intelligence agencies under each agency, there were 18. Including the secret organizations under each agency, there were in fact over 100 intelligence organizations.

It wouldn’t have been strange if a dark history like raiding a drug cartel and taking them all out turned out to be undercover agents from different intelligence agencies, or killing each other only to find out it was actually agents from different agencies fighting, or thinking they were agents from different agencies but actually being spies, had broken out.

The intention of eliminating monopolies and creating better results through competition was good, but when these things pile up, become intertwined, and even human desires are mixed in, bizarre results can come out. The same goes for competition between institutions.

And now, the ones targeting Vladimir Maru are those related to pharmaceutical companies and the military-industrial complex. They are saying, “Let’s catch him. Let’s catch him and study him,” and “Dissection is patriotism.”

The Department of Homeland Security, Marine Corps, and Army were on the opposing side, saying things like, “Are you going to autopsy someone who is doing well?”, “What if he gets kicked out?”, “When will the results come out after the autopsy?”, “Are you going to autopsy a comrade?”

A situation where patriotism or the future is put forward as an excuse, whether on this side or that side.

So, it was hard to just grab them and kick them. If you go up the chain, there was a 100% chance that they were connected to pharmaceutical companies, military-industrial complexes, intelligence agencies, the administration, and members of the National Assembly.

‘Those idiots.’

Chief Dan Brown couldn’t help but curse.

‘If you fail once, you have to know how to give up.’

How many people will be displaced to capture Vladimir? What if the number of professionals who have trained for years is drastically reduced? What will be the aftermath?

Even if you look at Virginia, didn’t they send a large number of people to Japan and then it exploded and turned into a mess? If you saw something like that from the side, shouldn’t you learn something?

What can I do? It’s already over…

The window was lit up with a blazing light. The speeding van slowly slowed down. Chief Dan Brown turned his head. He saw a helicopter burning on one side of the empty lot.

“crazy···.”

Not one, but three burning helicopters.

How the hell did you catch the helicopter?

Did they fire a surface-to-air missile?

Where did the surface-to-air missiles come from? Did they take the surface-to-air missiles out of the building?

If one gets hit by a missile and crashes, wouldn’t the other two escape in the meantime?

Traces of blood were strewn everywhere. Piles of corpses were burning.

“······.”

“······.”

“Lord···.”

A word from someone after silence.

Chief Dan Brown took out some headache pills and chewed them raw and swallowed them.

Did you clean this up roughly? It looks like this because you cleaned it up, but what if you just left it?

“Ha- First, let’s go into perimeter control···.”

I’m speechless.

Damn. Where do I even begin?

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Maru stretched his body here and there.

I put aside the weapons and exosuits that were in good condition, and gathered the ones that were in a bad condition to be handed over to Homeland Security.

For some reason, Director Dan Brown of the Department of Homeland Security came in person, carrying his heavy butt. He must have brought his own agents and cleanup crews, so there were quite a few of them.

People were getting out of the long line of vans, controlling the area. Soon after, heavy equipment arrived and the cleaning began in earnest.

Manager Den Brown, whose face looked somewhat haggard, started crying with an awkward expression.

“I have nothing to say.”

“······.”

Of course, I have nothing to say. Even if I had ten mouths, what would I have to say? What excuse can I make when there are people planning to kidnap me while I am trying to do a job requested by the National Intelligence Service?

“I guess you can guess the situation, but on the other side… Mr. Vladimir Kalin… yes.”

It was Maru who realized the part that was roughly omitted. It was the part that I was most worried about when I talked to Ki-sun, and that’s why I was trying to line up with Virginia or the Department of Homeland Security.

The problem was that it went beyond just big pharmaceutical companies and the military-industrial complex.

So there was no guarantee that there wouldn’t be a line fight between the two sides, or that the issue wouldn’t be passed on to the other side as a deal to cover up a problem on this side.

I did prepare myself in some way. I owed debts to the Marines and the Army, and I did things that deserved a medal of honor, but I kept my mouth shut and stayed quiet because I wanted to use it in a situation like this.

I’ve prepared for the worst case scenario. We’ll see.

“As I said on the phone, there are too many rats in the building.”

Manager Den Brown remained silent at Maru’s words.

“First, I’m thinking of cleaning up everyone we’ve identified here.”

The manager turned his head. He saw piles of burning corpses. After a long silence, Manager Dan Brown opened his mouth.

“Is that what you mean by organizing?”

“Then they won’t act recklessly.”

If you look at the liver or push it in gently, you’ll figure out how to buy it if you keep separating those kinds of things.

The section chief let out a long breath at Maru’s calm voice. Among the burning corpses, there might be agents from other intelligence agencies, or perhaps agents from the Department of Homeland Security. What was the meaning of their futile sacrifices according to orders?

“Those who have been identified. Can’t we just kick them out of the building?”

“······.”

“When holding a knife, it is better to keep a proper line. What will be left if you fight to the death with them?”

“······.”

Maru nodded.

“Then let’s just kick out everyone who is even a little bit related. The manager will be responsible for the procedures and methods.”

Or separate the waste.

Chief Dan Brown had no choice but to agree.