Rust - Chapter 210



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RUST -210

It took the mobilization of heavy equipment to finally clear up the mess.

After several hours, they noticed that the situation was going on up there too, and they started to get really angry.

“You were the one who touched it first and now you’re taking responsibility! You should have some shame!”

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Chief Dan Brown’s phone rang. Maru didn’t really care, but from what he could hear, it seemed like there were so many deaths that everyone involved had to take off their clothes.

It wasn’t just that many people died in proportion, but that everyone was annihilated. Someone had to take responsibility. They forced a 100% death rate into the scene? Of course, there would be chaos.

‘What responsibility are you talking about, freezing to death?’

‘Strange incidents are happening here and there, and you’re holding the person who went out to solve them responsible?’

So, what they brought out from that side was the theory of human nature.

‘Is it normal to kill nearly 100 people?’

‘There were even unarmed personnel, such as researchers and technicians, not even armed personnel.’

‘Is it normal to kill everyone without any questions or answers?’

Kids who say things like this always end up like this.

‘It’s a weapon of mass murder.’, ‘It must be controlled.’, ‘Hand it over.’

No. How do you differentiate at that moment? When many are attacking one person, you ask them every time they counterattack? Ask them and then attack them?

‘What do you mean unarmed? They all had weapons.’

‘What crime did our children commit? Our children who were there and died?’

‘What about the people who died while working as technicians?’

The situation where two related intelligence agencies, PMC, a large pharmaceutical company, and the military-industrial complex were all involved. Even though they were the ones who made the mistake, they were dragged on and on because the damage was so great. Repeated waterboarding and ankle-holding.

‘It’s true that there is a problem with his personality.’

‘Do you think it’s normal for there to be not a single survivor?’

‘Wouldn’t that have been enough force to force surrender?’

‘What kind of surrender is this!’

‘Haven’t you seen the Japanese video?’

‘You tried to do it knowing everything, but you’re normal? Surrender? You have to say something reasonable!’

It seemed like something was serious, since even Chief Den Brown, who rarely raised his voice, suddenly shouted. Regardless, Maru focused on organizing the loot(?).

The exosuit, weapons, and equipment were all legitimate loot. The broken ones here and there were handed over to the Department of Homeland Security, and there was absolutely no reason to return the intact ones even if they demanded it.

‘You tried to capture me and now you have a problem with my character? Why don’t you just surrender? Give me back my exosuit and equipment?’

This is ridiculous.

Maru traced Chief Den Brown’s phone call through the hood.

“Where is it coming from, who is it, have you secured the location?”

[We have not secured the side using a separate security line, but we have secured a general line or a general security line.]

“Okay. If you can save the call log, then do so.”

[All right.]

‘It’s humanity.’

It seemed like they didn’t know much about true humanity.

‘I’ll have to tell you later, over time, what humanity is.’

After Maru had finished organizing the loot and sending it to the building by car, Den Brown, who had finished talking to them, approached them, shaking his head.

“That- That’s the story.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Seeing Maru’s carefree face, Den Brown felt like he had gained another stone in his chest. Regardless, Maru brought up the subject again.

“Then all the kids who were pushed into the building are going to get out, right?”

“···Yes.”

“How long did you say you were going to be gone? I wish you would hurry up and leave, because I’m worried.”

Chief Den Brown, who was talking as if he was talking about someone else’s business, seemed to be suffering from gastritis. Is there something else you believe in? Is it because you have a connection with the Marines and a good relationship with the Army?

In fact, the reason I was able to get over it easily this time was because there were people in the Marine Corps and the Army who looked favorably on Maru. If the military had been completely on their side, it might have been dangerous.

“They said they would withdraw, but not all of them.”

“Is that so? I’ll take care of the ones who don’t come out.”

Woo-wook-

Vibration – The communicator on the floor rang. It was Miss Kim.

[Arrived at North Town and cleaned up.]

“Okay. Thanks for your hard work.”

[The animals here are a bit strange.]

“···How is it strange?”

As the virus outbreak unfolded, a number of things happened. Some countries locked down entire cities where infections were skyrocketing, and others closed their borders.

However, it was impossible to completely block the virus, which has the characteristic of being airborne, and because of this, countries around the world suffered.

Meanwhile, a peculiar video surfaced on the Internet. It was a video posted by a Chinese resident. It was a video of animals being thrown to death from an apartment, and quarantine workers killing dogs and cats in the village.

Among the comments criticizing the Chinese, a few comments were significant.

‘Do you think the Chinese killed the dogs and cats they raised simply because they were stupid or cruel? They must have killed them for a reason.’

‘Don’t you think that if you knew something about viruses, you would kill your pets?’

Maru remembered clearly.

The reason the Chinese killed the animals was later revealed to be because research showed that animals such as dogs and cats could be infected with the virus and serve as hosts.

Haven’t you experienced it yourself? In Japan, you encountered crazy birds, fish behaving strangely, monkeys, cockroaches that grew in size, rats, and even cats. You had to assume that they were affected by the virus.

And the people who got the mutant virus were the ones who changed. So what if animals get the mutant virus? Will they go crazy?

Just as a mutant that becomes smarter by eating human brains and hearts has emerged. If an animal infected with a mutant virus eats the brains and hearts of other animals or people…

At first glance, I was reminded of what happened at the Japanese thief hospital.

I remembered rats scurrying around in the hallways, their corpses missing their heads and hearts, and the giant cats ambushing and attacking in packs.

[The dogs.]

[Even if you shoot a gun, it will come rushing back.]

[Not afraid of guns.]

Kim Yang’s voice broke Maru’s thoughts.

[A stray cat attacks a person.]

“Are the people who got bitten okay?”

[Still okay. Needs medical assistance.]

“Okay, I’ll ask right away.”

[And animals don’t die often.]

[No. I can die easily. I’m tired.]

Doesn’t that mean it doesn’t die easily?

[I blew the dog’s head off and its heart was beating for 2-3 minutes.]

[The cat is similar. Its head is blown away, but its body is still flailing around. For a long time.]

If you blow the head off, wouldn’t it be instant death?

By the way, the weapon that Kim Yang was equipped with was a 12.7mm.

Since the 7.62mm firepower is said to be weak against mutants or monsters, the armament was changed to a 12.7mm caliber machine gun, but 12.7mm against dogs and cats?

Wouldn’t it be normal for your head to be shattered into pieces rather than just flying off?

“How big is the cat? Compared to the ones I saw in Japan.”

[Just a little big. About 20-30% bigger than a normal cat.]

“First of all. Once you’re done cleaning up, come back safely.”

[Okay.]

Chief Dan Brown was waiting.

“They say the cleanup around North Town is finished.”

“Is that so? It’s faster than I thought. But did something bad happen?”

Maru told his thoughts to Manager Den Brown.

Maru talked about the mutant and monster-like animals he encountered in Japan, starting with the incident in China. It seems that animals in America are also starting to mutate in some way.

Manager Dan Brown’s expression changed from moment to moment.

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The United States had guidelines for almost every situation.

From nuclear war to the zombie apocalypse, alien invasion, parasite outbreak, epidemic disease outbreak, and even people suddenly ascending to heaven, the United States was the country with the manual.

But as the situation became more complicated, I was unable to exert my strength.

Beginning with reports of an unusual situation occurring in Japan, those who brought the mutant barnacles from Japan provided various information.

The US has already dealt with the mutant snails first. They have doubled and tripled the measures to prevent the spread of the infection, and have resolved it with heavy rain by burning the entire expected area.

That’s how the research on the mutant barnacles began and achieved results. It was a rapid hemostatic agent and a surgical aid. It was a telephone recovery. The mutant barnacle incident was the opportunity to create a drug that changed the history of medicine.

America’s actions were unstoppable.

Rescue teams were sent to rescue people isolated in Japan, and additional troops were sent several times, mainly Marines, but they failed.

At the same time, additional information came in from Japan. Mutants of monster beasts and people with enhanced physical abilities. People with special abilities. The United States, with its pride hurt, sent in the army and succeeded in rescuing the survivors.

From there it started to get complicated.

If the events had occurred one at a time, we would have responded adequately, as we did when the first mutant barnacle threat broke out.

But what would happen if multiple incidents occurred simultaneously in a country based on a system where groups with slightly different interests each kept each other in check?

Starting with those who argue that we should focus on the Ukraine situation, those who say we should prepare for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and those who say that since the Chinese Southern Fleet has been crippled by mutant barnacles, we should stop worrying about Taiwan and focus on rebuilding Japan.

How long are you going to hold on to ruined Japan?

Japan should give up and devise a new plan to contain China, using Korea as a barrier.

Does it matter whether it’s Japan or Taiwan now? We need to take countermeasures against mutant viruses first!

We prepared in advance for the mutant virus. We took care of the major cities, so we can just send the kids to take care of the rest.

Looking at the data from Japanese kids, it seems like mutant viruses are becoming the raw material for new drugs. Can’t we use this too?

Let’s think about the virus later and secure those with abilities that originated in Japan first.

Rejuvenation first! Rejuvenation comes first!

Ability user. Super soldier. Let’s catch that guy first.

I was going to catch that and I lost almost 100 people, and now I’m doing that again?

The Chinese kids are running wild in Japan, shouldn’t we increase our troop numbers?

No. What should we do with the mutant virus?

Unfortunately, the report by Chief Dan Brown on the possible mutation of animals went unnoticed amid the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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bang!

Manager Dan Brown banged on the table.

“You guys are all out of your minds!”

What happened at the meeting of the heads of departments and agencies was nothing short of a farce. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threw an already complicated set of priorities into disarray.

Chief Dan Brown believes that the important thing now is the mutant virus situation.

America was a vast country. Even if you went to the rural outskirts, you could easily find coyotes and wolves. And wild boars. And even bears roaming around. What if they mutated?

What if it becomes a monster that grows bigger and becomes bullet-proof like in Japan? And what if it mutates? What if it starts running wild in the city?

To prevent that, we mobilized the National Guard and police to isolate people infected with the mutant virus as soon as they appeared, but we were short-handed.

We need to quickly pass additional budget and expand our military forces, but what if we put off our priorities now?

“Is Russia important? Is Taiwan important? Rejuvenation?”

That damn rejuvenation. How can the spread of the virus that was just blocked explode?

The normal virus was increasing by 100,000 per day. How can we handle it if the mutant virus increases by 100,000 per day?

Imagine if the number of people who can’t control their anger increased by 100,000 a day. But America was a country with free guns. Do you want to become a country with free guns filled with angry people?

What are we supposed to do now when we are in a situation where we can’t even put all of our national capabilities into stopping the spread of the mutant virus?

[Sir, this is an emergency report from Texas.]

“what’s the matter.”

[They say a giant wild boar has appeared.]

What the fuck.