Rust - Chapter 266



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RUST -266

A plane that resembled a Blackbird, but was larger and sleeker, landed on the empty runway.

“Tell them not to turn off the engine.”

[Delivered.]

Weeeeeeeeeing-

Maru runs towards the slowly circling plane with a low engine noise.

“Open the door!”

I ran down the runway before the plane even stopped and jumped on board and shouted as soon as I got on.

“The Chinese are trying to capture this.”

[Yes? It’s Napo.]

A voice asked back at Maru, as if asking what he was talking about. He came here because he asked for help unofficially, and there were no problems when he went back and forth once, so why was he suddenly captured?

“We need to get out of China as fast as we can, right now.”

[Report when you arrive···]

The floor cut off what the pilot was saying.

“Hey, you. Can’t you see the runway over there?”

Debris was visible at the end of the runway. A torn anti-aircraft gun and a surface-to-air missile vehicle were visible.

[What is that···]

It was an unusual sight, as it wasn’t destroyed by a missile or bomb explosion. There was no smoke or flames. So how did it end up like that?

Model? Fake? Why would someone make something like that fake? The fragments, which still retain the characteristic heaviness of the weapon, made me feel that these were the remains of real anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles.

“They were preparing surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft guns.”

I didn’t know when they would notice. I bought time by cutting them down without giving them a chance to report or do anything, but here I was, getting hit by a missile and ending up a failure.

The pilot, not knowing whether he knew Maru’s thoughts or not, did not take off right away.

“Hey- Aren’t you going quickly?”

Maru’s words became shorter. The cold irritation slowly turned into a lively feeling. As the cool atmosphere began to fill the cockpit, the pilot’s face began to turn pale.

“Get out of here! Take off!!”

The pilot and copilot, who had difficulty breathing and were coughing, took off.

[Warning unidentified aircraft. Land immediately or we will attack.]

As soon as the strategic bomber took off from the runway, a signal came from the control tower to land.

[Turn around and land immediately. Otherwise, I will shoot you down.]

“Ignore it and run!”

OMG-

The moment the rider raised the throttle and increased speed, the alarm sounded loudly.

beep—–

[Laser aiming?]

Beep beep beep beep beep-

[The crazy guys really shot it!]

[flare!!!]

Four missiles launched from the ground headed into the sky.

Two missiles were caught in the flare, but the two missiles fired with a time difference avoided the flare and flew in.

[booster!!!]

A feeling of being pushed backwards.

Maru felt his liver tremble under the tremendous gravitational acceleration. The race between the missile and the black eagle, which started at around Mach 1.5, soared to Mach 3 in an instant.

Moments later, the missile chasing the black eagle that had flown at a 45-degree angle lost momentum and fell down.

‘Crazy. The missile couldn’t catch up and fell?’

Even after the missile was knocked away, I still felt uneasy.

‘What happens when this thing flies away and then suddenly something happens again?’

Maru looked seriously at the place where the emergency escape method was written.

[Reaching altitude of 22km, cruising to destination.]

[and···.]

The pilot was silent for a moment. He felt murderous intent on the runway. The pilot, who had chosen his words a little, began to speak, emphasizing that he had been given orders. So, should we start with rank?

[Captain Vladimir Kalin at Osan Air Base, US Forces Korea···]

I wondered why I felt anxious even though I was on the plane, and it was because of this. Maru smiled quietly, revealing his teeth.

“Let’s go to Harrison Air Force Base, where we started. If you ask me why, tell me I’m going crazy and about to go crazy.”

What is that? He’s so mentally shocked that he can’t tell if it’s PTSD or not and he’s going to cut it all down.

As the fierce aura slowly rose, the pilot nodded with a stern face.

In an instant, the plane passed through Chinese and North Korean airspace, then flew over Hokkaido and headed toward the United States.

“Is Japan still like that because of volcanoes?”

[It is expected that it will take at least a year for air traffic to return to normal due to the simultaneous eruptions of large volcanoes.]

The question that came to mind when I mentioned heading towards Hokkaido was Japan.

[Farming in the Kanto and Kyushu regions will be unavailable for the time being due to the effects of volcanic ash and dust.]

[The fault zone is under strong pressure···]

Diana, who had been predicting that disasters were likely to continue to strike in Japan, which was shaken by the earthquake, delivered breaking news.

[Breaking news. A major accident has occurred at a nuclear power plant in China.]

[Beijing China’s central government has not made any official announcements···]

[I wonder if the central government’s administrative power does not extend to local governments…]

[···News of the accident is spreading quickly through social media.]

The anxiety that had subsided a little began to grow again.

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The atmosphere in the emergency conference room was the worst.

The hotline to the central government in Beijing was down. The connection to the special forces sent into Beijing to obtain and destroy the nuclear security codes was also cut off.

“Did it affect key figures in the central government?”

“I’m not sure.”

The one who sent the latest information on the nuclear security code is Vladimir Kalin. The problem is that if the information he sent is correct, then the nuclear security code must be lost.

“We cannot trust the Chinese government or the Northern Theater Command. We must launch a preemptive strike immediately.”

“It’s not a question of whether you believe it or not. Do you want China or the Northern Theater to be destroyed together?”

Things were going from bad to worse as the nuclear security code decryption operation failed.

The Northern Theater Command of China was an unofficial warlord who fought over the Japanese Kanto region. In a top secret operation, they burned over 200,000 people, including the troops and auxiliary personnel of the Northern Theater Command.

As the power vacuum grew, the Chinese central government, which had been waiting for an opportunity to purge the Northern Theater Command’s ruling class, took action, leading to civil war.

So far so good. Virginia, as usual, was encouraging both sides and supporting the underpowered Northern Theater from the shadows.

It also reported on the movements of Chinese government forces through early warning aircraft and satellites, disrupted satellites controlled by the Chinese central government, and condoned the Northern Theater Command’s links with Russian oligarchs.

As a result, the Northern Theater Command, which lost 40% of its power, was able to fight on equal terms with the Southern and Eastern Theater Commands mobilized by the central government.

The picture the US wanted was a protracted civil war in China, with regional governments unable to withstand economic hardship and splitting apart. “A more China.” This was the blueprint the US wanted.

“The superhumans that the Northern Frontier infiltrated into Beijing are said to be Japanese. This is a really dangerous situation!”

“Are they all Japanese?”

“There is intelligence that the Chinese superhumans in the Northern Theater have been almost completely wiped out.”

The story is that the Chinese superhumans were almost completely wiped out in a secret operation that annihilated the Chinese army. So the superhuman unit that was infiltrated into Beijing by the Northern Theater was said to be Japanese.

Then what about that horrible torture and murder scene? The story is that the people who killed the US special forces were Japanese superhumans. Given their malicious behavior, is it possible that it was retaliation for the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan?

“Don’t forget that Vladimir Kalin was Korean.”

“You shouldn’t 100% believe what someone from a country with strong anti-Japanese sentiment says.”

“You didn’t send the entire video in the first place, did you? It’s hard to judge based on just the video he sent.”

“No matter where Vladimir Kalin came from, he is now an American citizen who has pledged allegiance to the United States of America.”

“Yes. Don’t forget that he saved countless soldiers. It’s wrong to judge him as someone of Korean descent.”

Maru’s attempt to avoid unnecessary controversy by only sending necessary videos has turned into a credibility issue.

“We must not overlook the fact that the head of the New Japan Alliance went to Beijing in person.”

“It’s not a formal political group, it’s a terrorist group comprised of a few superhumans.”

“What if a terrorist group got their hands on the nuclear security codes? Do they just look like a terrorist group?”

“If you look at the footage of the battle sent by Vladimir Kalin, the Chinese army completely destroyed parts of Tiananmen Square. Even if they were superhumans, it would be difficult to believe that they escaped alive.”

“Life or death is not the issue. The nuclear security code has been lost. The problem is that it is now difficult to determine who is responsible if an accident occurs.”

“Okay, everyone, let’s calm down and take a break, then start again.”

I had to look at it objectively. The decision I made here and now might determine the fate of all of humanity.

Accountability for the loss of nuclear security codes is uncertain. What should the United States do if the worst happens?

After a short break, the meeting began again.

“We must attack China’s nuclear facilities.”

In any case, a war with China was unavoidable.

Because they were trying to use the civil war to cause China to split. It would have been nice to have had another year or two before an all-out war, but the situation changed drastically.

“I agree with the attack on the nuclear facility. However, rather than attacking it directly, it would be better to attack it using the Northern Theater.”

If the central government leaked information that there were signs of nuclear weapons being used in the Northern Theater, the Northern Theater would respond on its own. At that time, all we had to do was give them a little help. When the Northern Theater attacked China’s nuclear facilities, we could sneak in and target more nuclear facilities.

“I agree with the idea of ​​using the Northern Territory, but I oppose direct intervention.”

“Do you mean to say that you are only looking at the Northern Front, knowing when and how it will move? We must launch a preemptive strike.”

“Are you crazy? A preemptive strike is a declaration of nuclear war. Even if it is not a nuclear war. Even if we just exchange missiles on the mainland, the economy is finished.”

“That economy was already ruined by the mutant virus. It would be more effective to turn it into a war special.”

“Breaking news. A major accident has occurred at a nuclear power plant off the southeastern coast of China.”

A folder was placed in front of everyone in the conference room.

“These motherfuckers!”

One person reading the document became angry.

“This is···.”

“Isn’t that why you said we should launch a preemptive strike? It’s not too late. We must attack now.”

20 years ago, a Chinese general who had fled to the United States to avoid a purge brought with him a confidential document on China’s world strategy.

The content contained therein. By spreading an epidemic, the economic power of the Western world is destroyed. Since the fighting power of the West comes from economic power, the fighting power of the West is weakened by using an epidemic.

To prevent an all-out war, we will steadily increase our nuclear power. However, if the threat of an all-out war increases, we will induce the US forces in Korea and Japan to retreat. How?

The way to kick out the US was through a nuclear accident. Will the US troops stationed there sit there and get exposed to radiation while the radiation from the nuclear power plant spreads across Okinawa, the western part of the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan?

At the time, it was almost treated as a conspiracy theory and buried. In the era of globalization, the spread of infectious diseases can have a serious impact on the economy regardless of the country.

In a situation where the world economy is tied together, if the economy collapses due to the spread of an infectious disease, wouldn’t China, which is rapidly growing as the world’s factory, be hit the hardest? Is this a self-destructive strategy? Are you crazy?

But when I look at what’s happening now, coincidentally, there are so many similarities. The stories that were considered conspiracy theories, paranoid delusions, and nonsense at the time are all becoming reality.

“The reactor is currently under severe overload and is expected to explode in less than three to four days.”

“It matches the information sent by the French nuclear power company in charge of managing the nuclear power plant.”

“It’s strange that China doesn’t censor social media and news.”

“Yes. If this kind of problem had occurred in the past, it would have been censored.”

“It’s a ridiculous story from the start. A mutant barnacle caused problems in the nuclear power plant’s cooling system?”

“That’s a cowardly excuse. Why would there be radiation at this time? It’s proof that they’re targeting America.”

“It will soon be June. In the summer, the wind blows toward the continent. If there is a radiation explosion now, the country that will be most affected is China.”

“Even in the conspiracy theory, they said that they were going to build an offshore nuclear power plant and cause an offshore nuclear power plant accident, not a nuclear power plant accident on the coast.”

The story goes that the Chinese central government failed to respond properly because the nuclear security codes were stolen, causing numerous casualties, and that information about the nuclear accident was intentionally leaked to induce the US military to retreat.

The conference room became noisy with hardline arguments that a preemptive strike should be carried out immediately because it was not an accident but a targeted radioactive attack, and even talk that a preemptive strike by the US in the current situation could lead to a global backlash against the US.

“What does the Strategic Command think?”

“We must immediately dispatch strike forces capable of responding to radiological and biochemical warfare to the Korean Peninsula and Okinawa, and send existing forces to the Kanto region of Japan to wipe out the mutants there. After that, we must implement the nuclear war preparedness protocol.”

“So you’re saying we should use the Kanto region to train superhuman soldiers? Are you saying that you judged that a nuclear war would break out?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. What is the military’s position on the proposal to launch a preemptive strike on China, which is currently in a civil war?”

“If it is a preemptive strike, we must strike 300 military facilities, including nuclear facilities, at the same time. To do so, we must be prepared for an all-out war, including nuclear war. The United States military is ready to carry out its mission under the direction of the federal government and Congress.”

“Let’s take a moment to discuss our thoughts and then vote on the motion to strike…”

“This is an urgent message from the Chinese government.”

“An unidentified force has taken control of the nuclear facility. They say they have launched a nuclear missile!”

Silence fell on the once bustling emergency conference room.