Rust - Chapter 244



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RUST [RUST]-244

The birds that had been curled up in a circle fell to the ground.

Falling birds. Falling raindrops. Thunder heard in the distance.

Kururururung

The cold spring rain scattered across the air, causing azaleas to bloom.

A water droplet shattering into pieces.

An unrealistic sight, with dry grass and fallen leaves on the ground shaking and swaying as if screaming.

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The birds ahead of them, who had been charging, suddenly froze stiffly and fell to the ground, while the birds following behind changed direction.

The tightly closed circle suddenly opened wide and threatened the floor.

The wings flapped loudly, as if they were helicopter rotors. They rotated in circles, clearly showing a murderous intent to kill the enemy, rather than aggression to hunt for food.

Regardless, Maru calmly swung his sword. The writhing birds that had fallen to the ground along the tip of the sword were carved into pieces.

Blood flowing excitedly on the floor, light footsteps, infinitely light sword strokes, slicing death, and birds chirping as they circle around and kill.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The raindrops that fell splashed onto the ground, spreading red.

!!!!!!!!!!

As if there was an invisible wall, the birds wandered around, unable to rush in. At some point, such wandering began to form a pattern.

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Movement of a colony rather than an individual.

The birds, which had been spinning like giant snakes coiling around, suddenly soared into the sky.

The birds soared like dragons seeking ascension, reached the peak, and plummeted vertically. The birds struck one another, tail to tail, like dive bombers.

The sword hanging down shook the ground and sky.

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A slash that swung from below to above, as if splitting the sky in two.

As the killing energy that followed the sword reached the sky, the heads of the giant snakes made by birds were cut off to the left and right.

Thud thud thud-

The halved colony began to collapse as it was struck by death. The birds, cut apart and frozen in a horrible murderous intent, were shot towards the floor with the momentum they had come from, and were cut down by the swords.

The claws and beaks of the birds torn apart in midair struck the floor and brushed against it. A heavy impact struck, but the swords continued as if they didn’t care.

I was cut down and killed

He was cut down and died.

The long line of deaths turned into red pieces and scattered across the floor, like tomatoes being ground in a blender.

Knock knock knock-

The sound of blood dripping gradually grew louder.

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The four-wheel drive motorcycle roared forward.

‘You fool, Baekjeong!’

Yes, you don’t have any sense of shame. It’s not like it’s been a day or two. Ms. Kim got angry and pulled the throttle. The low engine sound got louder and the motorcycle’s speed increased.

What is the most important thing?

Isn’t it safe? Having your limbs and body intact. Life. That’s the most important thing.

That was the most important thing to keep in mind when working.

You have to know when to get out, when to run away.

Whether you eat rice with a knife or with a gun, your posture is important.

If you were to put it in when it was time to put it in and not get out when it was time to get out, you would have to pay the price with your life.

‘If a flock of birds starts making a fuss, you have to think about running away no matter what.’

If it were a rat or a cat, I could have caught it no matter how many people came. But it’s a bird. It flies in the sky. Can the sword reach it?

The best way to catch winged ones is with a gun, but there are dozens of them. How can you catch them all gathered like that? And what are you going to do with just a knife?

There were even many different types of birds gathered together.

A variety of birds were flocking together, from crows to unknown mountain birds, to birds of prey like hawks and owls.

Is that normal? It’s abnormal.

It’s scary to think where all those birds have been hiding and where they came out.

But you want me to go first?

Are you telling me to go first since it’s not the time to join in? Then what about Baekjeong?

Are you saying that you’re wearing a bulletproof suit over a body armor?

I went when I was told to, but the problem was that my mood kept getting worse.

A feeling I had never felt before. I should have felt good because I was becoming safe, but I didn’t.

There are also Baekjeong who fights wearing only tights, and they run away without even taking revenge on the 4 drones.

Run away because you’re scared of the new brains.

If Baekjeong had run away with him, that would have been possible. He would have run away when he had to.

But you’re running away alone. What if Baekjeong suddenly tells you to run away?

Booooooooo-

The motorcycle that had been speeding up suddenly changed direction. The motorcycle made a sharp U-turn. In the swaying space, Kim Yang looked at the place where the floor was.

The birds that had been charging at the butcher slammed their heads into the ground as if they had hit an invisible wall. Some of them tried to slam their bodies into the butcher using the momentum of their speed, but they were torn to pieces before they could even get close.

The birds were being turned into dust as if they were being ground into powder by a giant crusher. The birds must have sensed it too, because they soared into the sky.

As one rose vertically, the birds rose vertically as if they were joining the updraft, looking like a giant snake exploring the sky.

A large snake made of birds twisting its body and looking at the ground.

Drops of heavy rain began to fall, one by one. The cool night breeze was soaked with bloody moisture.

A tingling feeling for no apparent reason.

Miss Kim felt a chill. She felt as if something was grabbing her heart.

A giant snake rose into the sky and swooped down to snatch its prey.

Kwarrrrung!

With the sound of thunder

A flash of lightning shot up from the ground into the sky, splitting the head of the serpent vertically.

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The birds that had been huddled together as one body were torn into pieces and fell to the ground.

Thud thud thud-

It seemed as if she could hear the sound of raindrops and pieces falling. Kim Yang, who felt dizzy for no apparent reason and lost all strength in her body, took a deep breath.

Hak- Hak-

‘What did I just see?’

Is this a hallucination? An optical illusion?

A flock of birds gathered together and looked like snakes?

No, then what did you split?

Have you ever seen a giant snake split lengthwise?

Are you crazy?

Why am I so out of breath?

My heart felt like it was being overworked. It was beating wildly as if it was sprinting at full speed.

Kim Yang’s shoulders shook silently.

What it looks like on the HUD screen.

The remaining birds circled a few times above the head of the loft before scattering across the dark sky where raindrops were falling.

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The spring rain began to fall.

Heavy raindrops instantly dropped the temperature.

The floor, which had been exhaling white breath like midwinter, once again injected the chik- neutralizer. It was too much to use it even though it was known that the crazy birds would die.

‘I’m going to turn around.’

[Vital values ​​return to normal.]

The AI’s voice sounded like it was trembling.

After a long time of overdoing it, I wasn’t feeling well. Weeeeeeeing- The motorcycle headlights illuminated the floor along with the engine noise. It was Ms. Kim.

“I told you to go.”

[···Are you okay?]

Is there something wrong with my eardrums? Why do all the voices sound like they’re shaking?

“Does it look okay?”

Sigh- Maru answered with a smile. Even if you look at it favorably, he didn’t look good.

The bulletproof vest he was wearing on the outside was torn here and there, revealing the scale-like bulletproof plates here and there. The only thing that seemed to be preventing his flesh from being torn was the Charlotte tights he was wearing underneath. Now that I think about it, his hiding robe had become a rag.

The damn birds couldn’t hold out because they were clawing and beaking at me while I was flying.

‘This was the last of Charlotte’s hiding robes.’

[···Can you drive?]

“It’s okay because Diana will just take control and drive autonomously as long as you keep your balance.”

It doesn’t matter where you go, but what are we going to do with all these? Corpses piled up almost to the knees. If you think about the food chain hypothesis, it would be dangerous to leave them like this.

If some idiot picks this up and eats it and makes a fool of it, who’s going to take care of the aftermath?

Since it’s close to the building, I think it would be good to collect them all and send them to the lab as samples. Then, I can pluck out the fur and use it as lining filling.

“Any Homeland Security agents out today? Tell them to come and get this.”

[Delivered.]

“Connect me to Manager Dan Brown.”

[Connected.]

Manager Dan Brown, who always looked haggard, looked particularly gaunt today. The manager also saw Maru’s appearance and they looked at each other and laughed in vain.

“Birds, I mean. I just had a huge fight with them and they’re different from what I’ve seen in Japan.”

[You said you met on a yacht.]

I still remembered.

“Yes. At that time, it was a flock of seagulls. So, only seagulls flew together. Since America is a multi-ethnic country, even the birds have become united.”

Maru showed the floor through the camera. Various kinds of birds were scattered in pieces. It was not a bird department store, but dozens of kinds of birds were harmoniously forming cut objects.

[This is···.]

“I’ll take a video of the detailed scene, so please watch it. All the bodies here are being loaded up and some will be distributed to the building researchers, and the rest will be sent over there, so send someone to get them.”

[Thank you.]

“What? They all help each other and live together. When I see the birds moving around, I think it’s going to get worse than that old horror movie with the birds in it.”

[Whew- The Bird Strike is already a serious problem. It’s not a suicide drone, and it looks like it’s determined to rush in.]

Even with just a 20% crash rate, air support and transportation were severely reduced. It was practically paralyzed. But now, with almost half of the aircraft flying in the sky, an accident occurred, so it was safe to say that the skies were blocked.

“If we spray CS bullets, will it be possible to take off and land?”

[We were already operating in that way, albeit little by little. Now it is difficult.]

To prevent bird strikes, CS bullets were hung on balloons and the area around the airport runway was filled with gas. The number of CS bullets consumed in half a day alone was in the thousands.

It was a consumption that could not be handled in a month. The stockpiles that each state had been storing were quickly depleted.

“okay.”

[We have to send them to Japan as soon as they are produced due to our limited production facilities, and supply them to the units that are clearing out areas where monsters have been sighted. We are short on supplies.]

A slight wrinkle formed between Maru’s eyebrows.

I was talking about a flock of birds, and I thought it might be because the Bird Strike came up, but I had a strange feeling that the topic was drifting towards CS bullets.

[The military is short of supplies needed for the operation, so they are trying to retrieve the supplies that Mr. Vladimir Kalin is stockpiling.]

“yes?”

As expected, those words came out of Manager Den Brown’s mouth.

“Isn’t this America? But. Are you saying that you want to do whatever you want with my stuff?”

[···That is not it. The military believes that the safety of the United States depends on the success or failure of the current operation.]

It was a good idea to preemptively dispose of the animals that had turned into monsters before they could hunt humans.

Considering the mess that happened in Yellowstone National Park, it’s only a matter of time before something like this happens in other national parks and nature reserves.

The problem was that the CS bullets that had never been considered had become essential equipment for continuing operations. It would take time until a mass production system could be established, and the quantity was needed immediately.

[When we tried to find a breakthrough using the stockpiled CS ammunition stock, we found out that a significant portion of the stockpiled stock had been handed over to Vladimir Kalin. The military will actively pursue repurchasing it.]

‘They’ll either try to repurchase it at cost price or, in effect, force a voluntary donation,’ Manager Dan Brown muttered quietly. Maru realized that the manager was giving him information.

Money? I can’t even spend all the money I have right now.

From now on, money won’t be important. Maybe when things settle down.

Looking at the way things were going, it seemed likely that things would turn out to be even more of a mess than expected, let alone a real mess.

What should I do? Cut off the balls of those who are talking nonsense? There’s also Kim Yang. What if I snipe them?

‘Did you hear Diana? Find out what kid is trying to touch what’s mine.’

(All right.)

Manager Dan Brown, sensing that the atmosphere on the floor was not good, continued his story.

[CS bullets are at their best right now.]

It’s almost like a strategic material now, because it’s become a lifeline for soldiers on missions.

[The military has and is studying more than you can imagine. Some of them are really helpful to Vladimir Kalin.]

The advice was to hand it over at a high price and take advantage of it rather than to fight the military and the enemy. They wouldn’t give it to you in money, so they told you to barter.

That was it, and because the feeling was dirty, Maru’s words did not come out well.

“For example?”

[··· There must be an alien metal that can cut steel.]

“Alien metal?”

[It is a rare alien metal discovered in space, with properties different from any metal on Earth. To be precise, it is a substance whose identity is still unknown.]

[It’s a bit odd in nature, but I know there’s enough to make a sword. What if we made a sword out of it?]