Rust - Chapter 286



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RUST -286

One block darkened as if there had been a solar eclipse.

Hmm- The sky was dominated by black clouds without a single sound of flapping wings, only the low vibrating air indicating that there was something in the sky.

[Mr. Crow, you were circling around, wasn’t that a signal you sent to me?]

[Be quiet.]

Kim Yang’s nerves were on edge. Ten thousand crows? Well, it was a mistake to think that they were just bird heads.

That was a black blade that was over ten thousand years old. If they were gliding and sticking out their claws and beaks? It was obvious that they would be sliced ​​thinly even if they just passed by.

I shuddered even more when I heard that they were smart. What if they were just waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?

Among animals, there are stories about elephants who grew up to take revenge on the hunters who killed their parents when they were young, and stories about whales, but these were crows who were even playing chess.

If you pretend to follow Maru’s orders, you’ll end up hurting yourself or the nurse. ‘Oh, my mistake. I thought you were the enemy.’ If you leave it like this, what will Baekjeong do?

If they all caused a ruckus and flew away to another town, we would be the ones to end up like birds.

Kim Yang kept her mouth shut as she was thinking about telling Baekjeong about this. If the crows really were trying to get along with Baekjeong or if they were trying to follow Baekjeong’s orders but ended up getting screwed, then it would be impossible to recover. For now, it was right to keep her mouth shut and let it go.

[Unit 1. Never release your cover, stay hidden.]

[Cover?]

[Hide between the buildings next to it!]

[yes-]

Kim Yang trusted his exosuit. A special armor made of graphene and various composite materials. The special armor, painstakingly created by the researchers and technicians in the tower, had incredible defensive capabilities. The only downside was that it was incredibly expensive.

‘If the crow chicks are thinking of something else, I’ll burn them all.’

Miss Kim, who was very nervous, took a stance.

The black clouds covering the sky swung down like sharp lances.

A strong murderous intent flowed from the sky to the ground.

Maru read the end of life and laughed.

Dangerous? Of course it was dangerous. Even among humans who can speak, there are many cases of swearing, so how can you guarantee that a crow won’t suddenly scurry around?

In addition, there was not much difference in the defensive power of the full-body bulletproof vest used in mass-produced exosuits and the defensive power of the Ripper suit. The story is that if you allow access only by relying on the defensive power of the Ripper suit, it will be difficult if you get hit in the head.

So? If you’re going to hit the head, hit it quickly. If possible, it’d be better to hit it before it gets too close.

‘Betrayal or betrayal leads to death.’

The killing power was not an infinite passive. When the will to kill was the strongest, the power was the greatest, and after releasing a strong will, the killing power was limited to cerebral hemorrhage, respiratory distress, and full-body paralysis. From there, if more time passed or the distance was reduced, the body would stiffen and feel cold.

In other words, it is not possible to kill infinitely while living.

Even so, since it was something that could be done by cutting off the neck with a sword even if it only froze for a moment, its utility was sufficient. The only problem was that it was difficult to deal with all of the things that were being pushed in like this with a war of numbers.

The long, straight tip of the sword was pointed at the gray waves, and the crows swooped down toward the long, straight tip.

As the silent assault punishment fell from the sky towards the gray waves, a red blood mist filled the alley.

Jjikjjiiik

Thud thud thud

Kagagagagagagak

It took about 10 seconds for a swarm of rats, numbering in the thousands, to be crushed by the ravens flying across the bay. The rats were literally crushed by their mutated beaks, talons, and feathers.

The crow’s beak and talons, which sank vertically and then rose vertically, had torn flesh attached to them. As its black wings spread and pushed the air, the rat’s blood soaking its feathers sprayed like mist.

The alley was filled with fog made of blood.

In about 10 seconds, or maybe even less, the crows displayed their overwhelming crushing power, leaving Ms. Kim and the nurse speechless.

[Isn’t that dangerous?]

[Shut up and stay where you are!]

Kim Yang prepared to spray napalm. The thick fog of blood slowly settled, revealing the shadow of the floor.

[Are you okay?]

Nod.

Maru nodded in satisfaction and looked at the crows spinning like a tornado above his head. It felt ticklish.

It wasn’t a negative feeling. Awe, trust, pride, and wanting to be praised for doing a good job?

“Well done.”

Although it was a small voice, the crows seemed to have gotten the message across and became a little more active. Maru chuckled as they felt like they had been praised.

Chik- Kim Yang, who had been released from the napalm spraying standby, spoke in a voice that had endured ten years.

[These guys, haa- can you manage it?]

“They find and eat themselves and go around and do things, so what’s there to manage? It’s okay.]

Ugh- I can’t say I’m anxious.

[Just now, Unit 1… Listening to what the nurse was saying. Even the appeals from their hearts didn’t work. Are you okay?]

[Huh? You didn’t say it with your heart!]

“okay?”

Even if he could communicate with the nurse, was it a separate matter to listen to the nurse’s orders? It could be. It didn’t matter. After all, the crows were listening to him well. Maru lowered his helmet and switched to the comm.

[Anyway, it seems like you understand what I’m saying, so be careful.]

Nod, nod. Ms. Kim and the nurse nodded in turn.

[Did you see them luring them with corpses? I guess the rats have gotten smarter. I think other animals might be up to something. It could be worse than what we experienced in Japan.]

[Okay.]

[yes.]

The saying that birds hear what is said during the day and rats hear what is said at night has become a reality.

[That’s it for today’s reconnaissance.]

A search of the building and a tour of the Cold War-era nuclear bunkers were postponed until tomorrow.

If rats were to flock to the city, cats, coyotes, foxes, and other animals that prey on rats would likely follow their prey into the city. They would need to be well-equipped.

[Nanae takes the lead]

[Huh? Yes! Ha- Hi! But… Are you just going to leave the discharged crow behind?]

Miss Kim pecked the nurse in a ‘darn eh’ voice.

[Why him? He was discharged from the hospital.]

[No. Because I promised to give you something delicious earlier.]

[If you make a promise, you have to keep it.]

Whether it’s a person or an animal, the nurse raised her voice at Maru’s words.

[Come, Mr. Crow, who is discharged from the hospital. You can come with me.]

The crows that had been circling lazily became a little noisy, and then one of them leisurely landed and sat on the shoulder of the nurse’s exosuit.

A crow glanced at the floor, then immediately put its head down and expressed ‘thank you’ with its whole body. It had a stable posture.

[Take the lead.]

[Yes. Let’s go to Mr. Crow’s house. You know what’s there first, like before, right?]

Caw?

[2 Summary? Huh? Okay. Okay.]

A crow flew up from the nurse’s shoulder.

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Chief Dan Brown pushed his matted hair back. His greasy hair, which had not been washed properly, was slicked back as if he had applied pomade.

The front of the piled up files had a red stamp on it. They were all stamped with the words, “Top 1 Secret.” Who would have thought there were so many hidden files that hadn’t been converted into computer files?

Even if the form of storage and storage were like that, I was at a loss as to how to interpret this content. I knew that the honeymoon between Japan and the Chinese Communist Party had continued since the retreat of the Kwantung Army immediately after the defeat in World War II.

The United States knew why Japan had failed to regulate the Chinese economy after the Tiananmen Square incident, why it had done something close to transferring technology to China, and why it had joined hands with China to try to ruin Korea.

No matter how much China and Japan tried to hide it, there was abundant evidence here and there that they knew about the relationship between the two.

‘Then you knew it and still suffered?’

For what reason?

There were too many points that were not convincing to say that they had just left it alone in order to pressurize and bring in evidence. Did the Japanese politicians who were grovelling know that they were caught and just lie down flat?

Was the strong statement that he would go to war against China or that China would regulate Japan all just a struggle to deny the relevant facts?

Even if that’s true, what about the Americans who invested in China’s virus lab? And what about the Americans who invested in Japan’s secret research?

How are we to understand that there are those who have been building underground villages and cities beyond personal bunkers for some time?

‘Did you know this would happen?’

no.

‘Were there people who led this to happen?’

after–

A sigh escaped Chief Dan Brown’s mouth.

What is clear from the analysis of the data so far is that there is someone or some force inside the United States, someone with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, someone with ties to the fallen Japan.

Chief Den Brown gulped down the water.

When I opened the last file I was reading, there was something about a mutated virus. A virus with traces of human intervention. So, there was an opinion that someone might be continuously plotting mutations.

Natural mutations are terrible enough, but someone is using this chaos to continue their mutation experiments. Why? Researchers have two main opinions.

One is the content of the data recovered from Japan. The opinion is that the substance extracted from a person infected with the virus became the raw material for a specific drug, so they are trying to increase its effectiveness.

Another opinion is that if a mutant virus mutates due to infection, they will try to artificially produce a mutant with special characteristics.

The hypothesis is that it may continue to induce the spread of infection and virus mutation until a characteristic such as ‘rejuvenation’ emerges.

Dan Brown closed the file he had been reading, trying to calm his anger and fight off the nagging headache.

Maybe it wasn’t just a simple virus outbreak. Virus outbreaks, border closures, the war in Ukraine, food and energy crises, the collapse of economic structures, animals starting to mutate, infected people running rampant, mutants emerging. And even nuclear war.

Could the process that leads to the worst really be just a coincidence? If not, what were the people who planned this aiming for?

String.

A severe headache dug into my head like an awl.

Bb-

Suppressing a low groan, Deputy Dan Brown opened the drawer and looked for a headache pill. As his hand reached for the bottle inside the drawer, he sensed a presence on the sofa across from him, which was hidden by a high pile of paperwork.

‘who?’

There was no knock. There was no call from the secretary. So what? Dan Brown’s hand, which had been groping for the medicine bottle, went to the emergency pistol on one side of the drawer.

As if he had seen right through it, the figure sitting on the sofa spoke.

“Nice to meet you, Chief Dan Brown. I don’t think we’ll need a gun to talk.”

“···How did you get in here?”

“Isn’t it not important how I got in, but what I’m going to say?”

“······.”

Dan Brown, who had his eyes fixed on the man’s face through the gap in the pile of documents, slowly took his hand off the gun in the drawer. As if noticing this, the man bowed his head slightly to express his gratitude.

“We have been keeping an eye on Chief Den Brown for some time.”

Were you watching? Since a long time ago? People from the Department of Homeland Security? What are these?

“Originally, it wasn’t the time to step forward, but I feel it’s a waste to waste your abilities. I also overdid it a bit.”

Average-looking male. Caucasian. No facial scars or other striking features. Light brown hair. Blue eyes. Standing height of 6’2″ to 3″ (187-190cm). Weight of approximately 200-220 pounds (90-100kg). Muscular and lean build. Judging from the condition of his skin, including his hands, he does not appear to have received any professional training.

The man’s brow furrowed slightly, whether he knew that Dan Brown was trying to get at least one more piece of information out of him.

“Oh. Something happened. I’ll tell you the details next time.”

The man stood up naturally and said.

“Okay. I hope to see you again soon.”

For some reason, I couldn’t catch the man who was calmly walking out. An employee came in as if crossing paths with him as he walked out.

“Sir! Shelters 11 and 16 in Minnesota are under attack by rats.”

Manager Dan Brown raised his hand to stop the employee, then nodded.

“The person who just left. Who is he? Follow him.”

The employee turned around and asked with a look of confusion.

“Yes? Who are you talking about?”

“The person who just left!”

“Huh? Who? There was no one there?”

“what?”