Rust - Chapter 284



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RUST [RUST]-284

The men who had searched the surrounding area gathered at the destroyed warehouse.

Inside the warehouse, there were mutants lying around, torn and perforated here and there. Smaller than adults. The transformation of infected into mutants did not discriminate between age.

A drop of blood fell from the Karimbit knife in Director Yu’s hand. It was not made of metal, but of some other material. The subordinates’ eyes were briefly drawn to the knife that felt like bone or claws.

The mutants, big or small, were impervious to 9mm armor-piercing bullets. 45 caliber armor-piercing bullets would be the only way to get through. But how did that knife cut through the mutants’ bodies?

A variant that can’t even be shot with a bullet, but with a knife? So the conclusion was that it was special. Director Yoo said calmly, whether he knew the gaze of his subordinates or not.

“What’s the situation?”

At that calm voice, the subordinates turned their gaze away from the knife.

“There are no survivors or infected within two or three miles to the west.”

“There is no trace to the east either.”

“This area seems to be a mutant territory.”

As he received the report, Director Yoo wiped the blood stains on the Karimbit knife. The cat monster claw knife that Minsik had made for him in Japan.

Even monsters and mutants that were impervious to regular bullets showed their soft flesh in front of these claws. So the monster cats would have eaten the crazy rats and fought the mutants. Although the principle or reason is unknown, things made from cat byproducts had effects that were beyond common sense.

Director Yu took a look outside. Judging from the shadows, there was still plenty of time, but it was better to let him rest before moving in earnest tomorrow.

“We’re camping here today.”

“Keep night watch to a minimum and get plenty of rest.”

This is the realm of the mutants, so other trash won’t come in here.

As the hot sun set, the temperature dropped rapidly. During the day, it had been hovering around 35 to 38 degrees, but now it was around 10 degrees.

‘This kind of weather in mid-June.’

They said it could go up further in July or August.

Knock knock-

Director Yu threw a piece of wood into the fire and thought. He came to America to shoot bullets himself. His target was heads, but he intended to kill all the ones who were annoyed.

But then the EMP attack happened, and China launched a nuclear bomb at the United States. It was the beginning of a nuclear war. Luckily, I was able to avoid the nuclear explosion because I sent away the people who were supposed to catch the terrorists and got out of the big cities.

By the time they got to San Francisco, it was a mess. The infected people who had been locked up in the camps had escaped and were causing chaos, and armed robbers, including gangs and cartels, were looting and burning.

But he was going to just pass by if they didn’t touch him. Who cares if they kill each other? He just thought that being so confused would help him get revenge.

However, he had no idea how his rejuvenated appearance would look to criminals. After killing a gangster who was blatantly making a fuss, the gang attacked him in a group and killed them all.

After annihilating one gang, gangs and cartels came in to take over the empty territory. They were all wiped out and their bases were torn apart. In the process, the people who were saved gathered around Director Yoo.

Starting with the families of people kidnapped by gangs and cartels, little by little, a group grew. A village, a small city. And now, they have become the ones who practically rule a fairly large area.

At first, he was going to just leave, but when he saw the military coming with conscription and mobilization orders, Director Yoo changed his mind. If you want to get rid of people’s heads, you just have to become someone who can go to places where people’s heads are gathered.

Director Yu, who had changed her mind, began to manage the villages and small cities under her control in earnest. And now. The reason she came down to the LA area was to solve the problem of necessities and food.

A subordinate holding a wad of paper spoke to Director Yu, who was looking at the bonfire.

“I have confirmed. There are four ships carrying grain and one ship carrying fruit.”

“Okay. We’ll repair the barge and salvage it by tomorrow morning.”

They are salvaging a ship that was damaged by the aftermath of the nuclear explosion EMP and are collecting a large amount of daily necessities and food, but how long will they be able to do so? To fundamentally solve the food problem, they had to farm.

“Water is a problem, and farmland is a problem.”

Drinking water was the problem right away.

“What about smart farms?”

“The power plant is out, is that possible?”

Fortunately, most of the cars were broken down, so there was plenty of gas. Even now, I ride a horse. In this situation, a smart farm.

“I know someone who lives there, and they have a modular reactor running there.”

“Ah. There? You mean HOLLY Tower?”

“that’s right.”

“Oh, you said it was the Ark Tower?”

“Ark Tower? I’ve heard of it somewhere.”

“You know, the one that advertised that they were preparing for the end of the world.”

“Ah- I remember. Those who went in there, they got it, they got it.”

The subordinates were muttering and chattering.

“Quiet. Listen carefully. What are the HOLLY Towers, the Ark Towers?”

Smart farms in modular nuclear power plants? Doomsday advertising? What kind of crazy talk is that?

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Ms. Kim is serious and intensely focused.

Whoosh- swoosh

Whoosh- swoosh

Every time I breathed, I was making a strange breathing noise.

Maru couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of Ms. Kim walking along in time to the music of something. Honestly, isn’t she past that age?

But his expression was so serious that I wondered why he was doing that.

“What are you doing?”

Hooowook- Sseuup- Kim Yang took a deep breath, opened her eyes wide, and glared at the floor.

‘conflict!’

“······.”

“······.”

Should I say this out loud instead of just thinking it in my head? Again, focus your mind and breathe and focus on Death Royder!

“Hoooo- s …

“······.”

Maru’s steps stopped abruptly at Kim Yang’s shout. Not “Gal” or “Gal”? Did he just say “Gal”? As Maru, who was moving forward, stopped, Kim Yang quickly avoided the spot.

It’s Death Row!

A woman with big breasts is saying something out of the blue… Is that what she was aiming for? Is that so? In order to punish her impudent breasts, Kim Yang headed to the infirmary. With her earlobes red,

Ms. Kim was really serious.

Because I saw it firsthand and experienced it. There was a Baekjeong who reacted immediately even if you just aimed at him with a scope. He would move 10m at a time and jump, and eventually he would stab a yacht, a helicopter, and even a building with a sword.

If you experience and see such supernatural and unscientific things with your own eyes, wouldn’t you think that there must be some kind of power?

Even if the physical abilities were like that, there were mutants and monsters, so I could just ignore the fact that they were human.

But. What is that power? The power that made birds flock together and then fall to the ground. I really wanted to have it. I wanted to know. When I asked to know, they said that I just had to focus my emotions, but no matter how hard I tried, it didn’t work.

But the nurse gave her a hint. It was similar to Death Royder’s power. I was tempted. So I did it seriously, but what if it was just a joke? Kim Yang felt like her innocence had been tarnished.

If it was just a thoughtless remark, then yes, Unit 1, have you been comfortable lately? I will let you experience the inside and outside properly today. It was Ms. Kim who came to see the nurse.

“Nursing… Where is Ono Nanae?”

“The crows are making rounds with the patients right now.”

He’s not even a doctor yet, but he’s doing rounds? The guide was quick to explain in response to Ms. Kim’s gaze.

“Other people, I guess. They feel a bit awkward.”

Wasn’t it just a crow, or a mutant crow? What if it got infected by being injured in the beak or claws? It only looked like a large crow on the outside, but in many ways, it was a completely different creature. That’s why the doctors were reluctant to treat it, even during surgery.

The nurse stepped forward in front of the hesitant doctors. She had only been attending medical school for a few months, but she had done a lot of things like assisting with surgeries while working as a nurse. After stitching them up, she found that they were not ordinary crows, so the prognosis was good.

“Spread your right wing.”

At the nurse’s stern words, a crow spread one of its wings.

“Stay still, I’ll change the gauze.”

Kaaaak-

“No raw meat. Your stomach is hurting. You have to adjust it yourself before the stitches are removed. Don’t you want to get better quickly?”

A crow pretending not to hear and straightening its left wing feathers. Perhaps because of the story about raw meat, all the crows nearby chirped.

Cackle cackle-

Caw-

“Everyone, be quiet. What’s wrong with the soybean meat? It’s processed to be easily digested and absorbed. If you complain about the food, I’ll tell Maru-nim.”

The crows suddenly became quiet. They were pretending not to notice anything, preening their feathers as if they had never been noisy.

The nurse moved the bed and examined the next crow. It was a crow with bullet holes in its wings and back. As expected, the area where the wing was pierced had healed to some extent with a thin membrane-like film, and the area where the back was stitched up was also healing well without any inflammation.

While they were disinfecting them one by one, Miss Kim appeared.

“When will Unit 1 be finished?”

“Huh? Can I just look at the next person?”

“Take a quick look. Let me see.”

“Where are you uncomfortable?”

It’s uncomfortable. A lot. Especially my chest is uncomfortable.

“Okay, just wait outside for a moment.”

Ms. Kim looked around at the crows lying on the bed. Among them, there was a sight. Two crows were playing chess. Could they really be playing? Ms. Kim unconsciously went to the side of the chess board.

One of the crows moved the knight to target the bishop. The attacked crow lowered its lock to catch the knight using the bishop as bait.

‘crazy.’

A crow looked at Miss Kim as if asking if she had anything to teach her. Miss Kim was startled by the intelligence in her eyes and unconsciously let out a whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh- breath.

“Oh, that’s Lamaze breathing. Lord Death Royder’s breathing is more serious, like whoosh-”

Ah- I want to get out of here. Ms. Kim stumbled out of the hospital room. A nurse’s voice leaked out from inside the room.

“Is that person? He’s the one with Maru.”

Kaaa-ak-

Caw-

“Yes? Are you the one shooting the gun?”

Kim Yang, who felt a bit tired, sat down on the bench. What on earth was she thinking? She wanted to raise something like that? And does Unit 1 really understand?

‘No way.’

Why? Kids who say things like “Mom and Dad” to dogs and cats. Kids who say things like “Our baby wanted to eat beef jerky.” That’s probably how they do it.

“Your eyes are blurry? You shouldn’t say that to someone.”

Kaaaak

At that sound, Ms. Kim stood up and said.

“Let’s talk later.”

“yes.”

I heard the nurse’s answer. First, I had to tell Maru about the current situation.

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“So the crows were playing chess?”

“It’s true. I told you we had a fight.”

Looking at Kim Yang’s slightly pale face, it seemed like it wasn’t a joke or something he had seen wrong. It was different from just being smart and enjoying a kind of strategic and tactical game like chess.

No matter how smart a dog is, understanding the rules of chess and playing the game using those rules are separate abilities.

“I thought you were smart, but I didn’t think you were that smart.”

“Wouldn’t it be dangerous?”

He had at least the intelligence of an elementary school student. Maybe even higher.

“No, it’s better. Crows have thoughts too, so they don’t pounce on you recklessly.”

“···Even so.”

Ah- I forgot something.

“And it seemed like the nurse was talking to the crows.”

“You’re talking? Are you sure?”

“Sure. And the nurse seems to have gotten a little stronger.”

“You got stronger? How did you know that?”

Ms. Kim said she felt stronger as she explained how the nurse tied her arms.

“You can communicate with crows. And your strength has also increased?”

Could that be some kind of awakening? It was something that could be checked.

“Let’s take the patrol nurse with us today too.”

“Okay.”

You’ll know when you see it.

“Huh? Patrol? Me?”

Miss Kim smiled brightly as she looked at the nurse’s eyes that had grown wide.

“It’s a solo patrol. Ah- and the crow that can be discharged today is also with me.”

Eeeeeet–

The nurse spoke urgently, but Ms. Kim simply ignored her.

“It’s okay. I’ll back you up well.”

Yeah. Give up.