Rust - Chapter 243



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RUST [RUST]-243

Kim Yang’s shoulders shrugged as he quickly came out of hiding.

Have you seen your own skills?

Kim Yang kept glancing at the floor as she moved to retrieve the owl that had become a beehive. But Baekjeong had a frown on his face, wondering what the problem was.

[Why then?]

“Can’t you feel this?”

[which?]

“No, that’s not okay.”

It felt like something was spinning around silently. Life was spinning slowly.

“Go back into hiding. No matter what happens, don’t let go and go.”

[···Okay, I understand.]

“What about the drone? There’s nothing on the footage?”

[Drone?]

[Huh? A drone···]

“Yeah. I guess it’s not over yet.”

Listening to Kim Yang’s panicked voice, it seemed like while he was concentrating on catching the owl, all the other drones were caught.

Maru’s sensors weren’t picking up anything. The same goes for Kim Yang’s exosuit sensors. This means that there was nothing within the sensor range.

It must be quite a distance outside the sensor range, but this was the first time I felt this way. It didn’t seem like the distance at which I could sense life had increased. This was definitely strange.

‘I feel really dirty.’

After activating the stealth robe that Maru had been wearing, he walked a little further away. The dark sky was covered with thick clouds, and not a single star could be seen. The already dark forest became even darker.

Who is it? What touched my 4-drone!

Kim Yang looked up at the pitch-black sky, but couldn’t see anything.

The two people who saw the owl’s body, which had been hit by a 12.7mm bullet and fell, were momentarily shocked.

The owls were likely over a meter in body size, and their wingspan was nearly 5 meters. The bigger problem was that these were not escapees from the zoo.

[There was no response to the microchip inserted into the animals to manage them at the zoo.]

So, what this means is that the owl that Ms. Kim caught a little while ago was one that had been living in a nature reserve from the beginning.

I picked up a large feather about 40-50cm long and examined it from all sides. It was larger than the feathers I usually come across, but it looked similar on the outside.

[This is strange. There are almost no broken feathers.]

“It must be a mess if it got beaten like that. It’s not just a simple feather.”

A feather-like smooth and glossy appearance made of high-tech materials. Unique like the scales of a snake caught in Yellowstone National Park.

The owl’s legs were also fearsome. The sharp claws characteristic of carnivorous birds were like weapons themselves. If you grabbed something with those claws, it seemed impossible to escape.

I went out hunting with a light heart, but I ended up feeling uneasy.

“Let’s go back first.”

[···Okay, I understand.]

As they tied the owl’s body around the four-wheel drive motorcycle, a red dot appeared on their HUDs approaching at high speed.

Clank-

Kim Yang aimed his gun in the direction where the red dot was flying.

beep-

Beep- beep-

The single dot split into two. Then, red dots began to appear one by one. In an instant, a red wave filled one side of the HUD screen and surged forward like a wave.

[Have you seen it?]

Are there a lot of them?

“If necessary, I’ll put in CS ammo. Keep the engine running.”

Unlike Maru’s electric motorcycle, Kim Yang’s four-wheel drive motorcycle was powered by an engine. HUD image. Some of the red waves that were advancing changed direction and began to draw large circles.

[Have you seen these? They’re spinning around right now.]

It wasn’t the time to be testing the performance of the modified exosuit.

Srrrrrrrr-

“Shoot!”

Tudadadada-

The flares began to pierce through the darkness and decorate the sky. As he poured bullets at the enemies coming in like waves, the ones that had been spinning in circles stabbed Kim Yang in the back.

Phew-

Maru took a deep breath and prepared to fly at any moment.

‘Come.’

A flock of birds flying in was reflected on Maru’s helmet, which was pointed at him with a sword. It reminded me of a horror movie with birds.

‘Ah- this is-‘

Ting-

Push— push shush shush

Kim Yang, who was pulling the trigger hard toward the front, trusting in the back, shouted when he saw the white smoke spreading out.

[You said you would write if necessary?]

[I can’t see ahead!]

“Just look in the direction and shoot!”

“Anyway, it’s half air and half new!”

Tudadadadadak-

The beam of light from the tracer pierced the dark sky, piercing through the white smoke from the CS bullets.

Padadadak-

Putterdeodeok-

As the toxic smoke rose, the birds abruptly changed direction and took to the sky.

The birds did not run away, but began to move in a whirlpool-like motion.

The thick smoke created by the CS bullets began to disperse as the wind caused by the birds swirled like a giant tornado.

Kim Yang, who had been pulling the trigger at that overwhelming sight, looked up at the sky. The sound of flapping wings filled the sky. Woohoohoohoo- Woohoohoohoo- The bushes swayed in the turbulence created by the birds spinning around.

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The weeding out operation using federal troops and national guards was progressing slower than expected. The most important issue was the supply of Zeppelin missiles and CS ammunition.

“Does this make sense? You’re saying there’s a shortage of supplies?”

“Are we short on Javelin? Where are the stockpiles?”

“Because a significant portion of the stockpiled supplies were sent to the troops stationed in Ukraine and Japan.”

The aid to the Ukraine crisis brought in a huge amount of Javelin missiles, mines, grenades, sniper rifles, and special ammunition. The troops fighting in Japan also needed the same items.

Even though there are many places where they need to be supplied, the United States is a country that can spit out bombers as easily as making fish-shaped bread if it puts its mind to it.

But what is the situation now? It’s not that we’re short on fighter jets, submarines, or ballistic missiles. We’re just struggling with a shortage of small missiles and chemical bombs.

“Unfortunately, this is not a problem that can be solved in a short period of time.”

The United States was suffering from a semiconductor shortage. The production of semiconductors shrank due to the variant coronavirus outbreak and the surge in demand were causing a chain reaction.

The price of semiconductor chipsets for Javelin missiles suddenly increased by 5-6 times. The same goes for sensors. If it were an all-out war situation, all semiconductor production and imports could be diverted to weapons manufacturing and the federal government could purchase them all at once, but the current situation is not an all-out war situation.

The CS bullet was in an even more absurd situation. Due to the controversy over the side effects and risks of the CS bullet, the production facilities had been drastically reduced. When they tried to secure the production line again and start producing, this time the raw materials were the problem.

Since CS bullets have not been mass-produced for a long time, there is no need for raw materials. How can supply be maintained when there is no demand? American chemical companies and material companies have stopped handling CS bullet-related chemicals.

More importantly, China had recently become a cheap supplier of raw materials used in the chemical industry, and relations with China were effectively over.

In other words, in order to mass-produce CS bombs, we must start by having chemical companies produce the raw materials.

“I suppose that’s because of the Javelin’s semiconductors and sensors, but there must have been a stockpile of CS rounds. You’re not saying that they used up all that quantity in a few days, are you?”

At the three-star general’s words, the conference room became quiet.

“Before the incident, there was a large-scale liquidation of inventory.”

Who knew this would happen? Just as tinned ham has an expiration date, so do bullets and shells.

It’s the same with CS bullets. Instead of paying to dispose of CS bullets, they paid to get rid of ones that had only a few years left before their expiration date, and this is what happened.

“By any means necessary, bring them all back.”

The response to the three-star general’s order was set.

While the military was targeting the supplies piled up in the Maru Building, Homeland Security Director Dan Brown was chewing on a stomach pill. He didn’t know if he’d get a hole in his stomach or cancer.

‘You want to requisition supplies from the Bloody Tower?’

The main ones would be CS bullets, but special bullets like the 12.7mm incendiary armor-piercing bullet and directional mines like Claymore were also included in the requisition.

From what I’ve experienced so far, Vladimir is a man who will never let anything that’s his be taken away from him.

What’s the price if I conscript them?

Is the military thinking about the price and conscripting them?

What if I pretend to be crazy, refuse to be drafted, and go to court?

If it’s a lawsuit, it’s fortunate, but what if they try to conscript by force and respond with force?

This was the United States of America. A country where anything could happen the moment the state forcibly confiscated private property.

In order to legally conscript, the consent of Congress was required first. The reason and circumstances of the conscription had to be made public to the citizens through the press. After that, the federal government announced the conscription and conscripted.

And if they were to formally enlist, the lawmakers who agreed would have to risk their political lives, as would the federal government.

In a situation where private property seizures are already underway, are you officially revealing that the situation is so serious that private property must be confiscated?

So, we won’t be officially drafted. What if?

They will try to do it in a way that effectively avoids the time and political burden of legal conscription.

‘Do you think it’ll be no fun if you don’t hand over your stuff yourself?’

But will that kind of pressure work on Vladimir Maru? And if it doesn’t?

There will be people who say, ‘Let’s frame them and catch them.’ There will also be people who say, ‘Let’s catch them and brainwash them.’ There were signs that this might happen.

How long has it been since you threatened to kidnap them last time and then they broke out in a group? I thought it was quiet, but then they started making noise again. Are you all mentally retarded?

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Woooooooooo-

Birds joining one by one in a flock that was spinning like a typhoon. The area where they came from and gathered like this was covered in birds.

Flapping your wings to create wind and disperse the smoke? I can’t even swear at them for being a bird’s brain. Every time they try to attack, you fire CS bullets, so now you only have 3 bullets left.

“Hey. You go first.”

[Are you crazy?]

At Ms. Kim’s immediate response, I suddenly remembered the time when I escaped from Korea. If it were Ms. Kim at that time, she would have said, “Oh my, that’s great. Thank you.” and ran away.

“Are you crazy? You’ve grown so much. You?”

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Maru and Kim Yang also had their stealth equipment activated. However, the birds seemed to have a rough idea of ​​where the two were.

“If you trust the exosuit gloves, you’ll die.”

If you can stop the teeth of a pack of rats or the gnawing of a cockroach, you can probably stop the claws of a bird. But what if you grab it and fly into the sky? What if you pull it up high and drop it repeatedly?

I didn’t know that they would hunt in that way since they were birds with great brains. If they were caught and dragged up, that would be the end of it.

[Then what are you going to do?]

“···You said you modified the stealth function, so you can even cover the motorcycle with stealth equipment.”

Use that to get as far away as possible. The space where Miss Kim was hiding was shaking.

“go!”

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The space that had been swaying and stopping moved away with a low exhaust sound.

The birds that had been spinning in a circle distorted in the direction that Kim Yang was moving, forming an oval shape.

As expected… the birds were right in noticing the hiding.

As Maru took off his stealth robe and turned on his motorcycle lights, a long path of light appeared. It started out as an oval shape towards Ms. Kim, then turned into a circle towards Maru.

Phew-

The end of a long, deep breath.

Chiik – The pre-applied neutralizer cooled the blood vessels.

What comes to mind are anger and murderous intent.

The feeling of slaying a pack of monster rats. The feeling of gathering murderous intent.

Like a volcano before it erupts, with the blade raised high above, he built up murderous intent inside him.

Padadadadak

Wooooowowow

A swarm of bees chirped, a typhoon blew in, and the birds circling around the floor swarmed over the floor.

At the same time, a surge of anger and murderous intent burst out.