Rust - Chapter 222



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RUST [RUST]-222

PD Michael was excited and touched after seeing the blacked-out Newtube footage.

That’s it.

That was the reason. There were monsters everywhere. That was why he built the ark. That was why he built the high walls. He had everything prepared.

As if to break the excitement, the staff member’s voice was heard.

“Producer Michael. I’m talking about the building advertiser who is currently hiring.”

An employee opened the door slightly and stuck his head out.

“Uh- yeah.”

A staff member threw a bomb at the PD who was suppressing his rising emotions.

“I think you targeted them on Rabbit TV?”

“What does that mean?”

You’re trying to touch him? You dare? The PD’s face turned fierce. The already distorted burn scars began to stand out.

“A friend of mine works there. They’re broadcasting a special on Rabbit TV’s investigative program, ‘I’m curious about that.’ They’re doing a special called ‘The Strange Building in Detroit.’ It’s going to be a part 1 and 2, and the first part is airing right now. Since I live in Detroit, I got a call asking me to monitor it. I heard that building is where they’re advertising for new recruits.”

The PD’s mind became complicated. Rabbit TV was a biased broadcasting station. Those guys put his building on an investigative program? Why? The PD swallowed his boiling anger and checked the date.

“Are you saying that it will be broadcast a little later today?”

“Yes. I asked you to monitor the broadcast that will be aired in 40 minutes.”

“Okay, I see. Thanks for telling me.”

These bastards. These fucking bastards. How dare they. Touch him.

No. No. If you’re aiming for me so suddenly, there’s a reason.

What are they after? That strange building? Are they focusing on the building? Why?

“Are you targeting the building itself?”

If you raise an issue on a whistleblower program, the FBI is bound to get involved. If it’s true, the Department of Homeland Security will take care of it, but what if you raise the issue publicly on air?

So, they started playing the media with the FBI or the Detroit police and then the government seized the building? At the very least, they were going to try to manipulate it as they pleased.

I had to stop it. How?

There’s only about 30 to 40 minutes left until their dirty broadcast.

I had to keep it untouched.

It wasn’t just a building. It was an ark.

No one was to be allowed to touch his ark.

Once Rabbit TV’s broadcast went viral, it could become difficult to advertise for jobs.

“You fucking dogs!”

Are the media only looking out for their own interests? Are they trying to defile the ark that He created?

How to do it.

The ark.

Him···

The job advertisement he gave me···

how···

The sound of a female employee’s bell waking up the PD from his thoughts.

[Poom-poom-poom. Poom. Doo-um- HOLY!!]

[HOLY!! GETCHA!! Boom-boom-boom. Boom. HOLY!! GETCHA!! Doo-um-]

HOLY?

Holy?

He is holy…

HOLY GETCHA···

GETCHA THE ARK?

Don’t touch me?

HOLY GETCHA-

religion?!

What if it’s a religious facility?

What if we made it an ark instead of a building or a tower?

Even if they recruit in various fields, it would be like that if they do it in Ark.

If it was religion, anything was possible. As long as it wasn’t blatantly illegal or criminal, anything was possible.

The still image of Newtube caught the PD’s eye.

‘This broadcast is not available for viewing.’

With hundreds of thousands of viewers already watching, there was no way to hide or cover it up. The disaster at Yellowstone National Park was sure to be the main story on the evening news.

There will also be news about monster wolves hunting people, towns losing contact here and there, and people disappearing in groups.

Then, the anxiety will increase. People will naturally start looking for a safe place. What if an ark prepared for everything appears in that moment of anxiety?

“Tell the advertising team to come up.”

The PD immediately rushed to plan and produce the advertisement and even the broadcast time.

The advertisement was created by adding ‘religion’ to prevent anyone from touching it, and then adding ‘recruitment advertisement’ at the same time. The advertisement was launched at the same time as the accusation program on Rabbit TV.

[Ark of Salvation. Recruitment]

[The safest place to protect your soul and body]

[-HOLY—HOLY-]

[The only ark that He always watches over and protects]

[We are recruiting talented people in each field.]

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“Fuck. Religion? Is that building a religious facility? What kind of religion is it? Huh?”

Even under the protection of the Department of Homeland Security, it was possible to create a gap by blowing up the airwaves and forming public opinion. However, it was different with religion. Religious facilities could not be touched carelessly.

Even for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was nearly impossible to inspect a religious facility based solely on suspicion and without evidence of illegal activity.

There, the Department of Homeland Security’s legal department sued Rabbit TV.

The broadcast of “I wonder about that. The strange building in Detroit” by Rabbit TV is not in the public interest, is an illegal filming without the permission of the building owner, and the internal structure and interior design of the building are all under patent application, so they are arbitrarily broadcasting it, violating intellectual property rights, and they are going to hold them legally responsible for fabricating and reporting a legal building as if it were illegal.

Just looking at it makes me dizzy. It was like getting hit in the head with a brick.

The legal team that filed the lawsuit is full of vicious people. They are already looking for an opportunity to attack the media, so if things continue this way, Rabbit TV will end up paying an astronomical amount of damages.

The situation where the broadcast station that commissioned the FBI, Strategic Command, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the verge of collapse. If it really goes bankrupt because it can’t pay its medical bills, will it go bankrupt alone?

There are three national agencies that need to be dragged in together?

“What a cripple.”

Yeah, one stupid job ad was muddying the waters, and then a lawsuit was thrown at them. It was shit, but Rabbit TV had to avoid going under. They didn’t want it to turn into a big scandal.

“Whoa- connect me to that fucking DHS Dan Brown.”

I started swearing on my own.

“shit.”

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[Still, thanks to that advertisement, those guys stopped poking around carelessly.]

Manager Dan Brown’s voice suddenly became lively. There was a refreshing atmosphere. He looked so good that it seemed as if he had just gotten rid of all the old feces.

[There won’t be any institutions that will be touched for the time being. Those who were kicked out will also be quiet now that they have seen the results.]

It felt like a strange pseudo-advertisement, so Maru was in a bad mood. It was so unpleasant to see a perfectly good building suddenly become a religious facility.

“But doesn’t that make it seem like an obvious cult?”

That was the key part. Making it overtly religious. That sentiment was the counter.

[What if it’s a cult? There’s a religion that purifies the soul with machines. And ARK? That’s a pretty intuitive expression.]

Maru couldn’t tell if this was a compliment or sarcasm.

[Since it has been registered as a religious facility, there will be no problems in the future.]

“You said you sued Rabbit TV.”

The broadcasting station that suddenly tripped up was in a situation where it had to be an ark. I felt somehow humiliated, and to heal this, I needed Franklin. A lot.

As if he had guessed Maru’s thoughts, Manager Dan Brown opened his mouth.

[I filed a proper complaint. I was preparing this and that, wondering what to do, when I got caught. I was even prepared to link it to something else in case I got away with it, but the other side surrendered.]

“Surrender? How much will you give me?”

If you surrendered, you had to prove it with both hands. What if your hands weren’t heavy? It was clear that you were just trying to beat them with words.

[As I said, there is a government agency behind Rabbit TV. However, if you say you will extract even the marrow, there is a possibility that they will come out and say they will die anyway.]

“You made a mistake and now you want to die together?”

[That’s the way it is in this world. Once they feel like they’re going to die, they’ll involve the government agencies behind them and it’ll be a mud fight in many ways. They’ll say they can’t die alone.]

“Is it hard to ignore it, whether it’s like that or not?”

[ ···The problem gets worse. First, Rabbit TV will demand a public inspection of the building to prove that their broadcast is innocent.]

“How should I put this?” asked Manager Dan Brown, who thought for a moment before continuing.

[If they rush to expose all the facilities in the building, can you ignore them? For example, if things like modular nuclear power plants, emergency server centers, supercomputers, and pharmaceutical facilities are broadcast, there is no way to avoid a hearing. That is because some of them were included unofficially.]

“Then what should we do?”

[I think it would be good to take advantage of moderate profits and take advantage of moderate weaknesses.]

It was best to capture a weak point that would hurt if stabbed. If you tried to shake the opponent by grabbing a fatal weakness, it was obvious that the opponent would try to eliminate the weakness in some way.

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The manager who had been explaining for a long time suddenly stopped talking. It seemed like something had happened.

‘All of it? And on live TV?’

‘The broadcast was cut off in the middle, but there were still many subscribers watching···.’

A voice came from the other end of the phone, but it wasn’t clear. Then the manager sighed deeply and greeted them.

[···Ha- I’ll contact you again later.]

The manager’s voice suddenly changed into one that was drained of energy.

“Yes. Thank you for your hard work.”

Judging from the words live broadcast and subscribers, it seems like the incident probably happened during a live broadcast on Newtube. If something happens during a live broadcast, it’s already happened, so it’ll be difficult to handle.

“What is it?”

What’s going on? You stopped eating meat and started talking for so long?

“Because of the advertising issue and the broadcasting station that was picking on us. And judging by the general atmosphere, it seems like something happened at Yellowstone National Park. Did you hear that last time? They said there were man-eating bears and wolves there.”

Kim Yang, who was picking up three pieces of meat with chopsticks, slowly turned her head.

I don’t know about that. I don’t want to know. Kim Yang’s cheeks puffed out as if she was claiming her innocence.

Omniumnium

As expected, 3 points at a time was the truth. There was a reason why there was a separate 3-point shooting range. There was a reason for everything.

“Is it delicious?”

Ummmmmmm

Yeah. Let’s eat first. It’s something we do to live after eating everything.

While Maru and Kim Yang were busy grilling and eating, the news was on TV.

[···With missing person cases skyrocketing across the United States, state governments are recommending people stay home after dark.]

[The Federal Bureau of Investigation is making an all-out effort to solve the recent mass disappearance cases… and is preparing for the possibility that these are not simple disappearances, but planned and organized crimes…]

[Next up is an incident at Yellowstone National Park. The National Guard is searching for several missing hunters who went up to hunt man-eating bears and wolves that attacked hikers and people in towns near the park.]

Wheein- Wheein- Kim Yang looked at the TV with a 3-pointer in her mouth as she watched the video of a dull-looking exosuit barreling through mountainous terrain with a heavy motor sound.

It felt cheaper than her own exosuit. Kim quickly lost interest as the reaction speed and overall agility seemed to be lacking.

The reporter was excited to see the heavily armed exosuit barreling through the mountainous terrain, but Ms. Kim was indifferent.

[···While air support continues to be difficult, the National Guard is making every effort to search for survivors.]

[Here’s the latest news. Rabbit TV is embroiled in a lawsuit with an astronomical amount of damages. The investigative program that aired a few hours ago, ‘I wonder about that. A strange building in Detroit.’ caused controversy and turned into a large-scale lawsuit.]

Maru and Kim, who were eating diligently, watched TV.

[···The controversial building has become a hot topic of discussion after an advertisement for tenants was aired on local broadcaster What’s Up TV. Let’s take a look together.]

This is a national broadcast. No way

[-HOLY—HOLY-The only ark that He always watches over and protects. Recruiting residents. A place where the soul and body of Dangsan can rest in peace. -HOLY—HOLY-]

Phew-

Maru had no choice but to put down his spoon.

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The effect of being broadcast nationwide and being on the media during prime time was tremendous.

The ARK Tower became an overnight Detroit landmark when most of the major networks mentioned it in their coverage of the lawsuit against Rabbit TV.

Even though the streets were deserted due to the spread of the mutant virus, the area in front of the building was bustling with people trying to take identification photos and submit applications for moving in.

PD Michael said in a sincere voice.

[People from all over the country are flocking to move in. What should we do?]

It seemed unlikely that there would be a shortage of manpower.