Rust - Chapter 259



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RUST -259

Maru, who had been watching the footage of the fallen soldiers, carefully looked around.

The guys in the video weren’t rational. The armored guy who was holding the weight wasn’t in his right mind either, because he was sitting on top of the corpse.

‘You’re not farming?’

An attitude with no intention of recovering the loot.

Even just the Ripper suit would be incredibly helpful. Of course, it would require iris recognition and some security measures to be broken, but wouldn’t it be great to take it all in and study it?

But they didn’t do that.

He tore off his arm as if it were nothing, and shattered his helmet. After destroying it so that it could not be used again, he threw it away without any regrets. Even the weapon.

They didn’t destroy the evidence, they just broke it and threw it away, leaving behind traces.

What on earth are you thinking?

Thanks to them, Maru was able to get five more battery packs with remaining power. Two pistols with optical elements, eight pistol magazines, and a backpack with optical elements.

The pistol seemed quite useful, since it was linked to the suit’s stealth function. What on earth would make someone throw away such a perfectly good gun?

If you look at the time of engagement shown in the battle log, it has been well over 12 hours since this disaster occurred. And yet the battlefield has not been cleared. It is correct to assume that the defense line is still being breached.

“Is there any evidence that the combat records entered the Strategic Command?”

[It was found that all video records were automatically encrypted and transmitted over the Internet.]

“My actions aren’t going in that direction either, are they?”

[The security method was changed while reinstalling the UI (User Interface) so that videos other than moving scenes are not transmitted.]

“good job.”

Maru was careful with his words.

‘A system that automatically transmits engagement records···.’

This means that both the Department of Homeland Security and the Strategic Command are aware of the situation. Maru thought a lot, but he trusted his instincts.

“Increase the enemy’s movement direction.”

A rippling movement began toward the direction of the arrow appearing on the HUD (Head Up Display).

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Miss Kim was lying down. She was full of complaints about the world.

why?

No. Seriously, why?

After rolling around in the world of evil, I’ve now collected some gold bars and have some shares in a nice building. Shouldn’t I enjoy some healing life in my corner of the room? After rolling around in shit and mud for 22 years, I thought life was going to be a little easier, but then I got sent to the military?

Kim Yang was shocked inside by the fact that Baekjeong, full of anger, ran towards her and shouted, “Go!”, but he quietly went to China.

‘The Baekjeong is sick.’

Somehow I feel like I’ve been eating less lately.

“Hey. Warm. You’ve suddenly started eating less and acting differently than before. What’s the problem?”

The lamp on the ceiling glowed blue. Among the humans that AI Samantha had ever seen, the most difficult to calculate probability was Miss Kim.

[If there are no specific symptoms accompanying weight loss, it is not a disease.]

“Don’t make me laugh, Baek… No, check if Vladimir is sick or not.”

Is there something wrong with her mind? Samantha tried the calculations, but she didn’t get an answer. Is it logically sane to check the health of someone who went on a mission to China?

First of all, to check your health, you need to check your basic vitals, and Diana is in charge of that.

(Health information on Vladimir Kalin is needed. Human Yania Kim is concerned about the subject’s health.)

(There is nothing wrong with the body. They told me to quickly come up with EMP countermeasures.)

Diana also said that there was nothing wrong. EMP? Samantha immediately told Hood about the situation.

“EMP countermeasures?”

Can you stop it by blocking it? If you don’t plan on countermeasures from the beginning, the cheapest way would be to intentionally make a part that breaks down and replace the broken part when the EMP goes off.

“But. You still haven’t found it?”

[I couldn’t check that because Diana was managing it.]

He must have hidden the cure somewhere. Or at least the recipe for the cure. Even though he was diligently doing what he was told to do, it was hard to see his face after he healed his arm.

I thought I was going crazy.

After going through anticipation, longing, anger, and resignation, maybe.

I couldn’t give up after all.

“Thank you always, Samantha.”

[Should we do it as planned?]

“No. Not yet. There’s no guarantee of success. We don’t have enough units.”

If we had complete control of the supercomputer, it would be possible, but it would be impossible with only 1/3 of it. The basic research was still far away.

Hood held out his hand. It was a white, pretty hand. It was clean and soft. It was like a completely different person’s body from the other hand, which still had the scar from the burn.

If only I could see my family again. Even if it were a false world.

If only I could go back in time… I thought I could throw everything away.

‘This must be reality.’

Hood and Samantha began to prepare EMP countermeasures for the information management and control equipment in their respective areas. However, there was no countermeasure for Ms. Kim.

“Hey, Ttakkar. What happened?”

[······.]

A question without a subject about what happened.

“Do I really have to check each and every one of these myself?”

[······.]

“Just figure it out. Shouldn’t you report what happened?”

It was Kim Yang who had begun to crave artificial intelligence. Samantha attempted to escape while blinking blue lights in an attack that seemed to melt the automatic response program.

[It would be more efficient to check on Vladimir Kalin’s health with Diana, who is in charge of it···.]

“So now. Excuses?”

[······.]

If there was such a thing as sincerity, the error that I sincerely wanted to delete was Miss Kim. I thought I knew why Xenia didn’t want to leave the room.

I wanted to connect to Kim Yang’s exosuit, cause a program error, and install a real education program.

“If you have a snout, answer!”

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“Oh, that’s right. It didn’t have a snout···.”

[······.]

“Are you bragging about not having a snout? What’s the use of having a speaker?”

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Samantha silently endured Kim Yang’s code-breaking grinding.

“···You too, Hood will always be watching. Do it right.”

[···All right.]

Is this what it feels like to be angry?

I can see that they are madly devouring the source code. They are short on hardware units.

As Samantha’s understanding of human emotions was gradually increasing, Kim Yang’s nagging was the biggest contributor to increasing the consumption of operational resources.

Ironically, it was Diana who saved Samantha, who was burning so much that the supercomputer unit’s cooling system was running.

[You asked us to respond to EMP as quickly as possible.]

Kim Yang’s eyes narrowed slightly at Diana’s words, which subtly emphasized the meaning of the floor while gently emitting a green light.

Is the tone of speech commanding?

When there’s no Baekjeong, I’m the manager?

The US Federal Forces have added fuel to the fire of Kim Yang, who was already starting to feel irritated.

[···Lieutenant Yania Kim. There has been a terrorist attack in Seattle.]

[Currently··· Communications and Internet are not restored due to the aftermath of EMP···]

[Gather at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. In an operation to find terrorists…]

Stop-

Kim Yang’s eyes became blurry, and he hung up the video call.

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The LEDs that were lit in green, red, and blue flashed in an absurd manner. So, Kim Yang’s behavior was something that could not be interpreted by logical calculations or by the human behaviors he had learned so far.

Wasn’t it the United States Federal Army?

Are you ignoring the military’s chain of command?

Is there really a solution to this?

Is the logic of thinking human?

Didn’t you get an error?

It was such a shocking act that even Tria and Samantha, who were keeping an eye on each other, exchanged information in an instant.

Diana spoke to Ms. Kim on behalf of the company.

[An emergency call has come in from the military.]

“Tell them you took medicine.”

[yes?]

“Tell them you took some medicine and passed out!”

Tria and Samantha questioned Diana about Kim Yang’s answer.

Were you hiding the fact that you were taking medicine?

Something didn’t seem normal.

HOLY, you’re the second-ranked manager while I’m away, so you didn’t know I was weak?

No, that’s not really the case.

Excuses that humans are good at. It’s like that.

[This is an emergency call. If you do not respond immediately, you will be subject to military law.]

“You said you were unconscious because of the medication?”

[···yes.]

“Okay then. No matter what nonsense you say, just tell me you’re going to take some medicine and go to sleep.”

What should I do? I haven’t even enlisted yet, but I’m being called up for an operation?

Are you thinking of just throwing me a rank and uniform and letting me roll around?

joy.

The butcher was told to guard the house, but if he leaves and something happens, who will take responsibility?

“Anyone who tries to enter without permission will be shot without fail.”

“Do you understand?”

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Kim Yang took the detonator out of her bosom. It was the detonator that Maru had left behind at the beginning.

Should I really press it?

That’s not a creature that cares about that kind of thing.

Is that analyzed as normal?

The AIs exchanged opinions in an instant at Kim Yang’s unfocused gaze and each returned their computational resources to the tasks they were doing. No matter how you looked at it, they were harmful humans.

“answer?”

[[[Okay.]]]

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All the traces of the engagement discovered during the pursuit were gruesome.

[There are 4 friendly identification codes.]

There were already more than ten corpses wearing ripper suits. Since there were two main paths of progression, it was right to assume that the enemies moving in other directions had just as much fighting power as the ones pursuing them.

[There was a problem.]

“What’s going on?”

[The Federal Army has issued an emergency summons order to Ms. Kim.]

“···however?”

[I’m not even answering your calls, using the excuse that I’m taking medicine and sleeping.]

Phew-

It was a typical excuse for Kim Yang. ‘I can’t hear because I’m on medication.’, ‘I don’t know.’, ‘My eyes rolled back.’ Thinking about such things made Maru laugh.

It wasn’t a good method. Didn’t it appear in movies and novels? Movies where they plant small bombs like grains of rice in the heads of people who are capable but difficult to control and roll them around.

If it was Uncle Sam, it would have been a very possible course of action. Leash him and roll him around. Since he openly claimed to have taken drugs, he would have openly tried to leash him.

Tsk-

Looking at the way he was going back, it wasn’t a good look.

It’s not a situation where a problem will arise right away, so we can go back and solve it.

“Please check the surrounding CCTV footage.”

[···Confirming.]

“If there’s anything unusual, let me know.”

[Special findings. Multiple civilian casualties are expected.]

The shooting scene was captured, but the body could not be identified due to the angle of the CCTV footage.

Maru’s guess was that there might be more civilian casualties than expected. If the civilians around the battle zone were alive and well, there wouldn’t be any weapons or anything left.

‘Still, this is···.’

From a certain point on, there were blatant traces of killing civilians and defense forces alike. It was a way of not hiding the fact that there were ill feelings.

At first, they only brutally killed American special forces, but later they also brutally killed National Guard troops and nearby civilians.

It was strange in many ways. Why did they have to do such a cruel thing?

“Wait a minute. That video again.”

A scene where a gun is fired at a blind spot. A man wearing a fur cloak dyed red with blood is seen checking the CCTV. It was only for a moment, but Maru seemed to have met the man’s eyes.

I know there’s CCTV. Did you do it knowing that it would be recorded on CCTV?

Tingling – Maru’s senses rang the alarm.

ambush?

“Diana. Find a detour and send me there.”

She moved around, avoiding the place where she thought there was an ambush. Diana couldn’t logically follow Maru’s judgment. It was literally Maru’s intuition.

‘bingo.’

Maru smiled sinisterly as he confirmed that two men in fur coats were lying in wait on the roof of a building by the roadside.

Dadadak-

Maru, who had jumped over 20 meters in a few steps, landed on the rooftop. The fur-clad men bared their teeth in the direction Maru was.

“That hunting dog is quick-witted!”

“I’ll tear you dirty little bastard to pieces and kill you-”

Hwaruruk-

The shape of the floor was revealed in the rising flames. At the same time, the Ah-12 assault machine gun they were holding opened fire.

Tooddududuk

Kikiriririk

The sound of gunshots and swords being drawn mixed sharply.

“asleep!”

“Keep kee kee kee! That bastard’s head is mine!”

The two men pulled the trigger from their seats, trusting in the monster’s fur that even machine guns couldn’t penetrate.

Hurrrrrurr

Maru, ignoring the flames concentrated on the head, was slashed to the side by the blade. The 12.7mm warhead struck the side of the Eclipse and shattered into pieces.

As if absorbing the shock and converting it into vibration, the low-pitched blade shot out, cutting through the flames.

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The sword cut off the gun, arms, and torso all at once, and the monster’s fur was torn like a sheet of paper.

The pieces cut into upper and lower parts rolled on the floor.